Chocolate Parfiat

I think Zen Mai would be our usual dinner spot on Fridays after work. It seems like we have been heading there every week and lately it is at least twice a week -_-" Lucas as usual would order the 2 chef special sushi and his Salmon Sashimi. Hahahaha...

Eugene and me just see what else is interesting and eat besides our usual order ^_^ But at the end of the meal, we feel satisfied and content. We have never left Zen Mai feeling not contented. Hahaha...But today we ordered their chocolate parfait. Lucas has never tried it before so we decided to order one and share. 

Damn, it is sinful but delicious ^_^

The 7 Children In "The Sound of Music" - After 40 Years‏

~ The 7 Children In 'The Sound of Music' - After 40 Years ~

'The Sound of Music' is a 1965 film. It won the Academy Award for Best Picture of 1965 and is one of the most popular musicals ever produced. Still remember the 7 children of the Trapp family?

They were having a reunion after 40 years and all were looking healthy and amazingly well.....

Thursday Night

It is not a typical Thursday as we treat it as a Friday night as we are too stress to wait for Friday night. This is our very first Thursday aka Friday night outing. After work, spontaneously we decided to head to the arcade to relax. This is the first time we are heading to the arcade to release stress. We cramp inside Lucas car and head off to Pyramid in Sunway. 

When we reach Pyramid, it is our usual case of what to eat for dinner. We look at the directory and try to figure what to eat. Susan then say Kim Gary and we head off to Kim Gary. Once we were seated in Kim Gary, we suddenly feel like eating Zen Mai and we think of the cost which is about the same and we just left Kim Gary to go to Zen Mai. Unfortunately we left Zen Mai too as there is no space for 5 people. We were then back to square one where we do not know where to eat. 

Errol was in Pyramid at that time and we decided to look for him and eat at the place where he is eating which is Ole Ole Bali. Since we haven't tried that place before we then head there. We then sat on the floor where it is cramp. I still wonder how people eat sitting on the mat with the table so low. All I know it was my stupid idea to sit at that table and then have leg cramps ever so often. Luckily the others didn't scold me for my dumb idea -_-"

When we look at the menu, our eyes pop out at the price but when the serving came, we understand  the pricing for each order. It is huge and 2 people can share that amount. We ordered 4 dishes where one is fried baby octopus, fish 'n' chips, bbq chicken and one of their local dish. We then ordered one jug of bali lime which taste good as they put in pandan leave also. 

The five of us just ate and ate till we are bloated. It was delicious and filling. We just sat there a while after dinner to digest our delicious dinner. After spliting the bill, we head off to the arcade. We played Initial D 2 and 4 and EZ Dance which is the dance machine. It was fun. Lucas, Susan and Stephen play one of the 3 player challenges game ^_^ while Eugene, Errol and I just compete in Initial D. Lucas was supose to dance but in the end all of us play except him -_-" Eugene is getting pro in the dance ^_^

After playing for an hour, we then head home as we got to work the next day but we feel energize to tackle what is ahead of us the next day ^_^

Friday Night

It is Friday night again but what are we to do besides watching movie??? Pool and Foosball ^_^ It is not something we do normally but just feel like it. Right after work, Lucas drove us over to his house where I took my car ad drove home. We meet up at my house where Lucas park his car there then we went to Asia Cafe in one car.

Friday night the parking in Asia Cafe is crazy. Errol came and join us later on. We had our dinner first before heading up to play pool. When we went up, it was crowded and there was no tables available. We went to the counter and ask how long is the wait and we were lucky as we were the next in line. The last person on the waiting list just got their table. Eugene then change some coins to play foosball while waiting. As we place the second ball in to play, Lucas was called as there was a table for us. Lucas went and book the table first as we finish our foosball game.

When we are done, we head off to the table where Lucas was like training his pool skill -_-" We were scare of him for a while since he has his warm up session. We then pair up and play against each other where Susan and Stephen emerge as the overall winners. Eugene then decide to be cheeky by telling me that Errol wanted to challenge me one on one -_-" I then say we play 9-ball pool. He agree to it and we have our game. It was fun to play thought. Hahaha...Then it started with everyone playing 9-ball pool. 

