STBAPMIMSS.

BatPickTurn

Was playing BatPickTurn with Carebear friend yesterday and til now, my muscles still ache. Though it's not quite my kind of game but it was fun just hanging around with your best friend doing nothing but BAT the shuttlecock, Pick it up (since the wind was like howling strong) and Turn around to BAT again. hahah What a game but the important thing was we had fun with the whole farnie routine. :)

'BatPickTurn' - coined by Carebear Teo and Smurfet Sim on 4th Oct 2008.

Try it, you will burn more calories. Haha

Pa Pa's Love

Felt so loved by Pa Pa today and I just wanna blog it all down so that one day when he so decides to pick up a cane to whack me I would still remember that he loves me dearly. Hahah actually, that day will never happen la cos he has never whack me before even when I was a little kid. Then again, I was quite a good kid why would he wanna whack me right? haha

First was the 'seedless' grapes. Yesterday, PaPa bought some grapes and he offered them to me. He was selling them with the 'it's super sweet' + a thumb up gesture. I rejected them flat down with the 'but.. there are seeds!" In the end I was obliged to take one of course. If not who would nurse that broken heart right? Then tonight just when I was sitting down to mark, I saw a little bowl of grapes, halved and seedless with toothpick poked. PAPA removed the seeds for me!!!! GOsh! I finished them ALL of course.

After this sweet 'appetiser', I was just complaining to Papa about my mozzie bites. I had like 5-7 of them on my legs. Pa Pa brought out his 'mi mi wu qi' ---> MOPIKO. THen again I have yet applied my facial creams and don't wanna dirty my hands so told him that I would apply them later. Then Papa took the cream and say "where? show me?" Papa applied for me.

That's not all. Papa then offered me half a banana while I was watching TV with him. He gave me the portion with the peel still on so that I won't have to dirty my hands or rather, wash them after eating. So sweet right? That's not all. He stood beside me for a while and I thought he was watching TV, then right after I finished my last mouthful, he stretched out his hand and wanted to throw the peel away for me.

*Felt so loved*

Surely...

Psalm 23
A psalm of David.
1 The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.

2 He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,

3 he restores my soul.
He guides me in paths of righteousness
for his name's sake.

4 Even though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death, [a]
I will fear no evil,
for you are with me;
your rod and your staff,
they comfort me.

5 You prepare a table before me
in the presence of my enemies.
You anoint my head with oil;
my cup overflows.

6 Surely goodness and love will follow me
all the days of my life,
and I will dwell in the house of the LORD
forever.

Round and round the Ferris Wheel...

Went up on the Singapore Flyer on Sunday and was a little bored of the scenery cos everything looked so concrete. However, the companion was good. Cher and Esther were with me. Did some sharing @ Popeye and til today I am still a little upset with myself for agreeing to pay 50 cents for asking for thighs. ARGUH!

As I sat through the 30 minutes in a capsule, I thank God that life does not go round and round. Thank God that, the phases that we go through in lives will pass and we need not have to revisit it again as though we are going round and round the Ferris Wheel. Life to me then ,is exciting. God has created it with a beginning and an end. Thank God for this day that He has made, I will truly rejoice and be glad in it. Cos I will never revisit this day again... shall live it to the full. Sleeping early seemed absolutely bestest idea!

Cher and I.

TRIOS orios CHEESE!

Cher took so long just to capture this shot for Esther and I. But GOOD shot. Cos its the only one that captured the scenery behind us and with our faces looking decently lit.

Never Judge a Fish by its EYE.

Went with Carebearfriend for a meal last week and chanced upon this dish at Sushi Tei which I am totally in loved with. Its grilled salmon head. We actually din wanna order it at first cos the waiteress mentioned that it was not yummy. SHE WAS SOOOO WRONG! hhahah On the contrary it was totally lip-smacking! It was just nicely grilled leaving the fish with a crisp skin.

The tinge of saltiness on the skin and the squeezed lemon juice definitely did add flavour to the dish. The meat was fresh, juicy and absolutely heavenly. What's more? GLUCOSAMINE... oooo good for the joints. Anyway its just super yummy. Try one some day!! We ordered a second portion by the way.... hahahhaha

Was just trying to fix bits and pieces back together.
As you can see, there isn't much bits to work with :)

Thank God I have nicer eyes than this! Ha. I almost wanted to eat the eye but thought it was a little too exotic for me hahaha

Loving the Unlovables.

Thanks to Wesley and Yixian for this beautifully done up video.

