joyride...vroom vroom...& other things...

today i finally drove out on my own!!! without mom or dad sitting beside me...so paiseh...this is a good 3 months after i passed my driving (sept). i'm a super scardieee cat when it comes to driving. but today when i went out on my own...seemed pretty ok. went to sbc in the morning for my trip meeting...then went to creative at jurong business park cos my lil toy is sick! they said they'd give me a new one...meaning all the hours of putting songs inside is all gone down the drain! so now i'm up making backups of all my mp3s...can't put myself through the ripping of my CD collections again...that's too tiring. i'm doing my backups before going back to creative to get a brand new set. i'm getting a new one cos the old one's earjack is not working well...

so i had to get from sbc to jurong...and that's when i finally drove on the expressway...for the first time!!! at creative, i also drove into a basement carpark for the very first time as well. it's all very exciting! actually, i got a lil lost near imm...had to do u-turn to find the business park. after that, i went back to bp to pick j up...then to holland area to pick a & e (hur hur hur...so farnee...A&E)...then we went for lunch at Jelita...dropped everyone off near Holland V then drove back home. i definitely feel more confident about driving now...but still have to be a careful driver of course. but it was a pretty cool thing to venture on my own like that...more adventures to come i hope!

feels odd that i'm not going on this thai mission trip. it must feel odd...cos in the last 7 years or so...this is the first time i'm not going. after 12 trips...i've officially 'retired'...heh...dang, that means i won't be the reigning champion anymore...for going on the most trips! grrr...

no lah...it's odd cos i miss seeing the people...i haven't seen or spoken to Sittichai for so long! And I really want to meet Big to see how he's been in these last few years or so...and I also really want to meet Mot and Kla to see how they're getting along.

on the other hand, i'm really quite excited to go cambodia...my first time there. it's quite a mixed bag actually. i keep thinking about why i'm going on this trip with ppl from sbc. it'd have been ideal to go with the group from church. at least i'd be doing something familiar...somewhat like what i've done on the thai mission trips...and working with ppl i'm familiar with...but too bad the dates clash with jay's wedding...so i guess it IS part of my training...by God...to go to an unfamiliar place...with unfamiliar people...speaking a totally new language...doing things that are unfamiliar...this will really be a test for me i guess...to go to new territory and learn to rely on Him all over again...i'm definitely not comfortable with that...as in being out of my comfort zone...where i may have to feel quite helpless and useless. i guess this will be another eye-opening trip...where God has new exciting lessons for me...so i'm really looking forward to it.


Thanksgiving...
Dear Lord, thank You for all Your timely encouragement...just when I was getting disappointed with men, You showed Your love and provided through them. Even when I'd told You in my heart...I'd be content with whatever You give from Your hand...You continued to pour out so generously to me. I'm thankful...so so so very thankful for Your grace and Your faithfulness. And for those of you out there who have been a channel of His blessing to me...through Your support in prayer and in meeting some of my needs...thank you...continue to pray for me.

Next up...specific prayer requests for my trip...(7th to 15th December 2005)