Recipe: Crepe

Thanks to my Chef friend, Tan Kew Lim who provided this recipe. 

Ingredients:

100gm Sifted Flour
25gm Fine Sugar
2pcs Whole Egg
1pc Egg Yolk
250gm Milk
5gm Butter
Additional butter for pan greasing

Steps:

Combine and mix all ingredients and stir until well blend
Use a non stick flying pan and turn on low heat
Swirl butter around to coat the entire surface of oil greased frying pan -- to make a very thin layer of crepe
Remove from pan -- leave aside and keep repeating.....

This is the basic ingredients and steps to make a crepe. I have yet to try... but would love to turn it into Mille Crepe.  Mille Crepe simply means a thousands crepes that are stacked together.  Obviously we can't stack a thousands but there would be at least a 20 layers based on personal preference.  I will post it up when I have successfully made one. ^^

You are my strength - Hillsong United

The song of my day today:-

When I need strength to carry on every single day, You are my LORD and strength.  This song reminds me of God's faithfulness and renew my strength!

You are my strength
Strength like no other
Strength like no other
Reaches to me

You are my hope
Hope like no other
Hope like no other
Reaches to me

In the fullness of Your grace
In the power of Your Name
You lift me up
You lift me up

Unfailing love
Stronger than mountains
Deeper than oceans
Reaches to me

Your love O Lord
Reaches to the heavens
Your faithfulness
Reaches to the skies

Whom shall you turn to when you are down

Many times, people would fail you.
Many times, things are not as good what you want it to be.
Many times, you tend to feel upset when things go wrong.
Many times, you feel that you are left behind.
Some times, you feel that there's no one around you.
And you feel that no one would really care what's happening around you.

People seems to care for those whom they care only.
People seems to focus only on material things.
People tends to talk about the most 'in' thing that's happening.

WHY do we put our hope and courage on human being?
Human being has limited power, limited love, limited care, limited strength and limited wisdom.  We can only love so much, care so much, and know so much...

How much can they care where they have their own problems to care about?
How much can they love you where many of them have problem loving themselves or even their spouse?
How much can they help you where there are tons of things for them to do?
How much can they comfort you where they are not even feeling good on their own?
How much can we expect?


In the bible, God has clearly spoken about these issue many times - that we should only put our hope and expectation in God.  As He created the heaven and earth, and human being. 

Psalm 33:4-20

v4. God's word is true, and everything He does is right.
v5. He loves what is right and fair; the LORD's love fills the earth.
v6. The sky was made at the LORD's command (Genesis 1:6-8) [Day 2].  By the breath from His mouth, He made all the stars (Genesis 1:16) [Day 4].
v7. He gathered the water of the sea into a heap.  He made the great ocean stay in its place (Genesis 1:9) [Day 3].
v8. All the earth should worship the LORD; the whole world should fear Him.
v9. He spoke, and it happened.  He commanded, and it appeared (Genesis 1:1-31).
v10. The LORD upsets the plans of nations; He ruins all their plans.
v11. But the LORD's plans will stand forever; His ideas will last from now on.
v12. Happy is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He chose for His very own.
v13. The LORD looks down from heaven and sees every person.
v14. From His throne He watches all who live on earth.
v15. He made their hearts and understands everything they do.
v16. No king is saved by his great army.  No warrior escapes by his great strength.
v17. Horses can't bring victory' they can't save by their strength.
v18. But the LORD looks after those who fear Him, those who put their hope in His love.
v19. He saves them from death and spares their lives in times of hunger.
v20. So our hope is in the LORD.  He is our help, our shield to protect us.
v21. We rejoice in Him, because we trust His holy name.

So why do we still looking around and finding friends who could encourage us?  Our main source of hope, love, joy and peace comes from the LORD.  The maker of heaven and earth.

So, be courageous... knowing that no matter what, when and how, we still have JESUS with us.  He's living in our hearts so we are never alone.

