Christmas Random

Since childhood age, I love Christmas, knew nothing about God, but just somehow love the atmosphere, love the culture, love the season...

In this Christmas month, I bought some really random stuff while shopping alone ( yes, I always shop alone ^_^ )

from Metrojaya -- culpeper essential oil - lavendar, rose & orange @ 40% off... love it... totally different from cheapo one.... didn't purposely shop for it... just passing by while buying Manoj's gift..

Christmas 101 songs - total of 6 CDs, just bought today @ amcorp mall after work... I was really depressed this evening, then while going back on my own, I saw this, thought of just pampering myself. It will be a good collection that last for years..
Listening disc 2 now, feeling very starbucks... :p

pepper and salt holder! cute isn't it? forgotten when exactly it was bought.... it was a Saturday afternoon, randomly passed by a home deco shop @ taipan...

that's the skinny Christmas tree at home now... feeling very Christmas .. even the sofa at home has the Christmas look.. hehee...

not forgetting this red plant from mama! love it.. sweet of her...
I shall get a nice vase so that I can place it in door...

thinking what shall I buy for loves one this Christmas... issit too late to shop for Christmas yet?

on a special note, Jas told me that John sent us parcel of Christmas gifts from Sydney!!! oohOooo... *touched*... really miss this cool dude....

alright.. signing-off... gonna do some reading and stop thinking about sad stuff... <3 Christmas!

First Anniversary

Wanted to blog about birthday earlier, waited and waited for hubby to complete his post first... Hmph... I guess I will just leave the space for him for birthday post...

Time flies... and Mr & Mrs Ian How = 1 year old...
Saujana Resort , where we had our wedding banquet, offered us complimentary stay + dinner for first anniversary...

So we picked Italian Restaurant - Senja for the dinner ( they had choice of jap, chinese, italian restaurant), mainly cos its lake side, just next to our banquet last year....
Reached there kind of late due to after work....

Bread for a start

Quite nice with dip...Fried Seafood as appetizer.. really nice...
Thin crust garlic pizza, enjoying my magarita...
Ian with his yellow bird = orange juice + vodka :D not I made up one okay... its really called yellow bird on the cocktail menu... hehee.... the name suits Ian rite? though he prefers my magarita more....

Main course

Rib Eye

seafood salad. Ian loves seafood


us

too full to finish all...

I heart the strawberry gelato! heavenly...

overall, rating 8/10 for Senja Restaurant

Next day... had breakie & enjoyed the morning by the pool....




love the morning breeze there....
checked out around noon and went gifts hunting with W11, hooi hoon's wedding at night..
yeah.. that's how we spent our anniversary... xoxo

My Memorable 26th Birthday

This post is dedicated to my beloved W11 members, dear friends and amazing wife!

PRELUDE
It all started off on Thu (Oct 29) night when Chia Huey dozed off to sleep when she supposed to compile the service attendance. In her "mong cha cha"-ness, she asked for my help to do the compilation. Being a good husband, I picked up her HP, scrolling through the SMSes and started compiling the data. Then suddenly, I stopped at Clarissa's message, started wondering "Hmm... why would Cla SMS CH, they hardly SMS as far as I know." I can't help but to think my CG members must be planning something behind my back, sabo? surprise? I clicked open, it was actually a MMS, a picture of a metallic-black watch. This must be it! They're really planning something! Without much hesitation, I checked through the inbox and sent folder to see if there were other suspicious SMSes. Waalaah! I found Jeremiah's! Hahahaha (laughing evilly quietly) Suddenly... CH woke up! I burst out in laughter when she asked me did I see SMSes that I not supposed to see hahahaha... (laughing evilly loudly) I kept pesting CH to tell me more but she insisted. Nevermind, I was with very high confidence that they won't get me in, but I'll be able to prank them back! LOL!

