Started Christmas morning having breakfast with old pal LP at Clinton St. Baking Company & Restaurant at Purvis St. We shared a rhubarb pie and some really fluffy wild blueberries pancakes along with a cuppa latte each. We caught up with some highlights of the past year in our lives.
LP had a retina detachment which was a real health scare and challenge that demanded an emergency surgery in early April, after which she took two months to recuperate. I mentioned my travels with my sis to Japan and my dad's health challenges. She had a great trip to the Maldives with her hubby SK. We also conversed on how ISIS impacted the world climate in general.
It's always been great catching up with LP, my JC friend! We talked about how we should do a short holiday trip together! Hopefully, next year, with a few other friends! I'm just not sure how it will actually pan out. We'll see if it actually materialises if I do record it on my blog in 2016.
Next Tuesday, on 29 Dec, I'll looking forward to a historic reunion with a childhood friend. Excited about it! :)
Friday, December 25, 2015
Friday, December 18, 2015
41st Birthday
Today, I am officially a middle-aged woman. I read a quote where it says, 40 is the youth of old age and the old age of youth. I have truly entered my forties. Much as I am pleased when people compliment how youthful I look, I know I am no longer a youth. Perhaps, this will impact how I treat others and myself - for the better, I hope.
4 Huge Thanksgivings on my 41st Birthday
1. Thankful for my living Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ who brought me out of the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of light.
2. Thankful for my loving parents who have been loving and caring for me the best way they know how for the past 41 years.
3. Thankful for my loving siblings who have grown up with me from my birth, fought with me, laughed with me, cried with me, shared my faith with me and continue to spur me on in life, in love and my faith journey with God.
4. Thankful for my loving friends whom God has bestowed upon me to brighten my journey on earth and help us enrich one another's lives.
4 Huge Thanksgivings on my 41st Birthday
1. Thankful for my living Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ who brought me out of the kingdom of darkness into the kingdom of light.
2. Thankful for my loving parents who have been loving and caring for me the best way they know how for the past 41 years.
3. Thankful for my loving siblings who have grown up with me from my birth, fought with me, laughed with me, cried with me, shared my faith with me and continue to spur me on in life, in love and my faith journey with God.
4. Thankful for my loving friends whom God has bestowed upon me to brighten my journey on earth and help us enrich one another's lives.
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
First Post in December
Posting on a blog has become quite a challenge for me. I have written less than five posts this year. And when blogging was all a rage, I remember having almost 5 posts in a week, on different blogs.
December is my favourite month. It's my birthday month and it's Christmas. Today, 15 December is my friend's Dr David L's birthday. And I've known David since 1999. That's 16 years. This month, I had a reunion with my NIE buddies, Michell and Tammy, whom I have not reconnected since our graduation in 1995. It's amazing to get in touch after 20 years.
Tonight, I'll be meeting Wen Tin, my old pal from MGS to celebrate our December birthdays. Hers is on the 13th and mine five days after. 15th is always a good day for our combined celebration. :) I have known Wen Tin since 1987. That's a good 28 years to date.
On the actual date of my birthday, I will be spending it having lunch with mum and dinner with sis. They have both known me all my life. And mum has of course been God's instrument in giving me life, together with dad. Sis has grown up with me till I was 10, then left for the US for about five years and returned when I was 15. We've been living in Bishan together for the past ten years, sharing the flat with our chihuahua Happy who passed away two years ago. Only recently, this year, 2015, mum and dad moved back to live with us because of dad's ill health.
This has been a rather tumultuous year because of dad's ill health.
However, there have been happy moments and a new friendship that has developed unexpectedly since April with a young American pilot has brought me much joy. Just hope that this new friendship would not be too short-lived. :)
December is my favourite month. It's my birthday month and it's Christmas. Today, 15 December is my friend's Dr David L's birthday. And I've known David since 1999. That's 16 years. This month, I had a reunion with my NIE buddies, Michell and Tammy, whom I have not reconnected since our graduation in 1995. It's amazing to get in touch after 20 years.
Tonight, I'll be meeting Wen Tin, my old pal from MGS to celebrate our December birthdays. Hers is on the 13th and mine five days after. 15th is always a good day for our combined celebration. :) I have known Wen Tin since 1987. That's a good 28 years to date.
On the actual date of my birthday, I will be spending it having lunch with mum and dinner with sis. They have both known me all my life. And mum has of course been God's instrument in giving me life, together with dad. Sis has grown up with me till I was 10, then left for the US for about five years and returned when I was 15. We've been living in Bishan together for the past ten years, sharing the flat with our chihuahua Happy who passed away two years ago. Only recently, this year, 2015, mum and dad moved back to live with us because of dad's ill health.
This has been a rather tumultuous year because of dad's ill health.
However, there have been happy moments and a new friendship that has developed unexpectedly since April with a young American pilot has brought me much joy. Just hope that this new friendship would not be too short-lived. :)
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