flower girl

after half a year of silence, my african violet in my lab finally blossom!!
n i saw one flower today when i "remembered" to water it.
very happy n excited.. .i thought it's gonna die... n i dunno y it didn't blossom for a long time. it used to have many flowers last year! but this year is just so silent. not many leaves. finally.. it rise again!!
guess it's a... miracle! thank you Lord...

then tonight.. a few of us had dinner together.
n the guy who asked us out for dinner gave each of the girl a flower.
a rose.
a pink rose.
HAHAHAHAHA... thank you.
haven't received a rose b4..
oops.. i should say a real rose.
i m really surprised n just wanna keep laughing....
i guess when my parents saw it, they'll ask y i'll receive a flower.
n btw, i dunno y i'll receive a flower either!
i just know that.. i m a flower girl today.
thank you.... to whom it may concern.

getting old

hmmmmm.... give ride to jeanie je for chiropractor tonight.
yes. she twisted her back again.
after lifting some heavy stuff...
i m imagining what will happen when i get old..
u can't move much, can't do any "go naan dou" action.
i wonder how jeanie je jump fire circle @ coffee house...
well well well... i told her to get help from us whenever she needs to move stuff.
but i guess she's "ng ho e c" so she didn't ask.
now.. i finally understand y some heavy lifting have to leave it to STRONG guys.
i've once thought that i can do most of the things that a guy can do...
i have lifted the 18L water bottle in my lab.
move around the heavy nitrogen cylinder....
but i know i m not strong enough n sometimes, i do need help from the guys.
guess i'll give more thanks to people who have done weight-lifting for me...
as.. i m getting old tooo.. =P

miss my popo

i m packing my summer clothes into boxes and hanging all the winter ones up.
saw the sweaters and scarfs that my grandma knitted for me..
the sweaters and the sleeves were a bit short (well.. i know i m fat..) and the style is a bit "leung"...
the scarfs were cute so i wore them a lot!
they reminded me of my grandma.. my popo who died last summer.. the day b4 i came back from europe.
i missed her so much that i just kept crying now..
felt bad that i didn't spend enough time w/ her.
didn't make her laugh much... (can't believe it right? as i've always driven people crazy.. =P)
i was too busy dating when she came visited me ma...
n i've never thought that was the last time i would c her...
felt even worse was that she didn't turn to christ.
i know that it's her choice.. but.. i m just upset.

i wasn't crying this much when i knew my grandma passed away.
maybe.. i m always slow... slow to react. slow to spread the gospel..
now i finally understand y we need to have the "cheung dap tight" (the last section) in the bible contest.
coz quick response and sensitivity are very important to serve God in addition to knowledge!!

Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther

when i was studying those books tonight for the bible contest, i was touched again...
can u count how many times did Ezra say: "because the hand of the Lord my God was on me"?
can u count how many times did Nehemiah ask the Lord my God to remember him and mention "the gracious hand of my God was upon me"?
do u know how many times did Esther say anything about God?
most of them the time, the reason y "they make it" is "because of God..."...

i am still touched when i read nehemiah...
it's not easy to build sth for God. there's always some "enemies" coming up and wanna destroy your work.
they can be gentiles, which u kinda expect they'll do so coz of jealousy.
but they may also be your brothers and sisters! in which case.. it's pretty hurt...
in chapter5, the nobles and officials take advantages of the poors.
that reminds me the song which said in the last days of the earth, believers destroy the church body.
during that time, Nehemiah has never taken any salary, which is what he deserved. he sacrificed himself so that the poor can live easier. not only him, but his brothers too! have u ever thought abt that? i guess it's probably him who has touched others n so they did the same thing.

i hope we can be "as one man" in the Lord.. just like the Israelites settled in Jerusalem... (Ezra 3:1)

student's pride

kevin came back from TAing and found a student really screwed:

kevin: well.. you should do it this way.
student: I wanna do it MY way.
kevin: okay...
...
student: well.. it doesn't work...
kevin: I told u...
student: You didn't STOP me!
kevin: @$#%^%&

what a "You didn't stop me"....
TA, usually, don't trick u...
they just wanna get u out of the lab ASAP so that they can leave too...

