Sunday, September 11, 2005
1:47 am
So tired!! I've been out since 8.30 this morning and I've hardly sat down at all. Spent most of today shopping with lots of detours included thanks to Jesslyn. Haha. :P Just came back from Annie's surprise party a few hours ago. Problem was she already knew about it cos she saw someone's invitation. =/ Was still pretty fun though. Ahh I really need to stop pigging out at parties. I gotta fit into my formal dress in two weeks! Ok that's it. I'm going for a run tomorrow morning.
I don't know why, but I am suddenly missing Singapore lots. =( Maybe it's because Chatswood reminds me of Orchard Road and I've been at Chatty so much recently. I miss training so badly too...down to the wondering how I will survive the next set after I survive the previous set again and again...teasing Debra during the breaks...or maybe it's just how we always go looking for food after training. I miss the note-passing between me and Ruth from either side of the classroom and how we'd sometimes annoy the people who had to keep passing the notes for us. I miss times from ages ago! From when YU still existed and we'd go for dinner and a movie after youth group. From when Ivan used to come over. From when Rach and I were really good friends. Gosh and those morning runs Miss Chia made us do on the field! I miss hanging out with Shawn, Ray and Aaron. I miss PCK Pte Ltd and the 7 o' clock show on channel 8. Newton hawker food and chicken rice! Oh the days when I could take a taxi anywhere and not have to wait ages for a train to come. I remember Jerry being fond of taxis. If we ever shared the cost of a taxi down to Orchard for lunch after church, it would be cos he convinced us. Oh oh I miss the sleepovers! The movie marathons.. You know what I think I just miss being at home.
Ok did I just say home? I don't think I really know where home is. Maybe Australia will be homier in a couple more years.
Nah I change my mind. Home is Heaven. I can't wait to go home. He is coming and He will not delay!
You know, whenever I think about what it would have been like if we'd stayed in Singapore, I think of Robert Frost's poem: The Road Not Taken. But I don't know. Does taking the road less travelled necessarily make all the difference? Ok fine I was really just thinking about it in my own context...I guess choosing to come here is equivalent to taking 'the road less travelled'. But does it really matter as long as we are going the right way? There is no physical road to my Home. Nor long road nor short road.
Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear a voice behind you saying, "This is the way, walk in it". - Isaiah 30:21. I'm not quite sure how to interpret this, cos it's a bit different in the other versions, but I like it.
It's so crazy how it all just fits! It's okay if I don't understand cos I know I'm covered.
Ok I feel like I am about to drop dead. Need sleep! Nite!