About two weeks ago, Ed was in town. I had the privilege of witnessing Elsa's baby dedication by both Ed & Seok Ting. It was held in the function room of Dover Parkview condo. The people present were mainly members from Seok Ting's FCBC cell group, Elsa's 2 aunties (Seok Har & Zoe) and me.
Elsa was born on 19 May 2008 and in 4 days from now, she'll be 6 months old. I truly thank God for giving the precious daughter to Ed & Seok Ting. I pray that Elsa will grow up to be a beautiful lady who is devoted to the Lord.
Father, watch over this precious baby girl whom you have brought into the world. I pray that in days to come, she will have a saving and believing knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Friday, June 20, 2008
Elsa's 1st Month
Yesterday, I celebrated Elsa's 1st month by bringing over a cake, some flowers with a pink bear, a baby dress, another one piece suit that says "Cutest Baby Ever", some toys, a mobile to be fixed over the baby cot, pacifiers for different stages 0-6 months and 6-18 months and a soft toy that says "It's a girl" with a 12 sec voice recording function. I'm really a very doting godma! :-D
Monday, May 26, 2008
Studying Again
I've accepted the offer to take up the Bachelor of Communication at uniSIM starting July 2008. Last Wednesday, I went for the welcome talk and sent in my reply slip. Come July, I'll be hitting the books for real again. This seems a bit unreal but I guess it is about time.
I've not done this part-time studying act before. I hope I can pull it off. With God's help.
I've not done this part-time studying act before. I hope I can pull it off. With God's help.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Book Project
About 2 months ago, I chanced upon a book that Zoe wrote as her final year project when she was studying at La Salle. Gwen and I were keen to to help her bring it into publication. She wanted to revise it. It is still in Gwen's office right now. I hope we can help her fulfill her dream of publishing it.
It isn't a profound autobiography. But it speaks with clarity of the difficulty and yet at the same time is filled with hope, positive vibes and cheer of one who suffered hearing impairment at a tender age of 2. It gave a glimpse for me at least into the world of one deprived of the sense of hearing. I so wished that more people can read her life story and understand that in modern Singapore, there live a group of these people who are deprived of their sense of hearing. Often they are voiceless because they are too shy to speak up.
It isn't a profound autobiography. But it speaks with clarity of the difficulty and yet at the same time is filled with hope, positive vibes and cheer of one who suffered hearing impairment at a tender age of 2. It gave a glimpse for me at least into the world of one deprived of the sense of hearing. I so wished that more people can read her life story and understand that in modern Singapore, there live a group of these people who are deprived of their sense of hearing. Often they are voiceless because they are too shy to speak up.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Recent Reflections on a Funeral
A good friend's mum passed away last friday. Her mum underwent an operation to remove a brain tumor a year ago and soon after, was diagnosed with breast cancer. This friend of mine has been undergoing a lot of stress carrying the weight of being the head of her household since her dad passed away when she was 20. She is 34 this year. Both her parents were born deaf. Her older sis started to suffer from schizophrenia when her dad passed away and her younger sis was deprived of her hearing at 1 year old because of an illness.
At the funeral, I got to communicate with quite a number of hearing impaired people mainly through simple handsigns and writing. It was a new experience as I hardly ever come in contact with hearing impaired people. I was surprised that many of them have a great sense of humour and were very outgoing and friendly. In fact, at the table where I sat, only the lady next to me and I were hearing people and the rest (about 8) of them were not. We who are so called normal felt a little handicapped as we were the minority while most of them went on having conversations around the table. It was also interesting to learn that handsigns had different varieties. Those from Singapore mostly used handsigns in English and there was a couple who signed in Chinese (from Taiwan). Apparently, certain gestures for the same words are different but through patience and some humour, communication is definitely still possible.
I also came away from the funeral amazed at how the cell group which my friend belonged to played such a major role in making the funeral arrangements, carrying out the wake service and how supportive they were to the bereaved. I saw the concept of a cell church in action. Most of all, I saw God's love at work. There are still a lot of needs in this bereaved family but I am certain that the Lord who has been seeing them through thus far will continue to show His care for them through the hands and feet and hearts of His children. In the meantime, I am helping to raise the shortfall of S$3000 for the funeral expenses for them. Please pray with me that my contacts who has read my emails will consider chipping in to help them. If you feel led to help this family through financial contribution, feel free to email me at eeyuing@yahoo.com and we can work out the details.
Meanwhile, if you are a Christian and you are reading this, at least say a prayer for my friend and her two sisters. Thanks!
Update on 28 Jan 08: S$4262 has been raised so far. Target of S$3000 has been exceeded. Praise the Lord! (Thanks to those of you all the way from Vancouver! Cousins from Hong Kong! Friends and family in Singapore & Malaysia! Xangans from Australia & USA! God bless your kind and generous hearts!)
At the funeral, I got to communicate with quite a number of hearing impaired people mainly through simple handsigns and writing. It was a new experience as I hardly ever come in contact with hearing impaired people. I was surprised that many of them have a great sense of humour and were very outgoing and friendly. In fact, at the table where I sat, only the lady next to me and I were hearing people and the rest (about 8) of them were not. We who are so called normal felt a little handicapped as we were the minority while most of them went on having conversations around the table. It was also interesting to learn that handsigns had different varieties. Those from Singapore mostly used handsigns in English and there was a couple who signed in Chinese (from Taiwan). Apparently, certain gestures for the same words are different but through patience and some humour, communication is definitely still possible.
I also came away from the funeral amazed at how the cell group which my friend belonged to played such a major role in making the funeral arrangements, carrying out the wake service and how supportive they were to the bereaved. I saw the concept of a cell church in action. Most of all, I saw God's love at work. There are still a lot of needs in this bereaved family but I am certain that the Lord who has been seeing them through thus far will continue to show His care for them through the hands and feet and hearts of His children. In the meantime, I am helping to raise the shortfall of S$3000 for the funeral expenses for them. Please pray with me that my contacts who has read my emails will consider chipping in to help them. If you feel led to help this family through financial contribution, feel free to email me at eeyuing@yahoo.com and we can work out the details.
Meanwhile, if you are a Christian and you are reading this, at least say a prayer for my friend and her two sisters. Thanks!
Update on 28 Jan 08: S$4262 has been raised so far. Target of S$3000 has been exceeded. Praise the Lord! (Thanks to those of you all the way from Vancouver! Cousins from Hong Kong! Friends and family in Singapore & Malaysia! Xangans from Australia & USA! God bless your kind and generous hearts!)
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