Dinner at Cheers

I decided to start on a new adventure. A foodie adventure where we will try a new eating place every month.

We started off our adventure at Cheers Western Food along Jalan Tanjong Tokong. It's a good choice because hubby can watch the life coverage of the Olympics in London and the Malaysian badminton team is playing over dinner.

Their specialties are Crackling Pork Knuckle, BBQ Ribs and Lamb Shanlk. I decided on Pork Knuckle while hubby ordered Chicken Stroganoff.

But first came our drinks. It's Honey Lemon for me and Jasmine Green Tea for hubby.

I also took the Add On Special. For an additional RM10 I had a choice of either Mushroom or Vegetable Soup and Homemade Crepe with Ice Cream for dessert.

I chose the Vegetable Soup.

Then came the Pork Knuckle.

It's quite a huge portion for one person and I couldn't finish it. No wonder the waiter asked whether we wanted extra plates to share out the meal.

I loved the skin that was so crispy it was cracklin' all over with each bite.

Hubby said the flavours for the Chicken Stroganoff was good. His only complaint was that there was not enough gravy.

The simple homemade crepe with ice-cream was just nice to end our meal.

And the bill came to...

Wheee! No service charge and no government tax. Another good reason to come back for more.

I'm already know what to order for my next visit - Lamb Shank!

Beauty for Ashes

This is one of the most beautiful verses in God's word and one of my favourite. I remember singing these words in one of the old Scripture choruses during those early days when I first became a Christian. Through the years they have never failed to lift up my spirits whenever I get a bout of the blues.

Isaiah 61:1-3 (NKJV)
To give them beauty for ashes,
The oil of joy for mourning,
The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
That they may be called trees of righteousness,
The planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.

A Great Team

I have been invited to share at Youth Impact a number of times and those have been very special times for me because the youth have always had a special place in my heart.

Recently I was invited to share at Youth Impact again. The topic given to me was on BGR. Someone then mooted the idea of Hubby and I sharing together, which was to me a splendid idea indeed.

So last Saturday we did it. Together Hubby and I shared on the topic "Love, Marriage and ..." using our own story to illustrate the right way to approach BGR. We also answered some of their questions after the session.

I really enjoyed ministering together with Hubby, especially on this particular topic. We make a great team, even if I say so myself.

A Welcome Change

Today I felt so carefree at the EGM held to make a decision on the intended purchase of the 3rd Floor. No need to bother about taking notes for the minutes because I'm no longer the secretary.

Now the person responsible for all that is the one standing up on the extreme right in the photo below.

I am also no longer in the Church Board so it was a welcome change for me to just be a member of the floor.

Having said that, I also miss working with some wonderful people in the more than one decade of my service as Church Secretary; people like Day Bi and Night Bi.

We had our fun times and serious times but they were all good times.

Bird's Nest Soup

Today I made my first pot of Bird's Nest Soup.

Here We Go Round...

...the mulberry bush!

Two of my mulberry saplings are already bearing leaves and one of them has even started to fruit!

The other two are still not showing signs of life. I believe the fourth plant (poor thing!) may not survive the trauma of being replanted after being planted upside down.

Young, Fat Or Pregnant

While checking out a pair of maternity jeans for my 'bee this afternoon, I was flabbergasted when the shop-girl recommended that I take L size. I really didn't know whether to be flattered or to be offended.

I'm either look young enough to be expecting a baby :) or I'm so fat that I look pregnant :(