back from turkey...

we're back from a different world - a totally different experience...

taken 1,000+ pictures... will take quite some while to proceed & upload... pls be patient... haha...

turkey...

in around 24 hrs... i will be on my way to turkey... joining the tour with S.K.Y. travel (aka P&O)... my mum & i do have a high expectation with their services...

we will be visiting istanbul, canakkale (troy & pergamon), ephesus, pamukkale, konya, cappadocia, ankara and then back to istanbul in 8 days... flying with the qatar airways - a 5-star airlines (same grading with singapore airlines & cathay pacific)...

feeling very excited now! haha... seeya...

days without internet...

days without internet is horrible... how can the world without internet... //sigh...

happy NEW year...

this is a completely NEW year for me... at least two BIG changes in my life...

1. after serving as acm choir member for 4 years... i'm no more acm choir this year... as their practice has shifted to friday which i have fellowship... quite unwilling but have to accept this fact...

2. new job @ febc starting from feb 1... with great expectation... hehe...

and what else... think think...

mission trip to luoding...

during this christmas weekend... i joined a mission trip to luoding with my churchmates... luoding is on the boundary of guangdong provience... just a 30 mins drive to guangxi...

we had a 2 day program with a church there... praise & worship meeting (24th nite)... children sunday school (25th am)... youth fellowship (25th pm)... and a drama/presentation for christmas gathering (25th nite)...

the church is quite big... with around 2/300 ppl gathered for sunday service... n they aslo have a big group of children for their sunday school (around 5/60)... cool~~~

after these activities... we went sightseeing to the neighbouring city - zhaoqing... and then siu wood drove us back to his place - clifford in panyu...

p.s. got a great news during the trip... my colleague msg me that office will be closed from dec 27 to 29... and re-open on jan 2, 2007... woh... an additional LV... wakakaka...

come to an end...

tonite it is my last time serving with acm... i will have to leave the team as choir practice is shifted to friday evening... crashing with my fellowship time...

it is a very difficult but unwilling decision to made... as i have been with the team for 4 years... since my return to hongkong... lots of memories... tears & laughters... but it has come to an end... at least for a moment...

i will definitely join the BIG choir in the summer... coz i shouldn't miss the ACM 25th anniversary... rite?

holidays...

after the crazy ERA project... it's time for relaxation... actually we need to clear our annual leaves before the year end... so i have one or two days-off per week before my last day... yeah...

afterword...

finally it ends... it has been the week i slept less... every night we had to work till 2 or even 3... really a nightmare... especially when the mgt is not doing their work well... anyway...

it is a very very very difficult project i must say... the industry is not open but requires an extended network to be succeed... thank mmi for giving me this opportunity so that i could get in touch with these interesting people and friends in macau...

thank you Laoban... thank you Marilyn... thank you Rayner... thank you Lee Fund... thank you Geraldine... thank you Vijay... thank you SK... thank you Ian... thank you Ines... thank you Cissie... thank you Joanna... thank you Kitty... thank you IPIM colleauges... thank you every exhibitors... thank you Ken... thank you if i missed ur name...

it is my pleasure to work with everyone of u...

expo real asia...

after a year (less than a year indeed) of hard work... it finally comes to the event...

expo real asia... dec 4-6, 2006... macau tower...

resignation...

i have submitted my resignation letter... but my manager hasn't talked to me on this yet... dunno why... em... wait for another day...

[nov 29]
she finally talked to me on my resignation... just before i left office today... but she couldn't change the fact... anyway...

decision has made...

before my trip to munich... i met my ex-colleague ellen @ the christian book fair... she told me about a vacancy in FEBC which suits me - the christian organisation she is now serving... she asked if i would consider...

yup... upon my mum turned to Christ in aug... i have a strong feeling that i would leave this company very soon... as my Lord has answered my prayer and i need to respond - just a matter of when and where... it seems like the call for an action...

so i submitted my application... and finished my first round interview with the department head in early nov... i have my second interview with the executive director today... we have nice chat regarding my past working experience, spiritual / church life, future aspiration... and finally we pray and the offer is granted...

my new title will be the promotion officer (haha... no more apm!) in the Ministry Department of the General Office... a bit complicated but never mind it's just a name... my main responsibilities will be take care of the church relations & China projects...

i will submit my resignation letter next Monday... i know my present manager will give her speech... blah blah blah...

