Dizzy Bitzy - Fuzzy Wuzzy

I thought I strained myself too much while cadding non-stop fer 2 hours on my laptop.

Uh oh. I felt dizzy.
The dizzy spell happened not once, but thrice within a span of a few minutes!

Thought to myself:
-Did I ate lunch today? Checked.
-I sat cross legged? No?
-I am that weak?! (Never experience fainting spells before)

Noooo.. that can't be happening, so I started to cad even more furiously to ignore the dizzy spells.
(On the hindsight, I thought I was weird to continue what I was doing.
Should have got up and rest on bed instead but I refused to believe I was that weak I guess. Haha)


It turned out that Singapore experienced tremors from Sumatra's 7.6 magnitude earthquake at 6.15pm and a few minutes there after.

Am sorry to hear about the devastating news, but at the same time, that explained I am not weak after all!!


Jasmine felt the house shook.
I was just next door but I felt nary a shake.
If I knew, I would have ran downstairs to see the swaying chandelier.

09.09.09 Surprise!

Darling sent me a basket of sunflowers!

Was pleasantly surprised as we never plan to celebrate this day!

*MUAHHHHH*

p.s. don't you all find this basket of flowers familiar?
the mister forgot and sent me an exact same one some time back!

Baptism Name

I need a baptism name by this week to be water-baptized next week!

Ok, I want it to be included when I baptise mainly because I really believe naming alter one's life. Your name partly defines who you are. (Sounds like Chinese? Other than Chinese, the only other race who believes in name-changing is the Jew! It's in the bible - God changes people's names! see way below)

Help throw in any biblical name suggestions, anyone!!

I scoured through a while, most of the woman are prostitutes (through God's grace, prostitutes are also mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus!) or their names have negative connotations. It's darn hard to find.

Whittled down to a few, esther (the star), sarah (princess and mother of nations)..

I was thinking of SARAH..


Read her story from Genesis Chapters 15 -21:

• She was the only woman in the bible who had exceptional beauty even in her advanced years! Even the Pharaoh (Sarah at 60 years old) and King Abimelech (Sarah at an even older age) wanted her fer their harem! No, Pharaoh and King are not 'pa-jiao'
• She was the only woman to be addressed by God directly (other prophetesses receive revelations through angels)
  
• She had her youth restored when she conceived Issac.

"God also said to Abraham, "As for Sarai your wife, you are no longer to call her Sarai; her name will be Sarah. I will bless her and will surely give you a son by her. I will bless her so that she will be the mother of nations; kings of peoples will come from her." Genesis 17, 15-16

She was originally called Sarai (a name which means 'contentious', she dominates her husband. Eg: She asked Abraham to sleep with Hagar to carry his line when she was barren.)

But once God changed her name to Sarah, God breathed GRACE into her.
'Hei' is the 5th letter in the hebrew alphabet, and 5 is the number of grace.

'Hei' means God's breath. When we pronounce 'Hei', it's like breathing out the word. So, when God gave His breath of grace to Sarai, Sarai became SaraH. So did He to Abram, Abram became AbraHam!

See also the power of words! Every time someone called Sarah or when she introduced herself to others, she proclaimed faith, calling herself 'mother of many nations' even before she had a child. At this time, she was already 90 years old!

Subsequently, God called other women after her 'daughters of Sarah' (Romans 16:25-27)



Then I told Alvin, 'Hey, why not you choose Abraham since I'm Sarah.'
Abraham - father of multitudes
Hurhurhurhurhur.

Wells, he is thinking of David. I didn't research on the name, so I can't comment on it. But I think it sounds fat.. Haha. Sorraaay, names that starts with B or D sounds fat to me with a big tummy just that B has a belt on, so what?! So shallow. Hur. MYOB


P.S.: Here's another reason why I like the name Sarah too.

Emily Sarah Lim >> Emily S. Lim >>> EMILY's SLIM

I had actually entertained with this idea about having a 'S.' middle name since primary/sec school just for this purpose 'slim'.
I never knew I'd have a chance to do so (other than paying a great deal of money to add a few letters in your I/C or telling people you've a new name out of the blue one day) till I learned about baptism last Sunday!
My dream came true, I'd be receiving a certificate with my baptized name on it on 3rd Oct! =)


xoxo,
Every Minute I Love You (Ai Mei Li)

Black Crabby Patties! - 13th Sept

We're supposed to go fishing in the afternoon before heading off fer dinner at Eng Seng Restaurant at 247 Joo Chiat Place.

