Obama's Final Christmas Message 2016 from the White House

Michelle and Barrack Obama gave their final Christmas Message from the White House. Cheecky and lovely was their joint message. All the best, Mr President and the First Lady for the future undertaking.

The Queen's Christmas Message 2015 & 2016

I have discovered the Christmas Message by Queen Elizabeth II is something to look forward to and she has always been inspirational in her speeches with a good message for her kingdom subjects and the rest of the world, if only they care to listen to her.

This was the Christmas Message 2016 where she talked about Inspirational for everyday living by common people like you and me. She quoted Saint Mother Teresa's saying of "Doing small things with greatness".She was thankful for the olympians and the NGOs who celebrated her 90th birthday with her.

In this 2015 Christmas message, she referred to the Gospel of John, darkness cannot overcome the light.

This has been a tradition from the Buckingham Palace since 1923.

Christmas Celebrations Menu

Christmas Celebrations must begin with food and end with Christmas Sweets as desserts.

21 Dec Winter Solstice Dinner cum Christmas Gathering for Heng's Family

1. Speical Pork Trotter Dish with pickled Cucumber (RM44 each)
2. Sweet & Sour Fish
3. Spider Sausage with sauce
4. DIY Pizzas
5. Green Salads
6. MIL- Chicken
7. MIL - Fish Maw with Crab Meat Soup
8. Mary - Fired Chicken Wings
9. Mary - Korean Glass Noddles 
10. Aunty Susie - Vegetables
11. Aunty Susie - Special Dish
12. Fruit Cake ?
13. Brownies
14. Iced Lemon Tea
15. Lemongrass Ginger Drink

Cook Spaghetti One Pot

For Carolers :-

1. Mini fruit Cakes
2. Chinese Lasagne

22 Dec WOE Home Group Christmas Gathering (Pot-Luck Style)
Asean Christmas Style

1. Roast Duck - Wendy
2. 锅贴 - Alice (70) & Aisha (60)
3. Satays - Wilfred & guys
4. Roast Chickens in a Can - Doria
5. Purple Cabbage Guava Salad - Doria
6. Braised Root Veggie & Lamb - Christine
7. Yellow Rice
8. Iced Lemon Tea
9. Chocolate Moist
10. Cookies
11. Candied Peanuts

Total Guests :- 20

23 Dec Rekast & Worship Team Christmas Supper (after 9pm)

1. Aroma Pizzas (10 pcs) 
2. Macaroni Cheese
3. Fruit Cake
4. Prune Cake
5. Candied Peanuts
6. Cookies

Total Guests :- 20-25

24 Dec Christmas Eve Dinner

1. Roast Turkey & Veggie Condiments from Grandis Hotel
2. Mashed Potatoes
3. Spaghetti & Mee
4. Spider Sausages
5. Aroma Pizzas (10 pcs)
6. Macaroni Cheese
7. Guava Purple Cabbage Salad
8. Roast Duck - Andrew
9. Pumpkin Soup - Lee Lee
10. Salsa Sauce & Chips - Lee Lee
11. Prawn & Wanton Apprtizers - Susan & Bong
12. Roast Chicken Green Salad - Aisha
13. Mulled Wine

Total Guests :- 50 pax

25 Dec Christmas BreakfEve Dinner

1. Roast Turkey from Consfood
2. Spaghetti & Mee
3. Spider Sausages
4. Purple Cabbage & Guava Salad
5. Macaroni Cheese
6. Garlic Bread
7. Salsa Sauce
8. Mulled Wine

Total Guests :- 19

Christmas Family Post 2016

Christmas is a season of mixed feelings ! Its a bit of too many good things happenings all at the same time and also a sad feeling that we are saying goodbyes to another year on earth, that the year is coming fast to an end.

We make it a Christmas traditions to have family and friends over for some meals, a few meals over the Christmas period. This year we had three and believe it or not, I did not have photos of the first two gatherings as I was too busy preparing the food list and talking to people.

