here & there

My favorite food of all time.
This is my mom's homemade char kueh, although my favorite char kueh is in Sri Aman, but mom's getting closer to the Sri Aman standard.

Spotted this cute little thing while waiting for the "el"/the subway.

I took these photos on an early Saturday morning a while ago. Now all the trees have turned green.

All the things above have one thing in common: they are all second-hand products that we bought at garage sales or picked up from others who don't want them anymore. We like to think of this hobby of collecting used things as part of our contribution to protecting the environment. ^^

1. balloons
2. bicycles
3. suitcases (vintage ones)
4. umbrellas
5. guitar
6. books
7. shoes
8. coffee cups
9. solid background
10. rain
11. happy children
12. stuffed toys

By the way, I am taking Introduction to Philosophy now, and it's really cool to learn that God is not a God above logic, but He is a God of logic, because He created logic. My prof gave this example:
(look at this as if it's a math equation)

God says in the Bible that whoever calls on Him will be saved.
We call on Him and believe in Him.
(therefore) We'll be saved.

However, if God is above logic, we can't trust the what He promises in the Bible.

We have a God who Is. When you realize how amazing He is, you'll be humbled. We are created in His image, so we can also think and have logic. Therefore, use your minds to love Him wholly and to pursue truth.

Mark 12:29-30 "The most important one," answered Jesus, "is this: 'Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. ³⁰Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.'"

a.k.a. Bunga Kantan

We headed out at around 5am on Friday to go see the sunrise at the lakeside/beach. It's our last day at Moody together this semester because we finished our school year so we wanted to do something fun before we head out to different places for the summer, especially for Yvonne who's going back to Hong Kong after finishing Jewish studies here.
We were a little late, but we still caught the sunrise on time. It's like an egg yolk rising up from the blue lake.
Proof that we were there =PNo swimming of course
The cool breeze and the beautiful sky woke us up although we were sleep-deprived from the packing and cleaning from the night before.
Friends--one of the treasures God has blessed us with.
I love being out in the open space!
Sara played the guitar while we all sang worship songs by the lake.
Praising God together...
Ferris wheel at Navy Pier
Me..enjoying the sunshine
More singing...
Heading back to school
It's actually a cloudy day..After that, Sara drove us to Chinatown to eat breakfast. =) We ate satay soup mee fun with milk tea and Portugese tarts while Vin Sie had her favorite porridge.We also shared about what God has taught us this past year. It was a sweet sweet time with them.