Sunday, September 11

Mobile blogger!

部落格,我想,我回來了。

靜靜地待在家裡,其實也蠻好的。好久沒那個福份了。寧靜可以讓人思考,讓人做些有意義的事情。內向的人總愛一個人來充充電。

啊!!不想去上班呀!工作壓力越來越沈重,好無奈。胸無大志的人,怎麼可能會喜歡這樣子的工作呢?平平凡凡就好了。

每天上班就不停地聽五月天的≪笑忘歌≫,讓自己有種瀟灑的假想,解解工作所帶來的壓力。

可能可以考慮轉行,去讀語文科,當個翻譯員吧。今早就誤打誤撞地被逼上台翻譯牧師說的話了,也許,這是上帝的一個指示?嗯。。。可以考慮。等拿到了綠卡再說吧!

Tuesday, August 30

煩死了!煩死了!討厭死了!討厭死了!跟一班自以為是的蠢才一起幹活,搞得老娘的血壓往上飆!啊!!!!!!!氣死我啦!!!!!

發現到要學會把我的情緒,或者,也許,整個人抽離,才能冷靜地思考應對的政策。

人的驕傲、自負、自大,充滿了整個會議室,令我還以為今天參加會議的人太多了,感覺到會議室那麼地擁擠、逼迫,算算人數都一樣,原來是人的罪性填滿了所有可以呼吸的空間。

一走出會議室,就好想破口大罵,但,還是忍了下來。主啊!祢可要給我智慧呀!給我寬容的心,給我繼續為正義而發言的勇氣。看著人人為己的自私自利的行為,真的好難讓人不對這社會感到灰心啊。踐踏別人,就為了提升自己,唉。。。

Sunday, March 20

無動於衷

對某些事,無動於衷。

上個星期五和同事Sandy去吃飯的時候,聽了她的故事,了解到我有些事做錯了。還好,現在已經無動於衷了。感謝主!有祢的保守,一切還很好。

Friday, January 21

By Faith, We walk

The Retreat was purely accomplished by faith. A few people commented on what I have done for the retreat but to be honest, I do not think I have done anything. I think the only thing that I have contributed for this retreat was putting everyone into a position for them to serve. We are one body in Christ; without each other, we cannot function. This retreat is an example. The only reason it went well is because we worked as a team and were willing to serve each other.

This retreat has brought us closer to each other than ever before. Well, at least for some of us. Maybe you disagree, but to me, one step closer to God is also one step closer to your brothers & sisters in Christ. Experiencing the incident together, working as a team to resolve the issue and fasting and praying together were great steps in our relationship.

I never thought that fasting together could bring us closer but when I overheard some conversations regarding how the fasting went, I think the experience was a step forward for all of us in our journey of faith. Some of us had not fasted before and I admit that I am one of them. I thought it was going to be easy, 12 hours without food, but it turned out to be harder than I thought. There are so many temptations around me that I almost tripped. There were voices in my head that tried to convince me it was okay to sneak some snack and I was very very tempted! It is just like our life! There are so many temptations that can result in sin and we just have to keep reminding ourselves to watch out!

After everything that we’ve been through, I re-examined myself and my journey of faith. From the Sunday's reading, I realized that I have been busy serving here and there and have not spent enough time with The Lord. I worked on doing morning devotions the morning after we came back from the retreat. It was hard getting out from my warm comforter at 6:00am!

Through some conversations, I also realized that sometimes it is easier to justify ourselves and convince ourselves how godly we are by practicing morning devotion, reading Bible on a constant basis and praying frequently. However, without applying all these things we learn from the Bible into real life, we are no different than the Pharisees! We avoid people whom we find it hard to deal with, we avoid serving in church because there are too many conflicts, we avoid leading because we don't want to put up with all the opinions, we avoid this and that and...when can we put into practice the Christ-like characters we spent hours learning from the Bible?

Dr. Liu & Haedy's message was challenging and intriguing. Their testimony was very encouraging. It resonates in my heart for the past few days. To be or not to be? I need to figure out my "nard" and His purpose for my life.

Monday, January 17

Retreat Reflection

Once you accepted Christ, you are married to Him. You can no longer live your life as a single, carefree person. You should grow into who He wants you to be so that you can understand what He wants you to do.

I have been living a single, carefree life for...a very long time. I do whatever I want on my free time, or I should say, I wasted my free time however I want. From the retreat, I discovered how spiritually immature I am. Felt kinda terrified. The incident happened on the last night of the retreat is a warning, or also a blessing, since it is an eye-opener and a wake up call for me to stop wasting my time. I need to grow, I need to use my time wisely!

