Happy Niu Year

‘鱼生’i made for cny eve reunion dinner. spent 3 hours shredding and soaking the vegetables plus decorating it in style to welcome the Niu year. felt really proud of the final outcome although i wished i had the sense to cut the vegetables lengthwise instead of breathwise so the shreds could be longer. joa was utterly mad at me for being an hour's late for his family's reunion dinner. that was a damper :/

xephr, in his chinese suit and still refusing to let me (or anyone else) cuddle him. but the flashlight from the camera is always a surprise to him. little kids. had a good cny this year, if not a quiet one. there were people missing from gatherings and loved ones who were feeling poorly and disheartened. it's just like the economic crisis atm. i was just reading the papers recently and it occured to me that people who lost their jobs recently were still obliged to pay up their owing income tax despite receiving zero income.

things are starting to look up for joa. he's been offered a job as an education counsellor and tho he was apprehensive at first, he eventually accepted it (as a buffer till a better paying job comes along). but he's wrecked with guilt that he is planning to quit the minute he gets a better job. last night he went off to pray for 2 mins and when he returned, i asked him what God said and he replied saying, "God asked would i still accept this job offer knowing i'd quit in a month's time if Jesus was the employer." i told him it's his conscience acting up and he should go to sleep.

i shd have told him that if Jesus was the employer, he'd offer a fatter paycheque and better job prospects to make sure he takes the job and stay on it. silly baby :)