Is This Music Genius Or What?!
Well, try not to be amused by his singing... :)
Playing the gig at this age is AMAZING!
I (or Adrian- since he is my boss... haha) bought a mobile phone for my grandfather today.
It has been on my mind since August when I could not find him at home on two consecutive Saturdays. He is living alone; now that my grandmother's gone and the maid is no longer serving him, having deported back after the funeral.
He has always been in my prayers. It is certainly a worry to me how a ninety year old man who just lost his life partner can live by himself. I can still remember his expression when he finally told me that grandma's gone, after 5 days of wake services, on the day she was to be brought to cremation. Lost. I would have been as lost if Ad returns to the Lord before me.
Isn't it a concern that no one knows where he is or seen him? All I have been hearing is leaving stuff for him at home whenever we visit cos he was not around.
Goosh, we will probably know where he is, with a call from the authorities due to an accident or mishap! How I hate that thought!
Well, the only problem is, he is hard of hearing.
My dad almost shouted over the phone when I called to inform him. Waste money! My auntie and mum were skeptical. In fact, Adrian confessed that he was too. But he went ahead to purchase the phone. I was pretty discouraged actually....
That was precisely why I took so long to decide to get a phone for him! But I duno what I can do for him now... I can't fetch him to stay with me; having two kids alone at home is tough enough. I even contemplated getting a ear aid, but he told me of his discomfort with his previous set. And I was paranoid with all sorts of thoughts about every possible solution I could think of.
Problems look tougher when you dun even know how he is now... since I am not seeing him.
Getting a phone seems to be the most feasible way to communicate with him. If the phone volume's too soft, he could use the ear piece at top volume. If the ear piece is not working for him too, perhaps it can act as a pager to tell him that we are at his door. Or he can learn to SMS. At least, I am trying out something!
I have been impulsive these days, unlike the usual me. Maybe it's due to lack of sleep- too tired to ponder much.
We bought the phone and brought the kids for dinner at the revamped West Coast Plaza and popped over with the new phone package- all set up for him to start using with ease; phone numbers he would need, chinese setting, even pics of the babies in the phone gallery. Praying throuhgout the journey that we could meet him tonight!
Giddy since morning, he looked weak, lonely. He even injured himself getting out of bed cos of it. Thank God he did not hurt his head or other serious injury.
And he sounded so desperately needing to talk to someone. Can you imagine not talking to anyone for a day? How about months? Or weeks? Or days?! And when he talked about grandma's death again, I wondered if he has told others often enough about it for his healing process.
We spent the hour showing him howda use the phone. Reality set in- if even my mum barely uses the basic mobile phone functions now, am I too optimistic that someone who has not been using any telephone for decades due to partial deafness, will appreciate the it?!
I was so sorry when we left. And I am so so sad after the visit.
Nothing I know I can do to help practically. Is this 'life'?
Busy, busy, busy...
Christmas is the busy season, Falalalalala....
The Sunday sermon opening teaser was a good reminder for me.
Shopping, gifts, wrapping, holidaying, even preparing for cell party, on top of my daily demanding chores, have been a distraction for me this year.
Spent late nights wrapping the tons of gifts- so much for being Santa Claus...
Getting lost among the worldly culture at Christmas season...
So now, it's coming back to the REAL reason; we have CHRISTmas cos of CHRIST.
This is one beautiful song that speaks so much of Christmas for me this year.
Here And Now
Here and now, here in this moment
Here and now I turn to You
All that my searching heart has longed for can be found
‘Cause You’re in this moment, here and now
What majesty, what mystery,
The God of all eternity
Stepped into time and gave His life for me
Your hand is seen in galaxies,
Yet Your Spirit dwells in me
So vast and yet You’re still within our reach
There is nowhere You can’t be found
Nothing on earth could ever keep Your Presence out
By Paul Baloche
The boy has been 'sticky' to us, which made us hardly able to be out of sight from him.
Separation anxiety.... another feared stage of a baby. Face the screams and wails of the baby if you are too far away!
Perhaps it is more for Luc cos he come close to many people daily.
Not easy for me this season! I could hardly do anything like usual when I am with him, worse when the older one is around.
Well, the consolation is- I would have him doing it next time even if I want him to!
Treasure every stage of his development!
The christmas tree is up early this year! :)
Last year we had a quiet one cos Luc had barely joined us a month then.
And we are having a Christmas party! We even have a special invite card! Check it out! ;)
Special thanks to RAIN for the wonderful christmas pressie! :)
Getting to this day with our two little darlings has not been easy. In fact, it has been the toughest time of my life thus far.
Thank God for many supportive loved ones who have been surounding us with practical help, prayers and advice;
- Mom
- Auntie Amy
- Lindee and Johnson
- Ben and Glen
- and many many more
We would never have done so well without all of you!
Today marked the new beginning of a new joy with Lucas in the family.
We are so happy that many of our relatives and closed ones can share this beautiful moment. Check out the pics taken!
Luc can stand on his own (for half a min or so while being distracted) for awhile already.
I could not capture it in time today during his play time.
HE WALKED HIS FIRST STEPS twice!
Can't wait for his next milestone. :)
Will definitely want to keep the precious moment!
Finally borned after Lizzy's week long contractions, here he is at 3.28 kgs!
It is our disappointment not able to visit and spend Christmas with the Lius this December as intended... Hope we can meet the newly arrived little one next year!
I got an email healing testimony on 周初明 (Chew Chor Meng). Remembering watching him crying over his physical condition earlier this year during the annual Star Awards, I got interested and listened to it. And I got some background info on him from Wikipedia: Chew began attending a Charismatic church, Renewal Centre from 2007 and was baptized in late November 2008.
Since the illness was revealed, Chew became a member of the local disabled sports club, and has been taking swimming lessons to strengthen his body.
Chew is a contracted artiste for MediaCorp and the contract is set to expire in October 2010. Chew has said he does not expect his contract to be renewed, on the account of his debilitating illness. Currently, he is planning to enter the restaurant business after his artiste contract expires. This will be Chew's second foray into the eatery business.
Here is the link to the 48min audio testimony online; Healing Testimony of 周初明
Having been written off (medically), he is now fully recovered and back to work.
JESUS HEALS. AMEN!
I was soooo touched.
A few weeks ago, she volunteered to pray for hub, ah boy and I after we prayed our daily prayer over her before she went to bed.
We were so proud of her!
Tonite, we said our usual prayers and we were waiting for her to say,'Pray for mummy.'
Instead she said,'Leianne pray for mummy.'
Surprised, we said OK.
And she said in her limited vocab on her own (almost exactly as how we led her to pray for the past weeks):
Dear Jesus, thank you for mummy, (because she) feed me, play with me, bathe me... bless mummy, (that she will) sleep well, sleep through the night, (so she will) wake up a happy mummy.
Similarly, she did it for daddy and di di as well.
Tears just welled up hearing her pray.
Goosh, nothing we do is in vain!
It's a milestone I want to keep! :)
