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5/30/2004


A Heart to Heart 

Yesterday Ruth and I went to 'Heart to Heart' which was a workshop for the girls of Gods kingdom to learn about dating, sexuality and Gods word. It was alot of pink girly fun!

I'm more convicted than ever about staying abstinant. Before the only reason I knew to was just to please God, but now I know its so much more than that. I've also had I've had a break through with my prayers about my own relationship and its just reinforced what I've been feeling in my heart for a while. God is soo good!

I'm almost half convinced I am a princess.




5/26/2004


Someone to know me. 

Luke took me out to dinner tonight for our 5 year anniversary. Well, our 5 year anniversary that was 6 months ago. Time sure does fly, 5 and a half years ALREADY?!

People often speak of the honeymoon period where for those first few months of a relationship its all about impressing each other, making sure us girls have at least have a full face of makeup, or that our stomaches is sucked in at all times, you know, before he sees you how you really are. And then you get past the honeymoon period and you start letting yourself go. You start to feel more comfortable with being, well, comfortable - till sooner or later you find yourself dressed in your daggiest sunday wear, devoid of any makeup and stuffing your face with dry breakfast cereal out of the box. That is the type of state my relationship with Luke has come to.

Its funny how when you spend a long part of your life with someone they sort of become a part of you - almost like family. Its a great feeling to know that no matter how you look, or how honestly you talk about things (no matter how ugly the honest truth is) they still love you regardless.

Its so important to be able to talk to someone about anything, its true when they say communication is the key. And its not always about talking about things, its also about the other person understanding where you're coming from and then NOT getting offended! Luke is the most understanding and forgiving person I know. Sometimes its annoying because I'll come home and say "so-and-so said this to me, I am so mad - Grr!" and he'll say "Aww, they were proberly just stressed/tired/PMS'ed, dont worry about it." - Don't worry about it?! Geesh. Yes, I can be so stubborn sometimes.

Luke's also managed to decipher my mumbling - yes thats right, I mumble ALOT. And while many people still ask "What? What did you say?" whenever I say anything, Luke understands exactly what I am saying. We've even established our own language together, which mainly consists of grunts, hand gestures and words that begin with 'S' (such as 'stummy' for tummy, or 'snuv' for 'love').

But what I love most of all is that after all these years, he still manages to make me laugh out loud.




5/25/2004


I am posting this again because... 

I want dimples like beautiful Ann!!!






5/23/2004


A kept woman. 

I feel like a kept woman. God has truly blessed me in so many ways in the past few months, and its not even just the big things, its the little things that many times we pass over because they seem too insignificant to take notice of.

But a kept woman you say? I know. Thats what I thought. "Me a kept woman? Impossible! I am just a short step away from burning all my bras, much less being kept by anyone!" but I was, and little did I know it I was being kept by God all along.

When out of stupidity I almost fell off a 40 story building at age 12, God kept me.

When I was in almost fatal car crash at 16 and I was able to walk away with nothing more than a flesh wound and whip lash, God kept me.

And those are only the big things! What about the times I've checked my car and found I've been driving it with no water in the radiator for the past week? Or when I asked God to give me a church to belong to and He found me Sunset Coast, but not only that He let me meet some wonderful people, and a great friend in Ruth. Not to mention all the great 'internet people' I have come to know online, some whom I've met and some whom I will be soon meeting in person!

The blessings seem endless. And when I think of God I am nothing but thankful. God is truly good, and I am truly a kept woman.





Anna-risms 

This is one of the most random things I've said in a while...

Whilst watching a McDonalds ad on TV with Luke, I said:

"I feel like KFC."

Luke, without a flinch, replied,

"I'm sure the marketing department for McDonalds would love to hear that their ads make people want to eat KFC!"

Doh.




5/21/2004


Dating and the Nunnery. 

I told a friend of mine a couple of weeks ago I was going to be a nun. I was half joking. The other half of me thought it was an interesting idea.

