Wednesday, December 03, 2008 / 4:51 AM
hahaha!!! i'm sooooooooooo lost for words as i reflect back on the whole month of preparation for musical, the rehearsals, full-dress and finally the 6 shows from 27th - 29th Nov, Thurs to Sat!! XD i kinda regret not blogging earlier. quite senile now so it's hard to recall wad had happened, esp when the only purpose why i blog this post must be fulfilled!
initially i bought only 4 tickets for me Mum, 4th sis, 4th bro-in-law and Axios. next, i can't really remember when i asked my dad. but i can still remember how i asked him. i decided to just tear out one tix (that looks really presentable, while the prints on the others are already fading off) utter a little word of prayer, went to living room while my dad is standing at his drawer looking at i dunno wad. in a very very soft voice, i showed him the ticket and i asked, "Lao ba, wo yao qing ni qu wo de biao yan, ze zhang piao shi gei ni de." very unexpectedly, he pasued a while, looking at the tix and then said, "ni de zhui ba wei she me ze me chou?" "wo hai mei you shua ya ma." and then i persuaded further "qu la! ok?" he nodded and i say, i'll keep the tix with the rest. he said alright. with him, 5 tix.
only until 26th Nov i think, i invited my 2nd sistas thinking that her kids, Gerald and Joel may like to go for the musical. after much confirmation, she told me to get 3 tix for them. and i did. with them, 8 tix.
then i asked my da jie if her family wanna go too. she didn't reply. i still remember i carefully structure the whole sms to make it sound very inviting. no reply. asked her to reply again. no reply. next time ask again, STILL no reply. then out of the blue, i tot of my brother. since young, we are not close. and it had never came to my mind that i should invite him and his wife. but something tells me, the only thing i can do is to ask them to go and buy tix if they agree to go. other than that, decision lies with God. just ask only mah... nothing to lose right?? and so i asked him if he and wife wanna go. i smsed him in the morning b4 going NUS UCC and i told him, sadly, Vince cannot go coz he's still a 1-year-old child (the tix indicated that children below 7 cannot be admitted but i still get my nephews to go nonetheless, with the permission of uncle chee an). after several hours, he didn't reply and i find it weird coz usually he will reply almost immediately. and so i tot he won't go. at 1:02pm, 28th Nov 2008, the day before Sat, he replied "I n shuwei wil b goin to support u pls get tickets 4 us" guess wad? when i received tat, i was at the UCC tambourine dancers dressing room. i burst out screaming softly with joy and told the dancers my bro and his wife are going! i can't believe it. totally. i mean firstly, that sms is rather precious in a sense that it was the longest sms i have ever received from him can. and so that makes up 10 tix.
that very day, i still didn't get any reply from my da jie. and i really was confinced she's not going. kinda disappointed but i told God that if it's His will, i'll gladly submit.
next morning, 4th sista called me and then i told her everyone's going except da jie and family. then i guess she already called da jie in the morning while they were still sleeping and they actually want to go too! weird coz i didn't get da jie's reply. haha. what can i say all in all???? thank GOD! :D
you noe, i really wish i can describe or even paint out every scene that had happened thruout the musical production for the past 8 months. words can't describe how God has worked, not only in my life, but in the lives of my family and friends who agreed to go. =) i didn't get much feedback from them tho. just general feedbacks like 'the show/performance is nice!' sigh. you noe, i dun wish to hear that, unless it's from fellow Christians. but it's kinda disappointing that those non-believers went to the musical and go home with indifference. well, but God has assured me that my duty is to invite them, to plant the seeds, not to make them grow. well, i'll try to follow up yah? had a good talk with my dearest daddy on Sundae evening after church. we talked about parker pens and stuff and then finally directed him to talk bout Jesus. like any old folks, he said Jesus is just someone who's able to help people and religions are all the same. but i kept emphasizing what God is looking for with us humans... a relationship, not a religion. it was the most meaningful conversation i had with my dad. how i wish i can go on coz i noe for sure, this kind of topic cannot be started just out of the blue. i was trying to tell him as much as i can. and i challenged him. since he said all religions are the same, why not try mine?? and as usual, he shoooed me away. nonetheless, it's a good start. :D i thank God for that very rare opportunity. truly, i pray God will work in everyone of my family members and of coz friends whom i treasure alot. :D
oh yes. my only purpose to give Him the glory due to His name!! :D rejoice with me!
Glory Glory, Glory Glory, Glory Glory to GOD!!! :D
Take my hand and NEVER let me go
Onggie
a very simple girl
a very complicated mind (she has been labeled as overly-thoughtful)
she's made to think that the world is not simple
she's made to believe that she is a stranger to the world
she's convicted that her ultimate home is Heaven, her last desination
Praise be to God,
who has not rejected my prayer
or withheld his love from me!
Psalm 66:20
