All trail mix and cliché chat

This is probably going to be the second and last time I write in this manner, first time was the introduction to onerottenorange and which turned out, well, to become more a book and play review than anything else. I can’t put a point across without the use of fiction and metaphors, it seems. But hopefully this job transition/ crossroad intersection/midlife crisis gives good reason to talk earnest and make cliché chat.

I’ve just come back from Perth which people know that I always think about and speak with a degree of fondness. The grass IS greener there and softer too. It makes fertile ground for dreams to come true, even if the gulls do S.O.Y. But with this visit, I found that I was happily nonchalant to be emotionally removed from the place. No, it is not a repetition in the former statement. I was happy to be unaffected by my unaffected feelings towards Perth. Not that she no longer attracts or inspires me like my boyfriend still does, but that reliving or trying to relive old experiences is no more a must.

For all you who laugh at me, you pretend that you do not try to relive good O’ times. It is possible that because you don’t succeed in doing that that you return to clichés for comfort.

So as I was saying, I found that the moment I could let go this necessity, I immediately shared more present moments with people- both new and old friends, young and OLD friends. They provided some insights to me which when you pack into a suitcase, looks like a big sack of jolly trail mix.

1. Celebrating small victories. Two years since graduation is not a terribly long time as compared to erm say… 25 years since birth. But it is nonetheless significant enough for many. With our testimonies of struggles undergone and some still present, it has only magnified the need for God in our lives. Some issues remain unresolved. But I know that my God will make us whole in spite of that. Celebrating small victories may then mean returning back to our mustard seed faith that God is good.
2. Not to fear aging. ALL My friends look better with time.
3. Evangelism has got to go on.

Fourth but not very lastly, there is a sense of continuity. It is somewhat like the installment of the Harry Potter book never being the last. Many and I thought coming back to Singapore meant the point of no return (to perth). This may not be so----


If the migration point system does not increase again, thank you very much.

In God we continue to trust.