My sunday

Today, i got up in the middle of the night around 4.30am. i was feeling hungry and cold. Since the conversation with Esther over the MSN the night before talking about dumpling. i really miss dumpling. Hence, i missed dumplings so much in the middle of the night.

During the last dumpling festival, i think i had like 5-6 dumplings. I'm not sure why i love it so much but i just love eatinsg it. Personally, i don't really like rice, but i love dumplings. Usually, they have chestnuts, pork, mushrooms (wow!!!) and etc wrapped with the leaves. Then i met Andrew who loves dumpling as well. i remember he brought dumplings to the FMC children church camp in genting. Due to the food was catered more towards children, i didn't eat much. So, we had dumplings for one of the meals..yummy! Since Auntie Yap knows that i love dumplings, she bought dumplings for me as breakfast and packed some for me to get to work. i remember she said 'you'd better eat more. you can't find dumpling in UK!' Thanks so much Auntie Yap for being so thoughtful! Oh..i really love dumpling. Oh yea, i have dumpling from Bukit Mertajam as well. Susu lembu brought from her hometown during dumpling festival!

talking about today. my sunday in UK is totally DIFFERENT compared to the old days back in KL. Looking at the time 4.30am, plus 7 hours --> 11.30am in M'sia. i really miss FMC so much!! i didn't go church since i left Penang. i really miss the days in FMC and the ppl as well. Sigh.. after a few texts with Hweei Min, i tried to get to sleep. Talking about Hweei Min, she was the one who introduced me to Ah Pak Dim Sum, near Leisure Mall. I love the Lo Mai Gai made by this Ah Pak. i also miss the days when we like to go there to have dinner, eating Dim Sum for dinner.

i got up at 8.30am. okay, i shouldn't laze on the bed anymore. it's a sunday! let's go to the new church, Trinity Methodist Church at Albert Road. i need to get there by 10.20am and it will take 40 min walk. oklar, i got up and had shower, makan then i started my journey. Listening to my ipod along the way and i really enjoy the weather over here. What a sunny day today! no more rain! The wind wasn't too strong! what a great day! by the time i reached there, it was a lil early. Ops, where is the entrance! i looked here and there. So, i opened the door and walked in...

'Good morning!' an old lady said to me. i smiled and got a hymnal from her. then i sat down on one of the pulpits. There were around 7-8 old women. what i would like to emphasise here is ... they are really old. After a few mins, the pastor came to me and introduced himself. Slowly, there were more old women came in. i started to wonder, 'Eh, where are the youth? no youth? how come all old women? only a few men! Am i in the wrong church?' Indeed, it's an old women church. 90% of the congregation are old women around 60 years old and above, less than 6 old men. 2 young kids and i believe that's the pastor's children. After some hymn singing, the two kids went out with a women, i think that's the pastor's wife. i looked around, 'Fern, you're the youngest amongst the congregation!'

The pastor's sermon can be summarised as follows:-

C - Creator

R - Redemmer

H - Healer

I - Image of God

S - Saviour

T - Teacher

The message was simple yet foundamental. Good reminder of who Jesus is! One thing i noticed about methodist churches' worship order, standing up for hymns and sit down , then stand up again and sit down again.

i also started to wonder 'God, why you sent me here? Am i gonna be one of the old women later in my life?' i shared this with Andrew, he laughed with me. Another thing, these old women went to church by themselves. Where are their children?

After the service, i didn't join the tea break. So, i walked home. It was 11.30am. I miss badminton! i saw a few young ladies with badminton racquet by the street. Any badminton court nearby? oh..it's 6.30pm in M'sia. Yeh yeh & auntie Alice, judy and Alfred, Lily and Jimmy, Pat, Jon, and etc are in the badminton court. aiyoh..i miss them so much!

Upon reaching home, i checked my emails and read online news. Then, i had lunch. After that, i started to work on my research. Compared to last time in KL, i never worked on Sunday. Sunday is a day of rest for me. i have full schedule of church activities. One thing, i like to go bk to Puchong rented room to take a nap even though i only get to go home for a short period of time. i miss my 20 min nap! Then later in the month of July and August, i became more like a pig. Because my sunday nap turned up to be like an hour or 1.5 hour of nap. But, i didn't take any nap at all this afternoon. i was on waiting mode. waiting for Andrew to get online. At last, i managed to catch him. Then, Siew eng complained to me that i won't talk to her unless i got no one else to talk to. Aduh, don't say like that. i always try to say hi to whoever online on my list, unless i really have nothing to say. Don't blame me, Siew Eng.

Around 6pm, hungry again. i cooked dinner and had shower. After getting my hair dry, i've been sitting here to work again and blogging now. Sigh..my sunday is so different now!!!

i miss FMC and my fellow badminton mates!!! sob...sob :(