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Mood: Calm ^.^

Just completed a batch of chocolate cupcakes, setting it to cool off the rack right now. That is for Zayden school party tomorrow. A total of 24 cups.
Decided to take some time now to think of what theme to use for the decoration. More or less I have made up my mind to decorate it with butterflies & snails since the classes are named after flowers. Next would be the colour combination to use...hmmm...I need something very colourful as it brings out the joyful feeling. I will probably be going with Yellow, Purple, Pink, Blue, Green.

A few of the parents contacted me over the week, claiming that their kids are looking forward to the party tomorrow. I hope the children will really enjoy themselves with all the games and food.

Will post up pixs of the party ya. Stay Tune :)

Now, time to rest. Need to wakie early to prepare tomorrow.

Nites all...

Mood: Excited O.O

Eventually, it's still a goodbye to Panasonic...my camera of 4 years? (I think is 4 years)
Went shopping for a new camera over the weekend and hubby decided on Canon, Powershot SX200IS (Black). Woo Hoo!! now zoom is 12x compared to my previous 3x.

So, guys...put on "Thick Make-Up" hor...else all pimples can be captured! kekeke....



Gonna take some pixs to see how good it claimed to be :-)

Mood: Happy :-)

Kept myself busy in the kitchen the whole afternoon yesterday, after sending Zen to tution.
Decided to make some cup with fillings, something which I have wanted to try making for quite some time.

While waiting for the cups to bake, had a little conversation with the helper...

Me: "Wah, got mosquito bite me." *Scratching*
H: "Ya, I got one this morning." *Pointing to her hand*
H: "I saw one in the morning and it is black in colour."
Me: "Wa La, of cos it is black in colour lah..." *LOL!*

The cup turned out really well and happily, I filled them with some strawberry fillings. :-)
Hubby took some over to MIL place to let them try and everyone commented it was Good!
After baking, it's time for dinner and I tried out the new recipe of making Sweet & Sour Chicken.

This is meant for Aly's Birthday. Hope she love it.
I made it with Valrhona Chocolate overlay with Fondant.

I always crack my head when it comes to preparing meal for the kids. You may think...should be easy what. Yes but unfortunately, both of them like different food. :(
I find it easier to prepare for Zayden cos he enjoys rice and noodles just like what we have in our daily meal but for Zenden, he doesn't.

Zenden loves western food, spaghetti, pizza...anything you name as long it is not rice. Whenever he sees that rice is on today's menu, you will see that frown on his face :-(
Sometimes it really frustrate me cos I am running out of ideas what to make for him. Argh.
Only when I spoke to Yin Yin that I realised I am not the only one having this problem. Apparently, Theodore (Zen's classmate) is the same. So, most of the time, she will cook Spaghetti for him too. Very "Ang Mo" right? Haha....

I tried to figure out why he doesn't like rice and found out that the problem is not "rice" itself. You see, our brain control our overall. If your brain start thinking that "Rice" is not nice, it will automatically transmit this info to your thoughts and to your tongue. Hence, whenever you see "Rice", you will reject them.

I started trying to do some "Make Up" to the food. I decorate it so that it look nice, to trigger the brain to transmit good thought to the tongue. So, here is what I prepare that day for him and named it "Mr.Smiley" - Garlic Rice.


He finished everything on the plate except Mr. Smiley's hair which is parsley.

Through this, God taught me something. That is, What you place in your brain will be how it turns out in your thoughts and action. Place good thoughts in your brain and you shall receive positive thinking (Good Thoughts) which will be a blessing to others (Action).

Thank you, Jesus.

I came across this poem and find it beautiful. Now I hope you know about this poem too.

May you too be blessed with this poem...

God's Boxes

I have in my hands two boxes
Which God gave me to hold.
He said, "Put all your sorrows in the black box
And all your joys in the gold."

I heeded His words, and in the two boxes
Both my joys and sorrows I stored.
But though the gold became heavier each day
The black was as light as before.

With curosity I opened the black
I wanted to find out why.
And I saw, in the base of the box, a hole
Which my sorrows had fallen out by.

I showed the hole to God, and mused
"I wonder where my sorrows could be."
He smiled a gentle smile and said
"My child, they're all here with me."

I asked God why He gave me the boxes
Why the gold, and the black with the hole?
"My child, the gold is for you to count your blessings
The black is for you to let go."

----Author Unknown------

Today is the start of the examination schedule and Zenden is having his English Paper 1 now - or have just ended his composition paper. After recess will be another hour of Listening Comprehension + spelling + dictation for him. I kind of trying to recall if I used to have that much when I was at his age....honestly, I can't remember. Ha!

Anyway...glad that 1 paper less after today. Yeah!

The happiest should be the P6s as the PSLE ended just 2 days ago. Had a chat over sms with Jess to find out how it was going for her as her son prepared for the exam - only to find out that this year the PSLE Math was TOUGH! In fact, I heard from my colleague that her nephew also have problem with the math paper and it seems like everyone is feeling the same - Math Paper is too TOUGH!

As I surfed the net, I started to realised how tough it was....one parent actually put up one Math problem sum on forum and guess what, the solution to that question needs at least 6 steps (Almost 1 page of A4 paper!!) Even some top students in well known school cannot complete their papers on time and some even broke down in tears when they came out of the examination hall.

Many parents are obviously unhappy about how the questions were set as they claimed that even some Secondary students are unable to solve the questions.

I guess not only those taking their exam are stress....the parents are stress as well. Hopefully, MOE will make some adjustment to benchmark the score.

Just a side note to remind myself....

Patience means awaiting God's time without doubting God's love.

Hi there,

Wondering why a picture of bananas? Haha...nothing special :p

Oh~ been 12 days since I last blogged. How time flies >.<

This month a busy month for the children and myself as we prepare for the coming examination. *冲啊! -LOL*

I wanna take a moment to give thanks to God for His goodness...

1) Zenden's recovery from Gastric Flu.

2) Zenden receiving Top Achiever Certificate for his Math & Chinese for SA1.Praise God!

3) Zayden enjoying his time in school now. Thanks,Lord!

4) The safe arrival of Baby Sheryl (Bryan's sister) :)

5) Naomi settling well in Child Care. Thanks, Abba!

6) Answering our prayers for the right helper. Praise God!

7) Blessing and protection upon our family. :D

"I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand." ~Isaiah 41:10~