hmms..
where shall i start..
since the end of my engineer course..ive been placed in jurong for a good whole three weeks..busy with parade rehearsals all for the big commissioning day..
it came and went..
but it's something i'll never forget..
there are so many many many many things to thank God for..
perhaps i'll jus start with sat 9dec..
or rather the 3 weeks of rehearsals..
i still rem vividly that we started our first rehearsal on a hot saturday..
the sun burnt so crazily that i had a somewhat clownish tan line above my forehead..
on that day itself..
many people fell out maybe due to the weather, or the lack of drill conditioning in their pro term life..
i still rem seeing this commando in the contingent opposite mine..
he stood there..then he vomited..fresh vomit i mean..then he continued standing there..no one really tended to him..cos we are supposed to endure through the rehearsals..
then 5min later..another bout of vomiting came out...
i stood there watching him..it was an amusing sight..pardon me..
but yea..it was jus amusing..though i noe it's bad to laugh at people in such a predicament..
jus to sidetrack a lil..the first time i watched titanic..
there was this scene where the ship was sinking and it was perpendicular to the sea..
this man fell right down..hit one of the tables on the ship and fell into the water..
when i was in the cinema watching this with my sis..
i just laughed..till my sister had to ask me to stop...
anyways...
it is written..the sun will not harm me by day..nor the moon by night..a verse in the bible...
and yes Psalm 91 "ten thousand shall fall at my side, and a thousand at my right, but none of it will come near me"
okie..something along these lines..
but the Lord kept me safe under the scorching sun...
the subsequent rehearsals...they were more monotonous than tiring..
there was this particular day when the day was cleared of clouds..and the sun threatened to be at its best..but somehow there was this large gloomy cloud that covered the sun fittingly and it moved wherever the sun changes to its next position..
okies..this is the wrong description...science fanatics might just blast at me..
the cloud moved..the earth rotated and wherever the sun was..the cloud will always be covering it..isn't this His grace?
on the day when i took the beep test...
i was warming up..i looked towards the sky and i saw a rainbow...
yes a rainbow..
how often can we catch a rainbow...
hahaha...beats me..but i just feel thankful whenever i see a rainbow or a shooting star...
on the parade day itself...
we were standing on the parade square..and those gargantun dark clouds were rolling towards out direction...
i was so afraid that it was goin to pour..and having ur big day cancelled because of inclement weather isn't a good thing..since we've trained so hard for the parade..and nothing beats being commissioned on the parade square..
i just prayed in tongues..trusting Him..
and miraculously..it didn't rain...it drizzled a lil..but somewhoe the wind just pushed the dark clouds aways from the parade square..
i was observing the sky the whole time..though i'm supposed to look straight ahead..
look up look smart..
but i can't help lookin at the sky..
i was so thankful it didn't rain..
and at the last part...at the end of the parade..
i threw my cap high up into the sky and that's the moment i'll always rem in my life...
not about the rehearsals..not about the parade..
but the throwing of my cap..
it just feels so euphoric..
okies..maybe to my non ns readers..u won't really understand the feeling..but just think along the lines of feeling 'high'
anyways..on monday..we were goin to be posted to our new unit..
my instructor told me that initiation will start on the 18th..and immediately i felt affected..
i really wanted to attend church camp..
and i just totally lost it..
while we were in the tonner towards jurong..
i just sat in the tonner..jus thinking over this matter..
it poured heavily..
but i just sat in there..not knowing what to feel...
prayed in tongues..then at one point..i just told Him..no matter what state i'm in..i'll just praise You with all i am..regardless whether i can attend church camp or not..
i told Him..i'll put my trust in Him no matter what...
so when we reached jurong..i was anxious to know about my leave...
then there was rumours about initiation starting just aft Christmas..and i was filled with hope again..there's still a possibility that i might be able to attend the camp..
then during the introductory meeting..the S1 asked if anyone was going overseas..
i put up my hand..indicating the dates..
and while he was settling our leave for us...
i told him about my overseas trip..
and thank God..he shuffled the leave for me..so much so that i only need to stay in camp until this fri...
and i'll be on leave next week onwards..
meaning that i can attend the camp!!
when i heard it i was so so relieved and thankful..
this thing has always been on my mind since the time i signed up for the camp..
and alas!
thank God for giving me this opportunity to attend my first church camp...
and i'm lookin forward to a time of receiving His word..
in fact..for the past two days..i've been idling in camp..really doing nothing...
i even finished reading the book i bought for my instructor..
pastor prince's "spiritual warfare"
i read it before i went to my new unit..and what pastor says in the book..really helps me as i was sitting in the tonner thinkin...
his books are just so powerful..and i'm not really done with the scriptures in it yet...
i was so bored..i went runnning..i went gyming..
and today since there was nothing to do..
i requested to book out of camp...given that i'll book in tonight..
and i had an idea..
tmr's bible study..and maybe i can just leave the camp for bs..then book in at night..
hallelujah..
it was always my wish to attend bs more regularly...
because for my whole year..i couldn't attend regularly due to training...
anyways..for my commissionin parade..
i actually got pangsehed by my friend..(haha not u shrink but i'm referring to another one)
if u ask me..
the commissioning parade is an important thing to us..
because it symbolises the end of the 9month journey we took..
and we are all dressed in our smart and pristine white uniforms..
and for this..i chose to call friends whom i deem are closer to me..
seriously for this friend..i told her a month ago about the parade and everything..
but nearing it..she told me she had a friend's birthday celebrations on sat 9dec itself..
naturally i was disappointed..
like come on i told u a month ago..
maybe it may be awkward to attend the parade alone without being able to find any friend to come along with u..
but yea...
i told her a month ago and she said she would attend..
a month ago..u have a date to note on ur calendar..
but unfortunately..different people have different priorities..
ahha don't noe larh..
something which u think it's important for u..and u honour that friend to ask her to attend..it's natural to feel disappointed eh..
but it's okie...
in the end...none of my friends came..my study group friends came..in response to my study group friends' invitations..
and i'm thankful enough for that...
i told myself..maybe it's a parade whereby it's goin to be just Him and my parents with me on the parade square..
and i told Him..it's good enough..
u see..
friends come and go..
affection, care and concern from Man comes and goes..
one day it will fade..
but His love will never fade..
it's the same yesterday, today and forevermore..
His love is everlasting, eternal and ever so faithful..
so i don't think it will be any surprise if i stay single for a long time to come..
He alone is good enough for me..
nothing compares to Him..
no pretty girl walking down the street will compare to Him..
noobody..