Today is the first day of the 8th month according to the Chinese Lunar calendar. Throughout this month many young people will be tying their knots in marriage. So tonight i shall be attending a wedding dinner at a local restaurant. The occassion is to celebrate the marriage of my neighbour's daughter. I still remember the little girl....thin and lanky....when they first moved into the neighbourhood. Wow, today she is getting married. How time flies. This month of September also saw the wedding registration of my own girl in Sydney, Down Under on 09.09.09. Well, the neighbourhood children have all grown up now and almost every one of them is starting a family of their own. This reminds us that we are getting older day by day.
This afternoon i visited Dot...a grand old lady of our church. She's over 80 years now and still very hale and hearty. She still has a good memory and never fails to ask about my nieces or nephews. A person with a big heart.....showing so much love and concern for others. God willing, she will be attending my girl's wedding dinner on 22 January 10. Whenever we meet, there's so much to share.....about family members, personal needs and of course TV programmes.
This month also marks the celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival. There will be plenty of mooncakes for sale. Through innovation, there are plenty of flavours for mooncakes....durian, pandan and so on. This time though i'm trying one type...black sesamee lotus paste .....for filling. I do not know how's the taste is like but since i like black sesamee, i guess the taste should be alright. Generally, i prefer to stick to the more traditional type of filling for mooncakes....hope this will turn out well for tomorrow..........
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Realize.........
It will come a time when one will realize what true friendship is. I just came back from Ipoh after spending two days with a long time friend of mine. This friend and i have lots of mutual friends too. As usual, when we meet, she will ask about the welfare of our mutual friends. She has never fail to show care and concern for friends that she does not often meet or has not seen for a long while. A true friend is indeed a person who we can share all our thoughts, our dreams and all our aspirations.......and also someone who can point out to us our weaknesses and our strength.....so that one can improve oneself. Hence one can always learn to be a better person.
We had a good time going round eating the delicious hawker food. Just hoping i would not put on much weight. We also spent our time shopping...and it really takes a good friend to go round the shops with you.....patiently waiting for you to finish your shopping....not a word of complain.
Yes, it was time well spent with a good friend....so we plan to meet again next week but this time in Subang and i shall be taking them back to Teluk Intan for a flying visit to her old friends before going back to Ipoh. Thank the good Lord for good friends and i know in my heart this friendship is for keeps.............
We had a good time going round eating the delicious hawker food. Just hoping i would not put on much weight. We also spent our time shopping...and it really takes a good friend to go round the shops with you.....patiently waiting for you to finish your shopping....not a word of complain.
Yes, it was time well spent with a good friend....so we plan to meet again next week but this time in Subang and i shall be taking them back to Teluk Intan for a flying visit to her old friends before going back to Ipoh. Thank the good Lord for good friends and i know in my heart this friendship is for keeps.............
Thursday, September 10, 2009
I love Fridays....the start of another weekend. I always remember TGIF...thank God it's Friday.....this was what my American lecturer used to say to us students during our English lesson on Fridays. Those days i still have to attend lectures and work on Fridays but these days Friday is the start of a long weekend for me.
Today i shall be visiting my friends in Ipoh. As usual it will be a time of chit chatting and going round the town for some good food. My friends have been telling me the prices of food in Ipoh has gone up tremendouly and it is no longer cheap as in those days. The cost of living has gone up so much......and the income of the people simply cannot cope with the rising cost of living. Yes, there is not much money to spread around but living in this country is much better than many countries in the world. At least the government here does hand out goodies to the lower income group. So, in life we should not complain too much but learn to appreciate the little that we have, then living is so much more pleasant and happier.
One of my cousins called yesterday to invite me to her son's wedding party in two weeks' time. I just can't imagine all my nieces and nephews getting married and having children of their own when my memory of them was they were just kids. Now they are all grown up and ready to face the world on their own. Not too far in the future i would have little kids addressing me as grandaunt........this thought is certainly very daunting. Well, that's life.........
Today i shall be visiting my friends in Ipoh. As usual it will be a time of chit chatting and going round the town for some good food. My friends have been telling me the prices of food in Ipoh has gone up tremendouly and it is no longer cheap as in those days. The cost of living has gone up so much......and the income of the people simply cannot cope with the rising cost of living. Yes, there is not much money to spread around but living in this country is much better than many countries in the world. At least the government here does hand out goodies to the lower income group. So, in life we should not complain too much but learn to appreciate the little that we have, then living is so much more pleasant and happier.