Look to JESUS (first)... and don't find hope and expect comfort from man as we are all the same, imperfect.  You surely can talk to your friends, BUT, do not put expectation on them in giving up to your expectation. There's only so much we human can do, but GOD could do ALL things!

He's a God who provides

Just few days ago, we were talking about the Promotion Air Ticket we'd booked and paid (last year) to go Phuket this coming May.  We were joking that we might have to let go of the ticket as we do not have any extra budget to spend for accommodation, food and etc.  Every months seems to be so tight for us.  We can't afford to go anywhere and spend on anything out of our list.


Yesterday night we went over to in-law's house for dinner.  Mother-in-law passed me some Thai Bahts that was leftover from their Bangkok trip that took place last week.  I took it over... there were a 1000 Baht note and a 900 note.  All together 1900 Baht.  It's about RM190 after conversion.

My heart was filled with thanksgiving... though it might not cover all that we have to spend in Phuket but it surely ease our burden a little with that help.  Thanks to my Mother-in-law who has a generous heart to bless us.  Not only this but in many other ways in different sizes and methods.


Praise be the Lord, whom has placed me in this New Family where I am blessed, love, taken care of and accepted.  Praise be the Lord, who always bless us in times of need... Praise be the Lord, who's our provider.   Praise be the Lord, simply being our Lord.

May the Lord bless my in-laws as they bless us in many areas.  May them be blessed more abundantly, far more than what we can imagine.  And I pray that they will also get to taste of the goodness of our God one day... by themselves.  May our God bless them!!!

The Miracle of the day!

While chatting on skype with hubby awhile go, he told me that we have to make a time amendment on his air ticket for his business trip.  For the amendment, we will have to pay RM100 for the Flight Change and on top of that, have to pay for the extra as the required time slot if RM60 more expensive than the pre-booked one.

It was totally a bad news for us... We are running short on budget, his immediate superior blamed him for not double confirmed on the time before booking the ticket so we have to bear any extra payment in order to correct the mistake.  Well, I was not feeling good about this.  To be honest, she was the one gave us the wrong timing.  All we did was following whatever info she has given and now when things turn bad she's turning around and pointing fingers at my hubby (us).  Worst still, we have to bear the consequences though not out mistake at all! 

Hubby was upset, he was feeling quite good about it.  So as me.  I released my negative point-of-view over this situation and suddenly Holy Spirit reminded me that things happened for a reason and God might has a plan that we could never think of.

So I posted "Lord, only YOU could change the not-so-good-news into a Good News.. Please perform Your wonderful miracle now... Or, simply just change our feelings and thought will do!!! Please.... :'(" on FB.  Also, told hubby to "let's commit this to God and let Him handle yah"...  


Next I went back to the Air Asia page... it says page expired.  So I re-do the whole process again.  Click on 'Manage my booking', 'Edit' the Itinerary, ', 'Change/upgrade the time', and... When the Time Selection page came out... I saw the price of the time (to change to) has reduced to the same as the earlier ticket.  I was overjoyed!!! Was praying that God will somehow reduce the price to the same so we will not have to pay extra for it.  And... YES He did!!!!! Just for a few seconds and God changed the price... What a wonderful God He is!!!!


I have not told hubby for this yet, because I wanna write down this overjoyed happiness before I show it to him.  ^^ 




Praise God!! We only have to pay for Flight Change service for RM 100 plus the insurance for RM 21 (RM 121) and that's all rather than RM 100+RM 60+RM 21 = RM 181.  Though RM60 might not be a pain for many people, but for us.. it could simply keep us for another week or more.  Praise God!!!!


My eyes filled with tears and I could not express how much I am feeling... the appreciation for God to come and help us in the situation.  He had just overturned my entire mind and thoughts... from anger, feeling unfair and stressed to Thankfulness, Peace and a Huge HUG from Him.




