It's a good news. Tony is appointed as the next President of HKUST. I believe it is beneficial to HK as a whole, in both aspects of HK education and academia.
More things happened in the last 2 days. umm..Overall, I am thankful to God because He has made His will clear to me.
Cherry Blossom trip 2 days later!! I am so excited about it. Tony has confirmed me that the cherry trees are in full bloom! Great!!
Thursday, April 02, 2009
Sunday, March 29, 2009
Insomnia
I had an insomnia last night. Maybe because I took a long nap in the afternoon and drank some strong tea & coffee right before I went to bed. It's strange tho', coz coffee and tea have never had any effect for my sleep. Thanks God I could still keep awake during the Sunday worship today.
The message today was a good reminder. It talked about how one might suffer to follow God and that Christians should carry the cross. Yes. Indeed, one might have to 'suffer' when following Christ. We might have to 'give up' a lot. But to me, the words 'suffer' or 'give up' don't sound quite right to me. When we follow Christ, we see the love of God. He loves us so much that He gave up His life on the cross, and gives us the eternal life. When we see His love, we are EAGER to 'suffer' and 'give up'. It sounds strange to say we are EAGER to suffer and give up. But it truly is. We 'suffer' because we know we will get sth much much better in the near future. And we know God can be glorified. We 'give up' because we see sth better and dislike what we've considered to be good before. The message reminded me that today as a Christian, I grasp something which is much much better than what I've considered to be precious before. So, we deny our old self for good.
"只是我先前以為與我有益的，我現在因基督都當作有損的。不但如此，我也將萬事當作有損的，因我以認識我主基督耶穌為至寶。我為他已經丟棄萬事，看作糞土，為要得著基督；並且得以在他裡面，不是有自己因律法而得的義，乃是有信基督的義，就是因信神而來的義，使我認識基督，曉得他復活的大能，並且曉得和他一同受苦，效法他的死，或者我也得以從死裡復活。" (Phil 3:7-11)
The message today was a good reminder. It talked about how one might suffer to follow God and that Christians should carry the cross. Yes. Indeed, one might have to 'suffer' when following Christ. We might have to 'give up' a lot. But to me, the words 'suffer' or 'give up' don't sound quite right to me. When we follow Christ, we see the love of God. He loves us so much that He gave up His life on the cross, and gives us the eternal life. When we see His love, we are EAGER to 'suffer' and 'give up'. It sounds strange to say we are EAGER to suffer and give up. But it truly is. We 'suffer' because we know we will get sth much much better in the near future. And we know God can be glorified. We 'give up' because we see sth better and dislike what we've considered to be good before. The message reminded me that today as a Christian, I grasp something which is much much better than what I've considered to be precious before. So, we deny our old self for good.
"只是我先前以為與我有益的，我現在因基督都當作有損的。不但如此，我也將萬事當作有損的，因我以認識我主基督耶穌為至寶。我為他已經丟棄萬事，看作糞土，為要得著基督；並且得以在他裡面，不是有自己因律法而得的義，乃是有信基督的義，就是因信神而來的義，使我認識基督，曉得他復活的大能，並且曉得和他一同受苦，效法他的死，或者我也得以從死裡復活。" (Phil 3:7-11)
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Thankful, joyful, relaxing...
Friday we joined the church fellowship. It was a testimonial night during which bro/sis shared about their experience with God. Both Sandra and I haven't shared our stories. But it was nice to listen to others' testimonies, like how God has saved them, how God has changed their life etc... It is encouraging to know many others are experiencing the love of the same God whom I believe in. I feel really thankful because God shows His mercy and love to everyone who rely on Him. I feel joyful because He is living in me.
Today is a relaxing day. I drove Sandra to the church for she had a hymn practice in the morning. We went to Sichuan Gourmet for our lunch. It's delicious. I like spicy Sichuan food. Yummy Yummy. (Bad that I forgot my camera.) The price is reasonable too. I am sure I'll visit again. We also went to gym. It's refreshing after a nice workout! I hope I can keep this habit of exercising everyday.
