Dressing Up

I must have been doing something right in my previous office after all. Well, at least in the eyes of my clients cos a lot more of them are calling me up and asking me to do work for them which is really a great thing for me :D 

Most of them know that I'm no longer with the old company and when they do call that company and find out that I'm no longer there, instead of asking my old company to do their work, they instead call me and say they'll support me in the new company. Im shocked but totally pleased :D

Right now, I have three clients that have called me up to handle their work and one possible new client who was told to contact me for some advertising work from another client. We're going to be so booked with work after the Chinese New Year holidays that my boss is getting a little worried ... LOL!

To be honest, I'm a little touched by all this. I guess going out of my way to help them out in their times of need, all those countless hours of rushing work out for them no matter how last minute it might have been did help in a way. It's good to know they appreciate all that work I've done and still remember me rather than the company I worked for when they need work done.

Well, at least I know we won't be sitting idly on our butts when we reopen for business after the long CNY break :D So it'll be a good time for me to really rest cos I foresee a busy time after the break.

Anyways, that really wasn't what I wanted to talk about. A Sunday or two ago, my younger boy came back from Sunday school and said to both wifey and me:

'Next week, I have to comb my hair down flat and wear long pants and shoes and socks for Sunday school classes cos the priest said so.'

I wasn't too pleased with that statement. What's with rules and regulations? My younger boy is a little bit like me when it comes to dressing. He's much more comfortable in sandals and bermudas and round necked t-shirts. And now, he's going to have to dress up for Sunday school.

I have no issues with people wanting to dress up for Sunday school and all that. Fine and dandy. But why make it ruling and force a dress code? And there was even an issue with hairstyles. Apparently all the kids have to comb their hair down flat and no spiky hairs allowed!  What's with that?

Didn't Jesus have long hair and wore sandals? I think it's a little ridiculous to force rules upon people. I'm not against rules and regulations, mind you but I think this is slightly over the top. So, it's safe to say that if I attended mass in my bermudas, t-shirt and sandals, I'm also going to be kicked out from the house of god?

Does that mean that Jesus only welcomes people who are neatly dressed? Does that mean people who wear shorts, sandals and have spiky hair are not good people? Look at our neatly suited politicians. And you know they ain't no saints!

While I can understand the reason (more or less) of this clothes and hair ruling, I for one don't think that the way we dress defines our faith. So what if my son wants to go to Sunday school with his bermudas, t-shirt and sandals and unkempt spiky hair. Will that make him a lesser person? Will that erode his faith in god? 

Besides, most of the kids who attend Sunday school are dressed very casually with almost half of them in shorts and sandals. And they're comfortable in it. And they're all still dressed decently even though they're in shorts and sandals. Why force all of them to dress up? I believe when you force people to do things they don't like too much, they end up being rebellious. The more you tell me I can't do something, the more I'll want to do it. It's human nature.

The Catholic church these days, no, let me rephrase that, the people that run the Catholic churches these days sometimes really disappoint me a lot. Now, Im not a really good Catholic and I know I have sins that will guarantee me one of the lowest levels in hell one day but I do know when to pray and who to pray to irrespective of the way I behave, dress or even comb my hair.

So, my dear Parish priest, if you do happen to stumble across my post, please do consider what I just wrote and let the kids dress any which way they want. As long as they're dressed decently, I think Jesus wouldn't mind. He's more than happy to see the kids even coming to Sunday school.
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