14 Feb 2009

Yep it's valentine's day today. For some people, they spend days and days thinking about what to do, making handmade chocolates, organising for bouquet deliveries, booking restaurants, planning the day etc. There's another bunch who hates valentines day, condemning it as commercialised and hates all the fuss about it. Then there's the people who don't even think of this Saturday as valentine's day and wanted to plan something on it, only realising that nobody can make it due to valentine's day.

I heard a story yesterday from a guy who's girlfriend absolutely hates valentine's day and requested for him not to do anything about it. So, like most guys, he celebrates on that and is so relieved that he doesn't have to spend days stressing about how to meet the expectations of the girl. He decided to go out with her on Sunday instead of Saturday. Well, we all think that he's not going to be alive on Monday. We'll see.

Besides Valentine's day, a lot has happened this week, including my return to Homeland. I must promote Cathay Pacific for them because they let me put 35kg through the baggage thing and I had 4 handcarry baggages. They let me through fine! Well it's either they're nice, or I absolutely truthfully prayed that it's really out of my hands whether I can go back to Sydney safely. That might be a bit of a stretch.

Monday was the first day I used my brain in 2009. After being an airhead bum for nearly 3 months, I realised that no matter how familiar you think you are with something, over a period of time, you'll forget it! Constant practice is what makes your body remember those things longer.

Well there's too much encounters this week to summarise, from driving again like a newbie but still safe on the road, to being able to wake up and be more refreshed for work than I was before I left etc. But most of all, when I came back to Sydney, God gave me 2 spiritual gifts. I think ultimately, he knew what I really needed, mentors. I came back amongst the herd, and saw that we finally have a shepherd, well we've always had The Shepherd, but you know... The atmosphere is totally different, there's direction, there's change, there's unity.. a lot of things that only a leader can bring to a herd. Because although sheep will just follow other sheep, the FIRST sheep is always led by a non-sheep.