4 day stint in Shanghai

Me and Wen in Shanghai with the Oriental Pearl Tower behind us, 3rd tallest building in the world. This is a break for Wen b4 she embarks on her new job ,for me as well i suppose =) We had fun in Shanghai, had lots of xiaolongpao and roast pigeons. One thing about the Shanghainese, they are very loud and aggressive, was at a qipao shop making qipao for my mum, and here was a qipao shop owner talking to her customer and you'd think tt they were screaming at each other! I was hiding at a corner cos it was so loud! It's the culture i guess, the violent take it by force kinda thing. Perhaps we need some of tt sometimes =) Just not the loudness......

Met a HK star at the Shanghai airport, he was queueing in front of me, can't rem his name though, i'm sure siblings know, seen him in some shows
My wonderful cell member Lionel who drove me to the airport and my wonderful Kelly who prayed for me and Wen as we headed our way.

Blessings

What i've been busy with =)

Kareen my good friend since sec school's wedding on 12 May! Was privileged to offer my help as a jie mei and emcee. Just before the wedding, Kareen's mum was hospitalised for throat infection and was only released the day of Kareen's wedding. So it's really by God's grace that she could come. It was the prayer of the saints too, Kareen and hubby Guowei mobilised everyone they knew to pray, very thankful that it all worked out! Praying tt God would bless them with a wonderful marriage ahead!
My brother, back from army, needless to say, there had to be pizza awaiting him! =) Keeping u in prayer Fabian! Hang in there. So happy that God's been speaking to him throughout his BMT, may he continue to find strength in Him for the rest of the 2 yrs ahead!!! =)
Vanessa's (girl 2nd from left) farewell treat for the colleagues at the yummy Yinzhong shop tt sells xiaolongpau, la mian, and my fav red bean pancake. It was really sad seeing Van leave on 23 May, then Wenching (girl 1st from left) had her farewell yesterday. 15 June would be my turn... wonder if i'd tear .... i must say God has blessed me with the best colleagues in the world. I've the best teammates and boss too. Really difficult to depart... Grace grace.... =)

Oh yes, did i mention that my trip to Israel got published in my company's newsletter? Quite happy with it, cos it gave me an opportunity to talk about God and Israel. =)

Got our flat... after some hoohah...

Above: I flew in a prop plane.
Above: Sunset in Washington DC (photo taken out of bus)
Above: Memorial to Ab Lincoln
Above: Declaration.
Above: The typical scene of movies...

Well, not much has been happening on the front of our wedding. We just sealed the deal for our flat in Simei at HDB. Was quite an experience before this as we had some issues with our seller wanting to stay on for another 1+ month for free while we started to service our mortgage. Not such a nice experience but thank God that it went well.

I was in the US on a business trip when the whole thing "blew up" and Fiona handled it superbly! She such a blessing! Now I realised how tiring a "jet setting" lifestyle can be. I flew 33 hours (4 airplane rides) just to get to my first location! I stayed in the US for about 5 days and I took 10 flights in all... that's tiring.

Ok, so that's the latest update on us. We're taking it a bit easier now for the time being. Need to recharge for the phase near the wedding. We'll give our helpers more info soon!

Cheers :)