Yesterday I had a great day. Despite not sleeping at night (I was afraid I couldn't wake up again), I managed to live my life till midnight, with a little nap of course.
I went to church and was about 15 minutes early. Had an eventful dinner to celebrate Grandma's birthday and although we were home at about 10pm, after I cleared my cluttered area it was almost 12mn. Scared that I couldn't wake up, I spent another two hours sorting out my area and another two on game. I was half-dead when 6am arrived. I washed up and headed to church.
Had a less than an hour nap in the train, and then during service I thought I couldn't make it. Couldn't understand what the guest speaker was saying (I'm still a greenhorn when it comes to scripture) and I heaved a sigh of relief when he said, "let us pray....."
Went to library after service to return book. Stayed there to enjoy air-con and to wait for the crowd at fellowship hall to disperse. I also casually chatted with Crystal and Samson about school and miscellenous stuff. After getting the gesture that the library was closing, I decided to get some lunch.
On my way to the coffeeshop, someone called me. It was Gwyneth! David was ordering and Peiling had her lunch from church with her. I squinted my eyes in order to have a closer look (my eyes couldn't focus already) and walked towards them. In the end I joined them for lunch too (and thankfully I don't have to have it alone).
When Gwyneth mentioned coffee after our meals, I just thought of Mae Sariang. How is everyone doing? I'm thinking about Sa who is (or will be going to Chiang Mai Uni). Is she adapting well? Is she staying close to God while adjusting to the new environment? How about Aof? And P'Apple? And Jack? And Koi? I'm thankful to God that through all the obstacles, P'Nick is at Hillsong College. I can still remember him saying, "my heart is with the Thais and I'll be back to serve." :)
I told Gwyneth that I miss them. She turned and told me she misses them too. She already approached me about this year's mission. I told her my plans for the year and hopefully we'll get something out.
During that 2 hours break, I rested for about an hour and thank God it was a rejuvenated rest. I felt better and by then we were almost ready to go. They loaded the stuff and we headed to the site to give out the goodies (peanuts, drinks and biscuits in the bags). When we were there, I was worried that no one was there to receive the bags. Thankfully the four hundreds turned out the be less than 50, plus a lot of heavily-loaded-with-scriptures tracts were given to everyone of them. Praise God for His plan! :)
After the spirit of giving, I called my mum to tell them I'm ready to meet them at expo. There was an IT show and we went there to buy our youngest member of the family a desktop for school. Yup, it was necessary because I need my laptop and it would be good he'd have his too, which I foresee that it'll probably last until he's ten years old (a lifespan of five years for the computer). Besides, the table will serve both my brother and I, and I can tutor him using the desk. It's also a great location: corner so that he couldn't look at the tv, and his activities on his computer are like a display for us to monitor him. My sister needed a new desktop too: her desktop served her for ten long years. It's time to change one. Besides, we gotten discount of $40 for a display set that's opened for four days? Plus a new windows office for my sister. Both have an anti-virus free for a year, and two desktop don't cost more than $1300.
After walking around the furniture exhibition for a table, we gave up and rushed to ikea to get table. We walked straight to kids and home office section. Dad insisted we buy the corner table with shelves and couldn't settle for anything less. We also saw the swivel chair placed in front of the table hence we decided to get the full set instead.
That's when mum started asking why I did not get the pillow back at IT show. It was Jean Perry pillow that cost $49. I didn't want to spend the money hence did not buy. Then mum insisted that I get my pillow at ikea. I chose a pillow which is $10 cheaper than the Jean Perry pillow. After the first night with this pillow, I felt rejuvenated when I woke up. Amazing feeling. However, I guess my fatigue body had not been getting rest at all due to the pillow and sleeping habit; so I guess to get back to its good body condition still takes time.
We went hunting at the warehouse for the section and shelf number and proceeded for payment. As we do not have a van or family car to ferry these stuff and dad's taxi isn't big enough for the two desktops, the table and chair, dad went home to put the computers while mum bought supper from the hotdog station at ikea. When mum was ready, we went to tie the stuff up so that it's easier to carry.
It was 11pm when we reached home. While family arranged the living room for table installation. I was so exhausted I slept on the sofa for a while. However, I still got up, clear my laundry and sleeping area, bathed and changed my pillow.
It was a great day in all. I spent time with friends and family. It just dawned on me that I cannot be isolated. "And the Lord God said, It is not good that the man should be alone."(Genesis 2:18 KJV) I cherish the great fellowship I've had.
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