baptism

after talking about my 10 yrs younger cousin, wanna talk abt another 2 10yrs younger "friend" @ my church.
i was their junior high fellowship sponsor few years ago. last night one of them told me that they are going to baptise in the coming thanksgiving!!! wooo.. so thankful to God.. i was wondering if they know what "baptism" means.. but look back to myself.. 10 yrs ago.. i was still in hk.. n i wanna get baptised after i attend this church for 2 yrs! it's not a public shower, but it's a time to tell people that i m a CHRISTIAN!

trade off

last night i knew that my cousin bought a guitar and had a conflict w/ his parents n he's kinda gonna give up high school cert (the exam to university). looking back on myself. I've been saying that i'll learn guitar for 2 yrs yet i haven't done so bcoz i m too busy w/ school n church. it's just so hilarious that my cousin will give up his studies for guitar BUT i m giving up my guitar for the sake of studies! is this generation gap? 10 yrs could make such a difference? or it's just maturity?

Letter from India

I am so happy to receive a letter from india today!!!
da... not from my dear brother who was quarantined there by hsbc for a month.
but from my world vision sponsored child.
i've finally written her a letter after sponsoring her for 1+ years.
sent her some stickers and a bookmark.
n stupid me asked her what skipping is.
coz i never play that!
u know how we (the "rich" world) are spoiled that we only "online" ...
village people like her play skipping!
yet i dunno how to describe here. think it's kinda like jumping w/ a rope... n she can shoot a ball or sth to a goal.
hope i can visit her sometime in the future when i go to india...
may this child become a precious child in HIS eyes.
thanks to my friend who has transferred this kid to me so that i can contact her.

Leo!!

Yes! I've finally met my idol whom i loved for 10+ years.
I wasn't as excited as I thought. not as excited as i saw pong pong 2 months ago.
Probably I've managed to meet *star*.
Leo is much much more popular than pong pong and his assistants don't let us to take pics w/ him.
I got pulled away while my cousin was taking a pic for me n him.
so i can't change my wallpaper la...
but he signed me a poster and i gotta talk to him!

mandy: can you write my name on the poster?
leo: ho ah. what's your name?
mandy: mandy
mandy: will you sing your new song in the concert?
leo: which one?
mandy: tin choi yue bak chi
leo: hmmm no la.. not this time, maybe next time.

he's darker than i thought. maybe due to the sun in australia?
he also looked so tired... probably jet lagging?
i hope he'll continue to move on in his music.

u know what my mom said when i got home?
she asked me: did u ask abt his health? is his heart alright?
i didn't ah.. totally forgotten. if i get to meet leo again, i'll tell him that my mom "mun hau nei"...


this is the best pic taken by my cousin


me and joyce after the autograph session: featuring ah bak clean up


yah!! look at my poster!!!

working late at ubc

u know what.. this is the first time i drive to school at 1am.
yes. to stop one reaction. n i m gonna stay till 5:30 to stop another one then go home n zzz.
i was, n probably my parents n my friends too, pretty worry abt my safety as it's very late at night n quiet @ ubc campus.
plus no one around for help if u get into danger.
but... God is so nice. He said He'll protect me.
n He did it!!! when i got back to the lab, Josh is still here working on his NSERC application (some scholarship stuff). n he said he's gonna stay till i leave at 5:30!!
thank God that i don't need to be alone in a quiet stinky lab... =D

i love you lord.. n i lift my voice to worship u...
oh my soul rejoice....
take joy my king, in what you hear...
may it be a sweet sweet sound in your ear....

song

suddenly, remember i did a personal and private prayer w/ God in the camp. the lyrics just pop up in my head again after the dj on the radio said sth abt the sunset:

Lord you are more precious than silver
Lord you are more costly than gold
Lord you are more beautiful than diamond
and nothing i desire compares with you

thank you father again, for your abundent blessings and provisions.

