american boy

so it's been 3 weeks.

work has been particular frustrating, not because it's especially difficult or frenetic, but that it's characterized by a nauseating, "armyesque" tediousness and mundaneness. honestly, i do feel like complaining, but on realising that (a) it's neither the fault of my nice colleagues, mentors or buddies but rather, the system (b) i kinda really have to suck it up since i obviously can't quit, and being a soppy miserable twat ain't gonna improve anything, i think i better just adopt a new attitude. =)

but wow. no wonder people don't like working once they've started. thankfully i still have 2 more years to considerable bliss. yippee! thing is, even if u do nothing much @ work, monday blues are still excruciating and you just feel apeshit tired after every day of work that one can't function properly except to head home eagerly and collaspe on the sofa or something. geez, dun get me started (weeping) on my fitness. =(

aniwez, i think the last waves of reverse culture shock has all but ebbed away as I prepare to be completely assimilated into the singapore culture. already, i'm starting to 'talk' right. lol.

this weekend was my church's 35th mission convention and lemme just say, for a small church like mine, contributing 13 million in 35 years and being so faithful in missions is no small boast. but well, glory to God. =)

i feel like i've learnt so much and have grown so much closer to God this year.wow. thank God! i'm starting to see how beautiful heaven is, how urgent the 'mission' is and how everything is beautiful in God's time. more updates to follow if things actually come to pass. the thing is, i think its really a paradigm shift, where i realise the importance of God's work as compared to everything else. =)

alright.. that's enough of updates now. i really need to bring my camera round to take pictures of singapore scenescape. it's.. so architecturally invigorating.

oh. and i love my music, thanks to ruckus. and i cannot live without surfthechannel. =) lol.

before i forget..

so it's been two weeks since i've come back, and i think i've finally gotten used to the life here in singapore again. the constant showers amidst the feel of slick perspiration, the slaughtered mangled english, the sudden population explosion and labyrinthine developments @ orchard road and the likes.

things have changed. they really have. and i'm kinda a bit dejected by the fact that i spent so little effort in maintaining the frienships here. it feels like a reverse culture shock, something familiar yet so disconnected. but well, i'm not going to complain, there's much much more in my mind now to contend with, lots of prayers and communications required with God as I iron out issues. =)

NewAttitude
was a blast. how can it not be when you have a motley crew of John Piper, Joshua Harris and CJ Mahaney all coming to one convention and speaking. but what made me all the more overjoyed was the amount of christian support and fellowship i experienced with the group i travelled with. everyone was so passionate, mature and loving and it made the trip all the more fun. I honestly started the trip with slight trepidation but fully believing God's ways are wonderful. and it was indeed. we went as a group of strangers and we came back have sharing much of ourselves and having prayed much for each other. it was indeed a period of fellowship and growth for me. =)

the conference also made me confront many issues that I had been struggling with for quite awhile i would say.. and well.. i got answers and help. but the uncomfortable truth is, somehow i still struggle with the idea of doing what I believe in and saying. it seems like a lifelong lesson...

well.. back to work for now. =)

new attitude

i think pictures say it all. what a blessed and fun trip it was!


the road trip of a lifetime.. lol..ithaca --> louisville, kentucky and back