Thankfulness and... A Red Bean Bun

Sometimes, I find myself thanking God for the littlest/strangest things that most people, I believe, don't really write about.


I thank God that Singapore is somewhere in the equator, and that despite the unbearable weather, the location makes me feel "central". New Zealand might be beautiful, but when I'm there, I feel like the world's forgotten me.


I thank God for chocolates, even thought I don't eat them. But I like that they make people happier.


I thank God for riffs, motifs and patterns in music, because they make me feel like bobbing my head and dancing. It gives music that reliable repetition in a framework that allows for magical improvisation.


I thank God for those long, sometimes terrible moments of loneliness, because even if all I'm doing is just complain and complain to Him, at least I'm talking to Him about it.


I thank God for that little lag time when I'm opening an Excel or Word document, or when I'm waiting for a web page to load. Some of those few seconds have caused me to make life-changing decisions, like not flaming an irresponsible remark online or closing the page before something immoral appears.


I thank God that my family does not have the money so that I can afford me an iPhone, sports channel, an X-box or a Playstation. There have been times when I'm so bored to death at home that I'd actually open my textbooks to study or my company email to finish up work. During the school holidays, I'd actually write out my unreal fantasies or attempt to work out a romance novel.


I thank God that most of my friends think that I'm probably too busy and/or too popular to go out with them. It has brought cause for free occasions for me to blog reflectively, to do housework, have dinners with my family (very often), read my Bible more thoroughly or work out at the gym.


I thank God that for that extremely cynical side of me, even if I don't like it very much. It has provided much balance in a personality very much inclined to positive leadership during crisis so that I make decisions informed with more than just viewpoints from one perspective.



And finally, I thank God my taste buds are really simple, and that the world hasn't reached a stage where we were charged according to the amount of satisfaction that we received from buying goods. Tofu, curry chicken, sparkling juice, steamed bao or anything from the mixed rice store would become terribly expensive.



My red bean bun would cost $15 dollars, and caviar 20 cents.




Oh, let me be the first to know when you're craving for a red bean bun again.







No one but a fool would measure their satisfaction by what the world thinks of it. -Oliver Goldsmith

When you give it to them, they gather it up; when you open your hand, they are satisfied with good things. -David (Psalms 104:8)