When God Made You

Thank you very much, Noni, for sharing this song! I love it so much as well...

Sung by Newsong and Natalie Grant

Its always been a mystery to me,
How two hearts can come together,
And love can last forever.
But now that I have found you I believe,
That a miracle has come when God sends the perfect one.
So gone are all my questions about why,
And I've never been so sure of anything in my life

Oh I wonder what God was thinking,when He created you.
I wonder if He knew everything I would need,
Because He made all my dreams come true.
When God made you, He must have been thinking about me.

Ooo ooo,I promise that wherever you may go,
wherever life may lead you,
With all my heart I'll be there too.
And from this moment on I want you to know,
I'll let nothing come between us, and I will love the ones you love.
So gone are all my questions about why
And I've never been so sure of anything in my life

Oh I wonder what God was thinking when He created you,
I wonder if He knew everything I would need,
Because He made all my dreams come true.
When God made you He must've been thinking about me.

Bridge

He made the sun He made the moon,
To harmonize a perfect tune,
One can't live without the other they just have to be together.
And that is how I know its true,
You're for me and I'm for you
and my world just cant be right without you in my life

Another TRIP for 2008!

Well well well, I am sure am spoilt by my husband! France is not the only destination of our holiday next year! We are planning to go HOME a.k.a BEIJING for the Easter holiday!
We've got the tickets already, going by Emirates Airlines, we will stop-over at Dubai for several hours and then fly straight to Beijing. Oh my Jesus, what a beautiful life You have planned for me... to go to Beijing, I never thought of that before, but here I am, several months to seeing my family-in-law in Beijing very soon. We will depart 18 March 2008, return on 8 April 2008.

By the sound of it, they love me so much and care of me beyond what I expected... Even Lan said I will be spoilt :P
Thanks Jesus!

France...

We have planned it and everything is ready; tickets, hotels are set, thank you Jesus for great bargains we got. Now, we just have to wait for the day we fly off there. :)

I am excited to go for our honeymoon! Thanks honey for such a sweet plan you have come up with. Love you!

Dates are set, we are going on 12 February 2008, coming back 19 February 2008. Disneyland, Paris' Eiffel Tower, De Louvre Museum, Arc De Triomphe and many more to see!
Thank you Lord for such a great holiday :)

Postponed reunion

I am still at home. Yes, my departure had to be postponed for a month. Why? Because my UK visa is not valid until Monday, 17th September 2007, so whether I like it or not, I have to accept the reality.

However, in a month time, I will definitely see Lan! Yes, 17th September 2007 at 18.00 pm (UK time) I will arrive in Manchester Airport and Lan will be there waiting for me. I always smile imagining that day to come true.

See you soon, my honey! I love you always!

Latest News!

Thank YOU, Jesus, for abundant blessings for both Lan and I.
Thank you, Jesus, for the issued visa!
Thank you, Jesus, for me to successfully entered the Duncan Norman Scholarship shortlist.

Thank you, Jesus, for these beautiful moments, for millions supports from so many amazing people, and thank you for my wonderful parents and husband!

Love you, Jesus!

Miss you like crazy!

Honey,
It has been more than 2 weeks since we parted...
Our marriage almost enters the first month ever since we said our vow...

And, now, we are thousands miles apart...
Feeling so lost without each other...
Falling in to each other deeper than ever before...

I miss you, honey.
I am missing my other half.
I pray that I will be with you very soon.

