Food for the soul

I had lunch yesterday with SC.  He was so sweet to drive from NUH all the way to Jurong point to buy Taiwanese beef noodles for our lunch in his new apartment.  Not forgetting the bubble tea to complete Taiwan hour.

His apartment juxtaposed between glamorous Holland Village and heartland Queenstown has pretty amazing views of the Singapore skyline.  Bet his new year parties will be awesome with the fireworks seen from his living room.  And he decorated it so it's really cozy and looks totally lived in.  Hmm... I need more furnishings, mine looks practically empty in comparison.

It was the after lunch conversation that really struck me.  He was very casual about it, and while I knew he leads many of the "eye-doctors-go-to-rural-China-to-treat-poor-people" trips, I didn't know about the side visits/help he offers to charities local and overseas.  Yes, very admirable, but it left me with 2 thoughts :
1. wished I studied something useful : like doctoring!
2. I'm so busy, I don't even sleep enough, but I am failing to do what Jesus asked of me.  Which got me to Sunday mass's reading from James 2:14-18

What good is it, my brothers and sisters,
if someone says he has faith but does not have works?
Can that faith save him?
If a brother or sister has nothing to wear
and has no food for the day,
and one of you says to them,
"Go in peace, keep warm, and eat well, "
but you do not give them the necessities of the body,
what good is it?
So also faith of itself,
if it does not have works, is dead.

Indeed someone might say,
"You have faith and I have works."
Demonstrate your faith to me without works,
and I will demonstrate my faith to you from my works.

To SC, you are simply awesome.  

And I need to start thinking about the poor amongst us instead of being fixated on selfish pursuits.