swinging in the sun

the last day of the holidays and it was fantastic

really

it was another wonderful, exhilarating sunday, just like those beautiful ones i had when Jan hai was around.

It started off at church.

so.

(why am i writing in such short sentences i think its because i just had dinner and my brain is slightly spazzing from the sudden rush of glucose)

actually, it started way before church

from the time i woke up (my mum woke me up which is always nice because she goes "miriam....Miriam..." and kind of massages you)

i had ama's cake for breakfast and milo which is so comfortable.

to church i wore my Muji socks which always put me in a good mood because the go above my ankles and keep my feet snug even though no one can see them (its like wearing nice underwear)

in church there was a special worship service and they used brass instruments which i  love because of their beautiful rich and mellow sound. i think our church should have brass instruments in our worship normally. the song choices were simple but somehow there was this unshakable vigor injected into them that made them not  cliche.

the sermon by kenny Lamm was enthralling. i didn;t feel sleepy at all and i was surprised when it ended it seemed so fast.

it was about worship, how we should desperately seek jesus(regardless of obstacles), how we should give god our all, how we should disregard criticism and wet blankets and how we should ALWAYS REMEMBER WHY WE WORSHIP

i think that man is a lucky lucky man because he is a powerful powerful preacher and he has such a gift for peeling away the layers and showing the truth.

the story is based on when Jesus visited simon and an ungodly woman cried over his feet and washed them with her perfume.

that story has always been a favorite of mine

and today's sermon made it even more special

here's a video he showed us which i liked

and another one that i like which i'm putting here because i like it

after church i found christy who had brought my birthday present and i was so happy because it was such a nice gesture (she remembered :') ) but i asked her to give it on my birthday cos it would be nicer to wait all.

that makes 4 sweet awesome people who have remembered my birthday early (and been so in anticipation that they got presents)

-yings

-chari

-hannah

-christy

i feel kind of bad because i always give people their presents late and forget their birthday and i need to go on facebook and memorise people's birthday's (not just the month)

christy also gave me Parmesan flavoured goldfish biscuits which were yummy yummy in my tummy.

then

we had combined sunday school where i had to share which was scary but not as bad as i thought it would be

and then there was worship practice with gloria hannah and the rest of the aunties and even though my voice was gross and weak today, it was nice because next week its D DAY and i just really love the song and auntie belinda's enthusiasm and willingness to organise and invite me&hannah

lunch was at bugis and i had delicious XIAO LONG BAO <3

and for dessert famous amos cookies (which reminds me there was a news report about some Singaporean who got kidnapped by people in Egypt and they said he was brought to the dessert in stead of the desert! on national television. it is a terrible thing when your own countries news channel cannot spell)

walking round bugis was fun especially the shop with all the strange things like back massagers and head massagers and lego brick notebooks and nice i phone covers and piggy banks

we went home and after making ribena ice pops and putting them in the fridge, i went downstairs on the swing with shana.

it was beautiful and sunny and the light made golden outlines round the leaves i felt like a girl in a movie as i swing back and forth on a tire (so my bum wouldn't bang against the tree root)and my hair rippled back and the wind whistled and  it was just GORGEOUS :)

then hannah came down and we went on the trampoline and i could do seven bridge flips one after another

then we went back to the swing and just swung and swung til our hands blistered but it didn;t matter because it was fun and perfect