So, for 2011...here are a few to-dos:
1. Daily devotion habit (This is the toughest!)
2. Read the booksss that are long-overdue (Spiritual & Work)
3. Finish my GC process documents (yes, procrastinated for > 1 month now)
4. Finish my AIB coursework and get the certificate (It is a 2 years coursework but hopefully I can get it done in < 1 year)
5. Search for my "nard"

Gotta stop at 5. Need to take 1 step at a time...

Sunday, January 9

BASIC Retreat

Retreat is finally coming, counting down...Praise the Lord, everything is finally in place and I finished the financial assessment, SG assignments, food purchase, bulletin, transportation, and the only thing left to do is to purchase the fruits & vegetables.

A new girl moved in town today and I was contacted to provide her a ride to the church next Sunday. XY suggested that we should invite her to the retreat, which is, this coming Saturday. I am hesitated. After we decided that today is the last day to add anyone and have announced it to the group, and me as the leader, turn around and add another person? I wasn't sure what to do. Asked AW and she said that it is too late to add anyone at this point. Should I just leave it as it is? Is that the "right" decision?

I am stressed out. Maybe I should drop myself out from some of those duties I took upon.

Sunday, December 12

Shaken Faith

Most of the time, life gets so busy that the only time that I do not have to follow a schedule is weekend. So, I usually go to bed very late on weekend and ended up being too tired and do not pray before I go to bed. However, tonight, I felt like I needed to pray.

We went caroling today at a nursing home. My heart was filled with gratefulness tonight while I was praying. I started thanking God for everything that He had blessed me with, my health, my job, my finances, my shelter...I have never really lacked anything that I need! Yes, there are things that I want but those are not my needs. All my needs are taken care of.

As my prayer goes on and I started praying for XY, God spoke to me through the songs we sang. Yes, we sang of Jesus' birth and His redemption but the most important fact that we very often overlook is God's marvelous work and His plans that never failed. Tears started streaming down my face as He pointed that out to me. I have lost faith and hope through these trials and this period of waiting. I was not able to see the light at the end of the tunnel. There seems to be no light at the end of this tunnel! I am scared, worried and frustrated. My faith were deeply shaken. Despite praying about it everyday, I did not have faith that something is going to happen. I prayed about it because I know I need to pray about it.

Thank God for pointing that out to me. I need to adjust my attitude and faith. I need to be like the woman in Matthew 9:20-22.

Saturday, November 20

嘿嘿。。

呃。。最近太忙了,連曾經最愛逛的部落格也被我遺忘了。記得買了電話卡,要給馬克先生打個電話,都拖了四個星期了,還是沒打。好糟糕噢!真抱歉,還令他從遙遠的香港打來。。嘿嘿。。

接下來的幾個星期,還是一樣,很忙!嘿嘿。。可能再過兩個星期才打給你吧!

今天還過得不錯。七遲八遲才起身,弄了早餐、咖啡,邊讀書,邊吃早餐,好悠閒!下午,清清公寓,改改 XY 的簡歷,弄一下菜,待會兒就去朋友家吃飯了!

改了改部落格的設計,待有空再回來玩吧!

Sunday, September 19

Pressure

Pressure cooker is the appropriate way to describe my current work condition. Office politics, project politics, coworker's pressure, project pressure etc etc...

I started to realize and willing to admit that I am who I was. I have not changed much. One of the reasons I changed my major from PR to a scientist was human interaction. I do not like the envious, fake-friend, backstabbing, gossiping, walking on the egg shell kinda relationship. My office mates are...like that. I never liked to associate with coworkers, especially coworkers from similar department. Too much competition and it does get ugly. I still like my own little world, yes, my own little world with me & my job [.] If you could give me an office by myself, things would've been different. I am not sure if it is going to be better but I would have more control over it compare to now. Sigh...I just wanted my office...

Sigh...for quite a while, work had not cast a shadow over my weekend or weeknights. Now, it kinda started to seep into it again. The thought of going back for R.D. kept lingering in my head. This job has the potential to become very successful but I am not enjoying it. I like my freedom and friendly interaction. I like being able to enjoy my weekend & weeknights without thinking about the next day/Monday and dread over it. Do I want to go back for a R.D., and start everything from scratch? Or do I want to stick around this job and hope for the best to come?

O Lord! May You show me Your way and guide me. May it bring glory to Your Name and Your Kingdom!

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Update @ 1:56a.m.
1 Corinthians 10:13 - Guess I will stick around for a while... =)

Sunday, September 12

Ross King - Great is Your Love

My favorite song but was unable to find it for a while. The truth is, it was there! I was just a little too impatience.

Hmm...I started to find outside food uninteresting/unappetizing. I have been wondering why until...

