妹妹回來了！

考古人妹妹終於回家了！ 她這個中國之行快一年了！
雖然，這年沒有多見面，but I think we are as close as we always have been.
不但，帶回來大量正正正國產貨，還有不能用錢還買來在寧波，山東，蒙古，北京 ... ... 等 的生活體驗！
晚飯時跟妹妹對坐，突然覺的妹妹長大了！好得意的感覺 ...

妹妹也帶了很多東西給我，一大堆飾物，衣服，蒙古坐毯，蒙古唱片（一個字也不明，但好聽唷，有的好R&B，有的好蒙古）... ...














其中最喜歡的是一對蒙古娃娃 ... 叫我也忍不住手來個shadow box DIY ...

蟹糧?!

我見到好同事帶回來的honeymoon手信（又真係幾好吃），又令我覺得像吃蟹糧！

Welcome back, 欣!!!!

A very dear little friend called while I was at work. She's in town again!! I feel sorry sometimes when she has been the one who makes all these trips back to Vancouver to visit us ... and yet ... haha ... we didn't really go down to her new home in Seattle! I guess after this trip, she may not be able to come back as often as before ... Yan ... wait for me ... will come down to visit you!!!!

Of course, I took my dear little friend down to my favorite Ichiro Jap restaurant in Steveston ... Yummm ...
All the conversations + really delicious food + dessert ... yummmm ....

This time, we get to try some desserts too ...

This is the Caramel Ice Cream with Soy Powder ... WOW ... sooooooo nice. The taste of very rich soy powder balanced so well with the green tea ice cream + a little Ceramel syrup on top ... so good ... ($3.95)



And, we tried the pudding too ... not bad too ... ($3.95)! But if you need to choose one of the 2 ... The Caramel Ice Cream is definetly a good pick!!!

蛻變

我們的小蟹決定molting (我的diagnosis)了!
前幾天放工，我去看看牠們時, 嚇了我一跳！
因為不見了一位蟹仔，又見到Saline water dish被翻過來，一半的沙也濕透, 也零亂十分！
另外一位蟹仔也在一角睡了，好像沒事發生一般唷！
簡直看像一個Crime Scene案發現場 (hahaha, I guess I have been watching too much CSI!) ...
我就想 .... " oh oh ... 唔通Molting?!"

Molting就是說蟹仔要長大了，要退去舊的soft shell而去replace by a new growth of a bigger soft shell. 一句講sai ... 牠們要長大了！

I dug into the sand pile and found that crabbie dug deep and was hiding himself deep down with supple of moist and food. Ho ho ho ... 仲唔係molting?!?!?! I just let him sleep down there and covered him with extra wet sand ...

The next day when I got home ... the other crabbie disappeared toooooo!!! 牠也跟牠的「同屋蟹」molt?!?! haha ...

So YUP ... both crabbies seem like preparing themselves for the molting process. I think it's the biggest project they have in their lives ... they need to store enough energy, food, water in their bodies to prepare for this process, as their bodies will become so weak and vulnerable during molting. They will crawl out from their comfortable (and pretty too!)hard shells and expose their soft shell body to allow room to molt. This process can take up to 3-4 months ... but it depends!

蟹仔長大會經過蛻變。
蛻變會經過state of hibernation和一遍混亂。
hibernation就是一個isolation state，
什麼也要暫止，
一遍安靜，
一遍混亂 ,
簡直有點像閒人免進的不想被disturbed,
...但是這一切過後會帶來成長 ...

近日身邊有好幾位好朋友為了不同的事愁眉苦臉 ... 見到蟹仔就想起他們 ...
Friends ... please don't lose heart ... if you are struggling ... please remember that growth is on its way!
Surf through the valley with God ...
Prayers are with you all ...
You guys are amazing people and very very precious children of our Lord ...

我們的蟹仔蛻變後會長大 (well, under the care of someone that even會養死Catus - well I am the primary caregiver for my ex-catus! haha ... )，
我對我的朋友們也有這樣的信心唷 ('cause Our Creator is going to be our primary mentor/caregiver in our lives ... hahah ... surely He has better gardening skills than I do!!!!)！

四碗牛肉麵

Today was such a long day of almost 12 hours of work.

Clients in Counselling Center --> AFC --> Meeting in Counselling Center.

Though the day was long ... very rewarding in each setting ...

I am still very used to be working as a counsellor, yet learning to translate those therapeutic senses into languages and ways that the youth congregation can comprehend SO THAT they can translate those into their lives. (ha ... what a run on sentence ... but who cares when I am dead tired but still wanting to write now ... haha)

My morning was treated with a tough case ... I felt 'phewwwwwwww' when I stepped out of the room. What a blessing to have a supervisor next door debriefing before I took off for AFC ...

Had a fruitful time in reading up for an upcoming workshop in August on a new new topic. Something about creativity, something about pastoring Christian artists, something about interpersonal skills ...! I pray that God will keep on granting me with a passion in every step of this preparation ...

In the midst of reading, a dear dear friend called and asked if I would like to join them for a quick dinner before my meeting in counselling center. Yea, I managed to meet up with the 3 of them briefly before the meeting.

在四碗牛肉麵相伴下，我們就用了九秒九的speed，大家分享了很多近日發生的事！ All I know if that God will do some amazing works in our lives. Hanging there, friends ... Thoughts and prayers are always with you guys!!! Love you guys lots, 牛肉麵朋友！！！

We have a quarterly meeting among counsellors in CCM. Such a good meeting ... a group of dedicated Christian Counsellor (I mean CHRISTIAN COUNSELLORS ... and not Counsellors-just-happened-to-be-Christians) getting around the table to share some of the burdens from personal life, cases ...etc. Each single story reminds me of Henri Nouwen's book ... The Wounded Healer!

God prompt me to approach a potential supervisor as I am collecting hours toward my 1st licence. She is a Christian professional that I would feel honored to be her student ... well ... if she decides to take me in. God is just amazing ... perfect timing for each thing to unfold. If God shuts this door, it just means that He is going to open another door for me ... wait and see ... wait and see ... wait and see ...! I just trust that God will prepare the most suitable path for my to walk on with Him ...

生日快樂, 龜！

放工後，快趕去跟龜celebrate 生日！
721 721 真是記足這麼多年！
見住你走過好多路，我也為你感恩 ...
因為最終你也沒有give up，也抓緊天父 ...

... we should cut and paste 妹妹﹠亞欣 in the following pictures!!!!

《童夢奇緣》

其實，我在卡城時已經跟小團契看過這套戲！
只是，想買下這套戲慢慢重溫！
也可能這套戲的封面design真的好像「幾米」漫畫，實在太吸引了！
弄得我好想拿起我的幾米漫畫回味一番呢！
故事是說一個好不開心小男孩，一直以為他媽媽自殺是因為爸爸有外遇，
所以, 他好希忘脫離小孩子的身份做大人離開這個家。
因為一瓶極速長大藥水，小男孩一晚間長大了二十年！
長大後，才發現只是他一知半解的誤會了整間事 ... 可是已經太遲了！
其實，我有空的話真的不介意看第三次，因為 ...
一來，我覺得整套戲開來好像漫畫一般唷，
二來，我覺得滿有意思吧！
哈哈哈哈，但真的要等下次有空才能了！