Just landed back home from Shanghai a few hours ago. Believe it or not, it was first time in China!

First impressions... Shanghai is so .. erm ... cheena... hehe .. the only place in the world which has 4G (My 3G phone is still operating only on a 2G Sim Card.. hmm). Was rather lost at first with the directions and language (I eat potato so a bit rusty lah). I must say, this is good practice for my Cheena though. I do believe that my language skills have improved =)

Stayed in a suite hotel. Kind of like a service apartment with gym, living room, fridge, kitchen, microwave oven, etc. Really blessed also by my team who went out of their way to make us feel at home. Negotiated for good rates with breakfast and broadband thrown in. Went around to eat the tasty food ie. oily and salty with lots of MSG :(

It's supposed to be the coldest period but the temperature was like 5-18 degrees which was quite comfortable actually. Really could get used to the weather.

Looking around at the attire of the working class in restaurants, I couldn't help notice that the ladies really make an effort to dress up / down (depending on how you look at it. It's winter right, so not too distracting lah). However, my personal take on this matter is.... *drum roll* .. I still prefer the Singapore girl =p

Really enjoyed myself over the weekend when I visited Zhenghan and Veron. Had a yummy (read "tasty food") dinner at a restaurant which serves Northwestern Chinese cuisine, stopped by Hong Kong dessert store and then visited their place later on. I must admit, this was the first time that I really got to know them better in all the years we had been in ministry together. They're a really amusing couple. Thank God for them :)

Thank God for answered prayer. I finally managed to speak to my team leader about my future plans. We had a meaningful discussion and next step, prayerfully, is to bring it up to my boss. After CNY .. hee ... God is good =) ... Romans 8:28

OK, time to go sleep and prepare for the week ..... Philippians 4:6,7