Shots from the plane window

These meanders look nice from the air flowing out to the Andama Sea. I think I was above Thailand or Northern Malaysia

This is a shot of southern Malaya Peninsula, probably Johor?

Clouds! like Marshmallows

Yea! home! I think that’s SAA? and the green roof could be Hendon camp?

I Wonder (2)

To give justice to the same stewardess..

“To all Singaporean citizens – Welcome Home!”

When I heard this line, a sense of warmth and joy filled my heart and I could feel tears forming.

It’s really good to be home.

My Russian Bear

I wonder…

Sometimes I wonder how SIA train their crew.

Welcome aboard Singapore Airline…

The ’s’ is missing!!! and it happened a lot of times during my flight.

My Song

I like this song.. but I can’t find the tune to it online.

My Song

Thou whom seraphs joy in praising,
Thou whom heavenly hosts adore,
Can my stammering tongue be silent
When I owe Thee so much more?

Chorus:

So, my song must swell the chorus
While the angels’ praises ring;
I, poor sinner, saved and pardoned,
Have more cause than they to sing.

Ever have they known Thy beauty,
Ever stood before Thy throne;
But I wandered from Thy presence
Separated and alone.

All undone by sin and evil
Child of condemnation, I.
Yet Thou laid aside Thy glory
And for me came down to die.

Heir of heaven Thou has made me,
Bought me with Thy precious blood;
Took the form of man upon Thee
That I might be child of God.

Some random shots from my handphone

One of my dinners in Geneva

Saw this giant Toblerone in the Swiss supermarket! compare it to the size of my finger. My finger was touching it.

Fried sweet and sour chicken that I made 2 nights ago.

Klaipeda

For starters, Klaipeda is the sea-port town of Lithuania located along the Baltic Sea. I am here for 2 days but I realised that I chose a wrong day to be here. On the 23rd, all shops are open for half day and on the 24th all are closed. And why? Because it’s the summer solstice. It’s the longest day of the year and there is a celebration going on on the night of the 23rd and on the 24th it’s a city holiday. Well, at least today I went to the places I want to go and walked around Old Town. Tomorrow, I’ll see if I can go to the beach to have a glimpse of the Baltic Sea. It’s one of my dreams to see the Baltic Sea so I really have to see it before I go home to Singapore. And after that I guess my trip to Lithuania is more or less done. Some good byes to be said and then it’s time to pack to go home. Finally, I’m going home.

Mormons..

I met Mormons for the 1st time and it wasn’t them approaching me but me approaching them. Well, actually I did not know that they were Mormons. I saw them kind of lost in the area of my hostel so I went to help them. They were an elderly couple dressed prim and proper and were going to a friend’s house for dinner and well, I could have guessed that they were from Utah and yes they were.. since most Mormons come from there as they were driven to ‘exile’ to Utah during the fledgling years of the Mormon movement. So while talking, they passed me one pamphlet and when I saw Church of Latter-day Saint, the reaction in my mind was ‘OH.. They better not evangelise to me.’ Cos I wasn’t the least prepared for a debate in this crappy weather. But well, they didn’t and I was spared. But I still spoke with them for I just took them as normal human beings instead of performing a religious discrimination.

But what I took from here is that they had a pamphlet/tract on hand to give to anyone who approached them. I wonder how many of us Christians actually have a tract always ready to pass to a friend/a stranger? I never did it before. I know my dad puts some in his car. Some of the taxi drivers in my church put tracts in their cabs. It’s a workable idea just that we never tried it before. Just start with giving one and soon you can work your way up and give more. GIve one today, give 2 tmr and so on and so forth. I’m sure one day, one tract will work its way to the heart and mind of the person. I hope i can try this when I get home. But we will see.

Coming to the end

I’m almost at the end of my Swiss Journey. I will only put my photos up on Facebook. No worries to non-facebook users, cos I’ll be posting the URL of my photos albums once I have them all consolidated. So another day awaits!

Geneva Day 1 – No photos

Ok.. I’m now in geneva. But I don’t really like this place as compared to Zurich. It’s too messy and too complicated to navigate around the place. And I thought the bus/tram maps in Zurich was bad. The maps here in Geneva are totally crazy as they are not properly marked at all.

Anyway, I think the best way to understand a city is to walk till your feet is sore and you soak in the whole city. That’s what I did in Vilnius and in Zurich. I did the same here and I would say this place reminds me of CBD back home. Really 1 word to describe - 乱

I went to see the Reformation statues today. But it was blocked due to some stage building for a concert at the place. I managed to take a photo from a crude angle but still it’s not satisfying. =/ I always see it in the church bulletin when Pastor Quek talks about the Reformation and I thought it’s just some normal statues. But how wrong I was. It’s one whole wall dedicated to the Reformation with these 4 giant statues in the centre. It’s really sad that I can’t get to see it at all for this trip.

Well, I’ll leave more talk for tomorrow and I hope I’ll be able to upload photos cos I’m using the hostel’s computer and there’s no USB on this terminal.