many thanks to LL

very touched that every morning, she was doing my hair...
i like people doing my hair, combing my hair, or touching my head along my hair.
that physical personal touch is very intimate to me.

thank you so much for not only touching my hair but touching my life.
thank you for spending your time w/ us shopping.. zoo-ing.. getting me popcorn... sleeping like a spiderman (on the wall) to share the bed w/ us.
thank you for bearing w/ me and being considerate of my feelings and emotions.
thank you for the friendship we shared and i m so happy to notice that we both laugh crazily and cannot stop and that i start to be able to read your mind!

have a good new start in vancouver!

my 2nd trip to calgary

i am glad that i haven't missed the "historic" moment of delivering my friend back from Calgary to Vancouver.
i felt like i was "witnessing" sth in her life and i am so honored to be part of it.
i have never helped anyone move.
all the packing.... it's not just the clothes and furniture, but also the friendship, the heart, the feelings.
what makes us miss most? the answer is always the people there. the relationship that we've built up that we treasure.
yes. i m glad i was there. i just wanna carry her through the whole process...
but... i know that she has to face it herself. sort it out. let it settle...
yeah.. all i can promise is.. i'll lend u my shoulder n hug.
n i'll pray w/ u cry w/ u get crazy w/ u laugh w/ u eat popcorn w/ u.

it was so much fun to have GC being there.
she's such a funny girl who brought me lots of laughters.
guess i've teased on her too much that i wanna apologize here.
n that's y i make her good good breakfast for the two past mornings. =D
u know what, we've never thought of leaving u alone.
so.. don't be scare!

The new dental building @ UBC

wow.. the project that cost 19.6 million... it's the oral health center

i've longed to go in to peek what's in there... especially those room seems to be equipped w/ very fancy and up-to-date technology....
Thanks to CEC and FF. after we had lunch at the Cafe Crepe, i was brought up there!!



hahaha... i am right above the shopper drug mart! looking at the old admin building through that patient room!



the lamp is also very beautiful. very artistic design.



afterall... dentists... are artists too....



and the waiting room is also very well organized... there were 3 LCD TV.

Summer Camp: Pictures

Me and wayne tried to squeeze the speaker Rev. Chan



i took babo to guard my sleeping bag



a very pretty flower on its own



Rev. Chan came talked to us after dinner



micah was too tired from the games in the kid's program!



me and sailor venus can't wait for anyone to take pics for us



me and sweetheart fat din.. c, we have healthy tongues =D

Summer Camp: offer your heart

i've been offering my "3rd" heart to God for many years.
a couple years ago, i stepped back...
i was a bit lost... n wondered if God was calling me to serve Him or not.
i was wondering if i am willing to give up EVERYTHING to serve Him....
this year... getting close to my graduation, my heart for serving Him w/ my career grows hotter again.

i saw JC was invited by her husband to walk down the isle to submit the card.
i followed them. dropped mine and my honey's in, though i wanted to give it to him n let him do it on his own.
then we were told to stand in front of the stage.
i stood beside sailor venus... singing the song...
i just hold her hand tight... singing together...
at that moment.. n the lyrics... i just cried. i couldn't sing. i heard her sing... loudly... yes... i need to spread it out.. sang it out loud.. though my tears kept rolling down my chin....
i know that not many people are willing to offer their "3rd" heart to God..
n this road is narrow... w/ few people walking... some will give up.. some will step down...
but at least, i know that i m walking w/ sailor venus... my honey on the stage... n in front of me n behind me, there's JC and HL...

just wanna say sorry to JC that.. i so much wanna hold your hand/shoulder w/ my other hand when i was behind u... but i was waiting for your husband to do so..... =P guess he's too busy and focus...

summer camp: experience w/ kids

after the games on the second night, watermelon was prepared for us..

