Will share a few interesting encounters...
Encounter 1
I lost... my iPod Touch... but "found" it!
Ok.. eRhm-z. I didn't find it... my friend did!
Let me briefly recount the day's activities and explain when and where I misplaced my iPod touch.
I went to school at 10am to help out with a research study and got myself 2 free Cathay movie tickets! WheE... huRray~ *Slumdog millionare... here I come!!*
After which, I had a quick bite at the Arts Deck (canteen) before proceeding for my tutorial from 12-2pm. It was a weird tutorial lesson, pretty much confused with our tutor was trying to bring across to us. He's quite new to teaching so yea, the least I could do was to encourage him by paying attention.
The lesson ended and our group stayed on for a further 5 minutes to decide on the venue and time to meet for our project discussion. We then dispersed and I headed to the Arts Deck to grab a drink (carrot + orange) before taking a loooong walk back to Prince George's Park Residences (my hostel). *Ps: I like long walks/runs*
I decided to flip open my laptop and wanted blog... but was toooo tired to do so! So I dozed off on my bed before waking up to the vibration of my phone.
"Hello... This is (friend's name)... you lost your iPod Touch right?"
*Super horrified face*
"Eh.. eh... ya..." *Note: Yes, I just woke up*
So... guys... where... exactly... was the crime scene where I misplaced my iPod touch...?
a. The Arts Deck?
b. The tutorial class?
or...
c. In my dreams?
b. The tutorial class?
or...
c. In my dreams?
Ok... answer's (b)...
I left it on the table while I was planning for my project meeting. Careless me... *Random thought: Careless... Care-less... Care less... Hmz... did the word careless come from someone who simply care less about their things...*
Thank God the person who picked it up was someone I knew!! She didn't know who it belonged to at first... until she opened up the email application from my iPod Touch and saw my name... *phewz*
So I attended an Eco-Tourism talk organized by NUSSU-Save from 6pm-7pm before heading down to Redhill station to collect my iPod Touch. I thanked her profusely when I saw her and she explained how she found out the iPod Touch belongs to me. After she left, I opened the email application... wondering which email it was... erh... and i realised it was quite a personal email which I sent to a dear friend of mine... @_@
Moving on to encounter 2...
So I left Redhill... had to take to Outram before changing over to the NEL~
When I boarded the NEL train @ Outram, I began reading a book which I borrowed from the library. *Sidenote: False Impression by Jeffrey Archer* While I was engrossed with my book, a mother who was carrying her little daughter caught my attention.
There was this lady (who was a stranger to the mother and daughter) holding on to 2 big balloons, one of which was a huge yellow smiley face. The little girl was fascinated by it. A seat was offered to them but when the mummy approached the seat, the little girl started making disgruntled sounds... she didn't want to leave the big yellow smiley face balloon. So the mother stayed on. The little girl wanted to touch the balloon but was extremely apprehensive about it, probably because the whole smiley face was as big as her.
The mother started to jostle the little girl and egged her on to touch the balloon.
*Ultra cute alert*
As the little girl started "befriending" the big yellow smiley face... the mother started posing questions to her...
"Where is the nose?" the mother asked.
And of course, Mr Yellow Smiley didn't have a nose. So the little girl appeared a wee bit confused and didn't know how to answer. The mummy started teasing her...
"Where's your nose? (little girl touches her own nose) I pluck out your nose and put here (on Smiley's face) can?" mummy joked. The little girl giggled and shakes her head... AwWww...
Then the mother continued to ask her a series of question like, what was the colour of the smiley? I think she hasn't touched on colours yet... couldn't answer!
And there I was... standing at the corner...
Yes.. that was me thinking... not aloud though! Haha... if I did, I think everyone around me will just stare at me lar... Haha... Then the mother started asking... where're his ears? And again the little girl touched her own ears and giggled to herself. "I pluck out k?" the mother said again. She jovially shaked her head and smiled to the lady who was holding on to the balloon.
Haha.. I think I was smiling to myself the whole time as I watched on the conversation of the mother and her daughter.
Anyway... yes... that was really a really cute sight! =)
It wasn't exactly a cute sight to me initially when I saw the little girl making disgruntled sounds when her mother wanted to take a seat. I was thinking to myself the mother should be feeling real tired having to carry her all the way until she alights.
I was thinking to myself... hmz... Using this as a parallel to my spiritual walk with God, I think I do behave like a child when interesting things takes my attention away from Him. Instead of keeping our eyes on God and setting our affections on things above.. we often fix our eyes on things on this earth...
We fail to remember these things don't belong to us. (just like the balloon don't belong to the little girl). Many times, when we are too caught up with these "shiny" objects and things that interests/ please us... we fail to realise and consider the implications we have on others (the tired mummy).
For me, I think there are many times I'm too engrossed with talking about myself and fail to stop talking and start listening to others... to be sensitive to other people's issues instead of rattling on about my own problems.
