Development of "World Map"

Don't know why since Tue, I'm having really bad rashes that look more like a world map, which become worse at night. We're choosing between seeing a doc and going TCM. Think I'll choose the latter if by tomorrow my "world map" doesn't subside.

Especially this weekend, we're gonna have lots of food. Meeting PY & Brian for dinner on Sat & we're having a belated Father's Day lunch this Sun. 2 buffets consecutively.... not good not good....

It's A Long Process - I

The selling of our previous home & the buying of the new place were a long one that took exactly 7 months.

14 Jun 09, we sold our first home. Gave up my new job to concentrate on the packing... it's for my health too.

29 Aug, we moved out. Most of our stuff went to the warehouse, mum to sis' while hubby & I went to Aunt GS. We're totally not used to it & felt so insecured at the thought of being homeless. That's when we realised that we've taken for granted what we'd been enjoying - our own home.

13 Sept, we moved from Aunt GS' to Bishan. The week before that we're busy cleaning up the room and getting all necessary items for the few months' stay. We really thank God for the provision. We didn't need to pay rent, not even utilities and could stay there for as long as we wanted to. It's a very different experience for me... it's the 1st time I lived under the same roof with a few different individuals.

Since early July when the OTP was signed, we'd been visiting ID firms to get quotes. All in all, we'd met 6 of them and each came back with a quote that's way over our budget. All of them said the same - we had expensive taste. We actually banked on Anthony, who's the ID for our first home. We paid so little then (minor works though - false ceiling in living+feature wall in living+L-box in MBR+some additional lighting points @ only $1.6K). We got in touch with him even before we bought the new place. Just at that time, he came out to set up his own company & promised to give us a very good price. We obviously had a very different expectation of "a good price". So we're extremely disappointed to be quoted a price that's even higher than the rest of the IDs! Actually we needed more of a contractor than interior designer since we've got our own ideas to do up the place. However, it's just so difficult to find 1... we're in such a desperate state that we contemplated the thought of not renovating our place (ie. not moving in 1st) till we got enough money. We're just not willing to give up the ID ideas we'd for our new home.

Then the last ID, J (he's also the 7th we approached), was actually introduced by our property agent, just when we're about to give up. He's a very nice man.. very honest and accomodative. We're so glad & relieved to have found him as his price was the lowest & it's also the only 1 that's not too far from our budget. Thank God!

Mid Nov, we got our keys & we brought him to our new place for a site visit.

Weekend Meals

We've always preferred dining out as it's fuss free. I perspire very easily so even just a simple meal, I'll be soaked in perspiration after prepping & cooking. But these couple of weeks we're into some easy homecooked meals.

Last Sat evening, I fried macaroni with garlic, which hubby loves. Dessert was tau suan... So glad that we're successful at 1st attempt:) But we cooked way too much! We'll be able to gauge better for the next round.

Yesterday, we'd pizza for dinner. Easy to prepare & it's hubby's fav.

What did we've in our pizza? - bacon, ham, sausages, mushrooms, pineapple, garlic ....
Garlic in pizza.... Yummy....!:D

Hubby's such a carnivore... total 3 layers of meat!:O

And dessert for last evening was beancurd almond....

We bought so much ingredients that we could make another 2 or more pizzas! So our lunch today was pizza again & we'll be having bacon egg sandwich for breakfast tomorrow:)

We included mum's share for today's lunch

Miracle

Just visited JH with hubby.

Totally understandable that he's still very traumatised & refused to talk about what'd happened. I felt heart pain just by listening to the injuries he's now suffering... needless to talk about the parents. But he's a very brave boy and his parents are so strong. He's the most seriously wounded among the 3 victims, yet experiences the most improvement in his condition. The good news is... 3 out of his 4 fingers can move now & are healing well after the reattachment. It's really God's miraculous works as the doc said they would usually give up if the detachment was more than 6 hours and his was more than 10hours! Praise the Lord! There'll be 1 or 2 surguries done, when he gets better, for his index finger and perhaps his nose too.

It's still a long road to recovery. All of us will continue to pray for him and his family .....

Please Pray for Him

The 19-year old young man used to be my Sunday School student. Was close to him & his 2 sisters years ago, when we're still attending the same church.

When I got to know about it on Sunday, I thought it wasn't that serious.... Monday, got a lil more details about the seriousness of his injuries but without info on what actually happened. And I couldn't really sleep that night... kept thinking what led to the attack. Yesterday, finally got more details & also read from the news... and I really feel sorry for him and his family. Have been praying for them....

He's a very smart boy... in fact, he and his siblings went through gifted program in school. His ambition is to be a pilot. Especially when you've kinda walked with him in the path of his growing up, who he is today is not to be taken for granted. And I feel for his parents, who are our family friends.

I taught them since they were about 3 years old... till 12 or 13. Their age gap is only 1 year apart. At that time, they're the infamous "三大天王" in church... everyone would shake their heads at the mere mention of their names. How naughty were they? As they're too smart for their age, they'd no interest in all those toys/games the parents bought for them. They created their own games, that was, all the furniture in the house... they'd jump from one furniture to the other. Another time, as they didn't want the maid to bring them out (can’t remember where to... maybe to school?), they locked the gate's padlock & threw the key out of window. They caused their parents a lot of headaches then. So in church, you can roughly imagine how mischevious they could get. It was a lil challenging for me initially as I wasn't someone with a mild temper. But not too long later, we built up very good relationship. When they saw me in church, they (among some other boys & girls who were in my classes) would run to me to tell me things that happened in their school or to complain about their siblings. I taught them & played a lot with them as well... so much so that my ex was very unhappy as he thought it was unglam for a grown-up girl to be running around & chasing the ball with them in church (& in heels). But I couldn’t be bothered as during class, I wanted everyone to be serious but out of class, I wanted to have much fun with them. The parents were so happy that their kids ‘listened’ to at least someone out there. I even brought them out to the Science Centre before & for a few other outings as their parents were in my cell group. Over the years, they changed for the better... became more & more thoughtful and obedient. Then they did so well in school. Then they graduated from my classes but they’re also in my cell group, together with the parents. The boy even started to lead the singing portion sometimes. In my mind, they’re the young ones who have a very bright future, so this came as a really shocking news to me.

He’s in ICU now.... among his multiple injuries, the most serious one gotta be the back, that was so close to hitting the spine. And also his hand & fingers... the docs had done a re-attachment surgery for him but still very much under observation. He’s a brave boy who supposed to have a very promising future. But our will may not be His. We thank Him that JH’s will to live is so strong.. imagine, being left out there, bleeding for 7 hours. Thank God for his life... we’ll just continue to pray ernestly for his journey to recovery and his family as well.