yoido church tomorrow!

time for church tomorrow. :)
went to the english site of Yoido Church in a bid to find out which service that ps cho preaches in, only to be met with a bunch of information on service timings and such, but nothing on the preacher!
and just as i expected, the korean site had everything...

http://yfgc.fgtv.com/y2/02.asp

for those who are curious... seems that ps cho is preaching in the 4th service (1pm) tomorrow! since it takes me abt 40mins or so to get to church, i can wake up at abt 11am & leave my place by 12. :) perhaps i should wake up earlier, have some food before heading off to church since it seems like the service is abt 2 hrs.. thank God for good weather tomorrow. heheh. no more freezing my ass off. :P heheeh.

will update more abt the service tomorrow! pretty excited. :) since the last time i visited the church was in 2008. didn't manage to hear ps cho speak then..

and... i've got a new phone! the LG Optimus Mach!


can't wait to see what it can do. hehe. it's sure gonna come in useful esp since i'm heading to Daejeon next week for a biz trip. :)ho ho ho..

time to sleep & wake up early for service tomorrow! ^^

just how many freaking coats do i really need?

this is not good... i want this coat!!! sob...

its abt 169,000won, which works out to be approx $200! do i really need it?
i've 2 wool coats, 1 puffer coat & 1 bomber jacket on the way... if i get this, it'll be another addition to my wardrobe & i'll have a total of 5 coats!!! acccks...

too many things i want!

there are just too many things that i wanna get!!!!eeeks.. this is very bad.. whatever happened to saving $$ ??

#1: AE Rugged Bomber Jacket


#2: Alice In Wonderland


#3: Cape Coat


#4: Star Sweater


sigh......

edit: just took a look at what i've posted & realised that almost everything has to do with secret garden! gosh....

edit 2: succumbed & bought #2! :D

edit 3: bought #1! looks like my list is getting shorter!

2nd week of work!

as the 2nd week of work draws to a close, i suppose its time to evaluate my 2 weeks spent at work. it has been somewhat mild to a certain extent, with not much being asked of me yet. i suppose its cause i'm new + the fact that there are no new jobs on hand at the moment. but well, i've been enjoying this lull in my new job before the jobs start coming in!

thank God for nice mgrs/colleagues/partners who have been ever so willing to show me the ropes. :) am quite excited as to what my 1st job will be. hopefully it'll involve some travelling (crosses fingers). not to china though!

i wonder when spring will come... the weather is nice and all, but not having the house properly heated is a pain. >_< i suppose i'll have to move once the lease is up.. grr. its a pity cause the location is really pretty gd. close to my office n all. there are a few direct buses from my place to the office & its pretty convenient overall. :)

will be heading down to 종로 later to look for the 학원.. its time to start korean lessons again.. plus, the sales have already started & its seriously tempting.. but i shd not shop in order to save for my planned upcoming Europe trip in sept! i'll be setting aside $3,500 for the trip. i hope its enough! it will be fun watching all the Disney characters speak in French. hehehehe.

managed to take more pictures of the office! will post them up v soon! ^^

back in seoul...

well, i'm back this time to work & i guess it does feel different in a way... there's this certainty that i'm actually staying in this country for the next few years at least. it felt really different when i was here the last few times for studies + holidays.. there was always this sense of urgency. urgency to keep on doing things, with the fear that i wouldn't be able to do them before i left. but now, there's just no hurry.. it is a lot more enjoyable cause i can do things at my own pace. as w.h davies said: "What is life if full of care, if we have no time to stop & stare". i get to appreciate seoul a whole lot more now. n not just for the shopping itself.

headed down to the office this morning to sign some documents & was pleasantly surprised by the lovely office building & its working environment. i had expected something close to that of HL building, or perhaps DBS tower at best, but the posh-ness of the office was definitely more than what i had expected. :) will try to put up pictures of the interior soon! managed to snap a picture of the exterior though.. (will post up pictures once i get them!) was supposed to go for an impromptu lunch with my whole dept, but couldnt' as becky was with me! i suspect that they were all waiting for me to go downstairs... *whoops* but i'll still have my 'welcome' lunch when i start work on the 1st day. :) will be going for orientation on the 3rd & 4th before starting work officially on the 5th!

reflections

and so, as 2010 is drawing to a close, its always apt to look back upon the year & see how things have turned out.
truly, this was the year of Restful Increase. managed to achieve 2 of my aims & i hope to achieve the remaining 3 next year! the year has passed by at a considerably constant pace. it was also a year of change. for me at least. stepping out of my comfort zone into something familiar, but yet unknown. i wouldn't say that my past 2 years in a***t has been all that bad. it did allow me a chance to grow & see the good & not so good sides of people. but of course, the good was more than the bad. made many new friends, friends whom i hope i'll still keep in contact with for many years to come. and let this be the foreshadowing of more good things to come! ^^

but of course, life always has its ups & downs. its how you take the downs that matter the most. there were times when i thought that it was almost impossible, but God always came through miraculously, meeting ALL my personal deadlines & criteria. seriously, i was almost going to give up, but He came through. :)

2011 is gonna be an even better year ahead & i can't wait to see what He has in store for me! cause i know that it is & it will be good! ^^

my new workplace!

unfortunately, this was the best picture that i could find! will update more soon!!! :D