And just like that. . .

perks of working in a mall, i get a privillege card which entitles me to pretty good bargains.

close up of my uniform

my overall uniform. its just the grey shirt with the word priceline on it and some cool designs on the collar

Christmas day

my attempt to be a good baby sitter. The rest of the Lee's were cherry picking while Kai and me just ate them. I dirtied my shorts and slippers with cherry juice while Kai dirtied his own clothes.

And just like that, it's almost 2009. Thank God i'm still in one piece. Made it through my second week at work and there's much progress in terms of the growing up side of me.

Celebrated my first ever Christmas without my biological family. I thank God for the other 'families' that i have here with me in Adelaide. Felt a bit like Chinese New Year at home coz we were going from one house to another just eating (food was a bit different, instead of chinese dishes, we had western stuffs) and the it was so hot!!! It's summer over here!!

On the 27th, couple of us 'remnants' went to experience the boxing day sales in Adelaide. For some reason, boxing day sales only starts on the 27th as opposed to the 26th for the other states in Australia. Made plans to be at the mall by 5.30 but i overslept. Thank God Erwin called and dragged me out of bed and manage to meet him and James at the mall at 5.45am. That particular mall only opened at 7 (we didnt know that) so being there so early, we were one of the early birds. And you know how the early birds always get the worms, each of us got a $103 dollars gift card. totally unexpected man. and it was David Jones (some mall which houses like really expensive brands, even after ridiculous discounts, i still think it's too overpriced).

Thank You Lord. :)

And right now, i would just like to take this moment to appreciate the one girl that has made me cry TWICE.

Ms. Lee Ee May.

I told myself that i would not cry at the airport when she left Adelaide back to KL but oh well..why try so hard??

haha.

You made a difference in my life.

missing you.

hope you have fun with chai chai and the rest. hehe.

Day 1

Made it through Day 1 of Work. Thank God. :)

Thank you Uncle Yoon Loi and Aunty Woon Do for popping over at the pharmacy today. Not to forget Ms JC and LL too :) also, for the countless sms' of encouragement and prayers. I was almost late for work coz there was a burst pipe on Main North Rd (the road i take to work), thank God i left early and made it just in time.

Boy, super tired man. 

Goal for the week: to last till Friday. 

The Rising Tide

It had all the elements of a typical Hollywood film. Away from home, slight drizzle (in replace of snow), Christmas carols in the background, gloomy clouds, nice fancy decoration and Christmas lightings and a good company to share and enjoy the time with.

I just realised again how blessed I am to be where I am right now in life. The beloved housemate left for holidays today and i now know how he felt when I was away but i thank God that so far, I'm handling it well. Instead of seeing misfortunes, i choose to see the opportunities available. And i thank God for this new change of perspectives. Hopefully, it's a sign of more to come.

Christmas is approaching; this will be my first time celebrating Christmas without my family, if memory serves me right, and yes, i'm missing them terribly but again, I'm choosing to focus on the opportunity to celebrate Christmas as how i see it should be done and not to forget the opportunity to celebrate it in a different country with a great bunch of friends and brothers and sisters.

I'm reminded again of The Best Gift of all that mankind could ever receive. 

Thank You.

Work is starting this Monday. I'm pretty excited about it actually. Hello 5 days a week 9-5 working in a pharmacy. Let's see where this goes. Pray for me. That I will try to be a light for Him in an already broken world.

Fuuh...

 AGM 2008

A long lost buddy

4.30am. 

Uncle's Church leader's son

Fuuuhhh indeed. What an incredible 2 weeks. Made a last minute random decision to fly to Sydney to chill for a bit. Spent some time with the Cousins. (one of them's coming over to Adl end of the month to stay with me - the good-looking one) Came back to Adelaide. Inherited Alva from Amanda for the summer. Packed and drove to Woodhouse for OCF Australia's annual convention, continued with AGM 2008, elected into EXCO OCF Australia. Had countless deep, thought-provoking conversations with a lot of people (one of them being Dr Calvin Ma, Director of OMF Aust) and now back in my lil unit in North Adelaide. fuuhhhh....

Finally get to breathe.

I look forward in anticipation of what is to come. If there is one thing that i sense God was challenging a lot of us during the past few weeks (thru the devo's, BS's, sharings, conversations) was that hey, I AM returning soon and what are you doing about it?  

Work's starting this Monday. That leaves me with the next few days to slowly settle back into the daily grind. Gotta prepare myself for what is to come.