Well, last night, the parents and I went down to varsity lakes to have dinner with reverend lam and his wife! They’d told us to come down early, like 5:30pm, so PIG mum had already cancelled my Saturday afternoon carer’s shift and told the Saturday morning carer to please shower me.
But as we set off, the skies darkened, and soon, there was a tremendous storm exploding around us!
I’ve been down once to varsity lakes to visit the pastor and his wife; that was earlier in the year, when I joined SHINE fellowship on a visit to reverend lam’s house. That time, the weather had been calm and the trip only took around forty-five minutes, but this time, with the storm exploding all around us, it took a good sixty-five minutes to arrive!
When we arrived, I presumed that dad would just park on the driveway, but instead, reverend lam opened the garage door and beckoned dad to park inside. And wow – his garage’s CARPETED! XD
I apologised to reverend lam for not being able to take off my shoes before I went inside (in Cantonese culture, you remove yours shoes at the door before entering) and once inside, used his bathroom once. Back outside, I saw a funky, comfy looking blue armchair and made a beeline for it.
‘that’s the pastor’s chair!” reverend lam laughed, seeing me tug the lever that enabled me to prop both feet up, ‘even my wife isn’t allowed to sit in it! But since you are now, you’re gonna haveta become a pastor when you grow up!” (A/N: I’m already 24.5 years old; isn’t that already considered ‘grown up?’ XD)
I innocently asked him back, “but, reverend lam, aren’t only guys allowed to become pastors! I’m female!
He considered this, then laughed again. “no problem. You can become a missionary, then!” XD
Reverend lam also kindly flicked on the television for me, so I could watch ten’s news. Mrs. Lam kindly took mother out for a stroll, while dad helped out reverend lam in the kitchen.
At 6pm, I switched over to seven’s news, which was read out by sharyn ghidella. The most interesting surname I found was ‘yabsley’.
When mother and mrs. Lam came back, mother took me once more to the toilet, then dinner was served!
Mother gave me about half a bowl of rice. I also ate some cucumber, some beef, some pineapple, some chicken and one slice of tomato. Mother was happy, because reverend and mrs. Lam don’t just eat plain white rice, they eat white rice mixed with red rice, purple rice and all different other sorts of rice, and she finds it yummy. Unluckily for her, though, both dad and I detest that. Just plain white rice is good enough for us. XD
While we ate, we just chatted. Reverend lam explained to me that you only become a reverend after you’ve been ordained; before that, you’re just a pastor. Mrs. Lam told me that her son works interstate somewhere, while her daughter works in HK.
And I finally got the chance to ask reverend lam the question I’ve been curious about for so long! Does the pastor’s wife have a title? You know, actor-actress, singer-songstress, pastor-pastoress? Reverend lam just laughed, then clarified, “nope, she’s just the pastor’s wifr.” XD
After dinner, mother took me once again to the loo then fruit was served! I ate two slices each of apple and kiwi. Then mother said, “em, you’ve missed the pear!” see, my favourite fruit is pear! Nashi pear, normal pear, ya pear. I don’t care: pear=pear=pear! So I gobbled four little bits of yummy pear.
Then reverend lam even boiled tea for us! The tea was served in these tiny little cups that were literally only thimble-sized! (A/N: okay, I have no idea how small thimbles are, but they were teensy little cups, okay? XD) reverend lam continued to top up the little cups every time I finished drinking; I think eventually, I drank like four!
When we finished drinking, mother took a look at the clock on the wall and said, “it’s about time we left. Long drive home, remember.” So I asked her please to help me once more to the bathroom. On the way, I stopped to admire mrs. Lam’s nicely furnished kitchen. She’s even got some sort of special water filter that lets her wash and cook with the good water while the bad water’s filtered into another bottle, which she then uses for watering the garden!
Oh, and I almost forgot! Reverend lam even baked a chocolate-coloured cake for us! “my kids love this cake,” he told us proudly. “I bake it for them everytime they come to visit me.” Only for me … no offence to you, reverend lam, but the cake wasn’t yummy; it wasn’t even chocolate! Just chocolate-coloured XD Personally, I thought I showed admirable restraint, not commenting on how disgusting the cake was, but as soon as we were safely back inside our car, with the doors and windows closed, I literally exploded with, "That chocolate-coloured cake was DISGUSTING!! where was the chocolate taste?!" XD
Before we left, reverend lam gave dad instructions how to get out of varsity lakes and back on the highway. “umm … should we write this down?” I asked mother. ‘coz if we get lost, we’re going to be driving circles around here all night.” Dad laughed. “don’t worry, em,” he reassured me, “it’s all in my head.”
Mrs. Lam waved bye to us from the door, but reverend lam just stood in the garage as dad slowly reversed the camry out. “please don’t run over and squash reverend lam, dad!” I squeaked, causing both the parents to laugh.
But we left without any mishap, and the drive home was much quicker, now that the storm had passed. I was back inside our house and brushing my teeth, ready for bed, in about forty minutes time.
All in all, ‘twas a great night out visiting the pastor and his wife. I just feel for him, considering the amount of time he’s gotta spend driving to and from church, several times each week!
Next post here … I’ve really gotta hurry up with my lion king (3D) review, don’t i? it’s been like one month since mother took me to see it! XD Well, until then!
Cheers,
Em. ^^
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