n: mandy je je, have u eaten any piece yet? very sweet!
m: no.... not yet.. from which table did u get the sweet one?
n: come here!
so i kinda followed her but i saw only one piece left so i kinda looked around other tables...
watching others also tried to reach that last piece of watermelon, nicole caught it right away n gave it to me!
arr.... i was touched....
if u remember.. i've written a blog abt nicole b4.... she's the one who introduced me to her friends as her "best friend"!

later i interrupted the talk between JC n little girl tiffany.
she's another of my "favorite".. the one who loves "hk the cat" very much and gave me the 4-candle sticker on my wallet n made it looked so much like "cult"...
anyway... her mom was calling her to go back to her room.
as usual, she kept saying nope... right.. to anything we asked her to do, she replied w/ a "nope".
her brother left n her mom was waiting for her...
i saw it, n i just hugged her tight n gave her a big kiss on her cheek.
told her that mom was waiting...
then she "miu" me and said goodbye to us and ran back to the dorm.
haha... what a lovely girl!

i just love the kids... n i know that as long as i love them w/ all my heart, n don't expect any return (n y should i?), some days, God'll give u surprise from them!

thank you Lord... for showing me love not only through my family and friends.. but also through someone that i don't expect!

distraction... stay focus!

last friday, my boss was discussing w/ me abt my progress on writing my thesis again.
producing 2 pages/week, he said i probably need 2 yrs to finish the first draft.
so he suggested me to cut off anything that'll distract me from work.
such as online messenger or answering personal emails at work.

i kept doing some lab works n my boss said i shouldn't focus on that.
of cos, i have 5 yrs experience on labwork but no experience on writing thesis, for sure i'll be scared.
so.. i should stay focus!!! climb over this mountain n write...

this wkend i've just been to my church's summer camp.
in there, i was told again to do ONE thing at a time.
just FOCUS on doing ONE thing.
there are times when we wanna do many things for God.
end up having nothing accomplished. why?
too many distractions.

in order for a plant to have fruit, u have to cut off one-third of it in winter.
concentrate the nutrient n make it blossom.
every famous successful person is famous for ONE thing coz they spent their time focusing on ONE thing!!!
true... another lesson from God: stay focus and stay away from distractions!

irrational fear

scare sth b4 u r actually in it
predict that it'll be scary
out of our control
will meet someone whom u've been avoiding and dunno what will happen when u c him/her
enter a new environment in which u dunno if u'll fit in.. if u'll have anyone's support
wonder if u'll be alone by yourself...

how can we solve that?
look upon Jesus... n... remember.. God is in control of everything n He's holding u all the time..
once u step into it... well... u'll find it's actually not that scary

brotherly love

i was getting a juice for my boy at his friend's house coz he needed a cold drink in a hot day of bbq.
his friend overheard it n opened the fridge n got me sth that's really cold for my boy.
u know what, guess his friend could have just sat there n watched n kept chatting...
but this guy... wow! i told my boy to treasure this friendship as not many boys are that caring and nice to their friends!

trust

trust - takes years to build, but seconds to break.

have been talking to friends about friendship.
there's something happened in the past, which was done pretty wrong, at least in our own perspective, but the hurt has done already.
this makes us hard to trust the person again.

sometimes, we are the one who break the promise, seeking for forgiveness, but at the same time, we can't even trust ourselves again!

when i find myself being so hard to trust others, i was the one that others cannot be trust too!
even though i can't tell lies... even though i'll tell u i've lied after i lied.
i know how sad it can be when u find someone u've trust for years that disappoint u.
and i know how upset u can be when someone u love doesn't trust u.
then... how can we become a trustworthy person?
n how can we trust one another?

all these yrs, i found that the only one that i can trust n rely on is God.
but.. what abt human?
how can we trust them?
When Jesus told us to love one another, can we love them w/o trust?

1 Corinthians 13:13 (The Message)

But for right now, until that completeness, we have three things to do to lead us toward that consummation: Trust steadily in God, hope unswervingly, love extravagantly. And the best of the three is love.

yes.. the best of all is love.
n love can overcome everything else... including trust.