Truly Refreshing

Had a really long weekend. On Saturday, drove up to Tanjung Malim with some friends to just relax (not chill) at the hotsprings and also to attend Joel and Leann's wedding also held there.

We almost got lost as the place was really deep in some jungle, so much so it is not even in the GPS map. The place is just awesome and I think when it's fully completed, it will be magnificent.

The hottest 'pool'

The spot where the hot water, diverted through

a pipe from the source, flows in the 'pool'

A track leading to the jungle somewhere

Isn't it just beautiful?

The middle 'pool' (in terms of heat)

The 'jungle'

The supposed-to-be swimming pool

which is not yet completed

(that's why it's so dirty)

A 12 feet swimming pool? Good grief..

The super-duper cold stream which we swam in

(we swam upper stream though)

So we swam in a really hot pool, then a not so hot one and a super icy cold stream. The one that was really refreshing was the cold one. It was really like ice water. Justin took so long to get into the water.

This was a truly remarkable and unforgettable time. After that, we showered and had a change of clothes at one of the chalets there.

A chalet

As we were sitting around waiting for the wedding to start, some of them went for durians which Uncle Edwin 'sponsored'. It was my first time seeing people eating durians at weddings. ^^

Kudos to Uncle Edwin for everything and Uncle Larry and his family for the food. =) And congratulations Joel and Leann.

Random #7

I can't believe it's already October. Time is sweeping by at an outrageous speed. Hardly have enough time to get everything done.

Firstly, happy birthday to Mel. Her birthday was on the 5th and I think this is my 5th time or so wishing her. On Sun (4th), we went to Nambawan to celebrate with her. Lydia turned up with burnt pancakes which she really thought were her birthday cake gone wrong. Ah! Mel, she believes just about everything anyone says. Lydia, the 'professional chef' spoilt her reputation. She's such a good cook she could hardly burn the pancakes so much so some of them she used dark chocolate to make it 'look' burnt. We had candles and everything so Mel really fell for it. AND she was happy with it. Haha.

But after dinner, Nick brought out the real cake which was caramel cheesecake. A randomly selected flavour which so happened was Mel's favourite. Telepathy maybe? Hmm.. She was so shocked to see a REAL cake she just stared at it. Poor girl..

The innocent birthday girl

Caramel Cheese Cake from Cake Sense

Grilled Lamb in Butter Mint Sauce (what I had)

Standing (from left): Nick, Sam, Darren, Wei Ping
Seated (from left): Me, Jasmyn, Mel, Lydia

Food here is good and reasonably priced. Check out Nick's viewpoint here and Darren's report here.

On another note, all thanks to God that weekend classes for P2 are cancelled. It has been rescheduled to next Friday instead. Had been praying past few days because my Saturdays were all packed and I didn't want to miss church. I certainly didn't want to miss class as well. God opened a way and now I can still go about my Saturday programs and not miss church and yet still able to attend classes.

Also, wishing Happy Birthday to Xing Ying who'll be celebrating her birthday on the 9th.

Lost In Wonder

Exams are over..
At last no more people nagging me to go sleep or study.. You know who you are.. =)
But I know you guys meant it for my own good..

Today is Good Friday.. The day the Lord died so we could live.
The lyrics of the song by Martyn Layzell is so so true..



Lost In Wonder
You chose the cross with every breath,
The perfect life, the perfect death,
You chose the cross.
A crown of thorns You wore for us,
And crowned us with eternal life,
You chose the cross.
And though Your soul was overwhelmed with pain,
Obedient to death You overcame.

I'm lost in wonder,
I'm lost in love,
I'm lost in praise forevermore.
Because of Jesus' unfailing love
I am forgiven, I am restored.

You loosed the cords of sinfulness
And broke the chains of my disgrace:
You chose the cross.
Up from the grave victorious,
You rose again so glorious:
You chose the cross.
The sorrow that surrounded You was mine,
'Yet not My will but Yours be done!' You cried.

Touching it is..

