Today, Southampton people would be meeting at Janet's house for hot pot dinner.
People attending...
Janet/Daniel/Ezra
Kristy/Ryan/her daughter/ her husband
Dawn
Virginia
Joyce
Sham/Yron
Irene
Saturday, 27 February 2010
27 Feb 2010 - Wonton, Dumpling time!
We were making loads of delicious wonton and dumpling yesterday!
About 1.5kg meat + 1 white Chinese cabbage
1.0kg meat + 0.5kg prawn
+ 0.5kg watercress
+ 1.0kg shanghai pak choi
2kg of wonton skin
2kg of dumpling skin
About 1.5kg meat + 1 white Chinese cabbage
1.0kg meat + 0.5kg prawn
+ 0.5kg watercress
+ 1.0kg shanghai pak choi
2kg of wonton skin
2kg of dumpling skin
Monday, 15 February 2010
09 Feb 2010 - Computer bug.....you little bugger
My Sony Vaio......got a bug / many bugs.... >__<
Not good....however, thanks to David (again) and his dad in advising me on using disk clean, degragment, delete cookies. dl Avast anti-virus program to clear out virus. Use McAfee and microsoft milicious software to remove any milicious software... Looks fine so far....keeping my fingers crossed x
Not good....however, thanks to David (again) and his dad in advising me on using disk clean, degragment, delete cookies. dl Avast anti-virus program to clear out virus. Use McAfee and microsoft milicious software to remove any milicious software... Looks fine so far....keeping my fingers crossed x
07 Feb 2010
Another happy day with my Hun Hun David... hehehe
Not a happy moment for mum as she is not feeling well....
Many mix feelings can happen on one day...
Not a happy moment for mum as she is not feeling well....
Many mix feelings can happen on one day...
05 - 06 Feb 2010 - Christians reflectioon on 2007-2010 financial crisis...
05 eb 2010
This really really ancient friend - Flora Lai met up with me in Sham Shui Po that Friday night. We had dinner in TCT cafe, then dessert in HK dessert near Mong Kong Langham place. We spent three hours chatting none stop about our previous life in Westwing School, Clifton High School.... It was indeed good!
06 Feb 2010
Open day in Cheung Chau Alliance Bible Seminary School. We had the honour to met Ca Chair, my long time good friend/ brother in Southampton, who is currently studying his second year there. David and I also had the houour to meet the CEO of Fortis (David YF Yu) to gave a talk on Finance title - A Christian's reflection on the 2007-2010 Financial crisis. Below is the short presentation.
Impact of the Financial crisis
-Banking crisis
-Plunging asset price
-Rising unemployment
-Soring fiscal commitment / deficit
-Replacement of government / oficial
Events prompting the crisis
-US housing bubble
-Loan incentives
-Low interest rate
-large inflow o foreign funds
-liquidity
-mortgage frauds
-Financialization (CDO, MBS, ARM)
-Rating agency /modelling
-Commodity bubble
-Government/ deregulation
Financializaztion
Dead donkey. A farmer promised to sell a donkey to a young business man at a price of 100 dollars. However, before the donkey got sold, it died. So the farmer told the business man that donkey died. The business man said nevermind, sell me the donkey still and I can sell it out. So the business set up a raffle tickets by selling them at 10 dollars each and sold to 11 people. The thing He told the rafflers are that ticket no. 1 can get the donkey. So ticket no. 1 person came to collect it, and realised he had won a dead donkey. The business man then told him, don't worry, I will give you two dollars back and you can also keep the donkey. This is how the finance company make money.
!The business nowadays are not capital based, but finacialization method based! This is why problems comes.
Remecial action
-Central banksproviding funds to encourage lending
-Bailing out key financial institutions
-Economics stimulus programs
-New control measures
-Public Relations
Are the remedial actions the bes means of restoring economic 'health'?
-The implicit belief that unleashed appetite and consumption represent 'health' is delusional
-The remedial actions continuethe basic bad habits we have develped, premised upon the beli that deeper debt preduces greater growth
-The moral dimension o the crisis is not tackled
A deeper crisis - Moral crisis
-'Greed is good' - Manager's captalism
-Sound ethical standards are discarded as outmoded 'Good guys finish last'. Individual and corporate cultures not guided by principles and purposes beyond 'short term profits and economic terms.'
