Reminiscing the Good Old Days

(fron left): Hai Choo, me, Cheryl, Hai Lan, Alice

Alice Tan organized this gathering a week before and we all confirmed it just the day before we met on 31 May 2014. Some of us had not seen each other for about 30 + years! How time flies! I could feel the innocence in us when we were kids is back. However, this innocence has turned into a sincere and genuine friendship we kept over the years which will last forever.

We were all childhood friends and actively involved in the activities of Calvary Jurong Bible Presbyterian Church. As each of us were growing up, we all went our separate ways. Some pursued education overseas while others moved away from the neighbourhood and eventually lost contact ... like myself. Due to our personal obligations and pursuits, we had to strive and struggle to live the life this society mould us to be. To get employed, settle down and start a family. In order to achieve this basic needs of a  happy life, we had traded in with much efforts and sacrifices encompassed with pain and suffering. Not all of us had a smooth ride. Some were less fortunate than others. Some made it eventually after a roughing out the tough times and some are still going through the different transitions in life again and again. As some of us strayed away from God and led our selfish lives for selfish gains, the ups and downs in life eventually led us to realize His greatness and unconditional love that no other can give us. We are like the prodigal sons who return after having rebelled and wasted half our lives. We lost ourselves along the way through the many ordeals again and again but finally at this point of life, we found God and ourselves again.

We thank our Almighty God that for His grace and mercy Who had watched over us all these years. For blessing our lives and that of our families, for giving us hope when many times we almost gave up.