GREAT FELLOWSHIP WITH GRACE CHURCH FAMILY

Orite...new post here..hehe..After Sunday service on 1st of May 2011, keluarga Grace Church mengadakan outing ke Sg.Chongkak. Outing ni sempena Hari Pekerja memandangkan kebanyakan anggota church yang bercuti, maka inilah kesempatan yang ada untuk kami berkumpul bersama-sama..Destinasi di Chongkak..Bertolak selepas kebaktian kira-kira jam 6.30pm dari Grace Church..Kami gerak secara konvoi sebanyak 7 buah kereta..Sikit? Haha..salah...Ramai juga yang sudah bertolak awal untuk booking tempat..Perjalanan berapa lama, sya x sure sebab sekjap tido, skejap bangun...lagipun gelap ba..jadi tak clear la..Pemandangan pun tak nampak sangat sebab gulap gulita..Keja sya dalam perjalanan pula baca buku.."Real Ghost Stories" Teruskan sherita la..Masa sampai kat Sg.Chongkak tu punya la lebat hujan..Plan kami yang Youth first tu mau berkhemah tepi sungai, tapi hujan lebat sangat...kami terpaksa cancel pla..huhuhu~ So..mana nak tido pun tak tau lagi la..antam ja la mana2..kalau tido kan..hehehe..
Teruskan dengan kisah camp kami k..Sampai ja sya tekejut tengok punya banyak kereta yang ada dah..bersusun and ramai budak2 main2 di luar and chalet..Tempat penginapan kami Chalet besar sebuah and beberapa chalet kecil..Cukup..Yang besar khas untuk kebaktian and penginapan..Seronok sebab sya dalam mood untuk enjoy the nature..hee..Hujan and sangat sejuk..itu yang penting, kesejukan alam sekitar yang fresh..bau kayu...pokok2...asap...asap? hehe...ada beberapa orang sedang siapkan unggun api untuk barbecue..Yummy! Tugas sya malam 1st tu ialah sebagai jurukamera la..kejap pegang video, kejap camera.. Ibu2 busy prepare makanan for dinner..Makanan semua makanan kampung..whoaaa....Shiok!
Kami punya dinner umpama waktu supper...hehe..lambat sebab kami lambat sampai kan..apapun, everyone seems to enjoy their time.. :) Great fellowship! Makan tetap makan, kebaktian tak ketinggalan..Malam pertama kami ada kebaktian juga..Dalam masa berseronok, Tuhan tidak kami lupakan..Tanpa Tuhan kami tak akan berkumpul macam ni kan..Puji dan menyembah Tuhan bersama-sama lebih penting..After semua sattle, kami buat kegiatan masing-masing la..ada yang mandi, ada sambung makan..Kami yang youth, enjoy diluar tengok org bbQ dalam hujan.. :) Aktiviti penting malam ni ialah untuk mencari katak..kaum2 bapa la yang menjalan tugas tu..Tengah malam dorg kluar pg buat Frog hunting..Youth jaga api BBQ..panggang ayam, kerang..Menjaga sambil makan2..sedap tu dalam hujan..hehe..BBQ sambil memanaskan badan depan unggun api..hehe..Masuk la lewat malam..mata tkebil-kebil tapi tak boleh pulak jadi kami berpillow talk, lepak2 sambil makan..
Dalam masa camp yang singkat, sya, barry and beberapa yang lain sempat la juga belajar timba ilmu sikit dari Bro.Ahseng...berharga tu! Rugi yang takda..hehe...k, sambung balik..Lepak punya lepak jam 4.00am baru la mata terasa berat..tapi kan..tempat tido takda..and sejuk kalau nak tdo atas lantai..sya and Florentina choose to sleep in Bro.Godpray's car...wahh...sangat selesa...hehe..kenapa? Suam panas2...hee...kalau dalam chalet sangat sejuk baa...simple kan, tido dalam kereta jak..yet, selesa sangat! :) Tido tak la lama sangat..Jam 5.00am bangun and saat teduh bersama2..Masa untuk Tuhan dipentingkan..Tuhan korbankan diri sendiri untuk kita, apa salahnya kita korbankan masa tidur pagi kita untuk Tuhan kan? :)
2nd day tiba...Pagi pun menjelang...After saat teduh, sya sambung tido balik..hahaha..terbaik punya mata! serious mengantuk..sya dan Florentina sambung mimpi dalam chalet, entah selimut sapa kami duak ambik untuk bergulung..haaa..Para ibu busy sediakan sarapan pagi merebus telur..masak mee untuk anak2...buat air...Sya bangun jak semua siap sudah..hee..bangun ja, trus breakfast dengan barry, florentina n john..membedal telur rebus!sedapp.. :p after breakfast kami ada kebaktian pagi lagi sambil tunggu Pastor Joe sampai. Selepas kebaktian, kami packing sebab kena keluar dari chalet sebelum pukul 12.00pm.. After packing, kami berkumpul di luar untuk beberapa aktiviti..Game utama, tarik tali..kanak-kanak pula pertandingan mewarna..last game ialah makan bread..Menu tengah hari kami simple tapi seda..Ikan Talapia merah bakar, ayam panggang, sosej...semuaaa panggang...haha..sodapp!!
After sattle semua, kami balik..tapi sebelum balik pun kami sempat naik pegi area paling atas sungai...haaa....cantik tu!!Okay...until here yap...Pengalaman menarik bersama keluarga Grace..Kepada yang tak join that day...heee.....diam-diam jak la k..Walaupun sehari jak, banyak pengalaman n perasaan menarik kami rasa and alami..most of all, seronok enjoy beautiful nature...Cantik nya ciptaan Tuhan... :)

