Of Changi General Hospital and Yakitori

Ok, I know there’s very little or no relationship between the two at all. They just happened to be how I started and ended my today with, respectively.

In the morning, while I still blissfully tucked away in dreamland, my phone’s alarm clock sounded (or so I thought). Only that this morning’s alarm seemed exceptionally louder than usual (thought to self, hey, didn’t I already select a gentle-sounding alarm tone??). Without opening my eyes, I snoozed the alarm and caught a few more winks. Again, the alarm rang, and loudly it did ring. After some consistent ringing, it’s only then that I realized it’s my phone that’s ringing!

Before I could react in time, the ringing stopped. I peeled open my eyes and looked at my phone. A couple of missed calls and more SMSes greeted me. Oh no, I thought, what could be so urgent? From Vincent’s SMSes, I got to know that our good church friend Guo Wei’s father has been hospitalized for kidney failure. Signs are not good, say the doctors, it could be a “any moment now” thingy. A few phone calls with Vincent and our church’s Pastor Gideon later, I washed up and made my way to Changi General Hospital to meet up with Pastor Gideon, to see if we can offer our help in any ways.

Upon reaching, Pastor Gideon and I were pleasantly surprised to find Guo Wei’s father wide awake and fully aware of his surroundings. Even Guo Wei himself was surprised by his father’s sudden improvement. Praise the Lord, for He has given us that window of 30 minutes where we were able to chat with Guo Wei’s father and he himself re-affirmed his faith in Christ. After that 30 minutes, he appeared sleepy again and went back to sleep. After extending the church’s support to Guo Wei, we took our leave to allow his father to rest well.

The afternoon was taken up by some programming and troubleshooting work.

In the evening, Shuyi and I caught up with our dear friend Jet for a long overdue dinner at a Yakitori joint in Far East Plaza. It was our first meal with her since she came back from her one-month training in London. I think the best part of the evening was the after-meal drink, where we talked about quite a fair bit of stuff.

Now, it’s back to work again, to make up for the time spent in hospital this morning. At 1:17AM now, it’s already the start of a new day! I thank God, for giving me this new day.