Raya holiday

How was your long weekend of Raya holiday? Before the holiday, colleagues, friends, family asking me going where? "No plan oo" why this round you are not going anywhere?

Well, during the long break, I saw lots of travel photos in Facebook, from northern to southern of Malaysia, friends gathering, meet up parties.. How about me and my family? Nothing much to share, no photos of beautiful scenery, but yummy foods and leisure time at home sweet home :)


We went to klcc for the 1st day


Children having fun in the car


Raya deco at klcc. Many people taking pic here, so we just squeezed in mana mana saja


Got patung on the stage eating kuih raya


Gals are with kitty car


While walking to the book fest, angel calling me "mami!" Then pointed this advertisement. We snap few photos here while many people walking next to me.. Have to clear the line 1st..


It was really pack! Full of people in the book fest. From the queue to purchase tickets to entering the halls.. Back to back. Holiday fun kot.


While we were walking around, here came the lady talk to my angel "we are coming from Taiwan xxx TV channel, can I have you recorded while you flipping the Taiwanese book?" I was ok about it. The pose looked real, as my angel really into the book.. So after the recording, she still standing there and continue reading :p

In the book fest, we always need to slot in time playing hide and seek with children :( normally I do the 1st screen thru then get laogong to do the thorough check. Children love books. We always need to look for them in the books maze.



This is one of the scenes where I found my boy in one of the book booth after sweating myself and non stop praying the boy is in the good hand..


The boy got the animation author autograph before paying for the book.


So he got this. Frankly, I don't know who was this guy, I curi curi flipped thru the comic books over there to ensure the author photo :p


Angel got her autograph too! When I asked Eva went to take one, Eva said "the books I bought are not from him" when I checked thru.. All horror comics Eva picked @_@


We queueing up for this wheel of fortune when you purchase rm50 from this booth. We got a magnet postcard.

That's all for Raya outing. The remaining days, we staying at home, children reading the new books, mummy trying new recipe..



One of the breakfast.. Steamed and fried..


Cheese cookies making


It tasted nice. Salty crunchy, but children are not fancy about it..


Packed some for my neighbour. The neighbour always give us yummy stuff


One of the lunch..


One of the dinner.. My 1st fried meehoon. Kelam Kabut I prepared it, it turned out very delicious! Hehe


Very fast this meal finished off! Well, I can only praise myself a smart mummy, as I served this meal after children swimming hours :D once they are hungry, for sure all are good!


One of the movie time at home :)


One of the boy practicing music ass exam pieces


One of the mummy and babies photos..

My mum came to my house too, we visited my grandma too. Many thoughts in my mind, when my parents get old then how? When I get old when I can't walk by my own how...


Sushi time with my mama


Old time favourite with my mama


My mama snapped pic of me preparing dinner for children and laogong.

That's all for my 4 days Raya break :p

20072015

Angel, 你祷告，让神以祂的时间带领，让你可以双手弹琴，让祂给你找到一个回教你弹琴的老师。在人不能的事，神能。让我们把这件事带到神的面前。祷告要恒切。

“嗯”

Sometime we would wonder, what's the arrangement. Child who can pick up the skill easily, let go the chance to master the skill; the child who knows all the note, lazy to practise; the child, with the limitation of finger strength, sitting at the piano bench most of the time, playing songs with a single hand, and tell me "mummy, I love to play piano"..


Tonight again I see my angel playing songs in the dark. Her mattress is just next to the piano. I went to her, asked her to pray to God for letting her find a teacher who can use angel's physical limitation to build the perfection.

Raya eve

Yes. Today is Raya Eve and the long weekend break just started!


Am now on the newly bought stationed bicycle, you can see the plastic wrapping is still on and the room is in the mess >< that's the reason I dont plan any travel trip for this holiday, I been waiting for holiday to clean the house :p


Listening to this song. 1st time. Just wasted to get myself on the beat for the workout. Just picked any workout cardio hit playlist from Spotify.

