CT's contribution to this blog

After CT left for work this morning at 7am, I couldnt sleep anymore as there were too many things on my mind. I was thinking of my dad and decided to call him since I did not get to talk to him yesterday. My brother picked up the phone and we talked. Then, he handed the phone over to dad. I had a great time talking to dad as they told me that he was eating dinner-Hokkien mee, rojak etc..Yum.Mum wasnt in as she went for wedding dinner.

After talking on the phone for about 10 mins, I did my usual morning stuff. CT came home at 1245 pm and we went for lunch. Tried out this restaurant which we have not been before- "Smokey Bones". We keep passing by the place and I kept saying that I always wanted to go there cos it is perpetually crowded.

We waited quite long for the food which was good in a way as CT and I spent a lot of time talking. He was sharing about the book he is reading, called "The Jesus I Never Knew" By Philip Yancey. This is what CT learnt... (I told him to share in this blog). He is sharing on the beatitudes from the bible in Matthew 5..I wanted him to share this in my blog because I find it very insightful. Read it!

Basically, the beatitudes set a high standard from God which people in the world will get offended. Jesus says if the enemy hits you on the right cheek, turn your left cheek to him also. If he robs you of your money, give him your cloak also. He says be perfect as my Father is perfect. Who can do this?

Many will not comprehend and this is hard to swallow for many as well.Some has literally tried to do just that but failed miserably... Gave up everything, become poor despite family objection then ended alone etc just to do what the beatitudes say, to meet God's standard.

However, this just tells us that no one can meet this standard except God himself simply because that's what God is- perfect and holy. We must not miss the other part of God, the grace that He has given us through Jesus. We are forgiven by faith in Jesus hence we don't have to worry about not meeting the standard. We qualify for His kingdom not by meeting the standard but by Jesus sacrifice for us.

But does that mean we can use this grace to do what we want? Nope, we should still strive for these standards but not by ourselves, it's with God's help through the Holy Spirit. We need not despair if we fail which we will from time to time. But we need to know that God will lift us up when we fall so that we can carry on. He set His standards not to condemn us but to show us His character. He shown us His grace through Jesus as a call for us to come to Him and to depend on Him and it is only through that we can truly be right with God. Focus is not on ourselves but on Him.
This also reminds me that God doesn't leave us in a lurch but will always have a way out for us.

One more chapter talks about miracles done by Jesus. Miracles does not always produce faith because many saw Jesus's miracles but still do not believe. That's why faith is needed, to believe in what is unseen. God will never force us to believe so we have to choose. Jesus never use miracles to make people believe or to impress them, instead in many instances, He asked people who saw to keep quiet about it.


When CT told me all these, I was like, "Wow". It is so true...because we hear of people actually doing all they can to become more 'spiritual' but yet, end up miserable. I am sure the one who created us cannot put us into this world for this kind of purpose. So, I was awed by what CT said about the above and how it offered such logical deduction.

Anyway, our food finally came after prob 30-45 mins wait..

CT ordered buffalo burger with bacon & cheese with mashed potatoes as a side, while I ordered pulled smoked beef brisket , which comes with garlic bread and 2 sides- collard greens (like mei chai with pork) and coleslaw. The meaning of pulled is like slices..thin slices and it seems they really pull the meat. Hmm..

Here is a picture of our lunch!

CT's buffalo burger is very yummy and juicy. I enjoyed his so I snitched few mouths from his burger. Hehe..

After lunch, we went grocery shopping at "Food World". Saw huge cans like Campbell soup "Cream of Mushroom" can which is 1.4 kg. It is for families and I think Singapore should have such things to encourage Singaporeans to have bigger families..

I placed a normal sized can beside the "Cream of Mushroom" Can to see the comparison and difference.

After grocery shopping, we went back and watch our Jap VCDs. Then, I felt sleepy and we took an afternoon nap till 545pm. Woke up to play tennis till 8pm. We played 3 games. For the first game, I was ahead of CT by 4-0. Then he caught up to 4-3. In the end, I won the first game 6-5. We had a lot of deuces- about 8 in a row. Amazing.

The second game and 3rd game, CT won me by a little bit..I felt very good cos my strokes improved. I think the nice weather had a part to play. It was low 20s and I think playing at night is much more peaceful. CT's technician colleagues with their wives and kids came and sat beside the tennis courts to watch us play. So funny.

After the game, I felt so thirsty that I grabbed a cup and added so much ice in it and poured my coca cola in. After a while,I suddenly remembered how when I was in Disney, I drank Coca Cola smoothie. IT was like Big Gulp from 7-11...all shaven ice. So, I poured my drink into my blender and blended the ice. So cool..It turned out exactly as I wanted it.



After cooling down, I took a quick shower and then, spotted an insect in our toilet..I quickly called for CT and asked him to kill it for me. It looks gross cos of the long legs.




CT did not want to kill cos he felt the insect never do anything to us...should just leave it alone. I was not comfortable cos it looks too horrible cos of its legs. So, I thought of splashing water on it and drown it. I scopped water with my hands from the tap and splased but kept missing it and splashed all over on the walls and tables instead. Then, I thought of using my anti-bacterial anti-grease spray which I use to clean tough stains and spray on the insect.

I did it and immediately, the insect went flat on the table..I felt so sad when I saw it die slowly..sobsob..I felt so sadistic..that I quickly ran out of the toilet and told CT to clean it up. I told him I felt bad...

Sigh... what a sadist..