It Has Been Way Long Ago

My education will not be complete if without this post. There you go guys, my higher education graduation June 2007. Me in my gown standing next to a pile of books made from rocks.Just that moment for every student. However do you notice I was without my square hat? This is because the hat is only for photographing and not to be partaken during the ceremony. Also check out those sitting professors, no hat.

The typical hat throwing in air session with my fellows course mates. L-R: Bah, Anushen, Ian, Caroline, Me, YiLin, Jaz.

Nah! Show you a picture of my back. You see wearing a gown is really hard to maintain it from not falling over. I think the people who had a hard time on me were my sister and my mum. Thank you guys for watching over my neat appearance of the day.

This is one of our favourite leacture, Rinke. My first impression for his name was it sounded like a name also for a kinda whale. However Rinke has taught us how to use biotechnology to modify a plant. I did a project on using this plant biotechnology technique to grow a natural glowing tree. This will be achieved by incorporating the glowing gene of the fire fly into the plant nucleus. I'm not bullshitting. There are really papers on this topic. Who know one day your garden maybe ended up with a natural glowing Xmas tree. *LOL*

Finally here are everyone who was there during the graduation. Thank you for your greetings. You guys too hope you will be successful in your life and live your dream. L-R: Mom, Dad, sis, sis'bf KiKi, Me, Mei, Tim, Cal, and Ronald (the one who was holding the camera). This picture was taken at Newcastle one of the best nominated scenery sight, Grey Street.

The Best Fish Burger

Let us go back to my Istanbul trip. I have not finished about it yet. I'm pretty sure we were around the spice bazaar that day. It was a one fine day and we decided to really walk around and we came to this place. The mosque behind if not mistaken is the Topkapi Palace, where the past sultans have lived. It does look a bit like the Blue Mosque though. See the fish boats in the picture? Look closer...It is there where I wanna bring you.

Tadah!!! The boats were very artisticly decorated and it does look like something you will see during a "flower car" parade. Remember this is not any other boat. It has fake GOLD and it is......
*LOL* a fishing boat. Erm..precisely.. it is people who are selling fish on board. They will de-head, fillet and chargrill the mackeral fish, and you will queue at the jeti waiting to buy. This is the fresh and cannot be any fresher, nice and cannot be any nicer fish burger I have ever have.

Funnily this place is a partially self service environment. We will find a place to sit, however if you are not use to the crowds and eating by the waterfront, my best advice is that you leave. You will be sitting like on a mini stool next to a mini table and lots of fish bones scattered on the floor.

Why I am saying that this is a partially self service environment because you have to queue to buy your own fish burger and they bring you your drinks. So half-half self service! Check check it out my wonderful fish burger. They served the fish in a not McDonald kind of lousy bun but a nice, fresh long bun with pieces of onion and few lectuces. On the mini table you get a botal of lemon juice and salt to season. There will also be kids going around trying to sell you some tissue wipes. The tissue wipes are so effective in getting rid of the fishy smell on your hand. Great way of doing business. Bravo kiddo.

This pickle drink is some great stuff you pregnant woman must try. It will sure satisfy your craving for sour food. It has cumumber and cabbage leaf in it. Erm....not sure about the colour though. We got this from this little cart. I guess this cart must have also belonged to those people on the boat. Another way to make more money.

Finally, how cute and clever is it? This is their sea water sweeper, just like our floor sweeper to keep the place free from rubbish. Honestly so far I find Istanbul is fairly a clean and neat city.

Lord, May You Keep This So It Will Speed Things Up

"That is a very encouraging word. Maybe you can contact with Alan in York to come up sometimes. Surely now you need brothers. But don's forget Bro Nee was raised up by ME Barber and Bro Lee was saved through Sis Doris and Moses was helped through women. Sisters in the Bible represent the seeking ones such as the Mary that gave birth to Jesus and the Mary who met the Lord at His resurrection. For your information. the recovery in Poland was brought in though a group of sisters praying together for one year and the Chinese work in US also though a group of elderly Chinese praying. . Never look down on sisters! You are there under God's sovereign arrangement. I believe that the Lord will do something through you sisters. Just be faithful! Amen. XXX"

This email is very encourging for all sisters here. Although I am still longing for James. It is not easy. Everytime it is a spiritual battle. It does take some difficulties for being an overcomer. However God already knows and today is the third stage which is the intensification which the compound life-giving Spirit was intensified sevenfold to become the sevenfold intensified Spirit (Revelation 1:4, 5:6). This sevenfold intensified Spirit is for the overcoming of the degradation of the church and the producing of the overcomers so that the Body of Christ can be built up in a practical way to consummate the New Jerusalem, which is the unique and eternal goal of God's heart's desire.

