worship crossover...

tmr nite will be the start of the annual ACM concerts... this year's theme is Worship Crossover... we will have different christian groups serving on the same stage... yeah yeah yeah~~~

sept 15...

in about 30 days... herman is heading to the states / canada...

air ticket is confirmed but yet to pay... my KE flight leaves hongkong on sept 15... and be back on oct 1...

my tour schedule is like this...

sept 15-21 @ new jersey (acm tour)
sept 21-26 @ toronto (acm tour)
sept 26-29 @ montreal

on sept 29... we (ar bel is so kind to be my driver) will drive back to toronto in the afternoon (i think after lunch)... so to catch my return flight departing from toronto airport on sept 29/30 midnite...

for the acm tour part - my main responsibility will be helping out at the sales table for nj & toronto stops...

for the montreal part - will be having about 72 hours of friends-gathering... eating... shopping... sight-seeing (i didn't visit most of those "tourist spots" when i was there)... & photo-taking...

plus... i'm still thinking if i should take a short trip (2/3 days) to nyc from sept 19-21... =p what a naughty herman...

Running Boy...

a.k.a. Marathon...

a film based on a true story about an autistic young man, Cho-won - how he communicates with the world through a marathon... and his relationship with mom / family...

far more than the 42.159km... but an heartwarming comedy... highly recommend...

if u can read korean, here is the official website.

to sum up...

i have had 11 meetings in a week... wah~~~

meetingsss...

my schedule is filled with meetings... meeting different ppl from chambers, CGs, tourism boards and as well the private sectors... i've had 3 meetings since last thu... and i will have another 8 coming up... but i really enjoy it... all these meetings are interesting and fun... learning a lot... ^_^

mileage...

still about the NA trip... still on the matter of flight booking...

originally the agent has booked me on NW... indeed i don't mind travelling with NW... since i'm their WorldPerks memeber, I can even claim the mileage (yeah~~)... the overall itinerary is okay... just i have to spend 6 hours for the EWR/YYZ leg... coz need to transfer at detroit - NW hub... which sounds a bit crazy~~~

so, we check if there is another option... we try KE... we book the flight bet'n HKG/JFK & YYZ/HKG on KE... then reserve a EWR/YYZ one-way on AC... guess what... total airfare for KE+AC costs HK$800-1,000 less... hallelujah~~~

AND... i just realize that KE and NW are under the SkyTeam Global Alliance... which means i can still earn miles under my WorldPerks account... wahwahwah...

JFKEWRYYZICN...

while checking out airfare for the NA trip... i've learnt some new "things" - the airport abbreviation... it sounds so interesting... and see how many of the followings u would know...

ok, HKG is hong kong - this is the most simplest one... but how about...

ICN
JFK
EWR
YYZ
YUL
RST
LGA
SFO
DTW
NRT
YOW
YVR
ROC
TPE

wow... who set up all these codes? really crazy...

tentative NA trip...

i will be going on a half-month NA trip in Sept... here is the tentative schedule...

15.09 @ HKG > EWR Newark, NJ
21.09 @ EWR > YYZ Toronto
28.09 @ YYZ > YUL Montreal
01.10 @ YUL > HKG

from 15.09 to 27.09... will join the ACM tour... will have some praise & worship concerts and seminars in new jersey and in toronto...

from 28.09 to 01.10... i'm heading to montreal for a few days... to meet old friends and to shop... hehe...

US/Canada, i am coming~~~ hahaa...

P.S. happy birthday to my "old, old" friend - carter...

pray 4 london...

nothing... just pray... amen...

2 weeks ready...

my remark for working with the "new" boss / environment in the last 2 weeks is - so far so good, i hope...

need to adjust my mindset... need to pick up some new knowledge... it all sounds familiar to me, but also quite new... em... yes it is really challenging and uneasy... hopefully, i think, it gonna be much better a week later...

but one thing i would treasure is that... becoz of my job nature, i can meet quite some old friends at tdc... yeah yeah~~~

experiencing macau

today a total of 17 ppl from my fellowship have a day trip to macau... it is not a mission trip but kind of a "experiencing macau" tour...

we are in 4 different groups... going to different areas / places... mainly around the central (for the rich) and the northern district (for the poor)...

the trip is really fun... we try NOT to see / listen / feel macau as tourists... we learn quite a different "macau" from our past experience...

here are some photos taken from our "experiencing macau" tour...

my trip to yunnan...

what a wonderful trip... our group has only 11 ppl... all are nice and funny...

yunnan is great... with nice scenary... i have taken quite some 600 pictures... here are the online albums to share... pls enjoy...

