Today's Happenings

Yesterday the lady boss gave me two pies but I did not have time to eat them. I reserved them to eat for breakfast but still I did not get to eat them.

On top of that, I did not get to finish what I set out to do today. There were simply too many distractions.

The boss was having a meeting for his association and ordered pizzas online for lunch from Pizza Hut.

I wanted to let them finished their meeting and pizzas before I proceeded to order my lunch. But I received a call from Sharon Lai to join her, Monica Leong and Elizabeth Chung for lunch at California Grill at 1 Borneo. I could not say no because I knew Monica’s birthday would be in two days’ time. I had to show up and put work aside for the meantime.

Since I had some loose ends to finish before I could leave, I told Sharon I will meet them at Giant Likas for Elizabeth to fetch me.

I left work at 1.40p.m. The massive traffic congestion started outside the office. The journey from the office to Giant Likas took half an hour!

Sharon ended up fetching me while Elizabeth fetched Monica.

California Grill is located at Ground Floor, near the Mercure Hotel and RHB Bank Berhad stretch of shoplots. We were the only customers for the first quarter of an hour when we arrived.

Press the blue button for service

Pictures do not say a thousand words in this instance. In fact it was the reverse.

Beverages

Beef Lasagne

Who in the right mind would serve lasagne with the aluminium foil still intact? The lasagne sheet was not cooked thoroughly. It was too salty as well.

Grilled Salmon

The piece of salmon was tasteless. We had to dab on the sauce from the 'Cal Zone' to give the salmon a bit of taste. The veges tasted ok.

Grilled Spring Chicken

The chicken tasted slightly better of the whole lot. Veges served were exactly the same ones for the salmon.

'Cal Zone'

This was supposed to be a folded pizza and it came out burnt at the top. Basically the cook or whoever (cos the person definitely does not deserve to be called one) just put a piece of cheese and a few pieces of chicken ham inside a piece of pastry.

Honestly speaking, this was one of the lousiest Western meal I ever had and I think everyone agreed with me. We will not be going back to this place again!

After lunch or more like afternoon tea, we went to Chinatown in 1 Borneo.



We walked for a few hours before decided to have dinner at Home's on the Lower Ground Floor. The shop was quite smoky and therefore I presumed the ventilation was not functioning well.

I was coughing so I had hot lemon drink.

Monica had Claypot Chicken Rice with Salted Fish. Though the food tasted quite nice, she could not finish it because the cook put in too much soya sauce and therefore was too salty.

Elizabeth had Prawn Mee. The Prawns were not fresh but the soup and noodles tasted ok.

I had 'Asam Laksa'. It tasted quite spicy.

Trying Hard to Look at the Bright Side of Things

Work has been stress to the max.

No matter how patient I want to be, there is always a limit to everything. I have been chasing a colleague for her to get her work done since three days ago but she did not move one bit.

Instead of her being scolded by the prime consultant for producing work so late, as usual I am the target.

So in order to emphasize to her again the urgency, I have to use the prime consultant’s name in order for her to finally act. After what seemed like forever, finally her work is done.

But that is not the end. I still had to do my part. The project that needed half a day to be done had to be done within two and a half hours. If that is not stress, then I do not know what is.

Thank God I had two persons to help me. Otherwise I do not think I can leave work on time.

Dinner at Home

Stir Fried 'Nam Yue' Chicken Wings

Mixed Veges with Chicken Pieces

Fever

Last night while I was sleeping I did not switch on the fan. Most probably that’s why I woke up with fever this morning.

The weather has been cool and rainy since Sunday as predicted by the Meteorological Department last week.

The working day had been a long one and I thank God that eventhough I did not take any medicine, I could still work. I usually do not take medicine while working because the panadol would cause drowsiness and I would not be able to work. I would usually bear with the situation.

After lunch I rested for 40mins and I did not have the mood to entertain anyone including the boss. After he asked me for some documents, I went back to rest.

After my rest, I was confused when the boss said meant to be done one way but in the it was done another way. So I let him do whatever he wanted. I did not have the energy to argue with him.

I only took two panadols after dinner and I felt better now. Thank God for the healing.

Dinner at Home

'Kau Yuk' with Yam

Veges with Chicken Pieces

Dinner at Home

Prawns in Sweet & Sour Sauce

Steamed Egg

Veges with 'Chuen Guen'

Today’s Happenings

The electricians were in the office to change the wiring system and as a result, I cannot stay on to work in the afternoon. I could if I really want to but the noise and dirt stopped me. Instead I brought home some work to do.

