Thank you Jesus for 16/1/2011. Guess you planned this gathering to celebrate jinlin's birthday as a different one for all of us. Was at west coast just yesterday, and wanted to try out the facilities there. Got to make friends with these three children, and knew quite a lot bout them cause they were actually quite a talkative bunch. haha. so let me do the honor of introducing them to you. The oldest amongst them is a P4 boy named kelvin, and his younger brother michael who is 6. and their friend feng mei who's P3. The brothers live in Sembawang by the way! hahaha.
I got a chance to revisit my childhood, playing "mango" and "ice and freeze" with them. seeing them quarrel over the rules of the game, and how they should explain it to us reminded me a lot of myself when i was younger. The nostalgia of running in a playground and the 'fear' of being caught by the 'catcher' made me realize how long i had not embraced the inner 'xinru', the adventure seeking and recklessly playful one.
After the game, michael was stubbornly sitting on the ground and demanding for water (in a very cute way actually. haha) he kept whining "thirsty.. thirsty.." and his older brother went "ok, you walk over then that jie jie will give you water kay?" *michael shakes head* "ok, then gor gor carry you over?" *shakes head again* so i pulled michael up and got him to walk with me. when he stood up. kelvin dusted michael's pants and held his hand.
wha, in my mind I cant stop smiling. i feel so proud of this ten year old guy who has already cultivated such responsibility within him. Lord, i pray i would get to meet them soon, these people whom you had placed in my path. what a pity they have no handphones.. but God, thank you for them, for placing such an obvious reminder for all of us.(:
"Lord i really dont know how to write a song
I'm not always eloquent sometimes i get it wrong
but the thing you're doing in me I can't describe
what a fool I'll be if i choose to hide this transformation
new motivation
I thought that we were close
I known you all this time
but i was just living my life my way
just getting by
thought that if i do a good deed or two
that was enough to please you
I kept the parts i wanted to
and missed out on the real you."
"So now with every step and every breath
I give it all hold nothing back
with all i am this is my choice
to live to worship you
now with all my heart my soul my mind
I love you leave it all behind
to live my life in awe of you
is the least that i can do."
-shall be the theme song of my year-
