Fields of Dreams

I have playing evening soccer at Tiong Bahru Park for the past couple of weeks


I like playing there because I find it very challenging to play with those skilful and passionate uncles and youngsters.

Even though the field tends to be congested and not in the best of condition, I am very happy just running about and pitting myself with the rest.

Simply stepping onto the green grass gives me a sense of immense freedom, and I realised that I am most confident about myself when I am on the pitch, I can express myself easily with my feet.

Being up against stronger and bigger sized players trains me to be more courageous.

Getting toe to toe and speeding alongside youngsters reminds me again not to give up easily.

Being shouted at for losing the ball carelessly makes me humble and learn to be alert to my surroundings and

Being Outwitted by the opponents with a slick movement or pass makes motivates me to always think steps ahead.

I thank God for this opportunity to play competitively during some weekends where I can keep myself physically fit.

I always ended the game unable to see the ball anymore at 730pm, quite tired but very satisfied.

That Which Refills Our Tanks

On Monday, wifey and I took leave to rest (after 2 days of Acts Conference)


We went to Breko Café at Holland Village to have our breakfast. I ordered their signature set while wifey had Salmon brekmuffin.

It was a quiet and cosy time as we just enjoy each other’s company as we ate, chat and share our thoughts and feelings over various matters.

I think we spent close to 3 hours there but it certainly didn’t feel like that long.

I thank God that we have so many things to say to each other, and I thank God that we can refill each
other’s tank by spending time together.


After breakfast, we walked a bit more at Guardian to use up my voucher and then decided on a whim to go grocery shopping at Bishan junction 8.

Thank God for circle line and for the fact that we can be so comfortably random together, doing things spontaneously.

It was a great day, indeed. Very refreshed.

Marshmallows are A-sprouting Out of Trees

Last weekend was a fruitful one for me and wifey.


Did my vacuum and mopped the house, followed by chicken rice lunch at the market and then back home to replace my disintegrated toilet spray tap.

After finishing the chores, I decided to give wifey a pleasant surprise.

So, I brought her to a whimsy little café situated at the lazy neighbourhood of Telok Blangah.

As the name suggested, marshmallows are the stars of the shop and they appear quite frequently at every corner.

 

Wifey simply fell in love with the design of the shop and we took quite a number of pictures there, naturally.

I had a cup of rose syrup lemon tea while wifey had a latte. We also shared a plate of waffles with double scoop ice cream (chocolate and peanut).

It taste good and the price is very reasonable too.

we spent about an hour or so there before heading to vivocity.

At vivo, we shopped at Daiso because we wanted to get the fake grass patch to decorate our house. Too bad we couldn’t find it there but we bought some other household items like mats, floor sticker which I can use to cover up those ugly chipped off parts, cute sponges and a tool box for the inspired handy man.


We also strolled along the Boardwalk to look at the flea market before realising that we were famished…

We went to Harbourfront foodcourt wanting to find dinner but the stalls were all closing so we ate Yoshinoya instead. A nice meal to conclude an enjoyable day.

When The Squirrels Come Out to Play

A whimsical Birthday awaits wifey this year. I hope that it will be a special and enjoyable day for her...

Addidas Sale!

On Wednesday, wifey and I went for an addidas sale at Novena.


Mike gave us a 40% voucher which can be used on top of those discounted items.

It was a chaotic crowd on that day but I am glad to be able to get my soccer boots… finally.

It is a pair of nitrocharge grade III and I paid less than $50 for it. I think they look really cool. I hope this pair will last for a long time.

Wifey also got for herself 4 tops and a jacket.

After that, we went for dinner at the freezing food court and headed home.

It Could Be Better

Last night’s devotion with wifey was on Deut 32– 34


One of the passage nearing the end was that Moses did not get to enter the promise land.

On that same day the LORD told Moses, 49 “Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo in Moab, across from Jericho, and view Canaan, the land I am giving the Israelites as their own possession. 50 There on the mountain that you have climbed you will die and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people. 51 This is because both of you broke faith with me in the presence of the Israelites at the waters of Meribah Kadesh in the Desert of Zin and because you did not uphold my holiness among the Israelites. 52 Therefore, you will see the land only from a distance; you will not enter the land I am giving to the people of Israel.” Deut 33:48-52



It caught my attention and I began to search for that incident at Meribah Kadesh. It appeared in Numbers 20:8-13

“Take the staff, and you and your brother Aaron gather the assembly together. Speak to that rock before their eyes and it will pour out its water. You will bring water out of the rock for the community so they and their livestock can drink.”

9 So Moses took the staff from the LORD’s presence, just as he commanded him. 10 He and Aaron gathered the assembly together in front of the rock and Moses said to them, “Listen, you rebels, must we bring you water out of this rock?” 11 Then Moses raised his arm and struck the rock twice with his staff. Water gushed out, and the community and their livestock drank.

12 But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust in me enough to honor me as holy in the sight of the Israelites, you will not bring this community into the land I give them.”

13 These were the waters of Meribah,[a] where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD and where he was proved holy among them.

So this was the incident which Moses and Aaron “broke faith” with God.

Seems to me that the pressure and frustration of leading the complaining Israelites community got the better of Moses at that time.

Fair enough, considering that he is also human. However, for someone who has been walking so closely with God all those while, it is apparently unacceptable.

More is expected of Moses and he failed at that instance. It was a waste, because it could have been better for Moses …

Devotion, 17 March 2014

Last evening, wifey and I was doing our devotion and she shared her insights from the passage of Deut 30:1-16. It says


“When all these blessings and curses I have set before you come on you and you take them to heart wherever the LORD your God disperses you among the nations, 2 and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey him with all your heart and with all your soul according to everything I command you today, 3 then the LORD your God will restore your fortunes[a] and have compassion on you and gather you again from all the nations where he scattered you. 4 Even if you have been banished to the most distant land under the heavens, from there the LORD your God will gather you and bring you back. 5 He will bring you to the land that belonged to your ancestors, and you will take possession of it. He will make you more prosperous and numerous than your ancestors. 6 The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, so that you may love him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live. 7 The LORD your God will put all these curses on your enemies who hate and persecute you. 8 You will again obey the LORD and follow all his commands I am giving you today. 9 Then the LORD your God will make you most prosperous in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your land. The LORD will again delight in you and make you prosperous, just as he delighted in your ancestors, 10 if you obey the LORD your God and keep his commands and decrees that are written in this Book of the Law and turn to the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

11 Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. 12 It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, “Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?” 13 Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, “Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?” 14 No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.

15 See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction. 16 For I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.”

I was very blessed by her sharing and I pray that she continue to delight herself in the Word and presence of the Lord as we consecrate our time for Jesus.

Indeed, one word from God is better than a thousand from mere man.