It began with the Gaya Christmas Carnival in the middle of December, when it first begun, I set up a stall to sell Christmas Cakes and we did really well doing Chairty fund raising for a few years. After a few years, we decided we just want to enjoy the celebrations and not to be such "rush-ians", rushing through the Christmas season, chasing the wind, losing our focus on what is the real meaning of Christmas. So, for a good many years, we select our Christmas Celebrations activities carefully, we even declined to do caroling for a year or two so that officers have a better break in between camps.

This year, we did the following Christmasy things in December :-

• Visited Gaya Christmas Carnival on 14 Dec 2016 Wednesday night
• My Office GDM Christmas Party at Grandis Hotel on 16 Dec 2016 Friday Lunch 
• The Hengs Winter Solstier cum Christmas Dinner 21 Dec 2016 Wednesday 
• WOE Home Group Chirstmas Celebration cum Farewell Dinner to Aisha as new Connect Group Leader 22 Dec 2016 Thursday
• Rekast Young Adults Christmas Supper 23 Dec 2016 Friday with Elliot back home at 5:30 pm
• Christmas Eve Dinner with Tai Family and WOE Home Group, Brigade Group, Elite Ladies before Church Service at 9:30 pm
• Christmas Breakfast with Danny & Mui Fing family, David Tai family and Michael's mum & aunty before our trip to Rasa Ria Shangrila Resorts at Tuaran.
• Stay at Rasa Ria Resorts 25-27 Dec 2016
• KKGC Christmas Party on 27 Dec 2016 at BCCM KK
• Andrew & Judith's daughter wedding dinner at Sutera Magallen.

Christmas Family Posts from years past

Christmas 2012

Christmas 2013

Christmas 2016

Christmas Baking & Cooking Journel 2016

This year is a quieter year for baking but the baking still has to be on, partly because both older kids have been away and they are coming back for Christmas. As usual, I bake the following items ourselves, our Baking List :-

1. Fruit Cake
2. Prune Cake
3. Red Velvet Cake
4. Choc Moist Cake
5. Briwnies (cancelled)
6. Cookies
7. Candied Caramel Peanuts - sweet & salted
8. Mincemeat Pie (thinking)

For Cooking, I am getting an ordered Roasted Turkey for Christmas Eve, the rest of cooking will be :-

1. Spaghetti 
2. Chinese Lasagne
3. Marcaroni
4. Mashed Potatoes
5. Pizza
6. Ordered Pizza fr Aroma - 20 pcs
7. Ordered Satays
8. Roast Chickens on Cans

For our Celebration Menus, here are the list :-

21 Dec - Winter Solstice cum Christmas Gathering for Heng's Family

1. Spider Sausages
2. Marcaroni

Gifts for Carolers to take home :-

1. Mini Fruit Cake
2. Chinese Lasagne

Refreshment for Carolers :-

1. Spider Sausages
2. Iced Lemon Tea
3. Cookies
4. Fruit Cake
5. Candied Peanuts
6. Sweets

Journal of Baking

17 Dec 2016 Saturday for GB Christmas Party & Officers

1. Bake 1 Kg of Red Velvet Cakes 
2. Bake 4 Portions of Fruit Cakes - used Earl Grey Tea but did not soak the fruits, cakes a bit dry, pour Earl Grey tea all over the cakes to make them moist. 

19 Dec 2016 Monday (permed my hair in the afternoon)

1. Baking of 6 packs of Cookies - all types
2. Bake 4 Portions of Fruit Cakes for carolers (moist & buttery), pre-soaked fruits in morning, used Orange Juice, turns out well.

