blabbers...

Spoke to a client who’s a designer.. her perspective of marriage’s a little different from the norm. Why do people get married she asked.. She wants to just wait it out.. see what happens, let each year pass .. kids? She loves em but she’d rather donate money to kids in poverty stricken families.. a rather different view altogether..

Driving around today and thought about the gloom all around.. didn’t realize that it has actually reached main street.. right smack in orchard road. I parked at orchard the other day only to realize it was too easy getting a lot.. or rather.. there were too many lots avail at that time. Streets seemed too empty for ‘dinner hour’
Spoke to 2 client’s today and both are worried about the economic situation, young diploma holders wondering if there was a possibility they might be retrenched..

For me.. it’s not easy as well since I’m now dealing with clients having negative thoughts of the foreseeable future.. but.. it’s ok, I’ve accepted the fact that this is gonna continue and we’ve just got to work harder.. the fittest will survive..

On hind side, the trip up Penang was rather insightful. When you set out to do God’s work, He makes everything fall into place. We were blessed with excellent weather the 1st morning of our arrival. Days before that saw horrid stormy weather and Yet the 3 days of our visit, We were blessed with summer sunny clear blue skies! =) We did not visit as members of the main contributing team but I definitely felt advantaged to have been able to be a part of the visit. I was reminded of how we often take things for granted , put ourselves first, deny responsibilities to help out in church..

And there, the people in Church were raring to move forward.. a new breed of volunteers wanting to make a change to help the hearing impaired both in penang and in the other parts of Malaysia. Some of the HI attendees from Ipoh and KL travelled 7 hours just to attend this camp and yet there were no signs of fatigue written on their faces.. and 70 year old Helen - the ONLY interpretor in church interpreting service after service .. inspired by her strength to serve..

The message sent out was akin to what moved me in Philippines, Deny Ourselves, Take up the Cross and Follow Christ.. Indeed we know it all, but we’ve failed to shed the layers that have been keeping us warm to step out of our comfort zones to explore so much more of what we can do for Him.
I had little sleep this weekend but I’m still glad I was given the opportunity to be a part of this.