Chilling Out With Colleagues…

Though the weather has been weird for the last couple of days but somehow our night out still remained unchanged. It was planned after our last outing at The Legends and this time, we planned to just drink and chill…

We had an enjoyable bus ride from office to Mohd. Sultan and as usual, once you're seated, Angie's camera will be out in action. hahahaah... The bus was not crowded so, we took some pictures to pass time...




Before heading down to EM Bar at Gallery Hotel, Philip, Angie, Jessie and I went to try out the Bak Ku Teh at the corner of Mohd. Sultan. Food was served fast as it wasn’t crowded. Well, we ordered the usual Bak Ku Teh dishes and we were quite disappointed as it wasn't as tasty as we expected.





We were given a cozy sofa corner with the help of my friend Aiqi who is a regular patron there. As it was still Happy Hour, we ordered jugs and jugs of beer at $18 per jug. Not too bad after all. It was pretty relaxing to just sit and relax with a bunch of friends after a long day at work. Patrick suggested that we play some games or else most of us will doze off on that comfortable sofa and cozy environment.






We started to play card games… the game was like ‘Heart-Attack’ or some may know it as ‘Snap’ but was played slightly differently. Anyway, the game got all of us excited and some of us even got injured by just playing that game. Hahahahahaahah… funny and violent you might think but we were having loads of fun despite the pain.

Philip counting the dices..

Jessie very serious about learning how to play the dice game




Well, the game went like this; using the deck of poker cards, having all the cards involved (even Jokers). The ‘banker’ will flip the cards as he counts, from 1-13 and we have to snap the card if it’s either lower or higher than the card on the table. For example, the banker opens the 1st card which is 2 of spade, we will have to snap it coz’ he said ‘one’ but the card is 2 of spade. It’s is higher than ‘one’. The rule here is you can’t snap the number that he announced. Complicated it may sound but it sure fun! If you plan to play, make sure you have your fingernails CHOPPED or wear gloves.
philip injured hands
Jessie's broken nails


Though the night ended early for some of us, we sure had a great time playing both dice & card games. I am sure we’ll be planning for our next outing very soon.

Ramen Lunch

We were once again invited to lunch with our boss Minowa-san today. As he was traveling to Macau later this afternoon, we had an early lunch instead.

Initially we planned to lunch at St. Regis but as he did not have much time due to his business trip, we settled lunch at Robertson Quay instead. As usual, he is a fan of Ramen and he heard about this Ramen shop but have never tried it coz’ there were different reviews of that shop.


Well, we were caught by surprised when we arrived as it was pretty crowded. We were quickly seated and what was interesting about the place was there were small fan on every out door table. The menu interest us even more when we browsed through and finally we ordered different soup based ramen.

I had the spicy pork bone, Linda had the sesame and garlic soup base and boss had the miso soup base ramen. Minowa-san also ordered their fried dumplings for testing… hahahaah… we did not have to wait long for our food to be served. It wasn’t huge but good enough to fill the stomach for lunch.
Spicy Pork Bone Based Ramen
Gyoza

Mine was supposed to be spicy but it wasn’t spicy enough for my standard… hahahahah… the ramen was really good and simply loved the soup base though it was quite oily (with all those chili oil). Minowa-san enjoyed his but Linda said hers was alright coz’ it wasn’t quite her taste.

I would like to give thumps up to the gyoza man… it was simply delicious. Tasted like fried Xiao Long Bao… very very good.

The price is quite reasonable which the ramen cost about $11 per bowl. Try it…

Susan’s Surprised Birthday Celebration

Going to Alpha Course every Thursday evening is a usual thing for me but last evening it was special. I was on leave yesterday as I had planned to watch an important game between Man U & Chelsea; American Idol Results Show ‘Live’. It definitely was all worth in coz’ Man United won and so did David Cook… awesome morning!

Anyway, went to VivoCity to a cake for my buddy Susan as it was her birthday. We thought it would be nice to get her cake and have a small celebration during break time. Was unsure what cake to get her but after browsing through some websites, I have decided to get the cake from Secret Recipe. The cake that we bought was Chocolate Mud Cake.
Chocolate Mud Cake from Secret Recipe

Cake was already prepared for her just before their break-time and when she saw the cake, she appeared to be kind of surprise and happy at the same time. As usual, whenever there is an occasion, cameras are never a missed! Hahhaahahaah… we started taking pictures of the cake and of course the birthday girl.