Calvary Church is having:

Good Friday Service
Time: 8pm
Venue: Calvary Church DH, DP, Cheras and Ampang

Youth- Turning Point
Time: 2pm-4pm
Venue: Calvary Church Damansara Heights

Easter Sunrise Service
Time: 6.30am
Venue: National Hockey Stadium, Bkt Jalil

Pastor Steven comments here

Anyway.. Blessed Easter... =)

THANKS!!

Thanks to all who remembered and celebrated my birthday with me yesterday.

Darren, Joshua, Sophie, Eric, Jon, Kenny & Rebecca for having dinner at Chilis. Thanks Darren for fetching me back. And guys, thanks for the ball!!

Mel, Edwin & Khar who came and pick me for bak kut teh, Edwin for driving me around and even ended up getting lost twice!!

All who wished me personally and messaged and called me, THANKS!!

OK.. This is beginning to sound like some Grammy's Award Ceremony..

In the morning, Edwin, Mel and Khar came to pick me up and we went Klang for bak kut teh.. We had a great time and ate too much... Then Edwin drove us to Mei Kim's house and then drop me at church.
After youth, Darren, Josh, Sophie, Eric, Jon, Kenny & Rebecca went to 1u Chilis and had to wait quite long to be seated as it was packed and they wouldn't accept reservations. After that, we went home.

Generally, I was really blessed by you guys who came all out to help me yesterday. And also, I was really overjoyed and extremely happy when MU thrashed Arsenal 4-0!! Good job guys!!

Anyway, thanks guys really... =)

V-Day

February 14th..
This is the day where people send flowers, chocolates, stuff toys to their loved ones. This is the day florists, chocolate makers, stuff toy makers, fancy restaurants, cinemas, wedding planners, hotels, jewelers and all get richer. This is the day people are willing to spend big bucks just to celebrate this occasion. But then again don't we all do that?
Anyway, which reminds me..
Isn't V day ought to be everyday? This shouldn't be the only day you pamper your other half, should it? Of course, when everyone else is doing something EXTRA special on this day, you ought to too, but there are some which the only time you ever see a guy buy something for his gfis on this day. Girls the same.
Though giving gifts are a good way of expressing affection, but love does not all but consist of gifts only.
Personally, I don't insist on something expensive or nice or big.. It doesn't matter.. It can just be small little things done here and there.. After all, they say, it's the heart that counts..
Girls are really that simple.. It's just you guys that just complicate things.. *winks*

All in all... Happy Valentine's Day.. And have a good day..

CNY=Eat Too Much=Fat

After traveling for 2 hours and 45 minutes, I finally arrived at Penang. Thank goodness there wasn't any traffic jam like last year. I woke up at 3.30am yesterday and left KL at 5am. I slept half the journey and when I reached here, hoping I could go back to sleep in a proper bed, my cousin went out to limteh (penang's equivalent of yamcha) with his friends and so we were all stuck outside the house. He finally came home 35 minutes later. But, when I went into the house, I didn't sleep either. Hehe.. My cousin watched some Chinese drama series on DVD and so we marathoned till around 10pm (yes, morning till night). In the process, we finished 4 big tins of kuih kapit and some other CNY cookies. After that, we went for supper (eat again) and then played cards till around 4am this morning. And now my family have all gone out leaving my cousin and I at home finishing more kuih kapit.

I know I'll definitely put on weight this CNY like any other CNYs. I eat and drink non-stop and even though I don't eat much mandarin oranges (I have like 4 boxes and only half of one box is gone) I'll still grow fat blaming it on everything else. I read somewhere in the newspaper few days back how 4 mandarin oranges is equivalent to eating a plate of rice. And I haven't even eaten the reunion dinner yet.

Goodness, I can't continue eating like this. Or maybe I'll just eat less AFTER cny..
Yup.. That sound like a better plan. I'm so not ready to give up my kuih kapit just yet.

Year Turnover

Holidays would soon be over and whole new year would start, and I feel as if time has passed tooo quickly and I haven't been doing much. This year has passed rather too quickly so much so that I haven't even time to stop and pause for a second. It's another new year approaching and it only seems as though this year has just started. Today we will all say goodbye to year 2007 and welcome in the year 2008. Hopefully, next year would be different and better.

Wishing all of you a Happy New Year...