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LETTERS FROM THE LIVING

Thursday, May 24, 2007

I thought coming back to Singapore will be a bit more peaceful and carefree, but how wrong was I! Ever since I touchdowned last week, I had to deal with a flurry of events that came one by one - I bet it came faster than before I can utter "Dear heavenly F...."!

Firstly, it's kinda amazing how God's peace and comfort floods our family as we learnt that Mom was diagnosed with glaucoma and it caused her left eye vision to be severely impaired. Being almost blind in one eye may be a bitter pill to swallow for even the strongest person in the world, but my magnificent mum took things in her suave stride! I guess she is a perfect testament to walking by faith and not by sight - literally!!

If LOTR had its own towers, I have mine too - Mum and Dad of course! Alas, my dad fell ill the day I came home and days later found out he got chicken pox! Talk about timing! I can't imagine how things are going to be if I have not decided to come back early from the States. Thank God!

Now that most of my friends are either gainfully employed, illegally employed or frantically searching to be employed so as to see out the long hols, I have to proudly declared in jest that I'm working part time too! My current occupation is a part time nurse cum housekeeper cum errand boy and paper boy! For the uninitiated, I have to help administer eye drops for my mum throughtout the day, help her do house chores, buy my parents food, get my dad his daily tri-dosage of newspapers and find time to do my own stuff! What a way to honour my parents for siphoning all their $$ for my US trip huh? Karma?? Haha... It may sound siong, but it is strangely therapeutic! So, dear cell mate, if u are reading this, this is why u won't see me until next week. Unless u want some chicken pox virus!

As for myself, I have been plagued with the inevitable FYP problem too since last month. Being abroad from NTU has its own cons too. As most students can approach professors directly for consulting of FYPs, I could only do mine through emails. After repeated disappointments of not getting the projects/profs I had targeted, I finally got a confirmation! It is an industrial project and I am hoping for it to be interesting enough to keep me going for a year! Praise God!!

VJ Titanium has also just recovered from jet lag and would like to dedicate this song to all readers! It's by a famous Christian hard rock band called Kutless and this song is a worship song with a strong inclination towards Nickelback-ish kinda vibe. He got the recommendation courtesy of Pauline. So rock on!

Kutless - Strong Tower

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