Multiple posts in one.

Too many good things happened in these few weeks and it would be a shame if I dont record them down.


The best weekend of life

Haha, yes. It was the best. A friday outing with the closed ones in Durham, plainly enjoying the sun, and it ended with an early birthday surprise!!! everyone took a bus down to durham just to surprise me at the restaurant during dinner time. I was so touched, so pampered, feeling so blessed. and not to forget, the prezzies I got made me smile like a kid!!! That Saturday was my last day at work, of course, it had been a long waited day. But, guess what, I was reluctant, telling the few methadone patients that I am leaving, having them say goodbye and wish me luck was again a whole new experience. These people might be the people the society dislikes, but I am sure if you love them like any person in life, they love you back. Michelle, my supervisor came in with a bunch of flowers, a card and a photo frame with everyone in the picture. She had been the best supervisor really, I am more than blessed to have her, always so kind to swap my shifts whenever I cant make them. And, what else, two of my colleagues appeared with a cake and pizza hut deliveries!!! It came so unexpectedly, so touched and really feeling so blessed to have met these awesome people in life.And Sunday, Candy and I had a really good session of sharing about lives, issues, blessings in that 3 hours long bus ride to Manchester. Those times were always cherished. And to end this weekend up, my man was standing there welcoming with a hug at the arrival hall in Memmingen. To meet up finally was such a new experience, I could only be thankful for such a thing to happen. 

The surprise party, 30th March 2012

The card and prezie from Michelle and the flowers at the back :)

Safina baked me that gorgeous cake, and thats me in uniform for the last time !

Travelling

The journey started with a missed train! Haha. New train and bus tickets had to be bought again. (Not that cheap really XD) Though it was not the best thing to happen and it was definitely a lesson learnt. And, I am just thankful of the attitude we both had when it happened. We knew we both contributed to being late and there was no point blaming and guess what, it did not affect us that much as we would expected. PTL! It was a rainy 3 days 2 nite trip in Prague!! But fret not, we did enjoy the rain, the total different experience. We enjoyed the cheap food, the unending laughs (My man is super lame, I am sure you agree if you ever get to know him), beautiful buildings, a special bread and the best was just plainly spending time together. And, the journey followed by meeting up with another few friends of mine in Munich. Another 2 days of fun and laugh. And what not, SNOW in SPRING! imagine having snow on blooming flowers. How beautiful could that be. More laughs, fellowships and of course beer sessions in Germany! Haha. Travelling with people you love is always the best thing. The most magnificent view was the one at Neuschwanstein castle I would say. God had been great, everyone was fit and well despite the bad weather and we all really had fun! It was the most relaxing trip ever because I could be all dependant on Mr man with everything, I only need to "carry" myself. Haha. Nothing more. How thankful. To travel during easter was not usual because normally I would be in the church on easter to celebrate His resurrection. But I have learnt that we can celebrate it wherever and whenever we are because we know that He truly lives that today we can be so free and joyful.

On our way back from Prague. :D

On the mountains, Germany

My 22nd Birthday

It all started with a dinner treat at a mexican restaurant from Mr man the night before. To be honest, least expectation I had out of him because he is not that kind of a romantic person but I was wrong!..That midnight, I fell asleep before 12. Waking up to a room full of peach scented candles and romantic songs wad surprising! And he actually decorated me a cakey! I was smiling in his embrace because I know he made that all happened just because of me, a person who never fail to be touched at surprises. He could never understand, but he did it anwyays. haha. And the next day was even more cool! He had a quest for me when he was out to town! making me running around looking for my prezzies! This is so not him! Of course, I am more than happy to find myself a birthday card from dad n mom and a polaroid camera from him, but you know what it was the efforts he made that made me smile. The efforts that I appreciate. And I got a postcard sent from a bloved friend all the way to Germany!!! Was ultra super happy! It was all great, with all the wishes and messages from all over the world :D Thanks for everything all you people who makes my life all that wonderful" And I know the ultimate one I have to thank is my Father Lord in heaven. 

The quest started with the note this miniature Mr man held. 

The rest of my time spent in Aalen, where Mr man lives was awesome. It was just a small quiet town. Meeting up with his friends, his church community and plainly understanding his daily routines were generally a wonderful experience. Having to cook for him and waiting him come back from class while I do my revisions for the coming exam were all simply a joy. The stroll in the evening, the time spent cooking together, praying together, watching movies and getting to know each other more were all much cherished. We grow to know each other more and more throughout the time spent together, good and bad things of course. Love is not blind, trust me, but it helps you accept each other for who we are. Being pampered of course was still the best thing ever. God, has been too good, too good blessing me with such a good mature man. I could only pray that He allows the journey to continue till we are united finally one day in the church. And my pain intensity decreases so much, believe it or not, with him aside :). PTL!