To those who are married, not married and soon to be married.

MARRIAGE

When I got home that night as my wife served dinner, I held her hand and said, I've got something to tell you. She sat down and ate quietly. Again I observed the hurt in her eyes. Suddenly I didn't know how to open my mouth. But I had to let her know what I was thinking. I want a divorce. I raised the topic calmly. She didn't seem to be annoyed by my words, instead she asked me softly, why? I avoided her question. This made her angry. She threw away the chopsticks and shouted at me, you are not a man! That night, we didn't talk to each other. She was weeping. I knew she wanted to find out what had happened to our marriage. But I could hardly give her a satisfactory answer; she had lost my heart to Dew. I didn't love her anymore. I just pitied her!

With a deep sense of guilt, I drafted a divorce agreement which stated that she could own our house, our car, and 30% stake of my company. She glanced at it and then tore it into pieces. The woman who had spent ten years of her life with me had become a stranger. I felt sorry for her wasted time, resources and energy but I could not take back what I had said for I loved Dew so dearly. Finally she cried loudly in front of me, which was what I had expected to see. To me her cry was actually a kind of release. The idea of divorce which had obsessed me for several weeks seemed to be firmer
and clearer now.

The next day, I came back home very late and found her writing something at the table. I didn't have supper but went straight to sleep and fell asleep very fast because I was tired after an eventful day with Dew. When I woke up, she was still there at the table writing. I just did not care so I turned over and was asleep again.

In the morning she presented her divorce conditions:

She didn't want anything from me, but needed a month's notice before the divorce.
She requested that in that one month we both struggle to live as normal a life as possible. Her reasons were simple: our son had his exams in a month's time and she didn't want to disrupt him with our broken marriage.

This was agreeable to me. But she had something more, she asked me to recall how I had carried her into our bridal room on our wedding day. She requested that everyday for the month's duration I carry her out of our bedroom to the front door ever morning. I thought she was going crazy. Just to make our last days together bearable I accepted her odd request.

I told Dew about my wife's divorce conditions. She laughed loudly and thought it was absurd. No matter what tricks she applies, she has to face the divorce, she said
scornfully.

My wife and I hadn't had any body contact since my divorce intention was explicitly expressed. So when I carried her out on the first day, we both appeared clumsy. Our son clapped behind us, daddy is holding mummy in his arms. His words brought me a sense of pain. From the bedroom to the sitting room, then to the door, I walked over ten meters with her in my arms. She closed her eyes and said softly; don't tell our son about the divorce. I nodded, feeling somewhat upset. I put her down outside the door. She went to wait for the bus to work. I drove alone to the office.