20 Dec 2016 Tuesday

1. Meeting till 8pm at DMH 

21 Dec 2016 Wednesday (Meeting in morning, can only bake in afternoon)

1. Spider Sausages 
2. Chinese Lasagne for carolers
3. Roasted 5 Kg of Peanuts - 3Kg candied, 2Kg salted
4. Make Pastries for Mincemeat Pies

22 Dec 2016 Thursday (to complete baking if possible)

1. Baked 5 Portions Prune Cake
2. Baked 4 Portions Fruit Cake
3. Roast 2 Chickens on the Cans
4. Baked 2 Portion Choc Moist Cake

Lunch at Tavern Imago with Elite Ladies

23 Dec 2016 Friday (Me-Day, Pedicure, Feet Maaaage)

1. Ordered Pizzas
2. Cooked Macaroni Cheese
3. Iced Lemon Tea

24 Dec 2016 Saturday 

1. Baked 4 Portions Choc Moist Cake (early morning 1-5pm)
2. Basked 4 Portions Red Velvet Cake (early morning 1-5 pm)
3. Check Guests List 50 pax
4. Collect 2 Turkeys
5. Collect 10 Pizzas

Menu

1. Roast Turkey (Bought)
2. Mashed Potatoes
3. Spaghetti & Mee
4. Spider Sausages
5. Maraconi Cheese
6. Purple Cabbage n Guava
7. Pizzas (Bought)
8. Roast Duck - Andrew
9. Pumpkin Soup - Lee Lee               
10. Salsa Sauce with Chips
11. Chicken Salad by Aisha
12. Appertizers by Susan

Guests List

1. Our family 7
2. Tai Family 13
3. Amelia 5
4. Susan 5
5. Aisha 3
6. BB 4
7. GB 7
8. Winson 5

Total 50

I am going to adopt the attitude that since I am baking to give away, I will give as many away as the people can come to me or to my mind. I do not want to keep cakes until the real parties and then noone eat the cakes and they went straight to freezer then dustbins after a few months. What a waste. This year plan is no wastage. I also hope to sell some off so that I could recover some of  my cost. (Sigh! The ingredients cost are getting higher by the year.)

For the record, I managed to give all away and some of them totally unexpected namelist too. I still have 3 in the fridge which were promised for someone but will see if we eat them first. 

Because I touched those cups

It was past midnight around 1:30 am, our son woke up crying and rubbing his hands real hard, "My hands are dirty. I want to bath." He kept repeating in between sobs, I was feeding the younger brother, dad had to give in for his wish of a bath at 2 am! I could hear his little bathtub being filled up with water and he went straight into it. I thought to myself, this is rather unusual, I know my kids love to bath and its play time for them but why at 2 am? Our son was enjoying his bath and I thought it might be the start of another episode of you-ain't-see-nothing-yet phase a.k.a. from now on, he is going to ask for midnight bath as when he fancies a midnight bath ! 

I got out of bed and checked on him, he was still washing and rubbing his hands as if they were dirty. I asked him, "You wanna to bath now because your hands are dirty?". "Yes", he replied me. "Why are they dirty?" I need to hear from him his explanation. His reply gave me a chill, "Because I touched those cups!"

My mind went back to that very Sunday morning. 

Every Sunday morning after church, we would have our breakfast with another family, it was the favourite time of the week for both adults and kids, they got to meet with their buddies once a week and its food and play time for them. One of our favourite place to dine was the Tom Yam Noodles place at Iramanis, a place of warehouses and shops. In between the two rows of shops, there was a pavement and in the middle, was a little red altar house. The boys were really curious when they first saw it, "Mummy, there is a little red house over there." "There are little cups lined up there with food and sweets." We explained what those are, told them never to touch it or eat anything there. The boys stood in a row, nodded indicating they understood but their eyes were filled with questions. They went away and jumping around. Then came that very Sunday, one of the boys came telling us, "Wallace touched the cups, he removed them." We came running and reprimanded them or being over curious. We asked him why and what did he do and I remembered saying a little prayer of protection over him and the boys. The boys were asking "Will the gods be angry now since he touched the cups?" 

