Living out Faith

Since I ran out of books to read and pay day is a few days away and I can't seem to find the book that I really want to read so I thought, I'll reread Tuesdays with Morrie. Have to say that the book had a profound effect on me. God must have had it planned that I should reread the book. Mitch Albom is a great writer. The stuff that he writes makes me ponder and think about my own life. "A great teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops" Henry Adams Took that quote out from the book. In all honesty, I never liked going to school as a kid. Right from primary school to secondary school to hotel school. I always felt left out, a little out of place. I couldn't speak Mandarin as well as my school mates and therefore I did feel ostracised half the time. I met a really nice teacher in secondary school that made me think about my life. Th...

Ha! Got you there! No..I wasn't out on an internet date. But rather I had dinner with some of my friends that I met online. I joined Geoexpat before coming to HK to find out more about HK and also to make some friends. This is my 3rd or 4th time going for a function. Met new friends and it's always nice meeting new friends. There was probably around 10 of us. I've met about 3 of them before. Didn't get a chance to talk to everyone as there were too many of us. Hopefully the next time, I'll get know some of them better.

Went home for lunch and got a bit of Blogtv on CNA. The title of the show was, I was here. Basically, they talked about people who blog about their illnesses. And a couple of them passed on. Daniel Leung was on the show. Well, I've not met him before but I'm really touched by him. Check out his website. http://jesusfreakdl.diaryland.com I have to say, after watching the show, it got me into a pensive mood. And got me thinking about my life again. I was reading Daniel's blog and well, it doesn't help if you're listening to James Blunt as well. It got me into a somewhat thinking, depressive state.....But then again, it's good for me to get in touch with myself again. I remember FD asking Daniel, are you afraid of death? And his response is, no, because of my belief and religion. I ask myself, am I afraid of death? No, the answer is a strong no because I know that I'll be going home. I'll see grandpa, Adrian, Derrick and people that I would have liked to me...

Yesterday when I came home, I opened my mailbox and got my bank statement. Looking through and I noticed that I was overpaid by HKD1090. And there I was sitting and thinking and trying to figure out why I was overpaid. And then.... thinking maybe I should just not say anything and wait and see. But then again, no, I will just go to work and check with them. So I went in today and checked with the school clerk. And to my nice surprise, I've got an increment! Ya!!! Yes, folks, it may not seem a lot but it's an extra bonus...Me very happy! And yes, will have to thank God for providing me with blessings like these. Last weekend Stephen, my black brother was in town. We went out on Friday nite. But such a shame, forgot to take pics with him. These are some of my friends that we met up with. We had good fun and it's nice meeting old friend and new friends. Had a good night out but well, had to leave early because I had to work on Saturday morning. Went to work on Saturday morning...

Last night, WK and me had a spat. Oh...nothing to worry, spats are a regular feature of all marriages if you hadn't known it by now. WK made a comment which I think is very apt in life. He said that some business guru said that whenever 2 strong brands merge to be a single brand, very often it ends up in a divorce and not in synergy. Well, in a marriage, it is hard when 2 persons of strong characters get married. It's the same as the corporate world in some sense. WK and me have very strong characters and very often we clash. But at the same time we produce synergy as well. However, we have our faith and religion to hold us to our ground and not seek the easy way out. Well, after the spat, we were talking about things. There were things that we said and that we thought that we made mistakes in our lives. I guess it was choices that we made with education and career. However, today as I was thinking through, I realised that God does not make mistakes in our lives at all. What ha...

Today, we had a school picnic. Well, as this was my first school picnic, I was very excited to go. Basically, it's a huge excursion, and everyone in the school went. From Primary 1 to 6, all the teachers and even the technical assistants went as well. We went to a YMCA Youth Village in Ma On Shan. Ma On Shan is kinda far from Ma Wan when I live and the school is. Ma On Shan is in New Territories. When we got there, the kids basically ran wild, played games, ate and ate. It was nice as some kids shared their homecooked picnic food with me. It was a nice experience. Here are some pics. As usual, I should have taken more pics.

Yes, I know, the title is a little or actually rather controversial. Let me explain. I came home for lunch on Tuesday and I caught a little of Grey's Anatomy. I like the show and I seem to only have time to catch snippets of it. Well, there was this scene (can't remember the characters' names) when this male intern was sleeping on the bed and this female intern woke him up to go through some stuff with him. I guess they have to take an exam soon or something like that. He asked her, why is she going to help him after what he had done. And she said, 'Because Jesus would have freaking done it!' Well, that set me thinking for a couple of days. There are numerous times in my life that when someone does me wrong, I would seethe and be pissed and want to take revenge on that bastard or bitch. But then again, is that right? And going back, there was this person that I felt had singlehandedly almost made me lost sight of what I should be doing professionally. Like I wrote a...

