the ups and downs of life

so i haven't blogged in a while... what's the latest?

the seahawks are going to the superbowl!!!!
haha.... yeah, i guess the american influence is wearing in... but you know me, i'm a big sports fan as long as i know how the game is played. it's really quite exciting! it seems every new city that i move to has their sports team going to the play-offs... the Flames when I was in Calgary and now the Seahawks in Seattle. I can't wait for the big game!

i've also joined a... GYM!!!
yikes! i know... me, working out, being fit, staying healthy... i know, i'm weirded out too! but it's a free 8-week trial at Bally's so really, it's the cheap chinese girl in me who wants to take advantage of anything free. I'm also doing it with a few friends so I've got lots of encouragement which is what i need to keep this up!

people keep leaving at work
since i've joined the company, three people have come after but seven people have left... and two are in the process of leaving ... so i'm getting a lot of work piled up on me. One co-worker is leaving in a week... i'm so sad cuz i really like her but now that she's leaving, i'm getting a majority of her projects!! aiya.. and then i found out the other day that my techinical lead is leaving in two months! ahhh!! more work, more responsibilities, more expectations to get up to speed and knowledge... I counted the other day, I have 18 projects all together!!!! sigh... i'll be fine... i will manage...

new housemate!
it's funny how people are connected here... i am good friends with the said above co-worker's sister... and since co-worker is leaving, sister is gonna move in with me till my lease is up in two months... then we can find a new apartment so she can have an actual bedroom instead of crashing in my living room! :) Yay! finally a housemate!

TAXES!!
oh how i hate taxes... i don't know anything about them except i get screwed over every year... and this year, i have to file both canadian and american taxes! i need a cross-border accountant! someone help!!!

God continues to bless and challenge
sometimes i feel that all this rest is only going to make whatever lies ahead all that more painful... but i won't learn unless it hurts... We sung "Blessed Be Your Name" at the end of the worship service today... i almost burst out in tears... I don't know why... tears started streaming down my face as I sung the chorus. I know it wasn't the music playing with my emotion cuz they were playing a very upbeat rendition of the song... I had to keep singing really loud so just I could hold the sobbing back... i was really taken back cuz it wasn't happy tears... the feeling I felt was full of sorrows... but i wasn't thinking of anything in particular so it was such a strange feeling... now that I think about it, I think it was because I felt the truth of those words... I felt a glimpse of what's to come... God has given me so much but I know my faith will be tested when He takes it all away... i will lose the things I love, the people I love. I pray I will still say blessed be his name.