Playing with leaf

Autum is a lovely time of the yr in cambridge where you see piles of fallen leaves everywhere, and next to our estate, we have many trees at the playground, and many rows of wonderful colourful trees, in bright orange, yellow, red and, green.

Most of these trees are maple trees, and they have a nice shape, christmas liked, nathan and i had a nice time picking the dried ones and brought them home to dry. I piled them up and pressed in a thick book, they are pretty now, ready for me to make cards for christmas!

Tea with friends

This week is nice. I’m supposing a newbie, but I took the initiative to invite ‘trusted’ friends over to my place for tea, one South African lady with her 18 month old daughter, Sophie, on Monday, and a Korean lady with her 28 mth old son on Tues.

Nathan played better with Sophie, cos they are similar in many ways, like hair pulling, and touching faces, shout when they don’t get things their way, and of course, physically, they are quite the same, though Sophie is younger and taller, she has the tall genes. It was nice seeing them ‘play’ with each other, most of the time, we had to stop them from hurting the other.

The mums of course had a nice time, haven’t drank so much tea in my life until I came here, everywhere you visit, someone will serve tea, it’s almost second nature to them, the English probably drink tea more than water, really.

Sparkler Party

Guyfolkes Day fell on Monday night. It was a night when the whole of England gathered together in many different places to display fireworks. And the story behind, one man, day named after him, attempted to set the queen on fire, but he failed. So, people these days celebrate the living queen by putting up fireworks.

The kids and their families had a slightly smaller party – the sparkler party, where they held on to sparklers which give out sparks. Nathan was not directly involved, he was in my arms, for fear that the sparks got to him.

The party was held at an English lady’s house, many internationals were invited. Met an au pair from Poland, she’s only 25, a really nice girl, she takes care of two British kids. Au pair is an equivalent term for nannies back home. They stay in the homes, free food and accommodation, plus pay, something like a maid, except that they only take care and charge of the children, and nothing else, no housework! Good job ya?

Daddie's shoes

Nathan loves imitating now, seeing him trying on new shoes - that's daddie's home shoes ... funny ya?

Makes us more careful too, that he is observing us every minute...

Walk to Grantchester

It was a bright sunny morning, Chong said we should walk to GrantChester. This place is one that the Locals raved about, a nice walk along the river, green pastures, colourful trees, cows grazing on the fields and occasional breeze all make the walk a lovelier one.

This place is often talked about for two reasons, where famous writers frequent to get their creative ideas for stories, like Virgina Wolf and EM Foster, and the famous scientist, Isaac Newton, discovered the idea of gravity while he was eating an apple under an apple tree.

We had scones, very large ones, and tea. The sun made all the difference to our visit. We were very lucky to have blazing sunshine in our face at the beginning of winter, indeed a rare sight. Thank God for that.

Women Bible Study

I am amazed myself that I could be acquainted to a bible study group so soon. Thanks to this Korean lady friend I’ve made at STAG church. She started the international BS for all newcomers to STAG this sept. Our leader is Brit, she has two sons, and they have just came to Cambridge two months ago from Kenya. One lady from Hong kong, but she’s lived abroad for more than 10 yrs, she has a son, 2 yrs old. One American lady from Michigan, married for 3 yrs, no kid yet. Two Korean ladies, and one Belgium lady, their children are around 3 yrs old.

Our first session was sharing of testimonies, and how we came to know Christ. It was a heart warming time, the last time I did that was at a mission trip. How often are you asked about your conversion story? This is one good way to start. We’ll be studying Luke 9-12 this term, looking forward to it.

Visit at the clinic

This afternoon, I brought Nathan for his vaccination. We are thankful that all vaccines for him are free, including check ups. It was administered by a practice nurse, but she is very knowledgeable, gave me information about what different vaccines do for Nathan, certainly helps me to make more informed decision in future. Should have waited to come here for his pneumococcal jabs, paid $300 back home, here, absolutely FREE.