a thankful christmas



this is the present i got for mingyao. after scrutinising the tie section for a super long time worrying over whether he'll like this one or that one i finally decided on this one, which he likes so that's great - this is such a weirdly angled photo though. after church service we drove to tanglin mall and had breakfast at coffee bean and tea leaf because after passing by the supermarket's cooked food section on the outside the smell of roasted chicken was too unbearable and we supercraved an american breakfast. the one we had was alright but not the best. it was really nice and chill just sitting outside with random tourists, with the rest of orchard road pretty much empty. we went to far east shopping centre to get him golf things and then we had lunch at tanglin mall before heading back.


pastor melvin huang preached about a dark christmas. this is sort of a dark christmas - i am reminded i can't be selfish and well, some things you can control and it ain't that bad when they only involve you but if it's something you can't control at all, there's nothing to do but to pray. and like i shared at cell christmas party, which i have to apply to my own life - i can't keep wishing for my life to be better. the ultimate aim is to draw closer to God and everything else will fall into place. singing carols this morning i was angry at God. i couldn't care less about shepherds and wise men and candles, but the message was apt and i could rejoice a little after. it's not about how i feel at all. life shouldn't be about just being comfortable. it's really difficult when things don't go the pretty picture way - i suppose it's a way of jolting me out of the 'me me me' mentality.