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

So far we’ve eaten quite a few different cuisines; namely: Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Italian, Western. Surprisingly I’ve eaten quite a lot of western fast food (Mcdonalds, KFC, Pizza) recently, more than I’ve eaten the whole year! Normally I don’t eat fast food if given a choice – many of my friends call me a health freak – but because everything in China is asian, I get random fast food cravings. Back in Perth I stay away from fast food up to the point that when I go to Mcdonalds (if ever), I would order a meal with salad. On top of that, I haven’t eaten KFC in years; well that is, until now.

The Chinese food in China is obviously very different to the Chinese food found in Perth. In Perth, the Chinese restaurants modify their dishes to make them suit western taste buds. I rarely eat Chinese food outside unless it’s with parents. The food in Hangzhou is very salty and oily, I think they put a lot of msg in the dishes. So eating out 3 meals a day is definitely not good for my health. Can’t wait for some good home made food when I go back to Nanjing next week! Surprisingly the food in hangzhou isn’t very spicy. Maybe I’m surprised because the last time I spent 1 month in China I was in Chongqing – famous for it’s spicy food and hotpot.

The best meal I’ve had in Hangzhou has to be the lunch at Angelo’s. We found it by complete chance actually. Since I read about the restaurant in the city guide we were given at the start of the study tour, we decided to try it out. We ordered Spaghetti Bolognaise, Spaghetti Carbonara and Peking Duck Pizza. It was a really nice restaurant (quite pricey though), excellent service, and the Pecking Duck Pizza tasted exactly like Peking Duck! It was very very tasty (: Really looking forward to trying the Peking Duck in Beijing!

I’m a big fan of anything flour. For example, Xiao Long Bao, Guo Tie (fried dumplings), dumplings, buns, wontons, all sorts of noodles. I could eat floury foods 3 meals a day, for many consecutive days. So one thing I really like about Hangzhou and China in general are the number of Xiao Chi Dian (small eateries) that can be found all around the city! And not only do they have quite a lot of variety of foods, the prices are also super cheap! It seems like Niu Rou (beef) dishes are very popular in China. Many beef dishes are offered, inlcuding: Niu Rou Fen Si Tang (beef vermicelli soup), Hong Shao Niu Rou Mian (roast beef noodles), Niu Rou Guo Tie (fried beef dumplings). On the other hand, pork dishes don’t seem to be as popular.

The cuisine we’ve eaten the most (other than chinese) has to be Korean. There are a few Korean restaurants just outside the campus so it’s very convenient. We eat Korean nearly every other day, I swear the people there recognise us already. Wai Po Jia is the best Chinese restaurant we’ve eaten at. Overall the foods here have been pretty good, considering the amount of money we pay.