BBQ at home

June 22nd, 2010 by Doris

As the summer approaching, the thought of having a BBQ by the lake emerged. Christy and I have been talking about this for a few weeks and finally we have decided to do something last weekend. Hence, we decided to have BBQ by the lake of Vidy on Saturday 5pm (awaiting for the sun to come out – otherwise at our place). On Saturday morning, Leo and I slept in a little bit to regain our strength after a busy tiring week. During the day, we went out for an hour for grocery shopping and also spent some time cleaning our place – clean and tidy (for how long I am not sure :P )! For the rest of the day, we were just enjoying each other company and waiting for friends to turn up.

We had such a great time with friends – There were Leo and I, Christy, Sandi, Kui Thong and his family, Ken and Faith. It was actually the first time we used our balcony and the bbq grill! Everyone was enjoying themselves and our living room was fill with joy and laughter.

On Sunday morning, we attended the bible study at 10:30am. This was the first time we had bible study since we moved to Switzerland. We really felt that it is necessary to pay more attention on our understanding to the bible and our spiritual growth which many people has ignored its importance. The discussion on eternity and how many christian and non christian have misunderstood it was very intriguing and motivating. The English service started at 12noon after the bible study. After that, we went home for a rest before we went down to Ouchy to watch the NZ vs Italian match at 5:00pm. New Zealand did very well, their defense in particular: 1-1

April 2010, Barcelona, Spain

April 7th, 2010 by Leo

We just come back from Barcelona last night.  Again we had great fun!  Although getting up at 4am to catch the train to the airport was simply a pain.

As usual we visited a few tourist attractions.  If you are an art-lover, I highly recommend you to visit the Picasso museum, La Sagrada Família and the Gaudi Park.  I am honestly not too excited about the works of Picasso as I think my artistic sense is not really up to that level, but I do like some of his works and bought a few postcards.

The La Sagrada Família is a church designed by Antoni Gaudi (1852-1926) and is still under construction.  It is truly an amazing design – blending nature, modern art, cryptic and biblical stories into the church building.  A picture is worth a thousand words – which I will post later.

The Gaudi Park features more of Gaudi’s works.  Magnificient is the only word that can describe them.

We also ate a lot, well, as usual.  There are 3 things I must try: Sangria, paella and the suckling hog.  I only knew there are other variations of paella when I arrived.  Apart from the traditional paella, we tried the paella cooked in squid ink and the paella in noodle instead of rice, named Fideua.  The paella in squid ink is our favourite.  I had Sangria with my meals every single day, and Doris was complaining that I talked too much when I drink.  Oops that sounds like my dad.

We had big problem finding restaurants serving the suckling hog.  Finally we found it in a traditional restaurant.  It was lucky we went early as there was a long queue when we left!  They also serve very well prepared fish and I must say all the food that they serve are truly stunning.  Although it was the most expensive meal we had for the whole trip, it well worths it.

We also tried a lot of tapas in the tapas bars and cafes.  Not all of them are nice, I must say, but generally they are tasty and make a good snack between meals.  Spanish usually have dinner after 9pm.  Spanish hams are also very famous and we had that for breakfast (!!) on the first day.

Our next ‘big’ trip is going to be Lisbon.  Before that, I seriously need some rest…

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.

View our photo album here

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.

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October 20th, 2009 by Leo

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