Christmas .....

Well .. another slack Christmas :D

It's 26 Dec, the second time in this year that i'm able to sleep past 8 hours mark (1st time when I was sick 3 mths ago, so not counted huh :P) Later will go out to meet Sin Li, Lamia and Chiuan Chorng for lunch; go boxing day shopping (Target: 1 pair of jeans, 1 sweater, 1 pair of shoes); and follow by dinner with M&S (not Mark & Spencer, but Marcus and Samantha).

Tomorrow we'll be off to Lee Valley for another really 'Food-Fun-Filled' 3-days getaway trip! We're going to have steamboat on the first night and dumpling on the 2nd night. Of course, lots of movies, games, sleep ... probably a bit of nature-walk around the lake area (pending how cold it is)

Really looking forward for New Year eve countdown though, not because of the countdown (I tell you, it is really SPECTACULAR. The firework display ON London Eye, is to me like the time machine thing on Stargate. And of course the 'people mountain people sea' scene!) but because i'm friends from Cardiff, Glasgow is joining us for dinner n countdown. I'm so NOT looking forward to the journey home though! Although Natwest 'proudly' sponsors the free transport on that night, again the 'people mountain people sea' crowd is really freaking me out! Last year, we spend 2 1/2 hours just to go home, a journey normally 40 mins! God will make a way ... where there seems to be no way :P

After all these, everything will be back to normal! Need to finish up my transfer report ASAP! Pls pray for me: able to pass the transfer (from MPhil to PhD) with flying colour!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!

Happy Birthday, Pa n Ma!! :D

Today is my dad's birthday (21 Dec) .. n tomorrow is my mum's (22 Dec)! Since young, we're glad that we only need to buy a cake to celebrate their birthday! Just wanna take this opportunity here, on my blog, to wish them:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

I'm so glad i'm a THEN!! hehe

'Kad Tiram' once was lost, but now am FOUND!

Kad tiram (Oyster Card) is a smartcard which Londoners use in our daily commute. Something like 'Touch n Go" in Malaysia or "Octopus" in Hong Kong - just touch in and touch out.

And as typical chinese, i'm super kiasu n always finding ways to save money. If you are a student, if you apply for a Student Kad Tiram, you are entitled to 30% discount if you purchase a season travelcard. Normal people will probably buy on monthly basis. But after comparing the price of annual travelcard and month travelcard .. the money that i could save is £95. So, i bought an annual travelcard! So now, my kad tiram is worth the value of £620!

I am always very careful with it, realising how much I would lose if i lost it. No matter how careful you are .... it will happen! And it happen tonight ....

It was 10pm, after CG, preparing to sent visitors home using the church van. It was so cold that ice was formed on the windscreen, so I drove the van to the back of the house, to get some hot water to melt the ice. After that, began the journey of sending Ah Sun to Old Street, Candy and Gemmy to Bank station, Ivon to her City Uni hall n the long journey up north to Kenton for Louise. It was on the way to Kenton, I touched my pocket n realise my Kad Tiram was gone! calmed myself, praying in my heart, hoping that I put it in my bag at home

The panic came when I reached home n checked my bag! No kad tiram! Check the living room! No kad tiram! Check the rubbish bin! No kad tiraM! This is really really bad! It was more than 2 hours if i accidentally drop it on the street, n by then it will be gone! Fear for the worst (actually not that bad, coz i'm able to get replacement card n maybe lose some money over the waiting period), I went outside the house to start looking!

My first place to search was behind the house, where I melted the ice on the windscreen. And IT WAS ON THE FLOOR!!! To me, it was really a MIRACLE! After 2 hours plus, it was still on the floor! No one actually pick it up!

Kad Tiram .... once was lost, but now am found! :D

Updates since ... my last post! :P

Wahhh ... my last blog entry was 23 November! I can be this slack huh! Anyway ... after the church anniversary last month, i've been busy 3 things: church and PhD.

Church: CGs has been doing great, with more n more new people joining us! Prayed for 10 new Christians to join us early October n now, we already seen 9! (Anita, Harry, Gemmy, Louise, Ivon, Wilson, Adeline, Tommy, Nejuma)! Hatfield CG will be regarded as a mission field (since it's outside M25 <-- normally being regarded as the border of London) at the start of 2007. Nottingham CG, Sin Li n Lamia are surviving. Hope I can help them more in the coming years! Recently, i really enjoy leading worship in church ... coz after attending worshipcentral seminar, I really long for spirit-led worship. For past weeks, Holy Spirit is really moving among the congregationg! Thank God! Last night, the hatfield CG went for a mandarin-spoken Christian musical, called Here With Me! It was so awesome! The story, the music! Really enjoy it very much! Currently we're all busy organizing Christmas activities for church n CG (am about to leave soon, coz I am late for caroling on the street at King's Cross :P). Tmr will have Christmas service in King's Cross Baptist Church (which we aim to hit 200 attendance) then follow by a Christmas dinner at my house! It's gonna be another 'sell-out' .. coz estimate about 30+ ppl will 'squeeze' into the humble ministry house! :D

PhD: Just 3 weeks ago, we received an email from our PhD tutor, saying that all the 2nd year PhD students have to do our transfer (from MPhil to PhD) earlier .. which is NOW! Shock of our life ... but yea.. now all of us will not have such a relaxing holiday! Even now today is Saturday, i am now back in college, hope to get some works done .... but end up doing nothing! Anyway, it is really good for me, cause since my 9th month progress report (6 months ago), I've managed to done some FE modeling with ANSYS! Getting a better grip on it now, but still need to work hard! Also manage to use VPN (Virtual Private Network), which I can simply access my PC in IC by log on to the VPN by remote desktop! (don't worry if u don't understand). What it means is, i can work from home! :D So pray for me yea ... i'll have my transfer presentation end of JaN!

Personal life: Have watched a number of movies recently: Casino Royale, The Holidays and The Myth (jackie chan's). Also celebrated several birthday: Twin's, Soo's and Anita's! Went for 2 'swim-car-river' during the nights, which was pretty refreshing! Now family are all in NZ touring! Wish i were there, but thank God i'm not .. coz if i were, i'll surely panic for my transfer!

Well .. GOD IS GOOD!! I'm enjoying His presence!