I've been trying hard to keep to my resolution of really going to the gym to work out to lose some fats and inches. Am especially determined after I realised that I lost my only pair of jeans that can fit me. Not sure where on earth is it. Me thinks maybe my laundry man loves my jeans too much and kept it! Went and walked around to shop of jeans and realised that I'm just one size too fat for normal size jeans and 2 sizes too small for fat people's jeans. So now, I must really try to lose weight to fit into normal jeans. As tempted as I am, I'm not going to eat myself to 2 sizes bigger. So I'm been pretty good, went to the gym on Monday and yesterday, I went for a swim. Swimming, that's something that I've not done in about a year. Even the last time that I went swimming, it was snorkelling in the sea. Had lots of help from my life vest, fins and mask and my snorkel. So, I went into the pool yesterday in my bikini and my goggles. Errr...only female in the po...

I'm not sure if age plays a factor but days seem to just go by and half the time, I'm in a daze. And without a blink of an eye, a week has passed. Days pass too fast and I'm getting old!!! Wrinkles showing soon. Been trying to blog but for some reason, I can't seem to get onto blogspot. This year started pretty well. Came back to HK on 2nd Jan and on 3rd Jan, I went to Shenzhen with a new American friend from Geoexpat. Kris is pretty new in HK and I was glad to have made friends with her. I believe that God sends people to us for reasons. Sometimes is for us to be a blessing to them and sometimes is for them to be a blessing to us. Either way, it's nice meeting her. HK has been pretty cold since we got back. The cold is really getting to me. I guess maybe I'm not used to so much cold at a go. Not sure if that makes sense. This weekend has been around 10 degrees and where we live, it's probably 8 degrees. Freezing....As much as I'm tempted to get another ...

Here am I sitting in my messy apartment in Hong Kong. Lots of cleaning up to do.....Left home at 4 am in the morning and the moment we get on the plane, even before the plane taxied, I fell asleep. Slept all the way through the flight and then got home, had lunch and then promptly took a nap. And now, suitcase is sitting in my apartment, stuff has to be packed, clothes to be sent to the laundry......oh well..... When I woke up from my nap and after dinner, and on CNA, a plane went missing and today's news, the plane actually crashed. I don't take very well to news of plane crashes. This is especially when we were on a plane yesterday. Have to really thank God that He has given us journey mercies with all the flying that we have been doing. Something struck me today as I was surfing the net. It does seem that it's around Christmas and New Year's that things happen. The ferry sank in Indonesia along with the plane crash and the earthquake in Taiwan, bombing in Bangkok and...

I intended this post to be the last of the year and the first of the year. But oh well, things didn't really work out the way I wanted it to be. I spent my last night of the year in church. It was nice spending my last night of the year, listening to church members sharing on how God has blessed and been real to them. I never really have the courage to go up and share how God has blessed WK and me. Maybe, just maybe, one day, I'll do that. Tonight's watch night is a little different. For one, I had to come back home to make sure that I've everything packed and my tummy is a little strange, not really behaving as I've obviously been eating too much. And dad and mum came to church with us as well. It's good. I'm going to write about my highs and lows of the year. I'll try to write it in chronological order starting with highs. Highs In April, my sister Joanne got married. Wedding was great and we welcomed Joe to the family. The wedding was so romantic and...

It's been great meeting up with old friends. This was taken at Sharon's place last nite. Great food and it was nice catching up with old friends. And as usual Ashton, my little precious, never failed to entertain us with his antics. It was nice seeing us all together. And he found a girlfriend...Beatrice, such a well behaved girl. Met up with Sindy, Tsui Wen and Chow for a coffee. Nice seeing them and catching and just talking. After that, next coffee, met Angie, Ariel, Cheng and Cynthia and had my second cup of coffee. I do miss my ex-colleagues quite a bit. And by the time I met Stan and company for dinner, WK was saying that I was a little high on caffine. Had dinner with Stan, Dorcas and Charles tonight. Stan and Dorcas, congrats!!! Am very glad that my dear friend has met someone....May God bless you both. And please, please....let me know the dates in advance. Rain, shine, hailstorm or whatever, die, die, I must make it to your wedding. We sold our car this morning. Life ...

It's nice to be back for Christmas. While driving to Orchard yesterday and the day before for last minute shopping and to get clothes for myself....it seems a little surreal. Brought us back to the days when we were studying in Australia and coming home for hols. Was a little strange but it was a nice strange. Been eating...and eating..but have to be real careful, turning quite porky soon. But overall, man, it's good to be home for Christmas! Family, friends and everyone, Have a Blessed Christmas and an even better New Year ahead!

Today has been a great day. I had a rush of emotions when I was sitting through the Christmas Service this morning. Very emotional. To be really honest, I never had the chance or opportunity to sit through a Christmas Service in a school. It was totally exhilarating. The pastor did an absolute great time sharing the gospel to the kids. My sincere prayer is that the kids will really understand the message. The kids really had fun and I had fun too. After school, we had a staff Christmas lunch and thereafter we had to practise a Mandarin song that the teachers are presenting in April. Well, it's hard learning a Chinese song. Will be home tomorrow...less than 12 hours and we'll be on the plane...Can't wait!

