so what's next?

pa's hallucination. brother's injured arm. wife's accident. my bittersweet appointment with traffic. yet another and more serious accident.

more to come? God, no please. and I really pray for best of condition for the other party. whatever his name may be.

amen.

how much wood can a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?

monkey island 2, defining moments in my video gaming life.

tonsi what?

"no, tonsillitis!"

wifey down with it this very 1st week of term 4 and didn't know I had it until my own mum goes, "oh he had it too when he was much younger!".

okie. I hope I won't get it again as it is contagious. tonsillitis? I prefer tons of fried chicken wings.

and yay!

gonna get my driver's back! been living in almost constant fear the last 28 days, especially the last 7.

phew!

cucumber

the car spun out of control, from lane 1 to lane 3 of the expressway, coming only to a stop because of the wall. the car was facing the oncoming traffic, and so badly damaged, it can't be moved without a tow truck.

rain kept falling. seconds ticked away like though everything in slomo. a cisco traffic warden, emas, scdf paramedics and a TP dropped by before there were any real progress in the situation.

and all these time, my darling wife who was at the wheel was very cool. didn't kick up a big fuss and was relatively calm. her heart rate and blood pressure logged normal by the paramedics and I on the other hand, was having ragingly high measurements. even the emas guy commented that she was extremely cool as a cucumber about it!

but of course we thank God that we were not injured and no innocent folks were dragged into this.

one more week!

just 7 more days and I'll be getting my driver's back!!! w00t!

Perhaps Today

if Jesus comes back today, as promised in Mark 2, where would I stand? with Him? or away from?

where is my life heading?

life

was about scuba diving into illegal depths. was about getting the car up to speed, even on congested singapore roads. was about living like there's no tomorrow. no regards for safety. no qualms about getting into mortal danger. as the saying probably goes, "if you have no done those, you have not lived."

but as a creationist believer, what is life? or living? God created the world. created us. is it about the experience?

about 4 weeks ago, I was given a chance to build an incubator and try to hatch a number of quail eggs. one did and we even gave it a name. Isaac. it wasn't from dust like God did Adam. but we deemed it good too.

chick was cute and it was a wonderful experience for all of us seeing it happen, on top of the sense of achievement. a week later, it died. without an apology or even the return of the lifeless form.

question: were we playing some sort of god? or are we merely facilitators? obviously the latter because God created the process and we just followed through methodically and lo and behold. as fast as it came, it went.

in this world of ours, life is fragile. sure things happen. and sometimes beyond control. but what we have, we ought to cherish. there is a tomorrow. there is a future. not many people may care about whether you make it or not but God does. why else would He waste a day on creating us? he could have taken 2 days of rest.

life. is about being.

you will be missed.

bye

bye isaac. altho its just a short 8 days, your time on this world has brought me perspective.

see you in heaven.