fulfilling weekend

Had a balanced weekend, wheee.. got work done and had fair share of fun!! Oki.. well probably not all work done but some ya.. work is never, that’s one thing for sure!! Haha..

I went to local farmer’s market, and that means that all produce sold are home-made or home-grown. It reminded me of my neighbourhood market back in Singapore. The stud they sell there are really cool!

It’s a hand-carved wooden cap! Pretty cool eh? But its heavy! Haha..

went downtown to try to catch a glimpse of the tree protest going on.. but it ended already but I at least I got to enjoy the entertainment provided by the street buskers and enjoyed the SUN! yeah, i miss and love the sun! took a photo of the famous Empress Hotel. Jus compare the two photos, one taken in summer when I first got here and one in autumn. Autumn really gives one a differnent FEEL! wow, time really flies.. been in Victoria for 9 weeks ald!

caught THE ALPS at IMAX!! But before I even catch the movie, greeny took over and ya.. engrossed herself in all the greeny green green!

Went FENCING too.. its sooo cool n fun! I really count myself fortunate to have met Garry, Jing (Garry’s cousin) and Hugh (Jing’s bf). Thanks for letting me be part of the family, Jing! Hugh came to fetch Garry and me for fencing today! Xiaohui, its prolly not the type of fencing your sis is into, it’s a different kind. But its stil super cool! Hugh has been into fencing for 15years! Hmm.. I told Hugh that the things that I really am good at after 15years is EATING and studying (I guess).. haha.. oki, dun laugh at me wor.. to eat like me and not gain much weight is a skill okie, and some call it talent, so ya! EATING is my thing! Haha.. anyway, ya, back to fencing! Its not the Olympics kind of fencing style, its more like ZORRO kind of style.. I’s always been a fan of zorro since I was young and I totally love the way he fights, rescues and saves the day! Haha.. to see the zorro style of fencing come alive before my eye is REALLY WOOHOO!!
These people are really in love with and serious about fencing! They got their own sword, gears, shield, breastplate, amour and etc, no kidding oki! Its like the gladiator kind of sword fight! Hug’s breastplate is specially designed and hand-made by a blacksmith! How cool is that! The sword is heavy and my hands got so pain that it totally went numb and I dint have strength to fence or ‘poke’ Hugh with the sword. Its my first time, so I just did basic drills and Hugh said I performed well and hence allowed me to go into the ‘real fencing arena’. I was really scared coz Garry had trained for two weeks before Hugh allowed him to enter the arena and I was only trained 1.5 hour and he is asking me to go out to battle ald? Is he kidding? If you think I chickened out, yups, you are half right coz I really thought that I wasn’t prepared enough to fence and dint want to injure myself. But eventually I did. I was ‘killed’ several times and but hey, I wasn’t too bad for a first timer oki, coz I did ‘kill’ my opponent at least three times oki.. haha.. Fencing is all about being alert, quick and swift.. im loving it.. :)

Alritely, the almost two months strike in school has finally come to an END!! And that means the student union building (SUB) is back in business tmr!! Yeah.. so happy.. tat means one more hangout place in school and that all student activities and facilities are back in operation..

Most westerners thinks that Asians are super workaholic but boy are they wrong.. haha.. the UVic lib opens daily till 11pm except on Friday and boy every Sunday the crowd in the lib is no different from that on weekdays. How do I know? Coz I go to the lib even on SundayS (emphasis added!) haha.. so even if im on SEP, I dun slack oki?? Haha..

Msn with RARA today she asked if there’s train service in Victoria, well no MRT line nor subway system just bus as the main mode of transport! Their bus system is really handicapped and elderly friendly. I was explaining to EVE on skype that Victoria is like the Pulau Ubin of Singapore. So YES, DORIS STAYS n STUDIES on an offshore island and, if I want jing bao city life, I need to take the high-class “bumpboat” aka ferry ride across the sea to main island Vancouver which is like the main island Singapore. So ya! Haha.. and fyi, each 1.5hrs ride is abt CAN$14! Expensive “boat ride” eh? Haha.. will take more abt the transport system next time..

Signing out to do what I do best- eaT!

Greater things have yet to come!

The song was played at Glad Tiding' 85th anniversary..
the song brought a sense of Hope, and I want to share soo dearly share it with my teens.
so, listen loud and clear..
for greater things have yet to have come...
for greater things are still to be done...

grateful!

