things i miss...

chilling with the girlies...


playing softball...
AND gabe (of course)...












life scis... and the feeling of elation after being stressed out from thesis writing and presenting





dano's luscious fro in china













the merivale peeps...



the flying V...

otherwise known as romantic skates with the housies...

aaaaaaaand.....

last but not least:

living in a mosquito net tent

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

love peace and models

goodnite america

O Canada!!

oh canadians... singing the national anthem to chinas... did you know that the chinese translation to our national anthem is actually pretty cheesey! makes one think twice about the sappiness of china songs... "i love you, loving you, like the mouse so loves the rice"? ... ain't that bad after all, eh?

anyways... i'm here trying to practice writing english prose. the woes of studying for an english exam. i hope my grammar isn't all backwards and weird. english is such a hard language to learn. i dun get why we gota analyse books and write exams on them. man, let them kids read books why do we gota put all these psycho hidden meanings to everything little thing.

this is making my brain hurt. must sleep.

good nite. sleep tite. beware of slippery floors...

we interrupt this program with a brief message

Hello again and welcome to English Corner 2006. My name is Natalie and here is the Golden Sentence for today. qing da jia yi qi gen wo shuo. zhun bei?...

Day 8: Life's truest happiness is found in the friendships we make along the way

生 命 中 最 开 心 的 事 莫 过 于 有 朋 友 伴 你 一 路 同 行 。

Thanks friends for the welcome back! Tonite was great times =)

It was like family reunion with my China peeps (minus aussie boy). brought closure to it all. the canadian culture shock is still there and i'm not sure if i want to reverse to it. but tonite was good to bring both lives a little bit closer together.

Big ups for Big-G!! Thanks for organizing and bringing us together on short notice!!

not ready for the eh?'s and autumn cold

到達在加拿大但我仍然想念中國















i've been back for a couple days. no jet lag to complain about but still in -reverse culture shock- never woulda thought i'd grow to love China as much as i do.

yesterday, i couldn't describe the feeling. i just sat in wonder of the whole situation, not knowing what to think, what to do, or what to say.

today, i know what it is - homesickness.

中国真正地是在我的心。

been at Queen's for 4 years. never once was homesick. gone to China for 2.5 months. bang! there it is. it's weird. like something's missing. like this unsettled feeling in your gut. i'm home yet not home. not sure if i should wait for the feeling to pass or if i should get used to it.

女孩怎么可以叫二个地方她的家?

China is such a beautiful place. the scenery. the history. the culture. the people. the language. I'm so proud to be chinese.

funny thing is, over there... they think i'm indian.

how's that for a laugh? actually, i'm not sure if i should be happy or offended. aren't most chinese ppl scared of indians? yea, i duno. it's a mystery to me, too.















These past 9 weeks have been quite the amazing adventure.

Thanks to so many great friends who were there along the way - Tiff-O, Fee-ah, RC, Rynn, the happiest married couple ever, Ben & Spring, and of course, our favorite china bendiren, JOY!!!!! But, most of all…















CORE – I wouldn’t have survived without your lovely, beautiful, stinky footed selves. DanO, Johnny, Jess… you were the perfect team to be in China with. God really did put us together for a reason. I’ve grown so much because of you guys. Changed in so many ways. …*ahem*… (Jess… you still owe me those pages in my book) Miss you guys lots already!! Can’t wait til December rolls along… best birthday EVER!!!

so jessie and johnny... teach your heart out this year and let God show you that miracles can happen in Campbell and Haig!! if chinas can love you... high schoolers can't resist!!! "NIMEN DE AI ZAI ZHELI!!!"

danO... just be the great man that God has formed you to be and show them Aussies that they need you in their medical system! and mebbe you'll get the chance to say, "JIA GEI WO!!!"

Left Canada 2.5 months ago not knowing what to expect in China...with anxiety and even a little bit of fear. Back after 2.5 months still not knowing what to expect in Canada...but this time there is no anxiety no fear because I have witnessed the greatness, the faithfulness, and the graciousness of the God I call "Father". On top of that... I've been blessed with trusty bros and sis' to carry me to the cross whenever I fall... thanks friends!

done?

in HK. can't believe it. this is the end. no more china. no more Joy. not sure what to say.

it hasn't really hit me. i'm not sure what to think. i'm kinda in denial.

all kinda a blur. all i can say is that God is Great. friends are a blessing. love is a gift. freely given. freely taken. free to give to all.

it's late. must sleep.

back to CANADA soon. peace.

waaaaaaah.... 3 more days of mainlandness

china.
wow.
so many friends here.
got so girly in 2 months.
what's with being all emotional all the time now.
it's all lil jess' fault
she's turned me into a girl.
i guess it's also fee's fault too..
and tiff-o...
wait.. mebbe not tiff-o...
tiff-o keeps me normal me.. haha

Phoebe and me... being like a china man..
not too sure who he is.. just thot he looked cool
funny... us two... we're so similar it's freaky..
she's my long lost sister.
i'm totally a Yeung at HEART!! wooo... i'm a part of the FAM! at some restaurant..
some noodle place of course
guess what i ordered - just the usual 芒果西米露
yummy... every meal.. oh baby!!

this is the moment.. infamous moment... when dano became cute!

i'm telling you.. it's all phoebe's fault. why she gota be so hot all the time... haha... so cute!!!!!


those boys tho..
who woulda thot..
werO danO here
haha.. good times..
great times.
so much laughing
it's about the only ab exercise we get over here..

our team is inseparable.
literaly..
it's kinda freaky..
kinda cool tho. .
we love each other..
like realy
become like bros and sis's...
haha.. i can't even imagine what it'll be like to be back home...
gona be different..
different good... different bad...
i'll miss this place for sure.
things have been winding down
so nowadays
i just try to study as much english as i can
cuz my english apparently sucks now..
and that's no good if i'm gona write my final english exam the week when i get back
hmmm
what shall i do

go CANADA!!

um. HI CHINA

so i thought i posted this last week. i guess i can't read the chinese computer/websites very well... here.. lemme try again!

Beavers rule!!!
go basketball chicks!! ... look at those sweat stains... that's 努力(nu li) for ya
At the opium war museum...
fun times... cannon riding... wooo weee with our students!! those crazy chinas are so much fun once you get them out of the factory.. wooo!!! 很好玩！
church in Shen Zhen the first weekend we were in China
wah! 这么大！

just tryin to upload some photos..
must go..
siew yeh time
ahh.
they gon leave without me..
eeks!!!!!

lala.. last week in china.
stil having good times
mando improving..
english not so good.
oiy!

can't wait to be home!!
luv ya alls!

FUN TIMES IN CHINA

ahh...
only 1 1/2 weeks left... OYE!!!!!!

we've had so much fun here... it's gona be a reverse shock when we get back to Canada... things were so different... yet it became our home. can't believe it's been 7 weeks.... in china for 7 weeks... nuts!!

PICTURES
#1 um.... all i can say.. is "BAAAAAAAAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA"
#2 is US... the CORE!!! at the shen zhen beach the very first week we were in china....
#3 This is ME ... spinning Feebs round and round in circles... weeee!!!! at the 2nd factory... we had jus finish playing in the basketball tournie... (GO BEAVERS! hehe) ... and we decided to carry each other and spin round and round.. yay!!!

bOO! ... that's all for now...
must go for foot massage!! woooooo!!