Christmas is approaching! Tis’ the season to be jolly (:
There was news that this Xmas season, we are actually spending more on ourselves than others… Heh. Guilty as charged. You have no idea how much chocolate candy I bought for myself … If there’s one thing you need to know, it’s that I am a sucker for Xmas/seasonal candy since they come in the adorablest packaging and versions (: Of course, the wrappers end up in the bin anyway but I don’t care. Haha. To be fair though, I did buy quite a stash to give away as well :) Hehe. So that makes it less bad. Hur.
The weather’s been lovely lately… I keep KIV-ing to myself to get up early to run but I’ve been mostly sleeping in. It’s a waste to not sleep in this awesome weather, my friend. And I’m proud that I managed to sleep 12-hours non-stop this past Saturday. I’ve not done that in yonks. My sleep’s somehow intermittent and once upon a time I never believed that people could have difficulty going to sleep or staying asleep … now I believe it.
You know, we have a new house helper and she’s really special. Her name is Grace, she’s a Indonesian, but a Christian. She’ s quite radical in her faith I believe. And I can tell that she has character. What’s the litmus test for that? Well you see, being the dramatic family that we are, usually most maids will get so blown away by our domestic fights/arguments that they cry and say they wanna go home. Two out of the ten we had before actually attempted to run away … My mum can be quite a difficult character to deal with, but this Grace girl, she’s fantastic. She humbly says yes even when it’s not her fault … and the best part is, she’s pretty young. Younger than me, though the agency put up her age as 25. And my heart melted when I realized she sleeps with a purple teddy bear. Aww.
I have nothing else to say about my family … fights take place, tears fall, hearts break, but life has to go on. It can get real depressing some days… but it’s okay. Jesus sustains my life, and holds us together. amen.
This past weekend, the autistic children from the ministry I serve in (faith kids) managed to pull off a spectacular version of the Nativity story… Also my leaders are absolutely amazing … behind our backs they got the children to hand-make something for each of the teachers, with text that made me tear almost immediately. Heh (:
And more thanksgiving : my cousin just had their second baby, Seth Ethan :) Adorable little boy. And and and, my aunty and uncle who were separated for the longest time are re-registering their marriage … and this uncle used to not do so well in the past, but he’s been promoted to a general manager. Really touched by this cause he’s the softie that everyone bullies … who knew God saw something else in him? :) Really happy that all my relatives are safe and sound, healthy and whole …
I was supposed to have a potluck with my JC friends, but I had to give it a miss … but oh well. Jesus, please restore an even more amazing time the next time I get to meet them! :)
Okay. Now about the boringest thing of all : WORK.
Wow. Okay I’m generally thankful for everything at work, but there’s been some changes that’s left me feeling unsettled…
So a colleague of mine recently resigned, and her boss asked me if I would be keen to take over her duties … I really don’t know about this though. But I guess I’ll just stay put where I am because there’s been a lot of changes in work that I think I’m already trying to deal with. I don’t need another responsibility heaped atop my head. And our clinic has changed location… which means working with our bosses is gonna be doubly challenging. Oh well.
I have nothing to say, except God’s grace is sufficient, heh.
Okay!
Gotta go.
Life has it’s ups and downs and round-and-rounds, but God’s love will carry us through …
Don’t dismiss your life no matter how meaningless is has become for you… you need to stick around for the happy ending of your life…
