| because I was in the area and curiosity got the better of me, |
[Jun. 21st, 2009|02:41 am] |
I visited our new church building this afternoon.
It's amazing, how starkly different it is from our old church. The sweet homely feeling is gone, along with the ancient playground and gigantic trees, all still fresh in my memory. Our old, two-and-a-half storey building (complete with a steeple-like roof!) has been replaced with a spanking new glass-wood-and-metal structure, devoid of the lush greenery that used to characterize Bartley. It really isn't bad though, I wasn't overcome by any this is awful, I want our old building back feeling, just felt sort of nostalgic and awed and sad but glad that we've been blessed with such a lovely new home. It was new, yet familiar, sort of.
Wawawa now I'm starting to miss the old building. Understandable lah, I practically grew up there and it holds countless memories for me. My parents met there when they were in their late teens/early adulthood, you know. I'm of old church lineage, har har har. I must say though, I'm pretty excited about the new building, it really is quite cool. No more parking nightmares! No more overcrowding (I hope)!! Enough space to hold only one service every week (for now)!!!
Aiya, it's nearly 3 am and I really should sleep. Reminder to self: a pot of tea at midnight is never a good idea unless you're pulling an all-nighter. Zzzzz. Staying up alone at night makes me think a lot about people and things and Life. It makes me emo, which I do not like. It also makes me ramble, which no-one reading this likes, so bye. |
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From: (Anonymous)
2009-06-21 05:56 am (UTC)
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i know what you mean. nostalgia!
but in any case, it's a new beginning :)
but unfortunately, parking is still going to be a problem boo :( | |
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