exactly two weeks left.

today has been a most magical day. not only was I able to have a lovely day at the Harry Potter Studio Tour, I also miraculously befriended an Inner Mongolian girl on this would-have-been-lonely journey. I met her (Kening) at the bus station at Watford Junction, and we immediately decided to pair up for the day. she is a very friendly and fine-looking girl, and just like me, she just finished her Masters and will be returning to China soon. and we're of similar age! basically we spent the rest of the afternoon together. we took pictures of each other, and we exchanged contacts. in the evening, we returned to London and had dinner together with her friend. the meal was fabulous and fulfilling

I've never made any friends in such manner, and it was a surprisingly pleasant experience! we spent 3+ hours at the studio tour, and I spent around 6 hours in total with her! must thank God for letting me bump into Kening! two less lonesome people for the day lol! I will miss her for sure =) and of course, the butterbeer ^^

doing this little countdown of my last days in London. exactly half a month to go. trying to recount what I've done in the past year. I would say, shamefully, not much..

london phil choir (southbank centre/royal albert hall; proms). uni chamber choir. church (service; follow up class; fellowship/core team; praise team). voice lessons. course modules. museums. walking around and doing touristy stuff. some badminton. a bit of shopping. a little filming. lots of movies. deutschland. paris. oxford-bath-cardiff.

I think that's pretty much it.

[wish you'll turn to me more]

[time is running out]

two weeks or so till I'm headed back to my beloved Hong Kong. well. actually more like back to reality.

this year has been a like a dream. it just felt very surreal. in terms of living alone (sort of) and taking care of myself and the limited conversations I have had with the limited circle of friends here. must give thanks to God for letting me meet these lovely brothers and sisters at church. basically they've taken up 99% of my social life here haha.

funny how things go in life. on your path to pursuing one thing, you might discover the lack of passion for it, or discover a passion in another thing. I guess one really needs a lot of 'alone time' to have this whole self-rediscovery. I am sure when I return to Hong Kong I will be overwhelmed with so many things that I just can't realise what I really want to do with my life. I mean, to be absolutely practical, I'll most likely do freelance work and so on, teach kids to sing, maybe conduct a choir etc. but is this all I want?

I need more time.

anyway. in these 12 months, fellowship time has become so important to me. to be honest, when I was in Hong Kong, although I did spend a few years in fellowship and made some friends, I never felt quite as close to them as I am to bros and sis here. perhaps it's because church is almost all I have here. I can't really explain why. it's a strange feeling.

as I bring this post to a close, I'd like to share a little song that I've also posted on Facebook.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFhJUk7LNT0 (some say love/the rose - LeAnn Rimes)

have always loved this song. and today when I look into the lyrics more closely, I have realised how beautiful and wise these words are. on the surface it seems like a simple love song, but I think it can be applied to love for other things, not just between man and woman. especially the second verse. I think I have been living in a bubble for too long, so long that I never dared to take any chances. and my heart fears breaking so much that I could never step up to the next level. not just romantically, but in any aspect of life. it's like how people will never learn to ice-skate for fear of losing their fingers. I mean, birds will never learn to soar high in the sky if they had feared falling.

will you take the chance? will you dance with me?

18 hours to judgement day. yet here I am typing this post, trying to evade the fact that I am about to die. soon.

nah. I'm just exaggerating, it's just another performance, another recital. (or is it really just another performance... I know not..) yes, I'll be having my end of year recital, and that should be the final task of my postgraduate studies. I don't think I am well-prepared at all. at least not mentally. gah.

I miss home. I still haven't bought the air ticket yet, but I'd most probably head home on 30/9 or 1/10. which means I have exactly 20 days to deal with any unfinished business. there are too many things going on in life, and too many thoughts I have yet to clear out. you might be surprised. keep waiting. anticipation is key. I just hope this won't come as too much of a shock. esp to my family. (yea I'll discuss that when I get back to HK, no hurry)

alright. time to get back to work. or more like, to sleep LOL
ugh. I dunno.

note to self: *supportz*

welcoming myself to Xanga 2.0 =)

I might actually go back to blogging more diligently after my recital on Sep 11. *nervous nervous*

shall continue to be simply me.

oblivion-ed.

在倫敦第四次一個人去戲院睇戲了

*bummed* 

新春快樂呀各位 =D

the best way to start a new year: calling home and chat with family <3
funniest part of cny? mum answered phone and thought i was her sister calling from canada to bai nin with my grandma, and she passed the phone to grandma without listening to me properly LOL

but its glad to hear all their voices ^^

short performance/recording session on tuesday, term paper due on thursday, and i'll be officially done with term 1!!! then i still have another week of term break teehee.

a week later i would've been here in london for four months la. that's equivalent to one third of my studies here. it felt like a blink of an eye. despite the fact that i haven't really made friends at uni, i'm so glad to have met many brothers and sisters at church/fellowship here. i always feel very 'at home' when i'm with them, after all, we're just part of a very large family =)

thank you God for taking good care of me, for holding my hand all along the way. will be taking a follow up class coming Sunday, i hope to grow even closer to God, and to learn to love Him more. hopefully i'll get the chance to serve God here in the near future. i've been too blessed.

must sleep now!