Praise the Lord!  It's Friday. 

Last night (out of the three nights, I stayed up really late), I was able to sleep.  I finished one thing off my plate -- the Thanksgiving edition to our fellowship publication.  I sent the file via email to our church admin to xerox -- in hopes that the little publication will be published on Thanksgiving Friday.  Continue to pray for the process.

Tonight will attend the church meeting for Rev. So (can't wait to hear his message -- church sanctuary will be crowded.).... then I will head home to prepare for Saturday's small group gathering.  I haven't been in my apt. for three days, and I found a very "big" plastic awning shading the entrance.  My building is doing once again maintenance work in the front entrance.  I had to e-mail the small group fellows noting to go in the "side" entrance just in case (not the main).  Hopefully, there won't be any problem tomorrow afternoon when they arrive.  I'm making (1) dish as I had no time to think due to the the page layout & finalizing process for the publication.  Luckily, I brought the other stuff last week as I knew this week will not be productive.

Work is chugging along..... I am stumped on entering changes into the inventory/billing system...... so, need to pray for wisdom & patience in noting how to do this task.  Will see what happens today when I go to the office..... did some billing yesterday (though there are one or two that I need to wait).  Next week will be quite light..... though my boss had called for an important staff meeting for next Monday -- except for my coworker and myself (aren't we lucky?).  Yesterday she was wearing many hats as she was receiving calls for Manhattanites who wanted to rent apartments along Riverside area (my big boss has a few apartments that he rents)..... so, her phone was non-stop ringing. 

Anyhow, I'll need to get ready for work.   Hopefully it will be light...... will need to do some follow up stuff --- i.e. xerox publication and website entry.  I'll need to enter a few more articles into the new site (though thanks to cm who is slowly sending me some of the stuff that needed typing).  Hopefully more to follow on my part in the next week or so .....

Happy weekend and enjoy (and be safe)!  Peace. 

This past weekend I thought I would've lost my life.... I guess it was kind of oblivious really.  "What if...." questions just flashed by my mind.  So vivid, but we had trust in Him -- He guided all of us home safely.

Yesterday's staff meeting was quite long, but we accomplished what we wanted to do in the next quarter.  We all went to Bayside.  Talked & prayed on issues.... and we had a nice dinner afterward at Harvest Buffet in Little Neck (food was OK - I wouldn't rave the food).  We left there at around 8:30pm....  

Afterward, we parted our ways.... but my friend's car started to signal a "warning" flash.  He thought that the car didn't have gas, but that wasn't the problem.  I told him why don't we stop at a gas station, and check to see if we can find help.  So, we did (and luckily we did)..... his car was steaming up when he opened the engine.  It turned out that his car didn't have anymore water.  Luckily, we encountered the Mobil shop owner along Fresh Meadows --- and he was on the phone with his boss (obviously an experience mechanic).  He saw that my friend was placing his face checking the antifreeze area (which he really shouldn't since any person would burn pouring that stuff, as per shop owner).    While he was busy working on his car, my other friend and I were on the side chit chatting on other issues (we were seeing that his car suddenly in fumes and flames).... it was quite scary.  The shop owner was saying if my friend drove any further along the highway -- the car would've exploded in flames.  How scary to hear that -- but I believe God was really with us--- I couldn't believe it.  Anyhow, we were at the gas station for 1.5 hour before we could safely say that we could go.  We went to a 2nd gas station since my friend also felt that his tires didn't have enough air.  We exited to Flushing at a nearby Hess to access "free air" (that was a first for me to see that Hess offered "free air" for the tires).  At this point, my friend was so unstable --- we were all tired, and we wanted to go home.  After a brief prayer, he started the car --  I was home within 10 minutes from Flushing.  Unbelievable night.  I really was so tired and restless -- I showered, prayed and went to sleep.  Praise God that my friend was able to drive the car & sent all of us safe home --- but he will need to give it to his mechanic to check things out.  Hope that my friend will get a good check up on his car (since it was a critical situation).

Today, I went to prayer meeting then to service..... had lunch..... choir practice.... then WC meeting.  I felt very exhausted and restless as I tried to get my sister's birthday cake (it's a pretty one)..... and now, I am trying to fix a few things with an 'ole laptop.  I have so much on my plate right now........... I want to scream.............however, I thank those who could help me.  I'm thankful from yesterday's gathering & incident.  The "what if" questions started to go out the back burner --- those things which I really want to accomplish.....

