did you see it?....

yeah...neither did i...maybe i did vaguely...the week just passed by again...i couldn't remember where i had lunch on Thursday.
I remember singing in church and watching Transfohmer2 with a big bunch of church friends and friends. And i remember wanting to include my colleagues for paintball...
But today is exceptional...besides the huge media attention and the world's attention on the demise of the greatest star of the century ie Michael Jackson, it rained and its my mentor's final Friday in Malaysia...sigh...i wish...it wasn't this gloomy. For once, i actually feel the loss that is about to come.
Am trying to think how to better spend it but no point cracking my head and not enjoying the moment that we have now. After the meeting this afternoon, we both logged onto Facebook and signed the memorial for MJ. It was funny cos right after my post went up, he posted his as well and he was laughing and saying look at the Malaysia team, both on Facebook after meeting. =)

And then we had lunch with the rest of colleagues and it felt like the last big family lunch that we'll have with him as colleagues. His last day in the office is next Thursday...so everyday till then will be his last days in Malaysia...

arrgghh...so depressing...anyways, i had steamboat for dinner today...to celebrate Yoke's belated birthday...i don't really like steamboat buffet because i can't eat much. The most i can go is prolly like 5 biji of pork balls plus some bits here and there and it just doesn't feel worth it to me. I don't mind having steamboat at home tho..so we had the steamboat and i was eating my ice cream and looking at this prawn which looked really bloated and short. It just doens't look like how prawns normally look...as i looked closely, i realized that this prawn was pregnant so it had many eggs stuck below its legs. I'm like...horrified...i felt like puking cos i'm gonna tear off its head and scales and suck up the eggs and tear its body apart and put it into my mouth. I really felt like not swallowing it. niweis, i forced myself to swallow it and tell myself that it is nice food.
Haha...yeah..i think must be 1 of those rare moments that i had a pregnant prawn for dinner.

ok...story time up...time to bed.
good nite readers...sweet dreams...

We have overcomed...

Woow weee...yet another week has passed. So many things happened..good and bad...yet i feel unfulfilled...like i haven't done my best for this week. ok...i know my group won for Best Pasta in m church punya 2015 event. The euphoria lasted a whole 24 hours..haha..anyways, i noticed that I strive for efficiency in all that i do. I always plan for the most productive way to spend my time, talent and treasures...I can't stand having to wait except waking up time...that i don't mind waiting longer.hahahaha..niweis...
I enjoy having plans in advance and yet also having spontaneous plan.
I enjoy driving and going for a drive...
I enjoy eating and making food to eat...
I enjoy hanging out with friends and yet also having time alone...
Being able to see and/or help someone choose to move out of their problems and turn their eyes to God or just being able to bless someone in word or deed, make their life a bit better to go through, i think, is the most fulfilling thing i would have ever done.

Gosh...i wish i have a puppy now..he would prolly sit next me and wagging his tail and look at me with his adorable eyes...^_^

The right to be bangga for 24 hours or so!...

The Underdogs won...the dark horse won...that's what some people say...
Who would have thought that 2 demure girls from Uptown Damansara could've beaten all the others.............pasta dish...HAHAHAHAHA...

I"m so glad that my colleague kept her word and opened up her house and also cooked the pasta and also came to the event!i've been inviting her and even let her listen to the Yesus kupercaya song and told her how nice it is and told her its my Pastor that sang it. And today she gets to meet Pastor but not personally. She said Pastor is pretty. Hahaha...

Let me tell you the story...initially i wanted to make Carbonara pasta and since she heard about the event(cos Matt shared during PG before Revo conference that week that there will be a cooking event and that got her interested though she doesn't know how to cook pasta) and showed interest in joining, i decided to really go all the way for her if she would come...we were supposed to get her friend Arvin to cook since he made really good pasta the other time. But this guy couldn't make it. So i thought ok..since she doesn't cook pasta, i shall do the carbonara which i know how to make. And i asked for her input and she kept insisting subtly that we should put cili padi...i was like @_@ how can...the taste doesn't go with carbonara...anyways i was kinda determined that i will make the carbonara by hook or by crook...but at the back of my mind i felt i should do this together with her. So i said ok, let's put cili padi when we marinate the chicken. Then she forgot to bring the chicken back to marinate so i had to do it. So, today while driving to her house after work, she told me she has tomato paste at home and herbs and we should put garlic and onions...so i was again@_@ and then decided that...u know wat...we'll do the tomato based pasta because it will go with the cili padi idea...never mind that i had bought stuff to make carbonara cos its just milk and cream and cheese. We can still use the chicken and mushroom and parsley. At first i wanted to make the carbonara because i knew it could win but then i thought i want this to be group effort and i want her to be involved, so it didn't really matter if we didn't win. hahaha...and while making the whole pasta dish process, it was pretty cool you know..i honestly dunno wat in the world is adante pasta(i googled dy so now i know) and i didn't have a clue wat kinda taste i wanted. I just knew...it will be spicy bcos of the cili padi...and my colleague Shalini did a fantastic job with choosing the right sized plate and though the color din't match, she was smart enough to put the pasta on 1 side and garnish it simply with mint leaves and tomatoes. She did all the mixing and deco and some cooking. I simply marinated the chicken and add herbs and cream whenever needed. So it was really a favour from above...woohoo!