-Freedom is defined negatively - the absence of constraint. Consumption, massive personal and collective debt are manifestations of 'unleasehd appetite' in the name of freedom.
A christian's stance on wealth
-Greed alienates us from God
-The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it' (Psalm 24:1). Our ultimate good consists in being rightly related to Him, not to any o the things His world contains.
-We must conform fully to te image o Christ, whatever that may demand of us.
-Christians are commanded 'to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share' (1 Tim 6:18). Sharing should be the default mode for Christians.
Biblical teaching
-The Talents -the servant rewarded is the one who ulitilizes that money as a tool to be utilized in promoting whatever God's goals are.
-The Eye o the Needle - money is not evil. It's very difficult not to yield to the temptations o money and make it our god, but doesn't mean it can't be done.
-Utilize the economic system and money and conduct our vocation consisten with our underlying faith values
Biblical teaching
-Path of the righteous - Proverbs 4:18-19
The path of the righteous is like the first glea o dawn, shining ever brighter till the ull light o day. But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble.
-Golden Rule - Matthew 7:12
So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
A more moral captalism
-The conomic system s part of God's plan
- The vision of captalism is to lift the poor out o poverty and human sufering that's prevalentin the world. Until all are lifted, the task is not done.
-Putting the stability of the entire system above one's own person al gain
-God is in the details. The more perfectly we do our - the more God is honoured.
Observation
-Challenging ethical and moral issues o the modern economy
-Many financial/business persons have ailed, thus church support is crucial
-Few seem to understand the moral dimention or have sympathy for the calling of business, and encourage business as a Christian calling
-Let's be prepared to provide guidance regarding the unique opportunities, restraints, and temptations o the businesspersons' calling.
After attending the above talk, we listened a talk on 'Creat happy little readers'. Teaching adults how to give their children the books, with cartoons that their child like, colour books, huge words on one large and meaningful. I just know that after lisstening to this talk, God's great wisdom on bring up children is greatly needed!
This really really ancient friend - Flora Lai met up with me in Sham Shui Po that Friday night. We had dinner in TCT cafe, then dessert in HK dessert near Mong Kong Langham place. We spent three hours chatting none stop about our previous life in Westwing School, Clifton High School.... It was indeed good!
06 Feb 2010
Open day in Cheung Chau Alliance Bible Seminary School. We had the honour to met Ca Chair, my long time good friend/ brother in Southampton, who is currently studying his second year there. David and I also had the houour to meet the CEO of Fortis (David YF Yu) to gave a talk on Finance title - A Christian's reflection on the 2007-2010 Financial crisis. Below is the short presentation.
Impact of the Financial crisis
-Banking crisis
-Plunging asset price
-Rising unemployment
-Soring fiscal commitment / deficit
-Replacement of government / oficial
Events prompting the crisis
-US housing bubble
-Loan incentives
-Low interest rate
-large inflow o foreign funds
-liquidity
-mortgage frauds
-Financialization (CDO, MBS, ARM)
-Rating agency /modelling
-Commodity bubble
-Government/ deregulation
Financializaztion
Dead donkey. A farmer promised to sell a donkey to a young business man at a price of 100 dollars. However, before the donkey got sold, it died. So the farmer told the business man that donkey died. The business man said nevermind, sell me the donkey still and I can sell it out. So the business set up a raffle tickets by selling them at 10 dollars each and sold to 11 people. The thing He told the rafflers are that ticket no. 1 can get the donkey. So ticket no. 1 person came to collect it, and realised he had won a dead donkey. The business man then told him, don't worry, I will give you two dollars back and you can also keep the donkey. This is how the finance company make money.
!The business nowadays are not capital based, but finacialization method based! This is why problems comes.
Remecial action
-Central banksproviding funds to encourage lending
-Bailing out key financial institutions
-Economics stimulus programs
-New control measures
-Public Relations
Are the remedial actions the bes means of restoring economic 'health'?
-The implicit belief that unleashed appetite and consumption represent 'health' is delusional
-The remedial actions continuethe basic bad habits we have develped, premised upon the beli that deeper debt preduces greater growth
-The moral dimension o the crisis is not tackled
A deeper crisis - Moral crisis
-'Greed is good' - Manager's captalism
-Sound ethical standards are discarded as outmoded 'Good guys finish last'. Individual and corporate cultures not guided by principles and purposes beyond 'short term profits and economic terms.'
