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

The food in Beijing has been very good so far, despite mild food poisoning last week. Went to a famous roast duck place called Quan Je De in Wang Fu Jin last week. It was quite pricey and we didn’t think it was worth the money we paid. We managed to eat one whole duck amongst the three of us! We ate so much duck that we did not want to see roast duck ever again. The food wasn’t as good as I expected, and will probably not go there again. I’m sure there are other roast duck restaurants that have just as good food for a fraction of the price.

One thing that really struke me was the amount of fast food places around the city. They are literally everywhere.. McDonalds, KFC, Yoshinoya, 真功夫, food courts, and many other small eaterys that offer set fast food meals that come with rice, meat dish and soup. I guess this is because of the fast pace living style of Beijing people. Everything needs to be quick, including food. I’ve eaten so much fast food in the past 6 weeks it’s not funny. I’ve never eaten this much fast food in my life! There’s not much choice around the institution, most resturants are fast food ones. But I have to admit, china KFC tastes really good haha. The chicken’s not as oily as Australia.

I don’t have a favourite restraurant yet but I do like the soup hor fan dish at the small eatery around the corner from the institution. I find Beijing food not as salty as Hangzhou food. Feel like eating 麻辣烫 and 冰糖葫芦 sometime. The worst dish I’ve eaten so far has to be ‘spaghetti bolognaise with sausages’ at a nice looking cafe. The noodles they used was definitely not spaghetti and the sauce was something like soy sauce.. The dish was quite horrible and I reminded myself not to eat italian food in china again. Really want some good western food right now.

A large difference between Hangzhou and Beijing food is the size of the dishes. Beijing dishes are generally a lot bigger than Hangzhou dishes. And the price around the same. It still irritates me when people smoke in restaurants. Even if there is a no smoking sign, people still smoke. Some people can even smoke and eat at the same time!

I’m glad this field study is during winter, because in winter, people generally have a better appetite, including myself. So that means I can eat and enjoy more food (: I love eating. I eat practically anything, apart from dog, donkey, turtle etc. I’m also not a very picky person, so I enjoy good food even more. China has never given me the impression of having very tasty food, maybe because I eat chinese food everyday. But I’ve always loved the roadside stuff, and thngs on sticks, especially fish balls. It seems like Beijing doesn’t really sell fish balls on sticks, unlike the southern parts of China. Hoping to eat more authentic Beijing food before I leave!