belated thanksgiving :)

it has been a long while since we last blogged about what's been happening in our life =p

Charlotte, our cell leader had recently quoted our example of God's grace upon His children :)

i just really realise and appreciate how blessed we truly are ;o)

thinking through...
there are actually so so many things that we want to thank God for...

for a good one-year marriage, (esp me haa...thank God for a wonderful husband =p)
for loving parents & parents in law
for helpful & encouraging cell mates
for good work colleagues & favor from bosses

& the LATEST BIGGEST thing that we want to give thanks for is our NEW HOUSE !!! yeah!!!

since last year before and after our wedding, we had been looking for a place of our own, we wanted it to be close to our parents & at a certain price which we could afford...

we visited a lot of houses, some were nice but others were not, but generally old units...& not cheap :( it seems almost impossible to get a nice unit @ de price & location we want...

so we decided to pause for a while (quite long while haa) & started to pray for a unit @ the bedok central which was new & strategically located, it was our dream location, a new unit, in bedok, near to parents & ammenities :)

it was very hot property...humanly speaking...it seems impossible...

by faith, we balloted & laid hands to pray for a unit each time we passed by the new blocks on mrt haa. the 3 mths wait for a result felt like eternity...& we finally got de letter!! but our queue no was actually within the 200 percent range...meaning to say...we can only get to choose if people within the 100 percent range gives up choosing a unit...:(

i couldnt imagine why would anyone give up such a strategic location?? so it felt impossible again.. :(

we waited & waited & HDB website became our most visited website..haa
each day we would monitor how many units were left & it seems that there would be no more for us when its our turn to pick.. ahhh kan cheong :(

finally the day came for us to go to HDB to pick a unit...from the website, there were 6 units left, but when its finally our turn to go in, we were left with only 2 choices, both werent our ideal units, but its an ideal location which we both like very much, so we picked de 2nd last one!! so now we are going to ve a house of our own!!! yeah!!!

it was all amazing because now we had more money & our cpf was sufficient to pay for the house monthly installment w/out having to top up cash. & it being a new house, we didnt had to spend extra on reno to repair & reconstruct, so though it was a long wait for a house of our own, it was de best deal we can ever get!! praise God for His timing which is always the RIGHT time :)

then after ...
it was another stressful deal to find a good contractor, but really thank God for good friends & good vendors, the contractors recommended were very good & felt nice to work with, however as we had a modest budget for our house reno ..... some of the quotes were higher than we could afford...though they were considered the usual market rates..

i couldnt helped feeling disappointed & depressed again ..it seems that i wont be able to ve a nice & cosy home, given the modest budget we have ;(

so we again took quite a while to look for the right contractor, it happened that we attended an ex-colleague's wedding dinner & he had invited his house ID & contractor too, in his thanksgiving speech, he was full of praise for his house ID & contractor :) another timely event ^.*

we felt that they could be the one & we really liked about the idea of having christian ID & contractor do up our house, cos we know they are godly & they would be able to understand & relate to our requirements better...

we met them up, found them really nice people, & amazing, miracleously, graciously, their quote was the cheapest of all & within our budget!!! wow!!! we were so awed, especially me...

throughout the many buyings & selection of things for the house reno...
God had taught & shown me many times & things...

that despite our finanical limitations & the world standard of things,
He is able to grant me the desires of my heart ;)

i remember ling fong once shared ..
if God made us wait very long, it must be a very good thing that He will finally give to us ;)
i realise the difficult part for me, is not that i dont believe that God will not give me what is the best, but that He will take a long time to bring it to pass =p

yet God has taught me through the house reno & precept lessons on Abraham, that His timing is always good :)

so we really want to give thanks to God!

for His grace & mercy to us,
for giving us a house of our dream location,
for bringing the right people to us @ the right time @ the right price.

He is indeed our provider whom we can trust!!!

All Glory to God! Praise be to God :)