Back From a Soul Retreat from the Far East...

Just had to find time to write about the trip

i really almost didn't go for this trip...and from the beginning of the plan to go i was even already reluctant to go...there were thousands of reason why i shouldn't go....from changing working place to money and time constrain....and i wasn't really a fan of korean people....but under much persuasion and sponsorship!"thanks glams"!! i was on my way...

even on the day we were suppose to leave too i still had to work till night to settle things...and the dumbest thing was i didn't change money earlier so i had to change at the airport...packing was done in a jiff...from office to home and to the airport...!and finally boarded the plane!!...

the first thing when touching down at incheon airport then i realise that i really was in Korea....!!! it was like a dream...!

Ironically we had mcDonalds for our first meal in Korea!!!...but as usual language was the main issue when goin to a place that people seem to be very2 proud of their mother tongue...we touched down at 8am and the next flight was to Jeju Island...at 2pm... as usual we had plenty time to roam but decided not to that the risk ...so we took the train to Gimpo Airport... and stayed there for a few hours...we seem to be better at washing up in the airport now a days hehehe...

Jeju

We were met up by 2 pastors....Pastor Kwan and Pastor Lee.... ( Nice chaps..and funny too) and we began our ayam and itik ( chicken and duck talk) as both of them don't really speak English...thank God for internet...everytime they wanted to say something they used google translation hehehe...
it was fun playing the guessing game

 

hmm i seem to have no pictures with us and both our host....(shame on me)....we were somehow "dijaga" by our hosts.....they treated us like family...like a long lost family coming back home....

 

all i can say about jeju is :

 

It's a pretty and beautiful place to go to.....the scenery is awesome there...the weather was also awesome despite the rain and warning of thyphoon sanba....

 

 

 we also went to a trick art muzium which was fun....!!!

 after that we went to a choc muzium, Pastor Kwan's church member happens to be the owner of the place .. so we entered for free...( was really blessed by God's ways-Provision)




this was "DOG" (DUCK)...

the last nite we were there we were invited for homecell...and all i can remember the food was simple but marvelous!!... (disebabkan malu malu kucing terpaksa tahan diri dari balik2 ambil makanan)

the homecell..

whom everybody tot that i was a korean....

 

in jeju we stayed at the church...and i always was curious about sleeping style in korea...and finally had a chance to try it out....the floor had heater but only certain "range" not the whole floor...very practical for saving space...



 

 

during the last day..despite rainning everyday...the sun was bright...but nyeh it was our last day....

we were given breakfast by pastor kown and his wife...sanwiches..and it was yummy....

 

  UPDATE :31 January 2013..

 

 *this was written long long time ago....and i just tot off posting it...as you can see i wrote them in the hurry and if i read it again i just can't get wat i was trying to say....this was the first phase of our trip...and i hope i can write more about the trip which happened 5 months ago...(cerita pun lapok already)

 

but all and all this trip was one of the trip that change one's mindset...and really strengthen my faith..and change the way i see HIM...and reminded me that in this world there are still  human beings that are genuinely kind...all the kindness that i received during this are priceless and i won't be able to pay even half of it...

 

so far, i have decided to put all travelling plans on hold for a moment ( until i get my priority straight), but to tell you the thruth i really miss travelling and really miss being friends who i can laugh until it hurts...

As i wish i could always do things my way.it's really not...and as i face daily life feeling like a junkyard but which isn't really that bad....and as i try to enjoy life as it is when people don't understand how....and as i try to survive this life,and as i try to lift my head up high in the society that i am living in...i know that i am not alone..for God is with me during the loneliest time...

signing out as a person that :

Loves to eat

Loves to travel

Loves to have fun

and

Loves HIM.....

 

Did you miss me?

It's been ages...and i really miss writing here....i have lot's of post pending but most of the time work catch up on me and i am left with little time on my hands.....

as some of you might already know...i am married to my work now...( just that today is exceptional...this week i am having a hard time adjusting my feelings with work) - its a love hate relationship and trying hard to work things out....and yes i love my job being able to help people and meet people from all over...and YES i hate some people around my workplace too....!but then again after moving so much...i got a hang of it...and just retrieve to retreat mode...

but anyway...just a note to tell that i am alive...but a little not well...my back is still killing me...!

BUzzy As A Bee...

Hi Everybody...i am just taking time off from work to tell you all that i am still alive and living!!!....
i am so sorry that sometimes i don't reply sms or phone calls...cause now 24 hours seems to fly away each day....from the starting of work...there would be "hundreds" of questions shooting at me...via email...phone..and not to forget the long line outside my office door....!

Yes...i have since came back from Korea trip and is dying to write about it....or even tell people about it.....!! i had reallly a mind changing trip there....but ever since i touch down from korea...i haven't have time to sit and relax.....it's like being wash by the strong currents of work and family matters....

so above all...!! God is Great...and i am still wandering the road of destiny....!! Be blessed!!

a handfull of friendship....

as i ponder...i hope i have a handfull of friends that i can count on....