After a few more rounds, we decided it was time to head home as it was close to midnight. But before we left, we play our last round of foosball ^_^ It was a fun game as I recorded one of their goal scoring session. Hahaha...It is so funny. It was a fun and relaxing night where we unwind after a stressful week at work instead of heading to the movies ^_^

Dengue Fever Remedy

I would like to share this interesting discovery from a classmate's son who has just recovered from dengue fever. Apparently, his son was in the critical stage at the ICU when his blood platelet counts drops to 15 after 15 liters of blood transfusion. 

His father was so worried that he seeks another friend's recommendation and his son was saved. He confessed to me that he give his son raw juice of  the papaya leaves. From a pallet count of 45 after 20 liters of blood transfusion, and after drinking the raw papaya leaf juice, his pallet count jumps instantly to 135. Even the doctors and nurses were surprised. After the second day he was discharged. So he asks me to pass this good news around. 
 
Accordingly it is raw papaya leaves, 2pcs just cleaned and pound and squeeze with filter cloth. You will only get one tablespoon per leaf. So two tablespoon per serving once a day. Do not boil or cook or rinse with hot water, it will loose its strength. Only the leafy part and no stem or sap. It is very bitter and you have to swallow it like Won Low Kat. But it works. 

*Papaya Juice - Cure for Dengue* 
  
You may have heard this elsewhere but if not I am glad to inform you that papaya juice is a natural cure for dengue fever. As dengue fever is rampant now, I think it's good to share this with all. 

A friend of mine had dengue last year. It was a very serious situation for her as her platelet count had dropped to 28,000 after 3 days in hospital and water has started to fill up her lung. She had difficulty in breathing. She was only 32-year old. Doctor says there's no cure for dengue. We just have to wait for her body immune system to build up resistance against dengue and fight its own battle. She already had 2 blood transfusion and all of us were praying very hard as her platelet continued to drop since the first day she was admitted. 
 
Fortunately her mother-in-law heard that papaya juice would help to reduce the fever and got some papaya leaves, pounded them and squeeze the juice out for her. The next day, her platelet count started to increase, her fever subside. We continued to feed her with papaya juice and she recovered after 3 days!!! Amazing but it's true. It's believed one's body would be overheated when one is down with dengue and that also caused the patient to have fever papaya juice has cooling effect. Thus, it helps to reduce the level of heat in one's body, thus the fever will go away. I found that it's also good when one is having sore throat or suffering from heat. 
 
Please spread the news about this as lately there are many dengue cases. It's great if such natural cure could help to ease the sufferings of dengue patients. Furthermore it's so easily available. Blend them and squeeze the juice! It's simple and miraculously effective!! 

Please pass this around to as many contacts as possible cos it may save someones lives. Hope it will travel round the world to as many countries as possibles.

Mathematic Formula of Success

Now, take a look at this... 

From a strictly mathematical viewpoint, 

What Equals to 100%? 
What does it mean to give MORE than 100%? 

Ever wonder about those people who say they are giving more than 100%... 

We have all been in situations where someone wants you to 

GIVE OVER 100%. 

How about ACHIEVING 101%?

What equals to 100% in life?


Here's a little mathematical formula that might help answering these questions:


If:

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Is represented as:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 


It is 

H-A-R-D-W-O- R- K 

8+1+18+4+2 3+15+18+11 = 98% 

And 

K-N-O-W-L-E- D-G-E 

11+14+15+23+ 12+5+4+7+ 5 = 96% 

But 

A-T-T-I-T-U- D-E 

1+20+20+9+20+ 21+4+5 = 100%

AND 

L-O-V-E-O-F- G-O-D 

12+15+22+5+15+ 6+7+15+4 = 101%


Therefore, one can conclude with mathematical certainty that: 

While Hard Work and Knowledge will get you close and Attitude will get you there... 

 It's the Love of God that will put you over the top!!!

