Scared of You

Your heart turns cold on me-

colder than the snow you see;

Your face turns pale each time

unexpectedly, we meet;

And your fears toward me;

Are these real?

Oblivion of what you think,

no idea how you feel, when you see me.

Are you god, that I must avoid your face?

Is truth more favourable than imagination?

One way to find out- which I dare not take.

For worse, may be true.

I scare you, 

thus I am scared of you.

© Joel Yap

Foto Friday

I am a rose among thorns. Hahaha!

Well, it has been like this for years now, I observe. Grew up with 5 girl cousins, and 1 boy best friend. And I am currently enrolled in a nursing diploma course. You do the thinking. Sorry, I certainly don't mean to insult your intelligence as if you didn't know that nursing is still a female-dominant vocation today.

Does being surrounded by girls do me any good in learning how to be a gentleman?

We climbed

I finally got out for some exercise! Figured I could use some lest I continued to grow horizontally.

Was going to do it with a few friends but due to some errors in communication, or people waking up early, two guys showed up by 8 o'clock this morning. My friend and I waited for about half an hour in his car before deciding to go ahead with the mountain climb without waiting for the rest who were coming at 10 o'clock.

After weeks of a rather sedentary lifestyle, it wasn't easy to start exercising again! My heart was pounding and my lungs were tired. There were many times I wanted to give up albeit it was just a simple hike. I tried convincing my buddy to start heading down for breakfast but somehow we didn't give up so easily. Not that it was such a difficult climb, and not that we reached the top. But it wasn't a cup of tea for me. yet.

Long story cut short for your sakes, we made it to a certain altitude before going for breakfast and I am glad we went for that climb before filling our stomachs. Also glad that we went alone as we would have slowed the team down if we climbed with the other friends. Breakfast was great. The catching up was delightful. I am happy with our morning this day.

When one runs, he or she runs far; when two or three run, they run far. How true!

Who Paid the Penalty

The God responsible for Law

is the same God who paid the Penalty;

He who knew no sin Himself

died a convict- that we are.

The hands that formed the heavens

were the hands that gave us bread;

He breathed life into Adam

but lost His on a tree.

He knows the rotten human Sin,

yet never fails to forgive;

So long as we confess to Him-

our Saviour and our King.

© Joel Yap