it's the 6th of February! less than 10 months to ORD. the year's been coming along fine and i'm thankful for a great January, in camp, in church and at home.
was just talking to yee chien, my BMT buddy on msn, and i realised that a 6-year bond with MFA is no different from signing on. he's signed on with the air defence force, and i'm going to be 'signing on' with the diplomatic corps. we'll both still be defending Singapore in a way. except that i won't have to pass IPPT every year to get my bonus!
Combined LG service today was awesome. Ps K preached a great message about Loving God with all your HEART. the only regret was that i was trying to control my pee so badly i had trouble paying attention. i had resolved to control peeing until after altar call but i couldn't help it so i went to the toilet immediately after Aunty Jo prayed for me. such a LOL moment. think it was a very timely message, what with him addressing commitment, living in holiness, not being distracted or getting too busy, not being influenced by the world, etc. i think these issues are beign faced by a lot of our youth right now and it's great that he talked about them. i was talking to some of them after the service and they were identifying some of their problems: Hardened heart, crowded heart, shallow heart and fruitful heart. so it's great that the word really did sink in.
in other news, yesterday's Battalion Cohesion Day at Jurong East Swimming Complex turned out to be quite an enjoyable event, not so much for the event proper, but they fact that we got to swim at the complex, which has an awesome waterslide, lazy river and wave pool. really enjoyed swimming, it's been so long since i last swam (was it BMT?) the sun wasn't really that hot but i ended up with terrible burns on my shoulders and face. now i look like a red crab and it really hurts when the skin get stretched just a little. wonder if it's the effect of global warming. but technically, that can't be because global warming is due to the trapping of heat from the sun caused by greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and has nothing to do with the intensity of the sun's rays that reach the earth. what could possibly be the reason is the depletion of the ozone layer, which i think is not happening due to recent efforts to ban CFCs. i think it might have to do with ageing. as i grow older, my skin becomes less supple and its ability to regenerate and fight off the harmful effects of the sun's ray's might have decreased with time. oh gosh, does that mean wrinkles soon? oh the horror...
after the swim, i went to Orchard for some CNY shopping. regrettably, i couldn't find anything worth buying for CNY. i ended up buying a pair of bermudas i didn't really need, but really wanted. it was also a good time going out with Ezra, which i really enjoyed. after that it was YA LG at tanjong pagar. shall blog about my thoughts about joining YAs (it's been three months!) someday i think...i've been enjoying myself.
birthday shoutout to Chong Pick Yee! happy 21st! can't believe she's turning 21 already. had to give her birthday lunch a miss coz i promised mum i'd stay at home to do spring cleaning. it's not spring and not much cleaning was done, so i do regret not going. i do hope to meet up with the CDS people soon, it's been quite awhile since we've met.
still a number of things to do in LW, planning for March Much More needs firming up, publicity machine needs to get chugging, need to come up with ideas for the upcoming services and do more research and reading up. was just talking with Boon Teck on the bus ride back about how fun and exciting Youth Ministry is, but beyond all the fun and excitement, there's the hard work and more importantly, the lives that have been impacted as a result. thank God for that conversation. now i will go to bed smiling. =)
Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life
-Prov 4:23
