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Sepang CMC Carnival

Labels: First - Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Went down to mum's hometown, Sepang for the weekend ~

i drove ;) haha..

Sepang CMC is having a Carnival to fund their new education block, will be helping out at the booths =)

FRIDAY

Left home around 3pm.. dropped by Sepang town for tea.. a TRADITIONAL kopitiam that serves TRADITIONAL kopi and toast that costs TRADITIONAL prices~ =D

toast+kaya+butter

mum's fav kopi-O

After tea, we returned to our car to find a flat tyre!! Thank God there was a repair shop a few shops away from the kopitiam =P

oh dear..

anyways, we reached Sg. Pelek safely =) went to Tanjung Sepat for seafood dinner with mum's friends~

nyek nyek nyek.. =P

SATURDAY

Woke up at 5.30am and got to the Carnival venue at 7am.. It was raining heavily then.. Thank God the weather was beautiful after the morning's rain =) i was assigned to help out at the blood test booth.. giving out numbers and helping them with the registration.. was too busy to take any photos XD there was lots of people in the morning as they wanted to get their blood test done to end their 8-10 hours fast.. I oso took my first blood test that day..

See..? ^^

i guess i wasn't afraid of the needle.. but still the needle does look rather intimidating.. XD

busy busy busy busy.. there was lots of home cooked yummy food, sushi king oso came and opened a booth~ ^^ all sorts of things were on sale too, u name it we've got it ;) haha.. guess the booth that drew in the most revenue was the games booths! XD there were lots of attractive prizes eg mountain bike, SE handphone, toys.. we oso had a blood donation drive and kids colouring contest~ the carnival ended successfully at 2pm, by the time we cleared everything and got home it was already 3+pm.. Nap time! =P

Went to church for a sharing at 8pm by...

the famous Singaporean host/actor, Moses Lin =)

SUNDAY

Went home after breakfast to attend our church service =) simply love~ the RM 2.50 wan tan+char siew mee we had for breakfast! XD i love kampung~ =P

Comfirmation Cremony

Labels: Grace - Sunday, August 15, 2010

Footsteps in the Sand

One night a man had a dream.
He dreamed he was walking along
the beach with the Lord.

Across the dark sky flashed scenes from his life.
For each scene, he noticed
two sets of footprints in the sand,
one beloning to him and the other to the Lord.

When the last scene of his life flashed before him,
he looked back at the footprints in the sand.
He noticed that many times along the path of his life
there was only one set of footprints.
He also noticed that it happened at the
very lowest and saddest times in his life.
This bothered him and he questioned the Lord about it.

"Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you,
you'd walk with me all the way.
But I have noticed that during the most
troublesome times in my life there is
only one set of footprints.
I don't understand why when I needed you most
you would leave me."

The Lord replied "My precious, precious child,
I love you and would never leave you.
During your times of trial and suffereing,
when you see only one set of footprints in the sand,
it was then that I carried you."

How can i thank God for His unconditional love?
How can i repay God's abundant grace in my life?
Hope that i can share God's unconditional love and love others as He loves others too..
May I carry my own cross and follow Jesus' footsteps faithfully throughout my life... =)

Though there have been lots of ups and downs, I remain grateful, for God was always with me, and always will be.. =)

MY laptop

Labels: First - Sunday, August 8, 2010

My new laptop~~ o(^__^)o/>

Finally have my very own laptop~ =) bought from PC fair at KLCC..

Next, a wireless router! XD

*can't online with laptop yet =P

Broga Outback!

Labels: First, Fun, Uni - Sunday, August 1, 2010

30th July ~ 1st August

Just came back from 迎新生活营（+ - x /）2010 ~ Am dead tired right now XD haven't been exercising regularly, thus am suffering muscle pain from the excessive outdoor activities that we had! XD on the whole, it was quite fun despite not really knowing anybody before the camp =P Made some very awesome friends~ ;) this camp was held specially to welcome first year students to uni life, many UPM students attended the camp as UPM is the nearest uni~ come to think of it, if i hadn't choose to study in ATC, i would be one of the UPMers! =D haha.. basically, i'm the ONLY student that comes from Serdang! 80-90% of the students are from Sarawak~~ and they are all Fukchows! XD makes me very guilty when they speak fukchow, cuz i'm a fukchow illiterate fukchow!! ah!! XD need mix around more to learn fukchow from them =P anyways, who cares where you're from and what ethnicity you are? God loves everybody regardless of race, religion, gender, nationality and etc! God always loves the person on the inside, so should we~ =) Had a great time with my new friends, lots of laughs, lots of fun~ ;)

our camp's theme

woke up at 5am on the 31st to climb Broga Hill to see the sunrise~ it wasn't an easy climb up, but we made it in the end, the beautiful scenery and fresh air made the exhaustive climb worthwhile! =) ohya, met bowl and xing and co too! surprise surprise~ ^_^

cloudy sunrise

devotion

my team's photo~

group photo~

^__^

after returning to the campsite, we had obstacle courses XD there was obstacle course, kayaking, etc.. did some really extreme activities for the first time =P first time playing flying fox, rock climbing and leap of faith~

all geared up~ flying fox here i come~~

was very very gan jiong cuz it was my first time facing the flying fox obstacle.. it was really an ecstatic experience~ =P was tensed when i jumped and started sliding, however, when i relaxed and started to appreciate the view, the ride ended =.=

the one that made the most impression was the Leap of Faith..

