Living out Faith

The thing that I missed the most in WDP is having relationships. When I was teaching in WDP, I had a form class and I had relationships with the students that I used to teach. It was fun going to class and talking to the students and laughing with them. They tell me stuff and I tell them stuff. It was the same with ex-colleagues. We used to chat about everything. I thought it was only me that has issues having relationships people at work. But at dinner last nite with ladies from Geoexpat, some of them have the same issues. But things are getting better now. They are students who actually stop and chat with me. Relationships need time to build, I keep telling myself that. Well, it's happening slowly with kids. I'm talking a little more with my colleagues. I get updated about sales and nice places to eat and we talk about our dogs as well. I guess its the same with any relationships. You can't expect it to just bloom overnight. As usual, I'm always learning.

As you know that Happy is a little sick. We really pray and hope that she's just a little sick. I've come to realise that it's hard to be parents. Very hard. I go home for lunch without fail just so that I can see her and make sure that she's fine. After work, I almost run home so that I can watch her. Haven't even had time to go to the gym....Actually, I'm reluctant to leave her at home while I'm at the gym. WK has been doing a great job being a daddy to Happy. He came home 2 nights ago and started to clean the floor. And for two nights in a row, he got out of bed and fed Happy at around 3 in the morning. I was surprised at him. I feed her medicine almost religiously. I even manage to drag myself out of bed earlier just to make sure I have enough time to feed her and feed her medicine as well. Have to say that I'm surprised at myself too. When we got Hobbit, our firstborn, she was a little easier. She wasn't sick. A bouncy white fluff of ball. We we...

Happy was coughing last night and today as well. Brought her to the vet today. He told me that she has either upper respiratory infection or distemper. With the upper respiratory infection, it's curable and not that bad. But with distemper, it can be fatal with only 60% percent that survives. The vet continued and asked how many days did the pet shop give us for guarantee. I told him 7 days. He told me that I could return the dog and get them to fix it or if not, return the dog and get a new one. That got me thinking. Yes, the dog is imperfect in some ways. When we got Hobbit, it wasn't that complicated. Brought her to the vet and she had a clean bill of health. I told the vet that I wasn't going to return Happy to the pet shop. It just doesn't make sense. So what if she's a little imperfect. Does that mean that I've to return her? And does that make me a better person than the guy that sold me Happy? The Lord takes me in even though I'm so imperfect. I'...

After church today, we went to Causeway Bay. WK wanted to get some cds. Had a walk around and we found a couple of pet shops there. We were walking around. I've been thinking about getting a brown poodle for a awhile. After the 6th or 7th pet shop, we finally found a brown poodle that's a female and also within our price range. Was overjoyed. But before buying her, we took another walk and discussed about it and then...We bought her!!! And her name is Happy. Our firstborn is Hobbit, and now we have Happy. Was thinking about it, when we got Hobbit, I was watch and reading Lord of the Rings. And when we got Happy, we were thinking about happiness. Well, not that we're not happy now...But rather we're happy and now even happier that we got Happy!!! Enjoy pics of her!

Went to work yesterday as usual.....Talked to Joanne, my sis, online. She told me that Uncle Steve (My best friend/ cousin, Lina's (aka Qiao Yun) father) had a stroke. I was like...okay...give me the details and tell me what happened. Well, Joanne didn't have much details because mum didn't tell her much as well. I texted Lina and then no reply.....And I was like okay...getting worried....Lost Uncle Albert already, not willing and don't want to lose another uncle. And there was I thinking if I needed to book a ticket home as well..... Came home for lunch and called Lina straightaway. She asked if I receive her text and I said no. Well, she told me that her dad had a mini stroke and things are fine. But not that fine. Mum said that he does have to take care of his health or he might have a major one. Thank God and what a sigh of relief! Praise God!!! Went to the HK World Carnival with Colleen and Nicole...Took rides....went in circles and then upside down...Fun....Did fe...

I went into the elevator this week and had a surprise to find this poster stuck on the wall of it. I could only read the last 2 sentences. Basically, the owners' committee wants residents to protest against the transport fare hike. They were going to walk around the estate this morning. I wasn't around to watch the protest which is a shame because I would have love to watch it. It would have been fun! The first thing that came to my mind when I read the poster, oh, are they going to walk around Park Island like walking around the walls of Jericho? Had a bbq last night with friends. It was a good night. I brought my camera down and obviously forgotten that I had my camera in my bag. Yes, I know, how dumb....So I've to wait for Nicole to email me the pics. We had fun eating, talking and it was just a great night. Glad that WK made some friends too. He's going to start playing soccer with Joey soon. Woke up late this morning, and we were like...do we go to church? And no, ...