That weekend we have people from Cambridge, London and Nottingham came visiting us. It was a wonderful and blessed time. We have beared our first fruit!

Margaret and I were preparing. And everyone else all have wonderful time blending and fellowshipping. The way to enjoy Christ is by calling His name - Oh Lord Jesus.

Strumming for Singing

Do you play any instrument? Piano? Guitar? Drum?

I play the piano. I play guitar. But you wouldn't want to be there when I'm playing. Yeah! That is how bad it is. So, I am now changing another playing direction. I'm playing so for you to sing-along. Isn't that fun to sing-along? Ooh I love singing-along. I like singing. Especially the ones I know. When I like a song, I will keep playing it. Eventually I learn that song by heart. Now I want to play the songs so you can sing-along. To do this, we have to think practical. I cannot carry a piano around but I can carry a guitar. Yup! A guitar. Now can anyone tell me how do you know what key to play when given you a piece of music note? Please don't tell me you just try until you get the right key. Arrggh....I'm not yet there to have that kind of talent.

I will keep on asking. You maybe my next asked person.

All Enchanted Up

Can he read this?
Will he read?
How much longer?
How much more to archieve?
Why can it not be simple?
Is it me or you?

So close, so close, and still so far. Where is our home James?

The Church Life I am Missing Badly

I am not and hate being religious. You can either be a religious Christian but have no Christ or you can be a Christian but love Him and have Christ as the all inclusive one. Beside God has turned away from those religious people long since when salvation has come to the Gentiles (those non-Jewish people i.e. we today).



Hymn lyrics:
1.
I've given up the world because
I've found something more
He's better than anything
I've ever found before
Yes, I have found the Living One
Oh, how my spirit soars!
I called His name, I'm not the same.
I am for the Lord!

(Chorus)
I'm for the Lord
I'm loving Jesus
I'm for the Lord
I'm calling O Lord Jesus!

2.
I've given up the world because
I've found something better
I have found the Living One
And He breaks every fetter
Yes, He's the One who set me free
Oh, how my spirit soars!
I called His name, I'm not the same
I am for the Lord!

3.
And now I'm really happy
Yes I'm fully satisfied
I have found the Living One
And He lives right inside
Of you and me, so come and see
Now our spirits soar!
We called His name, we're not the same.
We are for the Lord!
We're for the Lord
We're loving Jesus
We're for the Lord
We're calling O Lord Jesus!

Turkish Ice Cream

Honestly...this is not my type of ice cream. I still much more prefer gelato. No no...I prefer gelato. This ice cream was made from goat's milk. It smelled and tasted alright and normal. But it was just me who felt weird with the texture itself. So thicky and creamy. This ice cream is also costly according to Lyn in Singapore. The ice cream man will play with you when you buy ice cream from him. Play as in a sense of in a naughty way of scooping and passing you the ice cream. It was fun and many times surprises you and also make you laugh very hard...hahahaha

Look at the way they stack the ice cream cones..wow...actually their cone is not bad either. It is the nice waffer one which in other place you have to pay money if you want that kind. If not you only get the cheap ice cream cone.

There..that man was playing with Lyn. We asked him to move slower so we can take pictures. This was when he past the ice cream to Lyn and again he used his ice cream stick (Turkish ice cream's scoop) and drawn the ice cream out from her hand. Excited and surprise. Excited, because the ice cream might fall at anytime. Surprised, because he was quick and swift.

My upside down ice cream. It doesn't melt very quick either.

