Healthy Lifestyle

Recently the office boy discovered delicious ‘Cucur Ikan Bilis’ and ‘Cucur Udang’ at Kosan, opposite All Saint’s Secondary School. Since the day he shared the snack with one of my colleagues and I, sometimes I would give $ to him to buy for me.

After eating this fried stuff for almost everyday for a fortnight, I discovered that I have put on weight.

Today I decided to start back on eating oatmeal again. I had a small new packet stored in a container at work.

After work I went to Khidmat Supermarket and while I was there, I wanted to buy more oatmeal and saw the following.

So I bought one and from now onwards I can buy the smaller packet to refill after I finish the contents of this tin.

The more I eat this stuff, the more I fall in love with it. They are so delicious.

Worship and Interaction Night with Team from Penang House of Prayer

Had a good time of P&W at Kyrugma House tonight led by Josh Yeoh.

After P&W the whole team shared words of encouragement for those who were present.

I left early cos I was getting sleepy and wanted to make sure I would be home before I dozed off after a hectic day at work.

Ronald's Farewell

My cousin’s son Ronald will be flying over to Melbourne to begin his tertiary education on Wednesday 29 February 2012 (leap year).

Tonight the whole family had been invited to their house for dinner.

The food was ordered from Supertanker and we feasted on eight dishes ie. Fried Rice with Yam, Lamb Curry, Spring Roll, Roast Duck, ‘Dao Gan’ with Mushroom and Brocolli, Sweet & Sour Pork, Salad Prawns and one more dish which I forgot. Besides all these mouth watering food, there was Roast Lamb as well and this time the skin was crispy.

Before we left, my cousin Anna gave us all these puddings to take home.

Lunch

After church, Monica Leong suggested we went to Recipes House for lunch cos we have not been for quite some time. She and Jenny Wong left first since I still had duty to do.

When I arrived at the shop, there was no sight of tjem. I thought they decided to change the venue for lunch. Before I had a chance to call Monica on the mobile phone, I saw both of them walked in.

Monica had the following.

Jenny and I had the following.

We found the food to be kinda oily.

We chit-chatted for quite a long time before we went our separate ways.

Canaanland Mission Center

Kenny Lim led P&W. Ivy Voon played the guitar. Beatrice Hiew was on the keyboard. Terrence Lim was on the drums. The backup singers were Elizabeth Chung and Doreen Chieng.

The Facilitator was Mr. Chew Chong Bin.

The speaker was Josh Yeoh from Penang House of Prayer. He came with another four young people from his team. Before he preached, he sang a song.

The team prayed for those who went out for prayers at the end.

A lot of people bought his CD ‘In that Day’ after the service.

Interdental brush

When I went to see the dentist seven years ago, he told me my teeth were generally ok. The only thing he was concerned about was the gaps in between my teeth, below the gum line. Eventhough I have been flossing, he could still find plaque or leftover food in those gaps especially between those inner most teeth. Then he introduced the Interdental brush to me.

When I went to see the dentist last September, he repeated the same thing again.

Up until middle of last month, I had been using the one that is on the top of the following photo. They are short and therefore cannot reach the gap between those inner most teeth.

When I ran out of supply at end of January 2012, I went to some Watson’s shops and pharmacies but none was available for sale.

Then recently I found the one that is on the bottom of the photo at Watson’s. I should have bought more.

They came in a pack of five and this time they are longer. That means the interdental brush can reach even those inner most teeth. I am so happy.

Exercise

After lunch, I came home and washed the car.

I waited for the sun to go down a bit before I changed into my sports gear.

With the mobile phone connected to the head set so that I can listen to Lite FM and wearing this new pair of sports shoes I bought while I was in Tawau at the beginning of the year, I finally stopped my 30 months of procrastination and started on my minor exercising regime once again.

I walked for 45 mins in my neighbourhood.

I hope I can keep this up.

Lunch

Today after work I went to Cherry Café Lounge to meet with my cousin’s cousin FCS. We have not seen each other for sixteen years but we have been keeping in touch through FB.

Besides having our lunch, we spent more than two hours in catching up and encouraging each other in the faith.

Thanks for lunch FCS.

Life Group

Tonight we met at Mr. & Mrs. Quek Lip Kie’s new condominium at Alam Damai Condominium for Life Group.

Besides the host, those who were present were Mr. & Mrs. Chew Chong Bin, Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Ho, Mr. & Mrs. Phua Yat Kiong, Monica Leong, Jacelyn Chung, Tuang Pei Yun, Rebecca Thien and I. Ivy Voon was sick and Robert Sheen was outstation.

Mr. Quek led P&W and Jerry led the Word.

Mimi prepared the following for supper.

I ate a bit cos I did not have much dinner tonight.

Though there was no birthday cake, we sang birithday song to Mr. Quek, Rebecca, Jerry & Mr. Phua’s twins – Samantha and Jacqueline.

OT

Today I spent the whole day filling in a census form for the Statistics Department.

Among so many questions being asked, one of the questions was the amount of OT hours incur by employees in the 12 months period.

I calculated that I clocked in almost 470 hours. That was a lot and I really thank God I could claim OT.

Wow finally …

After lagging behind in my blogging for more than six months, I am so glad that I have finally caught up.

I think I need to reward myself for all the ‘hard work’.

Sunset

Our Right?

This morning one of my colleagues was late for work and the boss texted her. She was on sick leave the day before.

When she updated her status in FB, she felt it was unfair that she had been singled out by the boss cos when other people do the same thing or even worst, do not even work during working hours and did not get queried, I was reminded of the Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard.

A boss has the right to do what he wants. We have no right to query back eventhough we may think we have been treated unfairly. We all know that we live in a double standard world.

Similarly, if the boss chose to give increment/bonus of same amount to all the workers regardless of whether they are hard working or not, it is up to him to do so.

Sunset

Alistair's Birthday

Tomorrow will be Alistair’s birthday but we celebrated tonight at Upperstar, Suria Sabah cos his dad had to go outstation from tomorrow onwards for the next few days.

Before we left the shopping mall, we went to City Grocer to buy bread.

Thank You Card Shopping

After church, I drove to the city and went to Centrepoint to look for Thank You Cards for the guest speakers for Canaanland Mission Center.

Before the shopping centre, these guys and gals were posing and so I took the advantage as well.

Canaanland Mission Center

Alex Liau led P&W. Kenny Lim played the guitar. Beatrice Hiew was on the keyboard while Terrence Lim on the drums. The backup singers were Doreen Chieng, Chua Pei Woei and Cecilia Ng.

The Facilitator was Pr. Elder Alice Thien.

A lot of people celebrated their birthday this month.

The speaker was Rev. Chandran. His sermon was on the topic ‘You are What You Eat’ based on John 6:22-35.

We had lunch fellowship after church service.

Sunset

Lunch

Today I did not feel like having Chicken Rice or Pan Mien or Prawn Noodles, so I called the lady boss from the nearby shop to order the following before going there to fetch it myself.

Lunch

Yesterday was Elizabeth and Jacelyn Chung’s birthday.

Today after church, Shelley Chew suggested we went to The Hut, BBQ Garden for lunch. But when we arrived there, it was closed. Then Shelley suggested Little Italy.

At first Sophia Tsen was joining us, but when we changed venue, she decided not to.

So Elizabeth drove Jacelyn, Mimi Quek, Monica Leong and I to the city and there was a parking bay near the restaurant.

The tiramisu cake was given courtesy of the restaurant after Shelley mentioned to the waiter who took our orders.