Tuesday, January 31, 2006
dear Aunt Donnave
I FINALLY got to meet Aunt Donnave and Ryan today! Yes THE Aunt Donnave, Abbey's precious aunt and so many of ours now hah I think we've all adopted her - as every one needs an 'Aunt Donnave'!
It was so special being able to meet them as it was like having a little bit of Abbey here too... if she was here that would have made it even more better! (btw when are you coming Abbey?!?) We all met at the Lamma ferry pier, and I could pick them out straight away as they were trying to find the ticket counter, so I kinda followed them, but not to seem like a stalker I just waited around the corner hah...
I was equally as excited to meet them as I was to go to Lamma, as I had never been before! crazy, since I've lived here for how long?! After a 25min or so boat ride we arrived and were suppose to meet some fo Ryan's friends, but there must have been some miscommunication as they weren't at that pier. Which turned out fine as we trekked up the paved hill and saw the beautiful sites of the mountains and trees, beaches and the power station. yes, it's Hong Kong and there's a huge powerstation with 3 big chimney stacks puffing out smoke into the beautiful blue sky... sigh
Our journey was motivated by the fact we had heard there was a little place called "Bookworm" that had amazing cheesecake! An hour and a half later, with the midday sun scorching down on us, we end up at the other pier to find only seafood restaurants and no cheesecake place :( I think we quickly got over the fact when we sat down to eat and ordered lobsters! YUMMMM!! I can't even remember the last time I had them, so that was a treat. Thanks Aunt Donnave!
Even more of treat was seeing John Snelgrove (our pastor at the Vine) and the family, along with some others from church, Karen, Mark and his dad... it was SOOO crazy! That's typical HK, where even though there are 7million people, you still manage to bump into people you know!
The best was when we were on the way to get an ice cream, we (meaning Aunt Donnave and I) saw these bags and yes we made a beeline for them and started ohhing and ahhing over them! I definitely know she's related to Abbey now! hah they were so cute we both had to buy one teehee... I love it!
Back on the 'mainland' we stopped off for coffee... and now I've been taking a break from coffee/tea/alcohol for the past few weeks (2.5 to be exact) so I can keep hydrated and train better for my run... BUT it's not every day that Aunt Donnave and Ryan are in town and that you have a chance to have a coffee with them. AND SO I couldn't miss this God-given opportunity, (who knows when I'll have another chance!) and pretty much downed a tall latte right there... sigh... it was good :) although now I'm paying for it ahhhh
What a great way to end the holidays! It was such a blessing to be able to meet more of the Abt family, they are so amazing and loving although their Texan accents makes me miss Abbey more! They're on their way to Guangzhou now, pray for safe travels!
hmmm... whose coming to HK next???
It was so special being able to meet them as it was like having a little bit of Abbey here too... if she was here that would have made it even more better! (btw when are you coming Abbey?!?) We all met at the Lamma ferry pier, and I could pick them out straight away as they were trying to find the ticket counter, so I kinda followed them, but not to seem like a stalker I just waited around the corner hah...
I was equally as excited to meet them as I was to go to Lamma, as I had never been before! crazy, since I've lived here for how long?! After a 25min or so boat ride we arrived and were suppose to meet some fo Ryan's friends, but there must have been some miscommunication as they weren't at that pier. Which turned out fine as we trekked up the paved hill and saw the beautiful sites of the mountains and trees, beaches and the power station. yes, it's Hong Kong and there's a huge powerstation with 3 big chimney stacks puffing out smoke into the beautiful blue sky... sigh
Our journey was motivated by the fact we had heard there was a little place called "Bookworm" that had amazing cheesecake! An hour and a half later, with the midday sun scorching down on us, we end up at the other pier to find only seafood restaurants and no cheesecake place :( I think we quickly got over the fact when we sat down to eat and ordered lobsters! YUMMMM!! I can't even remember the last time I had them, so that was a treat. Thanks Aunt Donnave!
Even more of treat was seeing John Snelgrove (our pastor at the Vine) and the family, along with some others from church, Karen, Mark and his dad... it was SOOO crazy! That's typical HK, where even though there are 7million people, you still manage to bump into people you know!
The best was when we were on the way to get an ice cream, we (meaning Aunt Donnave and I) saw these bags and yes we made a beeline for them and started ohhing and ahhing over them! I definitely know she's related to Abbey now! hah they were so cute we both had to buy one teehee... I love it!
Back on the 'mainland' we stopped off for coffee... and now I've been taking a break from coffee/tea/alcohol for the past few weeks (2.5 to be exact) so I can keep hydrated and train better for my run... BUT it's not every day that Aunt Donnave and Ryan are in town and that you have a chance to have a coffee with them. AND SO I couldn't miss this God-given opportunity, (who knows when I'll have another chance!) and pretty much downed a tall latte right there... sigh... it was good :) although now I'm paying for it ahhhh
What a great way to end the holidays! It was such a blessing to be able to meet more of the Abt family, they are so amazing and loving although their Texan accents makes me miss Abbey more! They're on their way to Guangzhou now, pray for safe travels!
hmmm... whose coming to HK next???
