Charismatic

An excerpt Tips for Loving Tough Given that background, let me get very specific with those of you who are single but wish not to be. (No insult is intended to those who are single by design and wish to remain unmarried. That is a legitimate choice which should be respected by friends and family alike.) I have listed 16 suggestions that will help you conform to the principles of loving toughness in matters of the heart. 1. Don't let the relationship move too fast in its infancy. The phrase "too hot not to cool down" has validity. Take it one step at a time. 2. Don't discuss your personal inadequacies and flaws in great detail when the relationship is new. No matter how warm and accepting your friend may be, any great revelation of low self-esteem or embarrassing weaknesses can be fatal when interpersonal "valleys" occur. And they will occur. 3. Remember that respect precedes love. Build it stone upon stone. 4. Don't call too often o...

What is it about guys who are 'cute' but vain and metrosexual, and cats? They love cats. I can't figure it out? Maybe dogs are too noisy, messy, and smelly. Cats are clean and vain like them? Hmmm.... I've seen quite a few of these blokes already (though 'blokes' is the wrong word. They aren't bloke-ish at all)

Eva, one of the first people I met in Taiwan [on holiday 2009] The meal was her shout. HUGZZ Pesto chicken risotto. It's the yums! Fettucine with prawns and cream sauce Mojito - <3 my cocktails Layered cake Feeling so much better today. Thank God for friends who remind you of God's grace in beautiful ways.  One of the reasons I love my church is because it's full of people who understand and dispense God's grace. I've never heard condemnation and accusations. I've never heard my church friends around criticize other christians [though I've heard other ppl from other churches do it]. I hear honest feedback if one needs to change and grow. But they exude grace, love and authenticity.  I was whining to Eva today about how success seems to comes so easily for some people, and they don't seem to need to try very hard at all (e.g. mainly thinking about a pair of twins). Recently, one of them got married, an...

It's that time of the year!!!!! What time? The week before my birthday. Hah. Birthdays make me all reflective and feel 'blog-ish'. This time though, I am almost numb to the fact that I'm turning 27. I really don't want to grow older. It scares me like it never has before. Although I am slightly more immune shock of aging physically [the dark eye circles, the fat deposits that don't want to leave, the red spots and pigmentation that are slowly appearing all over my skin, the sore shoulders and back], I still can't mentally grasp that I'm more than quarter of a century old and I am still, according to my own standards, not anywhere near where I should be. But I am still on this journey. And it looks like there's no use in turning back. What will I have left if I turn back? He promises that there is destination. I take that in faith. And hope that the destination isn't too disappointing. It's a short and not particularly cheerful post. ...

青花瓷  Blue and White Porcelain I've been trying my hardest to regularly upload youtube videos, because right now, it's the only platform I have to do promotion or grow a fan-base internationally, except in China (a general rule, one has no access to FB and youtube there). But that is what my Tudou and Weibo accounts are for. Trying to figure my way around the China websites has been hair-raisingly frustrating. They are usually poorly designed, making it confusing to navigate around them. But with my sister's help, we got some videos up there and there and getting some views.  It's been difficult to produce a new video once in 3-4 weeks like I initially planned to do it. The time between videos more like 6-8 weeks. I honestly wished someone introduced me to youtube video making about 6 years ago. I think I could have made a living of it by now. Hah. Then, youtube was really about home videos and community. Nowadays, it's more corporate and more competitiv...

I am waiting for a set of sound samples to arrive. I paid for them 3 months ago. A hefty amount. I'm still waiting. I am waiting for the company to finish the final details on my website. The designer ran into some family problems, but still, it's been a while. I'm still waiting. I am waiting for my mentor to give me some lyrics he said he would refine. I am waiting for a time that he can fit me in to record vocals for one track. I am waiting for him to help contact another vocal producer for another 3 tracks. I am waiting for a guitarist in the States to send me guitar tracks for a song. I am waiting for an arranger to send me  a rough for another track. I am waiting for  Mandarin lyrics from another writer. I have been waiting for a long time for many things. This is driving me nuts.