But it has certainly felt like a long period of time since my last day of work, when in actuality, barely 3 days had passed. That's one of the irritable of a perspective based phenomenon- that when you spend a majority of the day dwelling in certain things, there is always this tendency that the day may seem to have stretched beyond what we may have expected it to be. Therefore, apart from the feat of swimming 4km, I guess the significance in much things could have been drowned.

Anyhow, yesterday was a polarity. It was the second cell outing that my group is having in the year 2010, and pretty much so, the second that we've had ever since I joined them. So, I am really happy that the relationships between each of us have been thriving, perhaps not so noticeably, over this period. My conversation with most people had not been able to last beyond certain time frame, if not for the twin outings that we've had. Thanks much to En for stepping up to organise the first one, which had really been a blast! That was one of the best heart to heart chattings I've ever had!

And it was precisely due to the high benchmark that had been set that I was beginning to have much worries when I organised the one we had yesterday. Attendance was not as assuring as then, and Jia En was the only girl. But God's always so good to make His presence felt. So the outing turned out really good! Chatting at the empty hawker centre at the second floor of Sempang's a really good option for random activities! Staying over at YanJun's was awesome too! Jia En was nice enough to stay over with us (I'm suspecting whether she has agreed because she didn't want to disappoint me, otherwise it would have been so weird and awkward for her. But thanks much nevertheless!). Bridge and "Big 2" until 3 or 4 am in the morning reminded me of the good old times, when we were so much freer; when I still claimed myself to be the nocturnal (not anymore- tested and proven!). Now that I reminisce upon what had happened last night- it's really funny how our conversation drifted from one topic to the other, with Alvin constantly giving us the assurance that he'd not feel tired if we kept him occupied, which we eventually failed to do so. And I do feel that the most productive talks came from that period of time, when most of us were in the state of half-consciousness- when we shared our perspectives over many many things, spiritual and life alike. Humorous in the sense that we talked about such solemnity when our state of mind was not at its best, yet yielding good yields. Who else but our Daddy God is awesome enough for such?

Breakfast at 85 was devoured with minimum remaining energy, and how the four of us went for service without a proper wash up was definitely a sight- a unsightly one, but definitely a worthy one!

To my cell mates:

Guys, I really love you guys so much! I've mentioned this before that the cell thing, unlike any organisational/ school-based activities, would not come to an end at various specific deadlines. So this is really something that we ought to build upon, a relationship that holds accountable for each other. I'm really so glad that we always grow so much closer at the end of a cell outing, and I do get disappointed when we distance ourselves as we step beyond certain radius (3 days or perhaps 4 after the outing). Let's keep this up all right? I really love my cell group, and today I'm just so glad that God gave me the courage to admit to something which I've always shunned away from discussion since almost 8 years already. So that confession, I hope is one that'd be kept within us (not even Joel or any of my family members know about it), but I'm trusting my cell people- that added responsibility that we've towards each other. I'm really relying heavily on you guys to help me overcome such! Love you guys much K3U