100-day countdown

our big day will come in 100 more days... both of us are so excited... and we are expecting this wonderful day to very come soon... haha... ^^

wayward kenting...

lately i was addicted to a taiwanese tv drama - Wayward Kenting 我在墾丁*天氣晴... it's about love but also about courage and dream-come-true...

ah Nan (郭紹南), starred by Ethan Ruan (阮經天), is my most favorite character in this drama (the 2nd male leading)...

grew in a broken family with his mum overseas... returned to taiwan searching for his dad but being rejected... all these resulted in a heavy-hearted personality... Ethan can handle it well and he can really reflect the kind of bitterness and painfulness in ah Nan...

but his life was totally changed by the new friends in Kenting... when Han-wen (the 1st male leading) & ah Nan opened a surfing shop... when ah Nan was fallen in love with Liang-liang... when Brother Chu drafted a proposal on environment protection & development... many many things turned around in a short time...

for detailed information about this drama... pls check it out at the official website - http://www.pts.org.tw/~web01/kenting/... but in chinese only~~~

home hunt - finale...

[july 14]
yup... home hunting again... it is neither taiwai nor diamond hill... indeed it is out of our targeted area - jubilee garden @ fotan...

actually the agent calls this afternoon regarding a new rental apartment with nice offer... it is marked 8,500 for 623 sq ft... so he urges us to pay a visit... but SW will have treatment after work... so i can only go there alone...

as descibed by the agent, the apartment is really good... having two bedrooms... one hugh living/dinning room... and half furnished (4 ft bed, 2 x closets, makeup table & open shelves etc.)... it is spacious & quite... really fitting our needs... the agent says he could check if 8,000 was acceptable for the landlord... we might even try 7,500, if we were lucky...

later in the evening (well, it is already 10pm)... i request another visit and go with SW this time... both of us find this wonderful... then the agent tries bargaining for us... and the rental is reduced to 7,500... we accept the offer and here is the deal...

we have been postponing our home hunting as we have too different perference and consideration in it... and we don't wanna argue... so wait until 4 months ahead of our wedding... we have it started... now with only a week and a few days more, we have got our "home"... God, indeed, has prepared a great place for us...

here we go... our new home... and we will collect the key next week...

home hunt...

we have limited our target to the followings:- taiwai, shatin, diamond hill, kowloon bay, yaumatei... already pretty large area rite, huh? but tonite we first started with taiwai...

we both love its community... not so packed and relax... we visited a few apartments near the KCR (should be MTR now, well...) station... most are nice... but the rental is quite high... 8,500 per month just for a 400~450 sq ft apartment...

our next station is diamond hill / kowloon bay (telford to be exact)...

jazz dance...

today is the first class of our jazz dance... a group of 10 (11?) from my fellowship joined... it's kind of fun and the most, most important is that we can exercise (to some extent)!!! hahaha...

getting old?!...

more and more friends are getting married... or start planning for their "big projects"... which also means that we are getting old (?!)... going through another stage of life... em... well... yes, i'm also part of this... ^^

quick recap...

a very quick recap for my wedding preparation over the past 9 months...

• pre-wedding pic: done... we took 4 different series...
• church: confirmed... chung chi chapel @ cuhk... 1.45pm...
• choir: tin chuen choir + cu chorus... practice starts in aug...
• bro/sister group: invitation sent... but yet to function...
• invitation card: first draft by fung yin on next week...
• wedding bands: picked the design... yet to fit...
• counseling: doris done... now meeting with fung sir monthly...
• church deco, wedding gowns, wedding car - booked...
• apartment hunting: hope to start/resume in july...
• guest list: drafting now... but yet to send out invitation...
• honeymoon: flight & hotels booked... more details to follow...

what else? less than 5 months to go... woh!

3D2N @ KHH...

after the febc 50th anniversary banquet... i can now take a (short) break...

i went to taiwan over the weekend... no more taipei but the southern part this time - kaohsiung & kenting... it was sunny and hot... i've almost got burnt by the sun... =p but i love this place very much... ppl in the southern are more friendly and nice... life is more relax and easy...

50-yr faithful serving...

i must give thanks for God's faithfulness and His guidance... the FEBC-HK 50th anniversary thxgiving ceremony & banquet was over... without His presence, it couldn't be so successful... even though there are rooms to improve...

this project was a bit too big for me... and it was hard... with not much supervision from my boss, i needed to handle most of the things... esp on guest registration and on-site in-charge... thanks to Ellen & Barbara... and also other colleagues who gave us full support and great help...

indeed there have been lots of changes since i joined FEBC... staff movement... job duty shift... still finding my "position" among all these changes...

p.s. the next big event for our 50th anniversary is the Concert on nov 2... well... so close to my big day~~~ x_x

restart...

i have been thinking if i should start a new blog... or just continue with this blog...

and my choice is to stay tuned... i'm back... ^^

btw... thank you for all ur msg... blessings... wishes... and the lunch/dinner/party....

wonderful arts...

today we have taken our first batch of pre-wedding photo @ wonderful arts (WA)... the whole process is so smooth and enjoyable... though it rains at the very beginning... but hopefully we can finish all the outdoor and indoor photos...

we give our greatest thanks to...

