Living out Faith

I've been pretty busy for the past few days. So, I arrived in San Diego on 25th Jul and the next night, we left for Las Vegas. Stayed there for 2 nights. Las Vegas is a very nice place. We did have loads of fun. I love the slot machines, couldn't get enough of it. But Vegas was hot, real hot! Enjoy the pics. And honestly, I haven't taken so many flights in such a short time before. This pic was taken at the airport. I was so surprised to find slot machines at the airport. This week, I'm probably going to take in the sights of San Diego and also we're heading to LA this weekend.

I've been in San Francisco for 2 days. Arrived in the night on 23rd Jul. Came back to Eelynn and Bruno's place. We had a good time catching up and just talking and trading stories. Yesterday, Eelynn brought me out to downtown to have a stroll around. It's really nice here. Babe and me came here 5 years ago for our honeymoon and it brought back nice memories. In the evening, we had dinner with Nona, a friend that I've not seen possibly for 5 years. We had a great time having dinner and just generally catching up with each other. I'm pretty jetlagged now. My sleeping patterns are all screwed up. But it'll get better. It's pretty cold out here. The summer here is pretty similar to autumn in Sydney. Thank God, I brought a couple of long sleeves. I'll post up some pics soon. Didn't bring my wires and Eelynn's reader didn't work. Hopefully, Eve might have something. Will be leaving for San Diego at around 4. Can't wait to see Eve! 9.55 am 25th ...

Yes! My summer holidays officially started on Thursday evening! Ya!!!! Haven't been able to blog much as internet connection is down for the moment and I'm not going much to work as well. But it's been good. Well, everything happens for a reason. Been able to spend more time with Babe and also head back to my books. We went to Home of Loving Faithfulness( http://www.holf.org.hk ) yesterday to see if this is the place that we're going to spend our future Saturdays and if its God's will for us to work with the kids. We left the place feeling that God does have a purpose for us in Hong Kong. Living in Singapore, I've always been too preoccupied with my life to really want to serve God in this area but coming to Hong Kong for some reasons made it a little different. While we were there, I felt drawn to this little boy, Mu Yang, from China. He's in HK for treatment, fixing his legs. For some reasons, my heart went out especially to him. Maybe God is speaking to ...

Welcome to the Family Welcome to the family We’re glad that you have come To share your life with us As we grow in love And may we always be to you What God would have us be A family always there To be strong and to lean on May we learn to love each other More with each new day May words of love be on our lips In everything we say May the spirit melt our hearts And teach us how to pray That we might be A true family Welcome to the family We’re glad that you have come To share your life with us As we grow in love And may we always be to you What God would have us be A family always there To be strong and to lean on This has been one of my favourite songs as a kid. I remembered this song from Psalty’s kids’ praise. We used to listen to it all day. Till everyone got sick of it. But actually, that’s not quite true, never got sick of Psalty. Went to church yesterday and truly felt God’s presence. This song was playing when we got ...

We moved and am very settled into our place. Very settled, unpacked all our stuff in like record time! Almost could not believe myself. Well, there are only 2 simple and basic reasons why I did the unpacking in record time. The reasons are.....We have not internet connection and cable!!! Yes....I'm losing touch with what I've perceive for the longest time is my reality! No internet and no cable!!! Can you believe that? I almost died when I was told by the company that I couldn't get the services till end of Aug! I was like what am I suppose to do? I will die.....and then it turned to anger and fury that the company could not provide me the services. First, conversation with them was ok...then it turned to anger, then fury and then....it was like ya, sure, whatever.... Anyway, let's not well on the happiness and madness. Last night, for the longest time, we went for a movie. There was nothing to watch on telly anymore. We caught Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix. Lov...

We have been busy in the last few days. We have been busy moving. As we were moving our stuff bit by bit, it got me wondering. In the short span of 5 years being married to Babe, I or we have moved like 3 times. That's almost an average of a move every 1 and half years. Have to say, I have a love-hate relationship with moving. I love to move because I like changes and new surroundings. But I hate moving because of the packing and cleaning. And everyone that knows me, know that I can't clean at all! The most useless cleaner around! In the midst of packing, I come to realise how much I've accumulated just over 11 months. It's like my clothes, shoes and bags have doubled ever since I arrived in HK. The mad buying is ridiculous! And this causes a huge problem. We have no space for my clothes, shoes and bags! The new apartment's wardrobe is already filled and I've still more clothes at my old apartment! This is madness! Babe actually told me...No more buying for the ...