On the second day, both of us acted much more easily. She leaned on my chest. I could smell the fragrance of her blouse. I realized that I hadn't looked at this woman carefully for a long time. I realized she was not young any more. There were fine
wrinkles on her face, her hair was graying! Our marriage had taken its toll on her. For a minute I wondered what I had done to her.

On the fourth day, when I lifted her up, I felt a sense of intimacy returning. This was the woman who had given ten years of her life to me.

On the fifth and sixth day, I realized that our sense of intimacy was growing again. I didn't tell Dew about this. It became easier to carry her as the month
slipped by. Perhaps the everyday workout made me stronger. She was choosing what to wear one morning. She tried on quite a few dresses but could not find a suitable one. Then she sighed, all my dresses have grown bigger. I suddenly realized that she had grown so thin, that was the reason why I could carry her more easily.

Suddenly it hit me... she had buried so much pain and bitterness in her heart. Subconsciously I reached out and touched her head.

Our son came in at the moment and said, Dad, it's time to carry mum out. To him, seeing his father carrying his mother out had become an essential part of his life. My wife gestured to our son to come closer and hugged him tightly. I turned my face away because I was afraid I might change my mind at this last minute. I then held her in my arms, walking from the bedroom, through the sitting room, to the hallway. Her hand surrounded my neck softly and naturally. I held her body tightly; it was just like our wedding day. But her much lighter weight made me sad.

On the last day, when I held her in my arms I could hardly move a step. Our son had gone to school. I held her tightly and said, I hadn't noticed that our life lacked intimacy. I drove to office... jumped out of the car swiftly without locking the door. I was afraid any delay would make me change my mind...I walked upstairs. Dew opened the door and I said to her, Sorry, Dew, I do not want the divorce anymore.

She looked at me, astonished, and then touched my forehead. Do you have a fever? She said. I moved her hand off my head. Sorry, Dew, I said, I won't divorce. My marriage life was boring probably because she and I didn't value the details of our lives, not because we didn't love each other any more. Now I realize that since I carried her into my home on our wedding day I am supposed to hold her until deaths do us apart.

Dew seemed to suddenly wake up. She gave me a loud slap and then slammed the door and burst into tears. I walked downstairs and drove away. At the floral shop on the way, I ordered a bouquet of flowers for my wife. The salesgirl asked me what to write on the card. I smiled and wrote, I'll carry you out every morning until death do us apart.

The small details of your lives are what really matter in a relationship. It is not the mansion, the car, property, the money in the bank, blah..blah..blah. These create an environment conducive for happiness but cannot give happiness in themselves. So find time to be your spouse's friend and do those little things for each other that build intimacy. Do have a real happy marriage!

The Love..

There was once this guy who is very much in love with his girl. This romantic guy folded 1,000 pieces of paper cranes as a gift to his girl.

Although, at that time he was just a small fry in his company, his future didn't seem too bright, they were very happy together. Until one day, his girl told him she was going to Paris and will never come back. She also told him that she cannot visualize any future for the both of them, so they went their own ways there and then...

Heartbroken, the guy agreed. But when he regained his confidence, he worked hard day and night, slogging his body and mind just to make something out of himself.

Finally with all the hard work and the help of friends, this guy had set up his own company ..

You never fail until you stop trying. One rainy day, while this guy was driving, he saw an elderly couple sharing an umbrella in the rain walking to some destination. Even with the umbrella, they were still drenched. It didn't take him long to realize they were his girl's parents.

With a heart in getting back at them, he drove slowly beside the couple, wanting them to spot him in his luxury sedan. He wanted them to know that he wasn't the same any more; he had his own company, car, condo, etc. He made it! What he saw next confused him, the couple was walking towards a cemetery, and so he got out of his car and followed...and he saw his girl, a photograph of her smiling sweetly as ever at him from her tombstone and he saw his paper cranes right beside her...

Her parents saw him. He asked them why this had happened. They explained, she did not leave for France at all. She was ill with cancer. She had believed that he will make it someday, but she did not want to be his obstacle... therefore she had chosen to leave him.

Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have. She had wanted her parents to put his paper cranes beside her, because, if the day comes when fate brings him to her again...he can take some of those back with him...

Once you have loved, you will always love. For what's in your mind may escape but what's in your heart will remain forever.

