The preparation..

Past 2 weeks.. Mad rush! From preparing the docs needed for HDB 1st appointment, to making the decision to solemnize our marriage first, to preparing for the solemnization, viewing of venue, filing marriage online, buying dress, shoes, creating invitation cards, to preparing for SH's birthday- making tang shui, creating card, buying gifts.. The list is endless.. We both feel tired n sick..

Bt I thank God for many friends who step in to help, gave sound advice, be my fashion consultation..

Ser, thank u for all the advice u hv given.. n the alternatives u presented.. help in making sound decisions.. The intense calls I gave to u during the 1st 2 days of my decision making.. U might be driven crazy by me if u were nt strong in ur mind! =)

Jia, thanks for offering ur service to me before I know how ur help may be needed =)

Huiling, thanks for last min random scrapebook shopping for my guestbook.

Chai, thanks for willing to be my hairstylist, n design the scrapebook though u sound tired from ur work n ministry.

Just wanna show some pictures I took during some of these process. More n more used to taking pictures n capturing the moments.. =) Nt tt I take nice pictures, bt some memories for me..

Calendar of 2010.. Nearly went cultic in order to prepare for wedding! Just took this to assure our parents tt 17th April is suitable for wedding! at least tt what this calendar says!

HDB 1st appointment, SH was busy gg thru the docs.. Anxious wait..

In the midst of all the busy-ness, must remember SH's birthday. If I only focus on the event bt forget the person, some thing must be wrong..

Finally, friends, I am getting solemnize on 17th Oct 2009.. 我们结婚吧! Enjoy the day!

10-04-10

Pastor just called me yday and told me tt due to the Month of the Lent (the period of 40days before Easter), the church is not renting out the place.

It freaks me out for awhile while I was talking to Serene, trying to get Paul, call York Hotel, inform Jac while at the same time deciding to change date or change venue. Disturbed, frustrated etc.. I realised that I get throw off balance rather easily when it comes to this.

Recently been repeating the lesson on PATIENCE. Something which is rather lacking in my daily life.. Impatient while waiting for bus (n it affects my mood), impatient w getting the date set for wedding, impatient with the pace of work in my new place. PATIENCE is a BIG theme..

Surely, I would love to learn this lesson well, together with Perservance and Submission to authority n God's timing. Pray for me, Thank you.

As for wedding date, it shall prayerfully be 10-04-10. The date is not bad la.. Prob a blessing in disguise. Waiting for God's best timing...

Pulut Pisang

This is to post some pictures about what I did about a week ago before I started work. I just wanted to finish posting what I did in the 2 days.. =) Well, on the 2nd day of rest, I made some kueh kueh for Paul to delight him!

Thanks to one of my ex-colleague, I had this receipe book as a farewell gift =) I really really wanted to cook before I start work again, so I flipped this receipe book over n over again to find something which I could managed.

Eventually found something simple enuff for a beginner like me! Pulut Pisang. The end product should look something like the picture below..

The ingredients & steps are simple enuff:

1. Glutinous rice (soak for an hour)

2. Banana (Cut into slices)

3. Pandan leaves (2 stalks)

4. Coconut milk(add sugar & salt), and .

5. Banana leaves to wrap up the kueh

It is simple enuff. Steam the soaked rice for 20mins together with pandan leaves. Then add in coconut milk and steam for another 10mins.

When its ready, add a slice of banana on a ball of rice. Wrap with banana leaves and its ready to serve =) This is my end product.

Lucas & my mum likes it cos its sweet. Paul thinks its good too =) For a first attempt, good enough. Wonder when is the next time I shall cook again.. Hmmm...

Sense of Justice

What would u do if u meet the following scenario?

You were gg to mama shop while on the way u met your good friend in school. With him are 2 other strangers and they are throwing things at him!!!

So what would u do?

Guess what Lucas did?

He went to the threesome, and started his kiddish talk... "Blah.. blah.. blah.. NO. Blah.. blah.. blah.. FRIEND." Well, my sis could only make up these 2 words.

What was he thinking about? In his young mind, he formulated the social concept of what we called bullying. When he saw the 2 children (who happen to be Indian children) throwing things at his friend, Yong Jie, he got angry. So he stood up against the bullies!

From those 2 know-able words, I have 2 deductions of what he is trying to say:

1. "Hey what are you all doing. NO, you cannot do this. He is my FRIEND."

2. "Hey do not throw things at him. NO, you cannot do this. We must all be FRIEND".

Child of 3 years old but in his mind, he already have social concept of friendship, bullying and justice. Talking about sense of justice, children merely do what they think is right.

Much to learn from him =)

N I must say, I think he specialises in Funny Faces. See all that he has done.

Fulfilling Break!

