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thanksgiving

I thank God for everything that happened this year. I thank God for giving me such tough times in the beginning of the year. I thank God for all the comfort in times of worries and all the good friends that the Lord has brought in my life. It was during those hard times that I realised that I have good friends who are ready to help and encourage me. I thank God for finishing my master, I thank God for the paper that was published in a relatively good journal, I thank God that I could experience desparation and anxiety, it has been sometime I don’t know what suffering is.

I thank God that I could do part time @y, I thank GOd that I can do freelance @em, I thank God for all the interviews and all the failed ones. It made me understand not to choose something that I don’t actually want. I thank God for the opportunity to serve among the domestic workers and learn much from them. I thank God for the opportunity to go for retreat in the middle of the year that I am refreshed. I thank God for the discovery of self throughout this year. I thank God for all the confusion and the wisdom to pursue on.

I thank God that I could visit my family for 1 month and met my siblings and their spouses, even the opportunity to meet my little nephew, marvell. He is such a cute baby. May he grow to love and fear the Lord. I thank God for my sister for conceiving. May the baby be born healthy and be someone who loves and fears the Lord.

I thank God for the opportunity to work and train at the same time. I thank God for all the people I have met in the office, I learnt to work as a team. I thank God for the opportunity to go and live in Japan. It is such a great experience. I thank God for the new people I meet, the new culture I experience and the new places I see. They are all beautiful. I thank God for the opportunity to learn Japan, the know the importance of appearance and fashion. I thank God for the good apartment that has been provided, the good allowance that is given and all the many good things I have received. I thank God for the church I have found and all the new friends I meet. They are great friends.

This year has been indeed amazing. In the beginning, it was a great struggle and confusion. I did not know what I actually wanted to do. I did not know what I should choose. I was tossed to and fro. I was practically jobless for 6 months and I decided not to ask money from my parents as I am supposed to be old enough to be independent. Surprisingly, God provided. It was indeed amazing.

I thank God for 2007.

Forgive me my sins Lord. I am sorry for all the mistakes I made this year. I am sorry for being angry with my supervisor and some friends. I am sorry for being selfish and all the evel intentions in my heart. I am sorry for bad behaviour and all the good things I did not do. I am sorry for the evil that I have done unknowingly, I am sorry for being short-tempered and unthoughtful. I am sorry for falling asleep in the office, I am sorry for keeping all the evil thoughts in my mind. I am sorry for worrying too much, forgetting that my heavenly Father is watching over me. I am sorry should I hurt someone’s feeling as I am rather insensitive, I am sorry for not thinking the benefits of others and always putting self first. I am sorry for wanting to be listened but not to listen. I am sorry for all the self-centeredness. I wish that I will change next year.

there is no ugly girls…

only lazy ones.

 Yeah, that is true! If you see Japan, you see that most of them look great. Yeah, almost all. No Japanese girls will go out without make-up, as in full make-up with complete dressing, top to bottom. As a result, wow… it is really a different outlook. Yeah, no kidding, go to Japan and you will be surprised.

So, the bottom line is, learn to be presentable. Spend some money for clothes, shoes, make-up and all the details that all girls’ need. It needs money definitely, but perhaps that is the reason why we work, don’t we? We need to look good and have a great desire to look great.

errr update

Hua… this blog has not been taken care of, has not been pruned, watered and given sufficient sunlight. I have been lazy. I have a lot of things to share, but well, just no motivation to update. Perhaps, I am just occupied with other matters.

Perhaps this is just a little update as I still have other homeworks to do, e.g. completing some memorabilia and memento for this year.

Starting next week is 1 week holiday in Japan. hahha, Japanese loves holiday, there are 3 times 1-week holiday in japan, winter, summer and golden week. Moreover, every month there will be 1-2 days holiday. That is plenty considering japan does not have religious holiday. Can you imagine that? So, what occasions the holidays for? Hmm, mostly are for the emperor and the nature dedication. yeah, this is japan.

So, I will be completing my 3-month stay in Japan. It has been great, despite the many hick ups and some personal issues. Japan is an amazing country, I am still amazed how the country survives with no oil, little natural resources and frequent earthquakes. Three months in Japan and I have felt numerous tremors. yeah, it is mild, but still, the room is shaking. But don’t worry, the houses and offices and infrastructure are earthquake-equipped.

Well, last friday I was talking to one colleague and he told me that japan’s economy is pretty bad for many many years. yeah, i heard about that. It has been under economic slump. Surprisingly, it can’t really be felt as I see everyone is spending. But again, it is of course on the surface level. I don’t really know the reality, but from the observation in the office, I have come to realise, it is a bit hard.

Oh ya, yesterday I went to shinjuku for some shopping. Gosh, lucky that I have not bought anything as today, my Japanese friends told me that next year, which is a few days away, there will be great sale in all depato and the discount is quite big. Anyway, yerterday as I window shopped, I suddenly realise how good Japanese products are, I mean the fashion. Gosh, it is really really refined. Good quality! But well, it comes with a prize of course.

Just a little update. The work for the past week is good. I have been pretty busy and exhausted. The last few week I have been going to another office, which is slightly furthur, thus I need to leave the apartment early. I love the new place though, because it has a canteen and I don’t have to eat cold bento.

Btw, the temperature keeps dropping and it is really cold. Hua, I am thinking to buy an extra heater, but not sure how I can dispose it when I need to leave japan. Errr.. this is the problem of being a nomad.

Oh ya, last week on 24th dec, we had a christmas eve service. The service was simple, I liked it. I also met new friends there, they are from phillipines. Yeah, there are friendly and it is great meeting them.

Today, I went to church as usual and err late. It is good that i met some new friends as well. In the afternoon, I went to another church in tokyo, heheh yeah, I am free, blame it on my plenty time. I met a new friend, a Japanese. Hohohoho, I spoke japanese with her.  yeah it is great and well, she said my japanese is good. Errr.. for someone like me who like being praised… errr errrrr