A Praying Husband has Power

I need to pray for my wife, in the areas of ...

from the book The Power of  A Praying Husband by Stormie Omartian

Of Sports and Trains

Last Friday, wifey met Yilong for dinner at Star Vista. It was his belated birthday treat. I stayed home to vacuum and mop the floor after dinner at Ah Pang with folks.


Whenever possible, I would like to finish up the chores on Friday nights as it would mean that I do not have to worry about them over the weekend. Also, doing chores at night with the radio on feels cooler and more relaxing to me.

Wifey came back much earlier than i expected that night.

I also laid a lizard trap to trap a lizard which has been hiding beside my window grill for the longest time. Boy am i glad to see this on Sat morning

Saturday morning, I went for my soccer at AMK.

It has been rather long since my last game there. Reached there just in time for the start and had quite a good workout with the lads.

Wifey met her mom for breakfast and then to an interview near Clarke Quay. After my game ended at 12+, I went over to Hougang to return Joshua his webbing . Wow.. from AMK MRT Station to Bishan (Circle Line) and than walk to take another line to Serangoon (North east Line) and from there another train to Hougang... nearly got lost in transit.
After returning the webbing, I went for lunch at KangKar Mall. I ate seafood hor fun. From there, I proceeded to take train (again) to Sengkang and than from Sengkang, i took the LRT to Farmway and walked over to the sports complex.

It was quite a nice place with a huge swimmimg complex, restaurants, badminton court integrated . A bit like SAFRA clubhouses. Played badminton with some of the unit bro/sis until 5pm and than Jasmine send me home while they went to Queensway to get new shoes.

Wifey and myself than joined them for dinner at Alexandra Village and after dinner we walked abit at Anchorpoint before heading home.

Sunday after church, we went to beach road to have Bak Kut Teh lunch. We were discussing with Alex and Jiayun about their wedding over lunch. At night had dinner at home while watching Gulliver’s Travel on TV.
It was quite a nice show.

Foot Reflex and a Hike

Last Fridays evening, I secretly arranged a foot relexology session for wifey and myself at Sole Relax. Bought the package from Groupon at $48 for 2 pax for a 40mins foot reflex plus 20 mins of back massage.

I kept it a from wifey and only revealed to her at the last minute. The foot reflex was painful and both of us were enduring the pain throughout. Wifey got a more chatty messeur and he was doing most of the talking.. hehe.
After the session, we went to have dinner at the coffeshop at Lorong Mambong. We ordered a sambal stingray and ladyfingers. I found it quite nice but wifey does not really really the ladyfinger as its too soggy. After that, we went home.

Saturday morning, we went for hiking at Bukit Timah Hill. Seems like its my first time there and we took the yellow route (or was it the green one?) Anyway, the hike itself was manageable as some of us ( me , wifey, Judy , David, Liyin and Cindy ) took the easier way which is to walk the slope. One thing good is that the weather on that day was fantastic. Nice and balmy… ;)


when walking down a steep slope...lean back



 We finished the hike in about an hour or so and went for lunch at Bukit Timah market then went home to rest. Dinner was steamboat at at Ah Pang. Tried to cook an omelette but i think i have burnt their steamboat. At night, we attempted to finish Jiayun’s puzzle but managed only to complete about 75% of it. It was so tiring to complete a puzzle, ended up sleeping about 2+ a.m @@

Sunday , went for service and this is the first time in many many weeks the whole LG is present. Its good to see everyone again. In the afternoon I brought Matt and Mick for their soccer practice but too bad the training was cancelled on that day, what a coincidence. My first time bringing the kids and the session was being called off because the field was locked.

At night, wifey and myself went to Vivocity. She bought 2 pairs of jeans from Kitschen and we also used up both our vouchers from the tray return campaign for our dinner. Firstly was the delicious Grilled Taxes Chicken, than followed by the humongous Carl’s Jr portebello mushroom burger . It was like a 2.5X whopper.. good thing we shared everything. It was very nice though. Always good to use vouchers. Oh and she also tried on a Chelsea jersey, very cool indeed.

We then walked around Vivo for awhile more and than decided to head home, only to realise that it was showering outside! No wonder it was so cold in the mall…

With Mike and Sulley

Last evening, wifey and I went to have our dinner at Harbourfront Foodcourt. We shared a set of korean fried beef and kimchi soup. It was a simple and nice dinner because it has been some time since we had that. Finally wifey got to satisfy her craving.
After dinner we walked over to Vivocity and saw Mike and Sulley... took a picture with them and ta-da! here it is ...

