My spiritual marker and cake baking

I have found a new friend, and it is absolutely wonderful to read her blog. She is young and so full of the Lord. As i went in again to read more of her God stories/testimonies.....this brought a big fat smile on my face and a reminder for me to create this spiritual marker. Pris bakes......and so do i.

My first cake baking incident happened during one of my work situation and this is what happened. It was for a rental of RM8000 and what was most uncomfortable was the way the deal went.......The co agent did not have trust and it was ouch really so unpleasant, here i was looking after my tenant, ensuring he does get the best, etc. there they were putting this and that condition.It was so unpleasant until i really could not pray that morning, i could not look at the co agent's face.

However, as i tried to pray and ask God what to do, i was prompted to bake them a cake!!! Just as my friend when she had issues with neighbour slamming doors or their flat and throwing out their signs. I still remembered i baked 3 cakes! I even remembered what i said.......It was "I am a christian, and it is very unfortunate something so unpleasant happened" All i know is whatever happened should not happen, and please accept this cake as a peace offering......I shared scripture with them Romans 12:18, as far as possible and it depends on you, be at peace with everyone! Praise God, i felt so lifted and shook hands and i guess they were probably scratching their heads as to what on earth was this agent thinking.

Fast Forward, my late friend Weng Tong blasted me and for only a small remark "you have no right to comment". If there was a richter scale, he blasted a 9.5 on me, and in my mind, i probably deserved a slap on the shoulder or back but not the way he flared up. Anyway, the following day care day, i baked his favourite butter cake, and again i remember what i said....."I am sorry for the way things turned out, and i just want to make peace".......Reluctantly, he received the cake. Weng Tong was someone in his 50s and a bachelor, and when i overheard him making comments on women's childbirth or kids stuff, i just remarked "No license"...I did not think it was so wrong......i did not apologise as in my mind i did no wrong, thus even when i gave the cake, it was just to make peace, not to apologise. However, GOD IS GOOOD and so great, because God showed me what i did not see.....I made several attempts to befriend him after that incident, and he chose not to forgive me.

I felt awful and terrible when he died after a sudden illness of 2 short months. I cried at the funeral and in my car as i followed the cortege, i asked God in the privacy of my car.....GOD what can i learn from this sudden loss...GOD then told me, what i said may not have been wrong and a big deal to me, but it must have hurt him so terribly for him to react the way he did. At that moment, i cried and apologised to him, though he was already dead, and not a believer. The lesson i learned though was, to be really careful with my words...what may seem trivial to me, could be so hurtful to someone else.

I do not know why but often when something goes wrong or i have a disagreement with someone, i just want to make peace. I am reminded of one sermon where the pastor said Whether you are the "offender or offendee", be at peace with everyone. I remember the beatitudes prayer.....Blessed is he who makes peace and is called sons and daughters of God.

My wednesday prayer group joked they must plan and stir up and argument so that they too can have free cakes! Just to share some recent carrot cake and to make it a bit of fun, i placed the batter in cup cakes and used the piping to squeeze in the cheese topping with walnuts. The other photo is my pumpkin pies, using the mini pie mould i salvaged. God is so good, and I thank HIm for letting me read Pris's blog. I am also reminded of 1 Corin 13 on love........Love keeps no record of wrongs, so no more miserable blog entries, why keep record of "wrongs" or bad times. Praise God indeed

An uproar on Cydee's arrival.......

Yesterday was hilarious.......as i facebook, i received comments and got people scratching their heads, a name for a fridge!!! How peculiar and how odd!.Well, i need to be zany when i am in one of those wacky mood swings......perhaps the time of the month had something to do with it.

Solomon's comment got me smiling.....As he gets older, he says he is discovering new things, and welcome party for a refrigerator......he says no one can say i am not creative. His eye balls probably rolled up when he heard the explanation of how i derived with the name Cydee...

It's just after 9pm now, and i look forward to my walk in the park with Lyla at 6.30am, at the break of dawn, the cool air and to think i am going to be feasted with breakfast after that. Thank you Lord for my time with my princess today. Father, please continue to watch over and protect her as she travels, bless her in her going in and coming out......I give thanks in Jesus name.

Cydee's Arrival....

Please meet "Cydee" my latest addition to my humble kitchen. She arrived today and 4 people, including Francis helped "deliver" Cydee to 61... She arrived before 1pm. Bless his heart Francis, our professional deliverer as he insisted pro bono for the delivery charges. Instead, Francis said......"Bake me another cake". Bless him indeed Lord, and thank you for blessing me too.

The floor was pretty much done to receive Cydee, and Miltion needs to make another visit as he did not bring the attachment to connect her to the tap! She is indeed my pride and joy...I say Thank you to Old Grey for serving me the past 3 years or so as i bade farewell to him to Eddie's abode. May Old Grey serve Eddie and his people well.

I better pen off now, as i continue to clean Cydee before i start feeding her with food she has to store as i switch off Old Grey a while....... Oh yes, yesterday i used my portable signage...and the first words scribbled, much to the disappointment for Umi as Eddie did not take heed of the loud hint to tip her! Well, you cannot get any more creative or louder than that!

