His words
A first born with a medical condition, a promising career sacrificed for the family, a marriage in constant turbulence. And this is what God said to me.
I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp. (Isaiah $1:15)
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Around the turn of the twentieth century, a bar of steel was about $5. Yet when [...]
Journeying alone
The two things I completely have no confidence in is sewing and driving. Especially the latter as I could not read maps and I’ve no sense of direction.
But this evening, I challenged myself to drive to Holland Village. My heart pounded. My hands clammy. My determination not to be reliant gave me confidence to overcome [...]
Battles Won and Lost
Ebi Tempura. Golden brown. Crispy. Fried to perfection. I stared at the palatable and inviting platter. But the though of putting the prawns into my mouth somehow irked me. It must have taken a glutton to polish off these bits in the past. Its uncouth. Its shameful.
My weight spiraled downward over just days. I had [...]
Crying
I felt like crying. I dint want to deny myself that urge anymore. It was lunch. I drove to a car park and cried my heart out. For a good hour. Finally, I dried my tears. Reapplied the eye shadow and mascara. And just when I though I had no more tears left, they fell like raindrops [...]
An old wound
An excruciating pain.
Seared through the heart.
Paralysed the soul.
Exam Stress
I was tormented with guilt when I realised that I had forgotten all about Hang’s English examination. And it was his very first formal examination. It was the Listening Comprehension paper.
When he got home from school, questions rained on him like the Japanese bombs on our island in World War II. Did you know that [...]
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