a dash of nutmag!

Well, now that I don’t have to wake up at unearthly hours and try to beat the 7.40am sch bell, I say, I can sleep in a bit more… sigh.. i’m too used to sleeping late already.. BUT (one of) the most important thing is… I CAN ENJOY A NICE BREKKIE! Continue with my checking out of good, real good eating places, sit down and enjoy the morning, enjoy the beauty of … rest.. watch Singaporeans rush around as I stare out of the glass panel (eh.. if i’m not at some hawker lah haha)

So… I had the pleasure of going back to the good old Provence @ Holland Village.. for breakfast. I love this place.. A pleasant fusion of french and Japanese bakery. Unique creations, good place to chill over tea.

Mini French Cheese Bun & Scones at the back

OH THE CHEESE BUN IS GOOD STUFF!!!! It’s texture is very much like you know… giant fried sweet potato balls, it’s funny!! Chewy cheese inside and crisp outside, only thing it isn’t fried! Very different from usual cheese buns (which most is merely bread sprinkled with a lil cheese) This one is just nice chewy cheese-interior! There are many other things available here actually which are oh so good, next time i’ll picture them!! ", Good place to eat on weekends except that you must go at like 8am when it opens or else don’t think of finding a seat!

I went to starbucks the other day..

Blueberry (Low-fat)

Hm, I like the lightness of it, just that it’s slightly towards the cakey side… Not really like my fav at Cedele! Oh but i still like it! ", (Kath prefers it more tastey though! I think!) 

AHH.. I’m just like bombarding this place with food haha… well, haven’t blogged for a while.. need to free my camera space..

AND SO.. I was at Fish n co with Carol (and jerrold, ian, kath, andrew at the other far end :S) haha.. This was Sunday… had to whip out my camera since the lighting the glass house was excellent! I mean, lots of natural light (duh.. glass house haha), what more could I ask for?? hee hee..

Now, Seafood platter comes with salad, how cool is that! Haha.. but weird.. it has ikan bilis.. :S and mayo… not my fav of dressings.. sadly.. even the seating arrangements at Fish n co has changed!!! It’s been a long while! Rmb the days where we’d go every other week and there were like 10 of us at the same long table always! What were we thinking then?? Too much cash?? Hah..

Hmm.. good things must remain! OH SEE, that velvety lemon butter… even the rice is glowing! ",
This picture big big so you can see the goodness!! Hah

Oh that prawn… all eaten and shrivelled…

THe new manager is funny, in a nice way… we complained of unfresh prawns.. and the rest of our meal was interrupted (not a bad thing) by him asking us how we were doing… he was super nice to us, almost to a point of strangeness haha… Oh but, 5% discount in the end (right carol??) for the prawns.. Haha..

Oh.. Carol! "

Last Sunday, I reheated roast pork for dinner… Ehm.. it has been frozen for weeks.. since the last 2 posts ago, I roasted it (ahah…) Yikes.. but it was still good!! In fact I think the freezing process makes it more tender and in chinese I call the meat more ‘lan4′, easier to cut up and eat also haha!!

Pork Loin (as fatty as it can get)

Check out the two-tones!

This cut was funny I had to picture it! This is pork loin, as fatty as it can get. Fat in pork is good. tender. tasty. no denying! But know I know better to buy pork shoulder! It’s super fatty (not too much also lah!) so tasty! ", But can anyone explain better to me:why is there 2 distinct colours?? I figure the darker meat is is more fatty and more blood supplied to that area… Hence darker when cooked.. RIght/Wrong? Well, that part seemed more tender and tasty too! Haha! Anyone? Oh check out that thin swirl of fat between the two tones!

Signing off!!! Looking forward to another day… of eating!! (well, enjoying the good things given in this life!) :S

(photos undated @ 11pm - OH yes, i’m updating and switching over to use flickr.com… slightly annoyed with picasaweb cos the links don’t quite work well!!) ",

You called me out of death, You called me into life
I was under Your wrath, now through the cross reconciled…

~ Jeremy Riddle

Wow… this is something random, but as I am here at Coffee Bean sitting and just … taking a break from the cares of this world which is tearing me apart greatly at this point. I feel tt people need moments like these to stop and process whatever’s been going on.. Sometimes our bodies just speed way ahead of our hearts and souls…SIgh… just stop for a bit… But sadly, it’s so rare.. People are so busy… rushing through their lives.. Goodness, I don’t know what we are rushing for sometimes… Rushing to get to heaven? Nah… totally not.. then why the rush?

Anyway, you know how I am the kind of person who’s very pragmatic especially when it comes to learning… Study something only if it makes sense to me.. Like Literature and History never ever makes any bit of sense.. And I never agreed why we had to study Physics.. I mean, what’s it about the Force=Mass x Acc man! How does it relate to my daily living??