DC Cherry Blossom trip in 7 days. I am so looking forwards to it!
Today is a relaxing day. I drove Sandra to the church for she had a hymn practice in the morning. We went to Sichuan Gourmet for our lunch. It's delicious. I like spicy Sichuan food. Yummy Yummy. (Bad that I forgot my camera.) The price is reasonable too. I am sure I'll visit again. We also went to gym. It's refreshing after a nice workout! I hope I can keep this habit of exercising everyday.
DC Cherry Blossom trip in 7 days. I am so looking forwards to it!
Friday, March 27, 2009
Update about my recent life
It has been a long while since I last updated my blogger. It's time to write something to update my recent life.
Everything is going well. Thanks God. There has been up and down in my spiritual life. But God has His mercy on me and brought me back whenever I walked away from Him. There were so many things happened recently. All these things happened let me experience Him more. I feel so joyful because I know He is leading my way all the time.
I went back to Hong Kong for my wedding banquet in December. It was really a memorable moment, and it was so touching that so many bro/sis and friends were so eagerly helping us out. Both Sandra and I experienced God's grace and love. We are hoping that through our marriage, we might testify God's love to others and let Him be the glory.
I have also been struggling about my future career by myself. This made me feel quite stressful. I seemed to forget one thing: everything is governed by Him and He has already planned the best for me. It was so weak and lost my faith in Him for a while. I am thankful to Him because finally I realized once again that He is the one who control all things. And He loves us so much that He must give us what is the best for us. I am peaceful in Him now. Although I don't know what will happen and where I will go, I trust that He MUST lead me all the way. And I further remember that "For thy pleasure we were and we are created". We should live for His glory but not for our own. May God give me strength that I can walk in His will so that His name might be glorifed.
Everything is going well. Thanks God. There has been up and down in my spiritual life. But God has His mercy on me and brought me back whenever I walked away from Him. There were so many things happened recently. All these things happened let me experience Him more. I feel so joyful because I know He is leading my way all the time.
I went back to Hong Kong for my wedding banquet in December. It was really a memorable moment, and it was so touching that so many bro/sis and friends were so eagerly helping us out. Both Sandra and I experienced God's grace and love. We are hoping that through our marriage, we might testify God's love to others and let Him be the glory.
I have also been struggling about my future career by myself. This made me feel quite stressful. I seemed to forget one thing: everything is governed by Him and He has already planned the best for me. It was so weak and lost my faith in Him for a while. I am thankful to Him because finally I realized once again that He is the one who control all things. And He loves us so much that He must give us what is the best for us. I am peaceful in Him now. Although I don't know what will happen and where I will go, I trust that He MUST lead me all the way. And I further remember that "For thy pleasure we were and we are created". We should live for His glory but not for our own. May God give me strength that I can walk in His will so that His name might be glorifed.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Got my new camera!
I finally got my new camera. It's a DSLR Canon 450D. That allows me to capture lots of important moment and scene that I will be encountering. From now on, I'm going to take lots of pictures!
Saturday, September 06, 2008
Life in Boston...
Wow! It has already been two months since I've last updated my blog. So many things have happened recently and there were three important changes in my life. Tho' it may be hard, I am going to write about each of them.
The first important change was the change of my marital status. On July 23, Sandra and I did our marriage registration in L.A. and got married. On Sunday July 27th, we had our testimony in front of brothers and sisters to testify God's blessing to our marriage. Thanks Kite Ma and Kite Yea for organizing all these for us. So now, I have officially switched from 'single' to 'married'. That said, I have stepped into a new stage of life. For this, I am so thankful to God. It's really the happiest thing in my life that I could be united with Sandra and to live with her for the rest of my life. Of course, we are also facing lots of challenges to build up a new family. But I am sure that with God's grace and mercy, we can deal with all the challenges. We are not walking alone!
