another 3 days till alpha! i'm so excited right now! had a good day today - great message at church on just the assurance of god's promise to us. sat thru a church meeting following, where the elders gave a half year review of the church's activities... i'm still somewhat in the review mode of the vine - so kinda sitting back and observing anything and everything, and keeping my nosey nose outta biznass till i make a commitment. i think i'm close to it now, cause i like the direction of the church. it's been like 2 months there and just hanging back n seeing all the groups - young and old - have that fire for serving god - and one just can't help but be excited. the alpha course is just an example of how much this church wants to take to heart christ's commandment to 'make disciples of all nations' - by reaching out to the community and sharing the good news. i don't think i've ever been a part of something like alpha, so wed nite will be definitely be awesome!

sat nite i actually cooked.. well - ok... quasi-cooked. i made this chicken caesar that i learned from my friend christine in san jose. such a simple recipe, but yet - mmmm - what a perfect compliment to a roast chicken (which my bro brandon made... and with stuffing!)... i love home cooking, and mom knows i got a special spot for roast chicken n stuffing....

next week will be busy. this project in china i'm working on might just get another life after all! china projects (esp guangdong) are difficult cause of sars, but u know - this is a good one and i'm hoping we can make it work soooooooooooooooonnnnn. speaking of which, another 5 died today, totalling 184 so far. 8 new cases is somewhat comforting in that new cases have reached single digits (altho it's still reported cases?). well - gotta look on the bright side! encourage! well.. suspend that thot for one second... gotta write this one down. yesterday nite - our less-than-esteemed chief executive tung chee hwa came on tv and said the absolute dumbest thing. he said, on camera, that he had really, really wanted to go to this hospital to visit some sars patients. he said that he thought of this not once, not twice, but on several instances, but on the advice of his personal physician, he decided not to go. however, he ended saying again, he really, really did want to go. now - WHAT THE#@!$*!&#@($@!($*!@$*)(!&#@$@!??????? there's a verse in the bible that says "take heed that you do not do your charitable deeds before men, to be seen by them....therefore, when you do a charitable deed, do not sound a trumpet before you as the hypocrites do....." (matt 6:1-2). now - it's one thing to actually do the deed, but to sound the trumpet w/out even actually doing it????????????