hw r u guyz out there in SINGAPORE???????
seems quite awhile i update...
hope you guyz r doing good...
for those who are in SSA...
hope you guyz r striving hard for KR!!!
well... i have been adapting well in LONDON...
im more used to speaking ENGLISH now...
n able to understand my tutors beta too...
ALL THANKS TO THE POWER OF DAIMOKU!!!!!
FINALI I GOT A PLACE FOR MY DISCUSSION MEETINGS!!!!!!!!
d contact that i got from Taplow Court... (ring a bell?)...
sad to say d YWD is not active at this moment...
tt's why when i try to contact her... there was no response!
den i decided to email taplow court again...
and this time round... they really go all way out to find 1 district for mi...
so i will be attending their meeting THIS SUN...
YEAH!!!!
and of coz... Jasmine (SGM)... who is in london for work purpose...
also tried to help me to contact ppl in my area...
n she also contacted 1 WD for mi...
SO GRATEFUL TO GOHONZON!!!!!
nw... let mi tell u d whole story from d beginning...
ok... it goes like tt...
i got to know Jasmine from Joyce...
n is Kim Ho(SSA-YMD) who intro Joyce to Jasmine...
and Joyce forwarded mi d email...
and tis is hw i know Jasmine...
GOT D PIC?
hope u do...
so i contacted Jasmine thru email...
n i added her to msn...
n from there...
we started to communicate more...
she is quick to get addresses for her discussion meetings... her duties at kaikan...
n activities in her area...
so i told her my stories...
that i contacted Taplow court and got contact from taplow court...
but NO ONE FOLLOW UP! (so it's very impt to follow up! if nt, u might b missing out some1 out there...)
den she oni said 1 thing to mi...
MUST BASE EVERYTHING ON DAIMOKU!
TTZ ALL SHE SAID!
ok... so i reflected on myself...
yes... i always base everything i do on DAIMOKU!
I AM VERY SURE OF THIS!
so ok... she asked if i wan to join in a discussion meeting at her friend's place...
then i said... I WANT!!! NO MATTER WHAT, I MUST ATTEND!!!
alot of Sansho Shima...
bec d cost traveling there is not cheap...
so i voice out my concerns with her n so on...
den she asked mi again if I WANT to join in d meeting...
i m VERY FIRM in replying... that I WANT to go!
so we tok n tok abt it...
n FINAli...
she suggested tt i can buy a 1dae travel pass... which cost 5.30pounds... (S$16?)
so i said... OK! I WILL GO GET 1 and GO WITH HER!
and YES! I MET HER on 7 OCT 2007!
MY FIRST SGI-UK ACTIVITY!!!!
it was a FANTASTIC discussion meeting!!!
we chanted 1HOUR den start d meeting proper...
we discussed abt the 3 powerful enemies...
every1 of them voiced out... except mi...
sitting there absorbing n observing their meetings...
IT'S SO DIFFERENT FROM SINGAPORE!
theirs is reali a DISCUSSION MEETING!
finali got to experience how open is d discussion meeting in UK!
d feeling was reali GREAT!
SIMPLY GREAT!
after meeting... d very nice couple treated us for lunch...
we had fussili with tomata paste... VERY NICE n HEALTHY!
bec all organics...
while waiting for our lunch...
talked to 2 africans...
n one of them actually studied in my university 8years ago... doing psychology...
her name is sasa...
we chatted quite a while...
mi asking her hw she took up faith n so on...
n abt her course... i tink... =p
den another african guy n d host husband join in...
we chatted together...
abt their life... n so on...
n of course... hw to overcome them thru our faith...
n Jasmine was running here n there with the host's daughter... Alexandra...
they were friends for 13YEARS!!!
n their friendship started from SGI-HK!
they struggled together for KR in HK!
so jasmine knows their daughter long ago...
ttz y d attachment...
ok... lunch is readay...
n we chatted during lunch abt activities in SGI-Uk... SGI-HK and SGI-Taiwan... n abit on SSA! =p
after lunch... got desserts...
got tea... coffee...
but i was up in their daughter's room playing trains with her!
haahaa....
enjoyed so much!
a very cute little girl!
nice playing with her...
so after playing...
went downstairs to join them back into discssions...
but doesn't last long... bec they have to go off...
so we were also leaving...
bec jasmine was going to bring mi to places where i can get cheap stuffs...
so while we were walking out...
jasmine told mi d girl's mother... d host... her name amilette?
is currently doing PHD n her research n her thesis is on KOMEI PARTY!!!!!!!
WOW!
I WAS SO SHOCKED TO HEAR THAT!!!!!!
she was previously from SOKA U!!!!!!
WOW!
SUCH A WONDERFUL LADY!!!!
so... this ends my 1st SGI-UK meeting...
so jasmine brought mi to charing cross station...
n we took a bus to d place she wanted to bring mi to...
n GUESS WHAT?
TTZ WAS D SAME PLACE MY ER JIE BROUGHT MI TO WHEN SHE WAS HERE!!!!
haahaa.a....
ok... so i know d place...
juz tt sometimes im juz too lazy to rem d names...
as long as i know hw to get there den ok to mi....
(so tis bad habit of mine got to b changed!)
heehee....
so we walked ard...
went a differnt shops to haf a luk...
there was this 1 SUPER BIG TOYS STORE!
ITZ 5 STOREYS HIGH...
EVERY LEVEL FILLED WITH TOYS....
WOW!
it's called hamleys...
d largest n OLDEST toy store in UK!
den went to marks n spencer to buy some food...
den i bght a jumper... which cost mi 9.50pounds...
long sleeve wool shirt...
nice color... lilac...
so we con't to walk ard until ard 5++ near 6pm...
we splited...
bec she has to go back to haf dinner with her family... (btw her parents nt around le...)
n i m oso super tired de... itz really 1 whole day...!
so this is my 7 OCT 2007!
more abt jasmine...
i duno hw old is she...
but d max age she gave mi is 22! haahaa...
ok... she stayed in london before... for 13years...
den she went to HK for 9years... went to taiwan for 2.5years...
n finali back to london...
she is taiwan doing the taiwan bullet train project...
she is here in london nw to do d 2010 olympic project...
she is a quantity surveyor...
tt explained Y she got in touch with SGI-UK so QUICKLY!
bec of her fren... amilette...
so...... TTZ ABT IT! =)
