National Day Family Gathering............

Family dinner gathering is always nice when..........

• All are present and back at home....................

Full attendance...... everyone is back!


Me & my beloved sister................


Lyn & Heng


Hon Wee & Jing Xin


My beloved Liu Yi (on the right)

• The table is full of familiar voices chattering and laughing together............. And this can only be achieved if the ratio of women outnumber the men...... hahahaha!

In our family, the ladies rule......... yeah!


Only 2 men out of so many people..... Hehe......


The Empress & The Empress Dowager....... with the flag some more at the back....


二 格格......

• Heng comes out with his funny poses..........
  

Act cool........

• Our dear Ah Ma is happy and not grumpy..........
  

See.... how happy our Ah Ma is.........

Thanks to our dear Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak, we the young ones got the chance to buka puasa at Landmark Hotel for free! Yippee! The Empress of our family - Mdm Lee used her RM500 Aidilfitri gift to belanja us to this meal...... Too bad, we did not eat that much...... so we only sapu her off around RM300......

Meanwhile. for the food...... the ratings are as below........

***** means excellent, fit for a king.......
**** means good.......
*** means so so, ok lar, boleh tahan lar......
** means not that nice, eat once ok lar, but not for the second time......
* means horrible, not fit for a human......


Tako Wasabi ***** I love this! My all time favourite!


Shake Shashimi **** Yummy yummy!


Ajitsuke Idako **** Whoopi delicious!


Unagi Kabayaki ***** Super duper delicious!


Agedashi Tofu *** Not really into tofu, it's more for my Ah Ma.......

Fried Hotate ** The coating is too thick...... Looks nice, but quite disappointing after taking a bite.....

Egg Mayo & Tuna Mayo Inari **** All of us love these!

Chawanmushi *** A bit bland.......

Ebi Tempura *** Ok, but not that really special.........

Yasai Tempura *** Like the ebi tempura, it's plain ordinary........

Tako Yaki *** The filling is nice...... but like the fried hotate, the coating is a bit too thick.......

Ika Ter / Shioyaki *** The taste is nice, but the cuttlefish is a bit too tough for our teeth......

Tamago Yaki ***** It's superb! The taste, the smell, the texture...... perfect!

Landmark Maki ***** Another of our all time favourite!

Thank you, Gavin & YeanFei.......... 我真的很感动.........

Having gone through so many Teachers' Day and birthdays throughout my teaching career, it is normal for us in PPIA to end up 'empty-handed' on both these days. Some parents are real nice, really, coz they take the effort to celebrate for us or give us some presents on those days. But to harap our students to do something will be like waiting for the moon to fall from the sky.

We can't possibly be teaching our students to give us things on these days, rite? Sounds like a bit tebal muka. I can't possibly open my mouth and say:".......... tomorrow is Teachers' Day yar.... remember to buy something for me yar......" funny, rite?

Well, it's not that I am greedy - hoping to get something ..... Parents from time to time do give us things and I'm really grateful for that........ BUT, I WANT MY STUDENTS TO DO IT!!! It's the knowledge that my students 会做人 and my work is being appreciated by my students that make me wait and hope that my students will do something on those 2 days (without prompting by my colleagues, and prompting by their parents is also a no, no！).

During EIP time, it's quite impossible to wait for such a day coz they are still small! But in JTC, something should happen, rite? They are young adults already! They can't be expecting to receive all the time....... they should learn to give! We have been teaching them how to be nice to people and appreciate what people have done for them....... Practically, they should show it out in real life happenings!!

Okie, i should be grateful that among the 14 of them, there are at least 2 who knows how to 做人 (by themselves) ...... who never forget us, teachers on both these days........

Yean Fei, thx for ur keropok!!!

Thx Gavin.......! Your cake is the nicest I've ever tasted and your notes of wishes and appreciation are always an encouragement to us, teachers!

