Beautiful New Year's celebration in Sydney....welcoming 2009 w a great fireworks....then hang out and had a few glasses of champagne.....

1st Jan - flew to Singapore....missed a flight to Hou - I honestly thought my flight would leave at 2P on the 3rd....WRONGGGG!!! It was supposed to be 2A....fortunately I managed to get to the 4th Jan flight back to Houston via Moscow...tired...work commenced on the 5th....

Pictures Galore....

I haven't had much time to update...been out about everywhere...

Koala Park Sanctuary - actually I hugged a koala and fed kangaroos...and saw many uniquely Australian animals........







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Sheep shearing and boomerang presentation included :)

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Bondi Beach






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QVB - high end mall kinda reminded me of the Galleria, Hou only the QVB is historical old building...









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Christmas crackers...you and someone pulled the end, it popped and trinkets came out along w paper crown and joke....







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Christmas get together - traditional turkey, meat pie, Christmas pudding..etc...

Luna Park....

Fun!

Powerhouse Museum











St. Mary Cathedral

And...........Botanical Garden







Blue Mountains - we hiked and had a picnic










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Last but not least Port Stephens...sand dunes....

Let me start w/ my bro's beautiful new home (Pics taken from the ad in July 2008 prior to purchasing the house):

The house is being decked up for Christmas...we are having a big pool BBQ party....(It's Summer here in Sydney).....

The weather has been sooo nice and mild actually a bit chilly at night, kind SF-y...sooo I was sooo glad that my bro decided to install the pool warmer...it makes the water not too cold...

Today, everyone's going to the Blue Mountain...since I have been there a few times, I decided to venture out on my own.....my sis-in-law was kind enough to lend me her brand new car (Honda Jazz)....and I was brave enough to take the offer....eventhough they drive on the left here.....I was all over the town...going to St. Ives, store-hopping at the Gordon Station and ended up at Chatswood.... :)))))

I am sooo tired...today is super fun day...it started w church and my niece sings in the choir....then we hit downtown (townhall) for Paddy's Market, Darling Harbour and I ate Oporto Chicken...super yummy Portugese baked chicken.........

How'z my holidays getaway so far....my answer to dat would be pretty fantastic....!!!!

Moscow's a different place...very different....and the ppl were rather different too...very rigid...and uptight....there are very serious ppl out there...maybe they are not used to the foreigners...LOL....

Plane's long...and pretty tiring....one airport to another....

Finally arrived in Sydney...and enjoy the new house of my bro and fam...weather is okay...in the low 80's....in a few days it's going to be a full house w/ all the guests are coming from everywhere....

My niece and neph have grown a lot...my niece is no longer that small lil girl...she is a teen now...LOL...

More postings soon....I am going to enjoy my bro's pool ;)

I miss all my friends in Hou :)....until them...SALUT!!!!

I haven't updated my blog for a while.....things have been hectic and different...I am totally enjoying the whole thing....unexpectedly...

I have been hangin' out w tis one chicka I met at work...she is super funny, cute and nice....but she is leaving soon to Penn State for a full scholarship Graduate school..... :(
I have been busy workin' in tis project, the project is continuing quite fine despite of the bad economy...... and it'z nice to know that my MGR and my Func. Mgr told ppl that I am one of the top performance... :)
I have been more involved in the world event..reading n realizing that tis world is pretty f-up in the hands of a few ppl....and the Federal Reserve are just a bunch of bankers who want to control world financial...they have nothing...NOTHING to do w the GOVT...Federal Reserve Bank is owned, directly or indirectly, by a bunch of bankers including those of the foreign elements..... :(
I have been waiting for my vacation and it'z finally here..... :)
I have been jogging a lot...rain or shine, cold weather or hot....I have been pretty dedicated....and it'z showing the results.... :)
I have been trying to keep my heart and focus on HIM...and serving HIM..... :)
I have been loving and be loved by **********... ;)
I have been taking a new hobby...learning how to shoot a 9 mm at a shooting range.... :)
I have been enjoying hanging out w my good friends...over a glass of Merlot... ;)
I have been enjoying loving my fam...... :)

Life is all gooooood....thank you J.C!!!!

Our Father in Heaven,

We give thanks for the pleasure

Of gathering together for this occasion.

We give thanks for this food

Prepared by loving hands.

We give thanks for life,

The freedom to enjoy it all

And all other blessings.

As we partake of this food,

We pray for health and strength

To carry on and try to live as

You would have us.

This we ask in the name of Christ, Our Heavenly Father.

I like it when the house is dark, and the only light source is a flame from a candle ....and I lay in the middle of a organized mess listening... ..to songs make me wanna die a little inside..

Quote of the Week

I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies. If the American people ever allow private banks to control the issue of their currency, first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks and corporations that will grow up around the banks will deprive the people of all property until their children wake-up homeless on the continent their fathers conquered.

Thomas Jefferson 1802

Last week was all about getting together with friends and keeping up w/ my exercises....

I caught up w/ VN-Gal and V-Boo on Friday.....and the weekend is about buffalo burger with. a glass of excellent ..Cotes-du-Rhone wine.

This week I have a visitor - how kewl!!!

I need to catch up w/ all my ATL friend....

Regarding the Presidential Election - WOW...it is first in the history: either the first African American President or the first oldest President along with the first woman Vice President.....

Heaven is no Trick and Hell is no Treat....thought of the week......

Out of the blue...I felt the blessing of God in me....

Out of the blue....I am thankful of JC to keep my babe saved in His hands during his accident

Out of the blue...I miss Sydney terribly.....

Out of the blue...I suddenly decided to blog again after a week of absence.....

Out of the blue...I felt so much has happened since I came home to Houston & it got me thinking.

Out of the blue...I felt I needed a getaway.....

Out of the blue...I feel blissed working on my current job.

Out of the blue...I feel my fickled-ness in decision-makings.

Out of the blue...Out of the blue...Out of the blue...Came this post which will start another chapter of my life....And the journey has just begun!

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Chris Tomlin - How Can I Keep from Singing

There is an endless song

Echoes in my soul

I hear the music ring

And though the storms may come

I am holding on

To the rock I cling

Chorus:

How can I keep from singing Your praise

How can I ever say enough

How amazing is Your love

How can I keep from shouting Your name

I know I am loved by the King

And it makes my heart want to sing

I will lift my eyes

In the darkest night

For I know my Savior lives

And I will walk with You

Knowing You'll see me through

And sing the songs You give

I can sing in the troubled times

Sing when I win

I can sing when I lose my step

And fall down again

I can sing 'cause You pick me up

Sing 'cause You're there

I can sing 'cause You hear me, Lord

When I call to You in prayer

I can sing with my last breath

Sing for I know

That I'll sing with the angels

And the saints around the throne

Rekindle friendship week....I have been busy catching up w old friends that I have lost touch....how nice.....

“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me” (Psalm 23:4).

I will put my trust in Him for this financial crisis.........

If last week was all about the workshop, this week is all about preparation of my China audits and staying over at my galfriend, V house. Her hubby works with me in the same project, he is in Japan now for business. V is this super gorgeous super nicey Russian gal with two small girls. I love the children they are so adorable. So when she invited me for all girls hang out, I couldn't turn it down. I stayed over a few nights car pooling w/ her to work. I left my car at work.....bcz she lives all the way in Cypress, TX...a nice subdivision.....

So...what were we doing each night I was there? We had such a blast....we jazzercised and then after the kids in bed at 8P, she and I had a glass of martini and watch Sex in the City on DVDs....