Happy Birthday to Drew Hankinson aka Festus
After a time of contemplation, I had decided not to go for the Ch 8 countdown party at Vivo (although I would really love to go for it)... I would be attending watchnight service with my family instead. Too many things (natural disasters, terrorism, political unrest, etc) have taken place around the world this year, and I had made this choice to rededicate myself to God and pray for next year to be a time of restoration.
Another reason I am doing this is to pray for the friends who had lost their loved ones... be it father, uncle, grandmother, etc. And also to pray for Chew Chor Meng, who has been suffering from Kennedy's disease since last year... Kennedy's disease is an incurable disease where the sufferer's muscles waste away and become weakened. Meaning that Chor Meng who had just gotten baptized a few weeks ago, may face physical impairment anytime within the next 7 to 15 yrs.
And on another sad note, my dad and Kundam are no longer friends as of the past week. It truly shocked me to learn that Kundam suddenly changed and became resentful towards Dad and a few other church members. I may never know what caused Kundam to suddenly have a change of heart, but this truly is heartbreaking. Imagine your best friend turning on you after nearly 10 years of friendship. And you thought that the political situation in Thailand was bad, even with the election of a new Prime Minister, the 4th in a few months of this year. I had seen way too many friendships break apart all of a sudden, and not just marriages.
This is a true case of friendships gone sour, but I am not gonna say out the real names of the individuals. Let's call them A, B, C, D and E... the five of them have been friends for abt 2 to 3 yrs. All of a sudden for some unknown reason, D severs all ties with A and B completely, but still remains close friends with C. E finds out about this only after some time, but does not dare find out the actual truth, though clearly troubled and shocked by the fact that C no longer cares about either A or B, or what others think. E is still in moderately good terms with B and C... but is uncertain whether he should still continue being friends with D, esp after what had transpired earlier. To make things worse, A and E seem to be becoming rather distant as well. What do you think E should do next? :-(
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