 I like this picture because its colourful and cute. Nice evening with wifey...

S.E.A Aquarium Outing

Tuesday was our off day as we have planned to visit S.E.A Aquarium. Thanks to Mike’s free tickets

Started the day by going earlier to Harbourfront’s Ya Kun for our comfort breakfast.

After breakfast, we walked around Vivocity as we were still early and at about 1230pm, we took the rail into Sentosa
We linked up with mom and sis’s family shortly and proceeded into the Maritime Museum and S.E.A Aquarium.

It was a beautiful place but it was surprisingly very crowded on that day. As a result, we had to squeeze with the crowd in order to look at the tanks...

One of the station actually allow the visitors to touch the sea creatures like starfish, sea cucumber and fishes. That is rather interesting but then again the queue was long..

Then there is also this Typhoon Theatre which is screened a 4D movie about a man’s sea journey. We were “hit” with cold air, vibrating seats and sprinkles of water . It was soooo cold. Hehe...

We spent close to 5 hours in the aquarium before leaving for dinner at HBF foodcourt. Overall, It was quite a nice family outing , too bad dad was busy at work so could not join in the fun.



Birthday Memories

Last Sunday was a very special woman’s birthday.

So I brought her for dinner at Ma Maison @ Central. We shared a Mentaiko Spaghetti, burger, Scallop Carpaccio and a Pear Tart.

They also gave her a complimentary brownie with ice cream.

Although this year’s celebration was relatively muted due to the hazy weather and with me being sick for quite some time, we appreciate just to be able to just have each other’s presence in our life.

Darling, Blessed Birthday. Thank God for placing you in my life, you are so very special to me, May the Lord keep you healthy and grant you the desires of your heart... Love you very much!

Oh Whatever Makes Her Happy... On a Saturday Night...

Yesterday, my window lock broke as I was closing it after doing the chores. The sight brought both anger and panic. Anger because this is the nth time some parts of my window broke. Really bad quality material they used then... panic because I do not know if there is anyone able to fix it at that time and if its gonna cost alot and i cannot just leave it as it is as its facing the corridoor. 

Looking at the joint it was actually rivet in so I do not even have the necessary tools/skills to fix it on my own. So upon wifey's suggestion, managed to contact Uncle Ah Seng who arrived an hour later to solve my problems.. phew. Thank God also that the hardware shop I went to sells exactly 4 right sided lock which is just enough to change for the whole house, although i need to travel 2 trips for that. Uncle Ah Seng is a nice repairman who tried his best to fix the mess at a low cost. 

So, after my windows have been fixed properly, we washed up and went for an early dinner at Seah Inn, to have wifey's favourite fish soup. After dinner, we went to Vivocity to shop. To my horror, I found that pair of Sperry shoes that i bought selling for only $109 there and they do have size 8...Man, should have waited a while more. Never thought Queensway will be selling more expensive shoes than Vivo. Oh, and our failed attempt to transfer ownership of our mobile plans because wifey still owed Starhub $51 which we are absolutely unaware of and the change of ownership cost $40 too. So think we need more time to weigh the cost benefits. We also shopped at Esprit and Crocs hoping to get something for wifey's birthday but there are nothing interesting in Esprit while Crocs shoes are rather pricey. Wifey then bought a pair of brown and black top from Uniqlo. We also saw a choo choo train for kids outside Vivo... it looks quite interesting and we wondered what is the route that it takes..hmm....

After walking for quite some time, we went for desserts! Decided to try Saint Marc for the first time. I have natural obvious affinity to this cafe and i must say their much touted Little Fuji did not disappoint at all. It was a hot buttery danish, topped with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Really yummylicious especially with a cup of latte ;o) Good choice 

Took some pictures of the cafe, dark brown and orange goes very well together indeed. 

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After having our desserts, we decided to head home to rest our tired feet. Along the way, we went into Timberland and wifey found a staff who may just be able to solve her mouldy shoes problem. We shall see...

Today, Abel joined us for service after a month long hiatus. Great to see him back! and he looks happy to be back. May God continue to bring healing. After the service, we all prayed together with Pastor Jeff and Aung Leng than drove him back together with us. After sending Abel home, we went for a simple lunch of prawn noodles nearby.

Ok I am gonna stop now and have dinner and watch The Zoo Keeper.