Thank you JESUS... for being so REAL.  Thank you, for loving us... Thank you, for accepting us for who we are as imperfect child.  T.H.A.N.K Y.O.U!




p/s: Hubby went to talk to the superior after informing me and she's agreed to bear half of the RM100 as she's also responsible for it.

There's another blessing from God that we received last night, check out He's a God who provides

Need a brand new strength for a brand new week

It's another Monday, a brand new start of a week.


Hubby has gone to work after breakfast...


Did my devotion of the day - Beauty (is shined through by the beauty of the inner spirit man), put in the piled up laundry for wash as hubby told me that he is running out of socks before he left the house... done washing the dishes and cleaned up the table... Yet, I notice that my brain is still snoring at this moment even when I am typing.


We have been sleeping late for the past three nights.


Friday night - Went Church for special meeting and went to Tesco straight at about 10pm to get the ingredients needed for the baking. (p/s: one of my friends requested two cheesecake for her parents to taste on her wedding ceremony day itself.  She told me on the Thursday evening and I got to get things done and bring over on the Sunday morning, which I don't have time to go out on the night itself.)  We spent almost a 1.5 hours in Tesco.  After unpacking things and stuffs, it was already late.



Saturday - morning we both worked.  Back home and lunch at about 3pm.  I though I could get things started right away but there were few ingredients needed but was left out.  Hubby offered to help me run around in getting things without even complaining a single word.  Praise God for such a lovely sweet hubby who's always there to help and support me in all things.  Ding Dong here and there and I started my baking late.  And, having the spirit of rushing things did not help in the baking at all.  I was lack of patient.  And both cakes did not turn out well.  All the ingredients were sort of wasted. In the end of the day, we had TV dinner and also end up sleeping late.



Sunday - I have to wake up at 6am in order to pick up another friend and reach the wedding ceremony destination by 7.30am.  Hubby insisting of waking up with me as a return favor of me waking up and making breakfast for him everyday.  Both were tired and kinda exhausted but as there were tasks in mind it keeps our mind occupied from thinking of sleep.  Surely, we prayed and asked God for His strength to go through and need not have to ask.. He always answer prayers. ^^

So I went on the girl's program and hubby went to Church.  After lunch bla bla, we were thinking of taking a short nap.  However, the night's event keep our minds awake.  We end up watching TV instead of resting.  And we were teasing each other about wanting to take a rest yet, turn the TV on and keep our minds busy. Sigh, it's really quite sinful to watch TV programs non stop like there's no tomorrow.  If only we were this determined when we are reading bible.  (Lord, please forgive us...)

As time goes by, we went to the wedding dinner at the restaurant near our place and helped out.  It was quite a busy night for me to run in and out making sure things are alright... every one got a seat... none of the seat are wasted... guests don't sit on the wrong table... etc.

Lastly, we came back late.  The dish came out slightly late... and we were grabbed by the 'brother' group.  They wanted to take revenge for what they were asked to eat in the morning.  Obviously these guys were drunk.  Or to say quite badly drunk.  Thus, I don't blame them.  So it was quite a difficult situation that we wanted to leave but the 'badly drunk' guy keep forcing me and hubby to drink and we were also thinking of what's the right word to say and how to 'leave in peace'...  The moment me and hubby got in the car, we were praising God that we were finally out of the place safely. LOL... what an eventful night we had!!!

That's all the happening of our weekend and again both of us feels like there's never enough of weekend for us to rest.  But God knows, He granted us the time to rest.  But we used it for other purposes instead of either reading His words, doing devotion or just having quality time together.  TV seems to be so addictive to us and I always have so much to do on the Internet.  Both were not bad mediums, just that it was not used for the right reason and timing.  So it comes back to us, whom do not know how to manage our time properly but asking God for more hours in a day and more days in the weekend.  I guess we will still complain and being sleepy every morning if we have more time in a day/week.
In conclusion, it's our time management and self-discipline issue.  So, we shall make a change in this... It sure will be hard, but when God comes and interfere.. it gets easy!! Praise God for He is powerful and mighty!  So here we come a brand new week.. for us to have a brand new start by the strength of God!!!

