Random reflections

It's been a week, I wouldnt say time flies because it seems like I've been here a long time. Notwithstanding the cold, I adapted pretty quickly.

I gonna be honest, it's difficult to maintain a desire for God without godly fellowship. Other than the small promptings of the Holy Spirit, you dont really know whether you are doing and thinking the right things most of the time. It is easy to become negative. I must constantly arrest such thoughts and meditate on God's Word. Yesterday it was about Col 3:22, about serving God and not men, that this is not my home so i shldnt get too comfy and all, that this is a temporary assignment for my life, that im here to train my character more than experiencing life.

Our varsity students shared that they sometimes struggle to maintain a desire for God when they go home for the summer. I can understand a little better what they meant now. But it is not impossible.

The job here is pretty mundane. Im not complaining because this is what i signed up for, so its cool. Yesterday, together with 2 Brazilians and 2 Thais, we spent the day just cleaning up a store, stocking, hanging up clothes. To Singaporeans, this USA work and travel program is perhaps like a grad trip. Not so with my friends from Brazil. They are university students like me. But this is like a job/career to them. Some of them are here for the third season already. They are really here to earn a living; it pays 2 times better here than in Brazil. In USA, if they work hard enough, they get a pretty decent life.

I took a picture with a Lucas look-alike. Jeremy and Binghan, Ill show you the photo soon!

On a side-note, Chit is proud of himself yesterday. He cooked lunch and dinner all by himself. Lunch = fried cheese egg + boiled diced chicken + instant noodles. Dinner = fried rice. My roommate say the fried rice tasted great!

Okay i admit i cheated: I used pre-packed seasonings for the fried rice. But hey it is quite an achievement still k!

Also, yesterday, one of the Brazilians in the apartment confronted me. I lowered the volume of his metal-rock music when i came home while he was on the phone. He shouted, "Hey take it easy man, everyone needs their own space. Take it easy man..you not happy you go into your room..etc". No im not intimidated, although he always say he is the evil one and do all sorts of satanic things. I honestly find him quite harmless. I thank God for the confidence to stand up to him and talk. Cool stuff God is doing here.

What an utterly random post!