To: Alan @ Clift @ Huat

至给：我工作时的最佳拍档，永远不认自己超过 30 岁的 Alan 大哥，

不知不觉和你在 JTC 合作也已经有超过一年半的时间。。。。
在一起的时间有酸甜苦辣，但总结来说是很快乐的。。。。
每天的我开口闭口嚷着说“万一我走了。。。你要记得。。。”
结果是你先离开。。。。
我真的很舍不得。。。。

没把你留下，反而鼓励你离开是以朋友的身份说的。。。。
以同事的身份其实是不想你离开的。。。。三个字：舍不得。。。。
但前程比较重要嘛。。。。。。
所以还是鼓励你走。。。。。。。

想到接下来工作时没有你的日子，我就要掉泪了。。。。
谢谢你这接近两年的时间一直协助我。。。。
开始一起奋斗从零把 JTC 建起。。。。。
一起面对所有的困难和障碍。。。。
一起笑，一起骂，一起疯，一起发脾气，只差没有一起哭。。。。
一起在晚上喝茶时发泄工作时的不满。。。。。

趁我不在的时候，把 JTC 管理的很好。。。。。。
让我无忧无虑的在外面跑。。。。
趁我忙的时候，你一人扛起了两人的工作。。。。
让我能够在电脑面前消失在打字的世界。。。。。

和我合作并不是一件简单的事。。。。。
脾气不好又臭的我，你都能忍下了。。。。。
相信将来你在外面遇到的风雨，你肯定能够忍受。。。。。

在外面你要加油喔！
我衷心地祝福你成功！
Kambate！！
& Thank you for everything that you have done for JTC & me...............

Near Death Experience........ Relived Again

The girl who died being burnt alive in her MYvi........has a great impact on me.......

It reminds me of my own experience when I was in my first year of uni........ That sense of helplessness, knowing that you might die in a ball of fire, with people surrounding you and yet no one dares or knows how to help you.

It is really due to the grace of God that I'm still alive today.......

At that time, I was on a taxi going back to KL when the accident happened in the dark at 6:30 a.m in the morning...... It knocked into a tractor which had no lights on and started spinning non-stop on the road..... We were all screaming without knowing what had happened as it was so dark and there were no street lights on that stretch of road. When it stopped, everyone began dashing out of the vehicle, except for me......because my legs were pinned due to the impact of the crash on my side. I could see smoke billowing from the engine and I could hear someone yelling, "Quick...... get away from the car as soon as possible......" I struggled to free myself, but to no avail. I was in a state of panic which made me 'disabled' at that moment, not even having the strength to shout......In my heart, I was crying out to God:"Please save me..... I don't want to die in this way......" I turned my head, trying to see where the rest were. As the sun began to rise, I could see they were all a safe distance away from the taxi which made me even scared.......Smoke was still coming out from the engine and in my heart, I was thinking: I'm dead meat this time.... barbecued style......

Yet I thank God, nothing happened and when the taxi driver and some passers-by were sure that it was safe, they came back to me and helped to pull me out from the wreckage. At that time, I pulled and tugged at my legs so hard that I thought it was going to break....... I remembered telling those people: 'Even if my legs are broken or have to be amputated, you all have to get me out from here....... In the end, I managed to free myself with their help and ended up sobbing like a baby at the side of the road........

Therefore, when I read the news about how this girl died, it affected me so much that I couldn't sleep throughout the night..... Imagine her fear before dying and the feelings of anguish and helplessness even though there were so many passers-by who stopped by trying to help. It pains my heart and the pain is indescribable.......

R.I.P to this girl..........though I might not know who you are........

Addicted to.................

Seem to be addicted to FB.........too many interesting videos n news n gossip there tempting me to log in every day.

Seem to be addicted to cooking n baking...........with new recipes spinning in my mind every day..........

Seem to be addicted to this person................craving for this person's phone call, wanting to know how everything's going on............

Seem to be addicted to the fishball mihun in Xinpark...........wanting to eat it every day..........

