Sugar & Spice... what little girls are made of. Hahaha... It's actually a title of a japanese movie starring Yagira Yuya of "Nobody Knows" fame - the boy (14 year old then I think) who won best actor at the Cannes Film Festival in 2004. It's showing only in The Cathay and Orchard Cineplex... Char, Dori and I caught it on Tuesday.

There isn't very much a storyline... or rather, the whole film depicts the life of Shiro (Yagira Yuya), a seventeen year old boy fresh from high school graduation, how he fell in love for the first time... and how it ended with a breakup.

He's a good actor (aiyah that's why he won best actor... duh right). He makes u feel for him especially towards the ending portions of the film... the way he acted in the film... raw, truthful. He really projected the innocence of a boy who really gave of himself to someone whom he thought he could love for the rest of his life.

Nice. :)

Dori and I met the rest of the gang near Peter's place to spring a little surprise on him on his 17th birthday. The dazed surprised look he gave as we barged into his room was a classic. Hahaha... ended up going home really late - his mom prepared quite a sumptuous supper. :P

I knew this boy since he's 13... Five years. Whoa. The thing about youth ministry is that you don't just look after them spiritually... but you treat them very much like they're your own sibling. I know I've written this like over a million times... but yeah. It's really a privilege to see these ding dongs grow up, rising up, stepping out of their comfort zones, tackling issues in their strides, giving glory and honor to Him in the things they do. :)

Caught up with a dear brother over dinner this evening... just thankful to see the way He's watching over him and granting him such great experiences with student council and all. :)

Remember the boy whom I wrote about some entries back, the one who's working as a cook and who hasn't been going to church for the past two years or so?

We chatted over the phone tonight...

He wanted to "re-accept" Jesus into his life.

My heart was smiling as we chatted on... ended off with a prayer of rededication and me praying for him.

It seems like he realised he's been a pai kia aka xiao hun hun for too long and somehow he just felt he needed to get back.

And all I had going in my mind then... is that Pa is indeed faithful.

And personally He's telling me to constantly let go and let Him... because He will.

:)

Okay... time for bed. Gonna reach school pretty early tomorrow morning for a meeting. Ciao!