Uncle Richard announced to everyone that it’s Susan’s birthday and started singing her birthday song. It was great. Now, it came to the part where everyone would love to have a piece of the tempting looking cake. It was indeed delicious and many came back for a second helping even-though we have other cakes (Pola Cakes) around. Kekekeekekekeke…..


Though it was a short celebration but the effort was all worth it coz’ she was happy. Not sure if there is another birthday next week… hahahaah…

Happy Birthday Buddy

Happy Birthday to my bestest Buddy Susan. A friend whom I know when I know how to play... Sista, may your birthday be filled with wonderful memories and unforgetable moments. Wising you happiness, joy and be filled with love by people around you.

Thank you buddy for your wonderful friendship all these years. Love you and God bless you always.

Cheers!

Alpha Holy Spirit Weekend – Sunday

After the wonderful experience on Saturday, we are back for the Sunday session. It was early afternoon when I reached church after my Sunday mass. When I reached there, most of my friends have arrived.

I did a short recap with the music ministry and went to take loads of funny pictures before the actual event started. I was totally excited to find out if I will be touched by the Holy Spirit once again.







We started off with the opening song, prayers and then blessing of the bread & wine for the Agape Meal. Right after that, it was the breaking of the bread and passing on the wine. I got to tell you… the bread is simply delicious; it had some olive oil in it which made it tasty even on its own. Then the leaders of each group came forward to receive the light from the Easter Candle which signified Christ if our light.







After the talk by Nicky Gumbel, we started our main dish which was the ‘in filling of Holy Spirit’. While we sing, some guest came forward for the praying over and it was great to see non-Christians going forward too.

While we were singing, I noticed that Emily who was my co-singer suddenly sang quite loudly till the guest started looking at us like as if we needed their attention. It was not too long after that I felt a cold air at my feet and I turned around but there were no fan or any sort of air around. I turned to tell Emily that I was feeling cold air around my feet and she looked at me and smiled saying ‘that’s the Holy Spirit my dear’. She in returned asked me if she sang really loud a few minutes ago and I shyly told her ‘Yes’ and we laughed.

It was how strange the Holy Spirit works around different people. I was really glad to be touched once again coz’ it was definitely a great feeling and experience money can’t buy.


Praise to you God The Almighty!

Alpha Holy Spirit Weekend - Saturday

Last year, I attended the Alpha Course with hubby and Holy Spirit Weekend is one of the main highlights in the course. It’s a very special weekend where you will get prayed over by your host and leaders and you might feel the Holy Spirit if you believed and open your heart.

This year is a little for me as I am now a member of the music ministry in the Alpha Course. Being in the music ministry, we have 3 singers and 3 musicians. It’s very small but it’s a good number.

Holy Spirit is really special to me as I was touched by the Holy Spirit last year during the prayed over and it was my 1st time experiencing the closeness with God. The feeling is simply amazing. This time round, I felt the Holy Spirit even while I was singing.

On Saturday, the session started in the afternoon and we started off with songs & praise, followed by a talk by Nicky Gumbel. We had a short tea break and then followed by another talk and lastly with the ‘filling in of the Holy Spirit’.

Before the tea break, we were asked to pick 1 gift & 1 fruit from the basket. I picked 'Joy' as my Fruit & 'Fortitude' as my gift.

During the break time, we were jamming at the canteen since it’s our free time and sort of rest time. It was all fun when we were jamming singing other rock songs or oldies and there were a couple of people around us and they too started to sing-along with us.





When it was time for ‘Holy Spirit Filling In’, we were singing many songs and we are talking about non-stop singing as to prepare people to go forward to be prayed over. Before the whole session started, I was down with terrible flu and my throat was still sore. It was very strange that whenever I was in the hall, my sore throat & flu were gone when we started to sing. At first, I did not notice as I was trying to blend in with the song which I learnt only 10 minutes before it started.

I found out only when we had our 2nd break time before dinner… I was sneezing terribly at the canteen and even my co-singers took noticed that I wasn’t well. Then during the filling in of the Holy Spirit, my sore throat and flu were gone again. I felt really hot and I started to sweat even in the air-con hall which I felt so cold a moment ago. At that very moment, I knew that the Holy Spirit was around me and guess I was touched.

There were some people that were touched by the Holy Spirit, like my dear friend Susan who was touched perhaps a couple of times in that few short hours. It will be great for all to experience the Holy Spirit but you just have to open up your heart to receive it… will you?