Seem to be addicted to the show 妇产科的女医生。。。。。wanting to watch it every night.........

Seem to be addicted to losing weight............. trying hard to cut down on the kilos.....................

Seem to be addicted to $$$$$............... coz i'v been trying hard not to cancel tuitions, not like last year when i was eager to have them cancelled...............

Seem to be addicted to bus station....................coz i love the drinks n food there............

Seem to be addicted to PPIA..................coz no matter how i still can't bring myself to leave that place.......

Seem to be addicted to Chinese Christian songs................ coz they r really real nicer than the English ones...........

Seem to be addicted to my best fren.................. coz i have to meet her up at least 3-4 times a week, which if not wil make me feel uneasy.........

Seem to be addicted to earrings................. coz i just can't resist buying them whenever i see them.....

Seem to be addicted to.......................... the list goes on.........................................................

放慢脚步何尝不是一件好事。。。。

你就别给自己太大的压力。。。。
慢慢往上爬有什么不好呢？
你只要耐心，努力，相信有一天你一定能闯出一番的成就。。。。。。。
有些事是不能急的。。。。。。
越急你就越看不到你想要的。。。。。
当你不把它看得太重时，有一天你会突然发现 “Ei，我怎么已经达到了。。。。。。”

放慢脚步何尝不是一件好事。。。。。。。。
你会看得更多，更远。。。。。。。。。。。。

一家人本来就应该是这样子。。。。

看到阿嬷开始笑，讲话，调皮的应嘴，觉得她一定会长命百岁。。。。
这阵子生病的阿嬷让我们一家人更加的团结。。。。。。
帮忙扶她去洗澡，上床，大小解，换尿布，吃东西。。。。。这一切都让我很佩服我的老妈子。。。。她每天哪来的力气和能耐，帮阿嬷做这些事情。。。。。

看到我老妈子无私的付出，让我更加肯定在以后的日子，不管老妈子出什么事，我都不会遗弃她，也不会把她丢到老人院。。。。。一家人本来就应该是这样子。。。。。有福同享，有难同挡。。。。

绑不住的野马。。。。

没可能的事情，我通常都很少去理会。。。。
就偏偏这件事不理他却让自己心不安。。。。
只要他得到他想要的东西，我也就满意了。。。
只要他攀得到他想要的高峰，我也就开心了。。。。
就算他离我越来越远。。。。我也无所谓了。。。。
因为这是他一路来在寻找的。。。。。。

曾经有人问过：野马是绑得住的吗？
我的答案是：绑得住，但那只马会非常的不快乐。。。。。

就因为这样，学会了不要对一只野马寄于任何希望。。。。。从远远看着，在该伸出援手的时候扶着一把，知道这只马快乐就好。。。。

5 Things to Learn from Caleb......

Went to night service. 3rd time after not having gone to church for 2 years……..A change of church…….

Today’s sermon is about Caleb……..

Numbers 13

30 Then Caleb silenced the people before Moses and said, "We should go up and take possession of the land, for we can certainly do it."
31 But the men who had gone up with him said, "We can't attack those people; they are stronger than we are." 32 And they spread among the Israelites a bad report about the land they had explored. They said, "The land we explored devours those living in it. All the people we saw there are of great size. 33 We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them."

