am also glad i made the decision to return home during the summer break. i have received so many opportunites to touch base with relationships that matter to me, the circles of goodwill and support that continue to see me through every phase of my journey. being apart has taught me to be much more present to the 'moments', conscious that i waste precious energy brooding about the past and imagining a hollow formless future. and there have been more than a handful of perfect moments to savor, in the days to come. i'm alive, simple as it is...alive to sense, see and to feel. the element of self-care is there even though there will be some days when i have to sit through the dryness and own the feeling it brings. still, feelings pass, and are passing. to you who have taught me to be present and be conscious of how life and how splendid a simple day or moment can be...thank you!
my family. for giving and sharing. every blessing. everything.
to ken, ed, karen, sam, greg, cons, john; macritchie runs, $7 Filipino meals, bumboats and car-rides, cloister-chats, cosy silence shared...you are next to family.
boon, keong, cj, pete, chris&cons, shari, rena, hele, seth, viv, rockies; the food-booze, THAT new-year's eve trip to (???), bollywood veges, hiking up changi point, chasing sunsets & strobe lights, our walks down the lawn cemetery...another flight to nowhere, teochew steamed fish and great goose meat. porridge with rockets. notes on a simple life. celibate days. marry?!?! what marriage?!?!?!
sister chris, canossian community and kids & staff at Beyond FSC...opportunities to know i can live with much less, teach like i've never done before. and find rest in your childhood dreams.
04a02 and lit class of 2005 , 03A04, 06s11, 06a02...for insisting. for remembering. reliving. faithful. gratitude and thanksgiving from me too.
ziz and kieran...running and movie mates...the art lessons that freed me. one single day made whole.
colleagues and friends...nik, den, lai kuan, lok and lin...fish balls, egg tarts and drunken chicks. mud pies and mozarella slings. wait for my pay-cheque. i'll be back!
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hi mr koh! sorry i've been so overwhelmed by the amount of work in school that i had no time to meet up with you. i'm doing fine in sch now and enjoying myself totally, notwithstanding the fact that i have tons of work to do.
i still owe you dinner! argh. i haven't forgotten, don't worry. try to get a girlfriend! :p let me know when you're next coming back (for good?) k? we'll have dinner then
God bless
-shang
Hmmm, is that a 5 O' clock shadow I see?
hi shang,
you seem to speak of 'getting' a girlfriend' in the same light as getting a pet. the 2 are of course, not the same.
don't wait for another person to complete you. first, find completion within yourself, for some, with God as a constant mirror and companion... and the rest will follow.
the other, whoever it may be, can only complement, not complete you.
meanwhile, we remain open to life:
...'in the torment of the insufficiency of everything attainable, we come to realise that, in this life, all symphonies must remain unfinished.'
karl rahner
ed
MR KOH!!!!!
Alright sorry for the caps, I could hardly contain my excitement when I discovered your blog (all thanks to 04a06's Claryce!).
I just want to let you know that you are NOT forgotten either!
It seems just like yesterday (cliche, I know) when the lit class was just 12-14 or even lesser, enjoying ourselves in the library's small room.
Your teaching has definitely left a deep impression on me. Though I'm not majoring in Lit, the passion and love for books shall never cease!
(: Cheers!
- Daphne Lin (04a01)
hi dap!
i remember you well...what are you up to these days?
where art thou?
ed
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