Unremovable Promise 拿不掉的承諾

Mom's wedding ring was stuck to her finger that no amount of diet helped.

It looked something like this (but not as bad):

For days poor mom was in silent agony because the stuck diamond ring was blocking blood circulation to her ring finger.

So finally, she decided to have it cut!

We went to Mazzucchelli's Jeweler in Garden City and the woman there had a sweet tool like the one pictured below:


Within seconds mom's ring finger was free to wiggle again! But the ring was in bad shape and needed repair. For a fee of $180 mom's ring will look like new again with a half shape makeover (technical term I learnt from the Jeweler) and promises to fit her finger like a dream.

But better still is that dad agreed to purchase mom a bigger, clearer and whiter diamond from Rosendorff.

Bling in its ultimate form!

My itchy finger

Last night when filling out an online survey, a "mobile fun4 hours" ad popped up in the form of a quiz that wouldn't go away.

Unable to navigate to the next page where the actual survey was, I devised an ingenious plan to "pretend enter" the quiz with a totally random mobile number that is so random in nature no one in Australia would be its proud owner.

But as soon as I did that, I regretted it.

Because I may have just signed someone up for "a diverse range of mobile content and entertainment including music, games, video, information services, graphics and applications."

All for the very cheap price of 2x $6.90 upon joining and an ongoing subscription fee of $6.90 every 3 days.

OH BOY... What did I get myself into...

Imagine my amplified horror upon finding out that this supposedly imaginary mobile number isn't so random after all! It actually has a proper owner who wants to get to rid of it. "This account is up for sale and if you are interested, please contact me on 04xx xxx xxx" said the voicemail at 11:30pm.

Immediately this terrible sense of sorry and guilt for what I've done so inconsiderately washed over me... I felt sick to the stomach.

Realizing that there was absolutely nothing I could do except to tell God about it, I began praying. After prayer I felt more peaceful but none the less sorry. I began writing an email to Mobile fun4 hours' helpdesk explaining what happened and what a thoughtless mistake it was.

Followed by a draggy night of sleep.

The next morning I nervously dialed the phone number to Mobile fun4 hours' helpdesk. Cutting the story short, apparently subscriptions are double 'locked' to avoid acts of stupidity like mine. What a huge relief! God answered my prayer and saved me from a potential disaster!

No more itchy fingers in the future!

Brother and sister day

Today brother Sun and sister Sun got to hang out.

In the morning we were at church then went to have lunch at Sunday Everyday. Then we played a word game of 'catch the dragon' to test each other's Chinese and had a fun time of silly laughs. In the afternoon we headed to the bank to deposit some money and when we got back, Stevo and I washed our cars until it was time for dinner.

Phew,

That's heaps of stuff done!

But more importantly, we also had PLENTY of time to talk and share some very personal lessons and convictions from God... Which I won't share publicly... just yet!

blu.e

I ♥ all things blue lately, especially when blue meets white.

Like clear clouds floating in blue sky, perfect harmony as painted by God.

Stevie fell unwell today, the poor little one stayed in bed all day dozing in and out of sleep. At noon I made him a simple lunch before heading out to an arts supply shop in Myaree. Upon returning, his lunch was briefly nibbled at.

No, it wasn't my cooking... Just in case there are doubts!

Stevie apologized saying he tried eating but the appetite wasn't there. Now feeling more sorry for him than ever, I scooped out the flesh of a mango for his lunch instead.

Btw, thank God that 3 was able to reduce an $11 charge on my account today as a one-off good will!

Capture Life's Little Moments

我說人為什麼他要拍照呢？
人活得好好的，他究竟為什麼要拍照？
喔～～～
到底是為了要回味兒啊！
回什麼味兒呢？
回自己的味兒
回自己和大家生活的味兒
回經曆跟體驗的味兒
回感受深刻的味兒
回悲歡離合喜怒哀樂的味兒

什麼樣的照片才叫做好呢？
拍得漂亮 拍得瀟灑
拍得清楚 拍得得意 拍得精彩
拍得深情 拍得智慧
拍得天真無邪 反撲歸真
拍得喜事連連 無怨無悔
拍得恍然大悟 破鏡重圓
拍得平常心是道
拍得日日好日 年年好年
拍得如夢似真 止於至善

(source:大學生了沒)

對於攝影這門學問

我一竅不通
我只是愛拍照，就這麼簡單

每天每天，都要認真過

想把心中的感動，用照片傳達出來

主是生命中最不可或缺的一部分

Love as I loved

Love as I loved

When our Lord as speaking to the crowd, a beggar came
Who fell down before Christ and called out His name.
The disciples quickly came,
And they turned the man away,
Till they saw the Lord's compassion
And they heard the Savior say:

Love as I loved,
Give as I gave;
These are the people that I came to save.
Love as I loved, and I will shine through.
Let others see My love in you.

Yesterday my time was filled with vain and empty things,
And I was so busy with all that life brings.
People crowded in my way,
But I pushed them all away they were just a senseless bother
Till I heard the Savior say:

Love as I loved,
Give as I gave;
These are the people that I came to save.
Love as I loved, and I will shine through.
Let others see My love in you.

♪

This hymn has been ringing in my head for few weeks now
When it came up at the Regen retreat I was overjoyed!

