re-union of sorts
Over a time-period of approximately ten months – from 18th September 2023 A.D., to 14th July, 2024 A.D – I experienced an encounter with people from my past. I think of it as a milestone in my journey thus far.
I list those people in no particular order:
- Crystal, Nan Hua Media And Debating (MAD) Club, 2004
- Goh Shi Bin, Nan Hua, 2005
- Yu Ting, NJC Harmonica Band, 2007
- Hwee Hwee, NJC Harmonica Band, 2008
- Tay Yi, 35SCE, 2009
- Yong Rui Xuan, NUS SoC, 2011
- David Bensadon, entrepreneur (in the field of domestic helpers), 2015
I made some new friends in this period too. Well, maybe they don't think of me as a close friend, but they do address me by my chosen name, at least:
- Pei Song and Ashley, Cathedral
- Clare, trained in Classical Piano Performance
- Stephen, middle-aged man, and his female partner, who have a habit of requesting for two cups of hot water
- Mr. Lee, another middle-aged man, who seems fond of curry buns and sourdough
- Sherry, who believes in near-death experiences, and “returning from the other side”
- Artina (“Ina”) from the Balkans, who once attended a night of poetry recitation, in the genre of Spoken Word.
- Yan, the only male sibling among a triplet.
To look at it from another perspective – I'm sure there are countless people and creatures whose lives have changed for the unimaginable, in this period! One can't help but shiver in anticipation at what wondrous, majestic work God – Adonai Elohei Sabaoth, Lord of the Armies of Heaven – is doing in some as-yet-unknown part of the Universe!
To end by echoing the Psalmist of the Holy Bible:
I praise you, God, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; your works are wonderful, that I know full well.