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

This is the last week in Hangzhou; not very sad to leave actually. Looking forward to a week of no classes and relaxing. The past four weeks have been very blessed and eventful. Really need to thank God for all His protection and providence! Personally I’m not someone who gets attached to anything easily, so I don’t find it hard to leave a place, whether it be my home or anywhere else. My dream is to travel the world while I’m still young; to go to new places, meet new people, experience God’s amazing creations. The places I want to visit the most is Europe. Normally when I go on holiday, it would be back to China. So to me, China is nothing new, nor exciting. But this time it’s different, because I’m here with friends. The thing that struck me the most is Hangzhou is a considerably clean and very tourist friendly city.

I’ve learnt to write quite a lot of characters in the last 4 weeks. On average we learn and memorise 100 new characters each week and also have weekly dictation tests. There is homework every single day pretty much, so I’m kinda sick of chinese for now. I’ve never had this many proper chinese lessons in my life!

One of the highlights of the four weeks was our day trip to Shanghai. The train ride only takes 45 minutes. We walked down Nanjing Street, shopped around, went to Wai Tan and visited the underground tunnel that stretches across the river. Exited on the other side of the riverbank (where Dong Fang Ming Zhu is situated). However we didn’t go up the tower. Thus just went back through the tunnel; there were three exibitions inside the tunnel: polar, ancient tomb and aquarium. Bought some souveniers. Rested at Costa coffee for a bit. Then headed back to the train. Nearly missed the train because we stopped for a snack on the way! It was very stressful! But thank God we made it just in time!

I think in these four weeks I’ve become a lot more independent. We have to do everything ourselves; like going to the bank, post office, buy train tickets etc. Usually when I’m in China, other people would do all that kind of stuff for me. So it’s been a good experience just travelling around without family/relatives and conversing in chinese about everyday things. I’ve grown to understand more about the ways of life in China and how to get around on trains.

The closing ceremony was very formal and grand. I was greatly surprised when my name was called out for the scholarship award. I don’t know what I did to deserve that award but I’m very thankful nevertheless. All the class performances were very well prepared, especially the advance class. My class didn't present anything because there were only 4 of us. It was really encouraging to see that every person on the tour was serious about learning chinese. We are all here for the same purpose.