On July 27th evening, Sandra and I took the red eye flight to Boston. That's my second new change -- change of residence. I am not a Californian anymore! I miss L.A. a lot. I miss my church, my brothers and sisters, my friends... But I know going to Boston is what God has prepared for me. I am eager to go and walk with Him. Of course, settling down in a new environment takes time. We rented a car from Budget at the airport. We drove to our new home, got the keys and unloaded our lugguages early in the morning. We then had to drove around to buy the furnitures and neccessities. It was a tiring day for both of us!
On July 29th, I met Prof. Yau to discuss our research topic. We had lunch together. Switching from a student to a postdoc is the third important change. The very first thing to do was to look for suitable research projects. Thanks God. We have finally decided on several research projects to work on in collaboration with Tony. Everything went through quite smoothly. I can see how the Lord has helped me.
Finding a new church is another big challenge for me. We went to few churches and finally we found a church to settle down. Thanks the Lord for preparing us with brothers and sisters. I can see that I am really not walking alone in Boston. He is with me always.
Everything is going fine. I got more and more used to the new environment. I met many new friends here. I hope I will like Boston more and more...
The first important change was the change of my marital status. On July 23, Sandra and I did our marriage registration in L.A. and got married. On Sunday July 27th, we had our testimony in front of brothers and sisters to testify God's blessing to our marriage. Thanks Kite Ma and Kite Yea for organizing all these for us. So now, I have officially switched from 'single' to 'married'. That said, I have stepped into a new stage of life. For this, I am so thankful to God. It's really the happiest thing in my life that I could be united with Sandra and to live with her for the rest of my life. Of course, we are also facing lots of challenges to build up a new family. But I am sure that with God's grace and mercy, we can deal with all the challenges. We are not walking alone!
On July 27th evening, Sandra and I took the red eye flight to Boston. That's my second new change -- change of residence. I am not a Californian anymore! I miss L.A. a lot. I miss my church, my brothers and sisters, my friends... But I know going to Boston is what God has prepared for me. I am eager to go and walk with Him. Of course, settling down in a new environment takes time. We rented a car from Budget at the airport. We drove to our new home, got the keys and unloaded our lugguages early in the morning. We then had to drove around to buy the furnitures and neccessities. It was a tiring day for both of us!
On July 29th, I met Prof. Yau to discuss our research topic. We had lunch together. Switching from a student to a postdoc is the third important change. The very first thing to do was to look for suitable research projects. Thanks God. We have finally decided on several research projects to work on in collaboration with Tony. Everything went through quite smoothly. I can see how the Lord has helped me.
Finding a new church is another big challenge for me. We went to few churches and finally we found a church to settle down. Thanks the Lord for preparing us with brothers and sisters. I can see that I am really not walking alone in Boston. He is with me always.
Everything is going fine. I got more and more used to the new environment. I met many new friends here. I hope I will like Boston more and more...
Friday, June 27, 2008
My update...
I haven't updated my blogger for quite a while. I have been quite busy last month and didn't have time to do so. It's time to write something again to update a little bit about how I am going on.
After months of hard work, I have already finished my dissertation and passed my PhD's final defense exam. I officially received my Ph.D on June 12. Calvin, Eva, Tsang Uncle and Tsang Auntie came to my hooding ceremony. I am so happy they came to share my happiness, especially for Calvin and Eva who flew a long way to L.A. from Hong Kong.
Photos of my hooding ceremony are uploaded here at: http://picasaweb.google.com/malmlui/UCLADoctoralHooding/
So, while Calvin and Eva were around in L.A., I was traveling with them. We went to many different places, including SF, Yosemitie, Grand Canyon and Vegas. Since the traveling schedule was so tight, Calvin got sick at the end. Luckily, he is okay now.
After the U.S. trip, I went to church retreat. The topic of this year's church retreat is "Walk with the Lord". I really got some new understanding of God's word. Praise the Lord.
(to be continue...)