Some Turkish Men

I hope I will not offend any of my Turkish reader if there happen to be. From the Ataturk airport we took the metro to Sultanameh which was like the touristy area and where our hostel was located. Gosh to find our hostel has taken us very long time after circling the place and asking so many people. Well most of them actually came up to us to offer help. So nice and friendly right! Finally found our hostel - Nobel hostel. Outside it looks red, inside has 4 floors, top floor is the terrace where we have our breakfast and nice sea view. Our room number was 201 at second floor which has three rooms and a toilet. It wasn't very spacey but just nice and clean. But definately have to watch out when going up and down the stair. The height of the steps were not even. They can be too low or the other way.

OK...the some Turk men. Erm... Why the men? I know I am a married woman. But definately James will allow me to make this comment. Besides my title is some TURKISH men..not just some men..Let me make a list of their characteristics so you can get the full picture of them. But this cannot generalise all the Turk men either. ok.

1. Varies in height. Tall, short and very short. Like other nationals
2. Skin colour = pale, tan, very tan
3. Majority one has the top-fashion-magazine model looking eye and nose. 4. Mostly dressed smart as in nice shirt, trouser, leather belt and polished shoe when they work (including the guy working in kitchen). Hope this will make James feels guilty.
5. Hair = dark, mostly short and curve
With no alcohol effect but can dance holding hand during concert in park 6. Most like to stare at passerby
7. Most like to stop and say "Hi" to passerby.
8. Most of their everyday and every minute and never feel bore to say sentances especially to women passerby are:
Hi, how are you?
How is your day?
Where you from?
You are very pretty.
What is your name?
Are you Korean? Japanese? Chinese? *then started guessing where you from*
Would you like to come in and I treat you nice apple tea? *actually hoping we also have a look at his shop*

Where are you going later?
What are you doing tonight? *follow by* I finish work tonight at XXX and if you want we can go to XXX pub for a drink. *remember they are saying this to a stranger like me when I'm in their shop*

All in all... the Turk men - like approaching people. Purpose maybe for business, company or something else. But for me and Lyn we thought it was "kao lui". It is nothing wrong about that. Just it is something you don't see everyday let alone seeing the most of the whole one nation of the men will do. Funnily and sweet yet scary. I did not stake them! Just any woman who have been to Turkey will find this same feeling too.

得胜的一天

刚刚才说是天气的不好害得我变得不像平常的我。但神还是一直的保守我。放工回家之前老板告诉我明天起我可以开始做自己其他的研究，呀呼！之后一路上回家有姐妹打来说另有两个姐妹要来这里读书，哇！这下太好了，有人可以与我一同爱主了享受主了。再来今晚小排有巧宁在，不过他就要离开这里了，没关系还有主同在。今晚聚会很好，说到不是世上的国，乃是诸天的国。

以后再慢慢跟你说设么是诸天的国。

20 hours free call time

I must have gone crazy aftering free minutes. My new phone just arrive to replace my old one which gonna expire after Sept. So both phones are now there for me to make as much phone calls as I like. But how the heck am I going to finish calling that 20hours when 08445, 0807 kind of number are exception from free call time? =( *sob sob*

I wanna call people up to chit-chat or say Hi. Who is there for me???

Luckily this month phone bill will be £3.33 even though I have two phones, 20hours free call time and 1000 free text.

So friends please come to me if you are desperate for free call time. You can help me kill this 20hours. =P

Friends' Wedding and My Memories

Last saturday was these friends' wedding. Very sweet couple. God bless them and their marriage. The ceremony has brought back the sweet　memories when James and I got married. This year January I bumped into these couple while transitting for 9 hrs in Dubai airport. Coincidently they were also waiting for the same flight. So we stayed together, talked, ate, got tired and got some rest. I was going back to get married and the bride here was going back to look for her wedding dress. Time really flies. So quick. And I'm still here everday waiting for my husband. Only God knows and can become James' and mine patience and comforter to bring us over this transistion period. He will strengthen us.

Remembering the time when I only have two weeks to get most of the wedding stuffs ready plus in the middle of getting ready for Chinese New Year. The wedding was very successful and was what I have wanted and I'm very grateful for everyone's help and time.