p/s: 'Brothers' - are called Heng Dai (in Cantonese) that simple means a group of best male friends who will accompany the Groom to 'pick-up' the Bride.  It is also called the Entourage Team.  In Chinese culture, the entourage team will come with the Groom to the Bride's house.  Before the Sisters (same meaning as Brothers but applies only to Female friends) could open the door and let them in, some games and punishments (as preference) will be done.  Purpose serves as reminding the husband to treasure the wife in their marriage as he has went through trials before she agrees (again) to marry him.

the Same thing I (we) go through every morning

Every single morning, we always struggles through few things...

1. To wake up - it's like we have thousand reasons to stay in bed.  Alarm was set to 7.20am and when the time we finally dragged ourselves out we will see the 8.00am on the clock next to our bed.
2. Doing what we have to do - Hubby will wash up, get dressed, groomed himself where I normally head to kitchen straight away.  Boil water, heat up the cold milk on the microwave, and make whatever breakfast we are eating that day.
3. Pushing hubby to eat faster - my hubby eats slow.  Thus, I am always the one keeping watch of the time and rushing him not to stone while eating. : ) Some times he's just dwell too much in the morning breeze and forget about the fact that he has to drive out to work.  We too, always play little jokes in the morning to sort of like wake ourselves up from the sleepy head.  Yet, it's limited to short time due to the fact that "Dear, are you watching your time?", "Do you have to go already?", "Better don't take too long to eat yeah, scare you might be late..." and etc.
4. Saying goodbye to each other - watching him wear his socks, shoes and grab the car keys; then I will send him to the door and say goodbye with each other with hugs and kisses.  I always wish we could have more time together and enjoy every single morning together rather than me alone in the empty house when he goes to work. 

I guess we will never have enough time for each other.   Love every single moment when we are around each other.  Some times, it could be time where we sit down and watch a TV show together.  There might not be conversation all the time, yet... knowing the fact that we are beside each other and the presence itself speak a thousand words. : )

And we always come back to... thanking God for putting us together and granting us love, joy and peace in the home.  Without Jesus in the centre of our marriage, things will not be as easy as it seems and it will not be completed too.  So, we praise God for every single morning we have together though it could be real short.

He is awesome!

... still will praise Him and love Him

Awaken followed by runny nose and sneezing isn't really a good start for a day.  I thought it is just a small matter and trying not to focus too much on it.

However, that doesn't stop everything by not bothering it.

I thought of God's goodness.. and believe that He is with me and will heal me as I have a class in the afternoon.  Also, there's some cleaning up needed to be done in the house; which I have not yet done it all.

Sometimes I do afraid to see the house-chores dropping on and suffocating me.  I guess it is normal... for every single housewife out there who's pouring out their heart to take care of their household and family members.  I do solute them for their sacrifices as well as their hard work in making sure everything is well taken care of.

Though I am not home all the time due to teaching classes, I can understand the struggles that a housewife face in her every day life.  Now that I am not a mother yet, things are still quite easy to handle.  I can afford to be lazy at times, relaxing and watching TV to kill the time.  And cook whenever I feel like cooking, eat out as I am lazy to cook.  These could be seen as a blessing as well as a comfort zone to do things base on my feeling and mood.

I know, things will definitely change when there's another new member added to the family.  We are quite excited about it.  But, will we be able to handle it? Now I start to wonder... ^^

The past few months, we were hoping and praying so hard for God to bless us with a baby.  We were so overwhelmed by the hope and were blinded by the fact that financially... we can't even afford to spare any money for anyone.  We have been living our lives on our pay checks for months ever since we got married.  Many times we struggle and wonder how could we pay off all the bills where we only have that much?

