More random sights

Merry Christmas to all of you. May the Lord bless you richly this season with his presence.


Here are some pictures of moments we've come across and tried to capture.

Wha??

Whoa. A new and genius invention.






















Monopoly HK style. This at the MTR station.
























Dinner with Emily before she left for home.






















Look who it is! Guess what kind of cuisine we ate at this restaurant?






















So which one is it?






















Timmy!! We were looking for shoes when our search lead us to a store with a "hourly" hotel above it. Hmmm. I didn't know they charged sleep by the hour.

 

We went to Shenzhen on Friday. At the last stop before the border, a posse of people burst into the MTR and started unloading wine. And when we arrived, they left their box and trolly in the train. I guess they can afford to buy new trollies each time.


Anyways, gotta go. Wishing you a merry, merry Christmas here from HK. Drop us a note!

Peace!

The New and Improved!

Racist much?

Thanks Anderson Silva lookalike! I think I WILL get that coffee!


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Random Sights

Cheung Chau

We went to Cheung Chau yesterday with our sisters and Karen's friends. It was such an awesome day! We went to this pirate cave and a reclining rock that sat on the face of a slope.

Michelle will add the video of the cave later.

We miss you all!


















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Library Argument

We were at the library when we heard two ladies arguing. Apparently one lady told the other lady off because she was talking to her husband too loudly. They, therefore, decided to resolve their conflict by yelling at each other - in the library.

This is the tail end of their argument. They had gone on for 5 mins and continued for a couple more after I was stopped for filming.

Rest

Today is sabbath and I am late for church. I keep glancing at my wrist to check for the time on the watch I intentionally didn't wear today, but it's no use. I am late. It's not as if having a watch would get me to church any faster. I go as the ferry goes.

And the whole idea is such a contradiction: rushing off to sabbath. There's something a little twisted about that.

Michelle and I have been busy here in HK the last couple weeks. Mostly with school, sometimes with people. But mostly we are busy because we feel a pressure to be busy. For me, life had been a whirlwind of assignments, announcements, and papers to push. I feel much like a robot who had forgotten how to feel. Perhaps thats why it was so nice to relax this morning and ride my bike and actually talk to another human being.

There is much to Hong Kong that we have come to not like. I mean, there's still a fascination about the place, but there's much to not like and much to miss about home. For example, the lady who is screaming into her phone beside me- that is not cool. Or the people that sprint from one side of the MTR platform to the other- that is not cool either. But as much as I have come to dislike this place, it has come to slowly change me too.

I find myself walking faster now, even on a Sunday morning, and I frown when I get stuck behind old people. It's so strange but I'm sprinting for buses and running from place to place even though I'm in no hurry. But apparenty I am because my heart can't stand still.

Today is a good reminder to rest and just chill. It's ok to be late for church because church hurried would not have nourished my soul, it would have stolen sabbath's essence. To rest is to trust. It is to be reminded that the world won't break down if I take a break ab life will continue if I take a rest. It is to remember that God holds everything in his grasp and it's right to let go and allow Him to call the shots.


Now to somethin kinda related but not really related, yesterday Michelle and I went to Stanley for the afternoon and we had so much fun hanging out there. It totally reminded us of Steveston with all the tourists and ocean side restaurants. Here are a couple pictures. We miss you all!

Stanley Market



Yay for home!



At Stanley

  

blowing those bubbles


















With Uncle Marcus





Small World

Hedy with us during National Day

Flora and Family + Daniel

This morning Daniel flew over from Bangladesh on route to the States. We went to church together, and ran into Flora and her family. Strange connections. Flora used to work in Vancouver at the missions agency where Pastor Leung, Daniel's dad worked. It was the same agency that sent me and Michelle to Ghana a few years ago. Michelle now teaches at the school Flora's daughter attends.

Small world, eh?