Job hunting (2)

So, I went to the interview for the one that I felt uncomfortable, and God closed the door! haha! They said they would want an experienced teacher because their centre is fairly new and they only have one with experienced at the moment. So, yey! God close the door! ^^
It's good that they gave me the result of the discussion the very next day, while I am actively searching for job on the internet. I came across one that is a very big company that has over 100 centres in New Zealand. I have been considering to go into big company for a very long time.So decided to give it a go.Applied in writing that day, and got the phone call the next day, and interview the next day after.

During the interview, it was only the HR manager that interviewed me, and she referred me to a centre where she think would be the best for me, but she said that it's not up to her to make the decision; it is the centre's manager and me. So yeah, I went to see the centre, and have a chat with the centre manager, and while chatting, we just clicked because of something in common interest that we share. And yeah, straightaway I rang the HR manager and told her that I like the place and would like to join the team.

So, the HR manager has to ring the referees of mine, she has to at least get 2 out of the 3 references. But after ringing the 1st one, she told me she couldn't get hold of the second one whom is having holiday at the beach. And she told me to wait until next week to give me the final outcome. And then within the next few minutes, the HR manager rang back and said, the Business manager told her to 'just give me the job'. In my heart I'm like "Whoa!!! Praise God!!" This is indeed a miracle to me! Got a job in just that one day!!!! haha!

Job hunting (1)

I have been looking for jobs and interviewing since January, but they all asked me to wait, for the reasons that it's New Year period, and then I have to wait for them to get to the end of interviews.

I am not the person of patient, I keep looking out for posts that are advertised in Education Gazette (a magazine that is published by the Ministry of Education), and the outcomes are:

-there's one that I really like in Paraparaumu (Kapiti Coast), which is a town near Wellington, but Mum was like why do you have to go so far to work when you can easily find jobs in Hamilton.

-another one that I hoped to get in, but they rejected me to go for the interview = ="!!!

-some centres I did went to interview, and got rejected because the amount of people that applied is just overwhelming

-some I couldn't wait because they are new centres, and only open in March/April.

-Then, another one is a centre that I don't really feel comfortable. I went to look at the centre, but then I felt it's all good. And I told the manager that I would want to have a formal interview. It's only when I had the chance to work as a reliever that I felt a bit uncomfortable, but when I asked my friends if there's any case of people pulling out of interview, they all marah (scold) me. Then, I can only pray to God and said, I really don't like it, can you please don't let them employ me... I think no one would make that kind of prayer to ask God to close the door.

But during this period of waiting time, Revelation 3:7-8

To the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open. I know your deeds. See, I have placed before you an open door that no one can shut. I know that you have little strength, yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name.

These two verses gave me an endorsement that everything we do, everything we have and going to have; or everywhere we go is endorse by God. It's just amazing that you know when you are a child of God, you are protected, and guarded by Him. I don't know how other people feel when they are rejected for a job especially during this time of the economy downturn, but I felt that joy keep flowing inside of me when I'm rejected. When I texted other people and told them I'm rejected, they were all asking if I'm alright, and I said yes, perfectly alright because God holds the pass to whatever company that I'm going into.

Learn to Wait

A few nights ago, as I was praying for myself and praying for God's confirmation to come through. I told God that I donno how should I choose: the easier way, or the way that seems too impossible for it to happen unless He Himself intervenes in it.
Then, I couldn't sleep, so I got up and turned on the Shine TV which was "Devotion Time" with Pastor Ashley and Jane ..........(forgot the surname). Anyway, it was early morning. And their sharing really talk to me, and reminded me that God did once spoke to me in my practicum.

Last year, I was studying towards a degree of Graduate Diploma in Teaching (Early Childhood Education), so I had 3 practicums in a year. While I was at the final practicum, I was in a big class of 30s over 2s children (age from 2-5). There was one that will just throw a tantrum by crying, and lying on the floor kicking when he doesn't get what he wants. One day, the tantrum occurred when he needed to wait for his turn to play with the toys, and he just bursted into tears and cried his lungs out, and then throw himself on the floor and lied there crying. Then the Holy Spirit reminded me: you are just like him over that matter.

I'm like, all shocked, coz it's just like seeing an image mirror before God. When He told me to wait patiently and trust Him, I couldn't do it, and would just start to play tantrums before God. Although He loves us very much, He wouldn't buy in to our tantrums because He knows that we need to learn to wait, as we grow older spiritually. If, we give in to the child who played tantrums everytime, then we are not helping him, but we are spoiling that child to the extent that he won't know how to wait; he will only think of himself and become a selfish person. The worst case that I can think of when he grows up is probably he would sought the worst ways to satisfy his own needs if he is not given the chance to learn to wait.

