it's been a while... yet again.

haven't been updating coz i feel there's nothing much to write abt except what's been on... reflecting the lack of reflection in my life since my last post. haha. oh well...

anyway, it has been a good month.

here're some highlights worth highlighting...

(1) phantom of the opera!!
my, i've been longing to watch this musical for like years. pity i couldn't catch it in london while i was studying in the uk, so i just had to wait. and it finally came!! thanks to my dear hub who bought the tix, the arty farty side of me was content.

i really enjoy musicals. and i love the classics. i think it's so smart, brilliant.. work of music and dance at its best. words can't express how much i enjoy these things. but phantom is not my favourite yet. thus far, i'd have to say that 'singing in the rain' is my all time fave. not to mention there're also musical cartoons that i watch over and over again.

aww... i love stories with a cheesy happy ending. sometimes the ending is like so duh.. so expected... but it's the development of the story that gets me. =) *dreams*

(2) easter miracle weekend
and then came easter. the children's carnival was great. i enjoyed myself. i hope my kids did too. hehe. i think the skit was good. and i think the games were good too. had a go at them during the set up the day before. hahaha!! oh well.. there's always the part in us that just doesn't grow old. =)

and over this weekend, there was a healing service. many testimonies. it was amazing. i was reminded again that God really really desires that we are well. not just physically, though that was the focus of the service, but also emotinally.

and as i sat there i think abt the people i know who struggle with feelings of hurt, rejection, fear, disappointment, insecurity... and it pains my heart. and all i have to say is, there's hope in Jesus. just like the title of the song "there can be miracles... when you believe..."

(3) vietnam!!
as some of you know, i've been to vietnam and back... went there for work, not for play (sadly) but i still did manage to catch the night markets after work. nothing much to buy there.. but things sure was cheap..

the people there are really polite and nice. and traffic was horrendous. our vietnamese staff told us that when you cross the roads, don't look at traffic and don't wait (or expect) vehicles to stop for pedestrians. the rule is: just cross. haha.

the food was fantabulous. i've never had such yummilicous vietnamese food before. authentic and very healthy. and i had the much-craved (by me), avocado milkshake. ooo.. heavenly.

and now i'm all stressed out at work coz our system can't take in the vietnamese language characters.... really praying hard for God to shine through for me!! before i fly back in 2 weeks time... *prays hard*

(4) QQS meetings!!
yes, the time of the year is here again.. QQS stands for qian qian shou (千牵手). it's a community project partnership with charities in both countries to raise awareness toward community efforts in china. very meaningful project where in 3 yrs (this is already the 2nd yr in running) 1000 youths from singapore will join 1000 youths in china to reach out to the poor and needy in china.

so the QQS meetings has just started. i missed going to the one in july last year (coz i just got married) though i went for the smaller scale follow-up trip in december.

it was a fun time. and i look forward so much to this one coming up in july. nothing warms my heart more than being able to reach out a loving hand to touch someone's life.

(5) meet-up with friends!!
met up with two friends i've not seen for nearly half a year. we had a great time catching up.

(6) vas and pris won the dance floor!!!
so cool!! i think only vas and pris and melvin and sharon could dance. the rest are just pas fais. they're more street dancers than really stage dancers. skill and interpretation of music was not there for the rest of the groups.

i love dancing. and yes, once again, classic dancing. that's art to me.

so that's april for me =)

hoping to post more reflective stuff and soon. haha. hope this post finds you well. =)

{ Monday, April 30 }