Man of the Moment 
The face says it all
Manu Ginobili... whoa. You gotta have watched Game 1 of NBA finals to know what I mean. :P
It's been a while since I came here, and quite a lot has happened since then. The problem with blogging (or not blogging) is that once you take a break for a while, when you come back to blog its like waaaaiiiitttt there's so much to write you don't really feel like going through the whole "today i did this and did that" routine. Ok, but a few highlights yah?
So I went for free sailing lessons. Very fun... its a 3 week series, and after that I can take a boat out on the Charles River on my own, free of course. MIT has lots of cool free things. I like.
Fellowship. I go to Morningstar Boston on Friday nights for the Victory Campus Fellowship. I really like it there, and for the past 2 weeks we've had 2 very encouraging speakers come talk to us. God has been good to me, and this whole transition to Boston has been such a blessing. From settling in, to starting research, to meeting new friends, and of course, finding a fellowship. It feels like He had it planned all along. Even the whole process of meeting Tony and becoming good friends with him. Who would have thought?
And I met Shan, who has been perhaps the most welcoming/enthusiastic/same wavelength sister at Morningstar. Ok so recently I've decided that my first impressions of people are REALLY unreliable, but I'm hoping this isn't one of those. Anyway yah she's been really encouraging and friendly (the word friendly seems too vague but i can't think of a synonym) and I'm glad there's someone like her around.
Love... is about receiving... and giving. All kinds of love... parents, siblings, significant others, and of course, God's love. Just as He showers His love upon us, we must learn to love others too. Some ppl shudder and wince at the very mention of the word "Love"... it's like "eeeee why must say love" but then I always think, giving love does not have to be like "hug hug give you present say thank you I love you blah blah blah" sort of thing. Sometimes it's just about tolerance, about accepting others for their faults and praying for the best for them.
Last night, I thought about a lot of things. Us humans always have a million and one excuses for our actions. Don't know what to do, if only I knew what to do I'd do it, I know but I can't help myself... it's just endless. I make lots of excuses too, maybe that's why I prefer to do things quite last minute cos when time's running out you just can't make those excuses. When you start to see the urgency in the matter or start to realize its make or break, then the flow of excuses stop. Of course, some people only stop when it breaks. Heh.
There have been lessons I had to learn. Some... the hard way. Right now it feels like there's one looming in the near distance. I feel like I'm just awaiting its approach. Last night Will talked about having the courage to bear the crosses in our lives, just like Jesus bore His cross, but that in order to bear those crosses we need to have faith. Faith that by bearing those crosses in our lives for Him, the joy that we will receive aft will be eternal.
On the subway last night, Tony and I talked about how our lives have changed so much over the past few years. We came to USA with a completely different notion of how our education in USA will be like. And we leave... (or are going to leave) with so much more. Both of us found God's love over these few years and grew in faith in this foreign land with friends that we might not even meet again for the rest of our lives. It's quite amazing to just step back and look at the big picture of things... how each step and each turn of our lives have brought us to where we are today.
Hmm.. I'm rambling. There are lots of presents I need or want to buy for a lot of people. Many of them will be clothes, but then the problem I always have with buying clothes for people is that I am a bad estimator of size. Cos when ppl buy clothes for me they tend to buy not-so-suitable sizes, and so I tend to think I'll end up doing the same. But like Mummy always says.. bigger better. HAHA.
I'm going home... yes... Jul 19 tentatively, till August 11. I am really looking forward to that. I guess this year I've been really fortunate to have been with my family on so many occasions. Winter in China, graduation, and now summer... those times together are always bright sparks in my life to look forward to. I've been spending lots of time talking to my mum and sister too, phone and msn... somehow it's such a comforting feeling to know that they're always there, just a phone call away. When I first got to Boston and felt kind of lost... I emailed my mum and like 2 hours later she emailed back and then the emailing went back and forth such that each time I felt lonely I went to gmail and there was an email from her. How sweet.
ooh so cute
I'm coming back to see her!!! Can't wait!!