Now, let me write the recipe down before i forget!

It is called Fiery Bolognese =D

Serves 2-3 persons(depending how much you eat)

Ingredients:

To marinate chicken overnight(good for YWA as we can marinate the chicken at night and then use it the next nite to cook. Chicken would then be super marinated.hahaha)

• 300g of minced chicken
• 4-5 pieces of cili padi chopped finely(can also grind it)
• 2-3 teaspoon of salt
• 2 teaspoon of crushed black pepper
• 1 teaspoon of grinded white pepper

Mix well and leave to marinate overnight in cooler fridge(not freezer).

To prepare spaghetti
Boil water in medium sized pot. Put some salt and wait for water to boil. Put in about half a packet of spaghetti (You can also use fettucine or angel hair).

Boil until spaghetti looks a bit fat. I can't tell exactly how long. Prolly 20 minutes over low fire and boiling. Best to take 1 strand out and pinch off 2 cm and eat it to see if its cooked well or adante. er...ya...

Drain spaghetti and wash with cold water. Put 1-2 tablespoon of butter onto spaghetti and mix well. Can add more butter if you want it to be really oily looking.

Sauce! One of the main things...

• 5-6 cloves of garlic(the more the better) chopped fine
  
• 1 biji onion chopped fine or sliced
  
• 4 cili padis chopped fine
• half bottle of Prego's tomato paste
• 1-2 tablespoon of Spaghetti bolognese herbs(comes in a bottle like McCormick herbs bottle)
• 4-5 tablespoon of cooking cream ( or cream or milk also can but maybe different taste lar...)
• white mushroom as much as you want and sliced it.
• 2 tablespoon of chopped fresh parsley
• grated cheese
  

1. Heat pan with 2-3 tablespoon of butter and another 1/4 cup of cooking oil
2. Put in garlic, onions and chopped cili padi and stir fry for few minutes or until fragrant.
3. Add in the marinated chicken. Stir fry till mostly cooked. Don't cook till meat is dry. Add some (prolly 1/4cup) pasta water(from cooking the pasta) and continue simmer for 5 minutes.
4. Add half bottle of Prego's tomato paste.
5. Mix well. Add cooking cream.Stir well. Color will turn from tomato red to orangey. Add salt to taste if tasteless.
6. Add mushroom (can also add in earlier before the tomato paste). Mix well.Simmer another 5 minutes.

Sauce is now done!

Finally, when ready to eat, only then mix the spaghetti and the sauce in a bowl and serve on a plate with garnishing. Careful not to break the pasta strands. Looks like that was 1 reason why our pasta won cos the strands didn't break.

Voila...bon apetit! ^_^
I'm so happy that we won...thank You Jesus! I hope even beyond that that she will have an encounter with God personally...

Light got busted...

When things like this happened...i wished i had bought a table lamp or standing lamp so that i won't have to live in darkness or maybe sometimes when i wanna feel cosy in my own room..hahaha...
here's my list of things to-get-when-i-have-the-moneh...

1. table lamp or standing lamp(of course!after wat happened today)
2. drawers for more clothes and bags
3. car polish or wax(yeap...i plan to polish me own car, dunno if its wise but i wanna try it. maybe will grow some triceps and biceps after that...hahaha..=D)
4. pants(i love pants)
5. keyboard(this will prolly take longer than planned)
6. perfume(iSsey Miyake people...)
7. Charles and Keith shoe(why in the world rite?dunno..just like it...feels stable when i walk)

ok...its so hot here...can't stand it anymore!!!sweating wei...

The right to grieve for 24 hours-Part 2

so cool rite the title...hehe...

anyways...i found out on Monday that my Associate manager cum my work mentor is leaving my company by early July. I didn't know how to react when the news broke in the morning...i was geared up for a good Monday and that day when i walked past his desk, he called me and asked me if i had stored all the required informations for the 2 projects that i was assisting him in. I looked at him really annoyed cos i know i did my job and he's now like nagging me (he wasn't naggy, i just felt like he was.hahaha) and i told him i did everything he told me to do. Then he said 'Ok, good. Just checking cos you would need to burn these into CDs. I am transferring my projects out.' Again i looked at him funny cos no projects means no work so why in the world would he want to free himself like that. 1st thing to my mind was 'Are you leaving?' and eventually he admitted that he is. I coudln't believe my ears. I din't cry and wail but i just stood there kinda proud of myself that i got the answer right...like hitting the bull's eye...yeah! but many thoughts came thru my mind as well so i stood there speechless. He had been such a great example of a worker and supervisor and a leader.
I learnt a lot from him. I learnt how to manage people from him and watched how he managed the monkeys from India team (he came up with that term, not me). i learnt to prioritize and stick to your decision. He said its not easy but people will respect you for that. And he said nothing is urgent. Everything is important but nothing is urgent (besides life and death lar...talking about work). Whenever i feel stressed, i should take 10 mins break and go out for a walk.
Sigh...i know no one stays in the company forever. But it is to the company's loss when he leaves. And nothing the company could do to make him stay unless they change the HQ to Singapore. Anyways, he has a dream and path that he wants to be on. So, just have to let him go.