What do I do in the 2.5 days of break that I have.. One day have passed since and what have I done?

Look at all the pictures here!

Firstly I went with Paul to Sentosa.. N the most he wanted to do is just to sleep! But I kept disturbing him and say we must take pictures cos I bought the Samsung phone for this purpose lo.. The phone must live up to its purpose! haha... "Purpose-driven phone"





I also went for a jog this morning... Good jog!


Then I went with mum to market to buy ingredients to make "tang shui". This is the white jelly fungus just before I cook it.. I love the feel of it seriously.. It is therapuetical to just touch it and roll it round your fingers and rub it in your palm.. Do you still dare to eat it? =)


The final product looks quite promising though.. I may not be able to cook very well, but I sure am generous in my ingredients!


Then I also went out with Jia, Fayth & Jolynn for The Proposal.. Well, simple plot, not tt romantic, but super funny! Tt's worth $6.50 n tt's all its gonna worth. Jia and I had 云南过桥米线 & 荷叶饭@ Bugis before the show.. reminds me so much of Yunnan...



Before the movie, we had some time so we went to the bookshop. Over there, I discovered Jolynn and I had the same interest in FOOD! She can cook man, and she cooks for her family one lo.. She's a capable girl! N we just stood at the recipes book area and kept flipping n flipping n exchanging ideas..

While Fayth n Jia kept talking about novels and movies.. Haha.. That was interesting.. =) I am gg to try out the following recepies.. Think I shld have the time for it tml la..



Oh yes, I also finished a book last night.. A Grief Observed by C.S Lewis.. late night seems suitable to read a book on grief. Ok, jia you for the rest of my break before I start my engine again on 10th Sept 2009!

I feel so happy. Never felt so happy for the past one year already.. Work seems to have really taken a toil on my joy.. Its not gg to happen to me again.

Lord, make your joy my strength..

Cafe Patio, among nature...

Scallops! Home-made wild mushrooms soup (with loads of mushrooms) and self-made sauce for the garlic bread! Wonderful and great tasting!

Nice pool for doggies to go swimming. Good life! (& then the owner become the servants of the dog...hmmm)

What has these 2 got to do with each other? =)

The answer lies below..

Cafe Patio, by 2 church members of COR. The cafe is situated near Yew Tee MRT and they serve really goooooooood food (with reasonable price), just a little too far for me. If not for Ps John who brought all of us there after PMC, we may not be there at all.. But since we have been there, its worth gg there for a try again =) Esp if u love dogs, its a nice place to be at. They have a very rustic and relaxing ambience to the place to top it of. That's why they claim to be among nature =)

Last Day

Last day at Care Corner marks a new beginning at New Life. Ps John gave me a shocker when he said that my new manager is demanding.. hmmm.. Got worried..

Then again, demanding means I will grow. But growing means pain.. Its gonna be a time of learning to work with a new team, under a new manager and in a new culture. Need lotsa wisdom. Pray for me please!

Actually, I wonder if I will be able to meet her demands? I think there are some chances I can meet her demands. I know that there are many things I still need to learn and I pray that she will be nurturing and willing to guide me along.

Demands that comes with guidance and instructions are not scary at all. Ok, so I shall not think about a monster before I even start work! haha!

So what am I gonna do before I start work on Tuesday? Plans are to 1. catch up with Fayth, Jolynn together with Jia, 2. Make kueh kueh for Paul, 3.Go jogging, 4. Go swimming, 5. Work on Camp program, 6. Do BS, 7. Read A Grief Observed.

Anyway, about my wedding preps, need prayer as well. Ps John just told us that we might not be able to use CORessurection for our wedding. So with that a bit stuck, we have to hold the booking for the hotel. Therefore the night before, I have to come up with Plan B. Started sourcing for a place for wedding, Hort Park, Botanical garden, Armenian church and even Pasir Ris Park became our options.

Actually, I find that I am a little gan jiong la.. Ps John is gg to find out about Church of Acension and get back to us by the end of the week. So have to pray that NO ONE will be using the venue for wedding on 13 March 2010 so we can book! If so, I can happily scrape my Plan B and go back to Plan A! haha! Actually Chruch of Acension is much nicer than COResurrection. If we can use Acension, I would think its gg to be God's double blessings for us. It has a rustic look to it =)

Ok, pray and see how things go.. So how, at the end of the day, getting married is the only important thing. Everything else can let go..

朱丽倩,刘德华

只有朱丽倩配得起刘德华.默默支持24年,不是你我做得到的.总算公开承认,终于得到肯定..开心!!!!

其实不必要道歉什么.你的人生是自己的...可是刘德华对支持他的人有种责任感,所以他向他们有所交代. 也算是他做艺人的一种职业道德...

我永远支持的艺人!!!! =)