To sum it all up, too many blessings make me wonder how could one be not appreciative with God's grace. 

One last paper left!! & Happy Birthday Kai Ling!

It's beeeeeeen torturing! but thank God that there's only one more left.

Exam today was sooooo energy consuming!

But yays, 

it's over!!!! =)
Thank God! 

ONE MORE! just ONE MORE!

Then it's going to be SUMMER HOLIDAY!

London, paris and HOME!!!! then Germany? =)

Food to keep us survive till now. HAHA.

Happy Birthday Housemate Kai Ling =)

Connie's 21st

It was Connie's birthday on the 16th few days ago. It was exam period so we couldnt do much celebration. But it was all good times =)

What exam brings!

I wonder really.. why I am so worried about exam when it's just an exam after all. It's the way we were brought up I guess, never allowed to fail and was always expected to excel. It used to drag me so much throughout the years, to be honest, still now I could get so stressed out over that few pieces of papers. (It's getting better, really :))

But, to look at it differently, so many times, I found myself so humble and weak before Him. I know I need Him. Few days ago, I found myself on my knees telling Him I could not go any further. (It seriously sound like there's a major issue) HAhaha. And that's when His strength is made perfect. But, yes.. that's how weak I could get when it comes to exam. I believe everyone has different fears in life, and I am sure exam is one of mine. 

So, it's sad sometimes to feel oh-i-cant-do-it.. But, hey.. God brings lovely people into life to make it beautiful. I am reminded again that He is ever faithful. Encouragements, smiles, food, every single jia you means a lot. A prayer is so much needed during these times. And, skype dates! They never failed making me smile. I had a friend telling me.. it's nothing to lose really because nothing in this world belongs to us. Even if I fail.. God would not love me less. So what's so big deal about it?? So TRUE. but yes, the chemicals in my body are out of their minds XD haha. Anyway, the first one went alright. (I wouldnt say I would excel but :) no pressure heys.) Thanks for the every encouragements given :)

It's all about coping. Really.=)

Haha, oh we were stressed. and randomness! :)

Steamed pao-s for breakfast! :)

And one of the girls from the gang has a boyfriend already!!! Ah, I just can't help mentioning it here! Congratulations Melissa!! My wishes for both of you to be "xin fu"!! :) Yays. We are really happy about it. We have this special group in fb where we talk and update really. And ah, reading their stories definitely plaster a smile on our faces =) Aw, HE IS ROMANTIC! :P

Anyways, Fang fang and Xiao Hei got married!! It's sooo sweet! God has finally put them together! And I am sure they are being such a good example as God-loving artists. To LOVE "properly" =) HEHE. Touching wei!

And I should really stop youtube-ing and grab some rest and start reading for my friday paper. Pathology and Therapeutics! Ah, the most to memorise!


A friend wrote this to me , "We don't have to do it ourselves, do we? We have God. His infinite strength and love will get us through." beautiful :)

Things that make me smile! =)

It's all about studies now.. so life is no fun at the moment! Really :(

Found out something that is really easy to cook! Just "throw" the chicken into a pot of water and cook on low heat. Never boil it. It's super tasty and the meat is sooo juicy! Satisfying dinner!..

Joyce cooked this! super nice!

 It's accompanied with this really nice sauce!! Just mince spring onion and ginger. Add salt and sugar and oil. We used olive oil, which is healthier. =) 

The sauce :)

Kai Ling baked chocolate cake! with almond flakes!!!

 We had some "fun" in the kitchen. 

Dried longan with red dates and lotus seed.

I cooked this super easy "tang sui" in the afternoon. Glucose boost :) hehe. Taken from here!

Food!

A day of whole lot of food :) Blessed I am!

Bro prepared yummy breakfast for us! :) And we had them while watching the royal wedding. Kate's so beautiful!!

Portobello on toast, I LOVE IT!

We made Lok Mai Gai :) Glutinous rice with chicken & mushroom

 Got this recipe from here! But, we didnt have the lap cheong. so yea, chicken and mushrooms :) Think it was a success just that the rice isn't sticky enough. Should get better quality ones in future.

KFC here is just nothing compared to those back home. :(

I was in bed for 2 hours and I could not sleep! And so, I am here at such hour..!!!! Ah, sleepless night! No fun! I counted sheep, talked to shepherd, what else? :/

Bro cooks!

Sweet and Sour Pork Ribs! YUMMY! :) 

Recipe taken from here.

