FINALLY!

Yeah, this is the word I've waiting to say for so so so long.

Im done with my IS at long long last. The Wine tasting event got up and running on Sat evening at Mackenzie road. Even though we did not meet the 20 people we were expected to get, it didnt matter much anyway since the lecturer just came and left in a short span of 10 minutes. Perhaps he only wanted to see if we were doing work and whether it was an "empty" event.

Met Marcus at Little India MRT station and we walked up to find the Wine shop itself. Took us quite a while cos it was quite hidden in some corner. Our parents arrived shortly after. Mum and bro couldnt drink and so they left to eat at Little India, leaving Dad to chat with his colleagues. The Wine owner then started his speech on the different kinds of wine, the "levels" of wine, lifespan, and quite surprisingly, table manners. It was interesting and the food was good! Pizza, Ritz biscuits, Blue cheese, Cheddar Cheese, Raw carrots and Celery, Hotdogs, Chicken Wings. Add that to tasting 1 portion of White Wine and 3 glasses of Red Wine. All for 27 dollars. Atmosphere was fantastic, Dimly lit place and nicely done up decorations. The Owner was nice enough to give us more chicken wings at no cost when we requested for more. Praises all over for the chicken wings. Dad and Mum went over to talk with Marcus's parents and had their "praents" talk. Took photos of everyone from the 4 tables and Marcus's mum insisted that I joined them inside the photo. Lol. It was nice to see Dad's colleagues mingling well with the Ngee Ann people even though they have a significant age-gap. All in all, I felt that it was a worthwhile event and everyone throughly enjoyed this short little session together.

And I would like to sincerely thank GOD, our Lord, for pulling me through this obstacle and to show me what He can do for us. Seriously God LISTENS and ANSWERS to our prayers. He gave help when we needed it most desperately. He showed us the way when we were in the midst of the dark. And lastly, He Loves us. For He is the greatest of them all. Praise the Lord!

Rewind to the Thursday before the event. Mum and I went to Orchard to do some Christmas shopping. So after lunch at Delifrance, we went our separate ways to shop. I strolled all the way to Kinokuniya to take a look at the books on offer and to flip through some. An hour later I went to Taka and window-shopped through all the stuff. Nth really much to buy. I have almost everything I need. And my uncle recently gave me some G2000 long sleeve shirts and brand new G2000 pants. So no need for clothes. No need for shoes too since I have a new Timberland pair. And the rest of whatever materialistic needs I used to have were all satisfied or disappeared long ago. =X

Until.......today, when I packed my room. Threw away alot of things and the display cupboards, shelves, drawers looked sparking clean, neat and tidy. But at the same time I realised I could do with more books, a new bottle of perfume, backpack and lots more. All minor stuff but adds up to quite a lot =P Therefore, tomorrow Im going Orchard with mum again to buy stuffs =)

Backtrack again to the night after my event. I went to my aunt's house in Sembawang for a Christmas gathering. There was turkey, nasi lemak?, donuts, kueh lapis, fruit cake, ham, and alot more food! Felt a little tired and asked Dad to go home at abt 9.30. That was when my uncle suggested we all sing Christmas carols. Though feeling a little tired, I still agreed. I did not regret it. It was super duper fun and funny! We sang loads of Christmas songs and my big aunt wanted to dance and sing along to a song. So she danced and sadly, she made a joke of herself. LOL. We were laughing like mad and mum couldnt control her laughter. Oh well, she thought it was normal, we felt that she was a clown. LOL. Later on we had a sharing session, and everyone was to share what we felt about 2008 and how thankful we were in those difficult times we had. So everyone gave their testimonials and it was indeed a good sharing session. Heard abt the tough times my relatives had and how God pulled them through. It was another session to show everyone yet again how great God was. Heart-inspiring sharing. Maybe God didnt want me to go home that fast during that moment. He wanted me to know more about Him, just as I had prayed for the last few days to want to grow with Him. =)

Oh, and Christmas carols keep "circulating" round my head. I dont know why but somehow I keep humming and singing it while moving abt the house. =D