luke camp

wow.. back from white rock.
very tired. played volleyball. so dumb. bruises! like biten by a dog.... no more for me.
i like watching then playing... it's always more fun to watch how people team work nicely than having me screwing up the game.
but the camp was great.. after all the months of preparations.. it's finally over!!!
i hope everyone who's there has experienced God...
but god is really great. sent jeanie n gave us a sermon which covers all the point which we didn't cover.
which is: never see yourself better than others BECAUSE God not only makes u special, but also others.
plus, have broaded mind to accept people who's weaker than u.
n jeanie is considerate enough to prepare notes in english so that steven can read.

if u know.. i always missed the sunrise.
n sunset? it's so hard to catch it too coz the clouds always cover it.
always dreaming to watch sunset w/ my favourite lover coz it'll be so romantique...
instead, my dearest Jesus has sent me a number of friends to watch it WITH me n capture it FOR me....
we barely saw the sun as it was "sandwiched" between the layer of clouds n the pacific ocean.

u can c how busy my friends are... n the wind is strong!


I just wanna say, "Bak Bak bye bye"

First PhD of the Gates'

wooo!! i m very happy to c vince's defended his thesis successfully. he did a great job. he's the first one in our lab who graduate! i m really happy for him.. n kinda miss the time when he was around a lot in the lab.. sitting beside me... teasing me... pretending shooting guns at me w/ a heatgun... lifting all the heavy water bottle for me. dunno how i will be next year...

we've celebrated w/ him w/ champagne n i got some photos for him:

opening a champagne



he loves the shirt we gave him as a present



this is our whole group

TA issue

in the middle of week, my boss has offered our student to take up the extra TA and he'll pay her the air fare for 2 conferences. which means, his account can stop bleeding for $12K for this year. (TA job gives 6K + department top-up 6K).
if the department is going to open an operational fund account for each deficit prof, y can't keep taking the RA $$ from there?
well.. i m not an accountant nor mathematician. but i think u can tell the difference then...
my friend doesn't know whether she should take it or not.
if she's not, seems like she's causing a trouble n she's afraid of a bad reference letter in the future.
if she's taking it, i think not just her, but the whole group is affected as we r gonna share some group jobs for her.
she just doesn't understand y the affected portion is the students. but not the profs?
finally, it's solved. my boss can pay her RA through that opeartional fund account n so she can keep on taking 2 TA units. no more.

hurricane katrina

can't believe that the liquid state of "the day after tomorrow" happens in real life. the hurricane in the gulf coast is very scary! i watch the news tonight n i wonder if i could survive if i was there. that also reminds me that richmond, where i live, may sink one day. dad said the government has warned people to leave already but some just didn't. i wonder why. they miss their home that they can't give it up? they are too poor to afford a bus ticket to leave the town?

lord jesus, no matter what, help them, comfort them, let them c u, seek u, n experience u.

Mr. Postdoc's new pic

guess how old is this guy?
seriously. don't laugh.
do u think he's younger than me?

poster..

got a response from my friend: "wah mandy, your room is really messy wor..."
reply now: "yes. that's scientist ma.."
but i can show u the most tidy corner of the room: the posters, which u can barely c them in the pic.
n that can also explain why i'll go to aaron's concert...
and once more, it's not the muscles that made me like him.
the killing part is his eyes.
hor hor hor~~~ guess u must be laughing by now.
yet.. my favorite is not him anymore but i have no room for my new love's posters.
n he's coming to hold a concert for me within a month!
horhorhor... exciting!!!!!!

Tricked by ubc

last friday, we, my group, were all assigned for 1 more unit of TA in the following term because our supervisor's research account was in debt. in fact, his account has been in debt for years and i was told that this was pretty normal for new professors. somehow, department or university will bear with it and the professors will earn enough "$$" from who-knows-where to pay it off in yearssssss. the worst thing is, ubc suspends derek's account. which means, no more $$ to buy chemicals or equipments. in that case, how can a lab be running? no production = no result = no more $$. derek said he didn't know if ubc is using this to threaten the government for more funding towards scientific research @ ubc. but as graduate students, we are suffering RIGHT NOW. we don't even have a chance to fight or object it. we were JUST TOLD A WEEK before school starts. it's not fair. my labmates even claimed they would switch to other school if nothings gonna be done. we may even have no paid in the coming summer. the summer paid is supposed to be coming from supervisor's account n no TA jobs will cover it.

