Dinner at Zento Sushi

After spending 28 years together through thick and thin, in times of sickness and in health, in times of leanness and plenty, some times of sadness but many a times in joy - today we find some time to enjoy a simple Japanese meal at Zento Sushi.

Indeed the saying that "He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the Lord" Proverbs 18:22 (NASB) is true.

My prayer is that God will continue to bless our marriage richly and fill it with love, peace and joy to overflowing so that we can bless others as we are blessed.  The faithfulness of God together with His guided presence will enable us to bear witness for Him in this world.

I appreciate and love you.  A  BLESSED  ANNIVERSARY!

Hon Kei Food Corner

Have a quite time enjoying grandmother recipe at Hon Kei Food Corner.

Started as a stall at a coffee shop, at the corner of the junction between Penang Road and Lorong Kampong Malabar.  They serve the half decade old recipe of bak moi (minced meat porridge), mi sua or vermicelli (bee hoon) with pork internal parts, like brain, intestine, kidney, liver, etc.

A daughter

A Daughter

A daughter is a wonderful blessing,
A treasure from above.
She's laughter, warmth and special charm,
She's thoughtfulness and love.

A daughter brings a special joy,
That comes from deep inside.
And as she grows to adulthood,
She fills your heart with pride.

With every year that passes,
She's more special than before.
Through every stage, through every age,
You love her even more.

No words can describe the warm memores,
The pride and gratitude, too.
That comes from having a daughter,
To love and cherish ... just like you!

A daughter is a gift of love - Unknown

A Day Trip to Alor Setar

Lembah Bujang Archaeology Museum

The church organized a one day trip on May 1, to Alor Setar where three bus load of passengers visited Lembah Bujang Archaeology Museum, Paddy Museum, Tunku Abdul Rahman Museum and the Alor Setar town.
We stop by for lunch before travelling back after a fruitful and enjoyable day.

Sugar Cane Juice

Carved Stone Staircase head

Alor Setar Tower

Paddy Museum

Tunku House

Lunch at Singapore International Airport

Treated to a Japanese lunch at Singapore Airport on the way back to Penang after spending 10 days catching up lost time with my daughter and relatives.  How we wish we have more days to spend after thinking of going back to normality again. 

Dim Sum at Tim Ho Wan

We were blessed with an early Hong Kong Dim Sum dinner by Pas. Paul, Sis. Maggi and Melody at Tim Ho Wan Restaurant at Westgate, Jurong East, Singapore.

Dim Sum - which means "touching the heart" - is a Cantonese style cuisine from southern China, often served with pots of tea.

Tim Ho Wan, the 1 Michelin Star Dim Sum restaurant from Hong Kong is famed for its Baked Bun with BBQ pork, Ma Lai Gou, Pan Fried Carrot Cake and Vermicelli Roll with Pig's Liver known as the 4 Heavenly Kings.  Others include Har Gao, Siew Mai, Steamed Chicken Feet, Crispy Salad Fish Roll and Fried Dumpling.

After dinner we joined them for their Friday Prayer Meeting at Good Shepherd Assembly of God, Trade Hub 21, Jurong East, Singapore. 

Visit to Gardens by the Bay - Marina Bay Singapore

Supertrees

On 24 April 2014, we visited Singapore's new icon, a 101-hectare horticultural attraction.  Less than 5 minutes walk from Marina Bay.  We saw 9 to 16-storey vertical gardens (Supertrees) where rainwater are collected and used to generate solare power and act as venting ducts for the park's conversatories.

A suspended 128-metre long walkway between two Supertrees, the OCBC Skyway offers a bird's eye view of the Gardens and the Marina Bay urban area.

Supertrees at Night

OCBC Skyway

View from OCBC Skyway

 

Joy in Suffering

Peter gives 6 reasons why we can 'keep on rejoicing' when the suffering comes.  They are all related to God :

1)  It is not a surprise but a plan :

2)  It is evidence of our union with Christ :

3)  It is a means to attaining greater joy in glory :

4)  The Spirit of Glory and of God will rest on us :

5)  It glorifies God; and

6)  God is faithful to care for our soul.

True joy has nothing to do with circumstances.  It is really about faith and trust in God.  Paul writes in Galatians that the fruit of the Spirit includes joy (Galatians 5:22) .  That does not mean we enjoy the suffering and difficulty.  It does mean, however, that we have the strength and resilence to endure -- because the JOY of the Lord is our strength and God Himself will deliver us.

The assurance of the believer is not that God will save him even if he stops believing, but that God will keep him believing - God will sustain you in faith, He will make your hope firm and stable to the end - John Piper

Love is like the blowing wind

Love is like the blowing wind -

  爱亲像风吹
   Ai ching chiu hong tsui
  轻轻放互阮飞
   Kin kin pang hor goon poay
  毋管天顶偌呢阔
   Um kuan tee teng heah ne kuak
  毋管蒙雾偌呢大
   Um kuan bong boo heah ne tua
  自由和自在
   Chu yu ka chu chai
  天顶的上帝永远
   Tee teng eh Seong Teh eng wan
  牵着阮的线
   Khan tiao goon eh sua

    爱亲像风吹

      Ai ching chiu hong tsui
    轻轻放互阮飞
      Kin kin pang hor goon poay
    在蒙蒙的风雨中
      Ti bong bong eh hong hor teong
    风吹永远勿会失迷
      Hong tsui eng wan bueh sit bay
    自由和自在
      Zhu yu ka zhu zai
    天顶的上帝
      Tee teng eh Seong Teh
    永远看顾阮
      Eng wan quah kor goon

           爱如风吹    轻轻放互阮飞
          Ai ru hong tsui      Kin kin pang hor goon poay
           爱如风吹    轻轻放互阮飞
          Ai ru hong tsui      Kin kin pang hor goon poay
       啊！阮的上帝
          Ah!    goon eh Seong Teh
       牵阮的线永远勿会失迷
          Khan goon eh sua eng wan bueh sit bay

          一生跟你    一生爱你
                 Yi sheng ter Li     Yi sheng ai Li
          风吹永远勿会失迷
                 Hong tsui eng wan bueh sit bay  [Written & Music by 鄭金川  and  廖雅慧]


Love is meant to be free.
Give and do not expect.
Advise but do not order.
Ask but never demand.
  A good companion is not like the rain, which comes and go.
  It's like the air, sometimes very quiet.
  If you love something set it free.
  If it comes back, it's yours.
  If it does not, it never was.

The glory of life is to love, not to be loved;  to give, not to get;  to serve, not to be served.

Prosperity or Providence

The word "providence" comes from the Latin providentia (Greek: pronoia [provnoia]) and essentially means "foresight" or "making provision beforehand.

Providence is the sovereign, divine superintendence of all things, guiding them toward their divinely predetermined end in a way that is consistent with their created nature, all to the glory and praise of God.

God has the freedom to use anything, anyone, anywhere to accomplish His good purposes.

The prosperity Gospel teaches that it is never God's will for His people to be poor, sick, or troubled, and focuses on blessings.  It is a false Gospel.  God does love to lavish gifts on His children and delights in our successes, but our greatest prosperity is not in getting a new car or house or in starting a new relationship.  But rather, it is in knowing God and having a life that brings glory to Him.

The message of the prosperity Gospel is not only wrong but will leads people to idolatry rather than faith - it leads people to use Jesus, not love Him.

[Extracts from LIVING Life August 2013 issue]

Trusting God's providence means believing that God will use a string seemingly unrelated events to accomplish His good purpose - Dean R. Ulrich