Australia Day 2005

Thought this was quite a natural picture of us! Eugene goofing around and me frowning at him! Thanks God for this very relaxing day..it was good!

Its Australia Day (Australia's national day)...and we went to North Head point at Manly beach...amazing sights! Wonder how these cliffs were formed? Has the water level dropped so much?

You take me!

My fav kid, Benji...has started to speak in whole sentences now, gone are the half words he usually uses..."you take me" is something he frequently says when he wants to be picked up. "I want mummy daddy" is another one. Interestingly enough he has also learnt to direct and command others to do things. We have a intercom system within our centre, so if you want to come into the centre you have to buzz an intercom system first, identify yourself then you can come in. So my little Benji says to mum and his sister (whom he calls "B", her name is Belinda), "B press, me talk mummy push", what a cute kid he is!
We have got a new korean kid in our room, and he has only been to Sydney a few weeks now. He know absolutely NO english...and he cries alot cos he probably doesn't understand anything we say. BUT he is super cute too...very korean looking. One day as he was watching me change the kids' nappies he started saying something in Korean...so i replied him in pseudo korean (i.e making korean sounding noises) and he seemed to think that i actually knew how to speak in Korean too...after that he was alot calmer and happier...my other colleagues have started using this "technique" on him too! amazing...

Newington

Newington...doesn't it have an intriguing ring to it? This is most definitely the suburb that we will be moving to! Really like the place and it just has a very peaceful feel to it. Now we are just trying to find the right apartment and the right place. For those who are interested to read about this suburb...www.newingtonvillage.com.au

Back home?

Am back in Chiswick...leaving Singapore was again very bitter sweet, i think it was only when i was back in Singapore did i realised how much i had actually missed my family and friends.
Am back...but still in the process of adjusting back to life here and the realisation that i'm actually back in Sydney, feel a bit lost and disoriented! It doesn't help that i have to select my modules for the year for my postgraduate dip...am so confused over many things, so would have to sort that out before Friday!!ARgh! Now it seems like it makes much sense to go on and take my masters cos it only means that i have to take 2 more modules...or so i think...have to find out for sure!
THe house is still in a mess...luggage is still out and we haven't given the house a good clean up yet, was busy stocking up the fridge and attending meetings in church over the past 2 days..messy.
We also realised that we would have to seriously look for a place to rent soon...now deliberating on which area we should move to...a bit of a headache cos have to consider convenience of transport etc etc...
Starting work tomorrow!! urgh...waking up early...routine...miss my family...
Yup the new year has started...

My first year as Mrs Ho

Today is the 1st Jan...and a year ago i got married to a God sent husband. Thank You Lord for your protection over this marriage and You have truely been faithful in watching over our marriage. This marriage has brought out the worst and best in me the past year and has brought me much joy and peace...i am feel most loved...Thanks dear for your patience, care, sensitivity, understanding, love, protection and humility...I thank the Lord for bringing you into my life...it was the most intimate expression of His love for me...

Leaving home and going home

Yup, have about 5 days more in Singapore and going back to Sydney come Friday. Mix emotions go with the thought of returning to Sydney. This trip back home has been a well needed one, it has assured me of God's faithfulness in looking after our families while we were away...but can't help but feel sad leaving them. Have spent as much time as possible with both our families and it truely has been a blessed time. Its time to go on with life...back to Sydney and still unsure of our future or what it holds. Looking into 2005, it brought back memories of the year that passed...all the many experiences and blessings and heartaches that came and went. You are awesome Lord and i feel so loved and cared for by You...thank You! I continue to ask for Your protection on our families back in Singapore. To the Wongs and Hos...our thoughts and prayers will still very much be in our minds....
Back to Sydney in 5 days time....tick tick

Grief

Grief does not discriminate...it has been almost a week since the Tsunamis hit Asia and it has taken me a week for the magnitude of the disaster to sink in. Painful reality is seeping into me as i watch each tragic news report that comes in. It could have been me...or my family. Life is short and unpredictable...a fact that sometimes eludes us...sometimes we think we are pretty much invincible, but we are very wrong...it is painful reminders like these that wake us up of our dull thinking. My heart goes out to all those we are grieving, i cannot start to imagine how that grief is like and i'm not sure i want to in the near future...not ready yet, but then again not up to me to decide. I know God has something bigger...things we do not understand, He does...that is enough for me....Lord grant peace to the grieving...the peace that only you can give...