yesterday's tennis was mind blowing. It was my first real workout of any kind - running, sweating it out whatsoever, since a casual led run after I returned from Australia. That makes it like 4 months! since I ran. I've really just free fell in terms of fitness. So it actually felt really awesome to be back running and panting away, to feel the blood travelling into my brain as quickly as it is being channelled out. Thank God.

After tennis we crossed over to East Coast Park which is just on the opposite side of the road. Had hawker fare at the food centre which very much resembles my favourite Newton Food Centre, except that its a little more spacious and bigger in size, but offering the same old favourites of my palate. I love East Coast Park, its romantic, its beautiful at night, its nostalgic. Sitting down under one of the unoccupied shelters, and having a good time of fellowship among a few close friends brought together by our common shared experiences, these are lovely times that will be cherished.

And I do hope that we as Christians may find ourselves growing even closer to each other in love and unity. Because its just not very right if we see that our bond with non-Cts are closer than that of Cts - the family that we are gonna spend eternity with.

Sigh, I must really learn that I should show more love and spend more time with Cts, and I should cherish them even more. I mean, who can help me grow in my faith other than Cts? Will non-Cts actually point out to me my wrongs? No! In actual fact, I always find that in these get together with non-Cts, worldly ideals and its values are often influencing us and attempt at eroding our Ct standards. Its like a serpent hissing at us, and when Eve actually believed in the serpent's lies, doom befell. Yes, its more fun to be with these people, we want to hear what our itching ears wanna hear - those of sex, lies, and more bad behaviour. But what goes into building a healthy relationship is helping one another grow positively as a person. Of course, we Christians know that specifically we are to grow in Christ-likeness. And I realise that only by hanging out with fellow Cts will ensure that we grow healthily together in the faith. But I won't stop hanging around with non-Cts for sure (we can't!! & we shouldn't!), but we hope that we can be a beacon of light that may actually shine for Jesus in our interactions with them. So instead of them spluttering out all those ungodly stuffs in our direction, we can try to sprinkle some of the correct stuffs supported with christ-centered reasons into the exchanges. I need to remind myself not to switch off the light and be happy to be in darkness.

Tomorrow's a long day of programs. publicity in a school, a school prog, meeting with a fellow mission tripper. Need God to go through everyday.

oh ya forgot to include.. I have added to my growing(hopefully its stopped) list of overseas trips!
this time i'm doubly excited and its bursting out of my nose. I'M GOING BEIJING!!!! WOOHOO!
ok actually i'm not that excited about holidays, coz i wanna settle in on a job first. But i think i'll just go ahead with the trip first, coz my friend kept asking me 'when come when come'. I think if i delay it any further i'll most probably end up not going at all. So i'll lock it in first. somemore tickets are cheap cheap - 545SGD. i think normally its close to a thousand? i'm not sure....

i'm finally going china =)
vin