Tuesday, 05 February 2008

• Making a call

  I really like calling my grandma because whenever I call it sounds like she just saw a monster or something as she picks up and answers in chinese “Hello?!!?! Hello?!!! Who is this?! Wai Ming?! (which is my uncle’s name as all guys she presumes to be my uncle)” since people rarely call….yet I always forget to.

   

  Oh random funny story. 5 years ago when I was staying at her house with my aunt I accidentally pressed “911” instead of “001” (no idea how) when calling back to Hong Kong and as I was saying “hi mom” I realized it was a policeman’s voice on the other end. Of course I hung up right away after telling them about the mix up but when the doorbell rang guess how freaked out my grandma and my aunt was to find 2 policemen standing there! They were shouting at each other and I quickly ran down the stairs to resolve the situation. They are pretty scared of the world.

   

  I do have an awesome grandma tho. The deep fried oysters she makes are AMAZING. Back in China before she had to run for her life into Hong Kong her family actually owned a huge oyster field…and then in HK she was a maid for a white family…so man could she cook!

   

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  Last week while sitting at home I decided to randomly call my grandma. Couldn’t find the number and as my mom told me to just call “tomorrow” I’ve been putting off that “tomorrow” till today still.

   

  Here was a phone call with my mom just now (simplified and translated of course):

  B: “Oh crap! I really should call por por/grandma tonight huh”

  M: “Hey, we can just call tomorrow when it’s Chinese New Year Eve.”

  B: “Yea but still. I should be calling her more often anyways right?”

  M: “Yea. You know how your grandma talks for very very long each time tho. I’ll call them tomorrow”

  B: “Oh, so you’re calling tomorrow then?”

  M: “They only find it important to call on special days anyways so it’s fine. Those are the ones that really count while calling now and then is nice…. but she talks for so long!”

   

   

  For me thinking about it is really interesting tho. It’s like you acknowledge you have parents but yet because they are so “mah fan” (bothering) you’ve set limits on how much of a “relationship” you can have with them.

   

   

   

  Know what a CEO Christian is?

  CEO = you are a Christian on Christmas and Easter Only.

   

  People acknowledge they have a Father in Heaven yet they only decide to visit Him or “give him a call” twice a year on the two biggest events of Christ’s birth and resurrection.

   

   

  …you know what. God actually doesn’t think like my mom or CEO Christian do at all. He thinks ALL time with him is important time. There is no days which are “more” important.

   

   

  God gave us the freedom to do whatever we like but yet at the same time he wants to spend every moment of our life with us. To let him be with us through both our good times and bad times and that doesn’t mean just going to “church”…that’s acknowledging him in everything we do and to give thanks.

   

   

  I confess though that I’m personally quite afraid of God being there 24/7...but who isn't? I know the messed up things I do and subconsciously I’ve set time as “God time” and “Me time” despite the amazing changes and joy he has given my life.

   

  Yet it really should be “us time”….all the time.

   

  I’ve still got tons to learn.

   

   

   

   

  Here is a point to think about I guess:

   

  Are you like a kid who decides to call home just twice a year and calls only when you need more “money”?

   

  Are you like a kid who thinks you can survive on your own without your parents?

   

   

  …cuz either one is a pretty sad picture when this same Father in heaven keeps calling.

   

   

  I wish I am a kid who is always happy to make/answer calls and to never want to hang up.

   

   

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  …dang I really do need to call my grandmother more tho or even my sister, haha.

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