I was greeted by the sunrise on the way to work this morning but I could not stop the car to take a shot.
But I took this sunset before I left work. For us people who live in this beautiful city, we are so blessed in that we can see sunrise and sunset.
For the first time, Chloe accompanied me for the brisk walk. Since we did not start walking until 6.20p.m., I did four rounds and she did 4¾ rounds in half an hour. We had to stop because it was too dark.
While walking, I can smell cooking smells coming out from different houses and heard my stomach growled. By the time the exercise was over, I was famished.
After shower, I was greeted by all my favourites food ie. ‘sui kow’ (dumplings) (of course without century egg inside), stir-fry cabbage with prawns and mushroom, and sweet corn soup. Since we do not like our food to be salty, I put a little oyster sauce inside the soup. Yums!
Saw for the first time a white Perodua Kancil police car on the way home. The policeman stopped at the junction as I was about to turn in and as I turned in, he looked at me.
I have to remember to ask the mechanic to help me change the bulb for the right hand side brake light. I know that it is malfunctioning since a week ago but I have not taken any action.
This shop is situated opposite Giant Kolombong, the one that Uncle Ho preferred to eat at.
I had only been here once with my colleague. The chicken rice is served in the shape of a triangle. And I think the rice portion is too little. Extra rice Is charged at RM1.00 per bowl. I took away two packets, one for myself and one to be shared among mum, Aunty Alice and Chloe.
Usually I do not take raw garlic and ginger. Today I tried the mixture of the garlic and ginger with the rice. I still do not like the taste.
As for the chilli sauce and rice, I still prefer the ones serve at the Merdeka Chicken Rice shop at Giant Kolombong foodcourt. The chicken tasted almost the same though for both outlets.
Today I have three friends celebrating birthdays. I only wished one of them through Facebook. One I had lost touch with while the third I could not wish because her religion does not allow the celebration of birthday.
Today also marked the demise of someone dearest to me. Though it had been eleven years but the pain still lingers in the heart and I think will never go away. It would only become less. Nevertheless, I cherish the good and precious memories we had together.
RSTC stands for Royal Sabah Turf Club, the venue for horse racing. Since last year, a clubhouse with restaurant opened next to it.
Tonight Elizabeth & Jacelyn Chung, Monica Leong, Tuang Pei Yun, Beatrice Tai, Alice Hiew and I celebrated Andrew Tai and Kenny Lim’s birthday at RSTC. Besides us, there was only one other table and after the people at this table left, we had the whole place to ourselves.
Only when the people at that table left that I realised they were my ex colleague CCM with his wife and daughter. This was the second time for CCM while first time for me.
I thought the serving of the lamb chop I had was too small but the taste was quite nice and not tough. But like Andrew said the broccoli was too old and can see the flowers at the top had already turned yellow. He did not like his lamb chop. The special sauce was grape sauce. The rest did not have any complaints about their food except the fries looked like they were cooked twice but still tasted fine. For those who ordered a dish like chicken, they had to order rice, an extra of RM1.40.
Elizabeth Chung bought the charcoal cheesecake from Strawberry. It tasted just nice, which was a surprise because usually I would feel too full after one serving and it was not too sweet as well.
miss out on the price
Mocktail
Fish & Chips
French Fries Lemon Chicken Lamb ChopwithBlack Pepper Sauce
Lamb Chop with Black Pepper Sauce RSTC Special Lamb Charcoal Cheesecake
1. 75% of Americans are chronically dehydrated. (Likely applied to half the world population)
2. In 37% of Americans, the thirst mechanism is so weak that it is mistaken for hunger.
3. Even MILD dehydration will slow down one’s metabolism as 3%.
4. One glass of water will shut down midnight hunger pangs for almost 100% of the dieters studied in a University of Washington study.
5. Lack of water, the #1 trigger of daytime fatigue.
6. Preliminary research indicates that 8-10 glasses of water a day could significantly ease back and joint pain for up to 80% of sufferers.
7. A mere 2% drop in body water can trigger fuzzy short-term memory, trouble with basic math, and difficulty focusing on the computer screen or on a printed page.
8. Drinking 5 glasses of water daily decreases the risk of colon cancer by 45%, plus it can slash the risk of breast cancer by 79%, and one is 50% less likely to develop bladder cancer. Are you drinking the amount of water you should drink every day?
COKE
1. In many states the highway patrol carries two gallons of Coke in the trunk to remove blood from the highway after a car accident.
2. You can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of Coke and it will be gone in two days.
3. To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl and let the ‘real thing’ sit for one hour, then flush clean. The citric acid in Coke removes stains from vitreous china.
4. To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumper with a rumpled-up piece of Reynolds Wrap aluminium foil dipped in Coca-Cola.
5. To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion.
6. To loosen a rusted bolt: Apply a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola to the rusted bolt for several minutes.