Waiting is difficult. I admit I'm not a patient person. I couldn't sit still and just wait for an answer to drop down from above. But He's reminding me that there's a greater things need to be done in the Kingdom of God than my own personal problem. So yeah, I know He won't buy in...but He has the best timing. It may be late for me, but it will be in time from His perspective.

Please pray for my heart to be still and be silent in front of Him. =)

Interviews

This week has been all about interviews and looking at Early Childhood centres that I'm interested in.
So, hopefully God will open the door that He wants me to go to, and use me as a vessel in the area.
Although I have two centres in mind, but I'll leave all the decisions to Him because He's the one that will open the door that no one can shut!

Beautiful

Beautiful
詞：罗建明 曲：方嘉雄

上帝不曾承諾過

永遠風平浪靜

煩惱不停止

沒有誰能解釋

生活就是這樣子

只是一次又一次

從放棄到堅持

埋怨到認識

我不得不證實

你愛我那麽真實

經過時間的滲透

我會變的Beautiful

等痛過了 熬過了

就像蝴蝶蛻變

翩翩起舞

走過淚水的交錯

愛就變的Beautiful

我經歷了 學會了

信心慢慢長成大樹

把風擋住

雨后放晴的天空

會有出現彩虹

懂得人很多

看到的卻不夠

會心傷的 更不說

沒有人可以輕鬆

生活一樣要過

也許有時候我還是會出錯

但我知道要牽他手

經過時間的滲透

我會變的Beautiful

曾給過了 抛棄了

路雖難走 我卻不會孤獨

走過淚水的交錯

心境變得Beautiful

等經歷了 就懂了

信心是你給的禮物

我已守住

这首歌在玛玲的blog上听到后，就跟她分享最近的感觉就好像这首歌写的。然后她就email过来了这首歌。听了之后很喜欢很喜欢！

上帝没有应许天色常蓝 人生的旅途花香常漫
但是却应许生活有力

A day out - Te Waihou walkway & Mount Maunganui

昨天終于實現了跟兩位帥哥的出遊行動，也碰巧是張銘的生日哈哈。想說，上帝真的好愛他，前面的幾次不是我有事，就是下大雨，哈哈！
第一站，我們到了Te Waihou,　看了這條很美的小溪。水真的是很藍很清澈！連水草都長得很漂亮！聽説，Putaruru的飲用水都從這條小溪供給的！我本來想走到河邊去喝的，可是旁邊的地都已經被泡開了，所以不敢在往下走了，除非真的是夏天的時候去，直接跳進河裏，哈哈！ 　　　　　　　　　　　看下面這張，沒騙你們吧！

因爲只用了幾十分鈡走了Te Waihou, 我們又臨時決定跑去Tauranga爬山- Mount Maunganui.　差點又要倒閉森林，幸好這次比上次去Raglan的時候好多了。我們真的是用爬的，手腳並用的爬上去，因爲覺得走樓梯太痛苦了，因爲階梯太高了。遇到了一個老人家，看到我爬的氣喘喘的，我跟他抱怨說這兩個傢伙真的是在挑戰我的極限。

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　這張是差不多在頂上照的。我后面的就是昨天的壽星！

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
　　　　　　　　　　　下山的途中遇到的母綿羊和小綿羊！

I'm spoilt to the core ^^

Two weeks ago, Uncle John has been wanting to cooke me Hainanese Chicken Rice. Everytime he sees me, he would say, "Xia, I cook chicken rice for you ya", lol
but then due to some reason, we can't go over last Monday. And then on Saturday, tidak jadi lagi (oops, excuse me, it means "it didn't happen again")
Then, last Sunday evening, we finally had our chicken rice! And Saratok ikan masin (Saratok salted fish), which according to Uncle, Saratok has the best salted fish.And also home-brewed beer by Uncle John. I only had 2 small glasses, not enough!!!!!!!!!!!! hahahaha

will post the photos up later


I miss M'sia food.............................and friends......T_T

updates!

Hiya ppl!
Have been enjoying my practicum for 2 weeks now..
and everything went well!
I love it! I love it! I love it!
The children are just amazing!

