Dinner at Home

Lunch

Today DL, my ING Insurance Agent and I had lunch at Inanam Business Centre.

We both had Kuching Laksa. We had been to this same shop four times together and each time we ordered the same thing.

After our meal, he briefed me on two new ING plans. I have to do some serious thinking and planning if I am to commit more into this company.

DL also advised me to apply for an EON Bank Credit Card which is linked to ING. He could help me apply beyond the amount I am paying ING p.a. So instead of forking out a lump sum amount every six months, I can pay by monthly installment with no interest being charged. Plus I will get 2% cash rebate.

For instance if I am paying ING RM5,000.00 p.a., then ING will charge the whole amount to the EON credit card. I only have to pay RM4416.67 per month instead of forking out RM2,500.00 every six months. I will also get RM100 cash rebate.

Since I have not activated my AEON Credit Card, I think I will not do so. I will also have to terminate two other credit cards as well in order that I would not have to pay the RM50 which the government is imposing on each credit card.

Taste-less Chicken Pie

While I was having my shower before dinner, I realised that I did not taste the chicken pie I bought on Sunday.

During dinner I asked mum about my share. She said she and Aunty Alice had half each while Chloe had two halves. I was quite annoyed when I found out they did not leave any for me. I had to tell her I hardly buy the chicken pie and therefore I wanna have my share as well.

Then she blurted out that most of the time when I buy food for them to eat, I do not eat any. I told her I like to eat chicken pie and make sure she got the message so as not to repeat the same scenario again.

Then she tried to distract me by changing to another topic of conversation. I was even more annoyed by then.

The chicken pie is not taste-less at all. Only that I did not get to taste any. :(

Dinner at Sri Mutiara Seafood Restaurant

Lily Tan knew about this restaurant as it is situated directly opposite the pharmacy she works in in Asia City.

Choo Siow Chin arrived KK from Tawau this afternoon. Lily suggested we tried this restaurant.

So tonight Choo, Lily, Sophia, Catherine Phua and I had dinner at this restaurant.

At the moment there is promotion going on where crabs cooked in style other than Wet Butter or with Salted Egg are charged RM8.80 per kg. The shells (‘tung fung lo’) are also charged at the same price.

We ordered large size Oyster Omelette from another stall.

The Oyster Omelette tasted pretty good, not too wet but not dry at all. I wished there were more oysters though. We chowed them down as quickly as possible.

Sophia and I thought the Sweet and Sour sauce for the Crabs tasted slightly on the sour side. Lily and Catherine were ok with it. The crabs were small but for the price of RM8.80, at least they did not serve us Watery Crabs (‘Sui Hai’).

The aroma of the Beancurd Hotpot was very tantalizing when it was put on our table.

One of the waitresses made a mistake and wanted to serve us fish which we never order.

While we were waiting for the shells to arrive, I saw that the customers at the table next to us was served a plate of shells that was fit for five persons instead of two persons. I also saw other customers who came later than us were served the same thing.

We asked the lady captain who took our order where our plate of shells was, she said they were on the way. After we almost finished all our food and still the plate of shells was nowhere to be seen yet. This time we asked the male captain and were told that the plate on the next table was meant for us.

When the plate of shells finally came, the momentum of eating was still there but it would be better if we did not have to wait for more than 45mins for them to be cooked.

And this was the amount of shells I had, almost half of the plate or one kg.

After dinner, Lily had to go to a meeting while the rest of us walked over to Centrepoint for window shopping before going home.

Utensils

No more Tensils but correctly spelt Utensils. I do not know whether this shop is open for business yet cos most of the time when I pass through on the way home after work, the time is already after 6p.m. and it is closed.

Fruitful Day

After Canaanland Celebration, I drove home and awaiting for me was Nat, my cousin from San Francisco. She had brekky with the rest of the family and was going to have lunch with me.

When I sat next to her, mum said that I looked like the one who had just returned from overseas instead of Nat, cos she was all tanned from being under the sun at Karambunai Resort yesterday while I am fair.

