of moving, shopping.. and rainbows

A very random blog post title I know but it all happened in one day you see... ;)

For some odd reason, I find myself packing up and moving every year since I came to London. The time spent in a place averages 1 year and so yes I am in the midst of packing and moving once again (seriously I feel like a nomad). Not that I want to, but I have to. This being my 3rd move, I choose to think I am more used to it now. It has been a big change in this area.. the first time I moved was when Cynthia moved back to Singapore and I felt so lost and helpless having to move. I just didn't know how to do it. Now I grow less attached to a place and as dreadful as it is having to pack up and move, I do realise the benefit of it, which is getting rid of stuff you don't need and I do know what I haven't touched for the past one year. I used to be really sentimental and had the "aww... I am sure I need this one day..." but now, I am more determine to scale down my stuff because moving many things ain't fun. Not exactly there yet, but an improvement since which I believe to be...

This is a long weekend for us as Monday is a bank holiday and it feels sad having to stay home all 3 days to pack.. booo. So today K decided to cheer me up by ironically- bringing me shopping! haha. To be honest I haven't shopped for a long time (yes it's true!). I knew I had to move months before and I was mindful of what I add to my wardrobe.. but this day, I decided to heck it and go shopping to cheer myself up. Altho he did advise to go easy... it didn't help by bringing me to Lakeside Shopping Centre, a massive shopping centre which I have never been before.

I left the shopping centre a happy Bel, and we started the drive to Gabby and Ben's as they had invited us over for dinner. Rain suddenly poured down unexpectedly and on our right I saw this beautiful evening sun peeking out from the clouds.

And when I turned my head to the left, as equally unexpected, I saw this huge beautiful double rainbow! Rainbow. A visible sign of God's promise. How beautiful.

I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth. - Genesis 9:13

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