My Bangkok Sojourn

September 1, 2011 - I arrived at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi Airport with Ms. Merlie picking me up at around 8:00 in the evening. It was raining then, I can't explain how happy it made me after not being able to experience rain in the UAE for almost a year. It was a surreal experience for me; that moment I stepped out the Immigration Control area in the airport and unto the waiting area, seeing to many Asians, the rain, the colorful and right-hand drive taxis. I had a feeling that my one month stay here will be great!

It is now my 6th day here. Everything is going well. I have yet to go and see the places which Bangkok is famous for as I have only been staying at home, eating some Thai food, helping out ate Merlie with the things she has to do and sometimes, going out with her if she needs to run an errand.

Will post pictures with this blog once I get the time. :)

Food: Red Kidney Beans Con Carne

Ingredients:
250g Ground Beef
1 can (400g) Red Kidney Beans, drained
1 small onion, minced
3-4 garlic cloves, minced
Oyster Sauce
Tomato Ketchup
Salt and Pepper
Cooking oil

Directions:
In a medium-sized wok, saute onion and garlic. Add ground beef, stir until it turns golden brown. Add the red beans and let simmer for 10 minutes. Add a mixture of oyster sauce, tomato ketchup, salt and pepper. And that's it!!

Even if it kills me...

I will always choose to do Your will above all else.

I may sound like a broken record but, really, the Lord never ceases to amaze me. I am amaze at the works of Your hand, the strength that I seem to always possess, the peace that I feel even though I'm walking on very rocky path, and the provisions, o Lord, how they multiply!

Show me Your way and I will follow. Always.

Forgive me Lord if I am lacking the confidence to not worry at all. That despite knowing You will be there with me and that You know what's best for me, I still have fears of what the future here on earth holds for me. But know that I will always go wherever You want me to go, do whatever what You want me to do and strive to become the person that You have planned for me to become all this time.

"I have lover you with an everlasting love;

I have drawn you with loving-kindness.

I will build you up again

and you will be rebuilt...

and go out to dance with the joyful."

- Jeremiah 31:3-4

credits: image and Bible verse from Know God. Know Love.

An age-old joke about every male politician and their wives but nonetheless very inspiring.

One night President Obama and his wife Michelle decided to do something out of routine and go for a casual dinner at a restaurant that wasn’t too luxurious. When they were seated, the owner of the restaurant asked the President’s Secret Service if he could please speak to the First Lady in private. They obliged and Michelle had a conversation with the owner. Following this conversation President Obama asked Michelle, “Why was he so interested in talking to you?” She mentioned that in her teenage years, he had been madly in love with her. President Obama then said, “So if you had married him, you would now be the owner of this lovely restaurant,” to which Michelle responded, “No. If I had married him, he would now be the President.”

I will forever be in awe of You

I pray that Your name be lifted high forever. Indeed, there is freedom in Your grace and we, Your people, just need to approach that throne, with confidence and in reverent submission.

I have almost lost hope of getting a job in the medical field because (1) I don't have THE experience, (2) my license is not ready, and (3) my present company will not let me go until the 20th of April. However, despite the reasons, the feeling of hopelessness was superficial, a feeling that just passes by every now and then, just skin-deep. I was busy thinking that there is got to be a way, I know God has a way, I just needed to figure it out. I didn't know what else to do but to leave it all to God. He knows what is inside my heart, what I desire most, and what is best for me. I have accepted that I may or may not get the answers that I want but I know if it His will then there's no other way of doing things. It's got to be His way or none at all. I just prayed and prayed that He will prepare my human heart to accept and to take on whatever it is, to not get hurt by it and that I will not lose heart in praising and thanking Him for His great love for me.

His answer:

credits: image at The Father's Love - knowgodknowlove.wordpress.com

8.8 Magnitude Earthquake hits Japan!

One of the sure signs that the second coming of Jesus Christ is near. It's a call for His children to continue to stand firm and fight a good fight of faith to finish the race that the Father set before us. Times will be a lot tougher from now on and all we can do is to trust in Him.

March 11, 2011, a flooded Sendai Airport in Japan due to a tsunami following an earthquake.

image: credits to producermatthew.com

My Two Cents

This time, I guess, is the longest time that I have been away from writing - over a year! I intentionally stayed away from writing because I didn't know how to put my thoughts into words for these past few months anymore. It felt like I was walking in a cloud of thoughts, of events, of worries, of joys that I did not know if I would make sense if I put them all into words. Everything was in a rush and in a blur. But for all the time that I've been away, still, writing never fails to give me that joy - knowing that I am free to ramble, shout out, tell a story, cry out, inspire and be inspired in this world that we call blogging.

So I'm back, and I hope I'll be back for good. I didn't realize I had so much going on the world wide web before my hiatus and now each account are calling out for some t.l.c.!