I wish you...

A flurry of activities everywhere...turkey, presents, family and friends...and a few days later...the year 2006 is over. Christmas...have always held special memories and a reminder of something greater than me. I guess we all get caught up in the festivity during this time of the year, and fail to remember what Christmas is all about. Most have heard the gospel story at various times in their lives and in various situations. But the promise and need for hope rings clear. The temporal nature of life and the innately sinful nature of man reminds me of this need for hope in eternity and things greater than what we have now. And this hope that i'm referring to is embodied in God's Son Jesus, whom He sent to earth. The promise of cleansing which comes with repentence...and eternity with Him in heaven. So dear friends...this Christmas...i wish you Jesus...

A little gathering of sorts...

A whole entourage of blogs today! Just thought i better blog now before i lay it off and get lazy again. These entries will serve as a reminder of all the blessed experiences i have had in Sydney...
Had the Singaporean-wives-stuck-in-Sydney-due-to-their-husbands and their husbands over for a little pot-luck over the weekend...our yearly Christmas meal together. The food was scrumptous and the company even sweeter and there was a moment of sadness when we realised that this will be our last Christmas together. These wonderful women, have been placed so specifically and deliberately in my life while i struggled to adjust initially and i thank God for their friendship. As Ecclesiastes 3:1 aptly states, "To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:..."

Ba-Boom!

Say that really really fast...and that would be the sound of peanut's heartbeat! We went to the gynae last week and we heard peanut's precious heart beating...furiously! She took some time to find it cos i think my stomach was making way too much noise but we finally heard it. Will be going for the all-important ultrasound scan on the 2nd Jan...and for once i will finally be able to tell everyone if peanut is a boy or girl. Then we will definitely have to seriously start thinking and praying for a proper name, cos i have a feeling that everyone is getting far too comfortable calling this baby PEANUT!
I thank God everyday for His providence over this child so far...every milestone is a miracle!

A blog at last...

Gosh...i have been to lots of places and met up with lots of people over the past few weeks, but have been so lazy to blog it...so here goes.
Been back to Singapore for 2 weeks, kept it a secret so that my sis will be surprised when we make a trip up to HK to visit! It worked...she was totally surprised!


Hong Kong was a blur of narrow sign-board filled streets and masses of high-rise concrete buildings. Oh and not forgetting the whole hordes of people that throng the street day and night! Was definitely an eye-opener for me.


We ate a lot! Constantly eating...partly cos i'm pregnant and also partly cos food was everywhere! The roast goose and duck was really good!


Outside my sister's Uni...HKU. There were so many stairs to climb! And i thought NUS was bad, at least its only on a ridge not a mountain!


Finally met up with my little nephew...Jared. He is absolutely adorable, totally one of a kind and he has the most curious and inquisitive nature. Can't wait to get to know him better when we get back for good.


Managed to attend Jos's wedding! She looked very radiant and most of all blessedly happy and i wish her and her new husband a very blessed lifetime together! Met up with lots of old friends...and it was so good to have caught up with their lives a little.

I must say that peanut and i were also very pampered by the lovely meals that my mum cooked and the many instances where my taste buds were tantalized again! So i definitely found that i could eat lots more during those 2 weeks! I really enjoyed myself and am glad to have caught up with family, friends and loved ones. But i must say that this time round it did feel kind of surreal to know that i will be back for good in 2 months time...and this time i won't be flying back to dear old Sydney again.