Now, somehow, I realise that there’s just so much more to everything!! I actually really want to know why things are a certain way.. rather than just ignoring it totally as a waste of time. Wow. I mean, why do people behave in a certain manner? Even in the complicated world of calculus and biology… wow God created them all.. It’s cool to know my God is that clever! Look at that tree outside your window… God created it! I know I sound rather silly, but little things around us, we hardly ever realise God’s hand in it… much less the greater things we go through..

Just a thought… 

What joy is found, beholding Your beauty…
Oh how lovely, is the King in all His glory
Is the Christ who is Holy
Who was, and who is….

~ Jeremy Riddle

Southbridge….

Thanks band, for all those who played a part in forming the flesh of the new song I wrote… I think it’s really not me who wrote it, cos as I ‘ve shared, it all just came at once, the inspiration, couldn’t have been me.. I mean, I was just sitting at DOME one Sunday morning at Park Mall after the 1st service, feeling really Jaded… This was right after Worship Central Conference at Faith MC.

And these words were ringing in my head: Write songs for your church. That’s the primary purpose! If the song stays within the church, so be it!

SO there I was thinking… This talk about revival in YM… but how? What happened next, I took out my trustee notebook, started writing words and numbers to fit the words… Amazing. Never been possible. (Sorry, i don’t mean the song I wrote was great or anything :S but really I never was this close to writing a proper song no matter how much i tried!!)

If we get our purpose right, wow… God’s grace overflows! The title of the song was chosen minutes before I gave out chord sheets to the band on friday to learn.. It was such an amazing thing, how the title got chosen as i shared! And Sandy had a big part to play in this!! Hah!

Philippians 4:13 (G)

Verse 1
From that cross now I am
Forgiven and a free man
Now Christ is living in me
I stand with power, hope and glory!

Verse 2
Standing here we proclaim
His promise will always remain
No work of His shall ever cease
We’ve got His power, hope and glory!

Chorus
I’m gonna live out, live out
With Christ in me!
I’m gonna shout out, shout out
Words of victory!
I’m gonna stand up, stand up
And rise in faith!
We live to worship You!
We live to worship You!

And the next song, which was introduced during Communion, written there, at the same time!

AS WE WORSHIP [Bb - C]

Verse
We sing to you, a new song
Join with the heavens in worship all day long
I will proclaim, your salvation
Declare Your glory, to the nations

Pre-Chorus
Splendour and majesty surrounds You
Pow’r and all glory, belongs to You

Chorus
As we worship, renew our lives
As we worship, restore our souls
As we worship, Lord reveal to us
Your Holiness

This is based on Ps 96.

"A new song a new song" - This was ringing in my head all the time as I wrote! Yea, someone once said where revival comes, there’ll be new songs just flowing out, cos that’s the true cry of the hearts of the people involved in the revival!! That, i believe!

Friends, I encourage you, if you’ve got any thing you’d like to share, be it a full song or just words without the lyrics, just do it. I believe it’s time for that! ", A good way to start, is to check your motive. Remember, if the song stays within the church, so be it! It’s meant to be for the your church! ",

Checking out,

Mag ",

PS All songs subject to change! haha 

COOKOUT! (Click for larger)

Mhm… What more to say? Haha! Excellent time of fun and fellowship! ", Cooking, too! It’s really nice to be cooking for others to enjoy good food, good company. Thank God, nobody’s had diarrhoea! Yet. :S

I’m going to miss having my ‘own’ laptop, even if it was an old NEC which was might heavy slow, while every other teacher had a swivly HP moel. ",

Desktop…

My favourite pau shop of all times!!

It’s amusing how, over the years, my favourite charsiew pau and leng yong pau got smaller, while the price changed inversely…. Heh Hehe.. but IT"S STILL GOOD! Check it out! Ghim Moh Market, facing 7Eleven.. The Leng Yong.. is the bomb… When you pop it into your mouth (since it’s so tiny nowadays anyway) the filling bursts out and burns your tongue… Ooo… so good..

Been eating it since I was in primary school, still rmember how I would eat 3 of each variety.. for tea.. Haha.. now cannot liao..  

Anyway, was runnign some errands for work and was at Ghim Moh.. so I couldn’t help but try the egg tart too! Pretty good crust they’ve got! ", See the crust!! So very well layered! Unlike some lazy shops. But the custard is .. good. Not super, but good! 

Then, a few stalls down is the Ah Balling stall.. Got mine with ginger soup! Very good, not too sweet! ",

 
Sesame….                                       Yam, tasted like my fav Or Nee!!

I love the Pi, light, soft and chewy.. Good stuff! Alrighty.. see, I tend to enjoy work in some sense cos I have a good excuse to travel to such places to eat.. :S

Anyways, roasted a pork loin on Sunday which I had seasoned over night! ",

And my ambitious attempt to make it look classy haha..