Weekly Meet up with Mummy

Left home 5min later than usual and by the time I reached, mum was already out. Spotted mum trying to make a call from afar. Guess she was trying to call me. But she got my number wrong. Think it was in the Lord's plan for me to be late and for mum trying to call me on public phone. Else we will never know that she had my number written wrongly. In the event where she urgently need to reach me and then realised my number was wrong, it will be bad.

I think mum looks forward to her weekly meet ups with me. Even though it's only for an hour of kopi time, it was quality time spent where I will share with her the things that happened over the past week and she will share some of hers. We didnt talk this mum previously, with me coming home late most often and seldom at home on weekends.

Even though at times I dragged taking the long walk of 20min to her work place, the meet ups always left me satisfied. Pastor also mentioned about doing long walks. I guess this is what the Lord has in plan for me.

Mum is often curious on what I cook over the past week and was eager to share her cooking tips. She would be very excited to help me with my grocery shopping when I said I needed to head to Sheng Song to buy stuff. Guess that's her little way of sharing. 

We are going Greece

It has been some weeks since I bought tickets for our maiden Greece trip. Finally stopped my procrastination to start my engine on the research. The beginning is always the hardest. Everything is so unfamiliar. But I'm excited and it will only get better.

Dinner with My Relatives

Genie unlocked another achievement today by having dinner with Ma's side 2 days in a row.

We were horribly late for the first dinner with Aunty Poh Yin and the two girls, Tua Yi, Uncle William, 3rd uncle and his family and Nelson. It was a little awkward initially as there's not much food left and they were all done but had to wait for us. But after seeing what Nelson posted in FB... Make Time, Not Next Time, I'm glad we still made it despite being really late. Family moments like this is really so precious.

Nelson tagged along to our house then Genie sent him back to his hotel after dropping me off. Wonder what conversation they had in the car. I had a sudden urge to cry when I realised Nelson may have intentionally tagged along to access Genie. And when there's an opportunity for them to be alone, he took it to speak to Genie. It suddenly don upon me that theres nobody to guide me on marriage and customs.  Nobody to tell me how to write invite cards. Nobody to tell me invite cards should be sent out X days before wedding. Nobody to hand deliver cards to my relatives but myself. Im so grateful for having Nelson to make the effort to chat with Genie. Im so thankful for a bunch of relatives who despite me not being prompt with my wedding invitation, still loves me nevertheless and were patient with me.

The second dinner was with uncle Kim and family. Im grateful that they have accepted Genie and loves us so much to have made the effort to treat us lunch just because they could not attend our wedding.

Father Lord Jesus Chris, you have ordained this relationship and you orchestrate this wedding. Father, I ask that you restore mum's broken heart, give her strength and courage, keep her company and shield her from any further verbal abuse. Father, I know that you will open my dad's heart to see how blessed and happy I am to have married Genie Father, please restore my dad's heart to accept Genie into our family. In Jesus Almighty name, amen.

Today, We Got Domesticated

Today, we moved on to the next phase of the homely life: buying of mops, brooms and detergents.

It's really exciting. Like peeling off another layer of task and moving on to another.

Feeling blessed even at curtain selectiom

I live each day feeling blessed with unmerited favour. Had not been to house for 2 days and I kinda miss it. I was like a little girl seeing balloons and jumping for joy when I saw that the windows have been changed. The entire house look so bright now. With tge windows open fully, without tge restrictive grills, it makes tge whole house looks really big.

I really love the blue feature wall in tge bedroom. It just look so cool.Cant wait for the wardrobe and floor vinyl to be in place.

After work, Genie and I made our nth trip to Ikea to buy curtain gears. Spent an hour trying to plan and match functionality verse aesthetic.  Didnt find it a chore and instead love the selection process.

Can wait for the day when we have to buy plates spoons knifes pots. Its really getting very fun.

Really thank the Lord for blessing us with such a beautiful journey. That we could enjoy and have fun despite the hassle.

