Today

today i woke up kinda late... didn't have to go to school until 2... the presence of God was there... finished reading a book, got up, left my phone in super silent mode in my bedroom and den started to write an email.. i had intended to leave for school at ard 12 but i wasn't finished yet so i continued typing until the silence of the house was disturbed by a most pronounced series of knocks on the door... i wondered which civil-service uncle could it have been who would call on me like that.. probably related to the renovation that was going on at my block i thought...

den i heard a voice behind the door saying "i hope we got the right house"...

so i proceeded to open the door and behold, i saw two kids in white and my immediate thoughts were "what are these students doing here? are they collecting a survey.." and then.. wait a minute.. i recognised those two kids and in my totally-amused-and-semi-confounded state, i slammed the door right in their faces...

not knowing what to do and totally shocked, i opened the door again looked at them... and then i shut the door again, neither aware of what i was doing not what i should be doing.. it was the first time it happened... after a few seconds, my senses were more settled and again i opened the door and beheld Abel and Jon past the door grill... i gave them that absolutely overwhelmed smile and trying to recover from the shock, i questioned them on what they were doing... lol... they handed me a bag containing a present and gave their wishes... all the while with me still trying to recuperate... to add to it all, i have not yet showered and changed so i looked like i was in a considerable mess, no different from what my house looks like once inside...

Abel helped me out by suggesting that i let them in... lol... so i let them into my house (which looks somewhat like a bomb shelter) and den, not knowing what to say, we talked about the most logical thing that we should... the purpose of their visit... so quickly, me still feeling rather dazed, the conversation shifted to us having lunch together.. and i quickly showered and changed...

so we went out and had pepper lunch together before i went for my lecture... would have been late if not for the fact that i cabbed down with jon... lol... shocked as i was, i really appreciated their kind gesture... and in retrospect, i realised that the best gift that they gave me wasn't the present but time... I personally think that time is the best present a Singaporean could ever give me cos that's what seems so valuable to them.. and these two angels disrupted their mugging schedule just to pay me a surprise visit, all the while even uncertain if i was at home (they tried calling me 10 times in total...) but willing to go so far so as to take the risk anyhow... needless to say, i was deeply touched by the surprise gesture.. especially since it was a first time someone from soj (ie. not a server or mentor) had done such a thing.... thanks Abel! thanks Jon!

i also know that God's laws of sowing and reaping are real... last thursday, Jeremiah and i paid auntie ivy a surprise visit claiming it an excuse that she also did it to other people wad... little did i know that what i have sown, i would reap in such a short time... hmmm... maybe it's prophetic.. ;) (we are, after all, in a season of harvest)...

den in the evening, had dinner at fish and co with rena, ps ben, val, sam, serene, jk, martin, shaun and arun... they ordered the seafood platter for me and i gratefully finished it... after the meal, the staff brought out the cake and i told them that i'd stand on the chair if they were able to say my full name... and (un)fortunately enough, there was a Filipino lady among them and she did so very easily... so i had to stand on the chair while they cheered and sang in front of the dining crowd (as well as whoever happened to pass by)... (probably wun be showing my face again at amk hub anytime soon... :P )

but anyway, im really really grateful for all the time spent with you guys... i really appreciate it!

and also thanks to the many many ppl who sent me an sms or wrote on my wall in facebook... i'm really satisfied :)

btw... a funny thing happened after dinner...

<someone taps me on the shoulder from behind>
Me: (turning to serene) it's definitely you cos you have your mouth open...
Serene: what does mouth open got to do with tap
Me: i didn't say anything about tapping wad... (how did u know i meant that someone tapped me...) lol...
busted!

God bless! :D