Thailand's Situation...

DH is away on a biz's trip in Bangkok. The situation is really bad now... It's been 3 days since they had closed the airport. Due to some issues, the country had announced it to be in a state of emergency. Are they going to start a war? Hopefully not. My neighbor, who are Thais, are very worried for the situation at home... at the same time, worried for DH, who is there right now.

I've been praying for DH and his colleagues who are leaving on a company's chartered flight out to KL today. He was supposed to be back by tomorrow morning...but I guess he won't be able to make it now. He said they might have to fly through Korea or Japan or other places, depending on the availabilities and the schedules. I really Prayed that they can all come back safely! He's going to miss Matthew's first gym competition and I know both of them are going to be very sad but as long as he can get back safely, I'm thankful for that!

Just 1/2 an hrs ago, I got a message from DH...he's waiting to board the plane and hopefully be able to get out soon. They were at the military airport which can only handle a small percentage of the flights... but there are thousands of tourists/people waiting to get out of Thailand now. I can't imagine how chaotic is the situation right now. I prayed for them...the government and people that will make the right decision in order to make peace.

Thanksgiving's Day!

Today is Thanksgiving's Day in the US. In S'pore, we don't have Thanksgiving but I came to know abt this when I were in China and Taiwan where some of our friends are Americans. They would invite us over for the Thanksgiving Dinner!

On Sunday, we celebrated Thanksgiving in church and have dinner in Matthew's school (Ecole Massillion's canteen)! They have it every year but this is the first year I've attended. They have the chefs from the school to prepare the Turkeys with stuffings, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes and mashed potatoes.. It was a good meal. The children had fries with nuggets but they enjoyed it too!

Happy thanksgiving to all! Giving Thanks to God for His providence, Grace and Mercies!

Monday Blues

I wondered why everythings seem to go wrong on Monday?? When we were preparing to get to school this morning, we got stuck outside the lift! The eletricity is down... the whole building went into total darkness! With no choice, we had to take the stairs.. without any lighting, the stairways were cold and dark. I could hear footsteps as I held Matthew's hand tightly. We could bearly see anything. Thank God, someone came her way down and was holding onto her cellphone with some light... that was the only beam of light that have helped us all the way down 4 floors. After dropping Matthew off... I thought the light would be back... TO my dismay, it hasn't! I had to walked all the way up again.. and this time really in total darkness and alone! Someone quoted me this verse Proverbs 3:6: In all thy ways acknowledge Him and He shall direct thy paths ... and truely, when we were in darkness, He will direct out path only if we are willing!

After walking in darkness in the morning, I had a little accident in the afternoon! As usual, Matthew came back for lunch... after dropping him off at school, I drove back home. When I entered the car park, there was a lady walking toward the main gate... didn't pay much attention to her, I drove pass. A few seconds later, as I was driving into the garage, a car knocked into my car's door as he was reversing! (he was reversing and I was driving pass) Oh, i can tell you .. my heart had stopped for a while, it was such a loud bang! I stopped the car immediately to check...that man got down too... and came that lady too, who was standing at the main gate). They were checking and trying to rub off the paint/the BIG LONG scatch! Feeling shocked, I don't know how to react, after some communication in French, they just walked off after seeing that it's not a big deal! (it's very common to have dents and scatches here) But still NOT even a single Word of apologetic gesture from neither one... feeling so pissed with how the people handle things here, I was pretty upset!! I mean I won't say that I'm totally right but since he was reversing out of his garage, he should at least look out for traffic. I won't be able to see him as it's an enclosed garage. That lady, instead of waiting at the front gate should have helped him to look out.. it's just a few steps.. But I guess they didn't really bother! That's how the ppl here impressed me about themselves that "they can't be bottered... don't have/want sense of responsibililty... very inefficient ... some know and can talk a lot but no action!" *sigh*

Is it a good place to live???

Why so difficult?

Many of you know that I've been trying for another for a long time. I wondered why is it so difficult to get conceived? I have been praying and trying but somehow no chance in this area. Sometimes we do feel really disappointed esp DH who loves to have more children.

The lost last year was too tramatic for me and DH...and I think Matthew can feel it too! It was devastating and it has been a year since the miscarriage. Although I have been trying to tell myself not to rush into things like this... just let nature takes its course but it's just so sad that things just ain't happening. I have made an appointment with the gynae, hoping that she can do somethings to help us this time. I wish we were in Singapore as DR Chew will definitely be a big help in this area like how he had helped us with Matthew! The procedure to get treatment here is complicated and long-waiting. I visited another gynae in March, hoping he can help us... however was rejected due to the fact that I just got miscarriaged and have to wait another year before they can use any fertility treatment on me! I'm willing to pay even it's expensive but they just can't do that here in France all becos of the social security system or the health insurance.

Recently, quite a no. of friends have become mummy or daddy! Some are in the midst of pregancies, some are dued soon and some are getting ready to get pregnant again. However, there're some who are having difficulties in their pregnancies too. One of them is bed-resting as the placenta is unstable, another one is threatened with risk of having Down's. There are so many things to worry about so what can we do?
There's only a way...let God takes care of all things. We must have faith in Him for His plans and purposes in each family. Sometimes, we don't know and can't understand why? But He has a plan for each person and He will take care of us if we're willing as we're His chosen ppl.

God and HIS Miraculous Touch!

