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First off, thank you Alex for the Vday cookies and Matt for the fridge magnets from Vietnam... 有心了。 (: Haha I just realised both belong to that of my kaki pals as well! So this week I've actually got two pairs of Alex and Matt who came by the apartment. :P

It'd been a busy weekend; some of the guys from The Mustard Seeds (a youth cellgroup which I led from 2002-2007) came over for a visit on Saturday. I knew them since they were in Primary 6 / Secondary 1... now some of them are in National Service, some just starting, and some finishing their last year in their Polytechnics and Junior Colleges. Even though we seldom meet anymore, this bunch of guys remain a very special bunch because of all the shared memories through my growing Christian years (you can check the archives and you'll know what I mean... (:). God has used this bunch greatly in teaching me what it means to care... and to love unconditionally. As I look back and seriously ponder upon the years passed, I'm beginning to see that I've taken much more (the experiences and the learning points) than what I thought I gave (the time and the stepping out), or rather, what God enabled me to give.

Most of them remain the same as I've known them; the quiet ones still quiet, the crazy ones getting a little bit worse... hahaha. But I'm glad to see how some of them have grown in stature, taking up service roles be it in church or in their respective schools. Jan has taken up what I used to be for them to a group of secondary one boys in youth ministry this year... and as much as I made fun of him that day for having to sacrifice his dance concert to lead his group, my heart's rejoicing... to see how God has been faithful in his life, as with the rest. (:

Alex and Matty (kakis! :)) came by in the evening for a late night dinner; we've been trying to arrange a time for all of us to meet together before Matty flies back to Aussieland some weeks later. Ray & Jac and happily honeymooning in Nipponland still... so we had a small get together first. Didn't expect them to bring so much food... but they did! And all so yummy! Poor stomach... hahahaha. I remembered about the pepsi I placed in the freezer in the afternoon halfway through eating and went to rescue to it... in the end I almost had a volcanic eruption display at the sink! Managed to salvage some amount of drink though.. haha.

Visited Mdm.Tan Liang See, my upper secondary chinese teacher, the next day with some of my classmates from The Chinese High, 4D'98. It's since become a tradition every Chinese New Year to have a little get together at her place... and this would be the 13/14th time already. I arrived on the dot and had the opportunity to chat with her before the rest arrived... basically shared with her how it's been going at work and with Char (she was taught by Mdm. Tan too but in a totally different subject area!)... the rest came and we started to talk about her PhD dissertation on student motivation... quite a nice feeling to be interacting like that. (:

Quite a number of things transpired in the midst of the visitation... and I would say that they have provided a bearing as to the future decisions that would be made in time to come. Exciting days ahead... yet scary. But nevermind... shall take it one step at a time. (: