A Rare Saturday

Sat 19/3/05
Always good to awake with "mind at peace"...sat! weekend, no work.

Went to meet up with michelle at city hall, then headed back home.
the night before had actually "date" my dad out.
Hm, Yes, "DATE" a word ever hard to come off, if it had been in the past.
A relationship that over almost 2decades, that a "wall of generation gap"( if that's the best i can put it) always seems to present in my relationship with my dad.
But i thank God it was over.
it is in the past.

A turning point i always believe and know and experienced is because i knew God.
i tasted His unconditional love.
His love compelled me to step out of "myself" and began to love them, my parents in the way God intends it to be.

Back to my date with him.
it was a afternoon deciding whether of "going" and "not going".
Finally managed to persuade him to take on the wheelchair.
Yes, it was actually very fun to wheel my dad all the way to sengkang mrt.
Though he can walk , not for long distance...so he had to sit on the wheelchair.
a first time.
Trying to describe the surroundings to him...the familar places i know.
the path i took when i walk to the bus stop every morning.
the roadside i strolled every night back to home.
the trees, the blocks, the landmarks etc....
it was very nice feeling .
i knew and sensed it too my dad enjoyed it too.
Coz he had been at home for too long.
m glad he is happy.

At the foodcourt, he asked for korean food.
well, that's my dad. Does not care about the cost or anything, just concerned about enjoyment.
alrite, i thought, for this one time, i shall just submit to his request.
and my mum, on the other hand, asked for simple "char siew rice"
Ha, from here's an interesting fact.
my mum is a practical and thrifty typical housewife.
Dad "trained" over the years to earn so to spend, knowing what it means to enjoying life.
as i look at them, their marriage had been persevering.
tho during my younger times, i do not agree to them with a lot of their ways and the way they brought us up...etc...
now as i look back, i cant thank them enough.
For they perserve on to raise 5 of us up. they must have had their own hard times in "enduring" our rebellious growing periods.
God, i thank You, because You chose them as my parents.
they are not the perfect parents, but they are MY parents.
eh, why did i start talking so much about them?

back to the date...hee. :P
so we went to make the spectacles which my dad wanted to make for so long.
and went to cold storage to get the biscuits my dad been craving for.

it was a rare sat.
something which i didnt do before.
spending quality time with them.
had a lot of fun times having to wheel my dad across the roads.
aiyo, no strength le. good exercise tho.

something just came across my mind.
there are always a lot of things we want to do and didnt do.
Many times we see only whats the best thing to do at present.
we forgot to think about the best for now and future.
it can be our comfort zone that makes us hestitant.
it can be our claims to our personal rights.
whatever it is, i hope that each and every opportunity i can do the right things at the right time.
but bound to have slips and falls here and there.
but the important thing is to pick up and move on.
what's more, the All-knowing God is with me.
what's there to "worry".....

God, You are so nice!

A song during sun service:
YOu are my all in all

You are my strength when i am weak
You are the treasure that i seek
u are my all in all

Seeking You as a precious jewel
Lord, to give up i'll be a fool
You are my all in all

Jesus, Lamb of God
worthy is Your name
Jesus, Lamb of God
worthy is Your name

when i fall down
You pick me up
When i am dry
You fill my cup
You are my all in all