Thursday, November 09, 2006
♥ Thursday, November 09, 2006
Amazing!Well, here the story goes.
Gg Australia. And as much as i dreaded it initially..i got to terms with it with the little consolation i thought God was giving me. My best buddy Gabriel! After gone thru so much crap with him, really glad that he was the one gg. In fact, i was so fine with him going, that i actually volunteered.
Well..guess what! LO AND BEHOLD. Gabriel just had to bust his knee before gg on the hk trip...and the australia trip. And i hope he doesnt see this post! But...wah i got a pretty difficult guy as my australia teammate man. Which was by far pretty depressing.
So, i thought, argh just deal with it Marcus..
Well..i thought perhaps i should talk about it. So, I began what turned out to be a
4.5hr talk with one of my platoon mates. Now, as much as we were in the same army cell grp, i guess we never ever got close. But, talking for that long..haha with all the wonderful and stupid jokes we cracked (ok la, some of which not good ah..) really perked me up man. It was hilarious and meaningful.
What did we chat about? Well..about family, about this platoon mate of ours (which was the bulk of hilarity) and how we dealt with his unique but often irritating behaviour. So yes, its true, it was quite a bitching session. And perhaps that had shed some light on why girls enjoy it so much...we do so too! haha.
But it was liberating. Been quite down for the past few days over the vicissitude in events. I guess God really allowed some ppl in huh.. Over our little conversation, that i must say surpassed many many army church cell meetings in terms of quality, sharing, bonding. It was a time of warmth that i just know for a fact that years down we'll remark at this particular day and burst out laughing.
So, what did i learn? Hau Tzeng said..'Gabriel had to go through so much for you to go Australia with him, so better use the time wisely!' Yeah..thats true, and perhaps Aus may be a realy gd time of journeying. Who knows.
And well, we learnt 2 new words ! 'Fulminate' and 'Ubiquitious'. Fulminate means protesting strongly and bitterly. Ubiquitous means everywhere. We learnt it when Nat happily took up my dictionary and decided to join in the remaining 2.5 hr conversation.
So stop fulminating ubiquitously Marcus! haha.
Life in camp. Just got to get it down on the blog man.
And this song. Thanks Terence who gave it to me think abt 2 years ago. Its lyrics resonate and like the arrow of cupid haha..always end up feeling alot more loved. It constantly slaps me back into focus-to what matters and what dont. Martina Mcbride's
God's Will. Thanks Terence again.
I met God's Will on a Halloween night
He was dressed as a bag of leaves
It hid the braces on his legs at first
His smile was as bright as the August sun
When he looked at me
As he struggled down the driveway, it almost made me hurt
Will don't walk too good
Will don't talk too good
He won't do the things that the other kids do,In our neighborhood
[Chorus:]
I've been searchin', wonderin', thinkin'
Lost & lookin' all my life
I've been wounded, jaded, loved and hated
I've wrestled wrong and right
He was a boy without a father
And his mother's miracle
I've been readin', writin', prayin', fightin'
I guess I would be still
Yeah, that was untilI knew God's Will
Will's mom had to work two jobs
We'd watch him when she had to work late
And we'd all laugh like I hadn't laughed
Since I don't know when
Hey Jude was his favorite song
At dinner he'd ask to pray
And then he'd pray for everybody in the world but him
Before they moved to California
His mother said, they didn't think he'd live
And she said each day that I have him, well it's just another gift
And I never got to tell her, that the boy
Showed me the truthI
n crayon red, on notebook paper, he'd written
Me and God love you
I've been searchin', prayin', wounded, jaded
I guess I would be still
Yeah that was until...I met God's Will on a Halloween night
He was dressed as a bag of leaves
