extreme boredom

ummm... yeah the title says it all. i'm so so so so so so bored. basically because i haven't really have much work to do for the last few days. and there is a limit to the number of blogs one can read a day (why don't people update their blogs more often!!!) and the number of people one can stalk on friendster... but well, don't look so envious now, i have to work this saturday AND sunday. sigh... the horror of it all. i really do hope sunday will just be a half day.

One good thing though, i'm on leave tomorrow. :) all because my bro, yes little nathaniel, is going to NS!!!!!! heh... i dunno if i should worry about him. he's the baby of the family... the one i buy clothes for, the one who still *sometimes* calls me jie jie, the one who got angry with me when i pushed him off the sofa and chipped his tooth... but that's another story for another day... haha. anyway, this little brother of mine, cute as he is, is not exactly what i imagine a soldier to be. definitely not like a spartan in 300... more like Saigo - ninomiya's character in Letters from Iwo Jima. hahaha... don't tell him i said that... :P He doesn't even kill cockroaches for me at home...

Oh well, maybe NS will be good for him. maybe it'll help him become a man. i hope he stays good though... they learn too many bad things in army... heh... it's weird thinking about my baby brother swearing fluently in hokkien, or... urgh... never mind... don't wanna imagine. but he has to go though this himself. we can't baby him forever, even though i kinda want to. :P

So here's a prayer for Nat:

Dear God,

I pray that you'll keep Nathaniel safe from all harm as he goes through training in NS. Grant him divine favour with his commanding officers, and help him keep a positive attitude in everything he does. Keep him safe from temptation, keep his mind pure, and his heart safe for You, no matter what situation he finds himself in. I pray that he'll learn to turn to you 1st no matter what. Bless him with good christian friends in NS who will encourage and uplift him. Help him to be a witness, a candle in the darkness that is the army.

I thank You for bringing him thus far, and I know that You will continue to watch over him.

In Jesus' Name,
Amen