Ducktour

Took Nathan to the doctor's this morning for his 5-in-1 MMR vaccination jab. Long wait, saw the doc for 3 minutes, had the injection and Nat cried a total of 10 secs.

Went on the Singapore Ducktour today with Li Soon and Matthew.
Kinda fun, although the guide was kinda awful. Very young girl guide and corny commentary. But Matthew had fun and just took it all in. He has always been interested in all things military, and he said he wanted to invent a car that can go on land and in water, we decided that we need to show him what can be done... Now he's set his sights on inventing a car that can go underwater!!
After that, ate Laksa at Suntec and went for a little bit of window shopping. Came home tired and slept!!
Holiday mood!!

Still

23,000 dead and counting. It's really sad. I wonder if my parent's previous maid and her family are alive? She's from Sri Lanka.
Just now, we had Lee Mee Onn and family come visit together with my parents and we decided to sing some hymns and worship songs. I was playing the piano and my dad and everyone else was happily singing away.
When it came to my turn to pick a song, for some reason I choose "Still"
As we started to sing, the words suddenly jumped out at us!! With all the floods and people dying, the lines say it all.

"When the oceans rise
And thunders roar
I will soar with You above the storm
Father, You are King over the flood
I will be still
Know You are God"

Hide me now
Under Your wings
Cover me
Within Your mighty hand

Find rest my soul
In Christ alone
Know His power
In quietness and trust

Got dunked by my own son and father!!

Wow, the carnival was definitely tiring!!
Was co-ordinating the radio comms and the program in the sanctuary. At 1240, I got on the dunking machine, and guess what, my family hogged the dunking machine!!
My little Matthew was the first one who get me wet. They let him go right up close and pushing the target!! After that it was one after another. 20 minutes never felt that long!
And guess what, my family members were feeding the tickets to my cousin Ian to keep dunking me. Finally my dad got into the act and threw 4 balls, of which the last one got me!!
Finally Matthew got the last dunk. He tried to throw the ball .... not even close. So they carried him right to the target .... splash!! In another time I went!!
It was kinda fun..... would I do it again? Probably not...heh
Kudos to everyone else who volunteered to be dunked. I'm sure we did our part in helping the kids over at Katong Special School.

Christmas already?

Wow. Tomorrow's Christmas already!
Time passes so fast, really thankful this year's mood is much better than last year's. Things are looking a little more upbeat. But even as I thank God for this year and the good things that are happening, it also reminds me that we should not take things for granted and not to rely on earthly conditions and our feelings about things to dictate where and what to do with our lives. Easier said than done, for sure.
Tonight we have a Christmas party at home, my dear aunt Iris having invited the extended families. I'm sure it will be a pig-out with lots of Turkey and ham and fried beehoon and chicken wings - truly a mix of east and west.
Tomorrow we have 2 Christmas services in church, one at 9 and one at 11am. Thereafter, to Andrew and Maureen's for another pig out lunch. Looking forward to that!
3pm tomorrow we get back to church to set up the sound systems for Boxing Day Carnival (26th 10am to 3pm). Lots of wires to run and equipment to set up. Really looking forward to the carnival. Exciting!!
I'll get a chance to be dunked in the "pool of Bethesda" as well, at 1240pm.
Many exciting entertainment programmes in the sanctuary/synagogue as well. Really grateful to everyone who volunteered to perform. Praying for good weather.

Have a God-blessed Christmas!!

Car accident

Boy, it's been a very long time since my last blog. =( So busy busy
Wish it was something more exciting to tell.
Well, met with a car accident yesterday. I was driving my aunt's car on the right lane, and this guy on my left decides to cut across my lane in front of me to turn into the road on my right. So I jammed on the brakes to avoid hitting him, which I managed to. I remember he even stared at me, as if I was the one in the wrong.
Unfortunately for me, the guy behind me then hit me.....
I was a little shocked, but no injuries, not physical damage on my self. I quickly wrote down on my palm (yes as in hand, not PDA) the number of the car that crossed in front of me. Still deciding if I should do anything about it. Thank God we were moving quite slowly.
Anyway, had to pull off to the side to exchange details with the guy that hit me. When we got out, he asked me to follow him to pick up his father.... I was like.... I hope he doesn't try to run off.
So I said, let's exchange business cards before that. Well I produced mine, but he said he didn't have his. I was .... ok.....
"Nevermind, write your details down"
Anyway, he seemed ok.
Drove to Clarke Quay to pick up his father, and then did the exchange of info, took pictures with my PDA camera, and then went back to the office cos the office people needed a cheque signed urgently.
Well, the accident took out my aunt's car's rear right lights and damaged the bumper. I had another meeting in town and decided to leave the car in the office car park which was underground in case it rained. Took a cab to the meeting instead.
After the meeting, saw the clear weather and decided to go back to the office to pick up the car and drive it home. Anyway, yesterday was when my aunt came back from a 2 week trip to NZ to find out that her car was out of action. =(
Took it to the workshop this morning. I could never believe the paperwork that needs to be done just to try to get the car fixed. In fact, I had to go to 2 workshops.... long story. Just to say that I filled the same form 3 times and made several drawings of the accident before it was satisfactory.
So now, the car's in the workshop, my aunt's without a car. What a couple of days.