TGIF!

Last Friday, wifey and I took half day leave from work to go on a date. As we still have an unused pair of movie vouchers, we decided to catch the film “We Bought a Zoo” at Orchard Cineleisure. It was a rather touching movie that made wifey teared at some scenes…

Before the show starts, we had our lunch at Shokudo. Wifey had Miso Soup Udon while I had a plate of seafood platter rice set which comes with a cup of ice lemon tea, mango pudding and miso soup. ( this place add chilli padi into their miso soup, it’s a tad spicy but nice ) we completed the satisfying meal with their delicious Tofu cheesecake.

After the movie, wifey saw a leather sling bag which she fancies and decided to get it so that she can hang her new key chain. ;oP ha-ha

We then strolled over to Takashimaya basement to have a look at their Chinese New Year fair. The usual stalls selling Chinese New Year goodies were there. We sampled their tarts, nuts, cakes, soups, noodles etc… and bought a bottle of crispy chilli sauce ;o)
We were tired by then and decided to head home to rest awhile before LG starts.

We had our first LG in 2012 on that day and it was a nice time of just catching up and sharing our resolutions (again). Jiayun played a mandarin worship song 有一位神 (There is a God) during holy comm…

I shared on the topic “God Knows Best” as a follow up from our new series A new U – A New Purpose. The
main theme being the verse Jeremiah 29:11

After LG, wifey and I was feeling hungry as we haven’t had our dinner yet, so I cooked dried instant noodles with the chilli I bought in the afternoon with some mushrooms. As we ate and chatted into the night…

Glenda and Gianna

Recently, we celebrated my nieces' Glenda and Gigi's Birthday at Swensens (Holland Village). G&G are very adorable but they are very different in terms of characters and temperament.
Glenda always thought herself as a princess while Gianna is a rugged gal who is deceptively tough beneath her tiny frame.
We love both to bits and just pray that God will continue to watch over them and that they grow up to be powerful powerful woman for Jesus.

Saturday Delight

Last Saturday, wifey and I went to ICA to collect her I.C.
After that we went to McDonalds at Bugis Junction for breakfast.
It has been quite a while since we had that. I enjoyed the meal as their new set now comes with hotcakes and bacon…. No more dilemma whether to eat hotcakes or big breakfast when I can have BOTH!!! Yeah!
After that we went to shop around inside the mall and also played some childish arcade games like shooting basketball, throwing balls at the screen, shooting spiders and water targets… haha. Simple pleasures … really…. But it was a good time of fun with wifey.

Wifey with her breakfast

wifey shooting some hoops

wifey shooting tarantulas ;o)

A Weekend @ Singapore Food Trail & Flea Market

Last Friday, there was no LG so we had dinner at home. Wanted to go for a late night movie but was feeling too tired and lazy so ended up staying at home through the night.
Felt a bit peckish so I prepared some ham and cheese for supper.

Saturday, woke up early and went Ghim Moh for breakfast with folks. Had my usual fare, folks too and wifey tried prawn noodles. Can feel the weather beginning to turn hot recently, so we decided to go for a swim at Queenstown swimming pool after breakfast.
We swam for about an hour and as the sun was beginning to scorch our skin, we decided to come up before we get sun burnt.

Went back and shared a packet of nasi lemak (bought earlier in Ghim Moh) for lunch. It was nice! food usually tastes exceptionally delicious after a swim. After lunch we watched Rumpunzel cartoon on the DVD. Both wifey and myself enjoyed the show as the songs and storyline of the cartoon were captivating.

For dinner, we decided to try the Singapore Food Trail @ the Singapore Flyer. I was excited and I think folks were very interested too. As there is an early BPL match between Man Utd and West Ham at 7:45pm, we left home earlier (about 5pm) to the flyer. I expected a large crowd but because we were early (thankfully!) the crowd hasn’t formed yet. We chose our seats at the open area and went to buy our food. Singapore Food trail is a 60’s themed food court with a wide selection of “retro” famous stalls.

Mom ate Tai Hwa Bak chor mee, wifey ate Bak Kut Teh, Dad bought Rojak, ice kacheng and cheng tng to share and I bought orh luak (fried oyster) and satay bee hoon to share. Its been quite some time since the whole family tried a new dinner place so the dinner was particularly enjoyable for me.
Deb and Family joined us a little later and they too ordered a wide variety of food to enjoy. As the crowd was beginning to swell near 6plus we decided to avail our tables and walk around near the flyer. The surrounding is beautiful and quite windy. Very relaxing to just walk along the track and take some photos along the way.

us with folks

dad enjoying the breeze

grandma with matty
We left the place about 720pm and headed home. Parking charges was rather costly at about $6+ for 2+ hours ( $1.20per half hour charges). Reached home just in time for the game. West Ham stormed to a 2-0 half time lead before Rooney led Man Utd to a 4-2 comeback victory. Dad was pleased as a punch of the final result. ;o)
On Sunday after service, wifey and myself joined Abel and Eugene for the first time to the flea market at China Square. It was very interesting there, with lots and lots of toys on sale. We spent about 2-3 hours there just looking at mostly toys. Wifey bought 2 cute cartoon T-shirts there for $12. I did not buy anything but I hope to go back again next time.

Streets of the Small Night Market

Just came back from the streets of Chinatown...man, it was crowded as expected during the lead up to Chinese New Year. Was there with wifey, Larina and Eugene... we had BBQ squids, Spicy fishball, fried Tofu and tried their jelly, mushroom and cuttlefish. It does feel a bit like walking down the streets of Taiwan night market ;o) Earlier in the evening, we had our Sub D Cg, the first for this year at FMC. For intro we were asked about our superhero (someone who impacted my life deeply). I shared that mine would be my ex CL-shepherd Augustine. He is someone i respected because of his integrity and wisdom and of course....a twisted sense of humour.
Boy and Linda led the PnW. I liked that Boy explained the lyrics of his praise song. “honey in the rock” means that even in the most barren place (rock) , God can make goodness (honey) flows out of it... only God... and amen to that. Many times when we sing praise and worship to God, we do not know what the lyrics means. However, if we understand what we are singing... the song becomes more powerful and even more personal.
Danny shared his lesson on making life works. He shared that many times we are too concerned about our superstructure (exterior) but do not pay much attention to our sub structure (our foundation). Much like a building needs strong foundation, our lives need to be built on sound character, principals, values and beliefs.
To have a sound structure , we need to have wisdom and the book of Proverbs have loads of them! If only we take time to read, apply and let the essence of Proverbs saturate our lives and make God honouring decisions and choices. That is how God wants us to live and that is how He makes live works.
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom