Some Reflections...Thoughts...

Tuesday, 9th March 2010, 2331hours...

The plane touched down half an hour late, as the flight was that of a budget airlines, the busy airport resulted in pushing the budget airlines to the back of the queue... I was quickly greeted by a heat never before experienced...

The following day when I was at church, someone told me that this was the hottest in Singapore in 180 years! Suddenly it dawned on me that just as everything had a life, so too the earth must have a life span... Perhaps like an ageing person, the earth is beginning to experience headaches, toothaches, backaches, fever, muscle aches, etc. And all these are reflected in the extreme weather changes, the seemingly increasing instability of the earth... Oh well...

Finally, some of my siblings and I met up today for dinner... Despite all the air-conditioned buildings and public transport, I was simply dripping and melting away...my entire T-shirt was wet with perspiration... and despite having the air-conditioning on throughout the night, I was awakened by the heat, with my hair all wet with sweat... What a Singapore! And so it was with the dinner...by the time I got home, I simply stank!

The rest of the week seems quite busy as well... Wednesday is filled with official meeting and so is considered used up, though dinner might be at the airport where we're supposed to see my brother off. He's making a visit to Canada just to preach, followed by a visit to Calvin College to research on Hebrew language for his book, and to meet his son. Thursday is filled with meeting up with a student, then the senior pastor of Providence Presbyterian Church, followed by dinner with a good old friend.

I must reserve sometime for mother-in-law, who still doesn't know I'm back... Poor mum...at 71, she has to take care of a recently stroke-stricken husband of 79...and a mentally ill daughter... so talk about justice and fairness...I no longer dare ask questions...

Soon I'll be back to Hong Kong, and soon I'll have problem returning to Singapore, with so little left... Friends seem to have all vanished...oh well, they're all simply busy! In my future trips back home, I'll have to check into hotels or theological schools...

But, the more important and immediate thing awaiting me meanwhile is my students' assignments! Oh wow, they're a test of my patience... I can only say, or pray, "Christ, have mercy!"