Living out Faith

It was a dark and stormy Tuesday night. I was sitting at home after gym about to have dinner when news flashed that the typhoon or gale or whatever signal number 8 will be hoisted up by 11pm. There I sat thinking....hmmm....maybe, just maybe no work tomorrow? That would be great! So there I was hanging out with Babe and Happy. Watching telly, teasing Babe and Happy, planning where and what I was going to do in San Diego and just doing stuff till about 1 in the morning when Babe looked at me and asked if I really thought that there wouldn't be work the next day. Reluctantly, I went to bed. Nice and cosy in bed, and then beeps were sounding from my phone. First, Paula, no school! And next Simon, no school! And I thought, I'm going to ignore everyone and wake up at my normal time and then I'll text my bosses. So back to bed I went. At 7.30, I go up, texted my bosses and yup, true enough, no work! Woohoo! And that was when my day started. No, I couldn't go out because the w...

So Mr Sun has decided to come out for the weekend. It was glorious sunshine from Friday. Loved it. Babe and I went to the new outdoor pool for a swim. It was just heavenly. Wish we could have stayed longer but I had class that night. Dang! Saturday came. Got up, called Eve. Had a great time chatting with her. Can't believe that in about 3 weeks I'll be seeing her! Whooopppeeeee! Can't wait. We're going to hang out in San Diego and probably Palm Springs and don't know where else she has plans for us. And there's also a possibility that we might get to hang out with Susan as well. Susan from uni. It'll be like a reunion. All we need is the Cremone Lounge! This is all so exciting. Just wishing the days will fly! In the evening, we went out for dinner with Melissa, Paula and Nathaniel. It was a shame that Elaine couldn't make it. And well, was surprised that Babe actually wanted to join us for dinner too. I was glad that he came along. We had a smashing time...

Parents to front bail hearing over toddler twins' deaths Two Brisbane parents charged over the death of their 18-month-old twins are due to face court for a bail hearing today. The bodies of the boy and girl were found in their Sunnybank Hills home on Monday. Their 30-year-old mother and 28-year-old father have been charged with failure to provide the necessities of life. A court has been told the toddlers were malnourished and may have been dead for more than a week. Police say their charges could be upgraded to manslaughter or murder once post mortem examinations are complete. The twins' four siblings are in their grandmother's care. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/06/19/2279152.htm?section=australia Twin toddlers found dead in their bedroom may have starved to death, prosecutors told an Australian court Tuesday. Prosecutor Michelle Clarke said police officials found the bodies of an 18-month-old boy and girl in a “state of decay” and that t...

I had dinner with some friends last night and a friend mentioned that, 'Hey, we're your family in Hong Kong!" On the way home, I started pondering. Yes, I am very truly blessed in many, many ways in terms with friendship. God has provided me with friends in every stage of my life. Many of them have turned into a part of my family. It makes it even harder at times when it's time to say goodbye to some of my friends when they move away or when I move away. But deep down, I know, these are the friends that will be friends for life. Then, Sandi Patty started ringing in my head. Years ago when I was at uni, the church that Stan was attending in Brisbane staged a musical before I left. It was Friendship Company by Sandi Patty. It was during that time that certain friendships were sealed and cemented. That was when I really got to know Amy. It's strange how life goes on and we hardly saw each other and when we meet up, we just pick up where we left off. It was also throug...

My weekend started being sweet. Babe got tickets to watch Sex and the City on Friday night. It was surprising for me that he'll actually watch the girlie flick with me. But he did and it seemed to me that he actually enjoyed it. Enjoyed the show thoroughly and as usual pondered too much of life after watching. Woke up early on Saturday with a heavy rainstorm. It was so heavy that we couldn't really see the apartments that were opposite us! Woke up early because Rimu, Lammie's dog came over to hang out with us as Lammie was going to Taipei for the weekend. And Happy being the spoilt brat, started attacking Rimu. And Rimu, no, he didn't even fight back. Love that dog! Well, that's the way we perceived it. At that point, I had this horror vision that Happy might tear Rimu apart and blood will be all over Rimu nice white fur! So we had to send Rimu back to his place and we hung out with him for a while. Now, I kinda know how Marina and her family must have felt when th...

That was the question asked to me by our case worker. Got me a little stunned, flabberghasted and then....I tried not to burst out laughing. Time to backtrack. Well, I had the individual interview with the adoption unit yesterday. It was good but thanks to Babe as he went for the interview earlier and he kinda told me what questions to expect. Our case worker asked me why made us want to adopt? And I told him that we felt that this is a calling from God. And I guess in his best English trying to clarify what I said, he asked,' So, you mentioned that you received a call from God to adopt, right?' I was like....errrr....do not laugh. In my head, I had these funny visions of my phone ringing and God being on the line or praying in church and then a loud booming voice talking to me! Or one day at home, thunder and lightening and then a loud booming voice..... Oh well, things that people say in HK. I had to clarify and explain to him that it's not a call exactly, we're not c...

My name is Faith. I believe or suspect that I suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder or Depression. I didn't really realised that I suffered from it until I went to Australia to study. Why, of course, I didn't know, Singapore doesn't really have seasons, you know? Anyway, whenever winter comes around, I have a tendency to hide and hibernate at home because it's just too depressing to go out. Maybe that's when my love for pink started. It brightened my days up. But I've gotten used to it. And winters in Gold Coast didn't really last that long. But when I was in Sydney, it did get a little bad. But I had Babe, my ray of sunshine calling me every night and Eve my other ray of sunshine living in Sydney. But....moving to Hong Kong is strange. I don't really get SAD in winters. But it's the summers that drive me sad! It just rains and rains. It's hard sometimes not to be affected by the weather. I try very hard. There are many days that I wish I could...

I'm feeling lots better now. Guess last week was one of those days. Have family visiting again and maybe that made quite a bit of a difference. WK's dad's siblings were in town. We had dinner with them on Saturday. Caught up and just chatted. On Sunday, we had lunch with Kum Hoong. Nice to see him all the time. And I did some thinking and reflection over the weekend. I've come to a conclusion that in life there's a price to pay for everything. Sacrifices have to be made all the time. Yes, working in Hong Kong gives me more money, lots more time with WK and time for myself. But at the same time, I do miss out on my family and friends. But at the same time, if I didn't take the plunge and move to HK, I know for a fact that I'll be miserable in Spore. I truly hate to admit this, but making more money makes a lot of difference. Honestly, if I didn't work in HK, I wouldn't be able to visit and spend time with Eve once a year. It's truly a blessing in ...