Few days ago, as I was settling all the bills and paying off all the liability.  I noticed why God has been holding the blessing for these while.  God will not give us something that we can not handle.  That's His character.  I come to realise that He's waiting for us to learn how to manage the fund that He's giving us... before granting us a baby that will add up to the expenditure.

What an amazing God He is... He knows every single details of us.. and we always believe that His timing is the best timing.  Though we are excited and could not wait to see the baby that He's giving us.. we still praise Him for putting our lives together as husband and wife.  That is already a BIG blessing that He's given us.

Life is challenging.. yet God is always with us in our everyday life. 

If we'd never knew God.. all the above mentioned will definitely be considered as a miserable life and will filled us with bitterness seeing others living without those struggles.

BUT, we have been chosen to be His children.  Therefore, we are filled with His joy and love! Life is different when God is in it.  We will not stop praising Him and love Him... for He is a good God!!

Praise be the Lord, Hallelujah!! ^^

Something's wrong today

Feeling lazy... tired... and not in the mood of doing anything.


Sigh~ I don't even know if this is the Monday Blue or what...cos I only teach 3 hrs today and back to home.  There's laundry waiting to be kept and iron, floor to be swept, dishes to be cleaned and etc...

But none of these are on my list right now.  Even typing on the keyboard feels burdensome to me...


What's wrong?

My guess, the lazy bugs had ate up all the cells and Im left with empty shelf with no mood in doing anything.


Sigh... I need strength from God.. badly!

the God of Almighty!

Oh Dear Jesus, I praise You for the shake You have done is us.  It's not by might, not by power; but by the spirit of God... who's working in us.


Every single things that I though it's impossible... is changing NOW...

All glory to Your name, as we shout the name of Jesus!!!



No words will be enough to give You praise and honor. You are powerful, almighty, awesome and faithful to every single one of us.  You sent Your ppl, to bring Your glory to start the revival in us... how could I stop praising Your wonderful name?  Thank you for being a God of all possible and a God that's beyond our imagination and expectation.

Thank You for the work You have started in us... and now I am committing my life into Your hand, and waiting on Your direction in doing more for Your kingdom.

Use me Lord, O God... to be Your vessel... Your tools.. and Your instrument that bring Love, Joy, Peace as well as Your glory and light into lives and souls.  Make me an impact, Lord! Make me who You intended me to be.

I praise You!! Almighty God!!!


Hallelujah~~!!



All glory, all power, all honor... belong to JESUS!!!

I need You more - Bethel Church

In our everyday lives, we need Jesus.  Yet, many times we are so used to handling things by our own strength we tend to forget who's the One who should rely on.  This song beautifully reminds me that I need Jesus in every single area of my life.  Praise God for the beautiful song He has inspired the composer and the vocal.

I have been playing this song over and over again throughout the entire day just to soak in His presence in reminding myself that I need Him more and more everyday.  I pray that you will feel Him too...

I Need You More

(Chorus:)
I need You more, more than yesterday
I need You Lord, more than words can say
I need You more, than ever before
I need You Lord
I need You Lord

(Repeat)

(Verse:)
More than the air I breathe
More than the song I sing
More than the next heartbeat
More than anything
And Lord, as time goes by, I will be by your side
Cause I never want to go back to my old life.

Chorus
Verse
Chorus

Right here in Your presence is where I belong
This old broken heart has finally found a home
And I'll never be alone…Chorus…
I need you more…'cause I never want to go back

My prayer today

Lord, use me today... to do Your mighty work!!!  I wanna be stretched so that I can go another level with You in Your glory, Lord!!!

I thank You for the love that You have for both me and hubby.  The blessings that You have been giving us can not be described in words.  Hallelujah for You are an Awesome God, Almighty King above all kings and Your faithfulness that none can be compared!

Thank You, for this lovely day! Praise You, Jesus!!!