The guy just wept...The worst way to miss someone is to be sitting right beside her knowing you can't have her, see her or be with her ever again.Hope you understand.

Find time to realize that there is one person who means so much to you, for you might wake up one morning losing that person who you thought meant nothing to you. <3

-missHOPEFAITHLOVE87-

Final Exam Punya Pasal...

Wahhh...semalam dah lepas 2 paper subjek Strategic Management dan Leisure and Disabilities.. Susah ada senang pon ada..apapun, yang lepas tetap dah lepas la..wait and see jak la result nanti kan..Buruk tak buruk result, tu sendirilah yang tentukan..Usaha atas diri sendiri kan? hehe..Untuk my paper semalam..ada pengajaran!!! huhuhu...Sehari sebelum exam semalam, sya konon-konon la pegi bilik kawan sya si Step..study sama-sama..Yup! memang kami study pun..serious! Sampai tak sik terkabey nak tutup mata..tutup mata ja mengingat nota...bangun lagi balik sambung membaca..pendek kata memang sik cukup rehat mata dan otak..

Next day nya, i got 2 paper berturut...satu pagi..satu petang...imagine jak, sik tido whole day semalam..today pun sama sebab exam kan..My 1st paper kat DSB..Dewan Sri Budiman..Sejuk tahap dewa..memang time exam sya polah lawatan sambilan ke toilet la..Suma sejuk termasuk otak..To tell the truth, paper semalam sangat lah senang sebenarnya akan tetapi semasa study, sya terlalu focus bahagian yang complicated sampai terlepas pandang yang senang...kannn rugi~ 1st paper xda la rasa ngantuk...cuma sejuk n menyesal la sebab pandang nota bab senang sebelah mata..and for the 1st time sya jawab paper sampai habis masa...perghh..unbelievable...hehehe...yang penting jawab habis..tembak tak tembak..sya pun xtau betol ka tidak...1st paper..jujur la...mengharap for miracle!

Now masuk cerita 2nd paper, pukul 2.15pm until 5.15pm...masuk dewan, juga di DSB yang amat sejuk..tambah2 lagi hujan..naaa..bermula la macam2 sya punya gaya..Goyang kaki..skejap dagu atas meja..gigit pen..melukis..Terharu bila pengawas peperiksaan tegur " Awak memang suka goyang-goyang kaki mase jawab exam ke?" eee...concern nya dia ni..terharu...huhuhu..jawapan nya " TAK! " sebab sejuk la sya goyang kaki sya ni...then dia lalu kawan sebelah sya..dia tiba2 cakap " Ape yang seronok sangat bela kuku panjang? " adehhh....sana orang jawab paper, sana juga dia tanya soalan pelik2...haishhh...aneh awak ya koh~ ada meh dalam akta undang-undang UiTM tak boleh simpan kuku panjang? setauk ku sekda nak...tepat jam 3pm, sya pun mata mula rasa berat gilak2...tahap dewa la..sampai tulisan sya tgk pun dah berdouble..dalam menahan ngantuk pun sya rasa mcm dah masok alam mimpi..ntah apa sya mimpi pun xtauk...yang pasti berbunga2...DSB nampak macam berpusing-pusing dan sedar tak sedar rupanya sya terlelap sambil menulis! Sya tersedar pun sebab kepala sya terlentok n jatuh atas pemadam yang ada atas meja sya juga...cepat2 sya bangun...sempat tengok kiri kanan..then sya tengok kertas jawapan sya..i was shock!!! why? ada part jawapan sya tu sya jawab macam ni " Program should be included with precautions and........panjang lagi la, then last ayat tu.. suitable for them !!!!!!! " yup..hujung ayat ada " !!!!!!! " & <-- ada 7 ketul "!" huhu..sya cepat2 ambik liquid paper and padam...adeiii..ngantuk punya pasal... After that, sya menahan habis-habisan spya tak ttido..syukur la sya dapat habiskan menjawab soalan exam tu..after jawab, sya double check sekali and....pack barang-barang...angkat tangan panggil pengawas soh ambik kertas jawapan sya...then...sya keluar la dengan selamba badak nya..paling awal keluar tu..tak tahan dah!! Hopefully ok la sya jawab tu...heee...

