Maternal/Paternal instincts?

It's been sunny the past few days. Thank God :)

Decided to take the free bus down to central market today, haven't done it in awhile already. And also, needed to buy stuffs to cook for bro whos got papers starting this monday. I always find it refreshing to walk through the markets here, especially during off peak hours when there are not so many people. It can get pretty interesting as you can imagine, pushing and shoving and fighting with fellow international students for cheap bargains and old aunties too..hehe.

And so yea, enjoyed the whole walking and thinking of what to cook and getting the necesary ingredients. And i want to say this, for all those who are in Adelaide and like me, adores the A1 curry paste, it's cheaper in Thuan Phat. I usually buy mine from Kim Wang for Aud 2.25 and i bought 2 packets there today. All this while, i was under the assumption that you can only get it from there.

I headed to Thuan Phat to look for other stuffs and lo and behold, i found the A1 curry paste there too...... for Aud 2.15!!!!! A whole 10 cents cheapers. I felt so conned..haha. Some may say, it's only 10 cents but if you like us buy it quite often just bcoz its da bomb!!!and we miss our curries back home..you can actually save a bit..

on the way back on the bus, i saw this family got on the bus. the small lil boy just walked up straight to the driver and gave him a big hug to wish him good morning..and i couldnt help but smilleeeee and went all warm and fuzzy inside..haha..i feel so gay now..

and thats when it hit me ..shoot, am i becoming domesticated? going all fuzzy when i see cute lil children hugging old uncle bus drivers, going all crazy when im cheated 10 cents?thinking of what to cook?....my mum doest that..not me..hahaha...

which reminded me again of my conversation with a dear brother yesterday during our hike up to Mt Lofty...some guys today have lost that masculine heart, if i can call it that..but i've also learnt that some of us actually expresses it differently..then it hit me, maybe not all of us jantans have gone sissified..but we just express it differently than our 'forefathers' due to the shift of times...theres still hope for us, fellow warriors of God :)

I end here with a quote from John Stotts' Contemporary Christianity (was reading it on the bus),

'The only way to understand the disappointments and frustrations of life, the loneliness, the suffering and the pain, is to see them as part of our loving Father's discipline in his determination to make us like Christ.'

Hebrews 12:4-11