Awesomely glad I could spend New Year in Singapore with loved ones. 2009 was a year with new challenges and trials, 2010 will not have any lesser of them, but I pray it'll be a better one. Reflecting, I've been abundantly blessed in 2009 with love that I needed when I was feeling alone overseas. There were many ups and downs, but I'm still glad I've surpassed them, coming out triumphant.
Time has been passing by awfully fast recently. I'm now down to a little over 1 week left ): But I still have a million things I wanna do. It's making it even harder to go back to Winter Wonderland. Sometimes, I still can't reconcile the fact that I'm back in Singapore, and the more I can't reconcile the fact that I have to go back soon. I'm glad the distance didn't dilute any kinship or friendships; that we're all able to pick up from where we left off 9 months ago. This is why everything feels so surreal. The day I left seems just yesterday, the experience in Japan seems like a dream; I don't feel adequately settled in anywhere right now. I feel like a pilgrim - travelling along in this world, but not belonging to this world.
I can tell how much my parents miss me. I'm not trying to be bhb, but they've been spoiling me, and submitting to my whims and fancies because they keep thinking that I won't be able to eat this or that when I return. I feel sad just thinking that I have to leave them a 2nd time round. It will never get easier I suppose, farewells that is. I'm just supersuper thankful (will always be) to God for giving me this family. I really love them (:
This trip back has also enforced the bond with churchies. From the Malaysia Mission trip to Christmas celebration to PingPong Tournament cum BBQ, I feel like I've gotten to know them on a whole new level. I'm not someone who feels comfortable with large groups of people, but churchies is probably the only large group that I can feel comfortable with talking to, joking with. I will continually give thanks for this family of brothers and sisters in Christ. Thanks churchies, for your words of encouragement whenever I feel down and for all your love and concern. I will miss worship and especially fellowship in AGPC terribly when I'm back. It never fails to amaze me how our differences do not clash but only serves to complement one another. I'm feeling emotional typing this.
Eric D! (: Loved every minute that I spent with you! Thanks for picking me up, for buying the prepaid cards for me, for spoiling me, for loving me for me (even I have problems loving myself sometimes hahahaha), for always compromising, for sacrificing so much of your time and effort on me! LDR is definitely not easy but we just have to keep on trying to understand each other and leave the rest to God. ilu ((:
One nighter with the girls yesterday was super fun, though all of us turned zombies when morning swung by. We're really getting old! Haha to think we used to be able to not sleep for one whole day and still have the energy level to last through the next. This is another semi-large group that I'm able to feel comfortable in, thank God (: BBF, Sherhan, Melissa, Bixiu, Yi Fang. Missed Daphne, Jing Yi ("I wonder what Jing Yi is doing now?" Hahaha) and Ruixi ): P.S. the surprised looks of Sherhan and Melissa were classic! LOL too bad I didn't manage to tape it down hahahaha. Don't worry girls I don't think I'll pull off another surprise, but this one acheived its intended effect (though some people got wind of the word way before). SUCCESS! :D
I can tell how much my parents miss me. I'm not trying to be bhb, but they've been spoiling me, and submitting to my whims and fancies because they keep thinking that I won't be able to eat this or that when I return. I feel sad just thinking that I have to leave them a 2nd time round. It will never get easier I suppose, farewells that is. I'm just supersuper thankful (will always be) to God for giving me this family. I really love them (:
This trip back has also enforced the bond with churchies. From the Malaysia Mission trip to Christmas celebration to PingPong Tournament cum BBQ, I feel like I've gotten to know them on a whole new level. I'm not someone who feels comfortable with large groups of people, but churchies is probably the only large group that I can feel comfortable with talking to, joking with. I will continually give thanks for this family of brothers and sisters in Christ. Thanks churchies, for your words of encouragement whenever I feel down and for all your love and concern. I will miss worship and especially fellowship in AGPC terribly when I'm back. It never fails to amaze me how our differences do not clash but only serves to complement one another. I'm feeling emotional typing this.
Eric D! (: Loved every minute that I spent with you! Thanks for picking me up, for buying the prepaid cards for me, for spoiling me, for loving me for me (even I have problems loving myself sometimes hahahaha), for always compromising, for sacrificing so much of your time and effort on me! LDR is definitely not easy but we just have to keep on trying to understand each other and leave the rest to God. ilu ((:
One nighter with the girls yesterday was super fun, though all of us turned zombies when morning swung by. We're really getting old! Haha to think we used to be able to not sleep for one whole day and still have the energy level to last through the next. This is another semi-large group that I'm able to feel comfortable in, thank God (: BBF, Sherhan, Melissa, Bixiu, Yi Fang. Missed Daphne, Jing Yi ("I wonder what Jing Yi is doing now?" Hahaha) and Ruixi ): P.S. the surprised looks of Sherhan and Melissa were classic! LOL too bad I didn't manage to tape it down hahahaha. Don't worry girls I don't think I'll pull off another surprise, but this one acheived its intended effect (though some people got wind of the word way before). SUCCESS! :D
I'm very proud that I'm still very much in touch with two of my primary school friends. They've been my longest, oldest friends and I'm very thankful for them (: While other people might have primary school class reunions all the time but I'm satisfied having two quality primary school friends that I can always hang out with. So proud of you guys! One's a budding lawyer and the other's a budding doctor :D Well, I guess the elite genes didn't rub off me but we all have different aims in life, so that's okay hahaha. Zi Ying, the ever happening and busybusy girl, Ruth the ever optimist and idealist. Thank God for you two.
Baking at ZiYing's house tomorrow and grandma's birthday party in the evening.
I haven't gotten the chance to be free ever since I got back but I'm really loving it - the busyness. 3 weeks is really too short to do everything I would like to, but it would have to suffice. There are still some people whom I haven't met up with but would love to. I wonder how they did it when they were only back for 2 weeks in summer.
Upcoming challenges in year 2010:
- another boring term (final, though!) of school to persevere through
- UNI =S
- moving issues
- having to readapt to a new environment and making new friends (this makes me wince just thinking about it)
- lose weightttt
- being a better friend
On an end note, here's the quote of 2009:
On coming home and seeing Eric seated on the floor with a luggage next to him,
Dad : Eh? You just came back from a holiday?? (As if it was such a duh thing for Eric to be seated on our living room floor)
Hahahahahaha. My dad is so cute, honestly :D
Belated, but ただいま!
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