second /chance\

oh and then there's today.

managed to wake up early. thanks mom. rise and shine at 0730hrs.
left the house at 0750hours.
reached gombak at 0830hrs. finished up "Pained" while waiting for krystine. she arrived at 0850hours. called mr goh. met up with him within walking distance, went to his car, then we headed off.

talked about his experience watching the LOTR orchestral and choir performance last night. reached Accent. spent like around an hour there. chose out a flute, krystine got the same one as me. it wasnt too hard to decide. they took out 5 diff models, and it wasnt long before i knew which one i was gonna get.

good thing i came along with krystine. she didnt know anything about choosing flutes. so, i helped a bit lah. but the technician did most of the explaining. i understood, but she didnt. plus if she went alone with mr goh...weird lah. she also told me she rather i go with her.

took the lrt/train back home, talked aaaaaaall the way back. mr goh dropped us outside some shopping mall. thats why we took the lrt to cck. it was like....3 stops away? anyway. not important.

Trevor J. James.
the name of the brand.
its a beauty.

pictures are on my facebook.
*will* be on my facebook.
tomorrow.
its too dark to take any nice pictures now.

reached home, slept like a pig cuz i was tired. must have been the weather sucking out all my energy. the sun is an ENERGY BENDER. not a fire bender, earth bender, water bender, nor an earth bender. its an ENERGY BENDER. it sucks all the living juice outta you so it can survive on your energy.

heh. just finished watching the first installment of Avatar. i wish Mai were real. she'd be so cool. i wish Zuko were real. he'd be so cool. they make the coolest couple EVER. besides tiger jk and tasha.

geno called, asking me to go for a missionary discussion with our Elders. i said yeah.

anyway. i slept like a pig. yes. a pig. i woke up at 1420hrs. YSA conv meeting at 1445hrs. when i got on the train, it was already 1440hrs. smsed bea saying that i'd be late. by the time i arrived the meeting, i looked at the time. stupid me. why didnt i do this before. the time was 1538hrs. 22 minutes before the appointment was scheduled to start.

and i was already at church. the appointment was at 1600hrs.
i was so dead.
i am so dumb.

walked back to the mrt, took the train to sembawang. on both journeys, i went through the lesson twice. covered everything. well, technically everything. the stuff we do takes up only half of the material available. i was prepped. listened to MoTab to help me get ideas. reached the appointment 20minutes late, entered smooooooooothly. then we continued from where they left off.

the discussion went well. im glad i prepared before during the journey. it really helped. preparation does wonders. our investigator named "Claire" (hey), is from China. we invited her to be baptised, but she wasnt quite ready. the Elders seemed to be pushing really hard on church attendance, but i felt that it was a bit rushed for her. it works for some, though. but i felt that this one would take a while longer. so i talked to her in chinese as best as i could, so the Elders wouldnt know what we said (though i told them later on at the train station). i figured that she could use some chinese, and so that i could get her trust. i only wanted the best for her, so i suggested an idea to help her come to church without making any hard decisions, yet.

i hope she did what we asked her to do.
i really do.
but we can only do so much.

the Elders said that they're really grateful that i came. they didnt even mention anything about me being late. they said that i helped to bring the Spirit back in. (well...the discussion was kinda messy when i joined....) and that they're thankful. then just now. like, 10minutes ago(?), Elder Wilkes (i know its him cuz he and Elder Broadhead went on splits today) smsed me saying this: "you did good, i was impressed."

its only part of the sms, of course, but yeah. im so grateful for them and the Work they do. it's really, really, the Work of God that they are doing. and im glad to be a big part of it. it's opened my eyes.