7. To bake a moist ham: Empty a can of Coca-Cola into the baking pan, wrap the ham in aluminium foil, and bake. Thirty minutes before ham is finished, remove the foil, allowing the drippings to mix with the Coke for a sumptuous brown gravy.
8. To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of Coke into the load of greasy clothes, and detergent, and run through a regular cycle. The Coca-Cola will help hoosen grease stains. It will also clean road haze from your windshield.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION:
1. The active ingredient in Coke is phosphoric acid. It will dissolve a nail in about four days. Phosphoric acid also leaches calcium from bones and is a major contributor to the rising increase of osteoporosis.
2. To carry Coca-Cola syrup (the concentrate) the commercial trucks must use a hazardous material place cards reserved for highly corrosive materials.
3. The distributors of Coke have been using it to clean engines of the trucks for about 20 years!
Now the question is: would you like a glass of Coke? or water?
About a month ago, a bank officer from SCB called up to ask whether I had any balance transfer from other credit cards or I need any fast cash. I thanked her for the offers and told her maybe she could help me to increase my credit limit. Yeah, I was walking on the fine line.
(In fact two years ago, SCB had already increased my credit limit by 25% permanently as compared to before that)
She said she had to transfer me to Customer Service and put me on hold for more than three minutes. I decided not to wait and hung up my mobile phone. She called back and apologised. Once again she transferred me to Customer Service and I was attended to after being left on hold for less than one minute.
I told the lady attending to me whether the bank could temporarily increase my credit limit by 50% so that I could pay my semi-annual ING insurance payment in one transaction. She told me she would try her best but the norm is usually only 20%.
A fortnight ago I received the confirmation from SCB. They could only allow an increase of 20% which meant I had to pay part of my ING insurance payment by credit card and the balance by cash. I also have MBB credit card as well but coincidentally it expired this month and I have not gone to the bank to get the new one.
I told my ING insurance agent DL to swipe the transaction after a certain date. My intention in doing so was that I could pay the large sum by end of next month (so as to give me an extra month to accumulate more cash) instead of by the end of this month.
So banks’ regulations are not as rigid as we think. They do cater for special requests. All we have to do is ask and wait for the answer.
Ps. Sam Surendran from ExcelPointCommunityChurch, Penang was the invited speaker at the Canaanland Celebration this morning.
Acts 12:1-10
God likes to give us a miracle but we have to be in a certain posture/position where God can work through the miracle. The word delay or detour is not comfortable. God wants to bring you out of it.
Dragon – Drag On. The devil wants us to drag us on but God wants to end the delay.
Position for Miracle
1. vs. 1 & 2 Trials always pave a way for miracle.
God maybe setting you up for a miracle in your life.
2. v. 3 For you to experience the miracle in your life, you must deal with sins in your life.
Feast of Unleavened Bread – thin and hard. For 7 days the Israelites had to acknowledge the sins in their life.
Miracles are not coming because we are not dealing with sins in our life.
We need to take stock of our life.
3. vs. 4 & 6 Big challenges will always face your big miracle. The bigger your problem, the bigger your miracle.
4. v. 5 Prayer is the key to your miracle.
Pray earnestly and God will give you your miracle. We usually doubt and give up before God answers us.
Prayer is not a chore. It is a relationship.
Righteousness and uprightness exalt the nation.
5. v. 7 Miracle follows God’s ways/timing.
Must die to old self. Let go and let God.
6. v.8 Miracle starts with small seeds.
Seeding is miraculous. Don’t be afraid to plant seed.
Gen. 26
7. vs. 9 & 10 God involves you fully in the miracle. God is committed to you all the way.
John 1:16
Rom. 5:8
At the end of the celebration, Ps. Sam invited the congregation to go out for ministry. I was the second last to be prayed for.
At first he was praying for Alice Hiew and I at the same time. After that, he prayed for me.
The words Ps. Sam spoke out amazed me because I have been praying and waiting for the Lord to answer me on some issues of my life but I have not heard from Him (or I am too deaf to hear Him). But today God reaffirmed to me through Ps. Sam the words I wanted answers on. When I heard the words, tears automatically flowed down.
I believe life itself is a gift from God and in having a relationship with Him.
I am on this earth for a purpose. I do not seek to change the world but to touch the world of one more person if I could, as long as there is breath in me; and to be a blessing to others.
A food lover who totally agrees with the chinese saying 'to be able to eat is prosperity'.
For the Lord God is a sun and shield; the Lord bestows favour and honour; no good thing does He withhold from those whose walk is blameless. Psalm 84:11
As for the chilli sauce and rice, I still prefer the ones serve at the Merdeka Chicken Rice shop at Giant Kolombong foodcourt. The chicken tasted almost the same though for both outlets.
