28th July 2008

So many things happen around my neighbourhood on this day.

1st news was there's someone jumped down from one of the block nearby and died on the spot. So scary, last month there's one and now another...but this time I heard it's not commit suicide but the drug addict trying to run away from the police. He climbed out to the balcony, lost his grip then fell down.

2nd happening news is that there's a monitor lizard below my block near to the karaoke room...when I came back from the salon with RJ, saw so many people gather around to see the monitor lizard. Thank God for one brave uncle from my block who manage to capture it, where else the policeman just stand there and see...haiz..

3rd news...JW had an accident. His car kiss a taxi's backside...haiz...heard that the passenger hurt his neck, need to call ambulance and go hospital.

So many things happen on the same day....

Parable of the Sower

On Sunday, I taught the parable of the sower in WeeZone. Was thinking very hard how to deliver the message to kids below 7 yrs old. Well thank God for his creativity, came out with a visual model for the kids to see and understand better.

Went to Daiso and got some materials to prepare the model. JW was impressed and likes it very much. RJ likes it because of the nice bird.

Overall I think overall the kids understand the teaching. We did actions for the memory verse and some craft related to the lesson.

NEW HOBBY

Lately I "kee siow" liao...begin to like photography(even though I don't have those "PRO" camera, but mine can tahan lah for my standard)...I see people take nice photos of live objects like animals, flowers and food...I also follow the trend but too bad I do not have the skills...Recently I've learnt a new function called "MACRO" in the camera. It's meant for taking close-up pictures...so now I go everywhere I go I'll take pictures of flowers using this function.

Practice quite a few at HortPark 2 weeks ago. Yesterday, brought my son for a walk at the canal behind my house. Saw nice flowers arounds, so the itchy fingers starts to CLICK here and there already...I also have a kee siow hobby now which is taking picture of the clouds int the sky...

Haha...see this kee siow will last for how long...

Saw this cute picture on someone's blog today...well it fits me very well cos I'm SICK...having fever, flu and cough. Who did I get it from??? My dearest RJ lor...he is also not feeling well...my poor boy cough till the throat so pain...both of us, Mother and Son can form a symphony orchestra already...We want to get well soon cos this feeling is no good....(the only positive side is I lost a bit of weight...haha but sure put back on very fast one)!

My Latest Collection of LUNCHBOX

All thanks to Joy who recommended me this cute Hamburger Lunchbox. I like it very much. So this morning make full use of it liao...haha now all the lunchbox is mostly used by me and not RJ.

This morning, my good helper Mary who can read my mind, reheated the overnight chicken curry for me to bring to office for breakfast together with fried prata. Got her to pack into the hamburger lunchbox. Wow looks like I'm going to have a heavy and scrumptious breakfast today!(hehe of course I didn't finish all lah...fat ah!!!! Will share with my colleagues).

NASI LEMAK

I'm in the cooking mood again. On Sunday, I cooked Nasi Lemak again. The last time I cooked nasi lemak was last year. Well definetely a lot of work but thank God I have Mary to help me with the cutting and chopping.

My neighbour also made some Otah for us to go along with the Nasi Lemak. I'm happy cos my hubby enjoy the food very much. His comment was :- THIS IS INDEED A GOOD MEAL...wow what an encouraging compliment.

FOOD PRESENTATION

On friday my maid cook fried rice and fried vege for dinner...it was a very plain. Told my maid that she should make full use of the plates and bowls I bought from Daiso...Food presentation is important cos it will make the food more appetising. I took out the Japanese bowl and plate I got from Daiso, put some spring onion and fried anchovies. My food definetly look better...YUM YUM...

Canopy Cafe @ Bishan Park

Sometime last month my boss's son gave us a treat at Canopy Cafe @ Bishan Park. The atmosphere around the cafe is good but the food so so only. I find the food not tasty and also the food presentation not too good. Me and my colleagues tried the Linguine tossed with Lobster, Caeaser Salad, Rissoto and Cheese Nachos. Of all only the Caeaser Salad and the Cheese Nachos is nice. For the price we paid, I think it's not worth it.

Took a nice picture near the Asmara Spa.

Thought of the Day

This morning I was in a bus on the way to work. I noticed a lot of JC's students' shoes are all branded like Nike and at least a Reebok. Wow school student nia leh...wear branded shoes. Even for my own nephew who is now chasing after branded stuff (you know who I'm talking about).

What happen to the world now, why everyone is chasing after brands. Are they chasing after quality or name sake??? Is it a norm now or is it really peers pressure??? People start to show off and compare which "class" your are from...is it the "atas" or "low" class.

Compare to our time, a simple Bata shoes to wear to school is good enough, as for sports shoes we simply go Bata and get Power (the brand). Life was much simpler last time. Everyone is not so brand conscious, I feel people are less materialistic compare to now.

If now it's already like that what will happen in another 10 yrs time when RJ enter his teenage years...How can we start to educate our kids to be contented with what we have....Really we need God's guidance and wisdom!!!

DIY ICE CREAM

On Tuesday I saw an interesting program on Channel U called Instant Chef. Well the chef showed us how to do DIY ice cream without a mixer or ice cream maker...http://instantchef.mediacorptv.sg/recipes.htm. Looks easy and interesting.

After that I did a search on internet and found that Science Centre taught this experiment too http://www.science.edu.sg/ssc/virtual_ssc.jsp?type=4&root=205&parent=205&cat=267.

It looks like no gimmick and a sure successful formula. Told my colleagues about it and we decided to do an experiment on our own.

Well we made it but it's not as simple as it is. On the show Instant Chef, they said only shake for 5 minutes but we shake more than 15 minutes to get the result.

Simple ingredient + lots of hard work = Satisfactory Result

I choose Strawberry Milk (nice flavour)

Milk added with sugar

Put in small ziplock bag then put inside the big ziplock bag filled with ices and salt

Shake vigoruosly (hehe that's not me shaking)

End result - nice smooth yummy Strawberry Ice Cream

Self made Banana Split

LUNCH BAG

My friend Fanny knows lately I'm into this Bento and Lunch Box thing. So when she went to Daiso, she saw a green lunch bag. She knows green is my favourite colour so she got it for me...Thanks I like it. This morning, Mary made Tuna Sandwich for me, so I can use my lunch bag liao...