I motioned him to get out of the bathtub, dried him and dressed him up in his PJ. "Next time, when we tell you not to do something, you must obey. OK ?" He nodded and promised me to be so. I handed him a bottle of milk as surely he would be hungry after a midnight bath. He was drinking from the bottle on the bed while I was praying that this would be it and no more issue from this. I even braced myself for him to develop a little fever arising from this ordeal (logically as he showered head to toe in the early morning and spiritually as I knew he has touched something of the spiritual realm). In the quietness of the night at 2:30 am, our boy softly recited, 

"The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 

He makes me to lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside the still waters. 

He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name's sake. 

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; For You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; You anoint my head with oil; My cup runs over.

 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me All the days of my life; And I will dwell in the house of the Lord Forever."

With that, I just knew in my heart that all is well. 

Some parents told me they do not think kids can understand spiritual things and even some say they let them choose when they get older. Our son was just 3 years old then, clearly, he knew what he did was wrong and something was bothering him that night. He seemed to figure out how a bath could help and I had to seal it with a prayer to make sure there be no more issue arising from his curiosity of disturbing a worship altar. 

Life for young families are full of daily fresh challenges, our kids are like little antennas ready to receive and broadcast what are in their hearts. They can be such "teachers" for their parents with their child-like faith. In our son’s mind, he thought a cleansing bath will get rid of the dirtiness. I am still amazed where did that come from. 

As to how our 3 years old could recite Bible verses, that itself is another story. I read somewhere that reciting the Bible is a good way to boost speech and memory. So I was teaching our eldest 5 years old Bible Verses during bedtime every night, starting with Psalm 23. I was not really teaching the 3 years old, it came as a bonus as he was listening in the whole time and one night he broke out reciting with the 5 years old brother.  

Psalm 8:2

Through the praise of children and infants you have established a stronghold against your enemies, to silence the foe and the avenger.

Matthew 21:16

Jesus answered, "have you never read: 'From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise?"

This incident happened in the year 2001 at J10 Taman Likas Jaya, our first house, after Malcolm was born (8 Nov 2000) and before Oct 2001 as we moved out of the old house at J10 Taman Likas Jaya. Wallace was about 3 years plus, so that could well be between April to October of 2001.

Smiley Islands of Kota KInabalu

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Photo By Lim Hock Song

Missing Dad / Grandpa

Our Father kept a garden.
A garden of the heart;
He planted all the good things,
That gave our lives their start.
He turned us to the sunshine,
And encouraged us to dream:
Fostering and nurturing the seeds of self-esteem.
And when the winds and rain came,
He protected us enough;
But not too much because she knew
We would stand up strong and tough.
His constant good example,
Always taught us right from wrong;
Markers for our pathway that will last
a lifetime long.
We are our Fathers garden,
We are his legacy.
Thank you Dad we love you.

My granddad died not so long ago this is what i read at the funeral;

It broke our hearts to lose you,
But you didn’t go alone,
Apart of us went with you,
The day god took you home.

A million times we missed you,
A million times we cried,
If love could have saved you,
You never would have died.

To the grave we travel,
The flowers are placed with care,
No-one knows the heartache,
As we turn to leave you there.

If tears could build a stairway,
And heartaches could make a lane,
We would walk a path to heaven,
And bring you back again.

By Ferney

Condolences from BCCM KK(E) Congregation

Exactly a week has passed since our dad / father in law / grandpa has passed on to glory. 

