singapore's 40th birthday
as i made my way through the sea of ppl (with or without tics) rushing to catch the ndp, i wondered to myself, how many of them are really THATpatriotic to singapore? seriously, more than half their lives, most ppl complain abt singapore and everything in it, hardly being grateful for other things like our incorruptible government, who ensures that most of us here get an education or have a job secured...etc. yet, each year on the 9th of aug, these ppl put on red t-shirts, white bottoms, paint their faces red/white, stick flag tattoos on their faces/arms...etc. wat an irony, i feel...
anyway, before i side-track, i shall get back to why m posting today's entry. i just wanna give thanks to God for taking good care of singapore all these years. i thank God for His bountiful blessings on us. m so glad and proud to be a singaporean. even as m rejoicing with our nation on this very special day, i can't help but remember wat tian lin shared with me in chiangmai when i first met him. he was 26, yet was only in his first year at payap uni. he shared tt the government in burma had shut the universities becos some students staged a protest. how thankful i am for a wise government in singapore, which does the opposite - open more universities for us! thank God too, for a stable economy. thank God we're free from wars & terrorists attacks, tho we'll never know what tmr holds. but m glad to have peace of mind, knowing tt my God holds the tomorrow : )
well, the list can go on and on, but most impt of all, m grateful to God for the freedom to worship my God openly. indeed, God is sovereign!
i believe each of our leaders are chosen by God and put there for a reason, and i pray tt God would continue to give them wisdom to make good decisions tt would glorify God...
thank God too, for a great time i had with shelia & her 2 friends, yuxin & salan, today! tho the 4 of us must have looked like mad girls, i sure had fun helping shelia & salan scream for their boyfriends as they marched under the bridge we were standing on. and well, tho i didn't know which vehicle eugene was in (cos i forgot to ask him!), we sure had fun shouting his name once each time a vehicle went by : ) and best of all, was the fireworks : ) simply beautiful.
blessed 40th birthday, Singapore!
anyway, before i side-track, i shall get back to why m posting today's entry. i just wanna give thanks to God for taking good care of singapore all these years. i thank God for His bountiful blessings on us. m so glad and proud to be a singaporean. even as m rejoicing with our nation on this very special day, i can't help but remember wat tian lin shared with me in chiangmai when i first met him. he was 26, yet was only in his first year at payap uni. he shared tt the government in burma had shut the universities becos some students staged a protest. how thankful i am for a wise government in singapore, which does the opposite - open more universities for us! thank God too, for a stable economy. thank God we're free from wars & terrorists attacks, tho we'll never know what tmr holds. but m glad to have peace of mind, knowing tt my God holds the tomorrow : )
well, the list can go on and on, but most impt of all, m grateful to God for the freedom to worship my God openly. indeed, God is sovereign!
i believe each of our leaders are chosen by God and put there for a reason, and i pray tt God would continue to give them wisdom to make good decisions tt would glorify God...
thank God too, for a great time i had with shelia & her 2 friends, yuxin & salan, today! tho the 4 of us must have looked like mad girls, i sure had fun helping shelia & salan scream for their boyfriends as they marched under the bridge we were standing on. and well, tho i didn't know which vehicle eugene was in (cos i forgot to ask him!), we sure had fun shouting his name once each time a vehicle went by : ) and best of all, was the fireworks : ) simply beautiful.
blessed 40th birthday, Singapore!
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