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A June of Promises

The June holidays came and the June holidays went… time really flies when you are having fun and we truly enjoyed every moment of the much needed rest, travel and spending time with love ones. It was also a month of fulfilling promises, and seeing promises being fulfilled.


  • Second honeymoon to Paris

Story started in 2007 before we had kids and we were holidaying in London. We had some time to have a quick detour to Paris but I decided not to and told the wife 改次才带你去…

Fast forward to 2025 (after 3 kids and being busy with multiple random stuffs), this year is our 20th wedding anniversary and I finally fulfilled the promise… (though the wife has totally forgotten abt it 😞) - taken from my social media post.

Indeed we are thankful we have the

  • Health- there’s so much walking and cycling to truly experience Paris on foot and bike. We are thankful we still have the energy and strong enough bones to move around every day. Thankful for fantastic weather (sunny summer!) as both of us can’t take cold weather 🥶

  • Wealth- Eat Shop Buy Experience

  • and Time- Thankful we can still set aside time to fulfill this promise from 18 years ago and have time for Angie to enjoy her artsy experience at the art museums. We thank God that the kids are also independent enough to allow us to have this extended couple time.

A promise made, a promise forgotten, a promise finally fulfilled.


  • Visiting cousin Mindy and family in Edinburgh

My cousin went for her overseas studies in Edinburgh somewhere in 2003/4 and has always extended an invitation for us to visit her. From the time of her Uni days to her getting married and having her own house to working in Edinburgh to having 3 kids to shifting to another house, we finally made it to her ‘homeground’ after our tour of Paris. It is a refreshing change as we were tourists in Paris and had minimal conversations with others, and now though we are tourists in Edinburgh but we have family to talk to, kids to play with and home cooked food (thanks Nic!). It’s always nice to be with familiar people and just have conversations. And our cousin promised to bring us to other parts of Scotland the next time we visit 😊

Another promise fulfilled in due time.


  • A wedding in Medan

We had a few days of rest after Europe and hopped over to Indonesia as a family to attend the wedding of Angie’s little sis and her Bataknese husband. We had a local church service before experiencing a Bataknese wedding where there’s lots of singing and dancing for almost half the day 😂 We witnessed the exchange of vows, the laying of hands on the couple to pray for them, and the offering of traditional scarves on the couple by almost all the guests. Angie blessed the couple with the priestly blessing from Numbers 6:24-26 ““The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make His face shine upon you, And be gracious to you; The Lord lift up His countenance upon you, And give you peace.” ’”

A promise to have, a promise to hold, and a lifelong promise to keep.



  • The monthly Singapore chime

Not sure if you noticed that at 12pm on the first day of every month, the Singapore Civil Defence Force will play a short bell chime to test the early warning systems around the island. This chime actually has a special meaning to me.

To keep the long story short, there was a time in my life during my JC days when I was in some sort of financial distress. I had to work while studying and save enough money to pay for rent, food, transport and school fees. It was a difficult period of time and there was one day I felt so down and helpless and I heard this chime being played. I had no idea what it was but the moment I head the chime, I was somehow reminded of God’s faithfulness and promise that He will guide me through the “storm and fire”, and be thankful that though times are hard, at least I am still alive and breathing! From then on till today, each time I hear the chime at 12pm on the first day of the month, I will pause whatever I am doing, and say a prayer of thanksgiving to God for all that He has given me, and fulfilling His promises to me, in His time.

A promise to remember, a promise to cling on to.


As partners to our other halves, and as parents to our children, have we made any promises to them?

Have these promises been fulfilled?

Are there any ‘outstanding’ ones?

Do we still remember our wedding vows?


Promises are easy to make or say.

And it requires effort (and maybe time) to fulfill them.

Let us put in the required effort to fulfill any promises we make to our love ones unconditionally.

Don’t be remembered as one who forgets his promises easily!

 
 
 

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