爱你,我的岚。

Pre-honeymoon story (2)

Continuing my story about our prehoneymoon! Actually on the night of 07 July, after we said good-bye to Yulia, we swam for a little while. The water was so cold that both of us were shivering. Do you think it's romantic to take a swim under the starry night with your husband?! Hehehehe... Anyway it was fun! :)
The next day we had an early morning. It was Sunday, 08 July 2007, we took a taxi at 6.30 to take us to the church, GBI ROCK Lembah Pujian, that is the same church we had our holy matrimony. We have arranged to meet my parents there, so that after the service finished we went home with them.
After getting the swimming suits, we headed back to the villa. Grace and my parents swam until afternoon while Lan slept because he was so tired. As for me, I just watched TV and sometimes browsed around the Internet. For dinner, my dad took us to Pepito Restaurant (close to the Ngurah Rai International Airport). We had quite a big dinner there, that afterwards all of us had difficulty to walk hahahaha... Since the restaurant has a supermarket next door to it, we just walked around the shop to let the food go down our stomaches. During that time, Lan and Grace were always joking around, teasing each other. I am very glad to see that both of them have become good friends, there is a special bond between both of them, a big brother and a little sister. They are so cute when they are together, Lan turns to be a little boy while playing with her hehehe... And, now, with Lan far away, both of them are missing to tease each other.
Continuing, after the window-shopping, Lan insisted for both of us to watch Die Hard 4.0. So, we went to the cinema and luckily we did not miss the movie. It was a good movie, although, I shall say, it is too simple and I was having a waist pain throughout the movie so I didn't really enjoy the 2 hours seating there. >.<

The next day, 09 July 2007, we didn't do much. Just relaxing and resting. Lan watched the television almost the whole day, while I slept in for several more hours. Overall, I really enjoyed our prehoneymoon. The villa was great! *Thanks Ko Peter!* Lan was sure to return there if we go back to Bali for holiday.

Ps. Honey, I am missing you very much. Wait for me, I am returning soon.

Pre-honeymoon story (1)

This afternoon, Lan already left to fly back to Manchester, United Kingdom. We both felt that we shouldn't even let each other go, but... he had to go, so I let him go and take my heart with him to thousands miles away. Anyway, only after Lan went, then I get the time to share with you all about the days after the wedding. As I mentioned we went to Villa Danoya on 6th July 2007 for a 4 nights pre-honeymoon trip. Yes, it's a pre-honeymoon, which means that the real honeymoon is coming up. We are still discussing the right time for it and the destination. Well, I hope it is coming really soon.

06 July 2007
We were picked up by the Villa's car at around 2 pm at that day. Going with us were Han, Erwin and Yulia. They came along for a swim. And so they swam until afternoon, while I was enjoying the free Internet facility from the Villa hehehehe... At night, after dinner at Cafe Tahu with my parents, they dropped us at Galeria 21 Cineplex. We watched Transformer. I have to say it was a very good movie! I enjoyed watching it very much! We came back to Villa at around 12 at night and feeling so tired.

07 July 2007
The second day in the villa, the day of Kuningan (Hindus ceremonial day), the day of so many weddings because of such a good date, and a day of the weekend! Well, on this day, we planned to go to Dreamland beach with Yulia. I heard that Dreamland beach is a very nice beach, white sandy beach much better than the famous Kuta beach. So, we rent a jimny car for the day. At first, it was supposed to be Yulia, who drove, but Lan insisted to see my not-so-perfect driving skill. Therefore, I drove along the By Pass road. Thank God, Lan said my driving skill is not bad at all, except that I liked to speed up hehehehe...
We arrived at Dreamland beach around 12.00 mid-day. It was so so so hot, but I really have to say that the waves were superb! The water was so clear and blue, the view was fantastic! The three of us agreed that one day we will come back for sure. I did not go into the water, as I don't really like to swim in the sea, so I just watched the waves quietly and enjoyed looking at Lan and Yulia swimming. Lan had his chance to try on the short surfing board and he gave up hehehehe... It was a very tiring effort to surf, since he is a beginner, because the wave was simply too strong.We spent several hours (at least until 16.00 afternoon) at the beach. When we left the beach, both Lan and Yulia were exhausted, tired and hungry. And so, we headed to Kuta Square... First stop was Haagen Dazs. Yes, we had some ice cream there. Our favourite ice cream so far! (Lan & I had Strawberry cheesecake, cookies and cream and baileys scoops together) After feeling refreshed, Lan said he was hungry and he suggested we ate at KFC. He was so hungry that he ate 4 chickens at that time!
Heading back to the villa, Yulia prepared herself to go to the airport and fly back to Jakarta. My bestest friend for more than 8 years now... she really took the effort to attend my wedding. Thank you very very much, my sister! Seeing you leaving, I was so sad, because I don't know when is the next time we meet again. However, my promise is true... Lan & I will definitely attend your wedding! ;) *he already said it!* And I was so glad that Lan and you became good friends!