One of my cousins called yesterday to invite me to her son's wedding party in two weeks' time. I just can't imagine all my nieces and nephews getting married and having children of their own when my memory of them was they were just kids. Now they are all grown up and ready to face the world on their own. Not too far in the future i would have little kids addressing me as grandaunt........this thought is certainly very daunting. Well, that's life.........
Monday, September 7, 2009
Reflection......
The three days long weekend, i was at a secluded place in Gopeng. The place was called Harvest Haven ....a beautiful place for retreats in the middle of a vast palm oil plantation. You can see some low hills in the distance and as far as the eye can see, only palm oil trees. The whole place is very quiet and except for the people staying in the bungalow, not a soul is in sight.
Eighteen of us gathered at this place for a time of reflection and also re-energizing ourselves. This is our fifth spiritual retreat.....we have been meeting once a year for the last five years. It is good to get away to a quiet place, away from the 'busy-ness' of daily living once a year to reflect. It is good just to sit amongst some plants and have a quiet contemplation of the past year. To be in oneness with nature...to feel the peace and to breathe in such fresh air is just too indescribable.
The eighteen of us too share our experiences of the past year and also share some of our more personal stuff. It is good to be able 'unload' all our baggages and burdens so as to speak. It just makes us realize that all of us are so vulnerable and we are so easily hurt and we carry these hurts with us thus making our lives miserable. We learn to release all these hurts to the Almighty and ask for healing so that we can go on with our lives....to live a more fruitful live. The tears and the laughter were all part of the learning process.
We will meet again next year, and i hope that by then our lives will be richer and fuller. Till then.......Shalom.
Eighteen of us gathered at this place for a time of reflection and also re-energizing ourselves. This is our fifth spiritual retreat.....we have been meeting once a year for the last five years. It is good to get away to a quiet place, away from the 'busy-ness' of daily living once a year to reflect. It is good just to sit amongst some plants and have a quiet contemplation of the past year. To be in oneness with nature...to feel the peace and to breathe in such fresh air is just too indescribable.
The eighteen of us too share our experiences of the past year and also share some of our more personal stuff. It is good to be able 'unload' all our baggages and burdens so as to speak. It just makes us realize that all of us are so vulnerable and we are so easily hurt and we carry these hurts with us thus making our lives miserable. We learn to release all these hurts to the Almighty and ask for healing so that we can go on with our lives....to live a more fruitful live. The tears and the laughter were all part of the learning process.
We will meet again next year, and i hope that by then our lives will be richer and fuller. Till then.......Shalom.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Remember.......
The journey through this life is not an easy one. Every day there are choices to make. It is the art of making these choices that will help us to determind what quality of life we are going to have. If we want to be happy, then we have to make a concious effort to think of happy things, to remember the happy moments of the past, to recall the good things in other people....to see the good that is in others. Not easy but not difficult to do. This calls for an exercise of the will that is in all of us.
I have a neighbour who truly irks us most of the time. Thank goodness she is not my immediate neighbour. She is friendly to only few people. Those she is not friendly with ...watch out...as her immediate neighbour found out one day. I do not understand why certain people behave in such manner. If they are not happy with anything, why not talk it over and resolve the whole issue whereby come to an understanding...instead of keeping others guessing their motives. So one day this was exactly what my neighbour did and asked her why she did all the stuff like throwing away all her brooms or clothes she put on the fence to dry. This funny lady just kept quiet and walked away.....so issue not resolved till this day.
Conclusion...some people are just too difficult to be liked. However, she has a good point that i can see in her......she's very helpful to the ones she likes...like doing errands for them.
I have a neighbour who truly irks us most of the time. Thank goodness she is not my immediate neighbour. She is friendly to only few people. Those she is not friendly with ...watch out...as her immediate neighbour found out one day. I do not understand why certain people behave in such manner. If they are not happy with anything, why not talk it over and resolve the whole issue whereby come to an understanding...instead of keeping others guessing their motives. So one day this was exactly what my neighbour did and asked her why she did all the stuff like throwing away all her brooms or clothes she put on the fence to dry. This funny lady just kept quiet and walked away.....so issue not resolved till this day.
Conclusion...some people are just too difficult to be liked. However, she has a good point that i can see in her......she's very helpful to the ones she likes...like doing errands for them.
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