A Tale Of 2 Weddings

I got pretty wasted last night at Huiting’s party. It was a pretty fun dinner, spared all the usual frills of video presentations, games they played for the bride and groom, long speeches made by parents and friends of the couple, special items that always drags on for just too long… all that sorta thing. It gave the guests (in this case, me amongst others…) plenty of time to go between tables to catch up with old friends, to just fool around and have fun.

They were serving Shiraz, easily my fav red wine… and it was really pretty good, which would explain why I ended up drinking almost 4 glasses in total. After I finally got home, I had to pop two anti-histamines to ensure I don’t wake up in hives. Hehz… Might post up some pictures once I get hold of them. Grins.

The night before was at my mom’s fren’s daughter’s wedding. Yeah, take your time, read that last line again. Or I could have just said I attended the wedding of the daughter of my mom’s friend.

Anyway, it was full of pilots, since the groom was one… and they all had in tow really good looking girls. But aside from that, I had absolutely no one to talk to aside from my sis and Joseph Sim. Nearly suffocated from boredom. Went out of the ballroom halfway to call Paul, as a matter of fact. I was THAT bored.

That’s 2 wedding dinners in a row. After having drinks with Caleb and Co. on Saturday night as well, I don’t think I’ve ever been so sloshed over a weekend before. Fun as it may be, its time for a little self discipline now, and not over-do things.

Anyway, its back to the real word today. Xiying’s back, so we’ve been catching up in bits and pieces here and there. Yesterday the youth choir came down to do an item in our second service, and I think the only way I can think of to describe their repertoire is to borrow the term, “Shock and Awe”. I mean, they did fine… they did a pretty good job, as a matter of fact. But I felt that they basically exploded onto the stage, and the rest of us were never really properly prepped for what was coming next. But on the whole, I think I liked having them come down. The rest of the worship was led by Renji, followed by an awesome message from Rev Enhui. She used to be my mentor in fellowship, and I always had the greatest respect for her.

She spoke abt how little things we do that are at best marginally dubious can collectively add up to matter a great deal. How each time when we feel our conscience pricked only just a little, we are able to shrug it off and not think too much of how what we did is actually wrong… and how each time it happens, we crank up the heat on ourselves just a little more, until we become the proverbial frog who ends up being unknowingly boiled alive. It was a pretty powerful message, simple as it was.

I’ve been having a pretty mixed period of reflection this season of lent. I just can’t seem to settle myself down into a frame of mind, but am feeling very restless. No sooner than having settled down for a while, I’ll very soon again be feeling edgy and restless. And since nothing major is really going on in my life other than studying for exams, I dunno what’s gotten me all tensed up.

But its not a good state to be in, cos I dun get very much done while I’m like this, and with the exams implacably drawing near, and with still so much more to cover, I really think I’m gonna die…

Help…