*obviously....selalu dipengaruhi oleh cerita2 "karut" korea hahahhaha....i am in the midst of watching "a gentlement's dignity....." maybe to some it's not really a good story...but somehow..it made me ponder and made my heart "jitters" (is it wat you call when you feel something tingling in a sad way in your heart)

to make story short...it's about a bunch of guys who are best friends and who have been through lots together....it's kinda romantic Com actually..makes you cry and laugh at the same time.... as i am towards the ending of the drama....made me think ...do i really have this handfull of people who will be at my side during sunshine or even when storms comes...and even if my world fall... and will i be that little handfull as a friend to someone....as we get older....or advancement in the age we are in...things tends to pile up...responsibility increases....people around us get older and weaker....and we ourself become weaker in body..

as friends when we laugh we laugh together...but hopefully as a friend when you cry i can't cry for you but maybe make stupid jokes to cheer you up even though i know that even i would not laugh...and when a friend feels the weight of the world on his or her shoulders...not that i can take tat away but maybe just listening and being there would make the heart feel better even if it is for a second....

there was a time when i had a conversation with a friend that if anything was to happen to her family i promise that i will be there to rush to her side....as i watch the drama...when one of them was at the most grieving time...the rest rush to his side despite knowing the consequenses as they help him dress up for his wife's funeral....!! how much i hope that we would never face things in our life as hard as this...but can't deny things are goin to happen and things will happen...may it be death..marriage..birth...sickness...wealth...promotion...new job...

as for the long raya break...i was with families...and some i have not seen for years...i realised that i really have grown older and should be wiser...at times people put high hope on us...we should be able to live up to expectation...

i was back for my maternal great grandmother's 100th Birthday..and they keep saying that she has live thru 3 big World Wars....as i look at her and she still can recognize me as i walk in the ballroom...i was touch...(as a big drama i will always be like a star LOL as usually i was late for the party because of my flight delay...but as i walk in they said she recognize me instantly...!) despite the last minute thngy to attend..i was glad i rush back...afterall how many family member will celebrate the 100th with you...!it was a good time catching up with families...and as usuall when family come together soalan bonus mesti di tanya...as usuall i would say on the way...LOL...

 birthday girl saying a prayer before blowing her birthday candles...'

 

the youngest decendant and the 5th generation who will be celebrating her 1st Birthday next month...

Life that should have been...!

the more i am reminded about what my faith is all about...and about the person that i put my trust or rather should put my utmost trust in...the more i realise that i have been slacking away and wasting my life worrying about things that i shouldn't be...

a simple reminder was given this morning in church that i realise that at times we should go back to basics...on really recalling the first encounter...!and in everything we should put our total trust in Him that holds our future....

been spending time with the family...and still trying to get use to being "single" and to a status being "family"...as i hear the elders speak..i realise that how our God is funny in a way He makes our life a long winding journey...yesterday was being a chaffeur of a granduncle and grandauntie...hearing them say how great God is to them that they never thought that they will be able to travel at an old age...(togou if you're reading this...remember the nenek yg masak sup ayam sedap itu??)......they were saying it was a blessing being able to still meet us as they are getting old and weak...i secretly dry my tears away...it's the time i at the my age having to think about how if things turn to the worst....how i remember when i was young...they use to look after me...and how i know the old folks spend time to pray for us the younger generations... off our daily life...for i know it was their prayer that God showed His mercy...

heartnote:*Tuhan bagi ku masa utk membalas dan menjaga org2 tua ku....!just a little while more....

Maggie Kari at 3.30am

it's 3.30 in the morning and i have a sudden craving off maggie kari with kimchi!! oh noss.....but no no no ...i can't..... this few days i have this weird habit of waking up in the wee hours and can;t get back to sleep....the worst things are the craving of food!!...haish...do you tend to get fat having cravings hahahaha...!!

today is my last day in the office before moving to the new place...!!ho ho ho...never thought it would only last for 1 year 1 month and 1 day....(rasa macam mo p beli 4d)..but all is well...i learned many things...

*oh ya..i am proud of myself of having a ticketless year of driving...for the first time since i got geri!! it has been 3 years..and it marked the years that my kaibigans and me started travelling out of the country...!! fuh guys...we have gone lots of places together huh? everytime i see my car thats what it reminds me off...starting of the chops in our passports!! long way to go to see the world...!!cheers...many more to go k....!( be it in group or individually)....keep on growing and never stop!! LOL

when it gets hard to give thanks....

thing that i am sure that most of usney of  have been through a phase that we just can't seem to see the bright side about anything we do or anything that we are going through...there are times that it feels like a journey in the desert...but as the saying goes...one must go through the desert to realise their own potentials...and see the real "tujuan hidup"....

as time goes..as i walk thru the soil of droughts....i realise somethings....i realise i have somethings that God had given to me that i took for granted...

i love this pic above....while taking this,my heart was moved....and there was a tear in my eyes that i pretended that there was dust in it....this was when i realised that who good God has been to me to have given me such great parents...who are imperfect in their own ways but the imperfectness makes them special....indeed i know sometimes they just can't stand each other but i know they need each other so much everyday in their life....this holiday trip together with them this time made me realise that i have not spend enough time with them and have not make enough afford to make them happy...

this trip was a diffrent one ..and i think i really was transparent to them about how life has been...how hard work has been...how faith is taking a toil in life...and they too told about how life was hard when they were young...i could see how much they sacrifice to put me through school....college... uni....

being with the family for a while made me taking God on how He has blessed my life through little things...

*knp lah perut ku nampak buncits sini??!!! its' not like tat in real life!!! hahahahha (tetiba spoil mood post ni)

as i prepared for this trip i realise that it took a reversal role...it was me looking after them...it was my turn to prepare everything..it was my turn to worry about stuffs...financially...bookings...security??!! hehe

but all is well in His time....and i realised how wonderfull He has been to me...as i walk thru this life whether it will be a lonely journey, i will have to remind myself to consult Him for the map of life....

 and as i live life as it is...i want to be able to know that i came to this world with nothing...and everything i own belongs is given by Him...

 this little beauty was scared of me when she was here...but she got used to me the last day they were here...nyeh and it was time for them to leave....this shows how little time i had with the family at home...i must make time..!

i had fun with the whole family being here...and it made me realise how blessed i am....even though i might not have a penny in my wallet...but i can't doubt the blessings God has provided me....

*reminder to self...do not doubt the richness of the Creator..for everything is in His hands....!!