“Welcome every morning with a smile. Look on the new day as another special gift from your creator, another golden opportunity to complete what you were unable to finish yesterday. Be a self-starter. Let your first hour set the theme of success and positive action that is certain to echo through your entire day. Today will never happen again. Don’t waste it with a false start or no start at all. You were not born to fail.” ~by Og Mandino

Saturday, August 20, 2011

FUN-tastic!

Without notice, I received a QUICK call from Niko last night. She said Dee Dee is coming back to JB today and she suggested having a QUICK gathering at my place together. James was invited as well. The time was set in the afternoon, about lunch hour.

Then, this gal who always has her numerous fabulous ideas proposed why not we both made some simple home dishes together to serve everyone. Hmm… It couldn’t be a QUICK anymore. But this was indeed a good idea which meantime arousing my nerve of cooking again. Ha. Definitely said YES!

We both gals went to the market, supermarket and an organic store this morning to browse for the ingredients like pork ribs, white and red carrots, tomatoes, broccolis, mushrooms, chestnuts, etc together. It took us an hour plus to complete the items.

Next, we rushed back and prepared all the dishes at full speed. I cooked three – pork ribs with carrots soup, chicken with chestnuts, and boiled Pak Choy served in garlic chilli soya source. And, she cooked two – mixed veggie and tomato omelette.

We both had much fun in the kitchen. Sometimes I ever wondered if her zany brain had ever taken a break or not. It seemed to be working at full length. Amazing! She had many piece of ideas on how to make her cooking. In fact, she seldom associated her life with cookery before.

She integrated some freaky methodology in to her cooking and it turned out to be unusually creative points at the end. Ha, you freak Niko. I confess sometimes I’m really defeated by your so called ‘urgent Plan B’ idea. That’s incredible but great!

James came when the last dish. He being the volunteer to help us washing all the bowls and plates and other cutleries we used for preparing the dishes. Again, the atmosphere was burst into exuberant, bubbly hubbub of everyone. We all were full of vim and vigour.

We started our lunch after Dee Dee and her family reached.

This gentleman was serving us the flower tea. Thanks James!



The dishes we cooked. Mmmm~




This little sweetheart was too busy wandering around. Sometimes she pulled the giant Winnie from here to there. Sometimes she hid the doll at somewhere else. Sometimes she put on my slippers which were much bigger than her size and it made her almost falling down in her every move. She just couldn’t be quiet but too vigorous to play around. She was adorable!


Next, she was rambling up and down on the staircase which indeed worried her parents.



Look! This is how the parents look after their young child when they are still tender, fragile and vulnerable, and so much little.
They held our hand when we first learning to walk. They grasped us when we nearly fall down. They were the ones who rose us when we fell. We knew nothing about this when that moment.
Our parents were the ones we leaned upon and kept us strong. Even though we grow up and become much stronger than them, they are always standing there right with us, reaching out to carry us again whenever we stumble through it all. We are all indeed heaven-blest. At least I know I AM.



En En was getting utterly excited when her parents playing her the Kamehameha(龟派气功). She seemed very enjoyed in those rough and boys’ games. Hee-hee!


I believe we all were really enjoying in each company today!


A toast to high spirit cheers~

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