Fall @ UBC

saw the little hill outside the sub is very pretty.. can't stop and take a pic of it...
plus.. this little hill may be removed due to the university town project...

ASRS

i've been longed to write a passage about the great invention in our ubc library.
ASRS = automated storage and retrieval system
this summer, we were told that there would be some "robots" which would retreive journal for us and so we no longer need to look them up from the shelf after the library is renovated.
the system sounds so cool n b4 the system started, i went to the library to look for those "robots".
i was expecting sth like in the i-robot or bicentennial man movies..
but what i found wasmsome "volunteer humans"..
in september, the system is up n i c the ACTUAL robots...

if u could c from the picture, the yellow thing in the middle can move up and down, in and out to retrieval whatever journal u've asked for.

it just collected some books and bring it to the front.

then it'll move away and the staff has to sort it out..

isn't it cool? as long as they don't make mistakes... =P

what a kid think God can do...

last last sunday in children worship time, karen asked the kids:

what we can do:
play
eat
play piano
play badminton
breathe
watch tv
(afterall.. i guess they only know how to play..)

what God can do:
kill people (-_-")
make the sun don't shine (that's cool.. they do read the bible)
everything (wooo.. they start to get it.. then karen asked: what's more than everything?)
ANYTHING!

isn't God Awesome?

bible contest

some people don't like the concept of bible contest to encourage people to read the bible.
some people read the bible quickly the day before the contest.
some people read the bible so that we can win the contest.
some people said bible study is more important than bible contest.

i like the bible contest.
i only read it b4 the contest.
basically, i study the bible n understand it because of the contest.
to win? doesn't matter, leave that to God.
what God has given me was the contest, in which, HE told me to do good.
i like bible study too and i agree that's more important.
otherwise, we won't have bible study every month but bible contest once a year.

plus, i find it rewarding to know so much details of "his-story".
without the contest, i surely won't spend any time to study one book of the bible in full details.
well.. i do hope i can change.. that i'll study the bible even though there's no contest!

no worries, i do read bible everyday though i didn't memorize every single word of it.. =P

destruction

i was takling to a friend the other day.
he's so nice that even though he knows someone doesn't like him, he still welcomes him to turn back to him instead of hiding from that guy.
he said, anything u do that'll hurt relationship b/t brothers and sisters is not pleasing to God.
we shouldn't destroy relationships in church but to do build-up works.
that's so true. y should we do sth like that?
even though u r deceived, even though u r hurt, even though u r pissed, and even though u r innocent, can u forgive n move on?
we all know who the judge is.
and we all know who are NOT the judges.
then.. shall we do what God wants us to do?
building up brothers and sisters instead of magnifying the pain and spreading it to others?

Lord... bless those who listen to u....

my boss

last night, my boss sent out an email to whom-it-may-concern for a talk by the company we may buy sth from.
n i found that the room was wrong so i wrote him back right away.
he replied, but i remember u've mentioned sth abt that room.
i didn't even bothered arguing but forwarding his email back to him saying "check out XXX room"
that's his writing... i didn't make it up.
so he wrote back n say, i admit that i've screwed it up, but can u book the YYY room?
woooo.. i appreciate that he admits his fault.
but u know... even your boss has made a mistake, u r the one to fix it....

mr. chan

last night, i help john pick up the sushi from sushi world.
i went in n asked for the tray 9 and tray 10 to go.
he asked, is that mr. chan?
i said, yes.
he asked, is mr. chan your... FATHER? (i guess he wanna ask if he's my boyfriend.. but i think he remember john's old voice n decide to say "father")
i replied, nope. he is my.... FRIEND, he's having a party and very busy so i, being a mui chai, help him out to pick it up.
he asked, hor hor hor! u r the mui chai? no way...
i thought, hai ah... i m a phd in mui chai studies... n i m doing my practicum now...

dear pineapple

mom!!!!!!!
thanks to my dear Father in heaven to give me such a wonderful n amazing mother.
i just discover that my lunch is two boxes of pineapple.
yes. my usual lunch box which usually contains rice is now full of pineapple.
so is my usual fruit box.
the most wonderful part is: my mom gives me a pair of chopsticks and a spoon... for eating pineapple.
Amen...

