Review of the years from August-Dec.

Happy New Year~~~
Today is the last day of the year. I have a cold...still coughing yukcy stuff out.
However, i just want to recap the whole year....

in August, Sue visited me and we went to Rhode island, and we had feasted in CIA in Hyde park.
Their goat cheese Macaron is such a treat, and i remember it was only $1.95 at the

Apple Pie Bakery Café 

Goat cheese macaron

Lemon Merinque

Passion fruit cream puff

Black cherry dark chocolate ??

CIA

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------During the autum, we visited D-Acres in New Hempshere.
D-Acres click for info.
This place is near Rumney, where the world class climbing cliff is located. When we were there, it was raining so we just visited the place, but didn't climb.
D-acres is an organic educational farm stay. No tax added we rented the dorm room for $65 per night-sleeps 4. They are not in for the money. Staffs are very down to earth.
They do not like Walmart and Wall street though..... go here for a nice retreat and learn how to live a sustainable life style. I changed my shampoo/soap to biodegradable products after this trip. God gave us beautiful and bountiful of produces, lets take care of them and not to abuse it further more. It may sound very aloof and hard to achieve, but little by little...i believe the earth and the creature would benefit from this knowledge...such as bring your own utensil to work, don't use plastic cups but use your own glass/mug...
wash your own dishes with biodegradable detergents instead of dish washer..etc. We are so use to paper/plastic plates/cups, it is so horrible for the environment!

Anti-money making coporate monsters!

Living room of the guest house

Country style high ceiling! I love the design.

Piglets-3 days old

Antique shop watch dog

D-acres Ox

D-Acres log cabin(for staff only)

Outdoor kitchen

Jon hiking

Gideon took this for us.

Friendship is a gift

Many years has passed


Soo and me when we were in college.

Soo and me now.. big difference? our face got rounder.....
People come and go in our lifes, only a few friends with the same kindred spirit stays...
the adventerous, hard working and not afraid to dream dear Soo.

Hell and Heaven....24 hours apart.

After being stuck on the subway for 1 and half hour yesterday, I am beginning to think over the meaning of my life again. Hungry and had to pee, i ran out the train as soon as the door opens 2 stops prior my stop, and left my mom's favorite umbrella on the train, tried to go back and get it, and the door closed on me, the train is heading to the west side yard. What a day.

HELL

Was the nice long weekend an illusion? God ...pls tell me....what is the meaning of this life? *sob*
Is this the cross i need to bear...or is there something i havn't let go yet?

HEAVEN!

The nice hike on Saturday with some fellow brothers/sisters...fun~~

Relaxing afternoon at the K's....with Victoria's wood fired pizza served by a loving brother).

Biking

You alone are my portion and my cup

Fresh picked May flowers from the road side of Roxbury, CT.

So simple....and so refreshing

A walk in the spring in Forest Park.

Beauty is everywhere.

^{Psalm 16: 5} Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup;

you make my lot secure.
⁶ The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
surely I have a delightful inheritance.
⁷ I will praise the Lord, who counsels me;
even at night my heart instructs me.
⁸ I keep my eyes always on the Lord.
With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken. 

My favorite C.S. LEWIS quotes

If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.
C. S. Lewis


Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours.
C. S. Lewis

No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.
C. S. Lewis
Some people feel guilty about their anxieties and regard them as a defect of faith but they are afflictions, not sins. Like all afflictions, they are, if we can so take them, our share in the passion of Christ.
C. S. Lewis
The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil.
C. S. Lewis

We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.
C. S. Lewis

Christmas day.

Taken on Christmas day. By Canon power Shot.

Jon really knows how to take pictures for me. 

Looking back....this year 2011's Christmas one of the best so far.....
two years before the holidays were just a difficult time for me....thanks for God's grace and Jon...and his family for inviting me to their place. The memories of Christmas for me is rarely a happy one...

This is our afternoon adventure..in Bronx! (To be continued....), doesn't it look like Maine?

THUMB..the CAT.

Jon ...looking sleepy, ate too much?

Hebrew 2:5 “What is mankind that you are mindful of them, 
   a son of man that you care for him? 

Zoe and Tyra

Saw a few little ones wearing the jackets i designed.

I am glad it looked so cute on them.
Thanks for the mommies who bought it for them.

SunMoon Lake- very impressed.....

The singing of the Shao Girls.

Just simply beautiful people. I can't take my eyes off from them.

 Never knew SunMoon lake is so beautiful....
She wears layers of veils, and every time i only see a glimpse of her and yet is stunned by her mysterious beauty, sorry i have to say its far more serene and clean than the "West lake" in HoungZhou.

Time to rest and be renewed.

I visited Palau, the island is still not yet developed into a Tourist Trap. 

No Brand name boutiques,no Starbucks, no MacDonald...etc.

I Love the rawness of it.....though a bit inconvenient. 

God's Creation is so amazing.

Palau is 3 and half hour flight from Taipei, direct.

The Taiwanese government has invested quite a bit into this island. 

Palau

Postcard scenery. Right infront of my eyes.

Long Beach. This is where we dock and eat our lunch.

82F temperature every day. These photos were taken on December 2nd. HA HA, i escaped part of the winter!!

“God’s Love is like an ocean. You can swim in it, but you can never get to the bottom of it. His Love is beyond our abilities to reach its limits. What good news! God is love, and he loves us completely.”

台灣無比精采 : 台灣100無比精采 [中文版] [HD]

BTW, i found this Youtube Video on Uncle Lin's website.
PCLin幸福網

I am very impressed by how far we have come to this point....indeed it is quite a touching video to see the
transformation of this little island called FORMOSA.

Taiwan 3rd

ITs the Sabbath..
Off to Church with Cousin Kailing.  Evening spent w/ Cousin Kailing/nieces....and jet legged.

 Meet up w/ Louis/Rebecca/Nana.
Had hot pot in Song Jiang Hot Pot-the place is packed! Apparently its a famous spot to eat.
Thanks to Louis' hospitality, they drove up from Taoyuen...it was sure a fun thing to eat Taiwanese style hot pot.

Nana's got alot personality...hea hea, more pictures of her to come later.