家是什么？

寫得太好了！

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家是什么？（写的太好了，必转）

2014-03-12 微看宝清

        什么是夫妻？相爱一辈子，争吵一辈子，忍耐一辈子，这就是夫妻。

        什么是家？家是夫妻共同经营的，编织着梦和苦辣酸甜的窝。

        家要讲爱，不可讲理；家要安静，不可吵闹；家要清洁，不可凌乱；家要真诚，不可虚伪；家要自由，不可强制；家要温存，家要小节。家要关心，家要体贴，家要理解，家要包容，家要忍让，家要幸福。

        家是一个可以为我们遮风避雨的地方，家是一个可以给我们温暖、给我们希望的地方，家是一个可以让我们停靠的港湾，家也是我们精神上的寄托。是家给了我们希望，让我们享受无尽的欢乐，家是人生旅途歇息的驿站，人生是漂泊在大海里的一只航船，家就是最安全的港湾。家为我们指引前进的方向，家给了我们一双自由飞翔的翅膀。梦不论在何方，一生的爱唯有家，家才是我们幸福的港湾。

         家不是一个简单的概念，社会学家说家是社会的最小细胞；婚姻学家说家是风雨相依的两人世界。究竟什么是家呢，许多人认为这是一个不值得思考的问题。

        那么先让我们来听一个故事吧。有一个富翁醉倒在他的别墅外面,他的保安扶起他说: “先生,让我扶你回家吧! ”富翁反问保安: “家？！我的家在哪里？你能扶我回得了家吗？”。保安大惑不解,指着不远处的别墅说: “那不是你的家么？”富翁指了指自己的心口窝，又指了指不远处的那栋豪华别墅，一本正经的,断断续续地回答说：“那,那不是我的家,那只是我的房屋。”

        家不是房屋，不是彩电，不是冰箱，不是物质堆砌起来的空间。物质的丰富固然可以给我们一点感官的快感，但那是转眼即逝的。试想，在那个空间中，如果充满暴力和冷战，同床异梦，貌合神离，“家”将不成为其家。而成为一个争斗的战场。汽车,不过是这个现代化的战场中的悲剧的摆设品罢了。难怪有一些大款自我解嘲道: “我穷得只剩下钱了!”

        家需要有爱的亲人。需要那份特别的真情实感，两个相互牵挂的人就是家，家在这里上升为一种信仰，一种宗教，一种支持精神力量。

        家是爱的聚合体,试看天下之家,皆为爱而聚,无爱而散。

        家是一个感情的港湾，家是成长的摇篮，家是一个灵魂的栖息地，家是最能让自己放纵的地方，家是一个精神的乐园。家就是你和你家人在一起的情感的全部.拥有它时，它平凡如柴米油盐酱醋茶；失去它时，掏心掏肝也找不回。

        没有家庭的和谐，就没有社会的和谐，没有家庭的平安，就没有整个社会的安宁有序，家和万事兴。

        怎样才能处理好夫妻之间的关系，这是摆在家中的最为关键的问题。正所谓：“百年修得同船渡，千年修得共枕眠。”夫妻就是两个半球，“半个球无法滚动，要有另一个半球。”那么夫妻之间如何相处才能使家庭和谐呢？夫妻之间相处要理解、信任、尊重、宽容。它就象握一把沙子，松松地握着，它一点也不会漏，你握得越紧，它漏的就越多。

        家是一种文化；家是一段时光；家是一种情怀。夫妻好比两条腿，要站稳，要走路，谁也离不开谁，为何一条腿对另一条腿总是抱怨不休。有夫妻说结婚数十年无矛盾无分歧，可以断言，他们至少有一个人对家庭毫不负责，对对方毫不关心。婚姻是舒服着的烦恼。家庭不是讲理的地方，夫妻之道“难得糊涂。”倘若两个人谁都不愿糊涂，这个家庭永无宁日。托尔斯泰说：“幸福的家庭是相似的，不幸的家庭各有各自的不幸”。

         最佳的婚姻配署不等于最佳的婚姻状态，没有对男人的仰视，没有对女人的欣赏，爱情将无从发生。婚姻将无从缠绵，爱在于“迷”，过分的清醒，盘算和比较，这不是爱情。美满的婚姻，爱情加良心就是一切，婚姻是纯洁的“自私”，爱情是神圣的“贪婪”，一旦对你不在自私了，说明你对她已不在重要了。   

