ah.... =) had a nice little break last week with my friend LN. we took a trip up to KL to do some shopping!! hahaha! yes.... me, shopping. and the best part is i couldn't get enough of it. hahaha... so unlike me...

LN was a fantastic tour guide and navigator... hahaha... coz i'm always walking in the wrong direction. =) it was great to hang out with her again after so long. really enjoyed her company man. hope that her work gets cleared up soon... =)

we visited KLCC (the shopping area below the petronas twin towers), mid-valley megamall (it's supposed to be 1km long per level from north to south) and berjaya times square (the recently opened mall with an amusement park in it which claims to have the longest indoor roller coaster in the world... or is it in asia? can't remember). hehehe. when we were in mid-valley, we felt kinda demoralised coz we didn't buy anything. hard to as well... coz the fashion there is so different from the fashion we find in singapore. but i did buy some stuff... but from stores which can also be found here in singapore!! *faints* oh well... =)

at least now i know that i'm definitely in to singapore fashion... =P

well, the trip up is not just all about shopping... we visited our dear friend living there too! he was really nice and hospitable towards us. really thank him for our enjoyable stay. he called us every night to tell us where we could go and visit in KL... he drove us round the city and showed us some popular night sights... and it was really nice visiting his cell group. hehehe. happening bunch of people. we had a good time playing an ice-breaker game called 'love your neighbour'. haha!! unforgetable. =)

that was a good break from the norm.... and now i'm back in office... working again... sigh... oh well... =)

and saturday, 3rd dec, was our last service in TC!!! *wail* but we're moving to an even bigger place at expo! =) have mixed feelings towards that place... i guess that's how people always feel when there're major changes taking place in their lives. and.... the move would mean that i'll no longer have services on saturdays but on sundays.... that's quite a bit of adjustment... i can't imagine myself being free on a saturday afternoon and packed on a sunday. it's usually the other way around. but in any case, am looking forward to moving to the expo!!

my youth pastor says that we're moving to a place with EXtraordinary POssibilities! =) happening! and my cell mate coined up EXPOnential growth. =) really look forward to the work God will be doing in that place.... filling up the whole of the max pavilion... as well as helping each one of us to grow in faith in Him...

so exciting!!

then comes sunday, 4th dec. well, early in the morning, i ran the stan chart mini marathon (10km)... wahhhh.... tiring man..... but thank God i completed it... today i'm aching all over. sigh... thank God too that i could run with a good friend and cell mate, JL... was really encouraging to have her around... if not i don't think i could run up till the 6.5km mark before i was punctured... hahaha. =)

after the run, rushed home to change to attend a good friend's wedding. man... it was so touching... weddings always makes me cry..... so sweet.... especially when they exchange vows, and you know they mean it, and when they give thanks to God and their families, and when you hear speeches made abt them.... really touching! words simply fail to describe the beauty of the union we witness... it's just beautiful.

recently, weddings kind of reminds me of how God described himself as the groom and us, the Church, as the bride. i can just imagine that love and anticipation the groom experiences as the bride walks down the aisle towards him and the love and anticipation the bride experiences too as she is walking towards the groom.

i remember when i first heard how God described His coming as the groom for his bride, the Church. i took it really, at the face value. after attending so many beautiful weddings, i come to realise that there is such gladness and joy in the union only because there was this period of preparation and this period of drawing closer to one another and this period of building a strong relationship that makes the whole affair so touching and sweet.

i guess till Jesus returns to claim His bride, which is us, we're also living in that period of preparation, that period of drawing closer to Him and that period of building an intimate relationship with our spiritual bridegroom. how much sweeter that day would be when He comes to claim His bride. and just like how the bride keeps herself pure to present herself wholly to her groom do we, the Church, keep too ourselves pure and holy for our groom, the King.

just imagine... how much more beautiful that Day would be...

and it was so nice to meet 3 of our dear dear friends from the UK!! they came to attend DK's wedding! =) they're K and R and our dear DR. hahaha. DR's still the same... hehehe... funny and witty... =) really nice to see him again since we left the UK. it has been like 2 years.... K and R are also the same... sweet and loving... =) and they've been through so much over the past year. their courage and faith in God is really admirable. they really inspire me... i just pray that when i grow old that my faith in God would be as strong as theirs and my relationship with God will be as intimate as theirs...

His love really amazes me...

{ Monday, December 5 }