Eva S. Recipe: Sweet Corn Chicken Pot Pie Soup

I needed something fast and easy to prepare as it was kinda last minute that we decided to eat home.  So here are the things that I could find around the house and praise God for the idea of putting things together.  Here comes the picture and instruction:-

• Knorr Sweet Corn Chicken Soup - One pack
• Sweet Corn in can - One
• Diced Chicken Breast Meat  (optional)
• Corn Starch (optional - if you like your soup likely thicker)
• Button Mushroom - 5 to 6 up to own preference.  Sliced.
• Celery Leaves - For decoration on top of the soup.

Knorr Sweet Corn Chicken Soup pack

Follow the instruction behind the Knorr pack and put the mixture in the pot/pan.  I added another can of Sweet Corn because I wanted the soup to have more corns.  In order to make the soup much more complete I added sliced button mushroom together with some diced chicken breast meat, then stir them well till boil with medium fire.  As I like it thick, I added in corn starch towards the end with low fire and stir till it gets to the thickness I want.  This portion is sufficient to make for four person.

When the soup is almost done. Leave it a side to cool down for 5-10 minutes.  You don't have to cook the soup till it's fully done as you still have to put it into the oven together with the puff pastry.  Now you can scoop in the soup into your favourite sauce mug provided it is not wider than your puff pastry.

Mine is about 9cm in diameter.

This puff pastry I bought from Tesco cost @ RM3.60 for 10 slices which is really a good price I would say.  Take out how many pieces you need and thaw for awhile.  If you are really in a hurry you can even just put them on the mug straight from the freezer.  I did it once and it still turn out good.  All you need is a slightly longer time in the baking process.

I roll it slightly so it will give more room to fit right on the mug.

Press the side on the mug so they will stick on nicely while it's baking.

Now it's all ready to bake.  I love this sauce pan that I bought from Tesco.  It costs about RM6.90 with a plate.  Pretty lovely to me.  Put in the preheated 200 degree oven for about 10 minutes or until the pastry turns golden brown.

This is the end result of the Sweet Corn Chicken Pot Pie Soup.  Easy and really yummy to taste.  The pastry goes really well and in fact, enhance the taste of the soup when you eat them together.  My hubby was pretty impressed to the presentation as well as the taste.  Give it a try!!!

It is quite filling when the pastry goes together with the thick soup, so you can just make it alone to serve for dessert or... if it's purpose is to serve for lunch, you can try serving together with Pork Vege Mixed Pasta.  I did... and it was a perfect lunch for me and hubby. ^^

Recipe: Tiramisu

Special thanks to one of my friend, Tan Kew Lim for providing this Tiramisu Recipe.  I have not tried it yet but well, it worth sharing to whoever wants to learn how to make Tiramisu.  Enjoy~~~

 

3 egg yolks
1/4 cup white sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/8 cups mascarpone cheese
24 ladyfingers
1 1/2 cups brewed coffee
1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder

In a medium bowl, beat yolks with sugar and vanilla until smooth and light yellow. 
Fold mascarpone into yolk mixture. Set aside.
Dip ladyfingers briefly in coffee and arrange 12 of them in the bottom of an 8x8 inch dish. 
Spread half the mascarpone mixture over the ladyfingers. Repeat with remaining cookies and mascarpone. Cover and chill 1 hour. 

Sprinkle with cocoa just before serving.

What a wonderful Morning...

Praise God.. what a wonderful morning!  Though it's cozy, hazy and worst still it's drizzling.  Almost tempted to fall back asleep.  "Don't be lazy...", I told myself.

So I went out and check on my garden.  Water the plants and decided to give up on the sunflower, which until now (it's been weeks) still nothing.  Dug the soil, added some more soil and I shifted my overgrown Chrysanthemum into the rectangular vase.

Cut two beautiful stalks from each of the color and put it in a vase.  Now it's laying beautifully on our dining table.  How beautiful is God's creation!!

First I put in one.. but seems LONELY...

Now, two look LOVELY!!