Alas, we'd to change plans as peals of thunder were heard just when we're about to meet!
Ended up playing mahjong at my place.
And guess what, it didn't rain the entire day at all. Annoying.


Anyway, fer mahjong, I reaped bountifully at the last round: 5 tais. - 4th to 1st place!!
Amanda was supposed to be leading! Hurhurhurhurhur.

No, we don't gamble nor am I a mahjong pro.. I'm just blessed!
I was the winner fer the previous session too.
Shall post up the mahjong scoring board in future. Wahahahahaha.




Strolled to Eng Seng Restaturant fer it's signature pepper crabs and queued fer a good 20-30mins before getting a table.

What did we do in the meantime?
Photo-taking.

Not normal ones, but UNGLAM ones to the max.
Cringe whenever I open the folder. Haha

The above went - “两位的，两位的！“
(for 2 seats! for 2 seats! - we're that bored and just followed what the aunty said at the restaurant)

Worse ones are on my facebook.
Bleargh.




Regina's dad said the main chef had left to be stationed at another branch and the standard of crabs may have drop.
I've only eaten it once (Cheng Xi treated!^^) so I couldn't really tell the difference!

I just think that the crabs turned cold a tad too fast.
(C'mon, it's an open air restaurant, leh. Cheebs.)
And the fact that they don't offer my favourite deep fried golden buns to pair with the chilli crabs, it's a disappointment.

In place of golden buns, white bread was served.
I might as well bring along a loaf of Gardenia bread from my home......
O wells, we still ate to our fill - 2 black pepper crabs, 2 chilli crabs and a plate of youtiao!


After dinner, we walked to Regina's place (it's quite near actually, maybe I can cycle to her place once I get my bike!), got the car and went fer Coffee Club at T3 to have coffee and cakes!

Alvin and Emily go Bananas! - 12th Sep

We went to Bollywood Veggies at 100 Neo Tiew Road on a sunny Saturday afternoon right after my dissertation submission.




We's lunch there!

Alvin had one of the "Bollywood's Specials".
I ordered Fish Moilee, and it turned out to be thattttttt small bowl of fish curry you see above!
No wonder the waiter asked if I need a bowl of rice to go with.
How do I know it's a small dish?

Thankfully Alvin called fer deserts which I thought we over ordered at first.
We had a "Bollywood 3-in-1", which consisted of Banana Bread, Kueh Bingka and Kueh Kosui.
I've not tried both kuehs before and I kinda like Kueh Bingka more!
Alvin had to finish up 99% of the Kueh Kosui.

Fer drinks we had glasses of refreshing Lemongrass Tea for Alvin and Iced Lemon Tea fer me. Purrfect fer the hot weather!




This was taken near where we sat.
Nice ya! I love dills!




Visited many plots and here's one of them.




Half-wished I could take some freshly picked kangkongs home to be cooked with sambal. Mm mm..

There were lots of other plants and fruit trees too which I can't be bothered to put them up here. (the rest are in my facebook)
Go visit fer yourself to see or join us fer the next lunch visit! =D




The sign here said "Go Bananas!"
Yeah, we dutifully did..




and went papayas too!




Spotted this brightly coloured Hummingbird as we proceeded to explore the huge farm.




And erm, I peeked inside the eco-toilet too.






Fancy a swing here! Quaint!
Could sit here fer half a day under this shady nook if not fer time and of course other visitors..




Alvin's pointing to the algae-filled pond, which oooohhh.. stankkk.
This should be the eco-toilet instead.




And we said adieu to Bollywood Farm to head off to Lian Wah Hing Quail Farm.
I can honestly say this was the best outing yet in 2009 fer the both of us but DAMNIT, the walk to the Quail Farm had to spoil it because it was soooo far, we walked fer a good hour before heading back to the Veggie Farm to hail a cab home.

There goes my quail pets which I wished to have.
Hahaha.
I once had them cause Jasmine bought two home!
One flew away (I wondered how), and papa went back to the farm to exchange the adult quail fer another two cute but frail-looking baby quails which in due time died.



Before I end off, here are some of the interesting plants/trees which I came across.

1) Didn't know Horseradish comes in a tree form too.
Thought Horseradish only comes in a plant form like White/Red Radish! Hurhurhur..
That's where you get your eye-tearing wasabi from! Shiok~

2) Quirky looking Banana Tree, I LIKE.

