July 2006 Archives
I actually felt being well taken care of by God today! It's a day full of love.
At around 4pm, I called sf; nothing in particular just seemed that we haven't spoken for some time, so I thought I'll give him a call. He wasn't in his chamber so I left a messgae on his voicemail.
About 15 minutes later, he called my mobile! He said he called me a few times in office but didn't get through. It turned out that he got my direct line number in the office wrong - ai ya! I told him that so many times lah!
Anyway, we met for a hot chocolate at Starbucks nearby. That was around 5pm. We had a good chat - nothing in particular, just lots of B.S. ! :D
Then I got my dental appointment at 6:30pm. I felt pain on the left bottom molar. I thought I had a bad teeth, just a tooth decay. In fact, I felt pain on that tooth some half year ago. Initially, I thought I have sensitive teeth.
I took an X-ray. The dentist confirmed it was tooth decay. But then, because it has decayed quite badly that I might need to do the root canal - Again! I was scared. I wasn't prepared for it. We started with reparing tooth decay procedure, then she told me the decay has gone too deeply that I needed a root canal. And we did that. I was there on time and by the time everything finished, it was around 7:45pm.
Throughout the procedure, I closed my eyes ("no eye see" ?) And I prayed. I kept saying "Hail Mary, Full of Grace, the Lord is with Thee. ... " I saw Mary Mother looking very softly and gently at me, like my mother, comforting me. There were times when I couldn't quite say that prayer or I lost where I've got to, or it was hard for me to concentrate on my prayer. Half way or three-quarters of the way after the root canal procedure was afoot, I saw St. Teresa. I saw her face when she was a toddler. I asked for her help too. So both Mary Mother and St. Teresa were with me. I was very much comforted.
As I had local anaesthetic, I was then told not to eat anything for the next 2 to 3 hours. I didn't feel hungry. When I walked out of the clinic, I realised it was that hot chocolate! Yes, the hot chocolate helped me to relax for the procedures and filled me for the next 2 hours ! And my meeting with sf was not planned; it was ad hoc. And bb will be able to confirm that sf's style is that : in the morning, he'll say let's meet this afternoon, and afternoon came, there was no call, no show from him ! Weird, right? But that made that hot chocolate so special.
I also had quite a fatty lunch. Both of those prepared me for the evening.
There's no limit to God's wisdom and plan. I'm too stupid to understand it. But when I take a moment to look back, there's a meaning to everything.
It's great to know we are in good hands! :)
Joined CC for a junk trip yesterday. We left the pier at around 1:30pm and got back to AMC by around 7 pm. I wasn't very keen but still joined them as I thought it's part of the "responsibilities" and partly to show some support for the efforts others made.
It turned out to be quite ok. There were 30/35 of us. Families came with their kids. People from Sunday Church are generally quite quiet and a bit more reserved than the other church's. But the atmostphere turned out to be quite good because of the kids. It's the first time I enjoyed the kids' screaming! Particularly enjoyed watching them being thrown out of the Banana into the sea! ha ha ha!
had dinner with my teacher and another two families. I didn't want to have dinner with her (my teacher) but I still offered (yes I did) and took her home afterwards. I thought it's a good opportunity to practice "you should love your neighbour as yourself." I did, not painful, just felt uneasy about it.
But I did it.