Being trying to blog yesterday but for some reason, I couldn't get onto the blogger site. And then I remembered that Simon got firefox for me and now I can blog! Ya! Been kinda busy at work for the last couple of days. School is breaking for Christmas hols this Friday and it's getting a little crazy here. Not that I'm doing a lot of work and thus I shouldn't be complaining...But then again, it's Christmas!!! I've never worked till so close to Christmas before. My body is screaming....it's bloody Christmas, I need a break...And well, true enough, it got a break. Was kinda sick last week with flu and it only got heaps better this week and this week, is WK's turn to get the flu. We're much better and all ready to fly home for Christmas. Can't wait! It's been kinda cold these few days. Last weekend was especially cold. It was around 10 to 12 degrees but for the fact that we live on our little island and it's near the sea or bay, it's ev...

Have been thinking about the above mentioned question for a couple of days. When I started blogging, it was for me to keep in contact and update people with what's going on in my life. But as I started to blog and started to pour out my thoughts....Blogging became very enjoyable and in fact it was like a way that I could express my thoughts and views. Since I've always wanted to write my own book, this might be a good start. But when I actually probe deeper, I began to realise that it might be a situation that I miss talking to people...Yes, people, I admit...I love to talk and I don't seem to talk much to people at work....and sometimes it's killing me! Hang on, for the record, I love my job.....It's a pretty good one at this point of time. One of the least stressful job that I've had in a long, long time....But it's the social situation at work. In some ways, I miss my ex-colleagues at WDP where I could just walk up to my colleagues and share jokes and ju...

I went home early yesterday after work and managed to catch a little of Oprah. For those who don't know, I love love watching Oprah. I know that it can sound very cheesy but I do learn a lot from watching watching her shows. Have to admit that some of the stuff can be hogwash but some of it, really makes lots of sense. In her show she mentioned something like, there are no coincidences in life. At that point, it was like a lightening that stuck me. I'm so used to saying that, oh, it's such a coincident..... But in reality, there isn't such a thing as coincidences. For the next few minutes I started to ponder about what she said. I looked at my life and wonder whether if it was coincidences that people and circumstances come into my life or is it predestined by God. I met WK when I was 15 in church. And when I was 28, we got married. Was it predestined that we met or was it just a coincident? I believe that God brought WK into my life and that in His time we got married....

Yes, as you can tell, I love counting down to Christmas. It's the best feeling. I love Christmas more than anything else on earth! I believe it's the reminder that Jesus came to earth to save us from eternal damnation... We went to Disneyland on Saturday. Yes, it's again.....We wanted to see the Christmas decorations there. Well, in a way, it was a little letdown, but at least we saw the fireworks. But it was still magical...Here are the pics....Enjoy On the Disney train. Check out my pink boots, don't you just love it? Babe and me in some space ship. After that, I took the Space Mountain alone...Babe was too chicken to take it! Babe and me in front of the carousel. We didn't take it...Enough of going in circles, might throw up. Babe in the Pooh cart, the Pooh ride is the most popular ride in Disney....The line just go squiggley everywhere. Main Street at night. This was taken before we had our snack in one of the restuarants. Love the brightly lit street. The fire...

It's less than 20 days to Christmas. It brings a feeling of melancholy and at the same time it gets me into hig spirits. It's somewhat mixed feelings. I guess maybe that's the reason why people tend to turn suicidal during the festive periods. A few nights ago, I spoke to Stanley and then to Sharon and yesterday Eve texted as well. Veron and her family just left on Sunday as well. Just talked to Mazzy online as well. I was talking to Sharon and I commented that I find that as I get older (yes, I finally admit that I'm getting older) I feel as if I have fewer friends. And it is precisely during the festive season that I miss my friends. This time last year, I had Eve, Susan and Sarah visiting and we went off to Phuket as well. And last year this time, I was still feeling in the dumps, but I had my best friends around me. This year, I've made new friends and I've got my best friend walking though this adventure and journey with me....My Babe!!! I remember reading ...

The Seets (yes, that's my married surname if you didn't know) spent some time with the Yaps. It was truly a great time to catch up and understand what is truly like to be parents. On Friday night, the Loois, Yaps and Seets had dinner together at a restaurant where we lived. It is funny how we hardly have time to meet up for dinner in Spore and when we're all in Hong Kong, we find time to meet up. It was nice seeing ex-colleagues again. I do miss working with them. On Saturday, we took an adventure to Shenzhen with little Ashton. From Park Island, we took a bus to Tsingyi, from Tsingyi, we changed 4 trains to Lo Wu and from Lo Wu, we had to cross the borders and finally, we got to a restaurant in Shenzhen for lunch. We probably left about 11 and reached the restuarant at about 1.30. The adults were wondering how we're going to shop with little monster...And voila, at about 2ish...he took his nap. And yes...the shopping and the bargaining started. Got home, little monster...