3.5 days in munich...

just back from a very short trip to munich... for the world's largest electronic parts & components show - electronica... we have a total of 130 exhibitors from hong kong... the group is co-organised by both mmi & hktdc...

we (my colleague & i + stand contractor) flew out on the 10th evening... arrived munich the next day morning... we got to the hotel which is next to our fairground by around 11am... soon after that we started working and checked over all the booths...

the fair opened to the public on the 14th till the 17th... but i needed to return right after the hong kong seminar on the 1st day... to rush back working on the real estate expo in macau in early dec...

i could only be in munich for 3 days and a half... no time for shopping & sightseeing... //sigh...

p.s. very likely that it would be my last time in munich if... pray...

12 days in a row...

another 12 days in a row... it was the electronicAsia (eA) show last weekend... and we were all deployed to work onsite... indeed i prefer working on the fairground, rather than any paperwork or making calls... //well...

work becomes soooooo tiring and exhaustive... esp when u have such a ridiculous and bad-tempered supervisor in the office... so thirst for a break... //sigh...

cheer up... cheer up... cheer up...!!! ^_^

macau, macau again...

i was in macau during the last 5 days... for the macau investment fair (a.k.a. mif) organised by ipim - the gov trade promotion dept...

it's so exhausting & tiring to work over the weekend... and also quite boring indeed - as most of the visitors are not really our target audience... the show is more like a "face-giving" party... //well...

but glad to meet with carman, harry & their little larraine... watching firework @ macau tower... having buffet @ sands... thx 4 the tam's...

p.s. my trip to munich in oct has to be cancelled... yeah~

acm retreat...

back from the 2-day acm retreat camp... here are some highlights...

* nice and in-depth sharing among groupmates...
* very informative and impressive teaching by mr lau...
* 2-hour quite time with God - so treasure the time...
* "marathon chat" till FOUR in the morning... woh~

for dawson...

i'm so shocked when knowing this campus shooting happened in montreal... in dawson college - close to amc forum @ atwater... a guy wearing in black... calling himself "angel of death"... went into the cafeteria and fired randomly... u can imagine how chaotic and panic it was...

hopefully all my friends should be okay... and still... i miss montreal so much...

//pray for the victims... for their families... and for the entire community...

upcoming itinerary...

here is a brief summary of my upcoming itinerary from sept to dec...

sept 22-26 @ mif, macau
oct 21-26 @ expo real, munich (50/50)
nov 11-19 @ electronica, munich
dec 3-9 @ expo real asia, macau/guangzhou

another trip to munich (again) during feb 07... //well...

so don't be surprised if u can't see me online for some while... i'm on the road...

5 years ago...

5 years ago...

i was up by around 9.30 in morning and left for school at 10... i didn't realize what's going on until that i saw ppl gathering around the tv set in SU office... they were watching the news - so focus on the screen...

//were i dreaming?!
//oh... my God...
//it's not a joke, is it?!

i couldn't really believe that... even the video was repeat and repeat... and all the channels were reporting on the same incident agagin and again... i was just so shocked...

and... i was actually there in july... my friends and i were in the basement of the twins towers... taking photos and having fun... oh, but now... we would never seeing the twins again...

even i was in montreal - an hour of flight from NYC... i could feel that ppl were all in fear and in sadness...

my n-th time in macau...

today i make my n-th trip to macau in this year...

my company is now working with the macau government (ipim) on a project - real estate conference & exhibition in dec 2006... so we need to travel a lot to macau for the preparation work and sales call - meetings with ipim, venue operator, hotels, associations, developers and other service providers...

again, i have my whole day in macau today... it's already my 3rd time in the last 3 weeks... but expect to come again next week, may be the week after next as well... and a-must in late sept (sept 23-26) for mif... better to get a macau ID... //haha...

conqueror...

the 3-nite ACM "conqueror" concert has come to an end... full of blessings, full of tears... coz everyone is being touched by GOD - HE is working among His people...

i'm so unprepared this year - coz of family matters & work duties... but GOD turns the weak to be strong... thank you GOD...

rev mak - thank u for ur sharing, really really touching...

maggie & thomas - seeing u again in Canada (?)...

maymay - take great care in Japan... may God blesses u 2...

so many to say... but just so tired now... //ZZzzzzZZZ