Yorkshire Dales

I was on a retreat with the York Chinese Church this past weekend in Wensleydale. A dale is a valley. It was such a beautiful place, which I did not expect. Thankful for a great time of fellowship and the beautiful weather while we were there. We also had a chance to visit the Bolton Castle, a medieval castle famous for Mary Queen of Scots' stay and its involvement in the Pilgrimage of Grace and a Civil War siege. It was fun to see sheep and donkeys too.

Ready for spring

Here are some pictures I took on campus of some signs of spring. Everyone's excited for spring this year because it has been unexceptionally cold for March this year. In fact, after I took these pictures, it snowed for a few days. haha..

ps: It's our three-week Easter break now.

Ceramics painting at Rainbows.

Instead of having a regular birthday meal, Miriam had this brilliant idea of celebrating her birthday at Rainbows Ceramics where we can all paint a piece of ceramics and have fun at creating our own piece of artwork for the night. It was a lot of fun and I felt like a little kid sitting in art class again. I think we should all do something like this once in a while--be creative, be a kid again!

thankful list

I've been inspired by a few other people about having a tangible way of remembering to be thankful for the everyday blessings so I thought why not put it on the blog so I can see the "thankful items" clearly? So here is the first one!
I am thankful for...
-supportive classmates and professor in helping me formulate my research report's topic by talking through the ideas I have with me. It was really helpful to talk about the disorganized ideas in my head with them.
-getting milo from Malaysia.
-this stack of books from the library. Ha! (but to be honest, I am thankful for having easy access to the resources I need for my study) and the library staffs here are so helpful. Also, it was good that we had library training sessions so we know how to search for resources most effectively and how to do references/bibliography.

-discovering this album by Chelseamoonmusic. I've been listening to it nonstop since yesterday.

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