The face says it all
Manu Ginobili... whoa. You gotta have watched Game 1 of NBA finals to know what I mean. :P
It's been a while since I came here, and quite a lot has happened since then. The problem with blogging (or not blogging) is that once you take a break for a while, when you come back to blog its like waaaaiiiitttt there's so much to write you don't really feel like going through the whole "today i did this and did that" routine. Ok, but a few highlights yah?
So I went for free sailing lessons. Very fun... its a 3 week series, and after that I can take a boat out on the Charles River on my own, free of course. MIT has lots of cool free things. I like.
Fellowship. I go to Morningstar Boston on Friday nights for the Victory Campus Fellowship. I really like it there, and for the past 2 weeks we've had 2 very encouraging speakers come talk to us. God has been good to me, and this whole transition to Boston has been such a blessing. From settling in, to starting research, to meeting new friends, and of course, finding a fellowship. It feels like He had it planned all along. Even the whole process of meeting Tony and becoming good friends with him. Who would have thought?
And I met Shan, who has been perhaps the most welcoming/enthusiastic/same wavelength sister at Morningstar. Ok so recently I've decided that my first impressions of people are REALLY unreliable, but I'm hoping this isn't one of those. Anyway yah she's been really encouraging and friendly (the word friendly seems too vague but i can't think of a synonym) and I'm glad there's someone like her around.
Love... is about receiving... and giving. All kinds of love... parents, siblings, significant others, and of course, God's love. Just as He showers His love upon us, we must learn to love others too. Some ppl shudder and wince at the very mention of the word "Love"... it's like "eeeee why must say love" but then I always think, giving love does not have to be like "hug hug give you present say thank you I love you blah blah blah" sort of thing. Sometimes it's just about tolerance, about accepting others for their faults and praying for the best for them.
Last night, I thought about a lot of things. Us humans always have a million and one excuses for our actions. Don't know what to do, if only I knew what to do I'd do it, I know but I can't help myself... it's just endless. I make lots of excuses too, maybe that's why I prefer to do things quite last minute cos when time's running out you just can't make those excuses. When you start to see the urgency in the matter or start to realize its make or break, then the flow of excuses stop. Of course, some people only stop when it breaks. Heh.
There have been lessons I had to learn. Some... the hard way. Right now it feels like there's one looming in the near distance. I feel like I'm just awaiting its approach. Last night Will talked about having the courage to bear the crosses in our lives, just like Jesus bore His cross, but that in order to bear those crosses we need to have faith. Faith that by bearing those crosses in our lives for Him, the joy that we will receive aft will be eternal.
On the subway last night, Tony and I talked about how our lives have changed so much over the past few years. We came to USA with a completely different notion of how our education in USA will be like. And we leave... (or are going to leave) with so much more. Both of us found God's love over these few years and grew in faith in this foreign land with friends that we might not even meet again for the rest of our lives. It's quite amazing to just step back and look at the big picture of things... how each step and each turn of our lives have brought us to where we are today.
Hmm.. I'm rambling. There are lots of presents I need or want to buy for a lot of people. Many of them will be clothes, but then the problem I always have with buying clothes for people is that I am a bad estimator of size. Cos when ppl buy clothes for me they tend to buy not-so-suitable sizes, and so I tend to think I'll end up doing the same. But like Mummy always says.. bigger better. HAHA.
I'm going home... yes... Jul 19 tentatively, till August 11. I am really looking forward to that. I guess this year I've been really fortunate to have been with my family on so many occasions. Winter in China, graduation, and now summer... those times together are always bright sparks in my life to look forward to. I've been spending lots of time talking to my mum and sister too, phone and msn... somehow it's such a comforting feeling to know that they're always there, just a phone call away. When I first got to Boston and felt kind of lost... I emailed my mum and like 2 hours later she emailed back and then the emailing went back and forth such that each time I felt lonely I went to gmail and there was an email from her. How sweet.
ooh so cute
I'm coming back to see her!!! Can't wait!!
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