#awesometnt

(Photo credit: Evonne Teng)

After a year of preparation [maybe longer], I think it really paid off for Timmy and Tania for all their hard works in planning and getting everything sorted out for the most memorable day of their life. Not to forget all the great helps from their wonderful friends who partnered with them side by side since the first day of the planning! Well done everyone!

(Photo credit: Evonne Teng)

It was amazing to see how Timmy and Tania chose to honor God by putting God above their wedding! It wasn't easy at all to see the stress and tiredness that both of them had go through during the preparation especially all the obstacles that they faced. But they prayed and trusted God in every way for their wedding and also putting Jesus at the center of everything, from their marriage to their wedding ceremony! During the wedding ceremony, I was quite stressful because I wanted everything to go smoothly although I was just in-charge of smaller part but I was thankful that everything went well and also to see how God blessed their wedding, from good weather to every blessings that they received! After all, it is all about God and He deserves all the glories and praises!

 (Photo credit: Rodman Lim)

Timmy and Tania's wedding also knitted our family closer especially with our siblings and cousins. Not even Chinese New Year can gather all of us just like how this wedding ceremony did. I spent so much quality times with my brother, Kelvin; and being there to witness our dearest brother moving on to his next chapter of life together as siblings indeed it was a beautiful moment and also reading those beautiful and touching comments with full of appreciations and loves by our cousins on Facebook and Instagram showed that we spent our time together beautifully and bonded well during the wedding ceremony especially with all the beautiful pictures that we took together.

(Photo credit: Rodman Lim)

Timmy and Tania's beautiful Thank you speech touched my heart and brought so much tears to me [and also to our dearest family members], it reminded me so much about our struggling during our childhood especially how mummy had to go the extra miles to make sure that we grow up well and also our popo [paternity grandmother] as Timmy's role model and 'hero' who always make sure that there are foods on the table for the family. And he also shared some of his beautiful memories with daddy. After listening to Timmy's Thank you speech, my heart was full of gratitude to God for seeing our family through, from one season to another season. While Tania's testimony about praying specifically had impacted many of us!

Not to forget the beautiful wedding message by Pastor Gilbert; simple but powerful, a message with great reminder for Timmy and Tania and all the married couples who came on that day, to be thankful and do not complain and compare. But guess what, it spoke to many of us too that in our life, we must learn to be thankful and no complaining! How it could not be the wedding of the year when the guests went home not just with beautiful memories but also beautiful messages?

(Selfie with my brother's iPhone 6)

[CONGRATULATIONS again to both of you, Timmy and Tania! Have a blessed marriage ahead with lots of love and joy! :)]

p/s: post wedding ceremony; the cousins went for karaoke session! :P

 [Amazingly at 3am, we all still managed to smile! :))]

Being the Youngest in the Family.

Out of so many blessings that I received, having Timmy and Kelvin as my sibling is one of the BEST!

(from the left; my eldest brother, Timmy Lai and my second brother, Kelvin Lai)

Being the youngest in the family, I get a lot of attentions from them and also from my mum. I tend to have the attitude of wanting-to-get pampered but I wasn't brought up in such a way, therefore, ain't no pamper-ness here in my family!

Seriously, I missed growing up with my brothers. I don't have much childhood memories of growing up with them, maybe due to the age gap between both of them and I. Sometimes I wonder, how do they feel for having another younger brother? Do they feel excited to have another brother? Or do they get disappointed for not having a sister? My mum told me that actually my family was hoping for a baby girl but instead of getting what they were hoping, God gave them another boy and that's me! I know I wasn't in their plan but I wasn't an accident because I was fearfully and wonderfully created by God with a great purpose! And also because God wants to have the relationship with me, that's why He brought me to this world to enjoy His unconditional love.

(from the left; Timmy, Kelvin and I am the one on my mum's lap)

 

(from the left; me, Timmy and Tania)

My childhood memories with Timmy; He was the one who taught me how to cycle. One night, I remembered that I was with him on a bicycle and we were on our way to get something; suddenly we saw a snake on the road and both of us were so terrified! I am truly thankful and blessed that he brought me to Christ when I was 11 years old and my life was transformed gradually since then. 