So, it was since then we started playing mind games, Miah kept telling me to beware and watch my back, they'll get me at anytime. Tried to buy in Miah as my spy but failed, bluffed him that I actually had an undercover among them, my purpose was to create internal affair that they'll suspect one another hahaha... Leo and Cla kept telling me they've scrapped off the sabo plan due to tight budget; funny + weird messages flying around here and there... they made me confused. Anyway, I've decided to tighten my guard and be very alert of the surroundings wherever I go, not even trusting CH completely, not until Nov 19 is over, just in case they pop out of no where with crazy sabo weapons.


THE SWEET SABO
After much strategizing + planning... 2 weeks later, W11 + friends finally made their move, it was on Thu (Nov 12). I had an appointment with Joy and Andy over some discussions, Joy suggested to meet in USJ 2 field, I didn't suspect anything until receiving Andy's SMS: "Can I pray for Ian after da sabo?" and I went: "HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!". At the same time, I had 2nd thought thinking it may be a prank, may be Andy did that in purpose, I didn't reply him anyway.

As usual, I went with much alert, drove pass Leo's house too see if his car is there, went circles around the USJ 2 field, parked my car further away from the entrance, climbed up the hill instead of using the stairs, trying to find where were they hiding. Couldn't spot anyone, just saw Joy and Andy were already in a hut, so I went to join them. Many many thoughts came to my mind "Hmm... Why are they sitting opposite of each other? Is this place where I'm sitting planned out by them? Where are they going to appear from? From the left? Right? Back?". I kept looking here and there, I was so conscious of the surroundings even a cockroach passed by I could hear! Hahaha...

Our discussion went well then suddenly Andy checked out his handphone and said his parents needed him back home because of an exam the next day, he asked if he could pray. Just right after Andy said that, I saw a group of familiar faces (the 1st two faces I saw were Kai Boon and Phei Wen) walking uphill towards us, they walked very very casually. Without 2nd thought, this must be it! I better run for my life, so there I went! I felt someone was closely chasing after me! Who was it? I ran the fastest possible, down the hill, jumped across the drain... *huff puff* Phew! Managed to escape it. I could hear there were alot of them searching for me uphill, I started irritating them by yelling: "I felt your love, but no sabo, thanks! Bye bye!". Catching my breathe and slowly walked towards my car. Then I saw Derrick from afar, I wasn't afraid because he was alone, plus, he was far away. It was then I discovered that Derrick can run SUPER FAST! Like T-X from the movie Terminator 3! Before I knew it, he already caught up with me, the moment I saw Leo and Miah in front of me, I knew they would get me eventually, I was out of breathe. In short, they got me, all of them came (Cla, Ash, Candy, Christine, Jasmine, Derrick, Kai Boon, Billy, Leo, Miah, Elaine Jr, Jeremy, Zheng Ta, Phei Wen, Cheryl, Sharon, Vincent, Joy, Shan Yong, Andy, Hui Fen and Justin) and gave me the sweetest sabo - Coke and Pepsi attack! I was all soaked with sweetness. Kai Boon tried to hit me with an ultimate pail-of-water attack but failed, too slow lah Kai Boon hahaha...

After the Happy Birthday song and cake cutting (you guys know I like cheese cake and got me one! How thoughtful!), we went uphill where we had more pictures taken, sharing the cake and getting my birthday present! I happily unwrapped the gift thinking it was a watch, a metallic-black watch I've wanted. Layers after layers... boxes after boxes... finally! Tada! A tie!?!? (saying to myself: "This is it? Not a watch? Hmm... ok.") Although a little bit disappointed but was really happy and glad to see all of them, CG members and friends whom are dear to me, taking the effort to plan and celebrate for me, am truly touched =')



THE SWEET SURPRISE
(Work in progress...)


BIRTHDAY PEEK-A-BOO
(Work in progress...)


THE AFTERTHOUGHT
(Work in progress...)


