Sense of direction, have you?

Was at IKEA yesterday for late night shopping. Was so glad that hubby wasn't around, opps, I should correct that. I meant, he wasn't around to shop with me.. (by the way, he's overseas for week training). So, I had the luxury to buy anything I want because no one's going to stop me. I did mention before that I don't really have the liking for window shopping. That statement still stand true. I already had in mind what I wanted. So, bought all the stuffs I wanted, paid and proceeded to the carpark.

I have always had a very good sense of direction. Take me to a place just once, and I will know for life how to get there. I'm not trying to brag here although that is one thing I'm proud of myself. I may not remember the name of the place, but I do remember the route. So, I took the lift to the carpark and I knew exactly which level I parked my car, and of course I also knew precisely where I park my car (directly opposite the lift, hehe, not fair eh?!). As I was loading the stuffs into the car, two ladies came out from the lift and halted. Both with puzzled looks, scanning around as though they were in a whole new and unfamiliar place. Instantly I knew they forgot where they parked their car. So, they walked up and down, trying to remember and trace back where they came from. After several minutes, they walked off. Hopefully they found their car. The very next minute, another pair came out from the lift, probably mother and daughter, both also looked lost. Again, these people forgot where they parked their car.

That left me to wonder, was it that difficult to know and remember directions? Or was it just a women thing. But I'm not like that at all! Here's the prove.

It was in 1998 and I was 17. One of mum's relatives passed away and we had to attend the funeral in Penang. The last time I visited this relative was when I was about 7-8 years old. So we drove up to Penang, and soon arrived Penang, but no one knew exactly where the house was in that particular area. I then told them that I think I know where the house is, and we should take the road opposite the shopping mall, and turn to either the first or second left. Mum, however was adamant that it was not opposite the mall but rather to the left of the mall. I was pretty sure I was correct, but she insisted that we look around the area to the left of the mall. So we did, and we drove around but still couldn't find the house. So, finally mum and dad relented and tried the direction I suggested.

So we did, and mum was still saying, "but how do we know exactly which house?" Dad and I replied "if it's a funeral, w surely won't miss it". True enough, immediately after saying that, we found the house in exactly the direction I told them. They were so amazed and even I was so surprised at my own sense of direction. It was 10 years, yet I can clearly remember where the house was.

Pretty good eh? hehe..

Alrighty, I'm going off for holiday next week. Will post all the pictures when I get back and I shall reveal the holiday destination next.

It is well with my soul

Often, we sing a song, but never really care to know what is the meaning behind those words, who and why were they composed. Songs, are often taken for granted in the sense that words are just sung without emotions, without reason, without passion, without purpose. We sang this hymn at church this morning, and when the pastor gave a brief history on the song, it touches me deeply and I began to appreciate the song more and sung it with my heart, something which I've never done before.

"A beautiful hymn of peace and praise, incredibly, this song was penned from grief borne in the midst of the most tragic of circumstances"~Cathy Sheridan

"It Is Well with My Soul" is a very influential hymn penned by hymnist Horatio Spafford and composed by Phillip Bliss. This hymn was writ­ten af­ter several trau­matic events in Spaf­ford’s life. The first was the death of his only son in 1871, shortly followed by the great Chi­ca­go Fire which ru­ined him fi­nan­cial­ly (he had been a weal­thy bus­i­ness­man). Then in 1873, he had planned to travel to Europe with his family on the S. S. Ville Du Havre, but sent the family ahead while he was delayed on business. While cross­ing the At­lan­tic, the ship sank rapidly after a collision with an­o­ther ship, and all four of Spaf­ford’s daugh­ters died. Spaf­ford’s wife Anna sur­vived and sent him the now fa­mous tel­e­gram, “Saved alone.” Shortly afterwards, as Spaf­ford traveled to meet his grieving wife, he was inspired to write these words as his ship passed near where his daugh­ters had died~ Wikipedia

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When peace like a river, attendeth my way,

When sorrows like sea billows roll;

Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say,

It is well, it is well, with my soul.

It is well, with my soul,

It is well, with my soul,

It is well, it is well, with my soul.

Though Satan should buffet, though trials should come,

Let this blest assurance control,

That Christ has regarded my helpless estate,

And hath shed His own blood for my soul.

It is well, with my soul,
It is well, with my soul,
It is well, it is well, with my soul.

My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought!

My sin, not in part but the whole,

Is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more,

Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, O my soul!

It is well, with my soul,

It is well, with my soul,

It is well, it is well, with my soul.

