Third Day...Lakefield, Ontario

When I woke up this morning, I feel really sick... Too tired to go to the lab today but I did anyway. Running nose, headaches, sneezing all over me. Weather was strange today too, Sun, snow, rain and sun again.

I tried to learn as much as I could, photocopied material as many as I could, wrote notes as many as I could too. However, I am not sure how will it turn out when I am back to Vancouver next week... Money has spent on me already and my boss will expect to see some return from me as well...Pressure...!

I left work early today since I am too tired to stay. After watching TV in the hotel, I went to a Chinese Canadian restaurant for dinner.

Am I crazy, having a Chinese dinner in a small village? But I just want to see and taste how is the food look like.. So typical Canadian Chinese food... ! The owner told me that she has been here for 25 years and she was from HK. Wow! (I heard that she spoke to her husband chef in Cantonese, so I started to talk to her in Cantonese too.) She also told me that if there is no SGS Lakefield in here, this little village should be dead already. Anyway, out of respect, I did finish my dish.. Chicken stir fry with bok choy, bamboo shot and water chestnut.

I will drive back to Toronto tomorrow afternoon. Hopefully I will be better and have more strength and will not get lost again.

Second Day...Lakefield, Ontario

This is a second day in here. I feel tired and sick. May be lack of rest, the cold or flu has caught up with me.

Today... again,I spent whole day in the lab and tried to learn all the tests and procedures.

Lakefield is a very small town and its population is ~2000. One Tim Horton, IGA, Subway, McDonald and few restaurants. Last night I had a very awful meat loaf dish from next door Pub. It was not worst one that I had. But ...

Just would like to write some background about this lab. SGS Lakefield is an extensive pilot plants and laboratories of SGS Canada and its main facility located north-east of Peterborough, Ontario. They have around 400 employees and they are scientific professionals (engineers, metallurgists, chemists, geologists, mineralogists, biologists) actively involved in testing, research and development activities

First day...Lakefield, Ontario

Today was the first day in Lakefield. I left Toronto @ 5:30 this morning and wished for the smooth drive to Lakefield. It was raining heavily this morning and the sky was still dark. I had all the direction from my brother in law last night and it should work out as I thought. But I was lost .... I missed one major highway 401 exit. So instead of going East, I was going to South West direction. At the beginning, I did not realize that I was on the wrong direction. However, the gut feeling told me that I better gave Lawrence a call.. Then I was right, I was in the wrong direction and had to go all the way back. The rain was pouring, the wind was blowing and it was hard to see the road on the highway. Especially, there was a big truck in front of you. My car wiper was already turned to maximum. After battling 2 and half hours drive, I was safely arrived SGS Lakefield. (Thank you God)

SGS Lakefield is a huge operation with lots of people, most of them are living in closed by city ,Peterborough. I spent entire day to see some of the tests that I have to learn and will bring them back to Vancouver lab. I am not sure how much I can accomplish from this trip but my manager has already expected me a lot and I should be able to duplicate everything in Vancouver and make profit right away... What a pressure PRESSURE!

Afterthought

Last week, I had a chance to browse some people blog and came across one "sharing" which has been bothered me a lot.

I am not sure what's kind of situation he has been gone through and why he had to express like that. But I totally disagree what he had shared on his blog.

Sometimes, we have to really be careful what we say and what we share. I quote some scriptures, which Paul shared with Corinthian people, to echo what I read from this blog.

23"Everything is permissible"—but not everything is beneficial. "Everything is permissible"—but not everything is constructive. 24Nobody should seek his own good, but the good of others.

31So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God. 32Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks or the church of God— 33even as I try to please everybody in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved.

Yes, it is truth... You can do whatever you want to do but please remember what Paul has shared with us.

好牧羊人

昨天籍着天氣好，便帶Eunice 和Isaac 一起去Maple Wood Farm看動物。農場裏的小動物真是可愛得很，尤其是那幾隻剛出世不久的小綿羊。他們在綿羊爸爸及媽媽的看顧下，四處的跑來跑去，互相追逐嬉戲。真是不知天高地厚。

怪不知得，耶穌很喜歡用羊來代表他所愛的人。「我是好牧羊人...我來了，是要叫羊得生命，並且得的更豐盛」

Reading bible

As you recall, we have to read a bible story to Eunice and Isaac every night. Last night, Isaac missed his story time and went to sleep. You guess what had happened next?

At 2:30 am, he woke up and cried. Then we asked him,"Why are you crying? Do you have a bad dream?" He answered," I did not have my bible story time tonight. I missed it so much and I wanted it now."
Flora soflty replied to him," Can we do it tomorrow instead?" Isaac cried again and said," No, I want to listen the bible story now."

So... at the middle of the night, I picked up the children bible and read a story to him. After listening the whole story, Isaac closed his eyes and within 5 minutes time, he was sleeping like a baby again.