good weekend. =)

it's been a long time since i've blogged. yet again. haha. it seems my blog always goes on hiatus of 2 or 3 months after every post i make. but i guess i'll just continue updating it anyway, though the posts are far and few in between, not many people read the posts, i haven't re-read any of the posts i've made so far yet, but i guess it's always good for me to track my progress.

just today i bumped into an indian tourist couple with their kid at outram park. they were asking me how to take a bus to get back to their hotel (which was like just one bus stop away. xD). then after a while they decided to take a taxi, and since my dad was coming to fetch me, i offered them a lift. I asked my dad if he was okay with it, of course. my dad graciously did them the favour of sending them to their hotel, and i could tell they were thankful for our little gesture of kindness. while they were saying thank you and waving goodbye, i realised the lady was wearing a cross on her necklace. =D I felt very honoured to have been used by God to show them this little bit of kindness. =)

Anyway, that was just one thing that happened today. What's been happening for the past two months has basically been as such: i was overseas for a period for training, and that really upset my walk with God quite a bit. I didn't read my bible often (though i tried, albeit once or twice), my eyes went totally wild, and my thought life was definitely far from pleasing to the Lord. But after I came back, God was faithful to me, and brought me back to His people, surrounded me with His guardian angels and kept me close to Him again. I met up with my accountability partner, came up with plans (still haven't followed them that faithfully yet, though. sorry johnson. but i promise i'll keep trying.)

Then right after I made my commitments to keep close to Him again, my army life started getting busy and all, with our preparations for atec. and yet again, i started to exhibit non-edifying behaviour, especially in terms of the way I spoke. This is an issue that I think I'll still continue to struggle with for many years to come, but i think i need to push on and pray about it.

then now, there's a short period of 3 weeks before atec, which means it'll be a trying time for me again. but i guess at least there won't be any more outfield training or high-key/high-risk training for a while, so i can take a breather and start catching up with friends again.

so here's the summary. (in case i'm lazy to read my own loh-soh paragraphs)

1. my spiritual life has been on a roller coaster ride so far
2. but God is faithful and true, and has sent me help in times of need
3. I've let Him down in the way i've conducted myself, but i thank Him that He still blesses me and loves me.
4. I've been meeting up with friends in the past month (yes, even before today), catching up and whenever meeting with christian friends, sharing and listening to them share about our everyday struggles, then helping out in whatever way i can/could. (i can't seem to get the grammar right for this sentence. irks me. xD)
5. i desire to keep close to Him, but the mind is willing but the flesh is weak. may God give me the strength to.
6. i've found out that as brothers in Christ, we have to pull each other together to support each other and share our troubles with one another to receive support. that's important for us to progress in our walks with God.

yeah. anyway, just to elaborate more about today, I had a good time today. It's been a good weekend so far. just watched 'Despicable Me'. loved the movie to bits. =D especially liked the ending bedtime story, was so nice and heartwarming. don't remember it well though. haha. then had a good chat with my OCS ex-platoonmates and learnt a good bit about how i can do my job better in camp. then there was the indian tourist incident, then had a good time chatting with my dad. tomorrow i'm gonna meet charlotte in the afternoon, then meet my s71 ex-classmates at night. =D and of course i'll go see granny in the hospital tomorrow, hopefully i can bring joy to her as well. =)

yeah... so that's how life's been so far.

nothing further, out. =D