Ian

family love

haven't been blogging lately, as life has been pretty depressing due to work....

parents were in town during merdeka *happy*... i think I have the best parents & best in-law ever.. Ian's parents insisted on meeting up with them for a meal... it was at "yap chong" @ cheras, the shop looks very kampung, but served super nice homely food... Didn't take any pic, but I am just thankful that both families can click, its definitely a blessing....

bought 3 pair of crocs for ying yin, xin hui & myself! yeah.. finally... I am not a crocs lover, but given 3 RM30 coupon, so decided to get ourselves the sisters shoes... oopsss... photoz are in Ian's phone..

Ian & I watched UP together too, I cried at the part seeing the wife died without accomplishing her dream... at the end, its even more touching to see what she jotted down in the journal book after paradise falls, she actually enjoyed her life journey to the fullest with her husband, nothing to be regretted about....
it makes me ponder on the journey I have with Ian, gonna learn to treasure him more...

time never waits... treasure the journey with loves one...

Madness ~ fail.com

I was super angry at Ian just now, as he kept digging back and made fun of my accident incidence few months back.... Already few months back ok..... Instead of encouraging me, dedicating his time and effort in coaching me how to drive, he laughed at me and thought it was funny! what is this.......

So we had an cold war, and I decided not to wash his stockings tonight.... In the midst of cold war which didn't last very long, he emailed me this:


oooh... after looking at this pic, how to continue to be mad at him? fail.com

Changing Tyre

On the way fetching us back home from cg, we felt some imbalance of James' car... and true enough, its tyre puncture!

Adventurously, James drove up slope to my house, we had an tyre changing mission at the visitor car park:

James was busy jetting up the car....


emo Jan in the middle of the night, sitting at the car park......

Manoj was trying to help.....

in progress....



I borrowed a torch light from the security guard, and Manoj's head was accidentally hit by it.... lolz.....

my freaking pricy new hair... nothing outstanding, but i like it... :D next step, gonna buy a good curler and learn how to curl... best still, train up ian to help me curl.. kekee..

Chuey's current wish list

Inspired by Nat , I begin to list down my current wish list & it shall become a reality.. hehee :

• Relax holidays @ bali

  


• Well toned & fit body



• A new classy handbag




• A new purse



• More flowery dresses & accessories





More classy shoes - yeah, I am a wedges lover :)






• Driving skills



• Oven

all are achieveable, just need more discipline and wisdom to prioritize :)

Random V2

oooHOoo... I really feel bad for abandoning our blog for long :p


here's another random post...


Random #1

Last month, I 'accidentatlly' dropped by Isetan and 'accidentally' bought a new Anolon Frying Pan @ discounted price, its a hard anodized non-stick cookware, even if I accidentally cut through the non-stick coating, the hard anodized sub layer cannot be penetrated, eliminating the problems associated with food interaction with aluminium core.
For health reason, its really worth it? (finding excuses for my shopping again.. hahaa)
I am loving it!





Random #2

One random Saturday evening, Ian brought home my fav greentea cake from RT! yay..



Random #3

Another random Saturday evening, cooked pork chop fettucini for dinner, lovely!



Random #4

The most expensive sausages ever!!! my heart is still bleeding, that's the consequences of buying something without checking the price tag, it was too late when the promoter told me the price, never expect that...
its still in my freezer though, as I forgot Ian had to work on 2nd Sat :(



Random #5

It's little Gabriel's 1st birthday! his daddy mummy organized a birthday party for him at Buffalo Steak House.... such adorable boy... all children are cute I suppose..



Random #6

My creative hubby came out with another brilliant father's day gift idea (specially cater for his highschool cg's affordability), and hence this photo. Its a preparation for his cg this fri night... I shall not disclose what's that for here... such good life to be in his cg!



Its James & Serene's wedding this Saturday!!!!!!!!!!! these few days super busy preparing... amazed by their creativity and effort put in the preparation... its gonna be super good! can't wait...

till then.. stay tuned for more updates...