And Lord, haste the day when my faith shall be sight,

The clouds be rolled back as a scroll;

The trump shall resound, and the Lord shall descend,

Even so, it is well with my soul.

It is well, with my soul,

It is well, with my soul,

It is well, it is well, with my soul.

Mr Holland's Opus

We went to Target for shopping over the weekend. Just at the entrance, all cheap and old DVDs were on display for sale. I got excited hoping that I'll get the movie which I wanted to keep as collection. As I was browsing through the DVDs, hubby found "The Bicentennial Man". I was so thrilled. We continued looking, but nothing else seemed to interest us. Andrew however wanted to look for one particular movie that has touched him deeply. It's called "Mr. Holland's Opus". We looked all over and guess what? When hopes seemed so frail, do not give up. I was literally jumping for joy when I spotted the movie sitting almost at the bottom of the shelf. So, we called it a good day because God has been good to us.

I wanted to know why this movie was touching, according to hubby, so we watched it. Although the movie was quite down to earth, I personally don't think it's that touching, as oppose to Bicentennial Man. Perhaps, it's the music that influences my mood. The only part that's touching was when the couple in the movie found out that their son was deaf. That was the saddest part. If you haven't watched the movie, go go, watch it. It still passes as an enjoyable family movie, though. =)

I won't write out the synopsis, because I'm a lousy story teller. However, I want to follow how others do it, if I were to rate the movie, I give it 6 out of 10. Hubby might get annoyed with my rating, afterall it's one of his favourite movie!

Record Chill

It's snowing at Hunters!

It was half past seven in the morning. As usual, we were getting ready to go to work. We went to our car, and to our amazement, frost was covering our car! There were at least 5mm of frost layer. We were expecting it to be one of the colder winter if not the coldest. True enough, on our way to work, we heard from the radio, that it was indeed the coldest day in 21 years at 3.7 degree celcius!

We were grumbling everyday now for a couple of weeks that it was been so cold. We couldn't bear to leave our bed every morning, and gosh, you can't imagine how we dread the mornings.

I'm just glad that I have the opportunity to try winter. I shouldn't complain. When you don't have it, you long for it, and when you have it, you take it for granted. That's life, isn't it? It's a sad truth though that we don't appreciate things around us. Perhaps we should learn to give thanks and praise Him for all the things He has created.

I'm so looking forward to seeing snow this year. In fact, I'll be going on a holiday in 2 weeks' time. Will post more picture on that when I get back. Meantime, there are so much to prepare and so much to organize before going on break. I better list them now before everything goes hay-wire.

Satisfaction guaranteed

Indeed, I'm referring to the new mattress. First of all, it did arrive, safe and well, no hassle. So, that was all good. Then we tried sleeping on it, and it's been 1 week now. Initially, we had to adjust ourselves to the new bed, and of course sleeping together on the same bed again. We feel more like husband and wife now. But after one week, we survived well. We both loved the bed like anything and wouldn't give up the bed to sleep elsewhere. We slept well, and the only reason we didn't was because of each other's snoring. I can't believe I snore too! Oh well, can't be bothered with it.



Anyway, was watching this Sunday afternoon show, Bicentennial Man acted by Robin Williams. It wasn't a huge success, in fact it was quite a flop for a movie, when it was released in 1999. however, after watching it yesterday, I have to say that it is such a touching movie, and I can't believe it wasn't people's favourite movie. I also started singing the soundtrack "Then you look at me" by Celine Dion. I'm a very emotional person, and for me to love a song, it will have to depend on the context of which it's being played. In this movie, it is such an appropriate song, and I cannot think of any other song better than this one. I love the piano instrumental, especially. Love it, love it, love it! I am going to add it into my movie DVD collection list and will keep it and watch it again with my children, in the future! :)

As I was listening to Celine singing that song, I began to realize that I cannot contain my emotions anymore. I need to express it. I cannot sing (well, by that I meant I don't have the voice), I cannot act (I don't have the look) but there's something I can do. I can dance. I'm born with a natural dancing finesse. I can even do ballet dancing without learning it. So, my upcoming mission is to start exercising and reaching an ultimate physique condition to be able to dance. Then I will look out to join a dance club.

However, this may all be a wishy-washy plan. Do not keep me accountable for this one.

Knitting

Again, I must stress that knitting is a waste of time unless you want to acquire new skills. You can easily buy scarfs or knitwears so cheap nowadays. Nevertheless, I 've got the grip of it now, and I can't seem to stop. Hehe, here's another of my scarf and this is for my sister as she requested for something green. JLee, hopefully you like this colour.