Pris Rip

Today, Pris left her damaged outer shell for a brand new life. Thank you Lord for your ever perfect timing. If it happened yesterday or 2 weekends before, I wouls have been devastated for not being able to see her at her last moment.

It wasnt too rush. I had the time to wash up and took cab down. Slowly, her blood pressure went down. I could even sneak in a 15min lunch. At the last few moments, seeing the digits on the screen went from 20+ to 0, my mind just went blank.

I'm so touched my Genie's courage to face my family at this difficult moment. He accompanied me into the ward while I said my goodbye. He bite on the bullet despite tge awkward moments in front of my uncles and aunties. Genie really go all out for me. Loving me means loving my family.

While I'm hardly in contact with Pris, I could remember how she calls me, her tonality, her gesture, her lovely smile. She's such a sweet and cute little girl. Our little princess. Many regrets for not visiting her in July when she was conscious. But I'm glad that she's no longer suffering.

Bolder Step Made

Today, a bolder step of faith was made. Openly talk to mum about the house, the wedding.  Mum has reservations but she has accepted my decision. I'm so thankful to the Lord for his mercy and faithfulness.

Planning to bring mum down to see the house next Thurs. Just nice I'm gona try my gown next Thurs too. I can see His magical hands in all the activities unfolding in front of my eyes. So grateful for having my Lord's presence in my situation. What's seemingly impossible with my own capability is possible in Him.

For the past few weeks, Genie and I have been shuffling between work and to see the progress of our house. In the mist of it all, we went out to source for our furniture, electrical appliances and also squeesed in a photoshoot for our wedding. How on earth is such crazy timeline possible without Jesus's divine intevention!

Made 2 road trips (3 for genie) into JB to purchase lights and fans. Cant believe that its half the price that of Singapore's. Thank God for guido that we are able to do a little road trip to source for cheap yet pretty lightings and also included a massage to pamper ourselves. Guido however had a little hiccup and died in Msia briefly. Prayed really hard and Guido revived to send us home safely.

Love this lengthy process. Busy like a bee yet feeling blissful. While we do not have the finances to indulge in extravagant wedding celebration,  in our small little way, I'm really contented with the simple yet fun preparation. Like the Bali shoot, the amazing wedding venue. Im really excited with what Jesus has up in His sleeve.

Perfect In His Time

He has everytging planned neatly in His time. All He ask from us is faith.

At times we got worried, we question His timing, we did not feel the holy spirit leading us yet continued anyway.

This entire year, Genie and I held on to our little faith and walk on. And we saw blessings, one after another unfold in front of us. It's so magical that we couldnt help but thank Him for His perfect timing. That only got us to grow in faith. Stronger each time.

The selection of the house, selection of wedding date, venue falling onto our lap, choosing of furniture,  confirmation of tiles. While there were moments of doubts and anxiety, He adressed it by leading us spiritually. Gave us confirmation either by a double rainbow, or a settled heart. He is never too late, nor too early. He's always right on time.

Tiles Selection

This is by far one of the hardest decision to make. Made a total of 3 trips before we could settle on our selection. Even so, I'm not too confident that it will turn out nice. It's gona be a design that we will be stuck for a long time. I pray that all will turn out nice. In Jesus name I pray. Amen.

Big Purchases

And today is the day where we went credit card signing happy. After months of checking prices in Best, Courts, Big Box... we finally settled down in Audio. Thats not without some some bargain. Glad that we had been discipline and went to both outlets to check on their rates. Got them to match the price and praise the Lord! We got it at a slightly lower price that what we had asked for!

Same goes to the bed. Like the bed that was recommended to us. Has been thinking about it. Glad that we finally get to choose it.

Thank you Lord for helping us with our finances.

Now that the essential purchases are made, we have some piece of mine. The rest can come slowly.

Gona head home to dip some anointing oil on the four corners of the house. Im so enjoying this little project of ours. So grateful to have Genie here who thoroughly goes with my preferences.