Was invited to a business associate appreciation dinner at Lawry's last night. They have moved from Paragon to Mandarin Gallery.
Went with Jiahui and we had the following set dinner;
*Homemade limpa and sourdough bread
*Seafood zucchini
*Lawry's famous original spinning bowl salad
*California Cut (slice of signature prime rib of beef 140g with Idaho mashed potatoes, yorkshire pudding, whipped cream horseradish and creamed corn)
*English trifle
*Tea with praline chocolate
Meal was excellent especially the prime beef which is their specialty. The accompanying creamed corn was yummy. Portions served were just nice and not overwhelming. Assistant manager Imran told us that their prime beef comes in 3 sizes; 140g, 280g and a whopping 340g! Patrons who came in ordering the 340g only eat that and nothing else. Cannot imagine how big a 340g portion of beef will look. Other than the beef, I enjoyed the breads and the yourshire pudding which was my first. A real good combi with the beef sauce.
Though the meal was scrumptious, I am not sure if I were willing to go again as a paying customer. Not cheap!!!
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So embarrased that my blog was literally dead for so long! My last entry being last year with my BSF discussion group on the book of Matthew. Now I am already 9 months into the Pentateuch and will end in another 2 months. How time flies!!! So muchI has happened and I did not blog about it.
To begin, I have a new discussion group for BSF this year except for Sharon Goh. My new DL is Lili Chung, my long-time friend since 1979. So glad to be in her group and it is a refreshing change.Reading through Deuteronomy and now Numbers were challenging because of its repeitive texts and all the various types of offerings, etc. However it was very enlightening to learn more about my Holy God and His expectations. A truly excellent learning journey.
This year my grand old dame turns 80! Besides the extended family celebration at Qian Xi Restaurant, I brought her for some glamour phototaking for momento reasons. Can tell that she kinda enjoyed the novelty of it being the first time after 45 years!
Chrystal has also gone to Melbourne's University of Monash to pursue her first degree in Communications. Taking advantage of her exemption from her diploma in Mass Communications, her course is only 18 months. Actually minus the summer break, it is only about 15 months. Went over with her in early July for about 10 days to help her settle down. Alas my fiercely independent daughter is on her own and she is coping pretty well. I miss her a lot as the usual "slaykay" person is not around at home. In two months time she will fly home for her summer break. Yay!!!
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I completed another year of BSF on the Gospel of Matthew. Had a whole new group of ladies (except one) to relate to and a new DL, Hong Ngee.
Personally, I felt that Matthew was an easier book to study as compared to Romans. Nevertheless, new gems were discovered and truths internalised. I particularly was "awakened" by the barren fig tree which Jesus cursed. Am grimly reminded that I need also be full of fruit and not just having leaves.
It is break time time and when class resumes next February, it is on the life of Moses from the Pentateuch. How exciting!!
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I seemed to have "neglected" my blog after gotten onto Facebook for the last couple of months. What a way to rejuvenate my blog other than food!
Three of us went to Siglap area on Saturday night trying to catch some decent, reasonable food. Landed in a coffee shop selling tzee char. Waitress recommended claypot noodles and rojak chicken. I raised my eyebrows on the names of the dishes and said why not, let's give it a try. When the food came, we were especially surprised with the rojak chicken. It is basically deep-fried chicken pieces topped with prawn paste with shredded cucumber, turnip, pineapples, peanut bits! I felt so cheated. Har, so this is rojak chicken?
Chrystal has to write a food review on 2am dessert bar so I offered to drive her to 2A Lorong Liput to help her with her assignment and sponsored the food. Clement came along and we spent $46.20 on just three items. Two desserts (Chocolate tart & Twix) and Mac & cheese (basically just macaroni with cheese).I personally think it is pricey for the quantity of the food offered and not sure if I will go back again. Not so fanastic anyway.
After our "krappy" dinner last night, we wanted to eat something nicer for lunch today. We drove to Square 2 and stumped into Seoul Yummy, a rather small korean eating place on 3rd storey. It was a pleasant meal and reasonably priced too. Will definitely return with full troop next time.
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Clement was successfully posted on 28 February to Temasek Polytechnic for the next three years to study hospitality & tourism management after our appeal on 19 February. (He was originally posted to do leisure & resort management). Thank God for engineering this as a positive move for Clem!
We are excited for him as this going to be new phase of education for him as he strides into tertiary learning and be challenged to study independently. God has been good to him in providing him with a temporary 6-weeks job with Fairprice where he got a taste of what working life is. He was rewarded with a fairly reasonable pay packet and a good superior whom he was found favour in. Now he has another five weeks of time to spend before semester begins on 21 April.
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Just submitted JAE registration online for Clement a while ago. As he is keen on the tourism industry, our top 3 choices are all tourism/leisure related courses followed by business courses. If God wills, Clem will become the fourth person in our family to join the Ngee Ann Poly Alumni. Another faith venture for us! So exciting...
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The last day of 2007 gave a very piece of news that my Cleopas has been successfully transferred to St Gabriel's Secondary. The fascinating part is we did not even put that choice on the mass appeal form by MOE. In fact that was our first choice when we submitted our choice for secondary schools. He could not qualify the cut-off because of his aggregate. Our dear God knows and hears the desires of our hearts! He made the transfer possible without having us write down the school we desire. We are so grateful to Him for making this happen and you should see the glee on Cleopas' face when he heard the good news. He was beaming the whole day as I rushed around with him getting his new uniform and school books.
The start of 2008 also saw God opening doors for TC in terms of referrals by search consultants and even interviews in the last two weeks. He was kept busy submitting his CV, meeting with consultants and even prospective employers. It is really exciting as I simulate this experience as receiving "rain".Drizzle is referrals by search firms, light rain as interviews and heavy downpour as job offers. As we step into 2008, we want to be raincatchers, poised to receive "rain" from Him as He showers on us. By faith, we trust Him to do that for us. In fact He is now already "raining" on us. Anticipating Him to bring a firm job offer before CNY.
Three days ago, "O" level results were released. We are so happy for Clement that he did well enough to qualify for JC or Poly. His score was 42% lower than his prelim grades. All glory goes to God for helping him do his best. Now we need to help him select the course in Poly for the next 3 years.
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