Ouch that hurts.....

Princess dropped Umi off and sat for like couple of minutes and showed me an accident/injury she had whilst on the job......Ouch!!! hot water and the 60% of her hand still looked burnt. My heart felt the pain, she is on standby tomorrow and says we could do dinner perhaps. Will message her if she wants western or my good old chinese congee... with century eggs etc.

Lily really lifted my spirits with her suggestion of the signboard to hang at our house. It is so encouraging that my sister thinks my cooking and decoration skills could let me make it a business to create small parties for people, i beg to differ. It is true i enjoy the decoration and giving people a wonderful experience, but as a business, i do not think i am quite at that level, not yet anyway......perhaps with more practice.

Tomorrow is the day of the arrival of my newest addition into my kitchen. I must show the cement screed i did myself, much to the delight of Rachel who joked and called me contractor irene! It only cost me RM20 with the battens and 20kg ready mix and quite frankly as i mixed the cement mix and scoop them on the floor, with the sides still sticking, my thought went to my spatula!!! How silly, in any case my floor is done and i await the arrival of my beloved fridge. Whilst in the shower this morning before going to church, i thought about the possibility of giving my small fridge to Song who was going to visit some home, but we will have to wait and see how if my fridge will be able to stock everything.......

Tomorrow is kind of a nice and mixed day...Monday morning prayer at Sandra as i go to Mia's, and by 11am or after to go pick my little beauty up from Bandar Utama. 2pm, good old Dr Tuen is giving me a treat for a massage. Yup, she sold her house, but not through me, so her way of showing appreciation......I am so blessed indeed.
Friday will be work again and thursday trip for the patients to Putrajaya. oops and monday our prayer meeting for the medan trip! Praise God, He has work for me........

My tummy rumbles a little as Julie's banana cake slides through my throat......A searching i go for photos and yesterday's Voices of Hospis was good, i loved the food presentation, Lord help me be a culinary Chef!!! With God all things are possible!

Blogging away...

It is after 8pm as i sit at de patio. Thoughts go to the monday when few of us women convene at Dr Tuen's house and had a baking session. It was nice that the hostess fed all before we don our aprons and chef hats.......Well, the nice thing is today i tried the new recipe i learned and observed. Gosh so easy peasy to do a crumble, an apple crumble. Death to the apple pies, no more need to struggle to lift pastry and struggle to keep them intact and into the pie dish.

Yesterday, at bible class i found some peace. As my mind went roller index for what could help me feel better after the encounter with princess, it took me to Romans 12:18...As far as it is possible and depends on you, be at peace with everyone. i went to the kitchen whilst bible study was on and i telephoned my princess, i told her what i wanted to say and blessed her to have a good trip!. I felt so much better after that, and her response was well too.

Today i had a long long lunch 5 to 6 hours with my story writer friend. It has been probably more than 8 months since we spoke, and she wanted to catch up. So i baked some salmon which i had an over supply and my first apple crumble....... It was nice and i talked too much. It was so nice to know Dr Tuen tried Helen's recipe too!

The photos attached are photos of the nice get together we had for Linda's birthpavali. It was good fun and ambience, where would you get love, fun food and fireworks all at once, as we sat at de patio, we chatted and the neighbours lighted the skies. I was only glad Happy was far from here with all the noise, as he would not be pleased. It was also nice and i thank God for the free drugs i got from my licenced drug pusher! Yup, i got my hypertension drug FOC.......who says you dont get free stuff!

My neck is beginning to feel a little stiff, so i better pen, eh i should sleep well as i had more than one glass of wine this afternoon. i look forward to another day and it is the day i say hello as i meet my new fridge, get her uninstalled and to ship her here to her new home soon...

Double standards and rudeness...

It is no fun being a mom! When you care and show concern to be given a tone, and the excuse coming back is because she just woke up. And why did she wake up, because she had to pick her inconsiderate boyfriend who does not give a damn that she woke up at 4am and got home only at 4pm and to ask her to come and pick him up from his workplace in the traffic.

This inconsiderate boyfriend does not have enough money to fix his car just for the battery and uses her car when she travels! This boyfriend shows his temper if he does not get his way, this useless boyfriend expects her to pay over RM2000k because she was driving it when the car broke down. Did he ask if she was ok when the car stalled no, instead he ask her why she continues to drive when there is a problem. This boyfriend now for more than 3 weeks cannot afford to fix his car battery, talk about losers!

She can get up tired and all, if not with blasting from me, would have stupidly gone to pick him up and then come back to sleep. Is extremely rude to me because........she just woke up, but she can wake up, tired and all, and go pick him up. Talk about double standards!!!

She calls when she needs to use you, she ignores when she has no use for you, that's what daugthers can do to you!

Tailored Mid Autumn Dinner........