Not too long ago, after I came back from states, I received news abt my friend's son, Luke who was going through a very tramatic situation! The poor little guy is just 5 yrs old and he was diagnosed with brain tumor...what a shocking news! He was such a cheerful and outgoing boy. Many of us were shocked to hear the news. He had a few seizure and was initially diagnosed as epilepsy but afer a scan, the doctor found out abt the tumor. Thank God, it was found out in time. He went for a surgery last thursday to remove the tumor. The result is back... it's benign. He had been dicharged from the hopsital and is on the track of recovery. Eversince, he had a few seizures but I'm sure God's healing hand is upon him. I saw him today, he is talking, eating and playing well... many of us were praying for him and I'm so glad that GOD can do miracle healing!

It's been a week... what an adventure!

Wow... it's been a week eversince we got back from states! I haven't got the energy to write anythings! The jet-lag was so bad... slept at 3 or 4 am and woke up at 8 or 9am. It was a horrible and tiring week of recovery!

Let's recalled back what happened to us:
Firstly, when we got to Greenville airport, DH realised that he messed up his flight... He remembered the timing wrongly... he missed his flight to Alanta where he transits to take another connecting flight to Paris...and he missed BOTH! Oh... I can't describe how he must be feeling at that moment... he tried to call the agency for help but can only feel helpless as they had booked him on a non modifiable or refundable flight. It came to our surprise that the one-way ticket cost US$2700...which is almost double the price of a return ticket! What a day?? Feeling lost, he had to think of other ways to go back, if not, he would be stuck in US!!!
Out of no choice, he decided to rent a car and drive to Alanta...before getting there, he actually stop-by Michelin's office to check if he could get a ticket back... and voila, he found out that he can use his frequent flyer miles to redeem a ticket. It will bring him to Paris on KLM that fly through Amsterdam but it's only available on Sunday which mean he needs to stay in US for another 2 more days! His partner who did audit with him offered to let him stay with them for that 2 days... Anyway, thank God for putting everything back in place even though DH messed them up!

Secondly, after knowing that he got all settled, I thought I better don't miss my flight ... if not, everythings would be in a mess again! But who knows, my flight to Newark was delayed. I have 2h30min for transit which should be sufficent but due to bad weather, the flight was initally delayed for 1h20min which mean I still can make it... but after checking in, I was told that the flight will be delayed for another 40min.. oh mine, I can't tell you how I feel... I don't want to miss my connecting as I might have to stay a nite at Newark Airport! I was praying that everything will be fine! Feeling helpless, I can only wait and wait and wait...and finally, it's time to board. I was so glad as by then, we had waited for almost 3hrs in the airport. Everything seems ok... and I still have 30 mins to catch my connecting which is tight but be should be ok... Everything went well, taking off.... 16 mins into flying, the captain announced that due to some technical issue, we are off track and couldn't get any signal... this worried me, how could this happend?? My heart sank, don't know what would happen to us? The captain told us we needed to land at Richmond airport for repairs....and which mean I'll miss my flight for sure... feeling helpless and disappointed and hungry (it's dinner time and we should have reached Newark by then)!
We waited and waited ... it took them almost 2hrs to fix the problems. When they finally got us some food (all the shops are closed as there's no more flight going out that nite and we were not supposed to go out of the transit areas becos the security are off-duty) and it's time to board again! By then, it's 9pm and it will take us another 2 hrs to get to Newark...Matthew, have been good and patient, was getting tired and fussy and knocked off completely before we landed at Newark!
It was 11pm when we landed at Newark... I was telling myself, there's no way I can make it for the connecting as it should have departed at 10pm (but in my heart, I was praying for the flight to be delayed due to the bad weather reported in Newark). To my surprise, when I went to check for my overnite-stay and re-schedule flight, I was told that my connecting to Paris has yet departed... I might still make it... wow, what an amazing miracle! I was praising and thanking GOD as I took Matthew on strolley, trying my very best to run to catch the shuttle to the terminal of the boarding gate! All I knew was that I ran and ran non-stop till I reached the boarding gate! I was panting and panting... trying to talk to the person regarding my strolley, bags and boarding passes!

WOW... It's really a miracle that we caught the flight! I got settled with the help of the stewardess with Matthew and the bags as they were closing the plane's door! Feeling RELIEVED finally! The flight back wasn't very comfortable but I'm really glad that we make it! But the story didn't end there!

Finally, we got to Paris at around 12.30pm.. our flight to Clermont is 7.40pm which is fine. We just have to wait in the airport but after all the delays and travels, both Matthew and myself were worn out completely. When we got back to Clermont, we went to collect our baggages .... only when everyone is gone, I realised that we caught the plane but not our baggages...they must have gotten lost when we were running for our connecting! Nevertheless, Thank God for bringing us home safely. Anyway, we retrieved our baggages 2 days later. DH got home even before our baggages did!

Don't you agree that we had a great adventure???

Time to go

We had a great time in the states, witnessing the President election with the interesting and amazing result that's affecting the whole wide world! All my American friends are very concerned abt the election and many of them are rather pleased with the results. I'm not into politics but it's interesting to know/see how "loyal" ppl can be with a certain party just like what we saw in Taiwan's election... Let's pray for the US newly-elected President, Obama, as he can be an affecting figure to the world, not only in US!

Ok, enough of all these. I'm in the mist of packing... seems like it's time to go. We're going to miss our friends, the foods and the shopping. It's really a wonderful trip! Thanks to all our beloved friends who make an effort to come all the ways to get us and meet us!

The Weekend

We're really having a good time in South Carolina. We went to Charleston over the weekend... a place where most ppl said is beautiful. They really have pretty beaches but it was kind of cold for me.

The Battery is pretty with the autum's colour, the sea-view and nice breeze

...having the rainbow rows and

the dock where some ppl were fishing.

The isle of palm is a great resort place with restuarant, beaches and a place for romance!

We also visited the US marine museum with a showcase of the vessel and submarine used during the wars... pretty impressed with some of them!