-Freedom is defined negatively - the absence of constraint. Consumption, massive personal and collective debt are manifestations of 'unleasehd appetite' in the name of freedom.
A christian's stance on wealth
-Greed alienates us from God
-The earth is the Lord's, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it' (Psalm 24:1). Our ultimate good consists in being rightly related to Him, not to any o the things His world contains.
-We must conform fully to te image o Christ, whatever that may demand of us.
-Christians are commanded 'to be rich in good deeds, and to be generous and willing to share' (1 Tim 6:18). Sharing should be the default mode for Christians.
Biblical teaching
-The Talents -the servant rewarded is the one who ulitilizes that money as a tool to be utilized in promoting whatever God's goals are.
-The Eye o the Needle - money is not evil. It's very difficult not to yield to the temptations o money and make it our god, but doesn't mean it can't be done.
-Utilize the economic system and money and conduct our vocation consisten with our underlying faith values
Biblical teaching
-Path of the righteous - Proverbs 4:18-19
The path of the righteous is like the first glea o dawn, shining ever brighter till the ull light o day. But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble.
-Golden Rule - Matthew 7:12
So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you, for this sums up the Law and the Prophets.
A more moral captalism
-The conomic system s part of God's plan
- The vision of captalism is to lift the poor out o poverty and human sufering that's prevalentin the world. Until all are lifted, the task is not done.
-Putting the stability of the entire system above one's own person al gain
-God is in the details. The more perfectly we do our - the more God is honoured.
Observation
-Challenging ethical and moral issues o the modern economy
-Many financial/business persons have ailed, thus church support is crucial
-Few seem to understand the moral dimention or have sympathy for the calling of business, and encourage business as a Christian calling
-Let's be prepared to provide guidance regarding the unique opportunities, restraints, and temptations o the businesspersons' calling.
After attending the above talk, we listened a talk on 'Creat happy little readers'. Teaching adults how to give their children the books, with cartoons that their child like, colour books, huge words on one large and meaningful. I just know that after lisstening to this talk, God's great wisdom on bring up children is greatly needed!
12 Feb 2010
Got a little bit free time, so I have been going back time to 'blog' down my special time spent in HK.
On 12 Feb 2010, met up with my UK university friend Yan Taw Boon. As he would be in HK. Went to the banks and opend HSBC bank and investment account.
Bond, shares, funds, unit trust...you name them. HSBC is surely happy to have customer investing online.: >
It was a good time to catch up with uni friend, just bring back the good memories.
Try the roasted bun with condensed millk, which was delicious! Yum Yum
On 12 Feb 2010, met up with my UK university friend Yan Taw Boon. As he would be in HK. Went to the banks and opend HSBC bank and investment account.
Bond, shares, funds, unit trust...you name them. HSBC is surely happy to have customer investing online.: >
It was a good time to catch up with uni friend, just bring back the good memories.
Try the roasted bun with condensed millk, which was delicious! Yum Yum
Valentine 2010
Sweet day on 13 Feb 2010. David and I celebrated our valentine's day one day in advance. As on the 14 Feb 2010, it is also the Chinese New Year (CNY) day which we won't have good quality time together because we planned to visit families on CNY.
Hehehe.. that day we met at 10:00am in HK victoria park. Then there is this handsome white prince named David, waiting for her snow white princess with a bunch of red roses. This special bunch of red roses was decorated with pretty cute white and purple little flowers, wrapped round by a nice net with yellow glass paper, plus there is wet cotton at the bottle to prevent dryness.. What a detail sweet thought. Guess who can make this nice special bunch of roses? ......da da da da..... David, my white prince charmine! Also, there is aeroplane olives (Chinese style herbed), with a pretty box of heart shape chocolate.. I am so touched....
.....I love you my dearest! ^3^
Thank God that we met! Thank God that He is love so human would know what love is and can experience part of it! Just thank God.......
Hehehe.. that day we met at 10:00am in HK victoria park. Then there is this handsome white prince named David, waiting for her snow white princess with a bunch of red roses. This special bunch of red roses was decorated with pretty cute white and purple little flowers, wrapped round by a nice net with yellow glass paper, plus there is wet cotton at the bottle to prevent dryness.. What a detail sweet thought. Guess who can make this nice special bunch of roses? ......da da da da..... David, my white prince charmine! Also, there is aeroplane olives (Chinese style herbed), with a pretty box of heart shape chocolate.. I am so touched....
