Blessed Christmas at FPBC

First, Merry Belated Christmas!! I know I should blog about this earlier.. My bad! So, how did you celebrate your Christmas?

Here is my Christmas experience...

I started off the day by attending church service in the morning. What a great reminder of what Christmas is really all about. It is not about the trees, gifts, decorations or parties. You might be wondering then how does Christmas find its fulfillment and full meaning in that day? Christmas is about celebrating Jesus and God's love for us. It is the best time to share the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus to others. A time about giving Him to others and serving others for Him.

Literally, Christmas is all about HIM and the best gift of all is Jesus Christ. Thank you Jesus!

At night, we had a potluck dinner at church. Each of us brought a dish of food to be shared among the group. Me and my baby supplied the drinks part. And and and.. it's a blessing for all of us as we get to savor a fat roasted turkey on Christmas Day brought by Sherrie and her husband. We end the amazing night by doing some Christmas caroling.

Here are some pictures from that night...

Our potluck dinner...

Barbara & Sharon

Sharon & Yinhooi

From Left: Jess, Yinz, Barb, Sharon & me

Barb & me

Sharon & me

Baby & Joseph

The lovey-dovey couples: Kevin & Sharon....... Barbara & Andrew

Me & baby

Caroling....

There you go... my Christmas celebration. The best thing was that I had so much fun celebrating this season of Christmas with baby & them! How about yours? Are you having as much fun as I am?

Fettes Park Baptist Kindy's Concert

A couple of weeks ago, Fettes Park Baptist Kindergarten organized a kindy's concert. I volunteered to be as a helper for the concert. Prior to the concert, I was asked to help to guide the kids in their schoolwork (one of the class) for few days as a chance to get to know the kids and vice versa. It was definitely a few days which I enjoyed! My baby offered his service to be a traffic warden to ease the traffic outside the church on the day of the concert itself as there will be lots of parents showing up to watch their kids performing.

Basically I was there to lend a hand in changing their costumes, tie their hair and applying make-up for the kids. At the same time, I had fun playing with the kids. Though they might be naughty at times and some are uncontrollable *headache*, yet they still look adorable.

A few are my favorite ones.

My no. 1 favorite girl - Jerralyn

Left: Jing Rou..... Right: Ivy



My baby definitely agree with me that this girl is the most adorable.

Part of the performance.

Thumbelina



Goose dance - this is one of the cutest dance

Ashley as the teacup in Beauty & the Beast

Overall, FPBK put up an amazing concert and I can see that all the parents are enjoying the performance and so do I. I bet the parents are surely proud of their children as the kids really did a great job!

I think I would like to be a kindergarten teacher when I am retired from my working world for I believe with kids around, it creates a healthy work environment as you get to be a part of their world of innocence and purity. Besides that, you get a chance to laugh with them, think their way and enjoy their "innocently silly and healthy mischievous' behavior". I trust that this could serves as an effective stress buster! Don't you agree??

Homemade Cake

I have made a homemade marble cake for the youth cellgroup last Friday, since it was my baby's turn to bring some food. He's out of idea on what to bring so I have suggested to him why not a homemade cake since I felt a compelling urge to bake one. In another way, I get to sharpen my skills in making cakes to perfections. Who knows, I might own a homemade cake business in the near future. Whoa... a boss!!

Anyway, this is not my first time baking cakes. But this is my first attempt in making a marble cake. Surprisingly, at the end of the day, I got a nice marble cake as it is nicely moist with a light-pound cake texture, considering this is my first. (not the appearance of the top layer because I'm still learning how to swirl the choco into a better design & should have add more choco to make it darker)

I've considered this a success for my first attempt but it will be a process of trial and error to bake the perfect cake. Plain as it may look, the result of this marble cake is most satisfying as my baby & some of them told me that it actually tasted good. *happy*
Guess I gotta keep on experimenting.

What's next?? Angel food cake, jellies..?? What says you??

Blog revamped!!

I have gotten my dull blog a fairly big design update, as you might see already. Took kinda a while to do it, Been busy searching for suitable templates and it took me a while to edit the HTML thingy as I'm not all that good with the coding part.