Lucas's Birthday

It is Lucas's birthday on the 28 August and we took him out to celebrate. Unfortunately he got to work on his birthday ^_^ But it was full of excitement from morning till night. Since we are going out to celebrate Lucas's birthday, we decided to drive to work. I woke up early and pick Eugene then Lucas before heading to work. 

As we pass the Parlimen building to head to Pudu, there was this car that we were trying to figure what happened to it. The driver was driving with the car boot open. As we drove nearer, it was then we realize that the car was badly hit from the back till the boot cannot close. We started to guess what hit the car or the car hit something till it is that badly damage. Besides that, we took a detour that day also and we came across this signboard which I feel is funny.

We then reach the office early. We then went down for breakfast before we start work. It was kinda fun at work as Eugene inform our manager, Edward that it is Lucas's birthday today. Edward then send an email to everyone in the department to wish Lucas happy birthday. The fun part was Edward insert a picture of Luke Skywalker in the email. Hahahahaha... Lucas is also known as Luke Skywalker in the department ^_^

Time flies and without realizing it, it is time to clock out of work ^_^ We then head off to Time Square to celebrate Lucas birthday. When we reach time square, we were wondering what to eat. It took us a while before we went to Dome Cafe for dinner. We look through the menu and we start to order our meal. Lucas, Eugene and Susan ordered seafood pasta while Jess ordered Fish 'N' Chips. I had something like kunyit chicken while Stephen had Catch of the Day. 

All the food was delicious. We had a fun meal. Eugene was telling us that he is known as 'Sucker King' -_-" I know. It is not the work sucker but he can suck the prawn out of its shell. He did it not once, not twice but three times. Then he challenge Lucas who fail badly in it. Lucas kept trying but didn't once manage to suck the prawn clean from its shell. 

Once dinner was over, we surprise Lucas with a slice of cake. We sang him the birthday song and light the candle for him. Once he blow of the candle, we just took the cake away and buried the candle. He was then asked to use his mouth to take the candle out of the cake. As he was taking the candle out, Jess went and press his face down into the cake. Ouch...she didn't do it once but twice as Lucas take a longer time to take the candle out. But in the end, he did manage to take it out and we all share that slice of cake but no one dare to eat the top of the cake.

After a wonderful meal top with the cake as the dessert, we then decide to either go for bowling or karaoke. In the end, we went to the bowling alley as we cannot stay long in karaoke and it is not worth it. We play 2 rounds where we split into 2 teams. The first round it was individual scoring while the second round was team scoring. For the individual round, we can see Lucas and Eugene competing among each other as their score were close. In the second round, it was a clear cut on who is the winner. The team was split where Lucas, Eugene and me are in one team while Susan, Stephen and Jess are in the other team. 

Throughout the whole game, we had fun and laugh a lot at how weird each and everyone of us can be. In the end of the day, we achieve what we want to do which is to celebrate Lucas birthday and let him have a fun time while we too have fun with him ^_^ We had so much fun that we didn't realize it was close to midnight when we are done. We then head home as we have to work the next day except for Susan and Stephen -_-" It is their day off the next day. But we had fun and we are looking forward to the next person's birthday which I do not know who.

Lucas Style of Crossing the Road

It was one of those days where me, Eugene and Lucas would car pool to work. Since it was spontaneous, we haven't apply for season parking pass yet so we have to park at the open car park opposite our office. Every morning without fail, there would be so many cars that it is hard to cross the road. We just have to be either fast or run across as on coming cars are speeding towards us. 

Unfortunately for this morning, we got stuck in the middle of the road and not the divider. What Eugene and I did was just run as the car was speeding towards us. Lucas didn't move but stood there. It was quite a funny site as we watch him standing there where there are cars passing him in front and at the back. 

It took him a while before he manage to cross the road and he was real cool when he cross like 'Pro cross-er' ^_^

God Is In Control

A man from Norfolk , VA called a local radio station to share this on Sept 11th, 2003. His Name was Robert Matthews. These are his words:

"A few weeks before Sept. 11th, my wife and I found out we were going to have our first child. She planned a trip out to California to visit her sister.