Today; We are the bestest buddy! Sharing jokes and laugh out loud together, jokes that only both of us will understand. He always make sure that I have a proper meal and he even fetch me out to get McDonald's every time when I am hungry in the middle of the night. I thank God for the courage to make the decision to moved to Petaling Jaya to work and what a blessing indeed that I get to spend so much quality times with him before he is moving to his next stage of life of being a husband. Frankly, I am not ready to let him go but I know that he will be in good hands, someone who loves him very much and will take really good care of him!

(Kelvin and I)

My childhood memories with Kelvin; One very memorable moment with him was when we saw some kind of flying object that looks like U.F.O. that flew above us and we were chasing after it. No one actually believe on what we had saw as we were told them especially the adults. I used to play with him quite a lot especially with my toys.

Today; He is someone whom I miss very much especially spending time together. We are staying 349.7km away from each other. Thank God for technology where we get to keep in touch from time to time. It is always my mum's desire that I can go over to Singapore and work, so that I can accompany him, which is something that I wanted to do too but sadly it didn't come to past because I wasn't granted with the work permit to work there. Anyway, I am truly thankful that last year, God blessed us two special occasions where we get to spent some quality times together, one was our Hong Kong trip and another one was celebrating his birthday at Singapore and I am looking forward to more of it.

 (We are very much the Disney Kids!)

My dad didn't do much for his part as a father but I am thankful for both of them to fill in the gap in modelling me. Although I always refraining myself from getting pamper by both of them but I do enjoy getting their attention, well, being the youngest in the family, I always have the tendency to be pampered and spoiled at times. :P

 (from the left; me, Kelvin and Timmy)

Fragrant Harbour

[The name "Hong Kong" is an approximate phonetic rendering of the pronunciation of the spoken Cantonese or Hakka, meaning "fragrant harbour" - Wikipedia]

Hong Kong skyline at night!

Touched down, after 4 hours flight from Malaysia - I was really excited and couldn't wait to see, to smell and to experience Hong Kong! Hong Kong is one of my dream destinations and I am so blessed to be able to travel to Hong Kong with my dearest family. [Ultimately, my childhood dreams fulfilled and I am really blessed!]

[Childhood dreams?] I grown up by watching many Hong Kong dramas and I always admire the place! I am a Disney Kid, of course going to Disneyland is one of my many dreams. Panda bear is my favourite animal on Earth and I'm always amazed by the unique feature of panda bear that God created! The wax museum [Madame Tussauds] always wanted to go after I watched a documentary on TV introducing about Hong Kong tourism. And last but not least, and very important too, a blessed opportunity to spend quality times with my loved ones! [Prayer answered, childhood fulfilled and blessed family bonding times with lots of fun and laughter! This trip is like sugar, spice and everything nice; the outcome is AWESOME!]

Just like Singapore, Hong Kong is a 1st world nation / country and they are really systematic especially their public transportation! Whether your are a tourist or a traveler, the chances of getting lost is pretty low! My family and I went there as half tourist half traveler [well, we went to most of the tourist attraction places and at the same time, we travel around by public transportation and eat at some of their local backstreet or roadside stalls instead of eating in the restaurant or hotel.] I printed out all sorts of useful information about Hong Kong before I left Malaysia but when I reached there, I did not really use it because the directories, road signage and place of interest signage can be easily find especially at the MTR station. [Thumbs up!] To all the shopaholic, Hong Kong is a great place for shopping, from bags to shoes, watches to clothing but make sure you get a bigger luggage bag!

To ensure that my family and I truly experience Hong Kong, I included Star ferry, cable cars, trams, the peak tram, local bus and of course the convenient MTR train into my itineraries! And also some local foods like Wan Ton noodles, Dim Sum, beef noodles, congee [porridge] and also street foods like curry fish-ball. Obviously, by having all these that mentioned above, it will definitely make you more a traveler than a tourist!

Well, I strongly believe that this trip is just an introduction trip for me about Hong Kong! I will definitely looking forward for another blessed opportunity to visit Hong Kong again! Maybe I will go fully as a traveler or a backpacker!

God bless and Cheerio! :)

[p/s: Here are some photographs that I took!]

[All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. - Walt Disney]