I'm with the under 2s children, and they are just so cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Everytime when I have my hands open wide, and said 'cuddles', they would give me a great hugs n cuddles! That's the motivation to work as an educator! haha!
I'm just wondering, probably I would be a united nations' mama - adopting children from all over the world one day! haha!

Anyways, practicum went well, and my lecturer came n visited me today
and ticked almost every boxes with VS (Very Satisfactory) ^^
So, yeah! That's mostly abt me for these two weeks....

Time flies....

and 2 weeks' holiday is gone like that!
I really did enjoy my holiday to the full...
by doing nothing....=D

I'm kidding...
I did plant some veges again
and the class of baptism for the preteens went well =)
It was all God's work coz I don't think I did really make them understand every bit of it
but these kids are children of faith! Although they don't understand all those biblical terms but they understand that God loves them!
Oh, and I didn't know that I can translate that well.....coz in high school exams, there's a section in the paper that I can choose whether or not to translate it, and I would never touch that part because it is so difficult =P

and yes...online class resumes next week!
Praying for God's wisdom over my homework
and my time mangement has to be better than the 1st half of the sem!!

好久...

嗯,好久沒有更新了
前3個禮拜幾乎忙到整天掛在網上寫discussion...看電腦看到有點恐怖
幾乎每天到12點才睡...醒來後眼睛痛死了....
我真不知道做電腦系這行怎麼活的..尤其是跟網路有關的...
Anyways, 8 more months to go, and I'm done with it!

放假就讓自己放鬆一點的讀一些readings
然後..趕這裡拜六要上的受洗課程
希望上帝給我智慧, 來教導屬於祂的奧秘...
發現在準備的過程中,我也受教了! =)
上帝好棒!!!!!!

怪異事件

已經是第二次了..

最近,只要是晚上出門,
離家前都會把corridor的燈打開..

第一次,我叫我妹開燈
回來後, 整個房子竟然是黑的..

第二次, 也就是今天
我開了燈, 也確認我自己沒有把燈關掉
就去教會的禱告會了
但是,回來後屋子又是黑的..
可是, 它不是fused掉..
而且, the strangest thing is that: the switch is never on...

Did someone actually come in n off it?
But the doors n windows are all closed...

莫名的煩躁+特別的朋友

今天終於了解了
小雨偶爾會說的
"莫名的鬱悶"是甚麼意思了
不過, 這一天多的鬱悶也在看了一個大寶貝寫的文章之後
再爆笑了一陣就好很多了

小V真的是超級搞笑的
看她的故事就好像
看喜劇篇一樣
不怎麼搞笑的東西被她一說都會覺得很好笑.

超級愛你的啦,小V!!
HUGS!!!

Can't wait for this season to pass

Can't wait for these 9 months to past
as I've told Guoxiao a few days before....
because it's all about readings readings n more readings ><''

During the conversation with my Spiritual Mum - Aunt Jo a few days ago
God started reminding the dreams that He had put in me years ago
and the gifts and potential that He has given me.

I told her that I don't want to get married because it's the age of getting married
I want someone that possess the same dream as I do.
If there is no one, then I'll remain single for Him.
And finally I got an adult who understand this kind of concept =P

He reinforced it even more after the conversation of Aunt Jo.
Yesterday, when we went down to Rotorua to serve
A Kiwi lady that started a mission in Thailand came and share her testimonial
saying that every dream starts small....and one has to walk through darkness before the dream will come true.

Pls guard my heart before You, Dear Lord.
And that I walk in the path You are leading
Awaken my soul so that I may hear you & see you all along the way
I'm sure this season will pass with abundance blessings of Yours
along the way
I love you, Dad!

耶穌可愛你了!...

今天到教會的時候, 所有的招待員都好忙的在發程序單..然後彥辰很快的衝過來把單張給了我
然後跟我說了一句: "耶穌可愛妳了!" 哈哈!

聽到這句話之後, 覺得超級特別
因為其他人聽到的都是"耶穌愛你"
我聽到的是"耶穌可愛你了!"

原本也心情有點差的
但是聽到這句話之後,就覺得
嗯,我是祂的至寶貴的女兒
心情就好很多了...=)

My bestest friends

Missing you guys a lot!!!!!!!

And thanks for showing the ring, Rach! =)

The little man I love

Went and pick my little man from school at lunch the other day.....and gosh! He can talk so much now!

When I first started work with him, he only used one word, and we have to work so hard to get 2 words out of his mouth with huge reinforcements. Nowadays, he can talk about his surroundings and his observations, and also, asking a lot of questions! I just thank God of how much He healed him. He also joined in a lot of story times and plays.