Service with Rev Dr Kong Hee

(An extract from Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=10435&post=46437&uid=68390337761#/topic.php?uid=68390337761&topic=10435)

Pst Kong preached a message from the story we're all familiar, David's battle against the Philistine giant - Goliath (1 Sam 17). Goliath, a giant, a champion warrior, the best of the best among the Philistine army, dressed with full armor, shield and a javelin; who was his opponent? David, a shepherd boy with just stones and a sling as his weapon. That may be his natural/physical weapon, but what caused David defeating the giant were his heavenly weapons.

The 5 stones that David used (v40), signifies these heavenly weapons:

1. STONE OF PAST
- David REMEMBERED how GOD has been using him in the past, how GOD brought him victories after victories, and how GOD will continue to lead him to another victory!
- GOD uses our background to pour courage into our lives.
- A good memory will bring out a HERO out of you.

2. STONE OF PRAYER
- David spent time praying.
- Pray, pray, pray, pray, PRAY! Pray for GOD's strength and power to be available in our lives, in everywhere we go, in everything we do.

3. STONE OF PRIORITY
- GOD was David's highest priority in his life.
- What is GOD's priority in your life? Where does He stand? No.1? No.2? No.3? Or it changes all the time?
- GOD's position in your life will be tested again, again and again. Do you still stand firm on your priority that GOD is no.1?

4. STONE OF PASSION
- David was running towards Goliath. That shows anticipation, that shows PASSION!
- GOD always invest into the passionate.
- It is easy to be on fire for GOD after a conference, for a day, for a week, for a month. But we got to stay passionate for GOD FOR LIFE.

5. STONE OF PERSISTENCE
- There were actually somemore Philistine giants after David defeated Goliath. David wasn't complacent, he went on to destroy the enemies (2 Sam 21).
- Sometimes one time is not enough... fast once, reading the Bible once, one prayer is not enough. We got to stand up from failure and fight on again, again and again!
- Just like how the spectators are cheering Rocky to get up after a tough boxing match in the movie "Rocky 2", the Heavens are cheering for you to get up and fight on!

All 5 points spoke to my heart! In many areas of my life, in my ministry leading CG, in my work place as an employee, in my relationship with Chia Huey, parents, bro, in-laws, friends and with GOD. I'm reminded again to remember the past victories GOD has led me to and all the good things that I experienced.

I'm reminded again to stay prayerful on the things I desire, salvation of my dad, mom, bro and bro's GF. Sometimes one prayer is just not enough. The process of wait is tiring, but I got to be persistent to pray, persistent to fight for what I believe in.

I'm reminded again to realise that GOD's position in my life will be tested again and again. No matter what happens, good times, bad times, very bad times, GOD is still no.1.

I'm reminded again to inject passion in everything I do during this process, work with passion, serve with passion, lead with passion, pray with passion, love with passion... and be passionate for GOD for life!

Hope this will bless you. All in all, nothing beats the tangible presence of GOD in the servicel. So come early, come expectant! =)

Random

Random 1#
self-made honey lemon before Ian's CCNA paper... slurp!

Random 2#
lots of shopping two weeks ago... for papa, mama, & sis =)



Random 3#
Home-made pancake breakfast on Sat morning, together with maple syrup and raspberry jam + tropicana 100% orange juice... yum~ how can I not love breakfast!

The Journey of Blue begins.......

Early morning as I stepped into the office, surprised to see this on my desk:

close up... nope, its not an april fool joke :p , but a bottle of sparkling juice with a welcome note:

The view in the office:

Blue balloon signifies those who cross over to IBM, green balloon signifies retained Maxis staff...
Shortly the IBM managers and HRs came to our cubicle to shake our hands and welcome us to IBM....

Yeah.. it is now the reality.. my Maxis tag has become like this:
no longer Maxis staff, but "Partner"... *wink*.... the journey of blue begins..............
welcome event at one world hotel later, looking forward... :)