That's What Friends Are For Performed with Dionne Warwick, Gladys Knight and Stevie Wonder Written by Bacharach Released as a UK single in 1985 And I never thought I'd feel this way And as far as I'm concerned I'm glad I got the chance to say That I do believe I love you And if I should ever go away Well then close your eyes and try To feel the way we do today And then if you can remember Keep smiling, keep shining Knowing you can always count on me, for sure That's what friends are for For good times and bad times I'll be on your side forever more That's what friends are for Well you came in loving me And now there's so much more I see And so by the way I thank you Oh and then for the times when we're apart Well then close your eyes and know The words are coming from my heart And then if you can remember Been thinking about this song a lot ever since my last post. Friends, no matter where we are, I just want to thank you guys for...

As I've mentioned in my last blog, a friend in need called me for help. It got me thinking about friends. Over the years, I've spent and am still spending time away from Singapore and my family. And it's especially that when I'm away from family that friends become family to me. I met Eve when I was doing my undergraduate studies in Gold Coast, Australia. I spent a lot of time with her. We used to go out all the time. Dinners, clubbing and just hanging out. When I lost contact with her, it did break my heart. I met Stanley when I was like 6 in Sunday School. It was all in God's plan that he went to Brisbane to do his undergraduate studies as well. During the time that we were in Australia we spent a lot of time together and he was someone that I relied on a lot. I'm so happy and excited that he's getting married in less than 2 months' time! Lina is my cousin and a best friend to me as well. We were in Australia studying around the same time. She was in M...

A friend called a couple of days ago. She had marital problems and after the call, I started to ponder and wonder what is the true meaning of love. What does love entails? How do you define love? It's hard for me to totally understand and figure it out and obviously, I go back to the bible to find my answers. 1 Corinthians 13 The Greatest Gift 1 Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become sounding brass or a clanging cymbal. 2 And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, but have not love, it profits me nothing. 4 Love suffers long and is kind; love does not envy; love does not parade itself, is not puffed up; 5 does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil; 6 does not rejoice i...

The first four pics were taken at Magellen Chapel. Sorry, can't remember the spelling exactly. Apparently, he was the first Spanish to arrive in Cebu. He presented the wooden cross to the people. But it's strange that he was also killed by them. But don't quote me, I wasn't really paying attention. I was too preoccupied with the poor kids playing in the rain and begging for money. We went to dinner at Nicole and David's place. They are friends of Kum Hoong. We went there with another couple from Singapore. They live in a really nice house. On the way to the beautiful island. Paradise!!! Kum Hoong. Babe's cousin. He was nice to put us up while we were in Cebu. That's me...just half of my face. Beautiful Colleen, enjoying the sea breeze. That's Peter and Rosaline. They were nice to invite us to for this boat trip. Hilton, we met everyone at Hilton before going on our boat trip. Nice hotel. Colleen and I mucking around. The bathroom is so beautiful.

We had a great weekend. Colleen, Babe and me went to Cebu. We stayed at Kum Hoong's place. Babe's cousin. We really had a good time. I'll put up the pics tomorrow. Will download them into my laptop tonight. Cebu is a beautiful place. We went to a beautiful island off Mactan. Not quite sure of its name but it was so beautiful. Love it. But there was also a side to Cebu that left me with a bittersweet taste. Cebu is nothing like Phuket. Phuket has its tourism thriving and people in Phuket didn't seem as poor as Cebu. But then again, I may be wrong to say that as I didn't stay with someone that knew Phuket well. In Cebu, we encountered on different occasions that kids coming up to us begging for me. It was a little heart wrenching for me. The disparity was so much. Honestly, I didn't feel like bargaining or anything like that because stuff were cheap there and people seemed so poor. Makes me feel very thankful for what I have. Maybe one day, just one day, I might b...