Today + Appreciating brother Patrick

So Wen Huey and I just returned from an eventful night!

This was how my today went.

1. Woke up early in the morning at 6am (yes, that's early ok!). Did my quiet time and all... had my little whinge with God about the trials in my life... hehehe... and then God told me, "I will be with you!" and also "I care about the things that matters to you!" 

Ho... yes, and AMEN!!!

2. Rushed out of the house before 8am so I could hit my office and work more on my lab presentation. I was totally freaking out, having to present something completely new to me - Pathways! Amazingly, the presentation went well... OK, here's the thing. I thought it was horribly bad... like it was the worst presentation I have ever done in my life! But my supervisor said it was GOOD, and my post-doc even asked me for a copy of the paper and presentation... and so did the others sing praises about my talk.

I feel really blessed, and I have to hand it all up to God, for He must have been the one behind all that!

Cuz, like seriously... I knew it was the worst talk I've ever given in my entire life..! So... Praise God!

In the words of 'Facing the Giants': Whether we WIN or LOSE, we will PRAISE GOD!

3. Waited for the Honda Jazz owner to call me to tell me what time I could pick up my car! And he texted around 1pm telling me the car did not pass the road worthy test as the tyres and brake hoses needed changing, and that the mechanic was going to ship the parts from Honda.... which might now take awhile. I was so depressed... but I guess it could be a blessing in disguise after all.. cuz tyres are like $100 each in Australia... so having that fixed before buying the car could mean myself saving up to $400??? Whao! I hope they change brand new tyres in all.. hehehe... let's pray!!

4. Went to the gym and jogged 7kms! Yeah!! Pushing up the limit!! Woo hoo... I wanted to try and hit 10kms but I thought I'd go easy on myself, since I was already hungry before exercising... the last thing I want is to faint and injure myself... lol..

5. Was walking home from the gym and met Bob! Hallelujah!! I so believe it was God's divine appointment for me to meet Bob.. cuz Atieno and I were both thinking of how to contact him.. and we believe God isn't done with Bob yet! So... having met him, I gave Atieno a call... and somehow she already felt and sensed that I was hooking her up on the line with Bob! God's divine appointment! We're going to keep this man in prayer yeah~~!! Let's PRAY!

6. Went home.. showered... and cut the long story short... we spent like 1 hour organising last minute accommodation for some friends... praise God... another divine appointment.. but let James tell you more yeah.. let's pray for them!

7. Lastly, cooked tang yuan and delivered them to Evelyn and Patrick. So miss my little meh meh and decided to bless her stomach with some hot ginger soup tang yuan... now I'm so afraid to get her cold stuff because of her gastric. I'm so sure hot ginger tang yuan will warm her stomach up! Hee...

2 different colour tang yuans

And for Patrick.. Wen Huey and I just decided we were going to bless this brother. He's been so tired running around doing errands for everyone, and never even stopped to consider his own health. This is such sacrificial giving... We thought we'd drive to Indooroopilly and bless him with hot ginger soup tang yuan and also a bottle of Chicken Essence to appreciate this brother. I know it was really random but yeah, it's so good to look beyond ourselves and consider those who's always been around us in different times of needs.

I some times feel like people who always give tend to forget about themselves. Which is good in a way, and harmful in another way, as they may over tire their bodies or even be unappreciated. But despite this all, I know Patrick just has a heart to honour God and be a blessing, friend and servant to those around him.. and I really admire him for that. May we pray that God will continue to prosper this brother in his giftings and talents from God! And that God will bless him mightily!

Go Patrick!! God sees your heart!

Yeah... so that pretty much sums up today.

Yesterday?

Oh yes.. it was pouring yesterday... so so badly... I was drenched at work while traveling between the IMB and AIBN. Oh well, wet socks and shoes.... it was practically flooded.. Flooded in many other places in Brisbane too! Cars were unable to move and roads were blocked off!
Ohhh!!

But yeah, the rain subsided a little towards the evening and I ran home in the lighter rain.. got wet and so jumped into the shower and refreshed myself. Spent some good time with God and my guitar... ah... even the heat and humidity seems to be affecting my guitar... sob.. my bao bei!

Then I had dinner with the Joseph 4 guys to celebrate Robert's birthday. Woo... we went to a classy JAZZ restaurant at Toowong... there was nice Jazz music... lol.. but it was too loud we couldn't really communicate with one another!! Roar!

Happy birthday Robert!

So yeah, that was all of us who came~

Anyway... photos! We had stonegrill... so we could cook our beef the way we wanted it! Dinner was $25 each.. includes an entree and main... Tuesday's dinner special!

My Entree - Mussels!

Claire's surf and turf

My prime rump - still uncooked...

Flipping over... wee!

It was interesting eh....

Anyway... have a great day y'all...

I'm just gonna do my best, pray and let God do the rest!