This morning, my friend said that I had a "stunned"  look on my face (but that would happen as I was rushing up the stairs to go to prayer meeting).  She thought I was stunned from last night (but I really wasn't.... um maybe... -- I was just thankful we were all right).  God has His timing -- if He needed me to go back to His Home, then so be it.  However, there are so many things on my mind --- some unfinished and not accomplished.  Those are the "what ifs...." actions that I would really feel regret.  My head was so heavy..... and probably those things will be left unaccomplished.  What "coulda, shoulda, woulda" questions always exist.....  I really don't know.... oh well.  If that ever happens, and I return back Home --- again, so be it. 

God has His Way .... and you live life only once.    

Anyway, I don't want to be so "grey" -- it's my sister's birthday.  I'm thankful to be alive, and celebrate it with her and my mom.  It's a blessing.  So with that, I start a new work week...... and need to accomplish (a) publication and (b) website issues.  I can't wait until this Friday to hear the special meeting with Rev. So -- he's arriving from HK to be at our church.  Hope to gain some insight for that night along with Sunday's message (unfortunately, I will miss Saturday's meeting due to small group prep at my apartment).

Ramble some later.  Peace.

It's Friday the 13th..... and I'm so, so not myself at the moment due to lack of sleep.  I still have yet to accomplish & get through another work day.  My work computer is so much faster now (hopefully will get it done).  Hardly did anything yesterday since I had to wait for the IT guy to set it up.... it was OK.  Things were a bit crazy yesterday in the studios since the crew was setting up an event for NARS (the makeup org was celebrating its 15th anniversary in our studios).... ..  I got off work early just to get out of the madness since they were going to lockdown the area for the 8pm event. 

Otherwise, I started uploading some document sharing into the website.  So tedious..... and I'm out of luck trying to upload more stuff since I don't have the page layout.  I might ask some brothers to help type for me.  Will see.

Tomorrow staff meeting .... Sunday choir..... and it's my sis' birthday - will celebrate with her and mom Sunday night.  Hope I can get her lil' gift this afternoon before I head to fellowship tonight.  Lots to get through...... and will ramble later as I need to prep for work.  Stay dry and in one place (since it will be quite wet and windy).

Happy weekend.  Later.

... was restless Monday night due to work and night class (which I have a ton of homework to catch up tomorrow night).

Tonight I had a chance to hang with some sisters eat Korean food at Han Bat..... then we all went to see the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall.  We were excited & heard Lang Lang play a Russian orchestral piece.... it received the roaring applause for the night.  It was amazing to see him play (without any score).  The orchestra played very well.  Our seats weren't the greatest view since we were all the way up on the balcony.  Though it was OK, we were able to have standing areas where we could see the stage live.  It was great.  Hopefully we can have more opportunities to hear.  After Lang Lang played, we heard some Peking Opera piece -- depicting the stages of womanhood -- from chastity to marriage..... it was quite interesting how that piece was presented.  Two ladies depicting different time periods came out in costume....... had Chinese instrumentalist playing erhu, zhang and pei pa along with the Shanghai Symphony orchestra -- it had the East meets West feel.  Really introspective piece.

Now, I'm so tired.... and have to return work (hopefully having a breather the next several days).  These past two days are a little better in terms of training.  I still need to be aware of a few tidbit things in terms of billing process..... and I actually helped my boss with Excel 2007.  She thinks I'm the guru knowing those functions (actually, I'm not, and I do admit I'm not an expert).  Anyhow, if I can get through the billing stuff, I can assist my boss in building up spreadsheets in Excel (I can't wait since I miss doing that kind of stuff -- besides taking care of fellowship's finances).

Tomorrow's another day..... I'm returning back to my little paradise for the next several days to work on some more fellowship website stuff and (hopefully) the upcoming publication page layout.    Continue with the training sessions (without my training assistant - since she's back next week)........

Prayers......

Happy 40th Birthday to Sesame Street!!   I love this children show growing up........

Survived - I passed the 10 min. audition session... long day singing today.  Sleepy.