I want to say...

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!!

Wish you all the best for 2009: blessed, healthy, full of grace, happiness and laughter!!!

Also, don't forget the BABY (please click here and see which baby) !!!

Little @=p, Mummy f=) & Daddy :-p

Daddy & Mummy's little monster

Swimming on my back

Under water swim 2

Swimming 1

Little jump

Say hello to my classmates

Under water swim

Disappeared for 7 months

What have you done in the past 7 months? Working day and night? Finished a big project? Enjoyed your holidays somewhere else? My past 7 months were full of challenges and praises!!!

Milestone 1: God listened my prayers ~=D

In the first two and a half months … after I came back from HK, I thought I had food poisoning. It was because when I got home, I kept vomiting. However, I hadn’t had much food on the plane (actually I only had a cup noodle), so how could I have food poisoning? After half-day in the toilet, I guessed I might pregnant? Without any delay, I had a test and it was POSITIVE~=) Wow! Praise the Lord our God! HE did listen to my prayers!!! Thereafter, I spent the whole two and a half months in the bed, as the ‘morning sickness’ really killed me. Actually it was good for my baby and me, as I could rest at home to let my baby grew safely and healthily!

Milestone 2: So different to live in a foreign country ~=(

Once my first three months of pregnancy was over (God’s time table is so good and excellent), the flat that we bought end of last year was completed. Another big project was waiting for me, to renovate our new home~=( For those who renovated their home before, surely they would know how annoying it was. In HK, you could just simply find a builder, and then he would arrange most/all of the workers for you. In UK, it was another story, you have to find your own plumber, electrician, decorators, plasterer, carpenter… etc. In this civilized country, nearly 90% of employees are so lazy, inefficiency and stick to their ‘own desired’ time table. Now when I looked back, I really thank God that HE gave me enough negotiation power, patient and strengths to monitor all those workers and ‘push’ them to finish our job within one and half month and to complete ON TIME! Definitely it was a miracle to me!

Milestone 3: Making the impossible to possible ?=/

60+ boxes of books, 40+ boxes of records & CDs, 150+ boxes of kitchen wares, clothes, bits & pieces and all of furniture. How many days do you think you need to pack, to move and to unpack all of the boxes? (I really don’t dare to think about it.) Ironically, Charles had an annual conference in Liverpool just before we needed to move. Two days or less than 48 hours, the moving company helped us to pack all the boxes, moved from one block to another without any lifts in the buildings and unpacked them. Believe it or not, not even single cup or saucer has been broken, no box was missing and no one was hurt. Thanks God! We have our own place now and no more moving (this was the third move in the past two years!). Eventually we can settle down!

Milestone 4: Baby’s first English test ~=p

After a week or two to get use to the new environment, I had to study days and nights again~=( Boo! I wasn’t that stupid to enrol another degree course. Unfortunately I had to take an English test (hopefully this is the last exam in my life) for my indefinite settlement visa in UK. Statistics showed about one third of the first time examinees failed the test. So I must study hard to make sure I pass the exam. Otherwise, I was not sure whether my baby could have UK passport or not and I would have to extend my visa and renew it every two years. More importantly, I wanted to travel to Paris with Charles just before the visa expired. So I studied days and nights, sometimes until 1am or 2am ~=p Alleluia! The immigration officer told us that I got 100 marks in the test! Wow! My baby got full scores in the first English test~=p Brilliant!

Milestone 5: Feng Teng & Fei Cha’s romantic city – PARIS f=) &:-p

Some people say Paris is not a nice city to travel to. French people are so arrogant and unfriendly. However Paris is a very special and romantic city to both of us~=) he he! Why?



In our first trip to Paris, Charles put his hand on my shoulder while we took this picture~=D keke! We started our long distance relationship and became boyfriend & girlfriend~=D woo hoo!




Then we re-visited to Paris again to start the first part of our honeymoon after we registered in UK in 2006. The second part of our honeymoon was to travel to Hokkaido after we had our wedding ceremony in HK~=) he he!




This June, before our second anniversary, Charles had his business trip to Paris for a week, so I carried my big bump to join him~=p hehe! PARIS is such a special and memorable city to us!

Milestone 6: Being a good helper ~=)

After the trip, I thought I could relax and start to prepare our naughty one to come. Luckily or not, Charles’ private practise was growing so well, to the point that I had to step in and cleared up his billings, accounts and income statement. Spending three weeks time as his assistant or accounting officer (hehe! quite a decent title~=p), sometimes I worked until 3am, finally I reconciled the past six months accounts, found out all the errors and missing billings and more importantly to keep track his income statement was correct and true or not. After all the hard works, I really thank God that HE gave me the strengths and knowledge to help Charles. Although I am not the best woman that Charles meets in his life (may be he deserves a better one~=p), hopefully I’m his Mrs. Right. Besides, now I understand more about one of the scripture in the bible ‘The Lord God said, “ It is not good for the man to be alone, I will make a helper suitable for him.” (Genesis 2:18) Haha! I’m not the best one, but hopefully I’m the ‘suitable’ and ‘helpful’ one for Charles! (Hehe! This is my understanding/sharing/feeling only, hope it won’t let you down or misunderstand the scripture!)

Milestone 7: Enjoying my pregnancy!

After all the above ‘non-stopping’ challenges, finally I can enjoy every moment of my pregnancy~=) Other than attending different classes to learn how to give birth, become motherhood, meeting other mums, now I can catch up with all of my friends in HK or UK. Also, other happy moments are, nearly every days, I keep receiving gifts, parcels and blessings~=D Taking this opportunity, I must give thanks to my family, relatives and all the uncles and aunties in HK again!!! Thank you so much for your love, kindness and presents!!! My naughty one is so lucky and loved by all of you!!! Really can’t wait to share my naughty one’s photo with you all!!!