After months of hard work, I have already finished my dissertation and passed my PhD's final defense exam. I officially received my Ph.D on June 12. Calvin, Eva, Tsang Uncle and Tsang Auntie came to my hooding ceremony. I am so happy they came to share my happiness, especially for Calvin and Eva who flew a long way to L.A. from Hong Kong.
Photos of my hooding ceremony are uploaded here at: http://picasaweb.google.com/malmlui/UCLADoctoralHooding/
So, while Calvin and Eva were around in L.A., I was traveling with them. We went to many different places, including SF, Yosemitie, Grand Canyon and Vegas. Since the traveling schedule was so tight, Calvin got sick at the end. Luckily, he is okay now.
After the U.S. trip, I went to church retreat. The topic of this year's church retreat is "Walk with the Lord". I really got some new understanding of God's word. Praise the Lord.
(to be continue...)
Monday, May 12, 2008
Scary Scary...
I was almost signing the contract for the 1B1B apartment. So, I randomly googled to search for more information about the neighborhood. I type the address of the apartment for google search. A scary news popped up: Dead body found at the same address of that apartment I was going to rent. It's just so scary and I didn't feel comfortable to rent it at all. I am concerned about the safety of the neighborhood, although several people told me the neighborhood of winter hill is safe.
Thanks God. Very quickly, we have found another apartment which is on Highland Ave. It is only 0.6 miles away from where I am going to work. It'd be about <10 minutes walking distance. The apartment looks good. To check for the safety around the neighborhood, I've called different places on that street to inquire, such as a Thai restaurant, community organization, YMCA and even a high school on that street. They all gave positive comments. So, we decided to take this one. Today, I've sent every documents, had my credit checked by the broker, signed the lease and also mailed the rent. The housing issue in Boston is settled..Yeah!! We have a place to stay in Boston now!
Thanks God. Very quickly, we have found another apartment which is on Highland Ave. It is only 0.6 miles away from where I am going to work. It'd be about <10 minutes walking distance. The apartment looks good. To check for the safety around the neighborhood, I've called different places on that street to inquire, such as a Thai restaurant, community organization, YMCA and even a high school on that street. They all gave positive comments. So, we decided to take this one. Today, I've sent every documents, had my credit checked by the broker, signed the lease and also mailed the rent. The housing issue in Boston is settled..Yeah!! We have a place to stay in Boston now!
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Got a good deal for a 1B1B apartment in Boston..
The broker has contacted me this morning and showed me some pictures of the apartment. It looks awesome and clean. The price is good with heat and hot water included. Though it's not very big, I believe it's more than enough for 2 people to build up a cozy family there. If everything is okay, I think we are going to take it. Praise the Lord for preparing everything for us.
http://www.lokminglui.com/bostonapt.html
http://www.lokminglui.com/bostonapt.html
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Working hard for my dissertation
I haven't blogged for a while simply because I have no time. These days, I have been busy working on my PhD dissertation. The defense exam is coming up on May 28th. I am still editing my dissertation. There are always something to modify every time I review it. It seems like an endless process. I guess I'll just do my best to make it as good as possible.
I am looking forwards to the vacation with Calvin and Eva in June. I haven't visited SF for several years. It should be fun visiting there again.
77 days left before Sandra comes to U.S.. I am so excited about it. We have already booked the tickets from L.A. to Boston. We will leave on July 27th by the red eye flight. It's so much fun to plan everything together, little by little. Now we are looking for housing in Boston. We have contacted several brokers. Hopefully, we can get an apartment as soon as possible.
I am looking forwards to the vacation with Calvin and Eva in June. I haven't visited SF for several years. It should be fun visiting there again.
77 days left before Sandra comes to U.S.. I am so excited about it. We have already booked the tickets from L.A. to Boston. We will leave on July 27th by the red eye flight. It's so much fun to plan everything together, little by little. Now we are looking for housing in Boston. We have contacted several brokers. Hopefully, we can get an apartment as soon as possible.
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