Some not-so-random thoughts...

1. Me? An agent of change? How can I be an effective agent of change in my church? Should I speak my mind? Do I start telling people what to do? Pray harder? Complain more?

2. Being an aunty isn't always fun! I am known as a policeman in church and personally, I don't like it one bit... but then again, would it serve God's purpose if I am the policeman?

3. Murmuring aka complaining aka ngam cham should be more controlled... on my part.

4. Defining my role. So what is it I do in and for church? Should there be a definitive role that I play? What difference would it make? Is it better to define my role? Can it be put into a neat compartment?

5. Mentoring. Who am I raising? Who am I bringing down by my actions or inactions?

6. What can I do in lives of those who don't love me? Who can those who need someone go to for a shoulder to cry on or a waiting ear? Can and should I be all things to all people? I can't so what happens to the others? I still care but I feel helpless.

7. Living a life pleasing to God. I don't please God when I murmur and complain and yet I do. I do feel relief after I share it with those who love me and bother about what I have to say. They bless me.

Someone stole my beloved tree!

Ok, so it isn't a LARGE tree but it was a LARGE potted plant which would grow into a tree if planted in the ground!

Cries! I am saddened by the work of the thief who carted my beautiful plant away sometime between last night and this morning! It was strategically placed outside of my gate cos I could admire it as i backed my car out of the house each morning. It brought a smile to my face! It reminded me of how lovely God's creations are and now it's GONE!!!

To beautify the pot, i had planted large japanese roses with matching colours as ground cover! Now, BOTH the flowering plants are gone!

I am sad. It was my fault for putting something of value outside. I thought the pot would be too large and heavy for anyone to cart away! Silly me!

I guess others liked the plant too...

I don't even know the name of the plant. I will have to scour for it in plant shops for a replacement. Thing is, it was a gift from someone who no longer attends my church. it was a very thoughtful gesture cos she came to my house with the LARGE pot and then smaller plant (like 3 years ago?) to present it to me cos she heard that I liked the plant.... Cries! I truly appreciated her kindness, thoughtfulness and hard work of finding the plant and lugging it over to my place!

I know a replacement would not be THE same but I would still remember when I look at it each day... call me sentimental.

Japan lost

I happened to catch the 2nd half of the oz vs japan match and was surprised that Japan was leading. i had not mentally sided any particular country this WC and was happily watching but to my dissappointment, I saw a very poor display of sportsmanship from the ang-mohs during this match!

I had not expected such a sight. of course, i know the game gets physical and usually, BOTH teams would be the same but not this time.

The worst thing is, the ones who were physically oppressive WON a landslide victory! What would anyone learn from this kinda score? That the STRONGEST team wins??????

I am not impressed at all.

i resurface with some updates...

1. school hols started off well. the second week though, 3 of us got hit by combinations of cough, fever, headache, runny nose...

2. josh got his 1st stiff neck on his 13th birthday! what a present!

3. we were blest with a yummy bbq cum steamboat dinner at the chois for josh and sarah's birthdays! yaaaay!

4. someone i know got breast cancer.

5. i need more patience in dealing with people, esp. non-believers.

6. i desire to draw and paint better so that i can create more beautiful cakes!