Wedding-Dong n Rachel
Wedlock or deadlock? Who bothers? Life is too short for you to stay hesitant on such issues that one can never get an answer. I attended Jing dong's wedding today and he looks good. Lucky him, Rachel is such a sweet and pretty bride. Time flies. 4 years ago, we were all wrecking havoc in SAJC, having fun studying with food, games, bible talks in the container. Jing Dong will strum his guitar and we sang, learnt how to strum, and sometimes even ran on the tracks. That was the sweetest memory, having to sit at the back of his pick-up shouting to passer-bys, singing and waving to everyone as our pick-up whizzed past them.
We were so carefree then, yet we thought that O'levels brought us the greatest stress. if not for Jing Dong, we would have all collapsed. Chee Wee, Jing Dong, Hazel, Mr Foo... They brought light to our life. We were full of vigor and youth. It's funny how they called out the 'tuition group' and all of us, 20 odd years old stood up and walked to the front. Argh! Time leaves no space for us. Here is to Jing dong and his wife, Rachel:
James Dillet Freeman
May your marriage bring you all the exquisite excitements a marriage should bring, and may life grant you also patience, tolerance, and understanding.
May you always need one another - not so much to fill your emptiness as to help you know your fullness. A mountain needs a valley to be complete; the valley does not make the mountain less, but more; and the valley is more a valley because it has a mountain towering over it. So let it be with you and you.
May you need one another, but not out of weakness.
May you want one another, but not out of lack.
May you entice one another, but not compel one another.
May you succeed in all important ways with one another, and not fail in the little graces. May you look for things to praise, often say, "I love you!" and take no notice of small faults.
If you have quarrels that push you apart, may both of you hope to have good sense enough to take the first step back.
May you enter into the mystery which is the awareness of one another's presence - no more physical than spiritual, warm and near when you are side by side, and warm and near when you are in separate rooms or even distant cities. May you have happiness, and may you find it making one another happy. May you have love, and may you find it loving one another!
Bey looks wonderful, like a little princess ushering Rachel's dad. I crown her the cutest bridesmaid in all the weddings that I have attended. It was so touching when Jing dong presented his gifts of appreciation and the speech to his parents. He was choking with emotions and tears while his mother cried tears of happiness, having throughly touched by her fillial son. Pastor Sham is sooooooooooo handsome. Still as handsome as ever. Hee.. too bad I couldn't get a pic of him. Speaking of which, here are the pictures of Dong and Rachel:
And then there are friends that came back from Aust like Ziying and Cheryl.
And Pamela.
I am so glad that she is well and back to her chatty self. The time spent looking at her helplessly in the hospital still chills me. For that, I am willing to listen to all her long storys and her never-ending logic. I miss you girl. Hope that things will turn out to be better for you. Losing one and gaining another. I know you will be fine.
Jacqueline
10:43 PM