Love as He loved, give as He gave
These are the people that He came to save
Love as He love, and He will shine through
Let others see Christ's love in me

I ಇ paper lanterns
made a little one and stamped on my favorite plum flower

梅花梅花幾月開
一月不開二月開，二月不開三月開...

小時候玩的遊戲
此時此刻卻令我好想去賞梅
看那滿山的五瓣小白花

On an unrelated topic, Adelphe's having a special meeting at Grace's house
Screening 'Biblical Womanhood' by Pat Berg over high-tea:
Sunday 15th November 3:30pm

save the date☺

Purchased these pink silicon chocolate cups for the event above
If I pre-prepare the chocolate at home then the girls can enjoy decorating them

aren't they just the cutest?

It's that time of the year again

Next week will be Spring Cleaning week, from top to bottom.

NO EXCUSE!

Evangelism Kopi Tiam

Evangelism Kopi Tiam n.

Evangelism Cafe wherein the coffee culture can be experienced with true Malaysian/Singaporean flavour.

(kopi - coffee; tiam - shop)

Coming soon!

What's your Nescafe Moment?

An ordinary cup of Nescafé Gold brought precious memories into remembrance.

As its rich and creamy coffee aroma filled up every corner of the room, my thoughts began traveling back in time...

Having grown up on Nescafé, you can scorn me but it matters little. The taste of brewed stuff is undoubtedly better but isn't worth the trouble of having to clean the coffee machine afterward.

As for now...

I'll savor the Nescafé Moment a little longer. Sneaking a rest before more studying tonight.

Sister's Fellowship

Sister's Fellowship

6 pm

18th October 2009

BPCWA

All (sisters) welcome :)

Camp T-shirt night tonight

Dont forget yours!

BPNYC 2009

"Come, My Beloved."
-God

September Murmur

30in30
Meetings
Bowling
Weekly Wednesday Bible study
My graduation
Hui Min's graduation
Evangelism lunch
Jacob's ladder & Blue Duck
Tra Vinh & Toto
Job interview
Venue hunting
Monopoly
Guitar jamming in darkness
Recipe gathering
Heart to heart talks
Stamp making
Book reading
Flight searching
Sunday School Picnic

These are a few of the things I got up to

▪
super Busy
yet
super Rewarding
▪

Thank God for the blessing filled September ♥

My daddy my hero!

As the Sun Family's boss, my daddy works very hard to provide for his family.
He takes care of us to the very best he can!

My daddy is also a cheeky person, always one up for a good laugh.
You can joke around with him but if you accidentally pushed the wrong button,
quickly run as far in the opposite direction as possible!

Minutes later when all's forgotten,
daddy will whip up the most juicy steamed fish on planet earth for dinner at night.


This is dad before he lost a lot of weight.

Here's dad getting a pampering massage.

My daddy as a handsom Ang Moh.

For Father's Day dinner, we went to Singapore Hawkers Food.

Dad ducked into the kitchen to say hi to the boss,

then came out with delicious shark fin soup which he made himself.
Dad trusts nobody with shark fin preparation!

My favouritest food: Snow Crab.

Our simple dinner: honey pepper spare ribs, salt and pepper snow crab, shezchuan fish and shredded pork, seafood claypot and shark fin soup.

After dinner daddy visited more friends at the Korean HiMart next door.
There he treated us to ice cream and fancy Korean drinks.

Two people I love dearest!
Without them, there'd be no JCS.

Big Sun and little Sun

Dad wants us to know that he loves us very much

RC & JS in Ikea

Prepping for Regen's upcoming retreat took us to Ikea,
there we enjoyed freshly made brunch and bottomless coffee.Despite being sidetracked by some irrelevant but totally interesting activities...
(eg. Chair Testing & Crazy Hat Parade)
The task given is mission accomplished!

***

►Later on in the day: NYC meeting & dinner in Freo◄

Making Laksa

One hungry day there was nothing good in the fridge except laksa paste & chicken stock.

Looks like it's laksa lunch for one.

① Stock + laksa paste

② Microwave

③ Stir in coconut milk

④ Mee hoon, tofu + beansprouts

⑤ Dig in!

♥
\(￣ˇ￣)/

2009 Sept 30in30 begins!

Today is the first day of September 30in30 2009,
last night's recurring thought was that this year's going to be a challenge.
Currently not working nor studying, most of my time is spent at home...
How to evangelise if I stayed at home all the time?

"No sort of defense is needed for preaching out of doors;
but it would need very potent arguments to prove that a man had done his duty
who has never preaches beyond the walls of his meeting place."
Charles Spurgeon

Primitive Internet

First and foremost, apologies for the blog abandonment of late...

Secondly, I'm frustrated.

Downloaded like a million stuff in 5 days, I blew our internet quota in the first week of the month. I will wear this embarrassing record of Stupidity because I totally deserve it.

The past 20 days were pure torture. I refuse to relive the experience by telling you all about it.

Thank God for an understanding brother... despite being not at all happy Jane, Stevo isn't giving me a hard time (which makes me all the more guilty)...

Lastly, allow me to formally announce that I

"LOATHE DIAL-UP INTERNET (SPEED)!!!"

Today's Bible Reading which I loved...

“Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies,
kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;

Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another,
if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye.

And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.

And let the peace of God rule in your hearts,
to the which also ye are called in one body; and be ye thankful.

Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom;
teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.

And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus,
giving thanks to God and the Father by him.”

Colossians 3:12-17