Thank God for everything.
So far been doing superbly well in all my modules, yeahs!

440 is a class I so wanted to drop when I first sat in on day 1.
It was one class that I feared going to but really enjoy at the same time! Dilemma!
It was class in which I had my first bagel in Canada!
It was the first class I cried over having to write a 500word essay!
went to Geog440 class ystd.
Prof Larry told the class “Doris is gg to lead the discussion today!” n I was like huh?? Wads going on?? Why me? I duno anything! DUN ASK ME ANYTHING!
He explained to the class the that something Doris said during a consultation with me triggered him to set aside time for this session. So we dint have any fieldtrip this week, boo.. but stayed in class partly coz of smth Doris said which trigger Prof to change lesson plan.. haha..
During the break, Prof Larry came over and said “Doris, your fieldwork is really impressive.” He wrote in my fieldbook “first class effort”! He showed some of my classmates my work and he asked me why I dint want a letter grade. All I wanted from him was a pass/fail. So, I explained how the SEP system work. And all my classmates were like “WHAT, you dun want a letter grade n you worked so hard?” haha.. actually, I dint work super hard, just gave my best..
I showed Larry my rest of my own notes and he went like “Doris, you are in BIG TROUBLE mann. You knew so much and prepared so much yet you kept quiet in class. Oh boy are you going to lead the next discussion!” He winked at me and left.
It really made my day! Knowing that I wasnt lagging in a class that I was at a disadvantage coz I aint a local and knew nuts about the Canada culture, I needed to read up on everything from Canada housing policy to banking insurance, to transportation just for one module! Haha..
I really like it here coz for once results doesn’t matter and its really about just pure learning.
Doris still gave her all for leisure learning :)

Continue to jia you Doris!!

Went to Bann Thai with today with Mr. Tan, his neighbor and Aaron. Totally loved our dinner! Yeah!!

Yummy food, lovely ambience, great company, what a great FRIDAY!

but it wasn’t all these which really struck me today but was the visit to Mr. Tan’s house.
Mr. Tan was from Singapore, he moved to stay in Canada 30 years ago, his children and grandchildren are still in Singapore.
A 82 yrs old widower in a humble house, his calling and ministry touched my heart deeply.
He has two gigantic maps of mainland China and he showed us all the prayer booklets he had on China.
God called him to be an intercessor. His enthusiasm and passion really touched me. He has big Chinese bible with 2 magnifying glasses above it. It made me reflect upon the ministries I am involved in. In my view, Mr. Tan is a prayer warrior.
There’s so much I can learn from the Wed small group, from Dr. Penny, Mr. Tan, Moh, Pastor Debbie, Kai and Randy. I’ll miss Dr. Penny and Esmay when they leave for Mexico next week. Aww…

I LOVE AUTUMN

jus simply LOVE autumn..
the breeze blowing and brushing across your face
the sounding of the whistling wind as they blow by
the changing colours of the leaves manifest the power of Nature at work
simply gorgeous..
red, orange, yellow, green

its seems and feel like im in a world of fantasy..
as a child, I’ve always envy the people who run in circles on the green field as leaves fall on their gentle faces as I watched the images from the tv..
i've always dream of experiencing autumn too..
now, being here in Victoria, its really like a DREAM COME TRUE!!
sometimes i wonder if Im dreaming.. haha..

i just want to soak in the autumn atmosphere!

As I walk through the campus
Admire the lovely different shade of leaves
I was instantaneously absorbed into the Nature,
I felt like I was in a different world
A world of AUTUMN and leaves
The worries of work and deadlines just seemed to come to a standstill
Thankful and cheery
Relaxed and refresh to continue my day

I guess climate really does affect one’s learning attitude and perhaps pace.

and oh, I played hide and seek at night n we hit in THIs huge TREE!! its not a bush oki.. TREE!! best hiding place mann..

rockies

I went to the rockies over thanksgiving.. check out photos on facebook!
Wil blog abt my rockies trip soon!

one thing I did on the trip..
whenever Doris see a cow, she goes “beef! Beef! Beef” coz she’s hungry! Haha..
n aaron, abit more high-class went “steak! Steak! Steak!”

Stay tune!