Living out Faith

I don't think I'll ever come to terms that I'm getting older, aging, more white hair, wrinkles on the way and brains fading and failing. But I guess over time, no matter how much I hate, I am getting older. It's a matter of fact, there's nothing that anyone can do to make time stop. Well, having said that, I've had and am still having a great life and there are many times that i forget to thank God and be grateful for the goodness that He had, has been and will still be bestowing upon me. To a certain extent, life may have been hard on me when I was a kid but God has seen me through and made me a stronger and a better person. I'm learning everyday to put that behind and be thankful for the bountiful blessings that He showers upon me everyday. He has provided me a wonderful husband, parents and sisters, best friends that have become family and wonderful friends that I'm surrounded by in HK. He has blessed me richly in every single aspect and that's th...

Finally! Yes, after months of searching.....Before and after summer holidays, till yesterday, we were still looking. It got pretty frustrating to the point that at dinner last night, we were about to give up and have a break at apartment hunting till we get back from Christmas hols. Things do work strange or rather God has His hands in things and we're just not aware. I suggested to Babe that we'll stop looking since it's causing a little stress to us and he is getting busy with work and that we'll look when we get back from States after Christmas hols. We agreed that might be the best for us. After that, Babe's phone rang. The apartment that we've given up since it was too expensive and the landlord didn't want to relent, became available at our price. Praise the Lord!!! So happy, over the moon now! Will put pics once we move into our apartment. Will probably move from the 20th of November onwards....So excited!

Taken by Derrick http://www.maskofchina.com Had a wonderful Saturday. And it was a first pink BBQ that I've ever had. I 've come to terms that I'm getting old and each birthday that comes by, it's a reminder to me of God's blessings upon me and the wonderful friends that surround me even though I live overseas. Wish I've taken more pics but damn! But thanks to Derrick and Mel for taking pics. Friends, I want to thank you for making the effort to trek over to Park Island to celebrate my birthday. It's more apparent to me as I live overseas longer that friends truly become a part of your family. And friends that you've not seen for a long time, are still your friends if you want them to be. I met my primary school mate in the lift in my block about 2 weeks ago. She told me that she thought that we went to the same primary school. And I was like, no way. But as we chatted, yup! We know each other after all. And s...

It was a bittersweet weekend. But I must say, overall, I enjoyed it. Last week, I received an email from a friend that I hadn't seen for close to a year. She wrote to say that she'll be in HK on Saturday and asked if I had time to meet up with her. Sure, I did have time for her. She was my second friend in HK. I mean a true second friend. My first friend Michelle left and last year, this friend left because of a personal issue. When she left, it was hard for me. Really hard because I missed having coffees and dinners with her. She was a shopper like me. But under this beautiful person, her character was even more beautiful. So I met her. Spent a nice afternoon with her catching up. It was hard for her as she had things that she flew back here for. She mentioned that it's a strange feeling coming back to a country which she thought was going to be her home. And the 2 closest persons to her in HK are no longer around. She lost them to various reasons. When she said that, some...

On Saturday we went to Ocean Park. After being here for more than 2 years, we have never been to Ocean Park and since they have a Halloween special, we thought, why not. Well, it's not as if we had lots of things to do. Look at the crowd. This is at 5.30 in the evening. Seriously, I almost wanted to turn around to go home because of the crowd. Pumpkins....and more pumpkins. Not that crowded after all. I can deal with it. Oh...so I thought.. Oh yes, if you noticed, I chopped my hair. Had enough of the long hair and the heat was making me mad! Plus, my hair was getting yucky and damaged. Ohhh....scary monster.....Very scary. A view from the cable car. I have to admit that I'm not very good with heights. Don't forget for the longest time, I lived on the first and second floor. Didn't have to take the lift for a long time. This cable car ride was actually more scary than all the scary rides that I've taken in my life. It was long and close to the cliff and there were je...

So the global markets yesterday were dealt with another blow. Stock markets everywhere around the world fell and fell badly. When I got home last night after class, all I got from news on Channelnewsasia was grim news. Babe transferred some money from HK to Singapore yesterday and he told me that the exchange rate was in the range of 5.3. I was happy. The worst we had was 5.7. For the amount of money we transferred across, we had a savings of like SIN500. Well, to us, poor souls, it's quite a tidy sum. As the financial markets take a beating, the US dollar has been rising against the SIN dollar. To us, it's a bonus. We're happy that we're getting more out of our salary now. At this rate that things are going, we might even be able to buy our apartment earlier than expected. In all honesty, we're not really affected by the financial turmoil. Oh, maybe I might, I may get a slight nip in my living allowance, worst case scenario. But I hardly think so at this point of t...

Foreign workers and Serangoon Gardens both have special places in my heart. Both are special and it's hard for me to see what's happening there. I spent a large part of childhood, teenhoon and my early adulthood in Serangoon Garden. As toddler or as far back as my memory can bring me back. I used to cycle on my little tricycle in Grandpa's backyard while he was fixing millworms to be fed to be birds. Sometimes Joanne would be sitting in the back of my tricycle. I even remember grandma pulling peas off the plants to cook for dinner. And then from one house in Serangoon, Grandpa and Grandma moved to another house just a couple metres down the road. In this house, I have more memories. Every Sunday, we'll piled into Daddy's car and we'll head to have dinner in Grandpa and Grandma's house. We'll play like wild kids. But it was also this house that I remember saying my last goodbye to Grandpa without realising that it was my finally goodbye. Grandma's hou...

Babe is back today. He has already touched down when I called him. He's getting his luggage and he should be back in an hour so. Pretty happy about that. It's nice to see him after about 2 weeks of him being away. Well, I don't even know how long is he going to stay in HK and when will he be away again. That doesn't matter. As long as I've my Babe with me for the next couple of days, I'll be happy! And hopefully the weather will not turn bad this weekend. Would love to go out and hang out with Babe. So please Mr Sun, hang around and leave only when Monday comes!