We had to don on a full body harness and climb a super tall tree, reach the mini platform and JUMP!!! our target was to catch hold of a black horizontal pole hanging in mid air.. XD

ready?

JUMP!!!!

Bingo! ;) caught hold of the pole ^__^

Weee~~

The tree was really very tall.. no kidding.. didn't even dare to look down from the platform.. XD

靠着那加给我力量的，我凡事都能做！！

恩德传道 was our speaker =)

Fashion show~

My Angel~ Wen Wen~

All in all, it was a fun and enjoyable camp =) learnt lots, knew lots, loved lots~ ^_^

May God bless us in our uni life to make the right decisions and to walk with Him throughout the journey!

The Present

Labels: Books - Monday, July 26, 2010

This jem of a book was given to me by Jie Hui for my 19th birthday. =)

(Thank q Kak~ ^^)

It has taught me a valueble lesson which is to be more aware of the happenings surrounding myself..

This year, i came across another book of Spencer Johnson's..

Learn from the Past,

Live in the Present,

Plan for the Future.

That is what I've learnt form 'The Present'.. I realised that i do not spend enough time LIVING in the PRESENT and focusing on the task at hand =P it's amazing how often I let my mind wonder during classes and even during conversations with others! XD

Ding Dong~ it's high time for me to learn from my past, focus on the present and plan for my future~

This book has been a valuable wake up call for me.. =)

I highly recommend these 2 books to be read by those who have not.. since i am currently in possession of both, please feel free to borrow them from me as these books prove to be ~~very~~ quite costly.. =)

Next book on my list is..

I was also reminded of this verse in the bible..

弟兄们，我不是以为自己已经得着了。我只有一件事，就是忘记背后努力面前的，向着标竿直跑，要得神在基督耶稣里从上面召我来得的奖赏。(腓3:13 - 14)

The bible has already written down these life lessons about 2000 years ago! In the book of Philippians~ How great is the wisdom God within the bible! =) Now, i wonder.. wherein did Spencer got his ideas from.. ? XD haha..

Baby Moo~

Labels: Cute - Sunday, July 18, 2010

The place where u can find the cutest babies ~ Church ^_^

Baby in cow suit~

What are u doing?

Haha..

She looks even cuter when she smiles!!

too bad i couldn't capture it..

La Lasagna

Labels: First, Food - Friday, July 16, 2010

Mum had to attend a Techer's Day Dinner in Putrajaya.. so, that made Chef Denise in charge of dinner for the 3 girls left at home =P It was a perfect opportunity to try something new that my mum abhores~ Lasagna~ ^__^

First, prepare the ingredients~

4 lagsana sheets, half a bottle of prego sauce, a cup of milk, 6 pieces of Cheesedale Cheddar, 250g of minced beef, 2 tbs of butter and flour, oil, Parmesan cheese powder, oregano, salt + pepper, chopped half a carrot, 1 onion and 5 cloves of garlic.

Then, cook the meat sauce. heat the oil, sauté the onion, garlic and carrot, add the beef and cook till it turns brown. After that, add the prego sauce ( actually people make their own tomato sauce from tomatoes and stuff, using prego is cheating XD ) and water and let it boil and simmer for 5-10 minutes.

Next, the cheese sauce~ melt 2 tbs of butter and stir in 2 tbs of flour over small fire. Then, remove the pan/pot from the heat and add 2 cups of milk. Put it back over the heat and add in the sliced cheddar cheese. (Packets of cheese sold in supermarket are sooo expensive, so i opted for sandwich cheese which turned out ok too ^^) Stir the mixture all the while (u won't want it to burn ) till it is smooth.

Lastly, we layer the it~ start with the meat sauce at the bottom, then layer it accordingly - lasagna, meat sauce, cheese sauce. Keep repeating the layers and end with the cheese sauce right on the top. I managed to complete 4 layers only as my baking dish is too small.. Used up only half of the cheese sauce, so will reduce the cheese sauce recipe by half next time. =P Sprinkle a lil cheese powder on top and walah~ it's ready for the oven =)

I added a lil too much cheese powder on the top, which surprisingly doesn't melt in the oven =.= anyways, preheat the oven at 200 degree Celsius and cover the dish with aluminium foil before baking it for 40 minutes. Only remove the aluminium foil for the last 10 minutes