first, the lack of noise from here certainly does not mean lack of activity.
lots has been going on, and that is exactly why i haven't found the time to update. now where shall we start?
let's backtrack 5 days... valentine's day. this day has never really meant much to me. as a teenager i hated it becuase i never had a real valentines. then as i grew up, became my own person, found my security in the unseen rather than the seen, it just became another day. don't get me wrong, i'm not bitter about it. it just never really meant anything to me. now after 3 years (admittedly with a wee break in the middle) with derek, we finally got to celebrate our first valentine's day. we got to celebrate together a lot of things we never got to before this past year: both our birthdays, christmas, new year's... and now v-day.
let me just say that our God is very good. and cheeky. last summer, the organization i work for held a fundraiser at a bar with lots of prizes. but no one came except for our friends, and so we all won the prizes ourselves. one of them was a $400 gift voucher for scirocco, a quaint little mediterranean restaurant in soho (the cool cafe area in hong kong). since the fundraiser, derek moved house, and in the process lost the voucher. pooh. but then he found it months later! yay! so with valentine's day coming up, and both of us (at the time) with a combined income of exactly $0, we felt totally blessed to be able to have an amazing 5 course dinner that we otherwise would never be able to have. and we had so much fun that night too... i will spare the mush, but it was definately a very very good night. :)
actually, i lied. that was on friday the 13th. on the 14th, sna had one of the best coffee houses to date. we sold candy-grams (secret valentines) and jacinta and i had a lot of fun with them... hahaha. everyone's got a secret admirer!
yonks, it's getting late. i have to get to work... which is another topic all together. just a quick update: the boy i'm tutoring will be starting on set this saturday, so i'll be working 9 hour days in boonie places like yuen long and sai kung... but it'll be fun :) i'll write more later....
lots has been going on, and that is exactly why i haven't found the time to update. now where shall we start?
let's backtrack 5 days... valentine's day. this day has never really meant much to me. as a teenager i hated it becuase i never had a real valentines. then as i grew up, became my own person, found my security in the unseen rather than the seen, it just became another day. don't get me wrong, i'm not bitter about it. it just never really meant anything to me. now after 3 years (admittedly with a wee break in the middle) with derek, we finally got to celebrate our first valentine's day. we got to celebrate together a lot of things we never got to before this past year: both our birthdays, christmas, new year's... and now v-day.
let me just say that our God is very good. and cheeky. last summer, the organization i work for held a fundraiser at a bar with lots of prizes. but no one came except for our friends, and so we all won the prizes ourselves. one of them was a $400 gift voucher for scirocco, a quaint little mediterranean restaurant in soho (the cool cafe area in hong kong). since the fundraiser, derek moved house, and in the process lost the voucher. pooh. but then he found it months later! yay! so with valentine's day coming up, and both of us (at the time) with a combined income of exactly $0, we felt totally blessed to be able to have an amazing 5 course dinner that we otherwise would never be able to have. and we had so much fun that night too... i will spare the mush, but it was definately a very very good night. :)
actually, i lied. that was on friday the 13th. on the 14th, sna had one of the best coffee houses to date. we sold candy-grams (secret valentines) and jacinta and i had a lot of fun with them... hahaha. everyone's got a secret admirer!
yonks, it's getting late. i have to get to work... which is another topic all together. just a quick update: the boy i'm tutoring will be starting on set this saturday, so i'll be working 9 hour days in boonie places like yuen long and sai kung... but it'll be fun :) i'll write more later....
posted by jana* at 11:12 AM