Oh well, I guess I've got a looong way to go... and learn not to be selfish... but to be selfless when the need arises...
Christ has a compassionate heart... and I pray I'll be more like Him each day...
To develop a heart that is sensitive to people around me.. and by God's grace... He'll bless me with opportunities to bless someone, to encourage someone or to share to someone about His great love for us! =)
By the way, while the mother and her daughter were preparing to alight at their stop...
There were no hints of disgruntled noises...
Instead...
She turned...
pointed at the balloon...
and smiled as she was carried away...
Ephesians 4:14
"That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive"
1 Corinthians 13:11
"When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: and when I became a man, I put away childish things."
I left it on the table while I was planning for my project meeting. Careless me... *Random thought: Careless... Care-less... Care less... Hmz... did the word careless come from someone who simply care less about their things...*
Thank God the person who picked it up was someone I knew!! She didn't know who it belonged to at first... until she opened up the email application from my iPod Touch and saw my name... *phewz*
So I attended an Eco-Tourism talk organized by NUSSU-Save from 6pm-7pm before heading down to Redhill station to collect my iPod Touch. I thanked her profusely when I saw her and she explained how she found out the iPod Touch belongs to me. After she left, I opened the email application... wondering which email it was... erh... and i realised it was quite a personal email which I sent to a dear friend of mine... @_@
Moving on to encounter 2...
So I left Redhill... had to take to Outram before changing over to the NEL~
When I boarded the NEL train @ Outram, I began reading a book which I borrowed from the library. *Sidenote: False Impression by Jeffrey Archer* While I was engrossed with my book, a mother who was carrying her little daughter caught my attention.
There was this lady (who was a stranger to the mother and daughter) holding on to 2 big balloons, one of which was a huge yellow smiley face. The little girl was fascinated by it. A seat was offered to them but when the mummy approached the seat, the little girl started making disgruntled sounds... she didn't want to leave the big yellow smiley face balloon. So the mother stayed on. The little girl wanted to touch the balloon but was extremely apprehensive about it, probably because the whole smiley face was as big as her.
The mother started to jostle the little girl and egged her on to touch the balloon.
*Ultra cute alert*
As the little girl started "befriending" the big yellow smiley face... the mother started posing questions to her...
"Where is the nose?" the mother asked.
And of course, Mr Yellow Smiley didn't have a nose. So the little girl appeared a wee bit confused and didn't know how to answer. The mummy started teasing her...
"Where's your nose? (little girl touches her own nose) I pluck out your nose and put here (on Smiley's face) can?" mummy joked. The little girl giggled and shakes her head... AwWww...
Then the mother continued to ask her a series of question like, what was the colour of the smiley? I think she hasn't touched on colours yet... couldn't answer!
And there I was... standing at the corner...
"It's YE...LLoW....!"
Yes.. that was me thinking... not aloud though! Haha... if I did, I think everyone around me will just stare at me lar... Haha... Then the mother started asking... where're his ears? And again the little girl touched her own ears and giggled to herself. "I pluck out k?" the mother said again. She jovially shaked her head and smiled to the lady who was holding on to the balloon.
Haha.. I think I was smiling to myself the whole time as I watched on the conversation of the mother and her daughter.
Anyway... yes... that was really a really cute sight! =)
It wasn't exactly a cute sight to me initially when I saw the little girl making disgruntled sounds when her mother wanted to take a seat. I was thinking to myself the mother should be feeling real tired having to carry her all the way until she alights.
I was thinking to myself... hmz... Using this as a parallel to my spiritual walk with God, I think I do behave like a child when interesting things takes my attention away from Him. Instead of keeping our eyes on God and setting our affections on things above.. we often fix our eyes on things on this earth...
We fail to remember these things don't belong to us. (just like the balloon don't belong to the little girl). Many times, when we are too caught up with these "shiny" objects and things that interests/ please us... we fail to realise and consider the implications we have on others (the tired mummy).
For me, I think there are many times I'm too engrossed with talking about myself and fail to stop talking and start listening to others... to be sensitive to other people's issues instead of rattling on about my own problems.
Oh well, I guess I've got a looong way to go... and learn not to be selfish... but to be selfless when the need arises...
Christ has a compassionate heart... and I pray I'll be more like Him each day...
To develop a heart that is sensitive to people around me.. and by God's grace... He'll bless me with opportunities to bless someone, to encourage someone or to share to someone about His great love for us! =)
By the way, while the mother and her daughter were preparing to alight at their stop...
There were no hints of disgruntled noises...
Instead...
She turned...
pointed at the balloon...
and smiled as she was carried away...
Contentment is the key! =)
Some verses that came to mind or appeared while I was prowling through the Internet:Ephesians 4:14
"That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive"
1 Corinthians 13:11
"When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: and when I became a man, I put away childish things."
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