Life in Abbotsford, BC

Yes, an update a lot of you have been bugging me about... Lots to update, so let's just start from the beginning of this whole Abbotsford thing (I'll update about our Asia "Wedding Tour" another day). This is what I came "home" to after getting off the plane at the smallest airport I've ever been to in my life (airport with only 1 gate)...

THIS HUGE MESS!


Yes... LP managed to mess up this place within just one week of being here. Now the "after" pics... after I spent some time cleaning it up and redecorating the place...

Couldn't stand the green color of the couch, so had to cover them up with something... doesn't look too nice, but better than what's underneath those sheets.






And... here's the rest of the condo.

Entrance...

Guest bathroom...

Laundry room / storage...
LP's study (書房)

Pretty big balcony...

Master bedroom... by the way, we NEVER make our bed (and everyone knows that!)... but I did it just this once, for the purpose of these photos.




Walk-in closet from the master bedroom to the bathroom...

Bathroom #2...


We are very blessed that the church LP interns at is able to afford such a beautiful condo for us. It is very close to everything like the bank, supermarket, the mall, fast foods, car rentals... everything is within walking distance.

Oh and this is what the previous intern pastor left us in the fridge... what a gift!

It's been exactly a week since I got here. I think I became such a 師奶 "si lie" over night, literally.

All I have been doing is pretty much grocery shopping, cleaning, tidying and cooking three meals a day... Yup, three meals a day and lots of food! At this rate, I think LP will gain weight pretty quickly.
















Calvin and Karen are right... wherever we go, as long as there's Lee Kam Kee, we will have good food! This is what I brought from Montreal...


I'm glad I brought those with me because a Chinese supermarket is a 30-minute drive from where we are, it's not even in Abbotsford anymore, we've to go past Langley to Surrey for a T&T Supermarket. And I can't live without yummy Chinese food. Fastfoods and take-outs are just not my thing. I'm proud to say that we haven't had one single meal out so far! But I should stop depending on Lee Kam Kee and pre-marinated food and really learn how to cook from scratch.

Even though it's 30 minutes away, we still made a trip there and we stocked up gooood! Our super long bill came out to $368.53 + another $100 from another place. We went shopping after lunch, but both of us got really hungry just being in T&T (it's not surprising for me, but it's rare for LP to get hungry just looking at food). We just couldn't resist! Our excuse for buying so much was because we decided not to buy a car, we needed to rent a car to go that distance, so might as well go all out.



Some of you asked me how was church on Sunday. Well I dunno... we had to leave right away after service to buy some more things for the house and had to return our rented car. And I didn't really bother going to church early to meet the people. So I can't really say. Though the people who sat around me were very friendly. And at the beginning of every month, they recognize those whose birthday was that month, so I had to go up on stage... with this other guy who was turning NINETY-EIGHT! But I was pretty much all by myself in front of the whole congregation. There was suppose to be more people, but the rest of them were out-of-town for vacation. As much as I miss MCAC, I do look forward to worshiping at that church on Sundays.

Here's what LP's office looks like...




So far, it is a pretty boring town because there's really nowhere I can go and no one I know to hang out with... all the people are so far away in Vancouver! Though we do plan on visiting Vancouver sometime soon. Well, Joe Choi is right... Abbotsford "is pretty much a white middle-upper class Bible-belt town." Many Christian organization headquarters are here, including Campus for Christ. So next time Joe comes here for a conference or Gloria and Lydia come here for training, I will have someone to hang out with!