Advertisement time: now maxis is having no Spotify premium promotion. You may try to check it out. It is for free with some data plan package. Daily life is fun and beautiful when music sings your songs :)

Well let me post this out as phone battery is out soon..



Ready for the festive? :D

Life

Mum just celebrated her 60 year old birthday last Sunday.


A bunch of all of us singing the birthday song :)


Bday present from sis and I. We went to the shop with the idea of 'a n earring which is suitable for mama even till the age of 80' :)


Yesterday I went to medical centre with my papa and mama. Mama's heart got blockage. In order to do the treatment procedure, then we need to do few tests, see few doctors, go this and that departments... To avoid domino problems happen. And this, take a full day off.

3 things I realised..
When you are sick..

1. You must have time to consult the specialists and follow up till you find out root cause of your sickness and get your sick cured

2. You must have financially ready to make thing more smoothly. Either you got medical card insured you to go through all the necessaries tests and procedures or you have cash flow to support all these..

3. Get yourself healthy, at least in the limits of what you can do eg balanced diet and sufficient exercise. On time body checkup routine for prevention maintenance. As once you find out A part in pain, because of B, that caused by C then bring effects to D too... All these ABCD need time and money.

So, these days, I got a little bit more serious about my health. Try not to skip my daily 30min treadmill jogging.. Then try watching out what the food I put in my mouth.. Try la, coz sometime, just being lazy or busy or just many excuses :p

Apart from keeping an eye to my health, something good I do lately is trying to be with my children, do things together with them, do housework more often, make sure their breakfast is prepared, more stories sharing... sounds like a good mum huh? Hehe

For my own self, I read more lately. Some journal and some academic books. Of course, for the best book in the world too - the bible I am trying to finish reading through it as a whole, target to get a small gift from the church for completing reading bible in a year :) I haven't got one yet for myself l, sometime, the whole year I study few of the books only.


This is books in bible New Testament. Those marked with stars are which I have completed reading for this year. Target to complete all by August. Then I shall catch up for Old Testament.


Am teaching my Sunday school class on Genesis. Then we are studying Book of Mark in weekly cell group. My children can share better than me on the 1st 12 books of Old Testament. Every Sunday night we exchange the stories of what we learning Sunday school classes. We started this night activities when it was recommended by the boy ^^

When we purchase electrical appliances, those things are coming with a booklet of manual on how to operate the TV, or rice cooker or washing machine. Now it is more easier when we can watch the video clip on how to use a sewing machine or how to use our smart phone in more smarter way...

God created us, you and me. and He has given us a manual of life instruction - The Bible with all His words that contains the solution for every problem you are facing today. The Bible is an encyclopedia on all subjects you can think of under the sun.

It is indeed sad to know about the story of people committed suicide because of facing problems or discouragement. Especially when this happened to my own relatives. We shall know the purpose of our living and life, then we shall embrace live to make our parents proud of and to glorify the God.

Break time

Resting at office lounge during lunch break


Reading the bible and thinking about these parables verses..

马可福音 2:21
“没有人把新布缝在旧衣服上，恐怕所补上的新布带坏了旧衣服，破得就更大了。
"No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment. If he does, the new piece will pull away from the old, making the tear worse.

马可福音 2:22
也没有人把新酒装在旧皮袋里，恐怕酒把皮袋裂开，酒和皮袋就都坏了；惟把新酒装在新皮袋里。”
And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, he pours new wine into new wineskins."

Here came an office mate..


He quietly walked to the resting chair and started reciting Al-Quran.

At this moment, I hear only the air conditioner operating sound, as well as the soft Al-Quran reciting. What a peaceful break time :)

在这扰乱纷争的世界国度，心灵上的真正平安与喜乐，不是垂手可得的。如何在忙碌的世事上找得平静，关乎我们心灵的喂养。There is a need of food for our physical body and daily for our soul spirit to let us not feeling hungry spiritually.