I remember when I just touched down in KK 9:30am, when James, my mom, dad and sister were there. We went to my favourite coffee shop for breakfast "wat tan ho" and immediately after breakfast we went to the Minisitry of Marriage to get the form, then to the Commission of Oath and back again to submit our wedding application. Luckily no queue at all and we got this important bit done in a day. The next day, me, mom and sister went for the wedding dress hunt. And again it only took us to shop three wedding shops and I had found mine in the third shop including the studio photo shoot. I cannot stop praising that it was really the soverignty arrangement from God.

My wedding invitations, flowers and venue decoration were unexpectedly but very amazingly handled by my dear relative. I only found out she runs her business as a party and wedding organisers when I was at home. My wedding venue is specially picked by me and mum as this place is where me and James met and most of my sweet time childhood is from here, where people there seeing me growing up and most important it was a place and the people there who have nutured and have helped me in growing through my spiritual life. Our wedding was smoothly annouced throught in the newsletter, msn head title and invitation cards. Also embrassingly annouced during my first high school reunion however it was sweet and unforgettable. It did surprised many ex-mates. But thank you for the gift and wishes.

High tea reception (just after wedding ceremony) and dinner banquet (as gesture of thank you just for family+relatives+close friends+people who have helped in preparation) were no difficulthy to find and food was awesome thinking that I started feeling a foreigner to KK. I should have taken the food photos. All big thanks to mum and her friends.

Hair and make-up, wedding car, venue seats & tables arrangement, wedding ceremony programme booklet, pianists, brothers leading the ceremony, camera man, videoing man, ushers, brothers entertaining the guests during dinner were all amazingly handled by my dear friends and brothers and sisters in Christ. These people were once with me and James in the youth service and seeing them all again and participated in the wedding ceremony has touched our heart as this kind of love definitely have to be love form God in them.

Minjin, Qianqian, Oioi, wishing you guys were here with us. Miss you lots.

Holiday in Istanbul

Awesome!!!! Since this February after coming back from home (Malaysia), I haven't really been anywhere after that. Gosh it was a near to death experience to do this. I really admire the people who can never take holidays and work all the time. Don't get me wrong as I do work so much harder than many people can imagine. Maybe I am the kind "work hard play harder".*LOL*

So on this August bank holiday weekend, I took 2 days off work with Lyn who happen to be my colleg from work and also a friend. Together we jet off to Istanbul on the Friday 22 August and just got back yesterday 26 August. Thanks Lyn for being my partner in this time travelling. It was an unforgettable moment. Lyn stayed overnight at mine and the next morning at 4am we took the taxi to airport to catch our 5:50am flight. We flew there with KLM (the Netherland's flight) and returned with Air France.

The Blue Mosque. Our accomodation was just behind this place. Certainly this is ours morning call too.Schipol airport in Amsterdam, Netherland. Known to be the coming best in Europe if not mistaken. Lyn has made a note regarding the Dutch people's hhhheightttt. Our hostel roomie was also from Amsterdam and he is dead tall.
I think this is some kind of TV games for the in-transitting passenger to kill time.
and laying down platform to sleep.

NO FEAR

I sometimes fear. No, I actually fear a lot.

What about you? What makes you fear the most?
Do you always fear? What do you do when you fear?

I get angry when I fear.
I become unusually aware of the surrounding when I fear.
I workout even harder when I fear.
I choose to watch extreme action movie and war time movie when I fear.
I choose techno type of music when I fear.
I talk less when I fear.
I still smile but not laugh when I fear.
Very blessed that I always find my greatest comforter when I fear.

This is me. I mature through transcending in my fear. This is how I come by. You can think what you want.

I will make me forget you.

I will forget you. That is the only way I can be freed from drowning the misery you gave me. When you see this I already dont know you. I will also have forgotten the days we had before. Dont be surprised when you see me laughing again.

See Dave...how he can "harm".........

With a friend we went to see this guy played. He is good looking right. *LOL* He is my ex-manager. I know him while working in a French restaurant in Newcastle - Le Normad. First time thought that he was a French. However he's not but just speak fluently French and dress smart. Anyway Dave was performing that night. He plays the harmonica in Verity Burton's band. That night has three great bands performing their best music.

Verity and her band. See Dave playing the harm

Just a thought of how cool is that lamp shade

The Unstable Table.