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STBAPMIMSS.

Sparrows.

After my run last Saturday, I was cooling down at the park and a sparrow flew past my eye. I followed it's trail which led me to a flock of them. They were swirling in the sky. The verse in Matthew immediately came to my mind and brought so much comfort to me. The sparrows flew away after couple of minutes as though they had achieved their purpose/mission. 

Jesus speaking to His disciples in the book of Matthew:

"Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? 

Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. 

And even the hairs of your head are all numbered. 

So don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows. " 

Matthew 10:29-31

Amazing!

Recently received an email from a friend and found this really intriguing. Chinese language and God. Never think that they would really link but apparently it does. Have 5 mins to spare? Click on it and get ready to be awed. Especially those who are really good with chinese, I am sure you can appreciate this even better. 

Gua Ma.

Look at how Happening Gua MA is? Por Por with a Shuffle! :) 

Aunty Cindy put it in her ear. She laughed. 

Aunty Cindy, Gua Ma, Aunty Wendy and Aunty Jane.

Today after mentoring session with Esther and Hannah, I went to spend the afternoon with Gua Ma. Heard about all her improvements but today I managed to see it for myself. She can stand!!! :) Enjoyed the small chats we had and watching her went through her daily routine. Above that, our pictures together as well as capturing moments which I think I should place them here. 

She had a jasmine on her head. I told her she was Swee Dang Dang (Hokkien; super pretty)

Gua Ma doing her standing exercises... so proud of her. 

Aunty Cindy and Aunty Jane - they take such great care of grand. *Salutes*

Don't they all look alike. :)

Today, I am just grateful for the people who prayed alongside with me during Gua Ma's critical times. Thank God for His grace and mercy.

Birthday Celebration Continues...

The GALz.

Thanks to a whole group of GALz for the FUN-tastic BBQ and of course the something I've always wanted - a shuffle. It has been great worship experiences whenever I am on the bus now. Jogging is never the same either. :) Just recently, I was running with the shuffle and I ran past my usual 2 rounds, headed for 3 cos my focus was no longer on my tired body and nearly jellified legs but on God, in worship. I felt the Lord speaking to me as I run, "in worship, we could go the distance.." 

The Gerberras were lovely too... love it! :) and not to mention, my strawberry shortcake. YUM! 

That's My Macdonalds.

Met up with Weiyi, Aimei and Wanjuan for a quick celebration @ Admiralty's Macdonalds. Yeah! Had a party there with Weiyi's sons singing me a birthday song. That's quite a treat! :) Hot sausage muffin with a nice cuppa milo. mmMMMMM I'm lovin' it. esp. after a run. Shiok! Well... the pecks on my cheeks were definitely a bonus. HA.

CareBear Friend.

Finally, get to meet up with Carebear friend recently and was brought to a fine dinner with of course a real surprise - BATH AND BODY WORKs cream & shower gel. Freshly flown in from States. Thank you so much for pampering me .

We went to LA Fondue @ Dempsey. Nice setting... quiet.. well a little too quiet cos we were the only two there til dessert came. Ha.

Final pose before we dip into the melting pot. 

     

      

 

We first started with the salads... nice dressings. 

We were supposed to dip these into the Cheddar cheezy pot below. *slurps* Delicious.

We then have the chicken on the pan. I was quite intrigued by the dips though. Would say that the chilli and mustard are the better options. However mango was quite refreshing too. Carebear friend went for naturale.

How could we do without a real choc fondue right? We had this lovely platter dipped in Oozing hot, choc... Oooo Lala fondue.

What really blessed me was the fellowship; catching up and finding out how's life for each one of you. Wish for this holiday to be longer so that I could really meet more whom I wanna meet but of well... still give thanks for what I already had. 

Zeelot? Zeelet?

How do we pronounce 'Zealot'? The correct pronunciation is ZEE-laht. Found this interesting website which could help us in our pronunciation esp when those biblical words get a little tough to enunciate... :) Enjoy the link

Chilehli's Growth Update

Couple of weeks ago, I bought Chilehli a new home. She seems to like it. Growing well. Stem getting thicker and growing more leaves... yay!~




Added some fertilizers before my Bangkok trip and when I came back, Mummy told me that some of the leaves are withering cos I should not have put in fertilizers during that period of time. The new soil has sufficient nutrients for the young plant. Well eager me wanna speed up the growing process you see. *sigh* Din know that too much could kill. :(

Wise mummy told me to add more water to dilute the concentration. Haaa mummy is how smart. Now you guys know where I get my brilliance from. Kekeke

Take home: Never overload a young believer with too much Christian Jargons/resources/activities though at times we think they might help speed up growth.

