What everyone's up to

This holiday is the best ever.

Except for Rene, 'cause she still has classes. Heehee. That aside, she's been woken up at 7 something regularly for breakfast with her beloved sister and daddy and mummy. She hates waking up so early, but family ties have to be maintained k? I'm doing this for the good of our family. =P

Mum has been watching a Korean series called "Miss Ripley Whom I Loved". Think she's finished it already, so she's moved on to listening to an audio series on Church History. Dad started her on it.

Dad? He's been singing Mandarin worship songs all day every day in an effort to learn scripture and biblical terms in Mandarin. And listening to the audio series on Church History. Still as enthusiastic as ever about learning new things at his age. He even wanted to drag me to a Praise Dance session at Good News Fellowship, but it was cancelled this Sunday.

I'm having fun lazing around, finishing up my episodes of Drop Dead Diva and Sherlock Holmes (Jia Wern got me started and I blame him entirely for it), and when I'm not, I'm either sleeping or reading How To Read The Bible For All Its Worth by Gorden Fee and Douglas Stuart. Or planning what to eat for breakfast the next day and convincing Rene to wake up at 7 again.

It's a good life.

Now if you'll excuse me, I have to resume lazing around.

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