Saturday 29 October 2011

A day of fun baking

Today, Dawn and me went to Elene's house for a day of fun baking. A student Alice
join us too. We are making a mango mousse cake. This is a pre-baking session is for 
baking a successful cake for the Dec baby. We met at the mrt station to go and buy
those baking stuff below.


Juicy and nice mango. Cutting them into pieces so that we can use it later. 

 Mixing of the gelatine and the mango puree.

The whipping of cream.

Combining the whipping cream and mango puree to make the mango mousse.
And we've to freeze it for a while before we can use it.
 These sponge cake was pre-bake by Elene. Thanks Elene.

After some time, we took out the mango mousse and start to put in the ingredient
layer by layer.
 The cake with 1st layer of mousse.
 Yeah! Mango..mango..and more mango.
 Another layer of mango mousse.
2nd layer of sponge cake with mousse.

 Trying to smooth out the mango mousse.
 Putting it in the freezer for everything to set before we put the decor on top.
 This was how it look like when we first decor it.
 Pouring in the mango puree with gelatine.
The end product. Yeah.. the cake is done but can't eat yet. It has to be chilled for
about 3 to 4 hour before everything is set.
After the completion of the mango mousse cake, we tried making some scones.
Scones are quiet easy to make and it require only 3 ingredient. Self-raising flour, butter
and milk and you can add nut and raisin if you wish to.See the rolling of dough.
 Using cutting mould to cut out the dough.
 Sending it to the oven.
 The dough are having sauna inside the oven.
Out of the oven.
Yummy..eating what we have done.
It was a nice day spent at Elene's house. After the baking, we have a short time of
worship. Dawn play the keyboard and Elene play the flute.

Friday 28 October 2011

At the pantry

At the pantry during lunch time, an intern whose leg was injured when he played the foot ball joined us for lunch. It was a serious injury as he has to go through 2 more major operation to get the leg fixed.

As collegue A heard of this, she said: “Last time, when i go and watch my husband play football, i'll always cheer “run away, run away” because he once had a serious injury. What for you play and get injure and suffer. And now, when my children say that they want to play sport like netball, basket ball and volleyball, I'll say “no”, so dangerous, will get injure. And i told them that if you want to play sport, you can play badminton, ping pong or bowling. Bowling better still because it has air-con. These are sport that you'll get less injury.”

As i thought about what she said, i can understand where she come from. As a mother who want to protect and give comfort to her children from a very practical view point. She's is such a singaporean. I can identify with her because i'm a plegmatic, every thing that i want to do will go through a series of careful calculation. Not that it's wrong to calculate and know the risk involved.
But i think that by what my collegue has calculated, won't her children missed out a lot of fun? It's fun to learn and play sport and at times you may get injured.

Then the Lord draw me to Hebrew 11:6 “without faith it's impossible to please God..” Being too plegmatic has no place for faith to growth. If i'm alway thinking of having a good and comfy live, there will be no adventure and the need to trust God. Lord, this carnal self of mine is so prevailing, please help me to keep watch of this mindset and constantly lay it down at your feet.

Wednesday 26 October 2011

Selah

The word ’selah‘ is used in Psalm 73 times and in Habakkuk is used 3 time. Many a time when i come across this word ’selah', there isn't much attention or meditation on it. My understanding of this word is simply a musical term used in psalm. Which i'm not wrong.

With some search on the meaning, selah notes a break in the song and as such is similar to the word Amen in that it stresses the important of preceding passage. Another explanation of selah(celah) is from the primary hebrew root word(calah), which literally means "to hang' and by implication to measure(weight).

Pause (selah) in psalm express the stillness of meeting God in worship. Did I pause and wait, no haste, no hurry in coming to commune with God. Where are the “selah”, the pause for praise and adoration in my live?
I'm so much of a russian (rush in, rush out). Being rushian cause me not being able to take notice of God's work in my life or even my time with him can be affected.
  
10 He says, “Be still, and know that I am God;I will be exalted among the nations,I will be exalted in the earth.”

11 The LORD Almighty is with us;the God of Jacob is our fortress. Selah  Psalm 46:10-11

Ps 46:10 the call to be still follow after verse about roaring, raging, moving, shaking and swelling.How one can be still in the midst of all these unless one take time to pause and commune with God, trusting in his sovereignty. However, one may not meet with roaring, raging, moving, shaking and swelling all the time. How about in the mundane of every day life? How can i see God and worship Him unless i do take time and pause  
and commune with Him.

Lord, help me to learn how to selah. that i may know you and see you in my daily life.

Sunday 2 October 2011

小叮当迷,不可不知


“描绘漫画的我,很快乐;阅读漫画的人,很快乐。”
藤子F。不二雄

今年的9月3日,小叮当生日当天“ 藤子F。不二雄博物馆” 开馆。 “小叮当”乐园标榜着
将梦想,希望,友情,勇气以及对事物怀有的好奇心传达给世人,让大家找回童心,
重活记忆。

所有小叮当迷都会很高兴终于有了“小叮当”乐园。我超爱看小叮当卡通片,看了这么多
年都还没看到结局,几乎每个星期六与日都一边吃早餐,一边看小叮当卡通片中度过。

喜欢小叮当有用不完的法宝,永远有办法帮大雄解决他的问题,但大雄也往往因为滥用
小叮当的法宝而受到惩罚。

喜欢小叮当的任意门,想去哪里只要打开任意门,跨过去就到了。不需要车票,船票,
机票,入门票。

喜欢小叮当容易骗,只要给它铜锣烧,它什么法宝都可以借给你。只要喊一声老鼠,它
就会吓一大跳。

喜欢小叮当的百宝袋,什么稀奇古怪的道具都能从里面挖出来。喜欢。。。

“小叮当”乐园在日本的川崎市多摩区(Kawasaki city, Kanagawa Perfecture,从东京新宿搭小
田急线至登户站。到“小叮当”乐园需要预约,可在日本Lawson便利店购票。到东京的时候,
不妨去走一走。