On our way to the airport, we prayed that God would grant my wife a safe trip and be with her.

Shortly after I said 'amen,' we both heard a loud pop and the car shook violently. We had blown out a tire.. I replaced the tire as quickly as I could, but we still missed her flight.. Both very upset, we drove home.

I received a call from my father who was retired NYFD. He asked what my wife's flight number was, but I explained that we missed the flight. My father informed me that her flight was the one that crashed into the southern tower. I was too shocked to speak.

My father also had more news for me; he was going to help. 'This is not something. I can't just sit by for I have to do something..'

I was concerned for his safety, of course, but more because he had never given his life to Christ.

After a brief debate, I knew his mind was made up. Before he got off of the phone, he said, 'take good care of my grandchild.' Those were the last words I ever heard my father say; he died while helping in the rescue effort.

My joy that my prayer of safety for my wife had been answered quickly became anger. I was angry at God, at my father, and at myself. I had gone for nearly two years blaming God for taking my father away.My son would never know his grandfather. My father had never accepted Christ, and I never got to say goodbye.

Then something happened. About two months ago, I was sitting at home with my wife and my son, when there was a knock on the door. I looked at my wife, but I could tell she wasn't expecting anyone. I opened the door to a couple with a small child. The man looked at me and asked if my father's name was Jake Matthews. I told him it was. He quickly grabbed my hand and said, "I never got the chance to meet your father, but it is an honor to meet his son.'

He explained to me that his wife had worked in the World Trade Center and had been caught inside after the attack. She was pregnant and had been caught under debris. He then explained that my father had been the one to find his wife and free her.

My eyes welled up with tears as I thought of my father giving his life for people like this. He then said, 'there is something else you need to know.' His wife then told me that as my father worked to free her, she talked to him and led him to Christ.

I began sobbing at the news. Now I know that when I get to heaven, my father will be standing beside Jesus to welcome me, and that this family would be able to thank him themselves.

When their baby boy was born, they named him Jacob Matthew in honor of the man who gave his life so that mother and baby could live."

This story should help us to realize two things: First - that though it has been seven years since the attacks, we should never let it become a mere tragic memory. And second - but most important - God is always in control.

We may not see the reason behind things, and we may never know this side of heaven, but God is ALWAYS in control.

Please take time to share this amazing story with those you love. You may never know the impact it may have on someone. God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called.

Give thanks to the Lord for He is good. His love endures forever.Psalm136:1

How To Dance In The Rain

It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80's,arrived to have stitches removed from his thumb. 

He said he was in a hurry as he had an appointment at 9:00 am. 

I took his vital signs and had him take a seat, knowing it would be over an hour before someone would be able to see him. 

I saw him looking at his watch, and decided, since I was not busy with another patient, I would evaluate his wound. 

On exam, it was well healed, so I talked to one of the doctors, got the needed supplies to remove his sutures and redress his wound. While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor's appointment this morning, as he was in such a hurry. 

The gentleman told me no, that he needed to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his wife. 

I inquired as to her health; he told me that she had been there for a while and that she was a victim of Alzheimer's Disease. 

As we talked, I asked if she would be upset if he was a bit late. 

He replied that she no longer knew who he was, that she had not recognized him in five years now. 

I was surprised, and asked him, 'And you still go every morning, even though she doesn't know who you are'? 

He smiled as he patted my hand and said, 'She doesn't know me, but I still know who she is'. 

I had to hold back tears as he left; I had goose bumps on my arm, and thought, 'That is the kind of love I want in my life'. 

True love is neither physical, nor romantic. True love is an acceptance of all that is, has been, will be, and will not be. 

With all the jokes and fun that are in e-mails, sometimes there is one that comes along that has an important message. 

This one I thought I could share with you. 

The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the best of everything they have. 

I hope you share this with someone you care about. I just did. 

'Life isn't about how to survive the storm, But how to dance in the rain.'