Someone a while ago had sold me on the idea of 'dating for marriage' sorta based on the idea that Joshua Harris had in his controverisal book "I kissed dating goodbye". The idea is that you don't date unless you think that the other person is someone you could marry. And when you think you have found someone, you go through an interview process to see if they really are right for you. Its pretty unromantic, though it gets straight to the point: marriage... Considering the fact I am far from even thinking about the idea of marriage means I wouldnt be dating for a VERY long time, if at all. Which also means that the idea of being a nun is sounding more like a more viable option.

I was speaking to a church friend of mine recently about this idea of dating for marriage, and she brought up a valid point. "If you never been in a relationship before marriage, how do you know how to handle relationship situations within the marriage?" That is, emotional maturity. If you dont know how to handle a relationship maturely (which you usually get from experiance) would it be harder to be married? And what if the other person was more experianced than you emotionally? Would that be even harder?

Another interesting point, we were created to want relationships, whether it be friends, family or spouses, because we were created in Gods image and He sought a relationship with us therefore we want the same. Hmm...

Lately I've been feeling somewhat of a freak show. It seems that everyone I know is either getting married or have dreams of getting married. There are those girls who dream about their wedding day, what dress they are going to wear, the cake, the ring, all of it - and then there is me. Me who doesnt even know if she even wants to get married.

If I was single again I'll proberly end 40 years old, and still single. But you know what? That doesn't bother me. Being alone doesnt scare me at all. Being dependant does.

"An unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the Lord's affairs; Her aim is to be devoted to the Lord in both body and spirit. But a married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world - how she can please her husband." - 1 Corinthians 7:34




5/17/2004


Distance makes the heart grow fonder. 

Its Offical. I am going back to Hong Kong.

Its strange, I have a feeling of trepidation. Hong Kong and I have always had a love-hate relationship and the thought of rekindling that relationship both frightens and excites me.

From the culture, the people, to the lifestyle - everything had been so different from what I grew up with. Hong Kong has always been a culture shock to me. Maybe it was a matter of the circumstances I ended up going there in the first place that made me jaded about that city. Either way, on arriving in Hong Kong my world had changed and I had refused to adapt.

Nowadays things I long for that strange familiarity I have with Hong Kong. The nostalgia, the friends I've left behind, and the family I've haven't seen in close to a decade. All these things I'd left behind never thinking about revisiting them ever again. Now with the power of hindsight, I've had a realisation about Hong Kong. It changed me. And all that time I was there in my youth I fought that change even till the very end.

Maybe I am too comfortable in my suburban australian world. I need change in my life - just enough to make me feel uncomfortable in my own skin.

Maybe distance does makes the heart grow fonder.




5/10/2004


A Blonde Flame. 

I told a friend recently that if reincarnation was real I proberly would of been blonde in a past life.

Last week in one of my classes we were asked to design an album cover. I was sitting in front of my computer in class when one of the guys asked to see my finished cover.

"Thats pretty cool." He said.
"Yeah? I didn't really know what to do..." I replied.
"So whats that in the background?" He asked.
"Oh, that? Thats a glass ball." I said.
"A BALL?! Wow...." He replied.
"Yeah, its a ball...I made it look like glass.." I said smiling agreeably.
"Wow, I can't believe its a ball..." He said chuckling.

His friend sitting next to me suddenly quipped "Stop teasing her..." And this guy laughed and walked off.

I just sort of sat there momentarily confused. Huh? What did he mean 'tease'? Then it dawned on me. And there you go, little naive me, thinking he was really interested in how I created my glass ball...

Today I had another 'blonde' moment. This time it was over something silly I did with Microsoft Word. Luke laughed as he said to me "Whats wrong with you?! Its like your brain has just given up!"

You know what? Sometimes it does feel a bit like that.

BTW just for the record: theres nothing wrong with being blonde, I know many intelligent blonde women!




5/05/2004


Beeeeep. 

"Hi! This is Anna, I'm not available at the moment, but please leave a message and I'll get back to you."




5/03/2004


Coffee in the city. 

I finally got to meet the wonderful Ann Ong the other day! Thought I might post some pics we took on the day.

Ann and I!


Ruth, me and Ann





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