First Post in Victoria

i am in victoria!!!!!!!!!! heh. been here for a few days already, and i like what i see so far.
flowers along the streets... in pple's lawns... they are so bright and colourful! the air smells sweet... and the wind feels great. it gets chilly at night though, so i have to wear a sweater. the people are frenly in general, really helpful.. one of the things tt impress me the most is victoria's accessibility for the physically disabled. there is a club in campus called Access UVic. (uvic= university of victoria). and there's so much support going on for this cause!
in sgp i will see maybe 1 or 2 physically disabled pple in a few days. here, i get to see a few of them in 1 day. i wondered why there are more disabled pple here than in sgp at first. then i realised... maybe its not that we have less of them in sgp.. but maybe they jus dun go out as often on the streets bcus its so difficult to move ard for them. you know the stairs that we have to walk up each time we go up the bus? yupz.. here that stairs is moveable. so when there's anyone who's wheelbound coming up the bus, the driver will push a button which move the stairs, and beneath is a smooth platform for the wheels. great rite? =)

i am enjoying myself here. got my first hitch-ride.. i was jus putting out my hand for fun, and was so surprised that the guy actually stopped for us! heh. went around to so many different places to hunt for a house...n we finally found a place yesterday.

hey thanks for sending me to airport that day. i know you guys have to wake up super early, some of you have to go back to sch, and have to travel from east to west again. really appreciate it. =) i will try to post the pic we took that day, i am not sure how yet.. heh but i will find out somehow... christie yinghui ching elaine, so sad we couldnt meet up beforehand! the last day in sgp was pretty hectic with all the last min shopping and packing. =( take care okay? and i din get to meet up with so many others. you all take care too!

well... in the midst of all the fun.... i am homesick to be honest. =) there's no sense of familiarity here. i am still trying to get to know the other 2 gals frm smu.. the daily routine here is different, and i still haven find a comfort zone. i miss the people whom i can be comfortable with back at home. but i know i jus need more time to adjust. sometimes i feel lonely and foreign. but thank God God is with me. so i am not alone. =)

Why I Like Him and His Writings

TO LUCY BARFIELD

My Dear Lucy,

I wrote this story for you, but when I began it I had not realized that girls grow quicker than books. As a result you are already too old for fairy tales, and by the time it is printed and bound you will be older still. But some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. You can then take it down from some upper shelf, dust it, and tell me what you think of it. I shall probably be too deaf to hear, and too old to understand, a word you say, but I shall still be

your affectionate Godfather,
C. S. Lewis.

- C.S. Lewis on writing The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

A Beautiful Moment

i stood still in the crowd outside the stadium on wednesday, in awe of fireworks. it's so amazing how they can change into different colours in split seconds, and how each star that is shot can burst into a million other starlets into the sky. i love its every moment.

in my fascination, i exclaimed:"who invented fireworks? they are so smart!!!"
and while i was full of praise for the scientist or engineer of whoever that came up with this, He reminded of the wonders of the ultimate creator of all things. praise Him! =)