Daily Misel 31 March 2009

A reading from the book of Number:

From Mount Hor the children of Israel set out on the Red Sea road, to bypass the land of Edom. But with their patience worn out by the journey, the people complained against God and Moses, "Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in this desert, where there is no food or water? We are disgusted with this wretched food!"

In punishment the LORD sent among the people fiery serpents,
which bit the people so that many of them died.
Then the people came to Moses and said,
"We have sinned in complaining against the LORD and you.
Pray the LORD to take the serpents away from us."
So Moses prayed for the people, and the LORD said to Moses,
"Make a saraph and mount it on a pole,
and whoever looks at it after being bitten will live."
Moses accordingly made a bronze serpent and mounted it on a pole,
and whenever anyone who had been bitten by a serpent
looked at the bronze serpent, he lived.

Responsorial Pslam

R. (2) O Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry come to you.
O LORD, hear my prayer, and let my cry come to you.
Hide not your face from me in the day of my distress.
Incline your ear to me; in the day when I call,
answer me speedily.

R. O Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry come to you.
The nations shall revere your name, O LORD,
and all the kings of the earth your glory,
When the LORD has rebuilt Zion and appeared in his glory;
When he has regarded the prayer of the destitute, and not despised their prayer.

R. O Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry come to you.
Let this be written for the generation to come,
and let his future creatures praise the LORD:
"The LORD looked down from his holy height, from heaven he beheld the earth,
To hear the groaning of the prisoners, to release those doomed to die."

Sky so blue

You wonder what prompted you to look up into the sky, and always when you do, it is always so clear, blue and bright. For all that happens under His sky, nothing can be hidden and you felt peace with a new unknown feelings when you looked at the sky.

Even when it feels heavy to do what needed to meld the path and hope it is done right. You pray for wisdom to see so and to know what else you failed to do so.

All these thoughts and feelings when your eyes moved upwards to the big wide blue sky.

He's just not that into you

The show is enjoyable, entertaining and thought provoking. And its highlight sometimes, the kindness and affirmation of friend does more harm than necessary.

Considering the main actress as she struggle to understand if he is interested in her (he is not), her friends justifies and provides reason for his silence, stood by her and comforts her also. Their actions paints a false reality to her and gave her hope.

Personally, I prefer candour. The rawer the better. Especially, when it is really necessary, to shake me by the shoulder when I am not listening to his truth.

I understand most people chose the safer path, to stood by the friend and said what is necessary to help the friend to ease the pain. The necessary is usually the kinder, gentle and softer truth. Again, the softness depends on the character strength and fragility of the friend self-esteem.

Rare is the person who can accept the first time, the reality that pains him, as voiced by another.
Time does help to prepare the person, it is also make the reality that occurred not relevant any more.

Clementi Ave 2

The food really tasted great, and the rating in term of deliciousness are, bee hoon goreng, mee goreng and nasi goreng. All from a malay stall at Clementi Ave 2 hawker stall. The stall is located at corner, facing a supermart, with the main road at its side. We waited approx 15 min before the food arrives and the food did not disappoints. Yes, the queue is long at this stall.

The ikan billis was crispy and melded well with the well fried nasi. The nasi was not too oily, just with a touch of oil, which was mixed well with the egg and beef. We tried the nasi first, followed by the bee hoon. The bee hoon was sweeter, blended better with the egg, beef and billias compared to the nasi. The nasi is just too grainly for me. The mee goreng was red in color, was not oily and fried just nicely with a hint of dryness.

It was a good outing with Will and Marg. They shared the good food with me and as usual, they shared their faith and spirit-fullness with me. Luckily this time round, I managed to not trigger Will into a sermon mode and the outing turned out enjoyable.

Also, Will introduced me to Fong Seng nasi lemark around the junction of Clementi Road and Pasir Panjang road.

From this and previous outing, Will and Marg are really simple, kind-hearted people who enjoyed simple hawker fare. And I can image them eating at resturants or more fancier places. And it is always so spirit enfulling when I am out with them.

Ethan

Ethan is a quick-witted, smart and vocal boy. He shows his quick-wittiness by answering quickly and throwing any challenge back to the questioner. And his response shows intelligence. Behind that handsome sad young face, with a mixture of Malay and Arab feature, lies a child whose future can turn either way, good and bad.

If only he knows that imitating what he sees and hears without understanding the implication does not make him a better person. And he listen to you, this child needs lots of explanation on the outcome of his action and make him understand how he feels if the same unkind words he used is said back to him.