Denmark. Sweden. The Netherlands. Scotland. The Faroe Islands. Northern Ireland. Ireland. Wales. England. Home.
I cannot believe I’m home. Everything feels the same. Looks the same. Smells the same. Then you discover the thing that’s changed is you. I went to church today and realized I’m never going to see church the same way again. The worship, the chairs, the faces, the sermon. The little chatter that I was so used to became littler than ever – pimples! clothes! skin colour! animal noises! – good God, something’s got to give. I didn’t waste a minute on those things on the ship simply because we shared the belief that there were more important things in life. Whatever possessed me to come back so soon?
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June 22, 2009 at 10:39 am
Daniel
Welcome back.
June 22, 2009 at 4:46 pm
Sonia
You’re really not enjoying it eh… well… it’ll always be the same only lah :)
June 23, 2009 at 2:07 pm
Arnan Koh
ah.. you are back.. i would miss all those wonderful pictures…
June 23, 2009 at 3:25 pm
siehjin
hey ethan… welcome home! =)
as for the little chatter… well, i can kind of empathise with you. i guess you feel kinda like how i do when i’m with a group of young people and they start arguing over whether kris allen or adam lambert was the better american idol contestant. what’s the point? the show’s over. the whole conversation is unbearably trivial. (this actually happened while i was hanging out with my church youth at our recent church camp, lol)
yet, all that is part of life. just the shallows, but life nonetheless. and just as we have to wade in the shallows before swimming in the deeps, getting to know people includes having these little chats before you’re close enough and vulnerable enough to talk about the things that really matter, the more important things in life. the sad thing is when the relationships we have in church are retarded and never get past that initial stage.
ok i better stop rambling here. am not even sure if i have the correct understanding of what you were trying to say. let me know if i have gone horribly out-of-topic.=P
June 25, 2009 at 10:04 pm
ethan
Sieh Jin, no you weren’t out-of-topic at all.
Yes there’ll still be some photos to come.
But everything isn’t the same…!
July 16, 2009 at 4:17 pm
siehjin
ah, phew! *looks relieved*
nothing ever is. (the same)