.....I love you my dearest! ^3^
Thank God that we met! Thank God that He is love so human would know what love is and can experience part of it! Just thank God.......
Happy New Year
14 Feb 2010 - First day of the year of Tiger
It is also a Sunday so I went to the Hong Kong spirit food church in Causeway Bay with Chik's family and David's sister together with her son Bryant.
We had a great sermon on Five blessings from God.
Then we went for Yum Cha together at Jade Garden. That day was the day when Bryant, the little boy and I talked most since we have met for a few times. It was great and he is a cute clever boy!
Then David's mum and dad drove me back home and said Happy New Year to my parents too. It was a good time and a blessing time indeed. Thank God for such meaningful time.
Mum is much better, althought she claims to have tummy ache, slight dizziness and little 'redness' which is not very good. Thank goodness that on the 15 Feb 2010, David's dad had a look at mum and prescribed her some chinese medicine.
It is also a Sunday so I went to the Hong Kong spirit food church in Causeway Bay with Chik's family and David's sister together with her son Bryant.
We had a great sermon on Five blessings from God.
Then we went for Yum Cha together at Jade Garden. That day was the day when Bryant, the little boy and I talked most since we have met for a few times. It was great and he is a cute clever boy!
Then David's mum and dad drove me back home and said Happy New Year to my parents too. It was a good time and a blessing time indeed. Thank God for such meaningful time.
Mum is much better, althought she claims to have tummy ache, slight dizziness and little 'redness' which is not very good. Thank goodness that on the 15 Feb 2010, David's dad had a look at mum and prescribed her some chinese medicine.
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
Big and small sermon
www.icahk.tv/index.html
A good website for listening to online sermon from International Christian Assembly church.
It is their 35th annerversaries
What I learned.... in Zechariah 4:6 - Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord Almighty
A good website for listening to online sermon from International Christian Assembly church.
It is their 35th annerversaries
What I learned.... in Zechariah 4:6 - Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord Almighty
- God can make big things small
- Opportunities from God are often seens as impossible
- He doesn't know what to do, but know who to go to
- Are you facing a big mountain ahead of you?
- Zech 4:6
- Gaxeing higher, growing closeer, going further, it is not just gazing, but higher, not just growing, but closer, it is not just going somewhere, but much further.
- there will be many obstacles before us so we can gaze higher
- there will be many high mountain
- many diffculties before we can go further
- God uses difficulties in order for us to be blessed
- God uses problems to direct us, to inspect us
- God uses mountains to correct us
- God uses problems to protect us
- All all times, God uses problems and diffcutulties to perfect us
- He turn seemly defect to amazing victory
- He makes the impossible, possible
- He turn the big things into small, like turn the red sea into dry land
- God rain manna to feed the Isarel
- God stops sun to let Isarel victory
- Luke 18:27, God makes impossible, possible
- What is your mountains now?
- Is your sickenss, financial, marriage, children?
- You may say you have a lot of problem, not just one, today, but accumulate
- GOD WILL TURN THOSE BIG PROBLEM INTO SMALL
- HE WILL MAKE A WAY FROM NOWAY
- Jerimiah was told that Is there anything too hard for God?
- 1 Cor 1:26-29 -
- Don't underestimate small things
- sling stone that kill Gloati, wooden staf that departed the red sea, mustard seeds of prayer that move mountains, two small fishes that fed 5000
- God loves / takes pleasure in using small things and turn it big
- God delights in doing big things in using small, seamingly insignificant things
- God prefers the huble, not the proud
- God prefers the weak, not the strong
- God's power is made perfect in weak
- Doing big things in God's kingdom, not our ability, it is about our weakness, our smallness.
- Still we need to keep the spirit of smallness
- Not just something to live on, but there is something to live for
- It is better to die for something, than nothing to live for
- Do you have something to live for, to die for?
- Offer your smallness to God and see what God can do in your life
- Jesus needed 12 disciples to turn the world and is still impacted by those 12
- God does make small things big
- The directors are just as human as you and I....but the only diference is we are prepared to offer what we are to God
- We are a church of ordinary people which church is doing extraordinary things
- Pray that God will use our ordinaryness and that he will make a difference, and in Him, it will become extraordinaryness...
