2 realisations

These 2 realisations are not new.

The 1st....preparing myself to be single for life. I'm beginning to picture myself....eating by myself....reading, thinking, pondering, praying, .....watching movies by myself.....contemplating.......then teaching, writing...going to do things where my singleness allows me...(perhaps go to do mission?).....anyway where the Lord leads....well if He chooses to change my status...then it changes this.

The 2nd.....i'm getting old...i think i prefer hanging out with people around my age or older. Well don't get me wrong...it's just than the younger people .... there are going through things which I've been there before.....and when i see that...i think....hmm.....'so young'.....nolah don't get me wrong.....i like hanging out with younger people as well......i guess most of the time when I want to hang out....it's like the kind of time which I think suits the people of my age better. Perhaps you might understand what i mean when you are at my age? People my age brings it out as well in my conversations with them.....and it feels really nice to talk to people who have gone through the parts of life which you have as well. [i think the 20s is when one is very idealistic, the 30s...the beginnings of being more realistic and practical...less idealistic...of course this is very general in speaking for it varies from person to person]

There are other old realisations that came back as well.....well one other...before i go...is godly living ....yeah from 2 Peter.... i do pray for all of us to participate in the divine nature, escaping from the corruption of the world caused by evil desires..... bye!

ps: Because you live - jesse mccartney

ps: an old friend will be in town on monday...looking forward to seeing him!

Rude awakening

Hi! Yeah am back from Vietnam. Was sick but praise God for finishing my papers. Yeah all ready to submit! Hurray!

Vietnam is pretty cool. Rustic, like S'pore in the 70s? Lots of motorbikes...about 3 million in saigon. there are 82 million people in population. in saigon, learn quite a bit of the war - agent orange and its effects (bought a book to read about the war too), the chu chi tunnels (pretty amazing), the reunification palace (looking at the rooms - i think there are about 90?, but we were shown about 30+ was amazing...the dining room, the entertainment room etc...and the tour guide is the one of the rare locals who could speak really good english...was fun talking to her....getting to know vietnam. :)

The cafes are pretty cool too, there have really nice ones there. We visited them as often as we could.

Hanoi - cooler and the city is pretty nice too (but i think i prefer saigon), the capital. visited the ethonology museum - great! Then Halong Bay....north east of Hanoi ....amazing limestone ....ate great seafood on the boat (where there were 6 of us) in the midst of the limestones (very pretty indeed) and visited some caves in the limestones.

Was told that Sapa, northwest of Hanoi is very pretty as well....mountanious area....or rather mountanious farming area....where some tribes live..cold...but we didn't have time to visit.

The female cultural dresses are really nice.

If you are wondering what is the rude awakening....well....it's being cheated by a taxi driver....he charged us like 3.5 times more than usual. I was visibly upset......i think i really hate cheaters and injustice......they are terrible......no wonder the prophets bring them out a lot (in the OT).....and we are told when the messiah arrives ....justice will be established ..... well i guess in the now but not yet, thank God we have laws etc to establish justice to a reasonable degree (some countries better than others) but the sinfulness of man or evilness....rears the ugly head of injustice every now and then or in some context more often than not. Linked to injustice is corruption! Yeah was told from a businessman on the flight home that corruption is really bad in v....... Hmm....i really hate cheaters and injustice....sorry I just really hate them!

So....coming back...it made me appreciate s'pore more....cleaner...both literally and metaphorically....but of course it's not 100%....not until the city of God arrives.

Oh yeah, then i fell sick on the last day....had fever...bad feeling...but thank God in hearing my cries for healing...coz i wanted so badly to finish my last paper....thank you Lord...yes...sickness will not be there too when the city of God arrives. :)

[when i was lying there in bed...bad memories of my illness last year came back...and i really didn't want a repeat of that....also wondered if i had bird flu....anyway...was a bit depressed.....but hey thanks be to God....it's over....i'm well now....to glorify Him!]