Let's get back to work. Here came another lady office mate, playing hit songs with her mobile phone. So the guy stop reciting the Al-Quran.. Sometime, would wonder the world is not peaceful because of people are less concerns or alert on people need? One just do whatever he or she wants without thinking the unspoken rules or courteous manner?

Well.. The guy has just left the lounge.. So do i.. Leave this lounge to the lady and her songs :)

Just do it

At time, we find the moment of - stop thinking, just do it!

I have many wish list pending in this bucket. Most of the time, 'I want to do it, this is the golden opportunity, but...' What a BUT that stopping thing from happening. When age is catching, we have much considerations and hesitation.


Hope something is interesting gonna happen. I told my loved one 'there are thing we do it once in a lifetime' :p

So today is Friday. TGIF!
T - Thank
G - God
I - I'm
F - Free!

This weekend highlight is 'my mum's birthday' I just wanted to be with my papa and mama. The celebration doesn't need to be extravaganza..

Till the lovely weekend coming, let me put in effort in my office work, leaning new things everyday - skill set of getting thing done better, the way handling people, the way overcome challenges, the way pushing own self to the corner so I can grow, the way, wipe off the weary and continue to smile :)

Happy Friday!

Fire

This week in Facebook newsfeed, we read lots of news and the effort hundreds people are struggling in the pain of skin being fire burned due to the tragedy in 1 party event at the wetland in Taiwan. As a news reader, from the pictures seen, we feel the pain. Can't imagine the real physical burning pain on these youngsters body. What they need is not only the comfort words and encouragement from public, the journey is still long way to go for them to get medical treatment, fully heal physically.. Challenging most, the emotional, psychological sides as well as the acceptance of public later on...

When I look at Eva's shoulder small spot of hot coffee burn scar.. I feel sorry for her. How she gonna wear spaghetti strips like all other young girls? Will people tease her? Will her future husband cares about it? Would she herself dislike this part of her body?..

Now we are taking about 30%, 50% body part got burnt. Not easy. When they close their eyes, would they see the imaginary fire, hearing the screaming for help... We don't want to be in the tragedy. We don't want our friends and family to be in the tragedy too.. We can afford to see our love one to be in long term suffer.

This made me think of what has been mentioned in the bible.. In the return in Jesus, all the death person would be resurrection.. Then came the judgement gate, if one's name are not in the book of life, then he or she is not allowed to be in the heaven but being sent to the forever fire lake..

启示录 20:14
死亡和阴间也被扔在火湖里，
这火湖就是第二次的死。
Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death.

启示录 20:15
若有人名字没记在生命册上，
他就被扔在火湖里。
If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.

Can't imagine the forever heat and death. I don't want my loved one to be suffered...






约翰福音 14:6
耶稣说：“我就是道路、真理、生命，若不藉着我，没有人能到父那里去。
Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

使徒行传 4:12
除他以外，别无拯救；因为在天下人间，没有赐下别的名，我们可以靠着得救。”
Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved."

Hope all stays healthy, not only our physical body, but also the spiritual soul. When you can feed your tummy with warm food, don't forget, you need salvation for your soul.

Self worth

Lately, been reading posting on how to be a self-love woman, how to be an attractive woman, how to love yourself...


This talks about Victoria mentioned - the love and care from your man vs the effort you put in to yourself is 1:1


This shares about what a woman needed from a man. What a today woman needs comparing to last decade is far different. Nowadays most of the women have the ability to self raise and self earn to maintain the basic necessity of daily life.


What a man can give to a woman is the worthiness of the woman as a special woman. The question is, how to make ourselves as a unique one to increase the value of own-self.

My thought is 1st of foremost, before we can talk about being pretty or charming looking, we shall focus on our health level. A beautiful piece of dress to cover a healthy fit body not a weak one. Lately my children comment about why I like to make 'that sound' when I walk. ??? Puzzled me. 'Ah Yi also has the same sound' then I realised, my legs joints make a soft but clear sound when I move around.