Not wanting to be alone on supposedly the best time of the year to sight the moon at it's brightest and roundest, i.e. on the 15th day of the 8th lunar moon in the chinese almanac, i invited 2 young men to my house for dinner. Imagine a beautiful saturday night, and thank God no rain!!!

My soup was in the slow cooker and then made it's way to the pot on the hot stove with real heat, my garlic and onions were cut, sliced and diced. Vegetable was cleaned and all i had to do was cook. Excitedly, i checked the twinkling lights at "de patio" that had maximised it's life and replaced it with a new set from the christmas collection. I changed cushion covers and replaced a freshly washed table cloth. Oh, and spent RM2.99 for some cute teeny lanterns just to create the ambience for a finishing touch! Done.


The fish was deep fried and hopefully crispy enough, the vegetable was simply fried with slices of garlic, and good old omelet garnished with sprinkle of coriander leaves. I got my water goblet out, cut my 2 slices of lemon, and then quickly checked my red bean soup whilst it drowned the orange peel to give it a twang.....
A quick shower, and comfortably dressed, Marcus my first young man was early.


"3 minutes please", i said over the phone. Straightened myself in the mirror,a slap of lipstick and i was ready to receive my guests. Donned my strapped light green top with my girly red printed skirt and yes, comfortable indeed! Oh dear, i forgot the drinks! I opened the gate, as Mark entered, i said "Haven't got the drinks yet", i told Mark. Cooly he replied, "No fizzy drinks, its ok, tea will be good for Fung's high cholesterol". Mark followed me into the kitchen, as i heated up the soup, and looked at the house slightly different. Mark had come a couple of times to stay over when he was "roomless" in KL. He had left Malaysia for a spell to venture to Thailand for work, and thereafter returned with him, a nice sweet girl.

It was past half seven, and my other young man had not arrived. I said "Fung is never late". Within minutes, Mark calls him, and he is delayed. We sat with glass of water in one hand, and hunger creeping our tummies, a little sweaty as the ceiling fan was not on, not wanting to get the food cold.....We waited for Fung's arrival. He finally arrives, casually dressed as Mark in hand with Starbuck's yum yum for dessert!

Giving thanks to the Lord, Fung said an "Amen", and dinner started..... wine, fruits, red bean soup, tea and then wine and then chat. It was past midnight, we talked about many things, i shared about my growth, Fung about his 107 bottles of healing from a friend and Mark about a journalist who went hunting for the best fortune teller and his travels etc etc etc.......It was nice, really nice and i am glad i had my friends over for company......We bid good night and what a tailor made mid autumn it was for me! Thank you Lord, for the no rain, the breeze and opportunity for just a great time......Thank you indeed.

Suppressing the Flesh can be liberating...

Many months ago, i had an encounter which kept me a distant from this patient. Her strong remark kept me at bay, a 10' pole distance. Last week i gave a ride to 2 of my co volunteers after our day care day, and the topic in the car was about "Mdm Bling Bling". She loves and is constantly adorned with bling bling be it a brooch, necklace or rings... The conversation was toned negatively and in defense i said..........."Oh i had a taste of her moons ago, and ever since kept my distance". There was also talk about why she was allowed to come to Day Care if she had such a demanding attitude. Simply said, it was just negatively toned chat in my car..

That very evening, i realised that when i "gang up" with the rest who felt the same resistance towards her, how am i different from them who do not know Christ. One of my devotion mornings, Matthew 5:44, 46-48 jumped on me. i realised that i would not be reflecting Christ's love if i practised the herd mentality and keep away from her, how could i reflect Christ. It is so true that it is easy to love those who are lovable or whom you like, but what about the others? Today, 1st October, i made a real attempt to be nice towards her. It started as she walked in the Day Care and noticing she dressed a little special with the baju kurung or kebaya, i let out a WOW. Later that day, as the 2 of us volunteers chatted and i polished her nails and other patients, it was so LIBERATING to suppress my own feelings and ACTIVELY make an effort to be nice towards her. I shifted my focus to actually being nice rather than being irritated. .......!

The pain of the RM320 was real and at a time when the business was slow and bank account low too. I consciously am now ensuring i use the paid for internet more than my mobile when there is no urgency. Yes, in a way i am asking God why such timing for me to experience a cracked back wind screen....However, when i got back in the afternoon, Dr Tuen was waiting to give me a present, a cute little bag and RM100 for the showing of property during her vacation...Oh Thank you God for this type of unexpected gift. Indeed God life is not a bed of roses, and perhaps it is. With roses comes the thorns in life as well. As i read, learnt and hopefully remember this....In life, we must be aware of the thorns, but focus on the roses and it's beauty........In my case, the maturity and metamorphosis i am experiencing when i put others and not my own feelings. The joy i carry that really allows me to be a beacon of light for Christ....God let me shine, and shine always for your glory.. Thank you for working in me and then through me. Thank you for the liberating feeling as i am released and enjoy the sweetness in life... Thank you Lord indeed, and thank you Lord for the weather and letting my laundry dry in this wet spell!!! You are so good, i love you Lord.......