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.