Mummy: ok ok, I am old, legs are weak.. Seem like going to die soon

Children: you are saying ah yi is going to die soon? Come on la.. Is your legs problem go and cure it la
(Shake their heads somemore)

Well, children are having higher wisdom than me >< my silly joke being replied by their professional answer.



Ok ok, will work out something daily to get myself to be on healthy lifestyle, as I have many dreams to realize, may places to travel, many people to meet up and love..

What are in my mind this week..


Thinking of..

Travelling with my parents in law with or without laogong

Bringing my grandma who is paralysed to see the blue sky and catch the fresh air

Travel with my god-ma and share God's love with her

Get my mum's heart disorder sorted soon so she won't feel unwell

Plan for travel trip which my dad been talking about and go and realize in no time

Where to travel when I meet up with my best friends in my age of 40



Noticed that, what is in my mind is - travel and older age. The world is so big, what we want are lots, but we have limited lifespan..

Sounds old huh my thought lately. Shall have fun more with my bbb and Sunday school children, need to have refresh mind :p

Stay young and healthy!
Happy mid week :)

End of June

Good morning. Am feeling full! Thanks Lord for the daily bread for my soul, and breakfast to start my day.


Ya, quite heavy breakfast for today. Kopi-o-kosong, barley panas, nasi lemak bungkus, roti bakar ^0^ maybe I got dehydration from last night jogging, just feeling to drink more and more.

Here comes the ending of month of June 2015. Great things happened in June were..



Easy trip with sis to melbourne






Reached the Great Ocean Road which been hearing people talking on


Nice view relaxed moments



Silly stories collection.. To write my travel story on this destination.. sooner or later ;p

Then, what else in June?



Attended my cousin bro wedding dinner. Snapped a couple pic with laogong. In recent years, found that we seldom take pic - just the 2 of us. Guess, my papa and mama having many couple photos than us in their 帅公美女 photo album :p

In June, most of the night I can listen to the boy playing piano songs. Forced to practice as his grade exam is around the corner.


I am glad that he is now like to explore the piano keyboards. Compare to last time, we as parents needed to convince or scold him so he goes to his class. Now the boy is learning the tone of 'pink panther' as he admired the uncle at the church playing this song nicely.


There was one praise and worship session we in charge in Sunday school. Children are getting familiar and more confident in handling the session. Practices make perfect. Hope one day, they can be on the stage, brave and confident.


We celebrate Father's Day in June too. To me, it is a special year, when we all one family attending Father's Day worship service ^^ there is always double benefits when both parents are listening to a same sermon or parenting talk, so both the parents can practise the same thing with the purpose of, teaching our children to be at right attitude and behaviour.

On Father's Day. My bro in law and parents in law came to our house too. I cooked them simple dinner with my limited cooking skills haha. Short catch up with my mum in law, she shared much too with me :) sometime, what parents need is only only ears, patient hearts and time.


After my in law left my house in the evening, I did the last grab of cake, went back kampung with my boy to visit my papa and mama.



Sempat for a short gathering ^^


Me and papa. Well, I was with a messy look, as the celebration done for the 3 important men in my life, morning, afternoon, then night :D feel loved for having my laogong, papa, and papa in law ^^

At work, many things happened in June too.


Work I am in now is basically talking about process and ideas on continuous improvement. Most of the time, we need to reach out to different teams and department to have joint effort to improve the process efficiency.


Attended 1 training course 'presentation alive' on public speaking. This course is different from the pervious communication and presentation courses I attended, this course made you tabs in front of the class, repeating the same phrase of words from your 3min speech, till the instructor satisfied with your standing position, tone, pitch, gesture, movement, face expression... Well, we could only say, fortune sides those we are brave ;p



This is one of the real workshop which my partner and I in charge to share new concept to group of people. To be honest, I didn't use the presentation technique I learned from the presentation class, as I haven't get used to the gesture and variation tones in my speech that gonna wow people or boo by people haha.



