Friday, December 21, 2007
5 more days to my holiday trip...
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Jingle Bells...
And I just found these pics last week! It's from last year's Youth Ministry Christmas, it was awesome! The theme was "White Christmas in Japan", we decorated our church with white cloth, paper lanterns & twigs... it was great. But the main attraction was the drama... we made a set of Japanese house on the stage, and we even made trailers that we aired every week in Sunday service to promote the program! If you see the pics, I played the role of an evil stepmother, Lady Maruka. Somehow, I always got this kinda role since I was in Sunday School hahaha Do I look that evil?
I bought the pink yukata for myself, the others were borrowed. The guys were wearing my father's yukata & happi. I had to ask my mom to search his entire closet to find those. The guy playing my husband wore the white/blue yukata while the guy playing the maid wore happi. The make up artist was late to so we girls had to do the make up on our own. They guys were hopeless, they did the make up on the last minute. Too bad I can't find better pics that could show the entire decoration and part of the drama.
It was a great celebration. We got to do something different & our pastor was also satisfied with the drama. The message that we were trying to show in the drama was FORGIVENESS. Oh, I also made a blunder. A few seconds before we enter the stage for the 1st scene, the soundman informed us that the PC that has our music score & naration was crashed, so the musicians had to do it live including the naration. The moment we entered the stage, my mind went blank! I just sat there and looked at the other player and said nothing. My mind was completely blank! hahahaha There was supposed some music playing and at a certain drum rolls I had to start my line. Hearing that the recording was crashed and the musicians were playing a totally different tune, I was clueless. I was saved by my "daughter", she took one good look at me and she knew I was lost, so she started with my line. As soon as I heard her, the scenario was back in my head and there was no more mistake until the drama ended v(^0^)v
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
GIVE THANKS
Friday, October 5, 2007
Hang in there, Mom!!
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
wrong timing to get sick
Friday, August 10, 2007
Movies
Friday, August 3, 2007
FUN, FUN, FUN!!!
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Magical Birthday
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
another mountain to climb... another battle to fight...
The first week after the stroke atack, I still felt that the situation was too hard for me. That it's some kind of a burden upon my shoulder. Then wisdom came unsexpectedly from a good friend of mine. She said: "It is a priviledge to be able to take care of your parents because not everybody can do it. I can't do it for my parents, they don't need me. I don't live with them, they have their own money and they can take care of themselves. But you, you have the honour to do something and return the favor to them." The words stung. And I questioned myself, "What have I done to return what they have done for me in my entire 32 years of life?". So this is it. The burden has become lighter now. This is my opportunity to let my parents know how precious they are to me. By taking care of them. And no, it's not that I don't think it's hard anymore, it's still hard. But at least I know that when worse come to worst, I have done everything that I could do for her. Probably not my best, but with all my heart. And I know she undertands.
She's trying to be strong and keep a cool surface in front of me & my dad, but I know she broke down inside. She may not be the perfect mother, but she is my mother in every way. I'm not trying to be a saint, I'm so far from one. But when the time has come, I want to be able to say that I am also her daughter in every way.