Unforced Rhythms of Grace

Camp

pozygal87 — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 11:13:52 +0000

Camp just ended and I can honestly say… It was goooooddddd!!! I definitely came back with a whole new outlook. Especially after this morn’s session.
2 important things I learnt today:
1. We were sent friends so that we can MINISTER to them. Not them us. That’s why God send us certain friends at certain season and specific people. That was a huge eyeopener for me. All this while I’ve been really REALLY thankful to God for the friends He’s given me. Cc, cs, xs, dt, cl, xs, grote st ppl . I was really amazed that we could mix since… >< Sigh… Never realised how blur and slow I am til I started working T.T
I did tallyin of meds for the past two weeks but I kept forgetting to record meds taken out and this and that which ended up in me having more workload T.T it took me 5hrs to do tallying when my friend did it in1.5 hrs n she never stayed back to do it… Unlike me…
And to see everyone being so smart and able to memorize things told to them once when it takes me a few scoldings before it sink into my brain…
Sigh… The past few weeks… Kept wondering why didn't God made me smarter. Or more alert. Or with better memory… Like others…
Then today realised… I'm an earthern vessel! Because I'm empty, there's MORE that God can do in my life because I can't do anything I learnt to depend on Him and trust that He always have a way for me (which really hit me hard in Adelaide- abt His goodness I mean, but I forgot about it when I started working and I guess this was a huge reminder).
Because I'm empty, and others know that, when others see the work God is doing in my life… Well, I'm a walking talking testimony of God! I don't have to use words to reach out but people can see how amazing God is.
This was so true in my studies. When people have never expected me to pass (-.+). But by the third/fourth year, they know that even if I don't do much, I can still pass. Because of God. (I know that they don't think its because of my abilities since people don't think of me as very bright). When I was worried about passing, it was my NONBELIEVING FRIENDS who reminded that my God will help me pass.

Hellllooo~~~

pozygal87 — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 10:48:26 +0000

I realise I must’ve said that word often in this blog since I keep going mia. But I’m back!!!
The reason I was mia was because… >< since I know how important to give thanks to God), but at the meantime, my blog doesn't have to be at a standstill until I finally do it

Heaty….

pozygal87 — Sat, 15 Jan 2011 15:32:45 +0000

having headaches and body very heaty now (i’m not IN heat, just heaty -.-).
this always happens when i’m back in kl from overseas. happens everytime i come back for/from hols.
must drink leong cha or coconut

Dr Quinn

pozygal87 — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 10:29:40 +0000

I’m OD-ing on Dr Quinn now.
Sully is just so HOT HOT HOT!!! ><
!!!!!!!

In case you don't know, Dr Quinn is a pretty old 90's western series set in the 1800s.
Its about a lady doctor (Dr Quinn) who moves to a small town and faces prejudice and all kinds of stuff there. Sully (HOT HOT!!!) is her love interest. So yeah…
you can watch it from youtube. (btw, youtube also has cave of of the golden rose. remember the movies??)

But after watching nearly the end of season 1, I'm not so sure I'll be watching the rest of the other seasons.
I'm someone who, when I'm watching/reading, I don't like to watch 'realistic' shows.
Where they show you how hard life really was, or the prejudice people are facing, or abuse…
I ONLY watch movies/read books with HAPPY ENDINGS.
with Dr Quinn, its quite depressing to watch how much oppression native americans face…. I know it's already happened and what they had to go through was much worst but…. do I want to watch it happen? no.
And some of the characters are pretty annoying too…..

But do watch it if you're free or procrastinating (like me…-.- i'm supposed to be doing ALOT of packing up and finalising things but there's so much to do, i'm lazy to start…)

Neighbour

pozygal87 — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 10:20:46 +0000

Have you ever met your neighbours?
I’ve met a few of them, but the one I’ve been wanting to meet (cos I can see their balcony from my room and I’m suspecting whoever’s staying there might be able to look in too)

In the final weeks of staying here, I finally met him.
Having never met my neighbour and not even knowing who is staying there,
I’ve been creating stories in my head about them.
The reality?
not so exciting….
-.-

Probably should’ve never met in the first place

When you don’t have a car….

pozygal87 — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 06:53:33 +0000

When you don’t have a car, a half an hour errand can take up to 2 hours… T.T

Went to Hove today to see my preceptor and when I was on the way to uni, the train suddenly stopped.
Apparently the train in front stopped working so the whole track can’t be used.
Had to walk 15minutes to a bus stop, take a 1+ hour bus back…
I hate taking long buses. I always get headache max when I’m on it. At least with trains it’s pretty stable and shorter ride.

And last saturday, when I went to help out at the childhood association fair, had to take a 1 hour bus ride. But since we’re supposed to be there early in the morning and the earliest bus require us to take 3 different buses there, meaning 2 changes. First one we did perfectly but the second one….
we came off at the wrong stop. Who woulda thought that there’d be two stops on our route with the same number….. -.-
28 Main south road
28 XXX road. (forgot)

we came off at the wrong one (didn’t check google maps for road name, just stop number).
We waited 30minutes at the bus stop before realizing that we were on the bus stop.
You know the most geram part? We were really hungry and kept hoping that there’d be a Mcd or Hj around our stops so we can get breakkie but…. none of the stops had it….. EXCEPT!!! the stop we were supposed to come off from. -.- the stop was just in front of Mcd…. Geramnya…. T.T
Took us 2 hours… We should’ve just taken the later bus. The later bus would’ve gotten us earlier than taking the bus we took.
Lesson learned: ALWAYS check stop NUMBER AND ROAD!!!