Ok friends, this is already a long post... I will continue it in several days!

The Wedding

I am -sort of- back now! It went very well on the day! It feels like a dream, but it is so so so true! A huge thanks to all of you, my dear friends, for the prayers, supports and the congratulations! We really can't do this without your precious prayers. Here is one of the wedding photos we took on the day. The others are coming soon. So, I hope you all will be patient. Right now, we are waiting to be picked up by Villa Danoya's car. Yes, we are going to have private time together for 4 nights here in Bali. However, this is not a honeymoon, Lan calls it pre-honeymoon time hehehe... We are still deciding and planning about where we should have our honeymoon. :)

Ok friends, this is a quick update from me!

And we are officially announced as... Husband & Wife
We are Mr. and Mrs. Zhang!!

From Surabaya!

We, Lan & I (accompanied by Mum and Grace), were back from Surabaya last night with all the tiredness we can feel right now. This is the first time I feel so tired that all the things that I want to do for this morning I dreamt last night in my sleep!
However, I am glad that the paperwork was done easily at the Consulate of China yesterday, so tomorrow, we just go to the Civil registration office to submit the letter and sign some documents.
It's only several days away... and Jesus, we need You in our every step; Your support, Your strength, Your grace and Your favour. Thank you Jesus!

On the plane

Yes! Lan is on Singapore Airlines' flight to Singapore right now, taking flight number SQ327 (B777-200) from Manchester, arriving at 06.20 am Singapore time.
Then, he will be on the flight SQ942 from Singapore to Denpasar at 09.35, arriving at 12.05 pm.

So... I am very excited to pick him up at Ngurah Rai Airport tomorrow!

Then? Many things await for us...

Cleaning and tidying up

This week, the main task in the house is cleaning and tidying things up, making sure the house is neat and looking nice for the wedding day.
Today, my mum tidied my cupboard; sorting out my clothes and taking out all the unuseful things in my cupboard. I sorted the things in my desk's drawers. Throwing out many papers, which are sitting in there, for I don't know how long and for what purpose hehehehe...
While, in Liverpool, Lan is preparing for the journey; packing up and buying some additional stuffs. I can't wait to see him very soon!

Tomorrow, we will still continue tidying... Phew... It's tiring but have to be done.

Test make up and hairdo

For the whole day, today, I was occupied with the make-up artist, namely Oma Gloria. She did a make up test and hairdo(s) test, both for morning and evening events. So far, everything goes smoothly, it is just that Ce Dewi is in the hospital for almost a week now because of DB (Demam Berdarah). I pray that she recovers very soon!
Things are mostly prepared now. Only little things are left; final measuring of the gowns, the veil and picking up the groom from the airport this Monday! Hehehehe...
I am so excited to meet him again after a very long while.

So guys, thanks for all the prayers! We appreciate your prayers very much! All those prayers have helped us a lot going through this preparation. :)

God bless you all!

9 Days...

The clock is ticking and the days of my waiting is reducing. It feels like a dream to realize that you will be arriving in 9 days. 9 days to hug you tightly and to kiss you again!
I miss you so much that I can't really express how I feel deep inside.

Our waiting has almost ended... Then we will start our journey together, endlessly.

Technical Stuffs: Civil Registry

After hearing so many scary 'fact's about the Indonesian's marriage registration requirements here and there, finally The Lord has led me to the right person. She is Eka's (my junior-high school friend) neighbor! She is Bu Arie, the famous person, who is in charge of the International marriage (mixed nationalities marriage) at the civil registration office. We visited her house this afternoon and everything went smoothly! In fact, the fee for it is not as expensive as I heard previously. The fee is Rp. 700.000- So, it is reasonable, since the registry officer will come to the church for us and the certificate will be given to us at once at the church.