3) Bread Flower?
And so I went to google it.
"Bread Flower is a hairy, climbing shrub. Stems are covered with a gray, spotted bark, emitting a white latex when wounded. It is an essential ingredient of the ‘bunga rampai’, the decorated arrangement of finely sliced, fragrant leaves used for Malay weddings."
O.

FRUIT YOU!

These made my night!
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!!! Superliciously sweet!~

Can't help but keep smilin' as I popped em' in mah mouth!


I get to eat exotic/gourmet fruits at the mister's.
The staples at my side are: apple/banana/pear/orange.
Occassionally: durian/NORMAL grapes/kiwi/plum/papaya(BLEARGH).

Can't even have my favourite mango in the 'occasionals'.
Mummy says it's heaty.
(what about durian?! double standard..)
At the mister's I indulge in mangoes like no one's business.

Gawd..can't my mum be more adventurous when it comes to buying fruits.


P.S.: Ignore the wierd expression fer the last photo - wasn't ready. hurhur
HEYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Upon closer inspection, I think the champagne grapes are able to fit into my nostrils.

FruitQueenly Retarded,
Emily


- taken from Alvin's iPhone at his place.

Candice 23rd - 22nd Jul

Celebrated at (I had to ask Amanda about it.. haha) Shin Kushinya a few days shy of her actual birthday on the 24th of Jul.

The dinner set was our choice dish, and my, what a wide spread!
Out table literally overflowed with food!




Barter trade took place.

I don't eat meatballs nor Shishamo.
Everyone exchanged their grilled mushrooms fer my meat.


This was when we discussed that our stomach will always have space for dessert!
(Proven in some TV show they watched.)
And hence, we headed to Starbucks after a heavyweight dinner for coffee!

Amanda's Commencement

Amanda graduated on the 12th of July.

R.E.C. gave her a huge NUS bear and a golden star balloon!
Love the star shaped balloon, they should be hung everywhere during Christmas! Haha




Once again, Heartiest Congratulations to her!

God bless that she'd find a job soon!

*Muahhhhh*


P.S. I was having a church day camp fer freshies, running around school before that, hence me in my shorts to a convocation. It's a big no-no to dress like that lor. Haha

Death and life are in the power of the tongue

I recently wrote a post, lashing out at my friend.
I’ve since deleted. You’re free to ask me about it.
Yea, he’s at fault, but I reacted the wrong way too.

'Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit. '- Proverbs 18:21

‘With our tongues we praise our Lord and Father. With our tongues we call down curses on people. We do it even though they have been created to be like God. Praise and cursing come out of the same mouth. My brothers and sisters, it shouldn't be that way.’-James 3:9-10 (New International Reader’s version)

Whether we know it or not, there is the power of life and death within us, no in between.
The tongue has the power to proof, to rebuke, to encourage, to destroy, to hurt, to murder.

'Most people, when they desperately want something, will say things like, “I am dying for that piece of cake!” Few will say, “I am living for that piece of cake!”
What is worse is that we are quick to mention death when things go wrong.
Singaporeans are quick to say things like, “Die lah! Die lah!” at the drop of a hat. Nobody says, “Live lah! Live lah!”
Yet, the truth is that every word you speak has power — to build or destroy hopes and dreams, to restore or cause loss, to heal or break the spirit, to bring delight or despair, to bless or curse — for God’s Word says that death and life are in the power of the tongue.' - Pastor Prince, Daily Devotional (2009)

Haha, yea, it's true isn't it. I hear people saying 'die die die' all the time.
And I used to fight with my sis when I was younger and shouted 'go and die la'.
As you know, I don’t mean to. It was just in a fit of anger.
On the hindsight, what if something happened to her in the past.. I'd be guilt-ridden.

This is an area with which I have struggled for many years.
I stopped saying 'go and die' since I attended church in 2003.
But somehow, I didn't placed vulgarities together with it.

Call me slow or what, but I only recognised I had a problem when Alvin told me.
It seemed very natural to just say ‘fuck’ without much thought when I'm pissed over something. I'd just say 'fuck la'.
I remember there was once, I muttered 'fuck' under my breath, I fergot what was it about.
Then a goody-two-shoes classmate of mine overheard and went, 'hor.., I'll go and tell teacher.'
'F-u-c-k you? Go and tell la.' was my reply straight in her face.
Till today, I don't know if she did, cause our form teacher didn't call fer me. But I knew she went telling her group of friends. Hurhur. That was Primary 4.

(mm.. I learned from my dad. He says it over the phone when I was younger. Now, he uses it on me too. woah ya? how not to be influenced.)