I had decided to surprise a little girl that stays on the same floor as me, I chose one white & purple stalk and brought it over to their unit.  Rang the door bell, the mother came out with surprise to see the flower.  The little one held the flower in her hand, excited and happy.  I passed one stalk that's already fully grown to the mother so they could plant it in their garden (the front walk way), and she's really happy too.


Glory to God... that bless me with flowers.  And I could use His blessings to bless others!!  The best thing is, it makes me happy too.  This definitely has made our day~~


Hallelujah!!! What a wonderful morning!

Eva S. Recipe: Fried Sambal Macaroni - Fusion Style

I always love mixing western style and Chinese dish together.  This afternoon I tried this simple and fast dish as hubby came back for lunch.


Ingredients:-

Chicken breast meat - diced

Boiled macaroni - some left over from previous meal

Onions - sliced

Mushrooms - stir fried (prepared earlier)

Cabbage - sliced

Sambal - any type of sambal as your preference

Salt - approx. 1/4 tsp

Sugar - approx. 1/4 tsp

 Tomato sauce - one tbsp

Cooking Time...

Heat the wok, and added Olive Oil

Put in sliced Onions with low fire, stir a little

Put in diced chicken breast meat and added some hot water so it will not stick to the wok, mix a little

Added in fried mushroom and stir for awhile

Put in Cabbage and stir

Added boiled Macaroni (straight from fridge) and mixed them well

Here comes the Sambal.

I added too Salt, Sugar and Tomato Sauce too and mix them well

This is how it will look like.  Nice reddish color.

Ready to be served.

Do not be afraid that it might turn out too spicy, salty or sweet as the Macaroni will blend them well together since it has no taste.  Test the taste on the macaroni, if you try just the sauce it will not be the accurate taste.

Pretty easy and really really yummy~~~

Be courageous and give it a try!! ^^

My little humble garden...

Few weeks ago, I started to be obsessed about having a tiny garden in front of my apartment unit.  It's main purpose was to brighten up the area as well as bringing some life to the lonely and quiet walk way.

So I bought two pots of flower that looks like the mixture of Daisy and Chrysanthemum. Spotted two different colors and got them home from some nursery near Aman Suria.

The Orangey@ RM8/pot

White-on-the-inside-and-Purple-on-the-outside @ RM8/pot

I personally love the white and purple one to the max.  It's really unique to me... Well, Im sure you can see this species in every nursery but.. I am just loving it and it's new to me! :P

I bought two Rectangular Plastic Vase and some soil for the purpose of planting sunflower.  Added in soil and seed and water it... waited and waited and waited for days... Eventually I gave up one vase and reposition some of the orange and white purple Daisy/Chrysanthemum in it.  Now it looks like this...

As a beginner gardener I admit that I do not have the good skill in planting them in a nice way.. but that's the best I can do... :D

After two days I thought it's kinda lonely to have just one empty vase (which until now the sunflower seeds aren't growing at all) and another with not-so-nicely-arranged vase I had decided to get some extra to beautify my garden (front yard/walk-way).

This time, I went to the nursery near my parent's house and found out the price is even cheaper.  So, I happily brought home four assorted pots of wild flowers (I have no idea what to call them) and another rectangular vase.

After some struggles I finally got it done and fixed...

so what do you call this? Assorted plants?

Four Pots @ RM13.50

The center once are always blooming, the side ones (like the one on the bottom right) flower will only last for a day.  Today it blooms and wilted tomorrow, so it will take turns to bloom one by one each day.  Cute!

  Both tiny white beside the orange lasted more days than the side ones but this morning I found one side totally wilted (as in the flower) so I chopped off its head (the flower stem) so it might be able to grow some new ones.

this tiny orange bloom right on the next day I reposition the plants (four pots into one vase). Lovely... it was the only one bloom on the very day.

on the 8th two orangey ones

Today is the turn for the pink and orange.