She got the application forms, all my required documents and Lan's photocopy of passport, ID and Hu Kou Ben. The only things await are our photos, the translation of the documents and the letter from the consulate which we will obtain when Lan arrives here.

The plan is we will fly to Surabaya on 26th June night or 27th early morning to go to the Chinese Embassy, pick it up in the afternoon and fly back to Denpasar. It is tiring, but I know it is worth being tired for.

Thank you Lord Jesus for another miracles to be added in my unendless list of your goodness! :)

Technical Stuffs: Church requirements

Today, I went back to the church's office for the second time. This visit, I submitted all the required forms for our holy matrimony. That means one very important matter is solved, because, really, the most important event in our wedding is this holy matrimony.
I thank Lan many times for his cooperation, efforts and time. Despite being very busy, he has been very helpful and supportive. Since, I need his signatures in almost every form, I really stressed the importance of returning the forms to me ASAP. And he, returned the forms to me ontime! So, thanks to him!
Kak Rosa (the person who's in charge of the forms) was well pleased with the completed forms and all the required documents. Praise Jesus for that!

Now, one more important thing to think of is the civil registration. I am finding a way to make it not more complicated than it should be, or, it'd be better if it is LESS complicated than it should be. Why? Because... those that know, the birocracy in Indonesia is one of the worst matter to take care of in this country!

While counting the days to our union,
I think of you in each of my heartbeat...
I've missed you for so long...
Too many days to count since the day I kissed you goodbye.

In several days, I will meet you for our unseparable beginning journey of love

I was...

I was waiting for Lan's call today. He made an appointment with my parents to ring and talk with them. Basically, he was saying that he is serious about his feeling towards me, his decision to marry me and to take care of me as his wife for the rest of his life. :)
Starting from today (2nd June 2007, 09.00 pm), he calls my parents dad and mom! I loved hearing him calling my parents like he calls his own parents! Thank you Jesus for such joy! :)

It's exactly a month before the wedding! I am very looking forward to meet you, my love, my beloved husband.

it is officially announced! :)

our official wedding announcement!

In a month time, I will be a married women! In a month time, I will be a wife... If any of you ever ask me what do I feel at the moment, my answer is really blur, a simple "I don't know."
It's not because I am not happy! Oh my, I am greatly happy and joyful! However, at the same time, I am so busy with so many things that I have to finish up before D-day! And it is very tiring... Lan, please help me!!!

Things on top of my mind:
1. Do my Mandarin homework.
2. Organising my time for: documents translation, my treatments, sending the last lot of invitations.
3. Finish up on the Church documents and forms and hand them all in on Monday.
4. and many more... hahahaha...

I love you, my lovely husband-to-be :) Several more days we will meet again :)

Tired!

Since I started the wedding preparation in Febuary, this is the first time I feel like screaming out loud that I am bloody tired. So many things are yet to be finished, but new things keep popping up. The most annoying thing is that I get disagreement, complaints and questions over the favour I asked. It just makes me more tired, more mad and *God* I am tired.

Ps. punching holes and putting ribbons on the 'thank you' cards are done. Thanks to my Mum & Dad.

little notes

Today, unexpectedly, I had no rest because I was so busy doing this and that. First thing in the morning was putting all the 'thank you' cards in the plastics and resizing the plastics. Now, all of those cards are waiting for me to punch holes on them and put the ribbon on each hole. *oh my*
Then, we *the wedding organiser team* had a meeting to discuss many things. Starting from the people who are involved, the dinner program, the timing, the preparation, the civil registration and many more. And the meeting left me with tasks:
1. Go to LP's office to ask for the marriage form
2. Go to the Civil registration office to ask for the registration form.
3. Make lists on the people that are taking photos with the bride and groom.

And probably some other things that I can't remember right now. I am tired. >.< Time to go to sleep.