Mummy helped me put wooden chopsticks around my plants. When I asked her 'why', she mentioned that the seedlings are very young so not strong enough to withstand the wind and rain. Hence, need some support.

Take home: Young believers need a lot of support too. Prayers, being there, helping them assimilate into cells and services etc... Are you laying out your chopsticks for your 'little seedlings?"

Bangkok Trip

5.40am.
"Mrs Chia, my phone wasn't switched on. It was a little cranky the day before and I think it failed again. Am I late for the flight?

6.10a.m
In cab and uncle went like 130km/hr

6.45am
Changi Airport. Ran past 100m, 200m, 300m... lost count. GOSH Gate 19 is the furthesT! Yikes.

7.00am
Reached gate. Just in time for boarding. Flight took off....7.10am. *phiew*

Was supposed to reach airport at 5am. When was I ever late? Haaa I mean... er.. this late? I guess this is what I call 'once in a life time moment". Won't wanna relive it again. I strongly felt that it was God who woke me up. I mean 5,40am. What a weird time to be awake isn't it? Felt totally bad to have Ella (the local tour guide) and Mrs Chia to wait for me til I reached. And of course to have Siew Chin and LeeLian to run through every floor in my block just to look out for my purple NIKE shoes, attempting to find my unit is really a *sigh*. Thanks guys.

Anyway I made my way up on Jetstar and *Sawadikah* reached Bangkok at 9.30am (sg time).
Day 1 - Temple visitations and Suan Lam Market @ night.

Shao and I on the nearly broke down bus in Bangkok... heading towards the temples.

At the king-used-to-live-in palace. Its scorching tell you.. urgh.

Shao and I looked totally small in comparison to the grand palace behind us. Since I am in the palace... doesn;t tat makes me a princess? Hahahah Princess Soo Wei. Sounds nice. I LIKE!

Went for a quick swim on the first day and then head up the the observatory area our hotel - Baiyoke Sky. Claimed to be the tallest hotel in Thailand.

Standing from the 78th floor of the hotel, the view captured is nothing but
a piece of concrete jungle.

Was a little bored til we met Shawn - Mrs Chia's son. Cute hor? Another 6 year old. He is rather shy. Din wanna take a picture with us til I told him, "Shawn, you should take a picture with us cos one day Shaoying Jie jie and I are going to get rich and famous and then this picture that we take today is going to worth a lot." Haa Yes. I really told him that.

Breakfast time with Lee Lian... I lurve brekkies.

With Li

*Fly me to the moon* I wanna sit in a real one....

Shao din wanna sit a real TUk Tuk with me so I gotta take pic with this.

Day 2. Temple visit again followed by Chatuchak

Nothing to do... so waited outside the temple and took pictures. Siew Ling and I.

Bih Jeng - My mortal during the trip. She wanted to eat A&W curly fries.
But I couldn't find one and so the ingenious me DREW it for her.

Saw this lotus outside of the temple. Can't help but to think of how creative God is to have created so many different species of lotus. This one is so pretty... even the bees wanna take a look.

Bought this small pineapple at JJ Mall and it cost me 30 bahts. But its super sweet.

We had our lunch at MBK and well I guess I just had to give KFC a try there. :)

But I still think that Malaysia's is the nicest. Din really like the oil smell from these chickens.

Even Ronald Macdonald looks diff there. Ha.

We then took a skytrain to Central World. Nice ride.

Day 3.

Ooooo this looks digusting but its YUMMY! Nomtak style slurps. Had this at Big C.

Had a fruit buffet for 150 baht right after pedicure. Tell me, what kind of life is this? *grins*

The fruit aint that nice la... photos are deceiving k?
However I had cravings for mangosteen so yeah.. still satisfied. :)

While waitin for the coach to come pick us up.. bored girls do crazy things.. haaa poor Dyan.

Like I say, I was bored! URGGH!

Took this pic from the bus. It was sunset... Can't wait to get home....

We were there at 18:10.

Siew Chin and I were bored.... waiting... and waiting and waiting.....
BOy! Are we tired!

Took the last pic with Zuli - the sweetie before boarding.

01.10am. Home Sweet Home
02.00am. ZZzzzzZZ

06.45am. Di Di ...Di Di *snoozed*
Bully Free Camp @ Fengshan Primary Day 1. URGH !!! *yawns* to the power of infinity.