Memory

Tonight i went to c a movie called "Memory".
It's the first time for me to join Vancouver film festival.
This movie moved me n i guessed my tears kept coming from my eyes like a tap for half an hour...
It's a documentary filmed in an elderly center.
A few elderly were followed for abt half a year and their daily lives were revealed.
i found several things in common among them:
They are actually pretty cute.
They have their own thoughts and a special way of thinking.
They miss their family members and may burst into tears.
They keep repeating themselves.
They felt lonesome and wanna talk to someone.

As it was said in the movie:
They have the priviledge to choose what they'd like to forget once they are over 80.

The most impressive part was the old lady's boy friend passed away.
she kept forgetting abt it and kept asking for several days.
every time she asked the same questions.
found out the answer and cried badly.
how did he die? when did he die? how come no one tell me abt it? how could i forget if you guys tell me already?
do u know he is a very close friend of me?
after a month or two, she had a new boy friend in the elderly home.

i wonder what'll happen to me when i get old.
my memory is already very bad now... what will happen when i m at the age of 80?
Memory...

Amazing Grace

went to richmond hospital a few times in the past month.
tried to visit a friend and after 3 trials, i finally found her last night.
i m glad i gotta chat with her for an hour.
i thought of a song for her in the "hymns of life" so i brought it w/ me to her.
by the time i got there, i couldn't find it.
but... we sing the "amazing grace" together.
what's so amazing about grace?
i dunno... but i guess, that song touches our hearts.
n.. the graceful God just prepare a good mom for me...
(my sweet mom prepares the soup and peeled oranges and even breakfast for me to bring to her)
the amazing God have me to bring the song book for her...
(she loves to sing and the songs touch her heart)
so.. don't u think the grace of God is amazing?
Jehovah Jireh: the Lord prepares.....b4 u asked anything from HIM...

i truely prayed that she'll recover soon and take God as her saviour.
well.. she probably accept Jesus already...
so.. guess i should pray that she'll become a real christian!

Phone call to India

ooooooooh man!!!!!!!!
i tried 6 times to call to india.
i hate my long d company.
i hate my phone.
i hate my english.
i listened 3 times b4 i realized that the receptionist was speaking ENGLISH to me.
n i guessed it took her 4 times b4 she realized i m speaking ENGLISH to her.
it took me another 2 times for me to figure out what she's talking to me.
it probably took her another 2 times for her to figure out what i was talking to her.
i appreciated my patience.
i appreciated her patience.....tooo.

the corpse bride - two different world

wow.. such a romance story... give me some thoughts too.
victor loved victoria at first sight while they r going to get marry the next day.
however, he accidentally "married" the corpse bride emily that night.

Pros of victoria:
- she met him first
- she admire his piano skill
- alive.
Pros of emily:
- share the same piano skill
- save his life when someone tries to kill him (u know, she can't really sacrifice her life as she's dead already....)

i dunno whom u'll choose if u were victor.
victor chooses victoria.
"love" is sth hard to explain. y does he love her n not her?
even though she's more talented doesn't mean he'll like her.

is it bcoz love at first sight, aka timing?
is it bcoz he likes someone to admire him, aka big man self-esteem?
is it bcoz victoria is human, aka in the same world as him?

afterall, i'll rank this movie w/........ some stars...

India Encore...

kakaka.. so so happy to receive a call from step step. i so wanna to call him on sat night but then i zzzz. then yesterday, he phoned me!!! it's so happy to hear my spiritual buddy's voice n we can tease on each other a lot after... 2 weeks?! sorry that i didn't get to talk to u so much coz i was on the way for the corpse bride...

u know what, i thought i was gonna in a really bad shape as he's not around for a month. n guess i've depended so much on him in the past few years... asking him for advice n comments in fellowship, in serving God, in love relationship n mostly, RIDES. u know.. God really grant me a great friend n yet, HE wants me to depend on HIM alone. I had a great time experiencing God thru serving HIM and outreaching...

sai lo! keep it up two more weeks!!!