M is for Monica. i'm a full time commerce student @ UWA. i turn one year older on the 14th Oct. i ♥ Jesus and not afraid to tell the world. i want to do YWAM and missions in the future. i love heights - planes, skyscrapers, mountains, cliffs, you name it. One day i hope to go bungee jumping and sky diving. i was born in China but have lived in Australia most of my life. Having said that, i'm still quite chinese lol. i like pink things, ribbons, bows, hearts, hello kitty, ruffles, lace, florals. i have a shoe fetish. i wouldn't call myself a shopaholic, although most of my friends would say otherwise. People often see me as strong, independent, ambitious. i thank God for the past 21 years that i've been alive. He has been ever faithful, gracious and loving.



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>Your grace has found me just as i am, empty handed but alive in Your hands
>i called, You answered, i wanna be where You are
>i am a flower quickly fading, here today and gone tomorrow, a wave tossed in the ocean, vapour in the wind. still You hear me when i call out, Lord you catch me when i'm falling and you tell me who i am, i am Yours
>Broken hearts become brand new, that's what faith can do
>A thousand times i've failed, still Your mercy remains. And should i stumble again, still i'm caught in Your grace.
>My heart will sing, no other name, Jesus.
>If i had wings i would fly, coz all that i am, You are. If the world caved in around me, to You i'd still hold on.
>Your light will shine when all else fades
>i'm running to Your arms, i'm running to Your arms. The riches of Your love will always be enough.
>我们不是你和我
>活在第一次的见面里
>只要你一个眼神肯定，我的爱就有意义
>爱转角遇见了谁，是否有爱情的美。爱转角以后的街，能不能有我来陪。
>自由再被绑架之前，我决定过瘾的享受孤单。
>笑着面对每个阻碍，不轻易说离开
>我还记得你笑的像孩子一样
>离开我，你会不会好一点?
>幸福的开始就是放手去爱
>心碎了一地，捡不回从前的心跳
>我会学着放弃你，是因为我太爱你
>you're the only one whose got enough of me to break my heart
>you're the only one i've loved enough to not forget
>Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shooting stars? i could really use a wish right now
>you're the best thing that's ever been mine
>In a storm, in my best dress, fearless.
>If you're my dream please come true

I'm off to China! Unfortunately, as part of this language course, i have to write a weekly 'cultural reflection' of at least 500 words. So i've decided to blog every weeks', just so you guys can see what i've been up to on the other side of the world. Here's the first one:

I'm sitting here at Hong Kong airport on a Friday morning surviving on 2 hours of sleep. To be honest I'm not particularly excited to go to China. It's weird because normally I would be dying to get out of Perth. Somehow this time it feels a bit different; maybe because I've been to China so many times before so don't have any particular expectations. However I do look forward to meeting new people. I’m also looking forward to just getting away, having some time to myself (hopefully), and leaving all responsibilities behind. In other words to actually RELAX. Normally I find that when I go overseas, I end up being more busy than back in Perth! It’s also quite stressful, having to organise what to do each day, meet up with family and friends (when I go back to my hometown Nanjing, which is most of the time anyway), run errands for my parents (when I go back alone) etc. But so far the chinese classes don’t seem to be that intense and we have plenty of free time *fingers crossed*. I've also set myself a few goals for the next two months: to step out of my comfort zone, stay away from the internet as much as possible, read 10 books by Tozer, and write a daily diary.

One major concern for me is I'm not sure how well I'll cope with seeing the same people (namely two of my closest friends Celestee and Ivy) every single day for 2 whole months. A good example where I just get sick of people: my church holds an annual 3-4 day church camp; everyone stays in chalets of 5-7 people, so you pretty much see these people 24/7. And usually by the last day of camp I just get so sick of these people and it gets up to the point where everything they do ticks me off! I mean, we’re still good friends and all but I just can’t spend every single moment of every day with the same people. I’ve found that when you live with people, that’s when you really get to know them. A lot of people act very differently at home compared with when outside. For example I have this friend who is super quiet in public, and speaks really softly. But when she’s at home, she is extremely loud and playful. Teaches us not to judge a book by its cover. However, I’m not sure whether you’ll call this dual personalities. Nevertheless I guess I really need to try to be patient and understanding on this trip. I’m not a very patient person and like to get things done; so that will be a real challenge for me.

I’m not exactly sure of what to expect from this language course; I think I’ll probably end up in the Native class. Not sure what kind of things we will learn, e.g. whether we learn how to write essays or learn chinese history. But either way, I brought along my trusty chinese-english dictionary so all good (:

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Note: these entries are not very personal coz i have to send it to my unit coordinator >_>;;
anyway, enjoy! Hopefully the internet at uni dorms will be up and running soon (: