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I'm currently at Singapore General Hospital's Polar cafe... Dori and I were supposed to meet at 10am (and so I rushed and I huffed and I puffed from Bukit Timah all the way down... okok I didn't run but I did rushed) then dad decided to come along last minute.. and they only got onto a bus from home at 10am. So here I am waiting... being thankful that I have my laptop with me.

I have been clearing spam off my site's comments... it has since become a daily routine. Spam bots would flood my comments with loads of junk posts and thankfully, this version of Movable Type has the capability to screen off most of them before they could be published. Still, I'll have to log into the system and remove them.

Then I realised... that there's a lot of spam in life too, things that are thrown into our lives which we do not necessarily need. All the messages and what nots... the only thing is that sometimes we get spam that's alluring and enticing and instead of trashing them we find ourselves keeping them and letting them clutter up our lives.

Hmm. It's a good time to do a self check. I'll need to rid myself off unwanted spam.

Hahaha I hope this makes sense.

The topic of love languages was briefly touched upon again yesterday at the marriage preparation course session. It's a good refresher and a reminder of how faithful God is for me personally. For those who may not be in the know, Gary Chapman has coined the term and lists five forms of love languages: Words of Affirmation, Acts of Service, Quality Time, Gifts and Physical Touch. We all give and receive love in these five forms, some responding more to particular forms, some less.

The interesting thing about Char and myself is that we have rather differing forms of love languages... so there were many moments in the past where we couldn't sense our love for one another when we were actually giving it in forms that the other party couldn't quite appreciate at that time. It was weird to talk in through initially for me... but now with the understanding, we are able to see and identify when we're expressing love in our language and we are able to reciprocate and respond in a way the other party will understand.

I respond to acts of service most somehow... and naturally I find myself expressing love and reciprocating concern with acts of service as well. Words of affirmation comes next, followed by gifts, quality time and physical touch.

There was this time when Char was asleep while I began to do up the laundry at her place... I know it sounds weird but I actually had a good time doing so. Haha...

Which is why I guess I enjoy my work in school... seeing the things I do as a form of service to the boys. And when they reciprocate in kind, I found myself especially touched. Like some of the boys who volunteered to help out at the parent teacher gathering last minute... when they didn't have to. Haha.. I bet they didn't even think it meant so much.

I went down to the CSE Hub (it's an old staff lounge now converted into a resting place and office space) to take a look before coming to the hospital - the furniture's in and the sockets and network points are in place. The next thing is to shift my stuff down from my library office... perhaps it'll spell a new season with a change in office space and environment... I don't know. But we'll see. :)