CTY and I went to one of the shops near the Inanam Bus Terminal to have lunch.

I was looking for the shop selling Asam Laksa but the one we went into only sell Kuching Laksa, ‘Kon Lo’ Mee, Dumplings, Fish Head Noodles and Tom Yum Noodles.

We had Kuching Laksa. The taste was ok but I had eaten better ones in none other than where it supposedly came from ie. Kuching.

I took a long time to finish the noodles because i had a cup of Milo and two pieces of sandwiches at 12.30p.m., an hour before we had lunch.

We stayed and chit-chatted until 2.45p.m. CTY dropped me back at the office to get the car while he came back to fetch Barnabas and Alistair to the airport. Their dad was coming back from KL.

I had an hour snooze after coming home and made sushi after my nap.

Meanwhile, mum with Aunty Alice helping her was cooking up a storm.

Fish Maw Soup

Aubergine with Slices of Pork

Fried Fish

Braised Spare Ribs, Chicken and Potatoes in Black Soy Sauce

Pork Trotters and Eggs in Black Vinegar

CTY and Chloe were enjoying the freshly made sushi. CTY said that they tasted even better than Sushi King. Haha

This time round I used yellow sugar and therefore the rice came out yellowish.

Life Group

Tonight’s Life Group was held at Jerry & Doreen Ho’s house. In attendance were Sharon Lai, Monica Leong, Tuang Pei Yun, Tay KC and Spinxie. The rest of the members could not make it.

After a time of Praise and Worship led by Sharon Lai, we watched a vcd by Joyce Meyes interviewing a doctor on the topic ‘The Power of Our Thoughts’.

You and I are not the only ones who have battles in our mind. It is a common thing to every human being.

Our thoughts are very powerful in overcoming negative mindsets.

There is a link between the mind and the brain. We need to think of Scripture verses.

We could control our thoughts. Thoughts affect our life.

A thought is a real thing. There are positive thoughts and negative thoughts. Negative thoughts are also called toxic thoughts. Toxic thoughts form a different pattern to positive thoughts.

Negative thoughts pattern – thorns growing.

Romans 12:2; Ephesians 4:23

It takes four days to get rid of the thorns through repentance, forgiveness and through having positive thoughts to reverse them.

Stop saying cannot do it. Deuteronomy 30:11

Changing whole life by changing thought pattern. Believe we can do it. We can do anything if we want to. We can choose our thoughts and speak positive words.

Speak out God’s promises. Psalm 91

Fear based emotions – negative

Faith based emotions – positive

It is important to renew our mind with the word of God. We have to make choices everyday.

Repent, forgive, think right. In short period of time, the joy of the Lord will come.

Philippians 4:8; 2 Corinthians 10:5; Joshua 1:8; Romans 12:2

After watching the vcd, we had a time of sharing and discussion.

Doreen prepared two pizzas for supper and I took away one piece of each of the pizzas.

Vehicle Parked Outside

If I did not declare what year 2009 is going to be, I would probably have punctured the tyres of this vehicle by now …

Guest in the House

CTY is back here in KK from Teluk Intan and is staying in Jeff’s room since my elder brother James’s parents-in-law are here from Sandakan.

CTY will be staying with us until 11 January (Sunday) and then he, James and James’s parents-in-law will leave for Sandakan.

While CTY is here, James is travelling to KL on 8-10 January to meet up with his boss. So CTY will be quite free.

Before CTY came back to KK, I requested for his help to bring the car to the Perodua Centre to fix up the rear seat belts. I called the Perodua Centre or I thought was a Perodua Centre near my house, opposite DiGi Telecommunications Sdn. Bhd. HQ in Kolombong. The receptionist said they do not do such service at their centre. She gave me the phone number of the Perodua Centre in Bundusan Road, Penampang.

I was not prepared for what I was going to encounter. The receptionist told me the waiting list is until September and told me to call the Perodua Centre in Putatan.

When I told my colleague KK, he told me he read the following in the newspaper.

1. All vehicles are given three years to fix their rear seat belts.

2. Passengers sitting at the rear of vehicles have to put on the rear seat belts if the vehicle they are sitting on already have them. If they do not wear, then they will be summoned.

3. Passengers sitting in vehicles with no rear seat belts will not be summoned for these first three years.

4. The Perodua Centre can only install 20 vehicles per day! I wanted to swear when I heard that.

CTY suggested he goes to the Perodua Centre, obtains the seat belts and tries to install himself. But the receptionist at the Perodua Centre said this cannot be done. Sigh!