Numbers 14

1 That night all the people of the community raised their voices and wept aloud. 2 All the Israelites grumbled against Moses and Aaron, and the whole assembly said to them, "If only we had died in Egypt! Or in this desert! 3 Why is the LORD bringing us to this land only to let us fall by the sword? Our wives and children will be taken as plunder. Wouldn't it be better for us to go back to Egypt?" 4 And they said to each other, "We should choose a leader and go back to Egypt."
5 Then Moses and Aaron fell facedown in front of the whole Israelite assembly gathered there. 6 Joshua son of Nun and Caleb son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had explored the land, tore their clothes 7 and said to the entire Israelite assembly, "The land we passed through and explored is exceedingly good. 8 If the LORD is pleased with us, he will lead us into that land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and will give it to us. 9 Only do not rebel against the LORD. And do not be afraid of the people of the land, because we will swallow them up. Their protection is gone, but the LORD is with us. Do not be afraid of them."
10 But the whole assembly talked about stoning them. Then the glory of the LORD appeared at the Tent of Meeting to all the Israelites. 11 The LORD said to Moses, "How long will these people treat me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in me, in spite of all the miraculous signs I have performed among them? 12 I will strike them down with a plague and destroy them, but I will make you into a nation greater and stronger than they."

There are a few things that we have to learn from Caleb…….

1. Speech – Our speech reflects our life, can build up someone and also can break someone.

Okie, gotta admit that in terms of speech, I still have lots to learn……. My %*@#&$% will still come out when my blood really boils….. I m still using kns, ls (better than saying out the real word…)…….. Can’t get rid of them…. Seems to b part of my life…………..


The breaking someone part…… well, those thou art holier people are the one that break people’s spirit the most…… Will always remember these few parts:

“So long still don wan to go to church ar? The devil is going to get u one of these days…..” – Who’s the devil now? The way this person talks seems to indicate that she’s the devil herself…..

“If you are not going to come, we will have to take out your name from the members list…” – Go ahead, as if this will make me listen to you thou art holier people…This kind of church I also don wan to b part of it……

2. Faith – Gotta have faith in God n trust him even when things look impossible…..

Well, for this, I really have to hand it to God…… He has never failed me………….really…. He really provides…… When my account is dropping at an alarming rate, he gave me back all my financial sources…… When I thought my life really sucks (with all the wrong choices and wrong people around me), when everything seems to be going downhill, when I feel my life is worth nothing…..He pulled me back and gave me back my confidence and hope in life……

3. Perception on Life – 2 different people might be seeing, hearing and experiencing the same things, yet their perception can be so totally different……………. The optimistic one will see it as an opportunity, while the pessimistic one will see it as an adversity…..

This is wat I’ve been working hard on….. and I find that it’s true….. the moment we change our perception, a lot of things change………

4. Capture opportunities

Thinking back, how many opportunities have I lost throughout these past few years…….. What if I…….? always pops up in my mind….The fact is I can’t turn back time now to take a different step…… So, the only thing that I can do now is to not let go of any opportunities that come knocking in my life………..

5. Courage - in living out our faith and showing our love to God……..

2010 - Another new beginning......

After going through a bad patch in 2008, having a new beginning in 2009 by discarding all the trash of 2008, I am now stepping into 2010 with a renewed hope in everything......

All the bad things in my life has made me more mature, sensible and stronger.... My temper is still hot, yet the temperature has dropped...... I can still be silly at times, yet fast enough to withdraw my steps to avoid falling into another pitfall.... I am still a failure in certain aspects of my life, yet I do not let failure blind my sight to the successful things that I've achieved.

The ME now is thankful for whatever I have now.......

• people in my life who have never forsaken me no matter what choices I make in my life journey.....they are always there when i am down, there when i want to share my joy....... and they are there to lift me up when i think that i will never be able to climb up again....
  

• my full time job that makes me happy and useful in life, and my part-time job which keeps me stable financially....

• I am still breathing....... which means all is not lost..........

• I have a God who loves me and gives me chances in life again and again......

To have achieved a lot in life is one thing, to be contented is another thing.......
I may not have achieved a lot, I may not be fully contented, but I know my life story is still going on...... I hope that when the story ends one day, it will end on a beautiful note......

Sorry, my dear blog....

So sorry for abandoning you for so long......
For I've been focusing on Facebook, MSN, tuition, work and things so far have been quite smooth-sailing.....
So sorry........
I promise I will come as often as possible, for you are the one sticking with me through thick and thin.....

So sorry again, my dear blog....