XY and I have been experimenting with food lately. Last 2 weekends, we tried to make a salad dressing for a pear walnut salad. The raspberry salad dressing did not turn out too great, appearance wise, on our 1st attempt. It turns out to be more like an Italian dressing consistency when it was supposed to be like the Panera's Apple Chicken salad dressing. However, on his 2nd attempt, he blended them with red onion in a fruit juicer. The blending did the work! I was quite impressed with the quality of the dressing. Now that I realized that it is not hard to make my favorite salad's dressing, I became quite reluctant to order that salad if I do go to Panera again.

Hmm...I guess when I learned how to make the food, my frugalness kicks in and I became reluctant and unwilling to pay for the food that I know how to make or sometimes, able to make it better and healthier!
There goes with my take on Italian restaurant...and American restaurant...

Wednesday, August 4

Life Lesson

XY once asked in our Friday night Bible study, "What is the question you would ask God when you see Him one day?" My answer was, "What's next?"

Although I believe that we will be in heaven when we die and there will be no reincarnation, I am still hesitated about going to heaven. I felt like there is nothing to look forward to after being in heaven. I felt like this life is so much better with challenges and uncertainties…until lately.

Injustice is a common thing in this world. There is nothing much we can do about it. I was really unhappy about the whole situation but the only thing I could do is, suck it up and keep going.

For the past few months, I have been trying very hard to stand up strong despite everything else that seems to be going the wrong way around me. Sometimes I felt so tired to have to carry all these things with me. Sometimes, it felt so heavy that I just wanted to run.

This morning, on my way to work while listening to BBN, I realized that I have been too arrogant to admit that my life is not perfect or as happy as I wanted it to be or if there is even a complete happiness on this earth. There are too many uncertainties and unfortunate events. Finally, I am willing to humble down myself and admit that – No, I do not want to relive this life; No, I do not want to be reincarnated; No, I am okay to just finish this life and go to Heaven for good.

Being screamed at by the same guy twice this week. Ha! Life as a white collar worker. Glad that it wasn't my fault.

Life is still pretty okay despite some of these unfortunate events. Glad that the week is almost over. Another big day tomorrow.

Saturday, July 3

快要凌晨三點了。。好安靜。

聽著時鐘滴答滴答地嚮,生命也跟著一點一點地在流失,荒廢著。今晚突然不想睡覺,沒有睡覺的衝動。

最近很想放逐自己,去流浪。工作做了快四年了,卻覺得好累了。看來,我是不愛被約束的人。小時候,學鋼琴和芭蕾舞時,最討厭的是算拍子。結果,鋼琴也干脆不學了。老板老板,我要假期。老板老板,我要出去走走。

哎,還是去睡覺吧,免得明天像條死魚。。

Thursday, June 24

X-hausted...

Need a looooooong vacation.

The pressure from work seems to pile up as the day gone by. On the start of every week, I looked forward to the weekend to come by. Life should not be lived that way. The work seems to be more and more despite my effort to cross of the task on my to-do list everyday. I just needed a get away with no stress. No money stress, no human interaction stress, no job stress, no future planning stress...nothing! It seems hard to even find that kind of day!

Just leave me alone for a while. I need to unwind. Don't ask me to do anything or go anywhere, let me stay home. I just wanted to be ALONE! Oh, by the way, I am introvert.

Friday, June 18

Should I? Should I not?

The long abandoned space - my blog.

Pondering...Should I? Should I not? Kinda love it here...Sigh...What's there for me? What's the future? I need the VBS Binocular.

Mission trip...Should I? Should I not? Kinda too late there, ain't it?

Rain...what do "they" mean? Are they showers of blessings kinda rain? Or "What's up with you stubborn slow mover" kinda rain?

O_o Sometimes I wished that life's answer is that easy to figure it out.

Guide me, O Lord.

VBS is great this year, glad that I helped out. Sometimes not following the book is not such a bad thing. Think outside the box. Youth is a tough time, huh? How was my youth? I guess I did survive much better than most youth in the US? Life is tougher when you are a minority, huh?

Oh well, nice talking to you, dear blog. Might come back to bug you once in a while.

Feeling like....a cup of coffee tonight. Anyone to drink with? Me, myself, EC & You. =) May You guide me in every step I take.

Monday, March 1

Hmm...who am I to judge? Do my own part. =)

Sunday, February 7

Silence...

So quiet tonight. Been a super busy weekend but now, everything seems so quiet.

Roommate is asleep, RL is asleep, Santa is asleep, the Grinch is asleep, God and I are...awake. =)

Things have been great lately, I think. Chinese school teaching is more in an under control situation despite the overwhelming preparation for each class. After completing my Chinese school prep last night, I started to think that I should respect my teacherssss more. Not that I didn't respect them, I just usually hmm...rebel against them. Haha...Oh well. I wonder what my teachers thought about me when I was 4-6 years old. Am I a good learner? An obedient child? A troublemaker? Or I am just a stupid little kid. Hmm...

