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Thursday, 21 January 2010

MY FAVOURITE MONTH

I took my own photograph ...minus the cake

Jo's birthday's present

I have always said January is my favourite month as it is the month I was born in.
Today I am very fortunate to celebrate the 47th year of living my life.
The half century mark is getting nearer and nearer....nooooooooooo!!!!
How time 'flies'. It all seems like I have just celebrated one yesterday.
No doubt I am thankful for my 'blessed'life.
To be able to love and be loved in return.

This year I swore I would end the year a better person.
Then again almost every year I set the same 'goal' . Sad to say by the end of each year I still feel I haven't achieved much.

Nevertheless my personal wishes will always be the same...
health,love, happiness,fulfillment, satifaction.....etc etc
Life is too short to not want all the 'good stuff' it has to offer.

MSSD 2010 TEN PIN BOWLING

Yona receiving her trophy

Happy with her 3rd placing

Winners!

The district inter school bowling ten pin was held over a period of three days.
It was a last minute entrance for Lydia therefore I had to do most of the paperwork for her to be able to compete myself.
To the extend of paying her entrance fee.
Initially I felt that she was not ready to join in the competition as she has just started learning the game seriously barely a month ago.
Her coach had a different opinion and insisted that I let her enter or else won't waste his time training her anymore. With that I had no choice but to comply.
All came out well when she earned a place for the Sandakan under twelve girls team after coming in third.
Yona on the other hand had no trouble clinging the top spot for the girls under 15competition winning by a far margin.
Not a double win as last year as she was not able to play the doubles as there was no fellow bowler from her school. Last year's partner had upgraded a level on the age catogary group.

Wednesday, 4 November 2009

HOME MADE GOODIES

Weekend with spare time to clean the refrigerator found me busy in the kitchen baking instead after finding too many green apples lying in the vegetable's box.
While making apple pie, Lydia asked for her cupcakes to which I promised I would .
I had on an earlier thought wanted to try out the popiah skin/Nespray tits bits I've always tasted on hari raya's open houses. I had rolled out the 'skins' earlier on and was just waiting for them to dry out prior to frying.
Not a bad day as 'eveything' turned out successful.

Ready for the oven...

Yona's knife cutting the just out of the oven pie

A must have at every baking... Lydia's favourite cupcakes

Something new that I tried.. 'Batang buruk' or rotten log (????) .. which in actual is tiny rolled popiah skin in nespray/peas powder.

FAMILY DAY AT CHURCH

Every year from the month of October to November, the church organises family day activities. Families were assigned to a few group/'family'.
Every 'family' was given the opportunity to conduct service for that particular sabbath they were each assigned to.
Other than that there were quizes and games played .
Afterwhich 'potluck' was held.
This year I was assigned to a different 'family' from mom and dad.
Their group won, mine only managed second.

Jo and me doing our favourite pose....with the food in hand

Dad, mon and the girls....amongs other

Chicken with potatoes in vegetarian oyster sauce... one of my dish

Mom's fame curry chicken

Desserts's table... with my durian pudding

a view of one 'table'....

.....and another

special presentation from the Niyo's 'family'

'Head' of the family singing on vasper's night

FOOD FOR THOUGHTS....AGAIN

My favourive baking when I have limited time and yet still felt like baking ...muffins!
Must do in two flavours as Tisha only eats chocolate ones.

When Tisha's urge to have the roti tissue strike....
We would normally have them at the nearest indian shop around...i.e. one near to Giant . A very porpular eating and 'meeting' place even late at night.

A 'FLAT'

Having not attending church last week, it's only the more the reason to attend this week.
Dad was in KK so mom came to pick us up . No one notices the car's tyres but mom kept saying that it feels like 'wobbly'.
It was left at that until the time to go home.
One of the front tyre was totally 'flat'.
It was to be a few minute job to replace UNLESS...
1. it was parked on a slop
2. mom's car did not have part of the 'jack'
3.the people helping doesn't have the right 'jack'... three cars with all different 'jacks'
4.the spare tyre was also totally 'flat'.... bad way of finding out AFTER they have change it
5.the spare tyre they brought to pump was faulty and had to come back for the first one for the tube to be change

With everything said, it took more than two hours for the car to finally be able to move.

A picture during service..... ish ish ish

Ooh... caught on camera. Special song from the women ministries

Realising the 'flat' after service

Men to the rescue

women onlookers

LYEONNA'S 14TH

As we no longer celebrate birthdays with a party at home, Yona's birthday was celebrated with the usual dinner at a restaurant with families and friend.
Again Kg Pukat was our choice.
Dad was not in town so it was only mom that came. Beside Rocky and Flo, Joanna and her 'kids', Yona invited her bowling coach Alex and his wife to attend.

Bringging in the cake