Living out Faith

We want to shout a loud thanks to all our friends who are so supportive in our adoption journey. We've handed in our papers and the adoption department called to let us know that a couple more supporting documents are needed which we'll hand in as soon as we get a letter from them. At this point of time, we're going into the adoption issue with an open mind. If God deems that He wants to adopt a child, it'll happen. But if He thinks that it's not His will then, we'll trust Him. I have to say that after submitting the forms, I did feel great! There's a couple of friends that we really want to thank. I want to thank Stanley for agreeing readily to being our referee. I've been friends with Stanley for probably 25 years or more. He's my best male friend. Thanks Stan! Thanks for your prayers as well. Would have loved to include my 2 other best friends but...we wouldn't. Couldn't use Monster because, she's family and Eve, I know that she's ...

Enjoy the pics. Not very many though. Lombok is a nice place. But a little too quiet for us though. 2 nights and 3 days were just enough for us. Anymore, we might kill each other!

Had a great time in Lombok. A good time to get away from people, no phones ringing, no emails to check and simply....no one to bother us! Peace....blissful peace. We hardly ever get it these days. Got back to Spore late on Sat night. Went to church yesterday. This trip, I didn't bother to let many people know that we're back. I guess, primarily, too little time to meet everyone that I want to meet. Sharon didn't know I was back and she texted me to wish me Happy Easter and I texted her to tell her that I'm actually in town. Caught up with her for a short time. Went to her place to watch her wedding video. It was really nice to see her glowing in wedded bliss. So happy that she found her man. And for the first time, Sharon was in the driver's seat instead of me. And she did a great job! Met Amy today for lunch. It's always nice to see Amy. We've always this keep in touch and lost touch kinda friendship. Honestly, think it's more of me than Amy. I'm al...

Finally, all the papers have been lodged into the Social and Welfare Department of Hong Kong for the processing of our adoption. We're very excited of what's going to happen next. But I'm not going to be overtly excited about it because we're going to live it in God's hands. If He thinks that we're suited to be parents to a child that need a family, we'll be glad to be the chosen ones. But if He thinks that we are not suited or that its not time yet, that's fine by us too. Ultimately, God is in charged of everything and He has the world in His hands! In His time, in His time, He makes all thing beautiful in His time. Lord, my life to You I bring, May each song I have to sing, Be to You a lovely thing, in Your time. In Your time, in Your time, You make all thing beautiful in Your time. Lord, my life to You I bring, May each song I have to sing, Be to You a lovely thing, in Your time. When I left the building after dropping off the forms, this song rang ...

We had another busy weekend. Babe's 2 aunties and cousin came to HK for a visit. We spent the weekend with them. It's always nice to have family around. But this time, I was a little apprehensive. They are Babe's family and I was afraid that with such a small living area, friction might arise. But no, it was nice because I got to know May, his cousin a little better and his aunties too. I was also worried that Happy might drive them mad but they loved Happy! On Saturday, we spent some time with Babe's family and then we went to Susan's surprise party. This week was also filled with choices. I had to choose between Susan's surprise birthday party and Colleen's party. But hate to say, Susan's party won over because Eric (Susan's partner) impressed me with his efforts in planning for the nice surprise. Colleen, sorry, girl, will meet you soon and buy you a nice lunch or dinner. Susan is a great person. She loves dogs very much....more than me! We had a ...

My monster was my first best friend. She's part of my family. Well, she's my cousin. We obviously met when we were babies. Love her to bits! So why am I blogging about her today? Well, for some strange reason, I dreamt about her 2 nights in a row. I guess it must be my sub conscious telling me that I miss her, I've not been keeping touch with her and haven't seen her enough. When I was a kid, she was my confidante. She was the person I leaned on her when I was growing up. She is probably the one person that really truly understands me and know my childhood and know why am I the way I am. She accepts the fact that I am me because of the child and teen hood that I've been through. She accepts me for me without judgement. She loves me without having me to change. She is one person that if I call her now and tell her that my life is crumbling, she'll know what to say and know what to do. For this, I love her. I guess, having a somewhat similar and yet different chil...

