fattening up

I thank God for the dinners which I have attended over the past few weeks. There will be more dinners this week as Christmas is round the corner. I have Christmas eve, Christmas day and boxing day evening booked for potluck! A blessing to have people to celebrate Christmas with but at the same time I have to watch my weight.

My sisters, CF and I had a go at fine dining. It was the first ever fine dining experience for me and the food were brilliant! great team effort in making this fine dining a success!

the menu

the food!

ate until we burst. We bought two legs of lamb which were on half price sale. We couldn't finish the lamb that night and took it home. It lasted for another 3 meals! Leg of lamb is seriously good; it has not much fat and the meat is so tender! Am thinking of buying one leg and saving it for daddy when he comes up in June hahaha. Daddy will give the verdict on whether it's good or not. 1000000 times better than the ribs of lamb we eat in Miri.

Early Christmas presents. See the happy faces

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I baked chocolate cupcakes and brownies last week! They tasted surprisingly good but I wouldn't dare to think of the calories content. I know the chocolate brownies has got 325gm of sugar and 150gm of dark choc inside *shudders*. I know it's fattening but I love anyhting that has chocolate inside! the more chocolate-y the better!!

Oh I had a go at making mian pok but i think it didn't turn out like the one in town. I supposed it's because I din use lard (real oil from the fat of the pig) but then again it will be very unhealthy if I use it. Hmmm...

I will end with two pic of 'diners club' photos. If you notice, both pics were not taken in our house! hehehe. Esther made a point when she said it feels weird when we go to people house to eat instead of us staying put in our house and waiting for people to come. It's good coz we dun hv to worry too much about disturbing our housemates and eating at different friends' house makes dinners more interesting and exciting! However, to attend dinners at others' house will need an extra effort from myself to battle the cold weather outside.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone!

things to remember as a Christian:

對基督徒非常有幫助的30條建議

1.下次如果觉得自己了不起时，试试行在水上。
2.当魔鬼提起你的过去时，请提醒牠的未来。
3.你不是幸运，是蒙福。
4.若想要真正活着，得先彻底死去。
5.机会也许只敲一次门，但试探却总是在按门铃。
6.我们常在强壮时，忘了神。
7.那些只在星期天呼唤"天父"的人，在一星期馀下的日子活得像孤儿。
8.不要以自我为中心，要以基督为中心。
9.没有基督，没有平安；认识基督，得到平安。（No Christ, no peace；know Christ, know peace）
10.为什麽我们不常向朋友提起神？因为我们不常向神提起我们的朋友。
11.当把你的一切献给基督，因为祂把祂的一切都给了你。
12.你现在所追求的，值得基督为它死吗？
13.使你向神靠近的人，是你真正的朋友。
14.神爱我们，不是因为我们是怎样一个人，而是因为祂是怎样一位神。
15.神的应许像夜空裡的星星。夜越深，星星的光芒越亮。
16.没有基督的生命，是无望的尽头。有基督的生命，是无尽的盼望。
17.我虽不知道未来掌管着什麽，但我知道谁掌管着未来。
18.把你的重担交给主，让它留在主那裡。
19.不要畏惧明天，因为上帝已在那裡。
20.当你除了神，一无所有时，你将知道神就是你全部的需要。
21.放手交给上帝，别再向神讲述你的风暴有多大，当向风暴讲述你的神有多大。
22.能够满足人心的，是造人心的那一位。
23.请常常保持着你心裡的光，因为你不知道，谁会藉着这光走出黑暗。
24.当我们只顾工作的时候，我们独自工作；当我们祈祷的时候，神工作。
25.神无所不在，所以我们可以随处祷告。
26.一个没有需要的人永远见不到神蹟。
27.敬拜提醒我们生命的价值，但世界却使我们忘记它。
28.步履艰难的时候，别一味的祷告，却不迈向神要你走的路。
29.祷告会为我们作很多事，忧虑同样可以。
30.神祝福你，是要你成為別人的祝福。

birthday photos!

Aloha!

finally the long-awaited photos which I hv promised!

The Surprise:

The super yummy cake made by Steph:

Group photo - the people who came

Categorising people:

(from left clockwise) SW's cell, batchmates, Lyn's cell and housemates

Food:

Presents:

My birthday post!

I celebrated my birthday last week in the midst of lovely friends and (2/3 of my) family.

It was a great birthday actually. I never really expected so many people to come as I thought it would be just the house and maybe my course mates.

Steph 'conned' me to attend one of the classes she signed up to. I thought the topic 'the role of a junior doc' sounded interesting and I knew that she wanted to have me out from the house/cook for my bday so I agreed to go.

When I got home, I was escorted into Lynda's room.

I was so touched to see so many faces in the dark room glowing in the light from the candles of the bday cake and everyone singing the bday song.

How blessed and loved! Though I din receive many presents, but the companionship I had during my bday was more than everything and definitely priceless. Thanks everyone for making the effort to come even though it was a weekday and some were even rushing with assignment.

PS: pics will be uploaded soon after I get them from my housemate :)

Weekend is here!

yay! weekend has finally come!

Happy halloween!

childhood books

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In Malaysia, this whole set would cost tons but I got it very cheap here!

I've finally laid my hands on this whole set of Roald Dahl's books!! I've decided to treat myself becoz my birthday was coming and to reward myself for working so hard over the past few years. Ever since I read 'Matilda', I have always wanted to read his other books. The collaboration between RD and Quentin Blake who did the illustration in the books made reading the books so enjoyable and fun. Even my brother Jon who hates reading books read every single RD books we had on the shelf at home.

Although I have grown out from these books, I still enjoy collecting childhood books just like how some people enjoy collecting stamps, board games or DVD. Somehow it rekindles the memory of how I loved reading them when the internet and computers were non-existent during those days.

During my high school days, my English teacher would always tell us, 'read more books, read more books!!' until I could hear her screaming in my head every night before I sleep. But it just simply echoes the importance of reading to improve our English and I find it really sad when parents willingly paid at least RM60 for their children's English tuition. The money can easily be used to buy story books/magazines which would help children develop good reading habit and improve their English.