wet

location: Velden, Austria

time is 10:15pm & date is 18 Feb.

temperature outside is +2C & it's raining!!

i can't believe it! it's actually raining now, which means spring is almost here! yippeee!!!! no more cold cold nights & days!! bye bye to white, grey & brown scenery and hello green trees & grass!

Thank YOU God!

changes

22 Jan 2006
16 Feb 2006

if u think changes are bad. u are so wrong!! Take a look at the pics. 22 Jan 2006 is the coldest day of my stay in Austria and the recent condition as on 16 Feb 2006. Difference of 18 degress during day & 20 degrees during night!!

all the m'sian trainees are so happy abt the higher temperature, even the Austrians welcome the change.

thank God for changes eh? stay cool m'sia...

what's in the name?

Names.... names for everythings that we can ever thought of. some of us like our names, some dont like it so much, some even give ourselves new names.... one thing for sure, u got to live up to ur name.

Jars of Clay. i know there's a band with the same name, so? Just like there are millions of Johns.
Jars of Clay or JoC, is my CG's new name, we multiplied last Dec & wasnt decided on the name until after CNY. Yes, took us quite a long time. But name is important, give us identity, purpose etc...

So, with God's guidance, we in JoC will be living up to our CG name. JoC - tools for God's kingdom & purposes.

Charge Up! Conference

Charge Up! Conference is 1st media training conference for Christians. Many of those involved have plenty of industry experiences, some them have been using media in their churches for years.

Good place to learn from some 'pro' & networking.

He asked...... I said yes......

this is a short account of my CG members' wedding proposal. Read abt it at kl4kl .

So happy for them.

flowers

today is valentine's day. guess what happen at my work place?

the canteen man is giving a stalk of tulip to all the female workers in my work place. he stands at the top of the staircase, with the all the tulips by his side and giving them to all ladies that come to canteen for lunch. how nice.

but what abt men? men get nothing but lunch. it's ok, i've got my flowers from HH last week. it's more than enough for me.

Spring is coming!

That's right! spring is coming to Austria, at least that's what my landlady said. The weather does seems milder & warmer lately.

And that's the flowers I picked right outside my house. No lar.... Those were tulips HH bought for me for valentine's day. heheee..... yes, I didnt get her any flowers but she did. kinda funny to receive flowers, let alone it's my first time getting flowers. HH also get me a new sweater & gloves. as for me, I didnt prepare for it at all! so bad lah, me.... Did manage to ask her to get something, u can ask her what she get for herself on my behalf.... something that's famous from austria.

Happy Valentine's day.

What would Jesus Drive?

Found this after I google "What would Jesus Drive?"

Funny, although not the proper use of God's Word

What Would Jesus Drive?

Read this article on BBC abt What Would Jesus Drive?

I dunno abt you, but the truth is bigger car uses more fuel. personally i think everyone has to play a part abt environment, yes even Christians. please dun tell me that believers will go to heaven, not need to leave a clean earth. but ur children still need it until the Lord comes back. the fact is that we dunno when Jesus is coming back make us be more responsible abt our earth!

so, pls consider this when you plan to get a bigger car or 4x4.

To sit or not to sit

This was taken in the toilet of my place. Yes, no joke. The toilet seat cannot be lift up permenantly. you have to hold the seat up with one hand and pee with another free hand and it's not easy. trust me, i've tried it & has long given up trying. so, to save energy you pee sitting down - just as the instructed by the picture.

They even tell guys how to do it right.... so wifes, if u dunno any more problems with the toilet seat, i suggest you go look for a similar toilet seat design & train your husband to pee sitting down.

windy Vienna

We just got back from Vienna yesterday nite. Vienna was bigger than Salzburg, just as nice. unfortunately it was windy so it was cold. But it snowed on sat evening & nite, HH & I managed to walk in the snow aka winter sonata style. hehee.... no need to go to korea lor... apparently there is a cemetery in Vienna which has a 'population' of 2.5million. no much? Vienna only has a population of 1.5million. in that cemetery, they hv mozart, strauss... bodies. nope, we didnt go there. too bad, or i could hv show u where is the grave of mozart since 2006 is his 250th birthday.



(top to bottom) taken at the shopping street of Vienna,Kärntner Strasse; we r not in greece but the parlimen of Austria; that's us, HH pinning down the Kalzchurch, dom with 2 towers.

Salzburg is wonderful

HH has arrived for more than 2 weeks. it's great to hv her here with me. During CNY eve, we were in Salzburg. we stayed at a family run guesthouse (below center), it's nice & cozy & it's in the center of the old town - everything is within walking distance. it's just great to spend time with HH. we did all the tourisy stuffs, posing, buying souvenirs, etc... HH even took a photo with the local policemen (photo in HH's blog aka chincau). bottom photo(below) was taken in a church during the tour. photo below is the skeleton Mozart at a rock concert, rock on Mozart...





we also went for a Sound of Music tour, have to lah. HH is a big fan of that musical. good tour, worth the money. God is really good, there were only 2 of us on that tour. so, it's like our very own private tour. thank you God!



photo above taken on another hill top over looking Salzburg old town. far right (in the photo) is the famous Hohensalzburg Fortress. we had a Mozart concert in that fortress on CNY eve night, awesome view.