Some of my family and friends in Singapore have asked if the flu situation is really bad in Hong Kong. Apparently the media in Singapore has probably blew it out of proportion. Nothing to be alarmed about. Kindergartens and primary schools are closed for 2 weeks but it's no big deal. The Education Department and Health Department decided to close the schools 2 or 3 days earlier for Easter holidays as the kids were catching the flu bug. There are about 3 kids that have died from flu like symptoms. The school that I work in, I don't think there are kids that are sick. The government is just taking precautions just in class the flu epidemic gets worse. Other than that, not a big deal. Life is going on as per norm. I'm praying that it's just a case of flu and that's it!

I've been back to reading again. It started with CNY hols in Singapore that I sat in the sun to read and started reading and getting into the book that I didn't realised that I was getting sunburnt! I was reading Kite Runner and after reading it, I just had to get Khaled Hosseini's other book, A Thousand Splendid Suns. Both books touched me deeply and I started to ponder and wonder about human nature. To me, these two books in a way was similar to William Golding's Lord of the Flies. It goes to show true human nature in times of adversity. With Kite Runner, the main character betrayed his best friend in times of adversity but when he wanted to repay, it was hard. He had to pay back for his sins. I wonder, how many would gladly give up their best friend in times of shit? But it was sad that his best friend in protecting him, had to endure several punishments later from his tormenter and even his son was not spared. It really broke my heart reading how humans can stoop th...

I stole this from Gwyneth's Blog and thought....hmmmm....very apt. Things sometimes happen and we move along. psalm 119:71 earthly friends may prove untrue doubts and fears assail One still loves and cares for you One who will not fail... Jesus never fails, Jesus never fails heaven and earth may pass away but Jesus never fails. earthly friends may prove untrue...but One still loves and cares for me...and Jesus never fails. Thanks Gwyneth for the timely reminder!

I started thinking about the life that I left behind in Singapore when an ex-student and her mum wrote me an email. Then last week, I started to think more about it when ex-colleague told me that she had enough and she's really going to leave MOE. I started to think more about what I left behind. When Joy and her mum wrote to me, I felt very touched. Duane's mum still keeps in contact with me. Some of my older ex-students still send me emails and get in touch with me through Facebook too. I miss them quite a bit. I guess, I do miss Joy and the last batch of kids that I taught before I left WDP. Every year, I tell myself, that this is the best kids that I've taught. But honestly, the last batch of kids were truly the best kids that I've taught. Even when I went to WDP over CNY hols, some of them still remembered me and they came running towards me. I really felt touched and I really miss them heaps! I miss some of my ex-colleagues too. But reality, I miss my students mor...

I've been home alone these couple of days with Happy. I'm getting used to these periods of home alone and being a single mum to Happy at times. Babe is getting busy and he's been on work trips more frequently. He's going to be travelling a lot more in the next couple of months. Well, to a certain extent, I'm glad as I've got time to myself and I get to see and spend time with some friends. But at the same time, as I'll be starting classes this week, every Wednesday and Friday, I guess, I'll be spending a lot lesser time with Babe. To be honest, I enjoy the time when Babe is away on work trips as it gives me a chance to miss him and allows me to realise how nice it is to have him around. It is these trips that makes me glad and excited to see him again when he heads home. I guess the saying, absence makes the heart grow fonder, is pretty much true for me. Babe is going to be home tomorrow and in about 2 weeks, he'll be travelling again. It was sweet o...

As the title of the post suggests, I think, I'm finally getting settled into HK. That dawned upon me yesterday when I was at the school Sports' Day. I had to do discipline duty with a colleague that I've never worked together before and we had a great time chatting. The kids chatted with me and I actually had fun! After sports' day, I had lunch with my colleagues and it was a nice time talking and getting to know the rest of them. After lunch, had a rest and then went to Paula's place foe dinner. It was a nice cosy get together. On the way back from dinner, I met a kid from school and his mother. We had a good time chatting. While walking home, I was thinking and I realised that, yes, I've finally settled in. I no longer feel at lost with my colleagues, especially with those that I don't work with. Parents actually bother to chat with me. And I do have some friends here as well. Life is pretty much settled to a certain extent. This morning at church, I truly...