        婚姻就象泡茶，第一道茶象恋爱，浓烈馥郁香；第二道茶象新婚，清新可人；第三道茶则象刚过密月或密年的婚姻，平淡如水，需要我们用平常心去品味，才能领略到其中的真趣。

        钱钟书说：“家庭是金漆的鸟笼，笼子外面的鸟想住进来，笼子内的鸟想飞出去。”

　　    当今离婚是“富贵病”，穷则想安，富则想变。没有爱情的婚姻不稳定，只剩下爱情的婚姻也不稳定，时间和距离能使爱情升温和降温。最差的女人也想找到个优秀的男人，最差的男人也想找到个优秀的女人，所以，婚姻是个永恒的遗憾。

        男人是哲学，女人是诗。没有诗的哲学是枯燥的，没有哲学的诗是肤浅的。哲学理性而诗感性，男人要想读懂诗，要先弄明白自己的哲学，女人想要理解哲学，就要先明白自己这首诗，深度的哲学只有配上适当韵味的诗才能共鸣，于是最好的不一定适合你，适合你的才是最好的。

　

        都说老婆是人家好，其实脚大鞋小都知道，爱妻子也爱情人，掺了水的假酒，是水还是酒，爱丈夫也爱情人，只有愉快的起点，没有愉快的终点，好男人太多，不可与丈夫比，好女人太多，不可与妻子比，那是危险的。

        见达官显贵不攀比，不比丈夫之无能，见美貌风骚无邪念，多想夫妻之恩爱，女人的软弱是假象，软弱但不可欺，想制服女人的男人，有几个不被女人制服，女人不是弱者，女性是男性力量的源泉，那个男人的彪悍不是来自爱女人和女人爱的鼓励，不如女人的男人，不比不如男人的女人少。

        林语堂说：“女人是水，兑入酒中是酒，兑入醋中是醋”。女人的身价取决于他的男人。

　　    别说女人离不开男人，男人更需要女人，没有女人的男人没法活，没有男人的女人照样过。男人是水，女人是堤，没有不想决堤泛滥的水，人是一座情欲的火山，外表虽平静，地火在燃烧，一旦火山爆发，那就是洪水猛兽。

        男人通过性表达爱，女人通过性理解爱，性和睦是夫妻和睦的沃土，贫寒不等于没有一个温暖的家，好丈夫珍爱妻子那温情脉脉的柔情，体恤那柔弱持家的艰辛，只顾驾驭不懂爱怜，不是好丈夫。

  

         妻子贤惠是最宝贵的家庭财富，贤惠的女人首先是聪明，然后才是贤惠，傻女人以贤惠为吃亏，聪明的女人往丈夫脸上抹金，傻女人往丈夫脸上抹黑，妻子鄙视丈夫是家庭最深刻的悲剧。

　　    妻子关心的过程是一定要唠叨的，这是她幸福感的渲泄，千万不要打断她心底那幸福感的奏鸣。妻子撒娇是爱的赐予，把柔情献给丈夫，鄙视丈夫的女人是不会在丈夫面前撒娇的。哪个男人不怕老婆，“怕”是谦让，是爱的凭证。  

         最理想的夫妻关系想必是：亲密而带着适当疏离，坦诚而保留着部分稳秘，即可两情缱锩，又有个人天地。

　　    夫妻之间如果能把对方当作自己最好的朋友相处,那么,两个人的手就会握的很紧.

