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Saturday, January 28, 2006
♥ Saturday, January 28, 2006
ok i have no idea how this inspiration came about. But it sure did. And today's post is about the people who mean so much to me. Ha, and i have just got to tell the world that saints exist.
Now, the church dudes will definitely know her. Sweet, quiet, lovely (very pretty too!) she is my da jie. Damn it, if only you're half yr age i'd gone for you haha. Anyway, this lady entered my life a good 3 years ago? She joint this church community, called Youthworks, just about the same year i decided to commit. And well, Im a quiet guy, she's a quiet girl, somehow just did not have the chance to really interact. Wow, now that i look back its quite hard to pinpoint an exact time when we grew close. But there were a definite good number of occasions where we walked though and enjoyed life's journey together- check out christmas! That year, Mellee, Val and I decided to come together to make christmas presents. What we came out with, was this champagne glass, with our own paintings and designs on it. Pretty significant, was the time we shared together, to talk. Somehow, the relationships build on the talking-overlapping of lives, realizations, reflections, understanding. And then just check out this week! We went to watch 'In Her Shoes' together. Haha, was quite a deviation from our initial plan of going adoration, but still the movie sure was good wasnt it. Meaningfully crafted, i think the un orthodoxy of a typical sister relationship was weaved in very realistically, and sure touched us both. i aint gonna share my entire history i shared with Valerie, probably in bits and pieces lah, but not in this entry. But being chinese new year, reunion dinner, old memories and all..just wanted to use this opportunity to let the whole world know, that great people do exist( those that change lives with love) and that from day one, this friendship with ya found its place into my heart.Somehow, at many moments of my life, you were there for me. And more importantly, i sure wouldnt have anyone else around! Somehow, with you, i am free. But words dont do justice do they? You're my sister. And as the movie ends with this poem, so adequately i end this little testimonial for you, "i hold your heart; i hold it in my heart." Love ya da jie!
Ah, Evelyn! haha, i bet the moment you saw yourself here your head grew too big for your body. Ok, i ALWAYS make fun of her. Hey, but its vice versa too. And somehow, this girl i got to know in vj, is always able to perk me up. At every meetup, its almost ritualistic: we'll have our friendly'quarrel' and then we'll settle for some food, and then we'll go into some real gd depth. And then our walk with God ( thats a really beautiful portion of it, Eve) and then probably a movie or something. Shit, We hit it off so well, haha there was a period of time where even her bf grew jealous! ( The gd old days) And then we walked through a period of our own issues huh. Our little friction, misunderstandings.. Behind all of this, is one genuine and touching friendship. SOmehting, i didnt really think that quite possible in the beginning of jc..u know, with my cynicism, pride and all. We even went through a time where we had to ask ourselves if the friendship would get anywhere the moment A levels ended. I think during jc, this kinda stuff mattered to us on a really deep level: knowing where we stood in each other's lives and all. But haha questions are answered now arent they? ok, i recall now this thing she did hit me quite hard. There was an instance, where i had to deal with my vacuums in the army (that would be last year december if i recall correctly) and then i called her, and she gave me one of those kinda sharings that somehow brought my relationship to God on a renewed and recharged level. And thats just about what this friendship has been so often. About God, about struggling to see him, about ministry, a little theology here and there. Which is great! Its wonderful how she centralises so much on God and its Him who's been solely suppporting this very very joyous friendship. So, thank God, and thank you. For putting up with all my nonsense. But the walk with you, have been wonderful. Told you how much you meant to me. Now, the blog's to tell the world that.
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