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Monday, March 05, 2007

♥ Monday, March 05, 2007

8 GREAT THINGS THAT HAPPENED, IS HAPPENING, OR ABOUT TO HAPPEN

1) Hong Kong!
With Shawn and Gabriel. The promise to Gabriel i havent been able to keep because of his stupid injury- i finally managed to. Was fun and i tried cramping the entire Purpose Driven Life into this trip. Of course it didnt succeed.

But i still gained some liberating insight that i shared on mscbcgrocks.blogspot.com. Anyway, it was a great trip and i was glad i got to know these people better.

2) Jie's Birthday!

Ok, we did celebrate it early, but it was still enjoyable. And praise God for her 22 years. Food at Anges was sumptous. And yeap, it was a fantastic time of getting together, after getting back from HK.

3) Driving!

Woohoo. The ardous and tiresome and cumbersome journey of driving is over! Ok, it didnt feel like alot when i got it, cuz i somehow expected to. But now, I can be the one to shuttle people, rather than always requiring their assistance.

So glad about the independence! And yea, still quite apprehensive about using the highways and all..but takes time. And gotta start with a prayer man. Its too costly to even contemplate screwing up, whilst driving.

4) Birthdays!

Im not that excited about mine. Haha..like abit cynical about anything that could possibly happen. But for Torrence's, and Desmond's, and maybe Brendan's...its amazing what we can do for them, to make it special.

Am hoping to do so la. But probably concentrate on one only.
And there is nothing more wondrous, than the look of pleasant surprise..which im hoping to achieve. So, haha God help me, there's seriously NO time.

5) CNY

Managed to meet up with a few of them. Terrence, Jude, Sam, Evelyn, Adrian, Colin and Kenny. Although it wasnt exactly the easiest-to-be-free kind of experience, it was still nice after a long hiatus.

Engaged in an sms debate with Jude over comm. Was both intellectually and spiritually fulfilling and liberating la.

Met up with Alvin for supper. And had quite a fine chat, as always. Abt life, God, community, relationships..haha..

Also, Mel gave a poignant prayer for the family, during reunion. As to the years before, this one was a highlight of the evening. Another possible highlight would be the severe diarrhoea after...haha.

6) Lent

Though i hardly feel it is special, i am dying to make it a meaningful one. And PDL is a good way to begin. Takes serious dying of myself. Especialyl this year, with an especially many number of layers to go under, and discover. I guess the greatness lies in the excitement of such a daunting task.

7) People.

I realise that I do not have many to celebrate with. They are just too busy. In hong kong, i was saddened by the fact that i couldnt share my great achievement and joy with that someone- people i used to call and chat, people i used to go out over movies and sharing.. suddenly are too busy. It is quite a painful realization, but i guess a realistic portrayal of what will happen la. So cant let it affect me too much.

Nevertheless, there are people i've gotten alot closer to. That i praise God for. People i've begun admiring, appreciating and enjoying.

8) Achievement!

I chanced upon this website, for blogs, in gv.com. IT was some sorta competition among blogs for movies. I thought, why not? And posted the blog about Scent of A Woman.
Wow...they called me up to say that i am in the finals! So proud of myself. It caught me completely offguard, and I was really proud of that something for once.

For once in my life, my sole interest, and my passion, didnt go un-noticed or dismissed with 'waste of time', 'does nothing for you'..etc etc. And in a certain sense, I am glad that I have a great interest. Its like you're defined by what you care for..that sorta thing.

So thank God, for wondrous events. And may there be more to come!!