17:11.

It's a nice balmy winded-down transition between afternoon and evening in Sg. At my trusty blue Ikea desk using my trusty Benq lappie, catching the wind wafting through from the windows right in front... very nice.

Ray left this morning at 930am. We woke up early, got ready and being good, caught the bus and mrt instead of cabbing it. Got to Novena at 9am sharp and had that ubiquitous brekkie set of kaya toast, tea and half boiled eggs... mmm.

After Ray's bus left, I made my way home. The shopping complex was still uncharacteristically empty but people were starting to appear. Got back to Woodlands by 10am and ambled back home after a stop at Vista Point to get my net banking password from an ATM.

Mom was still asleep when I got home, heh. In fact, when I called home to ask if they already got the paper, both Mom and bro were asleep still, heh.

I love them.

Me, I caught a ahem, 3 and a half hour nap in the afternoon :P Now, I feel all rested from the traipising around Sg Ray and I did the last five days.

It was a good trip though, filled with happy random moments like a spate of bad jokes from me last night on the way home, finding Boost (*much much joy*) at VivoCity and ordering a Mango Magic, coming across and catching a live band at Esplanade's outdoor theatre, having Haagen Daz, going to the always impactful City Harvest, Sushi Tei, dinner with my parents and so on and on :)

*very happy*

And so we are in 2007.

I'm believing God to come through with big things this year.

2004 was a year of restoration, 2005 a year of action and sight, 2006 the year of building faith and I can't shake it off but like I told CG last last Fri, the word for 2007 in my spirit is "Destiny".

So much have been learnt last year, culminating in the understanding and decision to quit WorldTeach and totally unexpected, change church for this year.

I'm pretty psyched up. Nope - this is sounding like last year - I have no concrete idea what's next. I've applied for some jobs but so far, nothing's confirmed. Ideally, I want a Sg job based in PJ... am very very interested in business, franchises and marketing. Like very. But what's next is as unsure as the looming end of my current lease and my soon-to-make decision on whether to take up a new lease.

But you know, God is faithful :) And He has always redeemed me and came through for me, over and over again, again and again again.

Pr Kong was stressing a few things which really resound with me. Stuff about getting rid of the wilderness mentality, about making a difference wherever you are, about there being purpose why you are uniquely you with the strengths you have, about how contrary to tradition, it's okay for His servants to fail. That last point may seem moot but honestly, the mentality of the- Lord's-servant-cannot-fail is pretty real and that is something that was cut away from me this, I mean last year. So was a dormant religiousity about traditions, fun, suffering and faith, I reckon.

I'm stepping over. If Christ's in my boat asleep, I will learn to be a person of faith who won't automatically shout to wake Him up but knowing He has vested His power in me, know how to be calm in the face of the storm [point learnt from Pr Neil Smith, Lakes]. Even when God seems quiet and uncaring (he was aslp, rem?), it's still safer with Him here than any where else.

So will I learn to... when Christ is walking on water, to ask Him for His command bid me go and take that step out onto the raging seas.

It's going to be a very good year. Skye Tan, 26th year's coming in 7 months... what's you got in your hands?

I will give my all with all I got. God keep me, keep us, and help us soar.

'cause we are meant to live.