dear kitty.

Thursday, December 25, 2008
back from more than a month of procrastination

I can't believe its been way past a month since i blogged( yes, I think this is starting to be my tag line). Whoa it's Christmas already! As I type this Karen Carpenter is crooning my dream or wish, quite literally because if I want a White( snowy) Christmas in Singapore, I'll just have to dream, dream and keep on dreaming. I don't think I ever want to live to see the day that Singapore snows..that will mean we're in serious trouble because our whole Earth's has gone haywire!It starting to show some signs of it already, in Greece, Argentina...Okay I'm not here to talk about climate change.
Let's talk about more immediate, less earth-shaking matters- today's Xmas service. Huifang came! But the whole choir was on duty so I couldn't be with her throughout the worship. Worship was great,period. The skit cum multi-media presentation was cool too Aunty grace and Uncle Michael are so cute! But beyond that, they were really thought-provoking and reminded me that hey, life isn't all about doing what we always do, even if we do give our best, but putting God in all that we do too! So,yet another wonderful Xmas service were we in some way or another experienced God! Had the traditional Foo family gathering at Mama's, with all the Western, Xmas food (save for the way good curry from Ziyee and sago desert for persistent proponents of Chinese culture) Ziyee joined us this year too, cause she's off tomorow and Peilin's only coming back during CNY.( I think we've got everything except snow, a fireplace and winter wear to make a white Xmas.) But this year, because of the food in the car, the 3 of us have been unwittingly booted( pun unintended) to the MRT train to PL.
Apart from Xmas, there were more highlights from my very somewhat fruitful holidays. First, the bad. Our 3-9 dec family trip to BK with Uncle Ben never came to pass because they wont let us in. And of course, the very very wonderful OCIP trip with 26even more wonderful people to Luoyuan. I shan't say much about the trip, since it's been exactly a month since we left Xiamen. We spent 7 days in Luo Yuan er zhong, 4 days in Nanping Wu yi shan, Fuzhou, Quan Zhou, zhang zhou and Xiamen. Really hope we can go back to Er zhong again, kinda miss the students. Though I seriously doubt that we improved their English standards, but I'm glad I was a blessing to the students for 7 days and perhaps kindled a greater interest in the language :)
Now that everything's over, all the festivities died down(for 2008,CNY is 4 wks aways!) I have this dreadful feeling about 2009. Back to school, PE, lectures, CCA, A LEVELS!! But that's life. Most normal people work hard and then play hard at year's end, when the holiday season kicks in. Only a select few like the rich taitai get to live leisurely lives. In fact, soirees and shoe shoping can become quite a chore too. So I guess the thought of working and going through the motions of life that make it so sian isn't such a bad idea afterall. At least it keeps the thrill of participating in year-end sales or planning for your once a year holiday alive. Most of all, I know there's something more to this life or working and then playing, something that keeps me going.

stefie just scribbled this down 12/25/2008

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