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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... :)

Columbus...

Finally the Columbus project @ Maxis ISD is not just a talk, its now a reality.....
Its now packaged as the Maxis ISD Transformation

Given a chance to cross over to IBM, yet still based in Maxis at the moment... Kind of weird right? It feels like u've been divorced and given away to marry a new husband, yet still staying together with the ex-husband.... Complicated feeling...

Nonetheless, I am thankful. Change is definitely better than no change.. at least there is new hope, new things to learn, better prospect I hope, moreover we are given a sum of $$$ & increment and all... Hard to find such deal in this economy downturn...

Moving forward, don't miss call me, I shall not call back... lol

"Jia You" Adrian

My wife wants me to write an entry in this blog. Well... I really don't like blogging, needing to crack my head to write. It usually takes me quite a loooooong time to get just one sentence right, what more a whole blog entry. The normal process I always go through: Type... backspace.... re-type... backspace again... type once more... think.... backspace... type... it goes on and on until it sounds good. You can imagine how long I need to spend preparing sermons, typing reports... Wen Dee definitely knows what I mean haha...

Okay, coming back to my 1^st blog here, I want to write about my brother. He is flying to China as I’m typing now. He’ll be studying and doing a 6-month internship with Motorola in Tianjin. I didn’t get to send him off, as he is flying from Singapore. Dad, mom and Nizz did, am wondering if they cried during farewell hehe...

I call my brother by his name, Adrian, he calls me “Gor”. I think I was influenced by grandma and aunties who stayed with us during our childhood days, all of them called him “Adrian”. We fought alot when we were kids; I like to snatched things from him, he cried and grandma would saying him, in other words, I like bullying him at that time haha...

We started talking less, seldom mix around when I advanced into Form 1, probably I thought I was mature already and didn’t want to be childish like him. Our relationship became colder when I got into Form 4, where I was no longer staying with him at grandma’s house, me in PJ and him in KL. We would just call each other “Gor”... “Adrian”... and there we go into our own room, doing our own things, no more exchanging words after that. It lasted for quite some time, around 4+ years until I realised the importance of the family; I envied the closeness of other brothers and wanted a change for better; it was until I know God.

Because of not talking for a long time, I became shy. I forced myself to start the conversation first, buying gifts on his birthdays, chit-chat during holidays with parents... it got better and better, praise God for that! Adrian is smart and hardworking in studies, alot better than me, he got a scholarship to study E&E in NTU, Singapore. Although we don’t meet often, we know we care for one another. And now he’ll be away to Tianjin for 6 months straight, I miss him.

Praying for him to excel in his studies and work over there, get good and friendly housemates, stay healthy, and a lasting relationship with Nizz. “Jia you” Adrian!

PS: Blogging is good because I can share things I couldn’t express in words =)

Red Day

4th of Feb is first day of the year (start of spring) according to Chinese Hsia Calendar. So its claimed to be good luck if wearing red on that day, therefore the whole department is required to wear RED to work, and we had cookies & snacks as tea break @ the breakout area...

nope, I don't believe in luck, but for the fun of it why not, and for a good reason to gather before stressful works kick in. :)