new jersey (part one)...

15.09.2005
after 17/18 hours of flight... i finally got to JFK new york...

this was my first time taking KE... and their service was really good... for seoul-new york leg, they used 777 equipped with personal VOD system for economic class as well... its korean dish was so yummy yummy...

thx to jackson... who drove me from JFK to their church in new jersey... it took almost 2 hours of driving, one way...i.e. it took him a total of 4 hours driving back and forth...

i was so surprised to know that ita was just a U3 student... but she had to arrange all the stuff for the gatherings here...


16.09.2005
got up quite early this morning... coz of jet lag... but hopefully i could still manage to get some rest after the long flight...

bro/sis from various places gathered at ita's house this morning... halo elaine - who drove 2 hours from maryland to new jersey... some 13/14 choir members from toronto also arrived by 9... they had been driving overnite...around 10-hour drive all the way from toronto to new jersey... i was so touched by how they devoted themselves in serving God...esp driving such a long way to the states and serving the community here...

we departed from ita's home by around 11am... and we drove another hour to a chinese church in brooklyn... the church, and its building, was old... no, i should say the church was so "classical" with beautiful glass pictures on the windows... and today was just a bit too hot... the church had no air conditioning... well... #_#

let me introduce our special guest - mr boomjiu... he was our ad hoc helper on the lighting... when the program had just started for a few minutes...all of a sudden, the screen had no projection... instruments had no sound, no power... we had no electricity... em... mr boomjiu turned the MAIN power OFF... em... it took us some time to reset all the things... thanks to mr boomjiu...

little boy...

細路哥 (little boy)
作曲：陳奐仁@theinvisibleman
填詞：林海峰

細路哥　你得到什麼　你失去什麼
你知道　what are u looking for

herman, u know "what are u looking for"?

temple worship...

this morning, we have the "temple worship & temple prophecy" P&W gathering held at rev mak's church retreat camp...

this theme originates from the ACM P&W gatherings at hong kong coliseum, back in 2002... the idea is then developed into a more detailed program... we just have this program in our last ACM tour - "temple worship & temple prophecy" P&W gathering...

[yes, i promise to post my recap on the tour... i've been working on this... so be patient...]

since we don't have much time to prepare the full program for this camp... so we just do a shortened verison, the miniture one... but it does create the same impact on bro/sis... hallelujah...

10 days...

after working 10 successive days since last monday... i finally take ONE day leave today... sleep is what i need... yeah, yeah, yeah~~~

A-Z of God...

Although things are not perfect
Because of trial or pain
Continue in thanksgiving
Do not begin to blame
Even when the times are hard
Fierce winds are bound to blow
God is forever able
Hold on to what you know
Imagine life without His love
Joy would cease to be
Keep thanking Him for all the things
Love imparts to thee
Move out of "Camp Complaining"
No weapon that is known
On earth can yield the power
Praise can do alone
Quit looking at the future
Redeem the time at hand
Start every day with worship
To "thank" is a command
Until we see Him coming
Victorious in the sky
We'll run the race with gratitude
Xalting God most high
Yes, there'll be good times and yes some will be bad, but...
Zion waits in glory...where none are ever sad!

a week but still jet lag...

i've been back for almost a week... but yet to recover from jet lag...

the tour is great... i really enjoy the program, the team spirit... it is just a bit too short / rush for me... so want to stay longer with the team... but i also wanna meet my friends in montreal... so, hehehe... hoping that i can join the next year's tour...

here are some pics taken during the trip... pls come and share my happiness...

acm tour - new jersey / toronto @ click here

my short trip to montreal @ click here

just back...

just back... suffer from jet lag... so sleepy now...

the trip was great... will write later... need more sleep now... =p

finally... it comes...

finally... it comes... my long-waited trip to the states / canada will be starting in around 6 hours... u know how excited i am~~~!?!!

30'mething...

may i annouce the album of the year...

30'mething - presented by lamb 9 / jan lamb / lamball...
an album for the 60's & 70's generation...

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...