It's a very special month woohoo, because someone turned 20 on 20th June! Yup that's right, I'm finally 2 decades old! Okay, more on my birthday later on but on with my stories of the month!
1. Work
Ok so by now, you guys should have read my post on my May work experiences and my latest job is at Shihlin Taiwan Street Snacks. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy working there. But it's gotten to a point where I'm tired of it. Yes, I meet people and talk to them, familiar faces when I'm lucky and even befriend certain customers who come by everyday just to get a pack of chicken/sweet potato fries/tempura (like this particular aunty/FitnessFirst employees), but I'm tired. It's mundane, doing cashiering and shouting orders, packing meesua, making sure I get orders right. So I've come to a point where I've decided: Goodbye Shihlin. The people haven't been easy, because they always ask me to smoke (?!?! I hate it so badly & they keep asking me to do so..), but they've been really nice too lah! Gonna work till the end of June then it's bye bye chicken and meesua... By the way, you may think I've gained weight by eating all those fried food, but strangely I've lost weight during over time! It's probably due to all those standing but seriously, couldn't be happier man!
After STSS, I'll be heading back to Warner woohoo! It was one of the highlights over my poly life, so I'm pretty thankful I'll have another opportunity to work there again! There are going to be quite a couple of acts coming up over the next few months, so it's definitely going to be an exciting time!
2. BSC Camp + Sisters' Retreat
After 2 years, the bi-annual church camp finally came! Sighs, really missing church camp again. Just miss those carefree holiday days and spending time with my favourite people on earth!
This year's camp was held in Batu Pahat, about a 2h drive up so it was not too bad! Unlike the previous camp, Batu Pahat is a quiet town so we didn't really have lots of sightseeing to do. The hotel is pretty decent. Well, when you have your whole church at one location, it just feels like home & it's cosy! Plus, nothing beats seeing your friends for like 5 days straight! The theme for the camp was: Know, Show Glow - I would say that this theme is simple to understand and pretty straightforward! Knowing God is something that all of us know. For me, growing up in a Christian family made me feel as though I had to be extremely knowledgable about the Bible and all about God! But through my years of growing up in church, it seemed like I was in a 'reversed' situation where I felt I wasn't growing much to be honest, and it was only over the past few years when I really saw myself growing and understanding more about God's word! I think being a DGL now helps me even more in this aspect because I've gotta internalise stuff even more now to teach my girls!
Was part of the games committee again this year, and it's really nerve-wrecking because I do feel that there is a certain standard set for games already. In 2014, the games feedback were great! Adults enjoyed them and in certain ways, they were age-friendly! I think many people enjoyed themselves greatly and it just set off an even greater pressure to maintain the high standards! Thankfully, the games went equally awesome this year, and I enjoyed every single bit of it (video-making for games, planning at houses which just ends up with us watching TV LOL), planning overnight during camp itself and ending up watching TV in the twins' room LOL and just being a part of this knowing that God has given us wisdom and fresh ideas to plan games! :-)
Was glad to have spent my time with -SISTERS ONLY- (hehe) at SR! Rosey was our speaker and she gave very good examples of walking with God! Sorry, couldn't really remember the theme, but it was along the lines of trusting God despite all the distractions in the world! Thought she gave a very practical illustration and thought us Bible stories with simple activities. 1) She made us go through activities to 'symbolise' what the Israelites went through in the past. 2) She poured toys all over the floor and we had to partner up and one partner was blindfolded, with the other trying to get guide the other. Oh man, that was chaotic because everyone was shouting for their partner to cross and the aim of the activity was to remind us that in life, we'll only follow the one who calls out to us, we'll only recognise 1 voice and that voice will be God amidst all the other distractions! :-)
3. Turning the big 2-0!
I am officially 2-0. 2, 2, 2-0. I am upset. I am old now. Hahaha! Well in all seriousness, it's been great turning 2-0! You don't change much obviously, apart from the fact that I somehow get super tired easily nowadays? Old people syndrome LOL! Spent the pre-birthday weekend celebrating with my family and Joe's family. Had a simple steamboat dinner at my place, and truly this small yearly affair is something I deeply treasure. Really think that a huge part to play for this yearly gathering because of Joe+I, but not complaining because both families have shown me so much love over my many years of growing up!
Having my own DG-lings to take care of starting this year meant that birthday celebrations were more common. I honestly did not expect my girls to surprise me but here's how the story went: Sunday. I was just chilling by the worship practise area, that's pretty much my usual spot to chill before worship starts when my girls came up to me with this really cute dachshund balloon! It could walk and all, it was super cute! Don't know how they know I really love dachshunds but yes, thanks to them, I finally got one haha! Decided to have lunch with them as well since they wanted to celebrate my birthday. So before heading to the restaurant, I had to run an errand. Girls all claimed they had to use the washroom, I thought well, girls ALWAYS use the washroom together for some reason so there wasn't anything suspicious about that. After meeting them back at the restaurant, we just got our food and chatted over our meal. Suddenly, Eunice had to use the restroom again, I figured she had to wash her hands, and so she left. But shortly after she left, she came back and rummaged through her bag. I thought she had to take like tissue or something, and Shauna somehow had to also use the washroom. Up till this point, I was still completely oblivious. After 'coming back from the washroom', the girls popped a slice of cake out of nowhere and started singing happy birthday hahaha! It was truly a surprise to this blur me, and since it's ME, i made the whole DG sing happy birthday really loudly hahaha! I was also really blessed by the sisters in the youth because we all celebrated my special day together!
I do feel that with year as I turn older, the responsibilities that I have to face just grow bigger. Even I find that I myself am changing! I feel the need to be more independent now, not to give my parents so much burden (financially), to be more matured and a better role model for younger girls and I think it's time to grow up :-( But then again, I truly thank God for everything! I'm not one who needs a huge party with the whole neighbourhood down, just give me people whom I really hold very dear to my heart and that satisfies me! I know I say this way too much, but really, I AM BLESSED! You have no idea how fortunate I am and how richly God has blessed me - with a good Christian family (blood-related and church), friends, so many amazing experiences so far and well, the list goes on!
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Alright, I'm just posting this post up now in November because I'm gonna try to start a new post very soon with the updated happenings the past few months! And I'll be sure to add in photos to this post so stay tuned for more updates! xx
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