My kids started learning pretty early. They are in Chinese school at 3 or 4 years old. I don't even remember holding a pencil and trying to write when I was 4. Should I say they are lucky? Or should I feel bad for them?
It is quite challenging being their teacher since their attention span is like 5 minutes at most. +_+ I have to create all these activities beforehand and also on the spot. They are pretty much my lab rat to test it on. I have to be authoritative but yet loving so that they wont be afraid of me. Oh God, what had I gotten myself into?

Many many many things are on hold. Waiting on The Lord. Please continue to guide us, O Lord. Matt 6:13 - Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

Speaking of waiting on The Lord, RL and I are doing this study plan and we are on Genesis yesterday and today. In Genesis 24:14 and Gen 28:21, the way they spoke were like challenging God. Hmm...I guess that was Old Testament and it was not so much about faith? Hmm...

Sunday, January 24

幸福

幸福,原來就是那麼簡單。謝謝您,謝謝你。

有些被咬了好幾次的人,當幸福來敲門的時候,卻會很害怕把門打開。雖然最終可能把門打開了,也還會不自覺地令訪客感到不受歡迎而離開了。^_^

加油加油!謝謝您的祝福,期待您將為我們帶來的驚喜。人生應該就是要這樣子過的,雖要安於現狀,卻不可沒有上進心。雖要有期待,卻也要有隨遇而安的心。

Sunday, January 10

消失

最近,從網絡中消失了。FB也好久沒花時間去理了,更別說MSN了。別人的近況,都不太清楚,有點慚愧。
我們都到了在FB保持聯絡的地步了嗎?如果不在FB上關心別人的近況,是不是會讓別人覺得我們不在乎他呢?FB是否成為了友情的衡量,也成了一種非看/非理不可的壓力了呢?好想把FB戶口擺入冬眠。。冬天嘛,冬眠一點都不過份吧?

今晚只想靜靜地在家休息。好久沒一個人呆著了。好好。

老友們,我還活著,只是比較慢動作點地活著。
我很好,一切都很好。聖誕過得很好,新年也過得很好。^-^

Tuesday, October 27

蝸牛還是烏龜

老板終於都問了我那個問題。啊!!!我不知道啦。

要不要當領袖?還是要選擇別的方向?覺得這間公司怎麼樣呢?以後想當什麼樣的職位呀?+_+

老板說,我很有潛能,問題在於我什麼時候願意從我的軀殼走出來而已。我是蝸牛還是烏龜呀?那,龜兔賽跑我會贏嗎?離題了。。=_="
哎唷!好難啦!!那些人都是我老爸老媽的年齡,要我領導他們唷?這不叫虐待的話,那什麼才是虐待呀?好累。

膽子,膽子,你去了哪兒呀?噢,聽說你被魷魚嚇跑了。什麼?什麼?啊。。只有綠卡可以把你找回來。

累死了。。睡覺去。。

Wednesday, September 30

垃圾政治

呼。。這星期終於嚐盡了大公司的。。垃圾政治。

去開了一個超隆重的會議。三個小時的壓力後,老板說,“別擔心,所有的提議我們之前已經研究過了,都不太行得通,別浪費你的時間在這些提議上。”我眼睜得大大地,瞪著老板問,“那,我們明年再來開同樣的會議嗎?”老板見到我的反應,大笑了後說,“歡迎來到大公司”。
气結。。難怪本小姐的辦事效率那麼低啦。。每個人都是說說說,不怎麼行動,超。。悶。。的。。

老板嘛,就說嘛,要我嘛,好好地“處理”我的屬下。快要把我逼瘋了!好多好多的階段,不同的步驟,每一步都要三至六十天,好變態!還每個星期要和他開會,好折磨也。算一算,如果真的那麼不幸,要炒的話,會在聖誕節也!怎麼下得了手呀?炒,我心里都已經很難過了,也下不了手了,更別說在那個季節下手了。煩死了。為何要我來收拾別人的爛攤子呀?唉,怎辦?在反覆思量,該不該和老板求情,給他最後一次机會呢?但,他真的無論如何,都達不到我們的要求也。。
這幾天都在忙著處理他的事情,搞得自己心情也鬱悶鬱悶地。。還有多久才結束呀?心情悶悶地。。拿走別人的收入,好慘忍呀!下不了手!下不了手!難怪人家說,女人心太軟,成不了大業。算了,反正我也沒有成大業的夢想,讓我開開心心地做凡人就好了!

啊!煩死了!周末快來!