Saturday, January 28, 2006
godiva & jay chow
I had a moment last night... my boss gave each of us a box of godiva chocos for chinese new year and I've been having moments with them (like we did in auckland :P) and I just got some jaychow songs from a workmate and last night while I was waiting for a friend, I was standing in central listening to one of my fav songs of his eating godiva... it was a happy moment :)
I'm really excited about today, for several reasons -
1. i got to sleep in
2. i don't have to go to work
3. it's the beginning of chinese new year (a 4 day holiday)
4. i don't have any plans to do or anywhere to be
5. i'm still in my pajamas
6. it's raining - perfect for a day inside with movies and books
yep that's my day, it's good to just do nothing for a while, I've been listening to one of tom's songs (our worship leader at church) and it keeps going on in my head "i will be still, I will be still..." which in hk it's hard to do and but it's soooo important.
anyway happy chinese new year! :)
I'm really excited about today, for several reasons -
1. i got to sleep in
2. i don't have to go to work
3. it's the beginning of chinese new year (a 4 day holiday)
4. i don't have any plans to do or anywhere to be
5. i'm still in my pajamas
6. it's raining - perfect for a day inside with movies and books
yep that's my day, it's good to just do nothing for a while, I've been listening to one of tom's songs (our worship leader at church) and it keeps going on in my head "i will be still, I will be still..." which in hk it's hard to do and but it's soooo important.
anyway happy chinese new year! :)
Monday, January 16, 2006
does God like sausages?
this morning...
me: mummm, you put sausages in my sandwich (in my best whiny voice)
mum: hmm it's chicken franks
me: but i don't like sausageeessss
mum: just eat it, bless God
me: (huh??) how does that bless God? I bet he doesn't even like sausages anyway!
well, here I am, blessing God by eating my (yuck) sausage sandwich...
me: mummm, you put sausages in my sandwich (in my best whiny voice)
mum: hmm it's chicken franks
me: but i don't like sausageeessss
mum: just eat it, bless God
me: (huh??) how does that bless God? I bet he doesn't even like sausages anyway!
well, here I am, blessing God by eating my (yuck) sausage sandwich...
Friday, January 06, 2006
special
wow it's been a year since I made this blog known to the world... and so how far have I come since then? sigh.. miles... a different country, a different occupation, a different church, different friends, different lifestyle. and yes it is my birthday today, so it's a different age. It has been a really nice day, and I feel very special. I have been feeling as such for the past few weeks, with friends coming from all over the world, purposely fitting a trip in their travels to visit me - it's somewhat overwhelming to think that you actually mean that much to someone and in this case 8 someones :) thankyou
and earlier this week there was a gathering to celebrate my life (and it's continued journey) with various friends from different areas and times of my life coming together and the common element for them being there was me. I still can't get over that fact that people came because of me, who am I to be given that respect or love and yet they willingly gave their time and energy to be with me. I don't think I've really had something that has been so focused on me and usually I tend to shy from that sort of attention and so I go full circle, I feel very special and very blessed, thank you
going back to today, when I arrived at work, my desk was covered with beautiful fragrant flowers of all colours, balloons decorated my chair and I even had brownies for breakfast! My co-workers are amazing and put on a bbq for lunch with homemade patties, salads galore and a yummy chocolate cake. you can never go wrong with chocolate cake :) and to top it all off I was given a nano with an blue armband (to match our office colours) so I can run with! They all know I'm 'training' for my run in feb, ha
I have also received calls and messages from very dear people in my life, thank you for making my day a special one.
something I was thinking about the other day and of course today, is now that I'm 24, am I happy with where I'm at and what I'm doing and what I've done? I guess there's so much to analyse and sometimes that is not a good thing to dwell on too much, and yet it's always good to think about. and yes, I am happy, I love what I'm doing and the place I'm in. I know God has me here for this time and it's right. I just can't wait for what's to come, as it only gets better :)
so here's to the new year and another notch on the belt :)
and earlier this week there was a gathering to celebrate my life (and it's continued journey) with various friends from different areas and times of my life coming together and the common element for them being there was me. I still can't get over that fact that people came because of me, who am I to be given that respect or love and yet they willingly gave their time and energy to be with me. I don't think I've really had something that has been so focused on me and usually I tend to shy from that sort of attention and so I go full circle, I feel very special and very blessed, thank you
going back to today, when I arrived at work, my desk was covered with beautiful fragrant flowers of all colours, balloons decorated my chair and I even had brownies for breakfast! My co-workers are amazing and put on a bbq for lunch with homemade patties, salads galore and a yummy chocolate cake. you can never go wrong with chocolate cake :) and to top it all off I was given a nano with an blue armband (to match our office colours) so I can run with! They all know I'm 'training' for my run in feb, ha
I have also received calls and messages from very dear people in my life, thank you for making my day a special one.
something I was thinking about the other day and of course today, is now that I'm 24, am I happy with where I'm at and what I'm doing and what I've done? I guess there's so much to analyse and sometimes that is not a good thing to dwell on too much, and yet it's always good to think about. and yes, I am happy, I love what I'm doing and the place I'm in. I know God has me here for this time and it's right. I just can't wait for what's to come, as it only gets better :)
so here's to the new year and another notch on the belt :)
