Hong Kong Diaries Vol.1: My Money

Like I mentioned before, I was in Hong Kong the start of May 'til mid June. I wasn't there for any particular reason, just to have a good time, eat well, shop well, and live the Hong Kong life a little bit. And that's exactly what I did. On top of that, there were a few things that were put on my mind when I got there, whether God inspired thoughts or not, I'm gonna share 'em in these next few posts. I'm just gonna theme out what I went through/experienced in HK over a few posts so I won't be all over the place on this one alone....that, and multi-volumed titles are just cool hahaha. Alright let's get it poppin'!

Volume 1: My money

Before going on my big trip, I did what most vacationers do...I counted my stacks, and fattened my wallet to see how much I can help the Hong Kong economy. (a.k.a I checked my bank account to see how much I could spend:P). Expecting little, I did just that. I did make money with a single job the previous summer, but if you've seen the way I was living in London the past year, I would hardly call it saving money for my big trip. Regardless of that, I counted my money. I was suprised to see that I had about a grand in red pocket money from familly/familly friends that I wasn't around to collect when I was in London. On top of that, my mom told me she was gonna give me $2500Cdn to spend in Hong Kong from some US dollar account we had when we were kids. So I pretty much got 3.5 grand outta nowhere when I was just planning to spend what I had left in my bank account.

I wouldn't say I wasn't happy, but it was the most money I've ever come across all at one time in my life. I was confused. Do I just spend this money guilt free?? It was weird because it was very unlike my mom to give me money knowing how I spend. Even I felt uncomfortable spending it 'cause I personally don't like spending money I didn't "earn". Was it a gift from God? 'Cause I don't remember asking for it....unless this is His response to my prayer for ultra blessings in happiness and earthly enjoyment. Even if it was a gift from God, I don't feel I've done enough, or anything really for his kingdom to entrust me with this money. Or maybe that's not how it works when God gives us stuff :) At the same time it very well coulda been a trap set by Satan. What do I do with this money??

I talked to a friend and she said to keep these thoughts in my heart, God will show me what to do with it when the time comes. I had JLiu's story in mind when she said this. How he had this extra money which was the exact amount of money some girl needed for her missions trip. So this is kinda what I expected.

A week or 2 into my trip I met up with my dad who lives in Hong Kong. I haven't seen him in about 10 years, so being in Hong Kong it was a good opportunity to see him. So I meet up with him for lunch and it was good (another volume for the story :P). But before our food even comes, he hands me and my brother each a roll of $7000HK (about $1000Cdn) so we can go shopping. I was kinda expecting something from him, 'cause he's known to spoil us as kids, but not like this. A few weeks later after my brother and mom went back to Canada for work (I didin't 'cause I was unemployed yay!), my dad gave me another $7000HK roll!

I was getting more and more money, and I think you guys can guess how I spent some of it. I'll elaborate in my next post. But as Christian people, what are we supposed to do in this situation? Give it to the poor?? Was this money even from God?