Flower Bed

I am lying on a flower bed

Surrounded by everything good

Like a flood His mercy reigns
Unending love, amazing grace

Thank you Ebby for climbing up and down the ladder to shoot this for me.

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This photo was taken last November when I spent my whole Spring time in Malaysia. 

Thank God for blessing me with a few photography jobs, 

that's why I was busy editing photos for my other blog: aweiding.blogspot.com

During the last trip back in Malaysia, I had one side of my hair shaved, dyed my hair into red colour (inspired by the Disney cartoon "BRAVE"), 

spent some quality time with friends and family (although I stayed home most of the time), rescued a kitten who fell in the sewage twice, 

adopted a grey kitten, started to read the New Testament, and attended four weddings and a funeral.

Once I arrived in Kuala Lumpur airport in September, drama has started... Like my close friends always say:" Your life is always dramatic!" Imagine me sharing my stories of 27 years to new friends, they certainly know that one night is never enough for me tell them everything. 

I hope they still remember the way I acted and the way I talked -- entertaining.

But I am skipping telling the dramas this time, it's a brand new year and it's time to thank everyone around me!

Thank you to my parents for always waiting for my return and also providing me with a warm shelter. 

Thank you to my brothers for spending a quality trip with me.

Thank you to all my friends for helping me shoot my portraits, buying me meals when I had no food, bringing me out when I had no transport, being my audience when I was excited to talk and bringing me joy!

Thank you to all my new friends for making me feel that the world is a bed full of flowers.

Thank you to all my clients for believing in my ability.

Thank you to my best friends and my cousin for listening to my testimonies.

Thank you to my boyfriend for always being there on the other side of the hemisphere and supporting me unconditionally. 

Thank you God for healing my dog DingDong from sickness.

Thank you God for granting me a grey kitten who brought me so much precious memories.

Thank you God that all my friends and family members are safe and healthy.

I was planning to write this post during new year time, but times flies too fast, I know. 

It's been three months now but I would still like to write down my new year revolutions, 

it's better late than never. 

I must finish study my bible.

I must write down all my testimonies.

I must read at least two books this year 

( I know I am a slow reader because I imagine too much when I read).

I must paint at least one painting.

I must launch my own photography website.

I must be more and more creative during every photo shoot.

I must control my temper and remind myself not to have negative thoughts. 

I must not be selfish and always save the best for others.

Last but not least I must love myself more and rock my life!

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Danee

Headie & A Bug

Spring has a lot of activities going on.

Even the giant flies and mosquitoes are hunting out during the Spring.

Thanks to my boyfriend’s sister who is studying Art History at Melbourne University, I got a chance to join the oil painting class held by the University.

This was a good opportunity to pick up oil painting after 6 years, it’s like a wish has came true.

I have been dreaming to draw a painting of Headie, our dog for so long.

It is so funny to watch Headie try to catch a fly, 

he would jump up and down from bed to sofa, sofa to bed, and opens his mouth trying to trap the flies.

The painting was done in a day, but I needed a real fly to stick on the canvas.

While buying some prawns at the Coles after the oil painting class, a fly stopped in front of me at the seafood display glass fridge, I ran to the vegetables shelf, took a plastic bag and went back to the fly. I waited for the perfect chance and WOOP! I CAUGHT A FLY AT THE COLES SUPERMARKET!

Put the fly into my bag and went home happily…

The next day I saw a bigger fly at my kitchen window, well I was greedy and thought that a bigger fly would look better on my canvas.

So while I was trying to catch the fly in my kitchen, Headie the busybody ran around the whole kitchen.
Although Headie did not really assist me catching the fly but I still caught the fly!

Later in the evening, my boyfriend’s sister caught me another fly  as well, with her drinking glass,

so I had three plastic bags of flies!

And the next day we found out the flies were dead and there were unpleasant maggots growing in the plastic bags! Eww~~~
Oh maggot is the thing I hate the most in this world! Argh so all the three flies went into the bin…

Three days later on a very fine and hot Sunday evening when we just done picnicking and painting at the park, my clever boyfriend caught a red ladybug for me! What a present!

The dead ladybug has its legs close to the body, 

I had to pull the legs out one by one, like I was doing a surgery.

Now that the ladybug is on my canvas and it certainly looks better than a fly! 

Headie the name was taken from the word headache.

My boyfriend thought this little creature might bring some headaches, well he certainly did!

Don’t expect him to be a toy dog like Poddle or Shih Tzu, Headie is a Kelpie or the so called 'Australian Sheep Dog'.

Born workaholic, he has endless energy to run for the balls! Yes I mean any balls!

Tennis ball training in the morning and soccer ball in the evening. 

Oh he loves to play soccer ball so much until he was over exhausted, having an irregular rapid breath and couldn’t even stand still…walking almost unconsciously falling side way with each walk. It freaked us out!

When he sees a ball, Headie would run in circle like a sheep dog, circling us, what can I say ?
Nature instinct...

At night after dinner, he would cuddle in between of mama and papa, uses his feet to reach out mama and papa and asking us to pet him to sleep.

He is like a son to me, eat with me, sleep with me, play with me, run with me, listen to me and comfort me.
I just love the way he 'kisses' my lips whenever I talk loudly, laugh or cry. 

He makes me laugh (well actually I am the one making myself laugh each time I play with Headie).

Sometimes we made a fool of him, just like last Thursday, Headie was playing with his green tennis ball in the room, I cheated him that a green apple as his ball. This little creature took the green apple diligently and started to play the apple, and ended up eating the whole apple within 3 minutes. 

Whatever it is, there is no dog like our Headie!

Sleeping Beauty

And so Sleeping Beauty slept though out the whole Winter

The birds of Spring kissed her awake

She woke up but lost in the wood

Something changed something remained

Welcome to a whole new world with Aladdin

12.09.11

Haven't update my blog for a month,

the winter was too cold,

too many events and parties went on...

Sometimes I felt depressed too because the bad weather in Melbourne didn't allow me to do outdoor shooting, it's too cold outside!

Now the Spring is here! 

Oh Hello There to those little yellow, blue, pink, purple, white flowers by the roadside.

And Hello too to my neighbor's Cheery Blossom!

Some neighbor changed, some neighbors remained friendly and some remained cool.

It's been a year since I stay in Melbourne, I just love Melbourne!

Well maybe my English has improved, at least I am not afraid to talk with strangers anymore,

And I took part in volunteer work in a Art Festival organised by Melbourne University.
It was indeed a big step forward in my socialize skill -- TALK or DIE! 

My heart felt so so content after the volunteer work! It's the same feeling everytime I went to church.

Something good you did for people and you feel so good about it!

We also went to watch the LOVE NEVER DIES theater, it was just awesome awesome theater!

I couldn't stop listening to the CD everyday, the casts and songs were to great!

Oh we went to watched Australian Football League last Saturday night.

Footy is a big thing for Aussie. But the team that we supported, St Kilda lost to Swans, a Sydney team.

How sad....

Satan ruled me on one Sunday as I was too lazy to attend church service, I didn't know what's the reason,

I just don't feel like attending service.

So my boyfriend dragged my to church in that cold Sunday night.

Once I pass by a church's crew, he said to me:" Welcome to church."

Yes my tears dropped just after he said that to me. 

I never socialize in church, I go to church just to attend service.

But on that particular Sunday night where Satan ruled me, God sent me his words via the church crew,

just because I made it to the church.

Isn't He just too great? He is just too great He will forgive you no matter what sin you are having, He just wants to show His Love towards you!

So I ended up crying through out the whole worship session.

I will never betray You. 

I am so happy now, so happy in every second of my life!