We celebrate Sunday school Sunday too last Sunday.



Impressed to see young children in charge the praise and worship for the day. Nowadays children re brave and confidence that last time, maybe children nowadays are always being snapped in parents camera :)



We attended parents-children workshop. Feeling differently when we discuss a topic with children and everyone giving feedback and idea. We always do this in the office meeting, this round, husband and I need to manage the 3 little ones :)


1st time, I tried to trim gals hair, not only the fringe, but the whole head. Well, thanks to the girls as they are willing to be the guinea pigs haha. Suddenly I got a thought - I want to pick up simple hair cut technique. I used to watch YouTube video on trimming boy's hair, I shall explore more on gals hair too hehe. Interesting..

What else for June?



I started reading more books in my daily life. In the bag, at the sofa corner, on my bed... I have books around me. So I can read a page or 2 whenever I have the waiting time..



What's next for upcoming July?
In the office, many things are in the scheduler from July till November.. For my personal, I shall continue picking up my daily short jog, read more to enhance my knowledge and skill, cook more and rest more :D



Till then, hope you have a great journey in the 2nd half of year 2015!

Loving each other

We started our day with this hymn playing in the car..


主若是玫瑰一朵，
我就是绿叶一片，
主与我心心相印
紧紧的以爱结连，
任凭是风狂雨暴，
同甘苦朝夕相见，
主若是玫瑰一朵，
我就是绿叶一片。

主若是一首诗词，
我就是爱的音乐，
跳跃着高声欢唱，
像一支清歌晨鸟。
主与我此唱彼和，
心灵间默契配合。
主若是一首诗词，
我就是爱的音乐。

我若是冷若冰霜，
主就是冬日太阳，
他热情十架大爱，
感动我铁石心肠。
但愿我溶为溪水，
直流到主爱海洋。
我若是冷若冰霜，
主就是冬日的太阳。

我若是一块荒地，
主就是及时甘霖，
他的恩沛然下降，
滋润我干渴的心。
我不再白占土地，
开花结果扎根深。
我若是一块荒地，
主就是及时甘霖。


If Lord is the rose, I am the green leaf, love connects us in the storm and in good day.
If Lord is lyric, I am the love rhythm, we singing together like the morning birds.
If I am cold hearted, Lord is the sun in the winter, it melts my heart, and leads me to His ocean of great love.
If I am a wasted land, Lord is the sweet continuous rain that moist the land and make me bear fruits.

Children and I talk about the lyrics, talk about the relationship between us and God. In your life ups and downs, God is with us. We shall turn our eyes to Him, as He would never fail us.

We talk about siblings love. Love your brother and sister, as if one day, if you need help, or you want to share your happiness, they wouldn't say no to you, as they can't run away from you. Of course, I explained all these with my silly gestures and jokes.
Angel said - mummy, you are so funny la :D



Today breakfast - steamed Japanese sweet potato. Packed 1 for sis and hang it to her car's handle. Wondering, if she could see it? Luckily she was eating the sweet potato and skin as well in the car :D when I called her up. How nice, if everyday I can prepare warm breakfast for family and have quality talk moment with children.

Lately, I sometime do wake up early to do some housework. Playing hymns then sweeping and mopping floor, it is a bliss in fact. You have the quiet moment while everyone is sleeping. Have clearer mind too. However, it is quite challenging too, to have alarm clock set at 4.30am, then snooze it few times to 5am. Then dragging the tired body and heavy eyes to the kitchen.. It is good, if I can include a morning jogging in this precious ME time too ^^



Pic taken last night in the midst of children were busy packing their smelly-messy school bags.


"Let's have your eyes open big and wide!" Hehe I would take this as another quality bonding moment for a working mother with her always-clearing-homework-at-last- minute children :p




To co-run a workshop today, hope my half day presentation won't bore people off :p

Happy Thursday!