Nowadays, he can even go to school trips with Dexter (the golden poodle) in the family.....And gained a bit of responsibility like feeding the dog. And Dexter is a great dog too! He's the only dog that I can get aquaintant too..haha! No, it's just that he's a people dog..he likes it so much to be surrounded with people and play with the children so much.

New Sem starting

My first practicum has officially finished!!!!!!
And new sem would start next week, with 4 papers and a mountain high of readings and assignments! When I started writing all the due dates in my calendar....I'm like oh crap! It's like they all due in May and June~~

anyways, i'll be good! i will pray harder for more wisdom to drop from heaven on me =P Also, I have planned my timetable out for the readings of the 4 papers...

ah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! self-discipline!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
that means:
less facebook time *fingers crossed*
less msn *fingers crossed*

But I think, overall it's gonna be fun!!!!!

我是基督徒

For the past weekend, I was in camp.....although I didn't experience God a lot in camp, because I was playing the piano for the whole session. 其實﹐在彈的時候﹐我希望我是在下面被神充滿的﹐但是事實不能改變﹐就一直邊彈邊禱告。看到很多弟兄姐妹被聖靈恩膏的時候﹐心裡真的是滿滿的感恩神願意用我這個器皿來服事祂。到了最後一天感恩見證分享的時候﹐滿想上去講的﹐可是實在是什麼都沒感覺到﹐除了一個“累”字﹐也沒其它了。

回到家以後﹐馬上把作業趕完交了﹐然後就睡著了~~~第二天早上開始實習﹐無意中發現帶我的也是個基督徒﹐好象那間幼稚園也是(不過﹐我沒問清楚)~~Anyways, 實習完後回家﹐看到桌子上有一封信﹐打開一看﹐我的獎學金批准了﹗﹗然後﹐在上網查成績﹐第一個作業也竟然可以拿A﹐我真的是興奮的想叫﹗哈哈﹗服侍神真的是超級棒的﹗﹗﹗﹗﹗﹗﹗﹗﹗﹗

然後那晚洗完澡之後﹐聖靈突然提醒我﹐“你為什麼不為你是基督徒而獻上感恩?” 這句話真的是把我敲醒了。祂把我帶回營會的光景﹐看到很多人是被罪捆綁的﹐而我卻能在營會“破除咒詛”的時刻里除了認自己的罪﹐我就在那裡感恩因為我有一個健康的家庭﹐愛我的父母。我在營會里也可以和從江子翠行道會來的牧師和同工一起服事~~~~~我真的覺得我太太太幸福了。=)

Another Day Out

星期三晚上突然來了個TXT﹐說她禮拜五會到HAMILTON﹐然後她要求的第一件事就是﹕可不可以再帶她去吃牛肉面。先PO一張上來讓你們看看~~~她上次來的時候就吃了兩碗(午餐一碗﹐晚餐一碗)~~~

我可以感覺到以後她每次到這裡都會要叫一碗牛肉面哈哈﹗

然後就帶她去THE BASE逛逛﹐沒買什麼﹐就看到人潮一堆﹐好像在家過年的感覺﹐哈哈﹗回來的路上還看到車在排長龍﹐真是少見﹗

看到一個人說﹐一生中最好要有屬靈同伴~~~我覺得我有很多﹐她就是其中一個.認識她就是一件美好的事情。說到我們的認識﹐還滿奇特的。雖然父母都認識的﹐跟她成為朋友卻是今年的事。而且﹐還是在最低潮的時候派來和我一起禱告的天使=)

life is fragile

Yesterday, I went to visit a previous colleague whom her daughter died. I have never visited someone alone.....I mean, I used to go with my parents and friends and other adults when I was younger, but yesterday, was my first time to do this alone. I was worried of what words to say to her because her daughter is around my age etc etc...


So yup, prayed and prayed and prayed...bought a bouquet of flowers...and off I went.

When I arrived, we hugged for a long time. And then she sat me down in the lounge and briefly told me what happened and so on....I'm not a person with a lot of words..so yeah, just listened. And then, she told me that she has been quite stressed from her daughter's sickness and hence her body is all tensed up.....then I offered her a massage to soothe hers body, and yeah, lucky that she likes it. And it did help her a bit...I hoped that she did have a good sleep last night.

It just got to me that life is just fragile and tough. I mean, even with Jesus life is tough, what if life is without Him? I can't imagine...just like this friend's daughter who thought that there is no hope anymore to continue to live on.