We had a surprise visitor last night. Just before I left work yesterday, WK called and told me that Kum Yew, his cousin, is in town. It was a nice surprise. And his brother is flying in on Sat afternoon as well. It's nice to see familiar faces. We met him for dinner in Central. Had a good time. After dinner we stood in the queue to get into H & M. Thank God, stood there only for 10 mins or so. Well, nothing much. It's very like Topshop. But have to say that ones that were designed by Madonna looked pretty nice. And the best news of all, they have my sizes! Will pop by there again after salary and when I manage to find more space in my closet as well.

Well, today, the sun is out! I love the sun....Love love the sun but have to be careful these days. Wrinkles are catching up with me. There are days in HK that you just have cloudy days with hardly any sun and almost no blue skies. But today, I saw a little blue in the sky. I felt uplifted in some ways. It got me to think about Annie...Tomorrow, tomorrow, the sun will shine tomorrow. Well, yes, the sun is shinning today and today will be good. Okie, don't ask me why today will be good. So far, nothing bad has happened and to me, that is good. Very often we go through life and forget to thank the Almighty for His goodness. Every single day is a blessing. And I should be thankful to God for every single day. It's so easy for us to grumble and complain but when do we say, yes, thank God for every little thing? I remember listening to someone saying that when we complain and grumble, it's like us saying to God, gee, thanks a lot God, I could have done a lot better without your ...

I went for a Christian Women's Conference yesterday. It was mine first. Have to admit that I normally would not attend such stuff. But Sarala made it her job to hassle me and I went and have to admit that I was really blessed! Let me recounted how I was blessed by it. Well, as usual, I woke up late and had to rush through and when I got to Hong Kong International School, where the conference was held, I was about 10 mins late. So there I was walking up to the guard post and I told the guard that I was there for the conference and the guard was like, think you're at the wrong campus. You're meant to go to Repulse Bay campus. And I was, ok...Never mind, let's catch another cab there. And just when I was about to turn around and walk away, 2 ladies turned up in their car and truth enough, they were also there for the conference and i got a ride from them. In the car, I was thinking, God must have led the ladies to me. Lily is from Hong Kong and Wendy is from Spore. It was...

No, no readers, I'm not about to be a stay at home wife. For starters, my babe, which is WK, can't bloody afford me! He said that I'm too expensive to be kept at home. I'll turn him broke and bankrupt! And in his own words, I shouldn't have studied so much. I would be a complete waste! I had dinner with ladies from Geoexpat last night. I enjoy having these dinners as I get to meet new people and it broadens my circle of friends. And yes, it can get a little lonely in HK at times. I met this Sporean girl who is a stay at home wife. Her husband works and she basically does not work. One of the first things I said, aren't you bored at home. And then the next thing I said, I wish at times, I could just be a stay at home wife too. But when I thought about it more on the way home. I realised that I won't be able to do it. I remember times during the holidays that I feel so bored and can't wait to get back to work. And I know that I'll miss the financial in...

For the past few days, we had pretty good weather days. Well, the temperature was hovering around 18 to 23 degrees. Perfect days. Not too cold, not too hot, just nice days. And then this morning. Well, living in HK, one tends to check the weather forecast on telly almost everyday before leaving the apartment. And guess what I saw? 11 degrees!!! Can you believe that? Well, if it's 11 degrees, it will mean 9 degrees where we live and I work. Good grief! And I was just thinking on Sunday to start packing my winter jackets and well, today, my huge pink coat got taken out again. Lunch today, I almost froze myself walking to the Jap restaurant. And no sushi today, too cold for sushi. Wanted hot food....hot food....Think it's going to be cold for the next few days.....

I read with interest news coming from Singapore. Well, it's come to a point that the baby problem is getting big...humongus....Even the lesser educated is not having kids. Well, it has always been the norm that the lesser educated are the baby producers...I remember when I was teaching in WDP. I would be teaching in the lower ability class and there you see parents of lesser education and of lower income having kids. They would be a constant headache for me. Me calling parents, speaking in Mandarin, Hokkien, Teochew, Cantonese and even Malay to convey to them what their kids have been up to. And it's at that situations that I wonder, why do these less educated with less income bother to have so many kids that have that create so many problems for the society. And I wonder, how do they manage their money. I can't seem to have enough and they seem to have enough feeding themselves all the time. But I guess, the current studies have shown otherwise. They are not procreating as...

With a twinkle of an eye, it's already March. Can't believe it. It just seems like yesterday when we headed back to Singapore for Christmas and then Chinese New Year came along and then now....What? It's already March! Scary how time flies! I had coffee with Martina and Michelle today. It was Michelle's last day in Hong Kong. She's flying back to Melbourne tomorrow. I felt sad that she's leaving. Michelle was my first real friend in Hong Kong. I remember going to Tsuen Wan MTR station on 17th August to meet the other NETS for an induction and I was standing there feeling like it's first day of school all over again and feeling lonely and no one to talk to. And there came along Michelle and we started talking. We talked while we walked to Panda Hotel for our induction. We were sitting next to each other and then Martina joined us. It was funny that we kept talking through the induction to a point that someone had to shut us up and we had the killer looks from...