hilarious story : for reads.

burst out laughing after i read this off a blog of my friend's.

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I met a sweet gentleman and fell in love. When it became apparent that we would marry, I made the supreme sacrifice and gave up beans.

Some months later, on my birthday, my car broke down on the way home from work. Since I lived in the countryside I called my husband and told him that I would be late because I had to walk home.

On my way, I passed by a small diner and the odour of baked beans was more than I could stand.

With miles to walk, I figured that I would walk off any ill effects by the time I reached home, so I stopped at the diner and before I knew it, I had consumed three large orders of baked beans.

All the way home, I made sure that I released all the gas.

Upon my arrival, my husband seemed excited to see me and exclaimed delightedly: "Darling I have a surprise for dinner tonight."

He then blindfolded me and led me to my chair at the dinner table. I took a
seat and just as he was about to remove my blindfold, the telephone rang.

He made me promise not to touch the blindfold until he returned and went to answer the call. The baked beans I had consumed were still affecting me and the pressure was becoming most unbearable, so while my husband was out of the room seized the opportunity, shifted my weight to one leg and let one go.

It was not only loud, but it smelled like a fertilizer truck running over a skunk in front of a pulpwood mill.

I took my napkin from my lap and fanned the air around me vigorously. Then, shifting to the other cheek, I ripped off three more.

The stink was worse than cooked cabbage.

Keeping my ears carefully tuned to the conversation in the other room, I went on like this for another few minutes. The pleasure was indescribable.

When eventually the telephone farewells signalled the end of my freedom, I quickly fanned the air a few more times with my napkin, placed it on my lap and folded my hands back on it feeling very relieved and pleased with myself.

My face must have been the picture of innocence when my husband returned, apologising for taking so long. He asked me if I had peeked through the blindfold, and I assured him I had not.

At this point, he removed the blindfold, and twelve dinner guests seated around the table chorused:

"Happy Birthday!"


I almost fainted.

08 September, 2005
xh @ 10:32 AM

SFMS Camp 2nd Sept - 4th Sept '05

Hugs, snuggles, ear-to-ear smiles, waves, exchanging of msn, hp numbers, taking of pictures.. and the list goes on..

the SFMS camp ended last night with warmth in my heart. God visited and lingered. I thought i would like to pen down these precious memories.

first day, gathering of students and leaders in a big classroom was rather awkward. why? they were so foreign (yap, we've got students comng from 8 countries!) ah gosh, korean, vietnam, myammar, china, taiwan, thailand, malaysia, sg. i think as much as we find them foreign, they find us foreign too! ha! anyway, as we(the leaders) sat in the classroom as the students stream in few by few, vibrancy and energy were their soundings.

we had some games to break the ice between us and them and even within themselves. i have to admit, i feared a bit on how am i going to lead or assimilate into these group of students who are so comfortable with their own mother tongue? i prayed. i knew God has a purpose for bringing us together! so we lept straight in!

activities, bbq dinner, dorms allocation, mattresses, -getting-to-know-them- was how we started our agenda in the camp! its not like normal camps where we could say somethings and ppl understood, we have to choose to communicate in english, our only common language! we had some fun moments especially when we went out for the Fun Race along Singapore River, Boat/Clarke Quay! i was trilled to see my team running, working together, caring for each other, cheering everyone on together!

the team bonding builded on the nights of bringing the guys out to 7-eleven and having the opportunity to chat, laugh, joke and really breaking down walls of any sorts. the team starts to identify themselves belonging to a team. i'm thankful. thankful that i came, that it was God that taught me to love.

i thank God for my teamates, Bobby, Kelvin, Do Young, Ah Heon, Soo Kyuang. you guys are so sweet, excellent and ever so nice! :)

some memorable thoughts are what they said that i could see came from their hearts, 2nd/last night out to 7-eleven, Bobby asked "cher' which flavour u want? (slurpee)" i replied, "its ok, u guys go ahead." Bobby asked again "no, cher, i buy, which one u want?" i was taken aback, but i said "erm, u go ahead, or what u want? i can treat u?", "NO CHER! tonight last night already, i want to treat u!" ..

what else could i say? its not the 'treat' that i got, but its the sincerity of their earnest hearts. i'm thankful that God gave me such wonderful kids in my team and that i could just sprinkle however much love of God to them. hoping that 1 day..1 day, someone out there will be sowing the seeds sowed that night.

we didn't forget our purpose why we came. why we do what we did. i believe each of the leaders hearts are all jumping, furiously wanting to share God's love to each and every one of the students that were present. i've learnt that its not just sharing the 4SL, but its e representatives that they see that came from God Himself. and it's my privilege that i'm part of God's invitation and work here at this camp.

they insisted i give them my msn contacts and took photos together as a team on the last night, and made all the attempts to say good bye to us as they leave. from an awkward, strange environment to a warm and loving bond. i would indeed say, God visited, and He lingered.

all Glory and Praise to Him Above. Amen.

05 September, 2005
xh @ 12:32 PM