Today is ash wednesday.. it is also the eve of the Lunar New Year the fast and abstinence is held yesterday.
I took half day leave yesterday (02.05.08) in the afternoon and bought some groceries on my way back. I have 4 slices of bread with peanut butter and tuna with water go with to stick to the tradition of this day. Again slept in the whole part of the afternoon and went to church for the imposition of the ash in the evening. During the sermon, Fr Tim reminded us that the tradition of imposition of ash on our foreheads has 2 significance namely, one, is to remind us to repent from sin and second, is remind us that we are dust, and dust we shall return one day. After mass, we sort of compare among ourselves who has the most black ash cross mark on our foreheads....we laugh among ourselves...after mass we went down to the MacDonalds at Tampines Neighbourhood to have dinner..I did not have much except a cup of ice coffee and some french fries (BTW, they are now serving prosperity burger at the Macs)
Today (02.06.08) being the actual day, marks the start of the 40 days to Good Friday. It is a period of reflection, repentance and penance and fasting. In the gospel yesterday, we are reminded that, if we have to fast, do not tell the whole world about it otherwise you will be losing all that you have been gaining and storing up in heaven. Same with giving alms...do not let the left hand know what your right hand is doing.
We were on half day today, so went back at about 12 pm after attending NYP Staff "Lo Hei" with my wonderful colleagues..towards the evening, things are pretty much quieter than usual. About 4pm, we wwent down for a swim, as today is unusually warm, so we just sit by the pool snacking away with Yes! 93.3 playing on my constant companion in the background. We have simple a family dinner at home - just the 4 of us. (Myself, T, T & F). Here is the menu:
Dish 1 - Hand crafted by me and cooked by me
Dish 2 - Designed, Hand crafted and cooked in this high temperature batch reactor by my the other half.
Dish 3 - Synthesised and transformed by my the other half also. She has now completely reprofile from what used to be a successful career woman to a successful homemaker. Congratulations! .....on the completion of your reprofiling career.
After dinner, we went down to walk about checking it our on our surroundings and end up by the pool....just look at the pool at the background....nobody..so we chatted under the moonlight shadow. Here is me and my the other half. [Note my Sunway Lagoon slippers]
Walking back from pool at 10 pm still can see a lot of homes having reunion and also in the function room, a family is still having fun...what a nice feeling to see families coming together and being happy, happy together. This gives me an insight of what heaven is like...
To complete the evening, Fel and myself watch this:
That's is how we spent our eve CNY....2008..more coming your way!
Albert Y
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