So far... successful in editing the templates but the header, hmmm....might need more time. Oh well, what to do since I'm kinda a noob in IT field. Couldn't really blame me for taking more time. Get to learn new things these few days. Just got to know how easy it is to blend photos together in numerous ways. Yah...I'm outdated!! Ugh..!! Regret that I did not pay much attention or even have a little interest in IT. See how tough it goes for me now.

Please ignore my current header as it is still under construction. I'm kinda satisfied with the blog outlooks now anyway. What do you think??

Need a background change??

I've been thinking about freshening my blog a bit but it is always hard to find a background that suits what you want. And since I'm not a programmer, it would definitely pose a zero chance for me in creating a design that I have in mind.

As I was searching for templates, I fumble across these 2 blogs which provide a wide range of awesome, lovely and unique background designs. They are so wonderfully appeasing to the eye. I love all the designs, especially the floral design (my favorite). When I found these 2 blogs, I said to myself that these are just what I had in mind.

And did I mention that it's free??

The instructions are so simple to follow and frankly, with these blogs.... they really make your life easy. Thanks to them!!

*warning to you : it's tough to choose, but easy to use*

I personally love them all and always have a hard time deciding which one to use. I could choose a new one every day and not get tired of it!! So, I guess I will keep on changing my background seasonally..... but I think I need to go with my first. I just spruced up my blog with this background. *this green flowery but I think it'll look better without the bows*

So, if you ever wondered how people got those nice blog backgrounds, fear not!!...because you are about to get one too!! You can simply get these amazing designs by visiting: *these 3 are my favorites*

1. Aqua Poppy Designs 2
2. Shabby Blogs
3. Templates by Tenile

Other blogs....

• Scrap-E-Blog
• Cristi Creations
• Simply Blog It Backgrounds
• That Blog Place
  

Another way would be... just googled "blog background" and you can find hundreds of them.

Have fun in searching what's best suited you!!!

*Credits to them*

New visitor

Here's something new....I have a new visitor. Probably you will be guessing who's this new visitor.

Well, he will be staying with me for a week until his owner's (my cousin) boyfriend comes back to pick him up. I do hope that he will find this one week stay with me comfortable...or should I say the other way round.

Frankly speaking, he's a cute little kitty. Just 6 months old but the size doesn't seems to say so. He's expensive, what can I say... a Persian cat!! So, I guess I need to keep a close watch at him or else this gonna leave a big big hole in my pocket...

when he was little...

poser kitty at 6 months old but doesn't seem so

Delighted

My baby bought me a dress today. I'm just ecstatic!! Thank you baby!! *noisy kisses*
I absolutely adore wearing dresses because they are so comfy and easy to wear, it's a whole outfit in one swoop. Just a toss on a shawl or cardigan and go. Besides, they are versatile for any occasions, feminine and flatter the curves.

As a dress lover, I am always on the prowl for the next best piece and I also realize that my wardrobe was severely lacking in dresses as well. *Moreover, my baby promised to buy more dresses for me...Oh!! I'm so excited!*

Well, I am definitely expanding my dress collection by adding florals, striking collections that can easily add zest and color to my wardrobe. *I guess this is a touch of glam to liven up my dull wardrobe*


wheeeeeeeee.........!!!~

Oh ya! and my baby...well, he's ecstatic over his new gadget....DESKTOP!! I pray that he will be able to get his new desktop as soon as tomorrow because according to him, HE DOES NOT LIKE TO WAIT! Haha... *it's torturing for him I guess...poor little baby*

Home sweet home!!

The trademark of Penang

Finally!! After a long 4-hours drive, we're home!! *big smile*

Yesterday, me and my baby were busy packing our stuffs to get ready to get our butt back to where we belong... PENANG!! We were totally exhausted from all the carrying, pushing and dragging heavy stuffs from our room to the lift to the car... imagine that!! And we really don't expect we have this much stuff... until we packed!! But, fortunately, all those stuffs...fits well in our little Kancil. Pheww!!

Until now... DEAD TIRED is the only words that can describe how I am feeling this moment. So, right now... I actually heard my comfy bed paging for me. I guess I shall call it a day!! Bonne nuit monde!!


*dragging my strengthless body to the bed*