Yunnan 8-day tour (2005.06.11-18)

turns 27...

finally turns 27 today...
an year closer to 30... //sigh... hahaha...

happy birthday to me,
happy birthday to me,
happy birthday, happy birthday~~~
happy birthday to me!

thx God for His 4ever guidance and providance...

a surprise b'day party...

yes... it is supposed to be a surprise party for me... eventually it doesn't work out... somehow, the surprise party is being de-surprised... i'm such a good detective... =p

thank you for all the brothers and sisters... chris, cow the angel, vicky, siuwai, shirley, jaiphen, ar yin, alice, edith, puikit (danny), vincent, angel, laihar, david, mr & mrs chan, mr & mrs mak... and those, for whatever reason, couldn't join us tonite...

thank you for your b'day gift... it is so touching... ~~>_<~~~~ once again, thannnnnnkk yooooooouuuu (x 1,000 times) !!!

em... btw, this friday will be my last day @ CCCon...

contract signed...

today's afternoon, i went to MMI... and signed my letter of offer...

as told by cissie, i would be assisting her in two new shows in hongkong (gonna be my main job duty)... one is about leisure goods (apr 2006), and the other is for sports goods sourcing (sept 2006)... both are joint events with TDC...

should have more information after having the first meeting, with TDC, on this thu...

i will report duty on june 20...

my new "toy"...

just forgot to introduce u my new "toy" - the HP pocket pc, model rx 3715...

haha... i'm not rich but they do offer 12 month interest-free installment plan from credit card (the most evil side, the dark side, of credit card)... *_*

but, yes, i love it... i love it very much... plus, with the HP promotion, i can get a 1GB SD card (memory card) as free gift... it is really a good deal, rite? yeah~~~

updates: the new challenge...

it has been almost 3 weeks since i first got the call from ex-boss... em... yes, the decision is made: i will take the offer... back to the exhibition industry...

after lots of prayers... seeking His guidance... sharing with friends... i think i need to move on... move on to the next stage... i will leave CCCon in mid-june... it is not a easy decision though...

in this new post... i will be assisting the manager, mainly, in two new projects / exhibitions, including the leisure sport expo, to be co-organised with tdc... plus some existing fairs, to re-package the show, like the real estate industry expo in the mainland...

gonna sign the contract / letter of offer next week...

may God's peace be with me always...

so many things but a prayer request again...

so many things happening lately... say moving office, new and unexpected projects... but i think the prayer request is more critical... and here comes the story...

today i received a call from my ex-boss at the germany exhibition company MMI... she asked if i would like to work with her again... according to her, the company gonna expand and extra manpower was needed...

my feeling was so strange... amazed... coz it's not making sense... couldn't really understand... indeed dunno how to describe the feeling... since there should be quite a lot of good / suitable candidates in the market... but why she has to call me??

to be honest... i'm really 15/16... em... i'm happy with CCCon... i love my colleague... they are so friendly... and we are really working as a team... plus i can have flexi time for my ACM serving...

on the other side... i have been longing for a job which is more PR-related, more marketing-oriented... to work in the exhibition industry which is really attractive...

well... this offer would have a more "foreseeable" (in my mum's sense) future and prospect... plus i assume that i can start saving up money for my other plans...

but what is my career path?

so i'm really frustrated... should i go or stay... so pls do pray for me... pray for the peace from God... no matter what the decision is... what i want is His peace... thx~~~

sexual orientation...

we have such a case in hongkong...

a 2nd-floor bookstore refused to put some pamphlets - promoting a book on lesbian lifestyle, funded by the gov - on their news stand... since the director and owner of that bookstore is a Christian... even though it is not a Christian bookstore... they don't think it is appropriate to put such materials in the store... so they rejected...

this is just half of the story...

a lesbian organisation - Rainbow Hong Kong, then claimed that this incident had showed that they (lesbians and gays) were being discriminated in Hong Kong... their human rights were being intervened... 2 LC members, Chiu-hung Cheung & Emily Lau, said that Hong Kong as a plural society, the public should be more open and supportive to different minority groups... they urged the government to pass the anti-sexual orientation discrimination bill...

my goodness... should we have a bill to protect heterosexual's rights?

i found love...

"i found love" - this is the song we have been practicing in the singing class for the last couple of weeks... it is so difficult: in term of its tempo and its melody... esp i, as a bass (second bass), have to sing a "high A" note (ok, it is the so-called "high A" in male range, u know what i mean?)... this "high A" is really out of my range (as my upper range is just an "E flat", or "E" the most)...

yes, it is difficult but challenging... and we are having fun as well... hopefully we could make it one day!!!