DARS appeared the next day!

God blesses in super tangible way sometimes. N this time round it was through pear. met pear, kai, n ting en for movie yest night. n on wed, pear told me and kai over msn that she bought sth for us. n we were trying to guess. the time we had the convo was abt 1 hr after i made the previous blog post.

pear: wanxin : bot u the thing to cheer u up and encourage u to pull thru ur tests... super big hint liao)

kai: ITS A PEN !!! haha

pear: kai : bot u the thing is to motivate u while reading bible. so wont be bored

kai: EHHHH ?

me: dars bitter chocolate???!!

pear: kai one not obvious.

pear: ...

pear: not saying anything else.

kai: u got us multi coloured post its right !!!

pear: diao

pear: even u 2 guess correct i oso wont say

and the very next day, it turns out she really got us coloured post its and dar bitter chocolate! and she bought all that without knowing we wanted those! woohoo. i think it's pretty amazing. haha.

alright fastforward to today. my niece, though very naughty, cheers me up with her innocence of a child

Her: Gu Gu, 我有没有跟你讲我明天去Disney on Ice?

Me: 有。讲了两次了，现在是第三次了。

Her: 我还是很 sad leh

Me: 为什么？

Her: 因为我有很多功课作！

Me: 有没有我多？

Her: 我有43页leh. 你有几页?

Me: 我的不是页的

Her: Huh!! 是本的阿？(gives me the shocked,wide-eyed look)

Then later, she went to bathe, and she said 'aiya, 等我冲好凉才跟你谈话啦'. Haha. shows how talkative she is. oh she is 7 btw (shehui she's not 3 anymore ok? haha)

Later at night, I read the bible with her (a first time!) and prayed with her too. Her parents don't do that with her, and I really should try to come home before she falls asleep so i can do that with her more often.

now, there's still work to be done. a lot of it. there's a presentation on wed, but we're barely halfway through the work. and there's a quiz on tues. which i have yet started revision for. and the whole of tomorrow is out. morn proj meeting, afternoon piano lesson, n night church. sun, church, then sentosa outing with church youths. which leaves me the night to create the ppt slides for wed in order to meet the group-imposed deadline.

but even though the movie last night, chatting w my parents n bro over dinner, n chatting w my niece sets me back quite a number of hours, and means i have to stay up later at night, nothing could have made me do things differently. what's a couple of late nights and darker eye rings if it means quality time with the people i love? :) though the movie on wed was just a movie, the company was great. ice cream treat by kai afterwards was a good way to unwind and just enjoy the company too :D

but now, time to do work.

oh on a sidenote, one of my dg girls served as pianist during jump (the crusade worship) today. it was a first for her, and i don't know why but i felt very 欣慰 and thankful that one of my sheep is stepping up to serve in crusade. :)

n i received a belated birthday treat from a dear friend today. a friendship formed through unusual circumstances. being late for sch tgt in st nicks, n ltr freshmen camp in smu. a friendship that has grown unexpectedly strong n sincere :) that, is worth much more than any material present one can get. Ellen, the hilarious yet serious lawyer to be. i've got a gd feeling abt this friendship :)