Happiness Is...

...when I attack and demolish a mountain of laundry until all that's left is an empty laundry basket.

Yay! High five! Yippedee doo dah!

CORRECTION 29 May: It was a mountain of clothes to IRON that I conquered, not laundry.

Move of the Spirit

Last Sunday was simply awesome.

Pastor Gideon led us to wait upon the Lord during worship and encouraged the congregation to move in the Spirit. When I was lost in worship, the following scriptures kept coming to me:

Matthew 11:28 "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened,
and I will give you rest."

1 Peter 5:7 "Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you."

Never having demonstrated any prophetic gifting before, I dared not bring forth the word. What if it's me and not the Lord? Fortunately I was taking the offering, so I simply incorporated the verses into my prayer.

Then Pastor Gideon started to preach. To my dismay, I found out (too late) that the two verses were in absolute alignment with his message that morning. When I told hubby, he confirmed that he also received those two verses.

What an opportunity to bless the congregation, glorify the Lord and encourage my pastor! And I missed it.

I repented and promised the Lord that henceforth I shall take the step of faith to speak whenever I receive the word of the Lord. No holding back. Easier said than done.

Lord, hlep me and grant me the boldness to obey you in all things big and small!

Wedding Countdown

.....has begun!!!

The RSVPs are coming in.

PANIC!!!

A Royal Surprise

Yesterday 'bee gave me a surprise - actually surpriseS - that rekindled my royalty mania.

Her 2 surprises ended up being 3 (yay!)
because of the special wedding issue

When they promise "photos you've never seen before", they really deliver. The mystery of who lifted her veil was solved!

The TV cameras missed this shot of her dad lifting her veil.
They probably thought William would do it later on in the service.

Thanks 'bee.

Delectable Tea-time Treats

Yesterday I spent the whole afternoon trying to level a mountain of clothes. After all that drudgery I decided to reward myself with a hot cuppa peppermint tea and cupcakes!

Delectable for the best cupcakes ever!

The contents of the first box featuring a 3-D orange duck

Close-up of the sugar paste duck

Box no. 2 featuring a 3-D lamb

I think the lamb looks more like a baby than a lamb

US Visa Approved

We went down to KL for my US visa interview that was scheduled on Monday morning.

1st miracle. God provided us with free accommodation for two nights at Intercontinental Kuala Lumpur with breakfast and a dinner. Go here for full story on what impressed us most at the hotel.

2nd miracle. The hotel was only 15 minutes' walk away from the embassy.

3rd miracle. I dreaded the long wait for the interview so I was delighted to meet an old friend and his wife who were also at the embassy for their interview. We had a lovely time catching up while waiting for our interviews.

The interview was a breeze and, thank God, we weren't interviewed by the nasty ABC.

Mother's Day Lunch 2011

I am more adventurous when it comes to food but it's very hard to get the rest of the family to try out new places for our meals. Since it was Mother's Day, and I was given the choice to choose where we go to for lunch, I decided on lunch at the newly opened Sri Malaya Heritage Restaurant at Rope Walk.

The restaurant is located just round the corner, on the left hand side, when you turn into Rope Walk from Chulia Street.

You cannot miss its bright yellow facade

Cream of Spinach Soup to start off our set meal

Beef Bolognese for me

Fish 'n Chips for hubby

Herbal Soup with Rice for 'bee

We concluded that:
1. I cook better Bolognese
2. The fish 'n chips were soggy
3. The herbal Soup does not have enough flavour

We were so disappointed that we did not bother to take photos of the brownie, which turned out to be the best of the dishes.

But this is the icing on the cake for me.

Mother's Day is only really Mother's Day
when you get to spend it with the one
who makes me a Mother!