A Good Start to the Week

"Dear CG,
Just wanna share with you my joy of waking up to God's word!
Remember the plan i shared with u after service? I tried it today. So Pastor Tiak's voice woke me up this morning, and i tell you, it's hard to press the snooze button and break my "covenant" when i am woken up by the Pastor's voice =P
So for the first time in more than a month, i got up straight away, had time to iron clothes and still get to school by bus! (i've been cabbing recently)
But the best part is that joy of hearing from God right from the start of the day. Know something amazing? I randomly put in a sermon CD, and this morning i was pleasantly surprised that it was related to yesterday's sermon- about the Word of God! Hehehe... i'm a sucker for this kinda "coincidences" and God knows it. =)
So i was reminded that bible reading is not like drinking coffee - read already, suddenly high. Sometimes it's more like taking vitamin pills. You may not feel the effect straight away, but you keep taking them, because they build you up.
I was reminded that like babies naturally crave milk, Christians should naturally crave the Word of God. If not, we are like sick babies who have lost their appetites. Then we need to seek help!
And i am reminded about how the accountability cards really helped me - even though i was at first appalled by the idea of it.

Wheeeee.... The word of God is sweeter than honey and it nourishes the soul. It makes up for lack of sleep, it lifts the spirit, it brings us closer to God and makes us more aware of Him.
HAve you had your milk today?
=)

Luv,
Shuyan"

Enjoyed the combined service yesterday.

Enjoyed the presence of enthusiastic teens.

Loved the fact that Brightonites are just so... Brightonitish,

knew God is with us,

and there was a hopefulness.

Today was a great day too.

Love waking up hearing God (via tiak, via cd)

In school, felt my class is very lovable. haha...dunno why. anyway i always find students lovable during exams coz they are quiet. Quiet = cute. Like rabbits. Haha... okae, not always.

Another wonderful thing about exam season is that i get to go home early. =) So i was in school for only 7 hours today!! but of coz, i still have to mark when i get home. but it's nice being home alone for awhile each day... it's like i have my own space again.

Re-listened to ytd's sermon, snoozed on the floor for awhile, gonna have dinner with munch, then having ihad session tonite.

Only not-so-fantastic thing is that i'm having a sore-throat. Agh. Must be the durians yesterday. But at least it's a non-teaching week, so still can survive school.

I'm so happy.

I don't wanna stray again.

Ever!

Munch's back i can hear him!

byeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

=)

Freaked by a Chicken

Was gonna dun4 ji1 tang1 for my cg, so went to NTUC to get some chicken...

Now this was what i was expecting...

But when i looked into the bag, the HEAD WAS STILL INTACT.
The cold lifeless eyes were still intact.
It was a freaky DEAD ANIMAL can!

Somehow when i think of "chicken" i think 'food' more than 'animal'.
When they're neatly sliced into fillet, or nuggets. or even just frozen and headless, they resemble food more than dead animals. But when the head and eyes and stuff are still there. Sheez. Gross. It crosses over from 'food' to 'dead animal'. It's just too scary.

so i settled for half a chopped-up chicken instead.

erks. that image of the dead chicken in the bag is so haunting.

Here, let it haunt you too! =P

Strangled and Suffocated in a bag... and NOW, you wanna eat me?

Funny how i may know that chicken meat is from Chicken-the-Animal, but never quite connect them. Perhaps coz i see them as distinct items.

Chicken-the-Meat is , well, Food. KFC. nuggets. bbq food. Neutral - like bread and green beans.
but Chicken-the-Animal is like... Avelyn's pet. the mother of the cute lil chicks i used to keep when i was little. Until they grew up and grandpa made chicken curry ... AHHHHHHHHHHHH ahhhhhhhhhhh AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
puke puke puuuuuuuuke!!!

i dun suppose ppl of that generation had problems connecting Chicken-the-food with Chicken-the-Animal. Nor do they have a problem with the connection between Chicken the Animal and Chicken the Food.

Wonder if in the future, people would still know that Chicken-the-Meat used to be Chicken-the-Animal. Maybe most people would never even get the chance to see chicken-the-animal. Maybe they'd think that it's made in some factory, or grew from a tree, or it's like a potato or something.

maybe.

Taste Tests: Canned Lychees and other results

An integral part of our married life is shopping at the supermarket. It is kinda fun... though after 5 months, the things we buy are getting quite predictable. Our buying habits are fundamentally quite different. I always go for the cheapest brand on the shelf, whereas munch seems to always go for the most expensive toilet paper/ juice/ fruits/ almost everything.

"It's just packaging!" I insist, "It has the same softness/ sweetness/ taste/ use/ quality!"
So we decided to do taste tests. On Kimchi Noodles, Canned Longan, and now, Canned Lychees.

And here is the unanimous conclusion (btwn 2 judges):
1. Hosen
2. Mili
3. NTUC

Incidentally, Hosen is also the winner of the Longan category. Its fruits are firmer, more fruit-like. Other brands tended to be too soft - like they've been left in the can for 5 years and are already starting to disintegrate.

But of course, it's all subjective.

NTUC didn't do so well... but before everyone write off cheapo housebrands forever, i must say that their kimchi noodle was ranked #2!