Alvin said, ‘hey, your mouth’s ruling over you’ and asked me to stop saying it.
Being me, I told him, 'aiya.. whatever.' and stopped him from 'preaching'.
But inside me, thought bubbles began to form 'o ya, why couldn't I control my mouth?!’
Hence, I issued a challenge to myself and tried to stop myself from saying it.
I won't let my mouth 'rule over' me..

Needless to say, with self effort, ha-ha, I found it reaaally difficult. KNS. (like shiat not vulgar right? I’m equating things to feaces nia. I’m being honest with all that I type here; whatever goes into my mind is out here. One day, I shall cease spouting such uncouth words, in Jesus’ name!)

Yea, so I lost the challenge, let down my ego and told him, 'Ok, I CMI.. pray fer me.' (cannot make it. Hahaha, abbreviations, a Singaporean thing)
Hence, we prayed over it and God never fails.
I found myself not saying ‘fuck’ in recent years, though I occasionally still spew out when I accidentally trip or bump into something.
Weird though, it evolved to ‘cheebye la’ or fingering __ if we’re too far away to say cheebs. (Alvin and I say that to each other, once in a while.. in a harmless and cheeky way)
The process may be slow fer me, but I’ve already felt it began without self effort. Thank you, Jesus!

As I was searching fer verses, I found this online, by some other pastor.
‘Word are important. After all, God created the universe with words. He spoke and it was so. Our Lord Jesus was called THE WORD. “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us…

'Proverbs 16:1 says, “To a man belongs the plans of the heart, but from the Lord comes the reply of the tongue.” That verse means the tongue can be put under the Lord’s control. That’s a great thought. Your tongue, which today may be set on fire of hell may become a tongue under God’s control. He can give you new lips. He can give you a new tongue. He can put new words in your mouth. He can baptize your speech.' – Pastor Ray, (1994) (click)



May the good Lord help me.

Truly yours,
Emily

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wa lao.. i'm so f.king pissed.
Someone told me he won't be uploading photos of him and me on facebook because taking photos with him alone would create scandals.

I was ok with not uploading, big deal. But seeing the 2nd part made me see red.
I understand he's currently wooing a girl, but only a few photos, plus I see him less than 10x a year (that's with a group of people somemore), how does this constitute to a scandal?!

I replied 'how does it create a scandal?', 'anything la' and went offline.
FKNNCB. I bothered to go to his *, and then he tells me this. Don't invite me in the first place.
It's more hurting than pissed actually, My Friend. (?)
It's like as if I'm the potential third party of his yet-to-begin-r/s or he's wooing 2 girls at the same time by just merely taking a few photos..

Am I right to say he's not being truthful to his yet-to-be-gf.

I actually typed a quite a lot, cooled down and hit 'backspace' after that.
Should I tell him or not. Minus the CBs.

Fishing Fun - 6th Jul

Fishing with Candice again!

This uncle in the photo here was beside me when he caught a really huge fish.
TMD. If only I had a more professional rod, I can indulge in fishhead curry more often!
But I don't plan to invest in one anytime soon and besides, Alvin's mommy cook fishhead curry fer me! Hurhurhur.


Another new - we ate our catch!

In truth, we wanted to give all of our catch (our usual practice) to the other anglers but they insisted we take some home to cook or feed the stray cats.
One uncle even gave us a round fat fish! (see photo)
By the way, FEED THE CATS?
Walao. I'd rather throw away the fishes than feed the detestable felines.


Asked Tina to deep fry them whilst we went to bathe..

Tea-time before we head off to I fergotwhere fer dinner - Candice ate the 'Pok-pok' fish!
(Named 'Pok-pok' cause it literally goes pok-pok-pok when they're out of the water)
Gawd, they are so small (length of a mini stapler, go figure), I thought they can't be eaten, so says the other veteran anglers too.
Plus, I usually kick them back to the sea! Poor lil' things. LOL

Anyways, this was my first time eating my catch and I was a bit apprehensive.
(My ex-maid cooked the ikan billis I caught before, but they were fer soup stock)
Asked God to sanctify the food before we feasted cause I certainly do not wish for tummy upset!

It turned out that the Tamans were good enough to eat!
Similar to Kunings (yellowstriped scad), except it has more fine bones.
Wondered why my ex-maid said they don't taste good.

Candice even treated them as Shishamo and ate them whole.
I can't take Shishamo, looking at the bones and the sorry state of its head puts me off.


Yeap, and that concludes my 'holiday' fishing before school starts again!
Till the next time!