It turned out not as dark as expected though, but it's yuuuummmmmy! 

Emotions.

Emotions, can be so demanding in a sense that they want all your attention! I woke up feeeelinggg soooo lousy! Partly it was because I had a long night at work, so I was physically tired. And, I had a dream, so vivid that it brought back memories that have already faded. Then, I started feeling nostalgic. And then, the glooomy sky made me feeeel gloooomy as well (now, I'm blaming on the weather! XD) Or should I blame the hormones instead? (Esp girls?) And loneliness.. makes it worse. yikes.

I have a chemistry exam next week. So, I NEED to study, but I seriously couldn't focus. I was thinking about a lot of stuffs, except Chemistry! XD 

I felt so lousy that I found myself chopping carrots, onions, garlic & etc for dinner. (I think it was only 1pm) Taking my sweet time, I really did enjoy preparing for cooking. I think I just found myself a new way to satisfy the emotions, putting them at rest. :) (Trying not to give in to this funny thing, called emotion)

Was thankful that all the ingredients for pasta are so cheap here, compared to Malaysia. :)

I baked pasta! :) Housemates think it was not bad at all! :)

And, honey roasted parsnips. Housemates don't really like parsnips. =/ But I think those I had at bro's still taste better though. :(

I definitely enjoyed cooking and there'd be nothing else in your brain, except trying the best to cook nice food. :) Emotions plainly have no way to attack your soul that time! 

Housemate found this at a grocery shop! =D I like it! It is Sweet and Hot! (I said sweet first, cos you taste the sweetness first before your taste buds get the spiciness.

It's never easy when emotions start to get hold of you. But, I believe, it's still a battle to win! I find talking to Him the best way still, but so many times, we just tend to forget about this and think that other things are able to satisfy this demanding soul, and end up feeling worse and worse at the end of the day after trying so hard yet unsettled. Isn't it?

This reminds me of a phrase;

If you can't sleep, don't count sheep, talk to the shephard. :)

"Hung Ngang" XD

A quick, satisfying brunch =)

Busy, busy days!

It's been sleeeeplessss nights since monday!

To share, something really bad happened on tuesday! I lost my report which was due wednesday. It just disappeared from my lappie, gone! I was positive I saved the file! But it wasn't there, and I only realized at around 1-ish am. SO, you can imagine how bad that was and I went crazy! And I just had caffeine boost right before realizing that. So, with all the adrenaline I had in the body, I could not calm down at all. Desperate moment it was! Luckily, FRIENDS, God sent them to pull you through those moments! THANK YOU PEEPS! To make the story short, I worked through the night (with much efffforrrtssss) and the next morning (Joyce made me awesome bfast! :))and got it submitted in time! Really grateful!



Joyce's so called 咸蛋超人 ：）Thanks gal! It's been sweet and encouraging! Despite the big lips it has! HAHA!! XD



Ter-Heart-shaped stakes of pancakes from joyce!



And then, we spent the rest of the day in the library for case studies discussions. Tiring. Especially being sleepless the night before, but yes, despite it all, we had good food! Our two groupmates (one from Nigeria, one from Cyprus) decided to have chinese food for dinner. And we had lots of chinese takeaway! Too much. XD

Lots of food. Happy times! Our groupmates love the chinese food! And the food kept us going for the night!

And we spent the night in the library, working on the presentation and talking! Hahas. (as we waited for midnight to comne for the surprise we planned for davin! It's his 22nd!) It was a good surprise! And we had nice cakeeeeeyyy..

Happy birthday Davin!!! :)

Funny and he looks really fat! XD

And today, we had a full day of lab and seminar. And after seminar, discussion. After discussion, lab. After lab, we decided we need a break!!!! We went for grocerries and wanted to grab fish and chips (we were craving for cheap pub food) but forgot the fact that they only serve food during the day time and we ended up having good italian food! It was YUMMY! they never fail making me happy! After food, we ended up staying in the library till 3-ish am to finish off our work. Crazy, crazy uni life! but, Thank God we got it done now!

It was good fellowship! of laughters and happy times! and ITALIAN FOOD! XD

Sweets are aweesommee!Tiramisu & Profiteroles

And housemate, Kai Ling made us rojak! They are just HEAVENLY! aaa...*SMILING WITH SATISFACTION* It's one of the things I miss the most from home! and, I realized it's only months away now to be back home! : )

ROJAK!



And it's going to be busy weekend. I am working four days in a row. Aaaaaaaa... I deserve a good rest now! :) In the midst of the business, I am learning to be thankful for those little good things life brings! And of course, God has been blessing me with good food over the last few days! (you can see :P) :)