　　    爱一个人最重要的也许不是山盟海誓和甜言蜜语,生活中的一些琐事,更能体现他对你的用情,那才是爱的密码。

        与所爱的人长期相处的秘诀是：放弃改变对象的念头。为了爱情的继续，婚姻的美满，妻子固要取悦丈夫，丈夫也要取悦妻子，至于如何取悦，乃是一种高级的艺术。傲不可长,欲不可纵,乐不可极,志不可满。

        信任；是婚姻关系中两个人所共享的最重要特质也是建立愉快的、成长的关系所不可短缺的。婚姻生活者，半睁眼半闭眼地生活也，天下没有十全十美的男女，如果眼睛睁得太久，或用照妖镜照得太久，恐怕连上帝身上都能挑出毛病。

         夫妻生活中最可贵的莫过于真诚、信任和体贴。在幸福的婚姻中，每个人应尊重对方的趣味与爱好。以为两个人可有同样的思想，同样的判断，同样的欲愿，是最荒唐的念头。在和睦的家庭里，每对夫妻至少有一个是“傻子。夫妻好比同一把琴弦上的弦，他们在同一旋律中和谐地颤动，但彼此又都是独立的。

        一对彼此相配的夫妇是经得起一切可能发生的灾难的袭击的，当他们一块儿过着穷困的日子的时候，他们比一对占有全世界的财产但离心离德的夫妻要幸福得多。

　　    年轻时代的夫妻吵架是爱情的纠葛，而上了年纪之后的夫妻吵架则令人心灰意冷。

　　    妻子不贞，丈夫有一半责任。丈夫不贞，太太也有一半责任。如果把对方逼得落荒而逃，责任就更大。合格的妻子应该通过自己的努力使丈夫成为社会财富的创造者。

        在现实生活中，好男人不一定能娶到好女人，好女人也不一定能嫁得好男人，好女人和好男人在一起生活又不一定幸福。人有千种，世有百态，每个人的性格、品味、素养皆不同，夫妻相处的方式就不同，一百对夫妻有一百种相处的方式。

        婚姻就象一桌酒席，爱是主食，宽容、理解、信任、尊重就是一道道菜，欣赏、幽默、趣味就是酒和饮料，只有同时具备上述几个品种的酒席，才算得上完美无缺的酒席，但愿大家在婚姻这桌酒席上，吃得安逸，吃得泰然，吃得永久，直到生命的最后一息。

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Amazing Facts about who are the sons of Noah

I love this video clips. It makes a lot of sense to me.

Wallace Heng's 18th Birthday !

From Mum to Wallace :-

Two years ago, it was sweet 16. Today its 18th birthday for you, time to enter the adulthood highway. Cruise carefully and remember to stop to enjoy the scenery and meet with people along the journey. Life is a journey to be enjoyed and not meant to be rushed.

Happy 18th Birthday Son ! Growing up is too slow for you and too fast for me. Remember that Mum & Dad loves you all the way to the moon and back.

From Dad to Wallace :-

"The higher you climb, the better the view."

Co-latha breith sona
Happy 18th birthday, Wallace Heng.
God bless! — at City Chambers , George Square, Glasgow.

Launching Elliot's future

Hakka Abacus Dish - CNY Recipe

Chinese New Year 2016

Chinese  New Year is here again ! Lots of food and goodies, expensive to buy but most rewarding to make them at home. This year, the mood is a bit different, without my mum, things got really busy since Christmas. We have never really slowed down. Partly due to the fact that we did not have family holidays at the end of the year 2015. 

2015 just zoomed pass us and 2016 New Year over and now Chinese New Year is here ! 

This dried meat is not difficult to make but the ingredientss to marinate have to follow the first recipe I got from my friend. This year, the dark soya sauce I used was too salty, it lacked some sweetness. Oh well, we could use them as preserved meats to be cooked with vegetables or eat with rice ! Treat it like Chinese Sausages ! 

Pineapple tarts are specialist CNY Foodies ! It is a lot of work but the results are melting good and goes well with any coffee ! I baked 1 Kg butter portion of pastry and used two packets of pineapple jam and we got about 280 tiny pieces. The verdict - it is better than some sold in the shop ! 

This is a Must-Have item. My kids used to dislike them and never ate them. Until I found this Nyonya Style Nian Gao using santan which I amended to use Gula Melaka and the result, yummilicious. This year, I even perfected the baking and learnt how to make them nicer, rounder and smoother.