marriage prep session 1

yesterday xiang and i went to my pastor's place for our first serious marriage prep session. It was fun. Pastor gave us a quiz of sort. a list of 22 statements in which we had to circle 1 to 5 to indicate if we strongly agreed to strongly disagreed. lol... it was quite fun. =)

i was looking at a friend's wedding photos earlier, and she looked so pretty on her wedding day. hope my make-up artist, gown and hairstyles turn out good too...

k... gtg to church soon. =)

later today we're bringing a contractor up to our place to see what sort of reno work we'll be doing. pls pray for us to have wisdom! =)

So many things to be thankful for...

Yesterday, Xiang and I spent quite a fair bit of time discussing the material given by our Pastor for our pre-marital counselling course.

Through our sharing, i realised what a negative person i've become. Many things that happen, i tend to discount all the other good and focus on the bad. ironically my blog's called counting blessings.

So I shall strive to let the negative slide and focus on good stuff. Not that bad stuff doesn't exist or doesn't matter, but I think my overemphasis on it makes me lacking in joy.

I'm so glad I've got xiang who can be open enough with me to share truthfully. i believe we've both grown so much over these last few years. hopefully this will be but the first of many more deep sharings to come in future. just 6 months, 2 weeks and a day to our wedding.

so as i began my day, i thought to myself, today I shall approach it differently. I want the Lord's joy to ring loud and clear in me. =)

what better way than to start counting my blessings.

1. I thank God for a beautiful peaceful morning
2. I thank God for the fact that i have parents who can hear me when i greet them good morning.
3. I thank God for my sister who shares so animatedly about things that excite her... =)
4. I thank God for the wonderful sharing yixiang and I had last night. I've missed talking with him.
5. I thank God that I have a job to come to.
6. I thank God that most days I can knock off promptly.
7. I thank God for my mummy who carried this very heavy thermal pot all the way from orchard to her clinic because she loves me and wants to give me the best in preparation for my marriage.
8. I thank God that He is faithful in reminding me that I'm not perfect. And that's the beauty of it. That Jesus who was perfect could die for my sins so that I can be reconciled with God. That it's ok to not be perfect. Cos He loves me just the same and for who I am.
9. I thank God for the refreshing worship music i was listening to on my way to work.
10. I thank God that i've got so much to be thankful for.
11. I thank God for Ning's, Nick's and Crystal's message. Ning: I miss u too! Nick and Crystal: hello hello!!! thanks for popping by...

I thank God that by the end of the day, I'll have a lot more to thank Him for. =)

House, check check

We had our second appointment and sealed everything with regards to our house technically yesterday.

However, our sellers requested they move out slightly under a month later and seeing that they were so nice and willing to push back our first appt and all, we agreed.

so we are proud owners of a four room hdb flat now. =) =) =)

wedding gown design check

went to try wedding gowns on monday.

my sister had a fun time while i tried my best to suck in my breath! lol... i guess there are just far too many petite brides.. either that or bridal studios enjoy seeing brides-to-be feel like sinking to the ground in embarrassment, or they just like saving money on material!

anyway, so i've chosen my designs and they'll spend the next three months sewing it together as it's made-to-measure.

wasn't allowed to take photos tho.. so you'll just need to wait till much later... =)

daddy's much better now

hey everyone, thanks for praying for my daddy. He's better now. there's still something on his face but the swelling's all gone.

I really thank God for my mummy. My dad was admitted on a monday right? well, tue night i was hit by quite a bad bout of food poisoning. my mummy actually took leave to take care of me! it was then that i began to think of many who do not have such a privilege and how much i have to thank God for. she has really very little leave annually but she did not hesitate in taking one full day just to nurse me back to health. =)

plus the food poisoning wasn't all that bad as it resulted in some weight loss which i'm working hard to keep by eating salad for lunch almost everyday. it's tough at times tho... heehee... never been a very veggie person.. so to have gotten by on 8 days of salad over 10 days is no mean feat! praise God I haven't given up! heehee...

but i miss all my sinful food like bak kua! chicken wings! yummy yum yum... must stop thinking abt it! lol...

it's just slightly over 7 months to my wedding! had my first premarital counselling session. the idea of marriage can be quite overwhelming at times. really praying i'll be a good, loving and supportive wife. =)

alrightey, lunchtime's over. must start my work again.. so thank God for a job so that i have to return to work to. =) that's one way of looking at it... =) a much happier way... heehee...