heard an amazing story today from a friend of mine about looking for his dad. he has never seen or knew anything about his dad since the day he was born. all he has was an old phone number, an idea where he lives, and an idea of his name. after 20+ years of mystery and a month of serious and intense researching, finally located his father. god's grace

another story is related to my relatives about two brothers who are in their 50's to 60's. misunderstanding and character crash made them avoid seeing each other. when one comes in the country, the other leaves as quickly as possible...

on one side of the world, there is someone retrieving a lost relationship, on the other side of the world, someone's giving up what their parents have given them...

how much do you value relationship...

faster

every time i step on the gas padel under unnecessary situation or in a rush, i feel guilty of wasting extra valuable natural resources for the sake of my own convenience. moreover, i am spending extra money for that matter, basically buying my own time but sacrificing the world's resources... everyone in these days are trying to be more enviromental friendly, but how many people give up their use of cars and take public transits. millions and millions of people stuck in traffic each day, for what costs? everyone knows the world is dying but yet... amazing isn't it... no choice i guess...
imagine one day, just one day, the whole world, every country on this day, just shuts down... how many years can we save for this planet?
well, sad but true, tomorrow morning when i'm late for worship, i would step on the pedal, put on some more gas, tryin' to steal a minute or two...
how much would praying for the world works actually? hmm.....

ice cream!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Häagen-Dazs ice cream is my favorite. it's selling in the supermarket at bamburgh circle for only 3.99. i couldn't stopping looking at the refrigerator on all those different flavors i wanted to try. i wanted to buy them all....

strawberry is always my first choice for Häagen-Dazs; however, i picked up strawberry chessecake which is also tasty. i love chewing into the cheesecake pieces but the ice cream texture is a bit softer than the original ones. i like it solid and i will stop eating when it begins to melt.
the other day i tried Bailey Irish cream which is really smooth and creamy. i thought i would not like it because i was worried the Bailey taste will be overpowering. but when i tried, i liked it, and i liked it more and more because the balance of Bailey and cream is just right, not overwhelming of Bailey nor too creamy where Bailey disappeared. i was surprised.
Banana nut is another one i tried this week. as expected didn't like it one bit... banana is just not my cup of ice cream.......

Godiva ice cream bar is quite good too. belgium dark chocolate flavor is not too sweet and it gives a thick deep dark chocolate taste that will not make people feel too sinful
(((((((((((((((((( at costo, a box of 12 bars, $10.95 ))))))))))))))))))))))
LESS THAN $1/each!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
gotta buy them...
totally worth it!!!

Lam 9

watched lam 9's show on the weekend. it was good but i thought it would be better; maybe i have already heard some of the details of the show on 903...
there were some behind the scenes on the dvd... some people really got a lot of thinking going on after the show... they find messages behind some of his humor... they share some same feelings with his stories, they think about their own stories...

this is just like playback...
bring drama and some comedy elements into a play... people share their stories... and we act it out... with a sense of comedy... people smile and at the same time re-think their own past experiences... and hopefully there's a message behind it

should be quite powerful......

coffee house on last sat night was a success. i was put on table initially as the chairperson when i was not at the first meeting because i was in hk and i wasn't happy about it. i struggled with the idea whether i should screw up the whole thing and make it look bad sending them a message "don't mess with me" or i should make it look really good to show off my ability. but in fact, coffee house was not on my priority list among all my church and other servings. in the end, i didn't participate nor contribute much on the coffee house; i didn't even hold meetings properly. bessie (the minute person) held meetings and did an amazing job designing the decoration for the night, david wrote an interesting script for the skit and it was pretty funny, barry did an awesome job with the food team, and luke organized well with all the new comers and the table sitting plan. the actors, actress, emcees, welcome team leaders, food team people, sound person, speaker, and lighting people all did a wonderful job. what did i do? hmmm.... the only contribution i made for the whole thing was praying - before and after meetings. there were 16 new comers and our fellowship finally shows signs of potential and passion. what the lord did for the night was totally amazing. we couldn't ask for more. for some reason before and after the event, i felt i owned this coffee house even though i didn't do much; but i guess i did more than what i think i did. afterall, it was well organized and everyone had a great time and many new comers came. i was really satisfied.
what did i do... it was all HIS work.