I have finished reading “Monster Love” by Carol Topolski. What a scary book. It depicted a family that was the envy of everybody because they lived the ‘ideal’ life…until one day the body of the kid was found in a cage, with the mouth open, it seemed to be screaming but yet all was left and found was an empty scream and the case unfolds, from the dysfunctional parents’ family, social workers, jury, lawyers, judge… everybody had an opinion and was affected in a way. I hate the plot! It haunts me. But at the same time, the way the writer described the emotions, presented views from different perspectives and showcased a spectrum of narratives was so powerful that I felt abashed.

*shudders*

Today, I am going to start on Tokyo Year Zero The First In The Tokyo Trilogy by David Peace.



Yesterday was my MENtees’ birthday. I baked them a strawberry cheesecake. ☺ Doubt I’d bake any cake for a while. Too much work. :\ Becky and I sat at the beach yesterday and had a nice walk home where we talked about everything and anything. I guess it was the first time I shared with my member about the ministry that I am serving in, my countless lectures on relationships, the struggles I faced and my plans for next year.

“the hardest part was letting go, not taking part”-Coldplay

Part of my plans for next year involves letting go. It was a difficult prayer to make. It is more comfortable to remain where I am, but it’s not all about me. I remember an Oprah show that I watched about a 10 year old child who suffered from extreme neglect from her parents and as a 10 year old child, she had the brain of a 1 year old child, and acted like a 2 month old kid. Now, the adoptive parents are employing development psychology on her hoping that the nerves of her brain would get stimulated and grow. It was very sad watching the result of neglect during a child’s formative year! You know, sometimes I wished I took the intro to social work module. HAHA.

There’s one thing I really miss doing-playing floorball. Now that the TMT team are back, we’re too busy with Christmasing, Banquet and MIMBY! :’(



The weather is great. I shall go cycling. ☺
More musings…..