Archive for March, 2010
March 2010, Amsterdam & Leiden, The Netherlands
March 25th, 2010 by Leo
Doris’ youngest sister, Katherine, is going to stay in Europe for a few months. Therefore we have planned a few trips with her until May. Our first stop is Holland.
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
We happened to be visiting Holland on the coldest weekend of Europe. It was very windy. However it has such a nice scenary! I especially like the houses along the canals.
There are a lot of bicycles in Amsterdam as it is well planned for cyclists. This is a ‘bike park’ near the train station:
Bike park
As you can see it is full of bicycles. If it was not that windy, we would have hired some bicycles and travel around.
We have also visited Willeke’s place in Leiden. Thank you for the lovely dinner! And we also had a very nice chat.
Kat stayed in Leiden for 2 weeks as she was working in Willeke’s lab to gain some experience. And hence we had a tour at the lab and the hospital (which was attached to the lab) and I have seen a lot of things which I have no idea about!
The trip was great fun and relaxing.
To be like a child
March 10th, 2010 by Doris
Just thinking about the conversation I have with Emily a while ago… when an adult is asked to listen and follow certain thing, the first question he might ask is: why should I? Can I not go the way I like? This is simply an expression of a fashion. Everyone could have different opinions and what if I have an inspiration? To some extend I agree and it is good to have different opinions as this is how new ideas is formed and things can be improved. However, I strongly believe that a guideline is always needed and knowing to say/do the right thing at the right time or being obedient is important. Otherwise, we will never know where and how to begin, unity will be never formed and the mission will never be directional. Then, we compared with a child. When a child is asked to do something, he follows without asking any question. He just simply accept what he was told is the right thing to do. Sometimes, I think God wants us to be like a child, to think simple and to act simple and not to manipulate His words with our so called intelligence.