I wonder what is the next color tomorrow... pray that I will not abandon them after some time when I get bored of them.  Praise God for beautiful flowers to brighten up our lives!!!!

Eva S. Recipe: Tuna Cheese Sandwich 2 with photos

So, this morning we had Tuna Cheese Sandwich again to finish up the remaining bread, tuna and cucumber. As promise on the yesterday's post Tuna Cheese Sandwich I am putting up photos below.

Here are the photos, it's the same as how I did yesterday. The only different is I toasted the bread a little on both sides but yesterday was eating it fresh from breadmaker.

Slightly toast the bread with low fire on both sides, watch the timing or it will burn the bread

Spread butter on both sides and tuna mayo on one side.

Cucumbers one side, and cheese on the other... ^^

This is how it will look like when you put another side of bread on top.

Finally, I cut it into half so it's easier for hubby to handle them. :)

It is really easy to make and yummy to eat. Though we have this two days in a roll but hubby still loving it especially the cheese, tuna and cucumber do a good job in blending the whole taste together. Toasting the bread might take a little while, but I normally cut the cucumber or spread butter one the ready ones to save time. If you are afraid of taking too long you could always cut the cucumber in the night earlier and store them in the zipped freezer bag (keep it fresh in the fridge not the freezer). It does save time for me.

So, happy day and hope you will enjoy your breakfast like me and hubby do.


Cheers...

Waiting on God's provision...

My darling wanted to bring me out for dinner tonight, as an appreciation to me as well as a celebration for his pay raise. It's not a big amount, yet, he said he want to bring me out...

I agreed.

However, "we don't have that extra money to eat out" came to me as the time goes by. We have been struggling, financially. Due to my lack of management in our budget, we have to clear quite some credit card bills; and three months of maintenance fees last two months. As Chinese, we have to distribute 'ang pao' (some blessing in a red packet for those who are not married) to family & friends. It's not easy to come out a fund at that time... but God, pull us through.

Still recovering financially from all the above mentioned, we are still running low in cash this month. After clearing all bills and loan, we have quite little left this month though it's just the beginning of March. In addition, Jan, Feb and March's maintenance fees are still pending. We got to get them clear soon in this week. Therefore, it's not the right timing to carry out the celebration now.

I was little upset these days, and have been asking God for provision. Pouring out all the bills and payments unto Him, I wonder why do we have to go through all these. God simply answer, "it's becos of your mismanagement... but, I will bring you through it".

That very evening, I got a text from an event company that I work with (as a commercial dancer) that he had just banked in an amount for my past performance. 'Wow...' God truly is faithful and almighty... although I am not sure that amount will be able to cover all the remaining bills, I trust that He will not forsake us. Amen.

Eva S. Recipe: Tuna Cheese Sandwich

What a wonderful morning… though we were sleepy but we are reminded of God’s grace and strength to pull us through another day.
As I’d put the ingredients in my Tesco Breadmaker last night, I prepared tuna and cheese sandwich for hubby. It’s pretty easy:-

1. Slice the bread and spread some butter
2. Spread the mayo tuna
3. Add in sliced cucumber
4. Top with sliced cheese
5. Cover with another slice of bread
6. Cut the sandwich into half
7. Decorate the plate with some cucumber or tomato. I don’t have tomato in hand so I just decorate the plate with some cucumber.

I forgot to take the photo of the plate… so here’s only the description of our breakfast today. Will take the photo tomorrow as we will be having the same breakfast for the remaining bread, tuna mayo and etc.
Hubby definitely love it! He said it’s a good combination of sandwich and most definitely my usual home made Latte (half coffee and half milk). Oh, I made half boiled egg for him too! ^^
He finished up every single drop of everything and went to work with a satisfied and happy face… how lovely! : )
Praise God for a lovely morning!!

The First post of this blog...

I was thinking of something to sort of record the days we have together. Every single day means so much to us… as God renews everyday of our lives! Praise Him! For He is Mighty!