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| - i still haven't found what i'm looking for enormously inpired by bono's life and how he said...
"my favorite line in the lord's prayer is 'thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven'. I WANT IT ALL, I WANT IT NOW!! heaven on earth--now--let's have a bit of that." | | |
| yes, i'm well aware of the fact that this has been a rather empty xanga for the past 3 years... so here's a start-- my first entry, ever!! just thought i'd do something different on dai leen chor 1=)
meanwhile, if you fancy some pix... here's a photo album from summer of 2004 in mongolia=)
http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8AcOGrVw1atmKg
take care, my friends=) hope all is well with your soul, wherever you are!
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| oh and i managed to dig up a little something that i had written when i was 27, enjoy!
ps-- see? i'm trying VERY hard to add more substance to this page=)
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my life thus far...
0-12 just 'another' child being born and raised in a christian family in hong kong. dad was in ministry; mom was a teacher; got a younger brother who's always 'the good boy' and myself-- who's been labeled 'the stubborn child' since 3.
13 mom was diagnosed with cancer so the whole family moved to toronto.
13-16 decided i was old enough to 'live my own life' so i let my rebellious side take control. it was dreadful... nobody knew what to do with me... i didn't know what to do with myself...
16-19 got into enough trouble to convince everyone that i needed a 're-start'. got sent back to live with relatives in hong kong. was much better behaved, but still struggled at times.
17 cancer cells spread; mom passed away.
19 went to study in vancouver after finishing high school since dad and brother had moved there to 'open a new chapter'. came to realize slowly that not all christians are boring and out-of-date, and that christianity can indeed be liberating...
20-21 made THE decision of my life after being broken by jesus' love and grace at a winter conference. went back to hong kong for breakthrough's youth leadership training camp the following summer and since then life has completely changed!
21-24 had a fabulous time learning and playing in vancouver. made soooo many cool friends. spent a fair amount of time trying to figure out the "who-when-where-what-why-how-'s" of life-- as an 'aftereffect' from that youth camp. came to the conclusion that it was time to leave my 'comfort zone'... because it didn't feel like i was doing the right thing at the right time...
24-29 said goodbyes to my loved ones in canada and moved back to hong kong. reverse culture shock? oh yes, absolutely! discovering new knowledge about the people and the culture everyday. life is now loaded with 'hong-kong-style' challenges and wonders... and it's very lively! still learning how to live a balanced life though...
truly thankful for the blessing of being able to cross paths with more cool people, big and small; and for some very memorable experiences in shanghai, zengcheng and mongolia, where i began to 'learn to see'=)
27-29 finally tied the knot with patrick=) enjoying married life? well, most of the time anyway=) am constantly learning and re-learning how to really LOVE...
29-30 still struggling to making sense living in the complexity of this huge and confusing world... therefore, still romantically believe that we have the power to 'change the world' *wink*
find the lamp that lights up your path and walk it with love and compassoion=)
-- david tao 'black tangerine'
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updated: may 2006 as a wrap-up of "the last 30 years" | | |
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