Tunggu bas pun sya sempat terjuling mata, nasib baik tak ttido time tunggu bas..huhu..dalam bas la sya sempat melempiaskan tido sya kejap..hahaha..nasib x ramei orang, mun sik malu sya..Sampai jak di bilik Step, sya polah terjunan tajam di katil...tutup mata and tidooo...zzzz..... 2 paper down, 3 more to go..so..pengajaran nya, jangan sampai tak tido kalau pun semangat study...Laki sya pun anok sya sebab sik tido time mok exam..heee...agik asa sya oo...

Cerita Tentang Memasak..Jum! ( Classic Cupcakes )

INGREDIENTS

• 2 cups self-raising flour, sifted
• 3/4 cup caster sugar
• 3/4 cup milk
• 125g butter, melted, cooled
• 2 x 59g eggs, beaten
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla Essence
• Sprinkles and lollies [ For Decoration ]

ICING

• 1 1/2 cups pure icing sugar
• Pink food colouring, optional
• 1 to 1 1/2 tablespoons water

METHOD

1. Preheat oven to 200°C. Grease a 12 x 1/3-cup capacity muffin pan. Alternatively, line holes with paper cases. Combine flour and caster sugar in a bowl. Make a well in the center.

2. Add milk, butter, eggs and vanilla to flour mixture. Using a large metal spoon, stir gently to combine.

3. Spoon mixture into prepared muffin pan. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the center comes out clean. Stand in pan for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool.

4. Make icing: Sift icing sugar into a bowl. Add food colouring and water. Stir until smooth and well combined. Spoon icing over cupcakes. Decorate with sprinkles and lollies.

HAVE FUN BAKING AND DECORATING!!

Cerita Tentang Memasak..Jum! ( Oreo Choc Cream Cheese ) )

Bahan-Bahan ialah...jeng,.jeng..

1. 32 OREO Chocolate Creme Sandwich Cookies, buka dan asingkan..
2. 4 (8 auns) peket PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, biarkan lembut..
3. 1 cawan gula
4. 1 sudu vanilla
5. 1 (8 auns) peket BAKER'S Semi-Sweet Baking Chocolate, cairkan dan biar sejuk..
6. 4 bijik telur

Cara membuat...

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F if using a silver 9-inch springform pan (or to 300 degrees F if using a dark nonstick 9-inch springform pan). Quarter 20 of the cookies; set aside. Finely crush remaining 12 cookies; press firmly onto bottom of greased pan. Bake 10 minutes.
2. Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add chocolate; mix well. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each addition just until blended. Gently stir in 1-1/2 cups of the quartered cookies. Pour over crust. Sprinkle with remaining quartered cookies.
3. Bake 50 minutes to 1 hour or until center is almost set. Run knife or metal spatula around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim of pan. Refrigerate 4 hours or overnight. Store leftover cheesecake in refrigerator.

Cerita Tentang Memasak..Jum! ( Umai Ikan Sarawak )

Bahan-bahan:

2 keping ikan tenggiri ( kalo yg fresh lagi bagusss!!! )
1 biji Halia
1 biji bwg merah
3 btg cili padi
1 biji limau nipis (amik jus)
1 biji lemon (amik jus)
1 sudu kecil cuka
1 biji bawang besar
1 biji cili merah
Gula & Garam secukup rasa..


Cara membuat:

1. Bersihkan ikan tenggiri ..hiris halus..buang kulit bersih2. Lepas tu, perap dgn jus limau nipis, & cuka ( amik separuh dr portion jus yg diperah tadi).
2. Aku perap 1/2 jam jer.Selepas perap, ikan tu akan berubah jadi kaler putih & tidak hanyir..kalo x puas hati still takut ikan tu hanyir, bilas dgn jus2 limau tu td sampai teda bau...
3. Hiris halia halus2..
   
4. Tumbuk bwg merah dgn cili padi. Kalau nak presentation cantik and rajin, potong halus2 cili tu..
5. Mayang halus bwg besar & cili merah.
6. Gaulkan bahan tumbuk, bwg besar & cili hidup & ikan yg sudah diperap tadi.
7. Kemudian, tuang lebihan jus & cuka tadi.
8. Perisakan dgn gula dan garam.
9. Gaul sehingga rata.