I wish you all the best Roshan P. and thank you for taking me under your wings and mentoring me.

The right to grieve for 24 hours...

i was just reading my latest blog post and realized that the 2 verses which i had placed in my blog echoes the teaching from Revo academy and P.A.R.T.Y. at night...
Ps Sandra talked about the F.R.U and U stands for unwavering faith...amazing..God is always confirming His word to me through sermons and teachings on the weekends...when you believe and expects Him to speak...=)

The right to grieve for 24 hours...is what Ps Kenneth said we could have (cos going thru difficult time or events lar...not simply grieve wan k...)and then after that get people (such as leaders) who are willing to walk you through this process...
i feel like i'm grieving now...and i'm thankful that there are people willing to stand by me this time to share my grieve...making it less painful...
you know wat makes me feel loved...last Sunday, i had a bunch of friends who was willing to wait for me for lunch after church...i din't expect them to that since i was talking to someone and only finished the conversation quite late(and i'm sure they were pretty hungry and tired cos waiting is tiring)...it really touched my heart...cos not many people would get out of their comfort zone...it may be something simple but powerful to me^_^

People asked me...what is your passion? I...would normally laugh and then look really paiseh and pretend to think real hard and stall for more time and finally answer...'I think my passion is........aiya..not like you lar..so easy can tell...erm..actually i've been asking myself this question also...and hor...i think hor...' hehe...that's normally how i answer...and after beating around the bush a few times, i would mutter...s..cience...that's why i studied science..duh..and that's why i work in the medical/pharmaceutical field.
I don't talk about it because few people can actually understand what i say. i think it prolly overlaps with some nutrition talk as well cos most people think sugar will cause diabetes and do you know that diabetic patients are prone to heart attacks because the extra carbo that they consumed is not only turned into insulin but also turned into cholesterol which if too much will wrap itself around the inside of the blood vessels surrounding the hear and when plaque builds up till it almost choke the blood vessels that blood pressure will increase and if the plaque continues to build till it closes the blood vessels on the inside, that's when heart attack happens?
yeah...so...who would wanna talk like that to me right?maybe except the nutrionist and the marathon runner.by the way, this topic is found in the subject of Biochemistry. I used to think that i did real bad for chemistry but i like chemistry and i din't really like bio then i should take biochemistry cos it has half of this and that...i din't know it was a study of chemistry in living things. hahahahahha..ok..perhaps i got my definition wrong but its something like that lar...

and my other passion is music..well...not like i play really well or sing real awesome but can lar..no need to cut for albums but hope to cut for it someday...hahahahaha...
i'm not sure if i wrote this in my previous blog posts but i had neighbours who are musical. One night i heard some music outside my door and it sounded real good...jazzy a bit. so i opened my front door and lo and behold...i could hear music coming from my neighbours' house(just next to mine) i heard the piano and saxophone and someone was singing...then a few nights later i heard piano and bass and some singing as well...i was like wooooahhh! these people are so talented...and i was so tempted to walk to my neighbour's house and invite myself in...a friend suggested i should do that and tell them that they are really noisy(with a serious face) and then break into a smile and say 'But i like it=)' rofl...good pickup line eh...
i din't do that anyway...and that few occasions stirred up my heart and mind that it can be done!i can have gatherings like this in my house or someone's house and just jam...it didn't matter if we're too loud or too amateur cos...its time to learn!gosh...i will try that someday...get a few people over for dinner or tea and then start jamming...^_^
who knows...my neighbours might come over cos they enjoyed the music and then we can...preach the good news to them!(remember to do everything with God in mind) hahahaha...
yeah..so...this is one of my dreams for...now. besides owning a Honda Civic...hahahaha...

so cool man...i feel so excited now..i think my grieving time is about to end..eh..but i talk so much today...tomorrow i emo...-__-

I think there are...

....rats on my roof. They keep making the scratching sound...the sound is like amplified and i can hear it from my room tho i'm not near that part of their...nest. ewwww...feel like taking the insect aerosol and spray...but...i wonder if it will poison them and then they die there and then...sure got rotting smell...and then..aiyo..why i talk like so bimbo...
and then hor...cats in the city don't live like cats...they live like humans.

>_<

Its time to recharge my laptop battery...yay!

I just wanted to say:

But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

and

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.