Had our roomie-lunch with Wing Mei and Si Jia last Sunday at Novena after church. It's been a long time since the three of us got together. We talked about random stuff, then I went back with Si Jia and she found the shoes she wanted in Clementi. Koi had it's very long queue as usual, but I went for QB Bubble Tea instead (cheapest bubble tea in Clementi). Their coffee flavored bubble tea tastes very nice. I'm not sure if it was always like that, or they just upped the standard because of competition.
Anyway at church Wing Mei popped a random idea (it felt random to me, but she probably had it in mind for some time). Why don't the two of us (plus Jon and Gideon) go live and work in Australia together (Australia is well known as a relaxing place to work, compared to Singapore anyway)? Then we can live in the same house, share meals to cut cost etc. I totally had no idea to react at all. Can't even see beyond the three year bond I have in Singapore.
I used to be very much afraid of venturing into foreign waters, going unfamiliar places and doing things I don't usually do, but not any more. This final year has been more of thinking than doing. Thinking of what the future might hold. Trying to look beyond the day I come out of UCC in my graduation gown. Yup I know with the absence of good honors my choices are limited in many ways. But still it has opened up other avenue of considerations I might not have considered otherwise.
But still I don't think I want to go that far away at least in a good number of years (unless God calls me to do so). It would be harder and harder to come home. Even in Singapore, I hardly have time to go home now. Somewhere halfway across the globe would be even worse. Sometimes we're so intent on pursuing our dream that we forget to retain the blessings we already have. It is always a trade-off, and engineers understand trade-offs very well.
In the end it all boils down to how we prioritize. For all we know (Jon says) we might end up in some hut in India or something doing God's work. I don't know the future, but I know Who holds my hand. And there are so many things within myself, here and now, that I need to change, without thoughts of venturing further. There's still less than one year's time, where that thing which I call 'the future' would arrive. I wonder what it will bring. But whatever it does, I know for sure He'll be there.
And to Wing Mei: Don't get me wrong, I'd still love living with you, whichever part of the world it is. :p We'll see.
