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

Sorry for the very belated posts; wasn't able to get on blogger in hangzhou. now i'm in beijing and a friend configured my laptop so i can access most of the banned internet sites (including facebook) :D

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The first week has passed quite slowly. This usually happens when I do a lot of things every day, especially on holidays. Most of the week was filled with chinese classes (obviously) and sorting out sim cards, bank cards, internet – general settling down/admin things. Been eating out every meal and right now I’m craving some homemade food! We’ve mainly been eating Hangzhou xiao chi – noodles, buns, dumplings; and Korean food, since there are quite a few Korean restaurants outside the campus, not to mention the really cheap prices! Walked past a couple of Japanese restuarants that had conveyor belts, so hoping to try them out soon. One night me and my friends were just so sick of asian food, we went especially to McDonalds to grab some burgers! It felt good, however the burgers were also ‘asianized’.

The biggest surprise so far was being put into a chinese class with the long term students. On this trip I expected to meet many students from Australia but since me and two friends were put into the long term students’ class, instead we’ve met students from all over the world: Korea, Japan, England, Italy to name a few. It’s been a good experience and I believe I will learn a lot on this trip. I was also surprised that chinese class had 4 text books. There are different books for writing, reading, grammar and speaking. The chinese we learn is a good level and I’m hoping to learn to write many characters and improve on essay writing.

I have 4 8am starts a week; so it’s been a struggle to get out of bed every morning but I think I will get used to it very soon. Most students are late to class since starting times are so early. Time actually passes very fast in class and before you know it, it’s lunch time already. Therefore I must say I do like the lesson structures at the international college. The teaching is very different to Australia because I haven’t learnt chinese characters and grammar since primary school. It’s good to focus on the foundations once again and build upon them, not the other way around.

Clothes in Hangzhou are so cheap compared with elsewhere in China! Today I found out this was because Hangzhou is one of the commodity manufacturing cities in China. I knew Yi Wu was in Zhejiang but cheap clothes and Hangzhou didn’t click. So far I’ve been shopping 2 times. Bought quite a lot of things already and still plan to shop every weekend (: Not sure how I’m going to fit everything in my luggage haha.

Took a walk across West Lake on Thursday afternoon. There’s a courseway that connects the south end of the lake to the north end. It took more than an hour to walk across but was worth it because the scenery was very beautiful, especially the autumn leaves on the trees that expand the entire walk. We didn’t visit any tourist attractions because they all required tickets.