relax

i bet 10 years ago, i would never find myself saying this.. cooking is actually a very relaxing activity.. a good way to escape the stress of life. im sure many people think cooking is too much work, and hence you see familes with working parents just cannot find the energy and time to cook. me on the other hand, i just find it so relaxing and fun to cook, to chop, to mince, and of course to eat. dropping by the supermarket after work to pick up grocery, getting home and trying to cook something differently each time, like adding portobello mushrooms to my philly cheese steak sandwich, adding banana to a chocolate muffin recipe, something is always new each time.

i must say cooking is a pretty good teambuilding activity too. i had planned to make lunch for the meeting last saturday at steve and meida's, without intending for it to be a teambuilding activity. but somehow, it is just so nice everyone chipped in in different ways, and solve "problems" together.. like what happens when you dont have enough trays to bake the chips at one go.. how to get a hot tray out of the oven when the gloves isnt insulated enough. it was a really good time, and the food was really good.

i also bet 10 years ago, i wouldnt be finding myself finding it a good past time to play the keyboard. nowadays, ill come home from work and just spend an hour at least just playing. taking a familiar song from the worship songs to just play it if i can. i wouldnt think that while the girls decided to do painting after the meeting, i would be going to a corner and "jam" with steve.
looks like im not the only one enjoying music recently. you see zhiren and ling joining the worship team to play the synthie and guitar. how today after refreshment, people just randomly gathered at the instruments and started playing. and by people, we are talking about the aunties and uncles whom we hardly speak to auntie florence, siew lan, lilian, peggy, uncle david, see jwee. while i was having cell, i even heard that they continued to have a jamming and sing along session with some of the young adults.

while it is true that you should serve in areas where you are gifted in, it is also true that if there is a need and you have the heart to serve God, God will provide you with the gifts. it is really just a matter of whether you want to serve God in areas of need, or are you just happy keeping a low profile and leave serving to others. it is really a matter of heart, a heart for God, or a heart for oneself, a heart to stay within one's comfort zone and dont need to worry abt messing up.