Mum's final injection!
Praise the Lord! Today 03 Feburary 2010 is my mum's sixth - the final chemotherapy injection. Praise God that all six treatment went smoothly. Indeed thank God.
Yes, with the FAC + T treatment, there are times when she just wants to sleep, no appetite to eat, throw out things and intense stomach and headache.
The first three injections with FAC drug in combination, her first week is bad.
Day 0 - injection
Day 1 - she is still fine
Day 2 - Day time is alright until the night time and she starts sensing the drugs' side effects. Red cheeks, large amount of hairs starts to fall out with sllight pull, headache.
Day 3 - throwing out, tummy pain and has to take drugs to sooth her tummy
Day 4-day 7 - throwing out, lose appetite, red cheeks, tired most times, just wants to sit around the sofa corner and do nothing
Day 8 - day 21 - much better without taking drugs. Can walk around so we go out to yum cha and shopping. Her body is still weak and needs a lot of sleep
The last three injections with Taxotere single drug treatment has a different 'bad' effects. Although she claims that it is less severe than the first FAC treatments, she has no appetite at all.
First 3 days - As she is taking the steroid to reduce side effects, she is totally fine. Although her face is slighly red, she is still eating and walking around.
Day 4 - Day 14 - Side effects kicks in as she is no longer under steroids. These includes red cheeks, no appetite, just plain rice porriage she eats. Her tummy is very unwell, her face and eye is a bit swollen.
Day 14 - Day 21 - much better on her third week. At least her sense of taste is better, her tongue is no longer that white. Her appetite is better.
So Praise God indeed. May our Lord continue bless my mum's health. Strengthen her body day by day. Strengthen her faith day by day. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.
Yes, with the FAC + T treatment, there are times when she just wants to sleep, no appetite to eat, throw out things and intense stomach and headache.
The first three injections with FAC drug in combination, her first week is bad.
Day 0 - injection
Day 1 - she is still fine
Day 2 - Day time is alright until the night time and she starts sensing the drugs' side effects. Red cheeks, large amount of hairs starts to fall out with sllight pull, headache.
Day 3 - throwing out, tummy pain and has to take drugs to sooth her tummy
Day 4-day 7 - throwing out, lose appetite, red cheeks, tired most times, just wants to sit around the sofa corner and do nothing
Day 8 - day 21 - much better without taking drugs. Can walk around so we go out to yum cha and shopping. Her body is still weak and needs a lot of sleep
The last three injections with Taxotere single drug treatment has a different 'bad' effects. Although she claims that it is less severe than the first FAC treatments, she has no appetite at all.
First 3 days - As she is taking the steroid to reduce side effects, she is totally fine. Although her face is slighly red, she is still eating and walking around.
Day 4 - Day 14 - Side effects kicks in as she is no longer under steroids. These includes red cheeks, no appetite, just plain rice porriage she eats. Her tummy is very unwell, her face and eye is a bit swollen.
Day 14 - Day 21 - much better on her third week. At least her sense of taste is better, her tongue is no longer that white. Her appetite is better.
So Praise God indeed. May our Lord continue bless my mum's health. Strengthen her body day by day. Strengthen her faith day by day. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.
Monday, 1 February 2010
Haiti earthquake...
.... happened on my birthday 12 Jan 2010. It was indeed sad to see the earthquake. What is even sadder is that the prisoners escaped and just hurt people by knife, gun and stole the food resource.
Pray that God will show His mercy to that place. Pray that enough daily resource is given to the needy. May God bless and restored that place. Most importantly that the Holy spirit will use the Christians over there to spread God's love to Haiti people. Amen.
Pray that God will show His mercy to that place. Pray that enough daily resource is given to the needy. May God bless and restored that place. Most importantly that the Holy spirit will use the Christians over there to spread God's love to Haiti people. Amen.
Doctor doctor...
Accompanied mum to QEH today. This would be her last chemotherapy doctor's appointment....as it will be her final 6th chemotherapy injection on 03 Feb 2010! Thank God!!! My mother surely can't wait. ^__^
Tried a wasabi fillet O fish burger at Mcdonald today...it is quite nice.
Tried a wasabi fillet O fish burger at Mcdonald today...it is quite nice.
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