in the start of our program, we were guaranteed to do at most a certain amount of TA units unless you have scholarship to cover it. now it's like, in the middle of your contract, your job description is changed. where's the trust? is that how the world runs now?

derek said it's gonna be a tiny thing n don't make it too big. after you graduate, make real money n u won't even remember. focus on the future thing.... what happen now will become history. not even noticeable. right. but i m suffering it now! so?

i m not actually worrying abt $$ coz i m still living w/ my parents and i got a scholarship this year plus i m gonna leave soon. what abt those who don't? how can they survive through this sudden change? can they still afford to live in vancouver?

thx to ubc for letting me realize how the real world runs.

人生意義

Tonight, I have my fellowship to discuss about 人生意義. After one whole year talking about Purpose-driven life (luke), are we still very lost? To my surprise, even being a christian, we find ourselves very lost too! and it's a very deep and hard topic! too serious that people find it hard to share.

Is it really that hard? Personally, we all know that we should glorify God. but how? i think the most difficult part is you dunno what exactly God wants u to do. the particular plan on you. me dunno either. what i do know is, He must have a plan on me. Watch "simon birch" when u have time. Anyway. thank God that He's still with me when i m soooooo lost. heehee..

Lyrics of 天才與白痴

Recently, friends keep asking me the meaning of my msn nickname...
afterall, i just wanna promote the new song of leo ku: 天才與白痴
and i like this song more yet i don't understand part of the lyrics...

才女收鮮花一般較多　失蹤光陰一般較多　藉口　都更多
傻奸奸當然肯聽你講　這些散餐根據你講　當然得我熱情過拍拖
寂寞地開心唱歌　尚且肯欺騙著我
如高手的你尚有伴侶可以無限拖
榮譽都歸於我　高於一切　平淡拍拖

這個白癡　為了陪你活一次
沒智商　得個痴　時常被騙極容易
誰若有日你鍾意　心計令我詐不知
然後最終　眼看然後你都未曾在意

這個白痴　受你蒙騙亦可以
受你點　給你指　到最終的那時
時已至此　誰會最易
迫你成熟　開口講我願意 woo woo
其實詐蠢　全為你　付出的機智

傻奸奸一般聽你說起　一堆一堆關於我的是非　仿似真
無端端講起因此你說　彼此空間不可太少　因此所以未來難貼身
樣貌是七分認真　但得到一個別吻
還得到口訊在掛念我使我還著緊
回復高手的你　出手傷我　還是快感

這個白痴　為了陪你活一次
沒智商　得個痴　時常被騙極容易
誰若有日你鍾意　心計令我詐不知
然後最終　眼看然後你都未曾在意

這個白痴　受你蒙騙亦可以
受你點　給你指　到最終的那時
時已至此　誰會最易
迫你成熟　然後承認愛意 woo woo
其實詐蠢　全為你　付出的機智

Middle East Jesus

Have you ever thought abt Jesus having short hair? and curled? Or Jesus has always been looked like the one in the Passion of the Christ? From the pic, can u c Jesus as a lamb? the lamb of God?

gag-lar-di gym

i love this pic so much... especially the gag-lar-di part.
wanna devote this photo to uncle philip and auntie jennie...

minnie mouse

look at the flower sticker i put on her nose!


yes. that's jillian the mouse in my messy room


me wearing the minnie mouse hair band!

ha... slacking off on a hot summer day. i can't believe that i've been reading for 4 hrs!! and disturbed by jillian.. pretending a minnie mouse. n u can c how cute she is. she kept asking me if the man in the poster in my room is my boyfriend. I replied: will you put your boyfriend on a poster n stick it in your room!? haha.. then i ask if her brother has a girlfriend. she said, he only has enemy of girls! haha.. right.. at that age.. girls are all enemies..