At first Nat and I planned to have Jap food but she was having tummy cramps. Therefore we abandoned Plan A and went for Plan B. She said she only wanted to have Clear Soup. I had to decide whether to bring her to E-West or Upperstar. And I chose the latter at Damai.

While Nat was having a smoke outside before going in, I went in to look for a table for us. None was available at Ground Floor. I went upstairs and the same thing happened. The waitress asked whether I wanted to dine al-fresco. Of course I did not.

I went downstairs again and there was a table available after the customers left. I waited for Nat to finish her smoke before we ordered.

There was no Clear Soup on the menu and therefore I chose Hainanese Chicken Rice so that I can have the chicken and rice while Nat can have the soup.

We chit-chatted for about a couple of hours before Nat went for her next appointment. She is one busy person since she will be going back to SF via HK tomorrow night.

After bidding her goodbye, I called Fai to see whether he was at his opto shop. He was and so I drove to the city. Once again I parked the car near Marina Court Condo and walked over to Centrepoint.

Finally I got the slip-on to replace the one that was broken. Although this new one does not fit properly, at least I have protection for my eyes from the sun while driving.

I also asked Fai whether he could give me a cloth case to put in my sunglasses. I had lost the original one that came with the sunglasses when I bought them from him years ago. He could only give me a case that is so bulky. Well at least it is FOC.

After that I walked over to San Francisco Coffee and bought two chicken pies.

On the way home at the Coastal Highway, I could see Mount Kinabalu. But by the time I arrived home, this was the shot I could get from outside the house.

After dinner, I spent three hours doing some work which I did not manage to do after Earth Hour last night.

Canaanland Celebration

Today Ivy Voon led the P&W. Andrew Tai played the guitar. Alice Hiew was playing the keyboard while Terrence Lim was on the drums. The back-up singers were Elizabeth Chung, Kenny Lim, Andrew Chan and Deborah Tai. Elder Fung Yin Leung was the facilitator, standing in for Lo Yi Ping who is on holidays in Taiwan.

Rev. Lee Tak Vui shared on Making Disciples (Part II).

Come And See	Follow Me	Be With Me	Remain In Me
Be Inspired	Be Instructed	Be Involved	Be Intimate

Mark 1:16-20

Generalisation - Task oriented people lacking skills in socialising. Not task oriented people can socialise.

No matter which type of people we are, we should have the minimum factor.

We need to go beyond our personality if we are to make disciples.

Matthew 28:19-20 Make disciples of all nations

Mark 1:17-18 Make you fishes of men

Trying to transit the disciples from being fishermen to fishers of men.

We need to try to have paradigm shift whichever profession we are in.

Acts 1:21-22

Torah – law – instruction

3 areas of instruction

1. Be instructed in the Word of God.

Jesus came to fulfill the Old Testament.

2. Be instructed in prayer.

Live a life of prayer.

3. Be instructed in witnessing.

Matthias replaced Judas as the Twelve.

A disciple:-

Faithful

Available

Submissive

Teachable

Are you prepared to follow Jesus?

What are we looking for when we come to worship?

Inspiration or instruction?

Don’t stop and enjoy inspiration. Be prepared to follow instruction.

Let’s be instructed to fulfill the given vision!

Earth Hour 2010

Mum asked me just now whether the time is 8.30 – 9.30p.m. and I told her yes.

She must have read it in the newspapers or heard it mentioned on the tv.

Anyway I am totally bushed and will be spending the Earth Hour recuperating from total exhaustion.

After that, time to continue to meet deadlines.

Lunch-less

Today I only had water, four pieces of bread and one cup of oatmeal up until dinnertime just now.

I did not have any lunch. So unlike me.

I am under tremendous stress at the moment. That is why I do not like the month of March in particular, too many important deadlines to meet.

For dinner I ate some food but not much as compared to normal days. I guess I lost my appetite.

But I am extremely thankful for what I would be receiving at the end of this month. Thank you Lord!