• T.Soo (Kanty's MUA) - nice and very professional... we totally understand why she is one of the top MUAs @ WA... thank you... yeah~~~
• Heilda (MUA assistant) - having 100%+ patient... esp it takes her double of time in setting my hair... i love it much...
• Ray (photographer) - funny guy... teach us posing... with very very high efficiency - we can leave before 8pm...
• Frankie (assistant) - taking care of our costume... lighting... my glasses & all sorts...

we have booked next Monday for photo-selection... our target is - to pick 12 photos and go~~~

Hallelujah...

ACM 25th anniversary concert has finally come to an end... what a wonderful evening it was... in this 3hr program... we reviewed the history of ACM... and we sang lots of the golden hits... though we had a very short moment of power shortage... ivy (ivy so) is such a powerful leader & she handled it so well... woh~~~ learning much from her...

it's always good to meeting with old friends / old "war-mates" in the moment like this... as i have quited the regular choir this year... i seldom see them as often as before... this concert is just like an annual gathering for me...

may thxgiving & glory be to our Heavenly Father...

how can it be?...

tonite is the first event of this year's ACM annual concerts... the theme is "how can it be?" - the revised version of "意想不到" in canada/the states...

personally speaking... i prefer the original version more... dunno why... maybe having greater involvement... and dedicated my entire beings into the program... but the message is still so refreshing...

it gonna be the second nite (also the last nite of this program... coz sat will be the 25th anniversary celebration)... around 25 bro/sis from my church will be there... hope that God's presence be with them...

crazy july...

july is such a nightmare for me... my colleague left the company in late june... but all the PR activities happened in the first two week of july... sigh...

wishing, and praying, that the replacement will come asap...

5th anniversary...

last nite i flipped again the pics i took in montreal... suddenly realise that it has already been 5 years... woh... where will i be in 5 years' time? i dunno... but HE knows...

second session with doris...

this evening we have our second session of pre-marriage counselling... the result of our PREPARE/ENRICH testing is as my expectation... we have quite different expectations in some aspects of our marriage life...

expectations, communication & conflict resolution are the 3 aspects needed to improve more... but we did score high in our spiritual briefs (full mark... hallelujah!) & role relationship...

our counsellor doris also did a brief analysis of our TJTA test - which we did during a church training... she remarked that our differences in value might result from our brougt-up in family-of-origin...

i think this analysis have helped us a lot in understanding each other... and how our mode of communication can be... good... our next session in be in mid july...

my first recording...

today i do my first recording @ company's studio... even thought it's only one line of script: "我是班裡的尖子生" (in mandarin!!!)... it gonna be part of a promo for an upcoming program about self-image...

how does it sound... i dunno but the producer seems like very satisfactory... wakaka...

happy birthday...

it comes to my last year of twenty-something... ooops...

thank you... and i've got all ur greetings (even as far from macau & australia)... i trust that it gonna be another year of great adventures and joyful blessings... thank YOU, God...

updates on wedding...

we have started our pre-merriage counselling with doris (praying hearts)... we had our first session on last thu evening... in this session we did a long long questionnaire of around 150+ questions... *_* results will be released in 3 weeks...

after the consultation... we went to an esd gathering - 3V studio forum - a total of 25+ jm and yoyo was there also... yoyo was on her holiday shopping around in hk... but she still had to work and made bookings... she did receive quite some orders that evening ($$$)... the place was just a bit too crowded but we had a fun time...

over the weekend... we went to see the carpet design for palace restaurant... it is so nice and elegant... purple in color with floral pattern... thx keung-gor (mr chan)... they are so willing to hear our comments... love them very much...

finally booked WA for pre-wedding picture... we just use the coupon... and +500 for sunday shooting... we will only pick 12 pic and go!!! hope so...

p.s. pixel cafe... ur service was so bad... and ur staff were so impolite... =<

意想不到 the finale...

just learnt from ta's blog... it was the last 意想不到 event for acm canada (the exact date should be may 19)... just remember how it started in 2005... the program keeps running over the past 3 years (05, 06 & 07 tours)... a total of 29 gatherings were organised... thx God that i was part of this wonderful experience...

to recap my sharing... pls click here...