Gah, gotta go sleep now. Headache. Ta’

Sleepy

pozygal87 — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:57:04 +0000

I did LOADS of baking these few days (too hot to go visiting)

and wanted put up links to baking blogs i like but….

too sleepy now.

my eyes are now as big as the baby’s. need ZZZZ

Will do it another time. I’ve put up some links in posts below anyway.

remember.

Smitten Kitchen

google picky palate too.

will talk more abt them laters. night!

Miscellaneous

pozygal87 — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:55:15 +0000

STUDY!!!

hehe. can you believe i actually wrote down all these?????

i rewritten ALL my lecture notes and compile it into colourful sheets of paper.

I found this to be really helpful. Time consuming but REALLY helpful.

At least to me.

Sometimes when I read my lecture notes, by the time I’ve reached the bottom of a page, I’d forgotten what was on the previous page…..

and once i’ve written all these, i wouldn’t even look at my lecture notes but use this to study. i even wrote down non important points and explanatory points so it’d be easier when i study just to give me more insight on important points. REALLY time consuming.

ahhh… the mother of it all…

MOTHER

Can’t believe I’ve never tried energy drinks until recently.

They really help in keeping me awake.

BE CAREFUL! don’t drink more than one!

In drinking energy drinks, ALWAYS LOOK AT LIMITS!

Its in fine print but its there nonetheless.

There actually IS a limit to the number of caffeine one can take a day. Too much and…. :S

microwaved mashed potatoes in a cup

Japanese curry.

The best indian curry substitute available. I used to NOT like japanese curry because the ones I’ve tried were really sweet and not spicy at all

Then I bought one recently and OMG!

they’re actually pretty good!

and easy peasy!

Its a wonder i’m not morbidly obese by now -.-

Yoghurt

pozygal87 — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:44:06 +0000

How do you eat your yoghurt?

I’ve been eating yoghurt with ice-cream and cereals/muesli/oats

YUMMY!

you get an extra crunch in your yoghurt.

I like eating it with Dorset Cereals (box between butterscotch and caramel sauce.

BEYOND YUMMY!

i got the idea from mei e (she eats ice-cream with yogurt) but wasn’t that into it that way til i added cereals/muesli which gave me the yummy crunchyness

Umeshu Cake

pozygal87 — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 14:37:22 +0000

I’m not a big fan of alcohol. In fact, I hate food/desserts cooked with alcohol. To me, it overpowers everything and I don’t like the taste of it.

Why did I buy a bottle of choya umeshu then?

Because someone let me try japanese plum wine a few months back and it was really really REALLY GOOD!

I thought that was umeshu

Thinking back….. probably not. If I liked it, it probably meant that there was no alcohol in it in the first place.

But… aih…..

So the bottle of Umeshu has been sitting on my counter for a few months, still 80% full and I was wondering what should I do with it.

I was thinking of baking it in cakes and muffins but couldn’t find any recipe online. Then I thought of pink moscato (YUMMY! Innocent Bystander does the best pink moscato). Its a sweet wine. There was a recipe online for it by Barefoot Wine and Bubble for a Moscato Wine Cake

So I decided to replace the moscato for umeshu.

So how was it?

My friends loved it and it was the first to be finished. They were asking for the recipe too.

So i’m thinking it was pretty good

I’m having a sort of love/hate relationship with it.

i love love the plum taste of it and how different it tastes and how well it blended with vanilla cake.

but… at the same time… the alcohol taste is pretty strong. so…………. :S

Its on the borderline between like/don’t like for me though i might be leaning more towards the like side

Its SUPER EASY!!!

just get cheap vanilla cake mix (1aud) and instant vanilla pudding (1 aud), add 4 eggs, and oil and voila!

The second time I made this though, I put it into a round thin. Don’t be worried if its really thin because it really REALLY PUFF UP!

Then I made berry glaze over it.

just frozen berries (wasn’t berry season at that time) like strawberries, raspberries and blueberries and sugar over the stove.

I stuck to blueberries only though you probably can use a mixture. Add a little bit of lemon juice/orange juice if you have some.

Then pour it over the cake. If you do it once it’s done, I think the cake absorbs more of the glaze absorbs more and you get a wetter cake whereas if you do it later, it’d mostly go over the top of the cake. depends on what you want I guess.

another thing.

this cake is really sweet. Can’t control the sweetness factor because instant mix was used. Mebbe if you make vanilla cake from scratch?

but its ALOT easier and faster to just use the mix

oh!

try a range of different wines/bubbly (s/lies?)

moscato, dessert wines, i think there are some flavour alcohol like tequila or something. not so sure about tequila and stuff because i’m not exactly sure i know the taste of it.