SEASON 5 EPISODE 4: 1 YEAR HAS ZIPPED BY...

It has been exactly 4 months since I last updated this blog and now just over a year since I returned from London. Indeed, 1 year has zipped by and this entry is really taking stock of things.

I must say that time has passed by so quickly that I cannot recall very much what had happened since my return to Singapore from London on 5 July 2008.

(1) JULY to DECEMBER 2008

This part was spent re-integrating with my family, friends and church. I was also "finding my feet" then and wondering whether I will be heading back to England to complete my legal training and qualifying there anytime soon.

During that period, I went through 2 internships at law firms and ended the year with a post-Christmas vacation to Ho Chi Minh City with my family.

On a church front, I went back to my cell group and re-integrated myself with them. By that time, my cell group had gone through quite a big makeover in terms of members. There were a couple of "new-comers" and the highlight was that we, together as a cell had some fun over food and fellowship in Bintan from 14 to 16 November 2008. It was a great time there.

(2) JANUARY TO MARCH 2009

The new year began with a new job where I did legal work at a communications agency. It was an experience of my life in this firm because not only did I get to have a taste of what it is like to be a lawyer, I got to also see a different side to life in the workplace, albeit in a negative sense. I left after 2 months and the month of March was a time of in-between jobs. Despite the negative nature of the experience, I give thanks to God for allowing this to happen and taking me out when it reached the point of no return.

Durign this period, I got myself started on "Christian Believer", a 30-week course investigating the classic doctrines of the Christian faith. This was held in church. I also busied myself with the affairs of a workings of a ministry in my church.

(3) APRIL to JULY 2009

The LORD provided me a job in the company where I did my internship in 7 years ago and I began on 6 April 2009. Thanks be to God for that. I am still involved in the legal profession, but from a technological viewpoint - which I believe will be the means of legal practice in the future.

Apart from workplace, the other place I spend most of my time is in church.

I continued to attend cell meetings on Saturday afternoons where I occasionally lead Bible Study sessions. I also had the privilege to provide emotional and spiritual support to a cell mate of mine whom I will always treat her as my younger sister (or mei2). I smile at being able to play bigger brother to a younger sister (largely because I don't have a biological sister in my household). I give thanks to God for bringing her into my life and it is my prayer that she will grow in the faith and be in favour with God and man.

I spend my weekends in the activities of the church. This range from cell group and occasional dinner fellowships on Saturdays, playing the organ for worship services on Sundays or attending worship service with my cell mates followed by fellowship over lunch.

As one can see, many things have happened since I returned from London and I give thanks to God for leading me through these events, both ups and downs, bringing people into my life and sustaining me through these periods.

For now, I look forward to positive developments in my job, the provision of opportunities to deepen my faith and relationship with God and build deeper friendships with my cell group mates.