I just wanna be a sheep!

I Just Wanna be a Sheep

I just wanna be a sheep
Baa, baa, baa, baa
I just wanna be a sheep
Baa, baa, baa, baa
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
I just wanna be a sheep
Baa, baa, baa, baa

I don't wanna be a Pharisee
I don't wanna be a Pharisee
'Cause they're not fair, you see?
I don't wanna be a Pharisee

I don't wanna be a hypocrite
I don't wanna be a hypocrite
'Cause they're not hip with it
I don't wanna be a hypocrite

I don't wanna be a Sadducee
I don't wanna be a Sadducee
'Cause they're so sad, you see?
I don't wanna be a Sadducee

I don't wanna be a goat
No no no no
I don't wanna be a goat
No no no no
'Cause there's no hope for goats
I don't wanna be a goat
No no no no

Sushi

I made sushi for the first time after cell group on Friday night. First one was kinda square-ish, but still its not bad,since I found a picture of a square-shaped sushi.

Fillings available on that night were:
Omelettes
Cucumbers
Carrots
Tuna
Mayo

The mayo let out a squirt when i was trying to roll the sushi, made me and the other girls around me laugh..

Some peopla made californian roll with the extra seaweed, since there weren't anymore rice left.

The 'juice' in the tuna 'leaked' out of the seaweed while i was eating the 'californian roll', so I had to wash my baju the next day.

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FYI:

A Makisu, made out of bamboo, used to roll the sushi.

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For those who wants to make sushi, here are some simple brief instructions i found on the internet.

Making Sushi Rice
(Using a rice cooker)
1. Prepare the rice vinegar by heating it with sugar and salt until they are dissolved.
2. Rinse the rice in cold water for several minutes.
3. Steam in a rice cooker.
4. One can alternately bring water to a boil, add the rice, then cook over very low heat until the water is evaporated. This will leave the rice sticky and perfect for spreading on your nori (a thin sheet of seaweed).
5. Either use the rice soon after preparing it, or cover it with a damp cloth to keep it moist.
6. Do not refrigerate the cooked rice.

Rolling and Cutting the Sushi
1. Put a sheet of plastic wrap over the bamboo mat.
2. Place Nori down on the bamboo mat. Typically, the shinier side is put face down.
3. With damp hands, grab the cooked rice and spread it onto the Nori. The layer of rice should be thin enough so that you can see the nori underneath.
4. Leave about half an inch of space at the edge of the nori furthest from you, and rub a bit of warm water on it. This will help the two sides of nori stick together.
5. Line up your ingredients in the middle of the nori.
6. Tighten the roll as you go, the same way you would a rug to minimize excess space. Be careful not to make it too tight, however, or fillings may start to fall out.
7. Once tightened, you should be able to unwrap the bamboo without the roll coming apart.
8. Cover your roll with the bamboo mat and press your hands over it to further pack the roll.
9. Move your full roll to a cutting board. Slice it first down the middle. From there you can cut it into sixths or eighths, whichever you prefer.
10. It is best the rinse te sharp knife after every cut/slice, so that the cut is clean and smooth, with no rice sticking to it.

Mentor-Mentee?

"For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children, encouraging, comforting, and urging you to live lives worthy of God,

who calls you into his kingdom and glory."

1 Thessalonians 2:11-12

I was reminded of what a mentor shoud be to his/her mentee.

I don't think I want to say more about it, you can ponder about it yourselves :)

(sorry for the akward-ness)

Stress-nye!!

I am having 3 tests the coming week;

physics and programming are on the same day, mathematics at night.

Its stressing me out, and I'm running low on fuel.

God help me!!

Lunch - On My Own

Since lunches are not provided by my homestay, I have to prepare my own lunch.

I really don't mind at all, I actually enjoy it :)

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Some pictures of the lunches that I prepared over the one week Easter break!!

(these are real okay, original)

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A. -Wednesday-

Stir-fried fettuccine + smoked ham + vege + carrots + tomatoes

B. - Thursday -

Rice (with teriyaki sauce)(someone stole my rice, so only have half left) + vege+ potatoes(i did't know it would be so many!!) + tomatoes + carrots + bacon (i know its odd, i thought it was beef)

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C. - Friday -

Indonesian 'maggi' + egg + vege
(this is horrible compared to the other lunches I cooked up)

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D. - Saturday -

Stir-fried Soba (some kind of Japanese noodles that I found in the pantry that had not expired) + egg (sunny side up/'mata kerbau') + dumplings + carrots + vege

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(a close up...)

(btw, they are not burnt, it's the sauce that I used)

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So, if you observed well enough, I used the same kind of vegies in all of them.. 'Cos its the only one I can find.

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Just for fun, please vote for the food that you would actually eat (come on la)..

Hehe..

To Sam,

Happy 16th Birthday!!

I wish I was there...


to eat your cake :)

Big Lesson by a Small Creature

(got this through an email)

THE ANT AND THE CONTACT LENS
A true story by Josh and Karen Zarandona

Brenda was a young woman who was invited to go rock climbing. Although she was very scared, she went with her group to a tremendous granite cliff. In spite of her fear, she put on the gear, took hold of the rope, and started up the face of that rock.

Well, she got to a ledge where she could take a breather. As she was hanging on there, the safety rope snapped against Brenda's eye and knocked out her contact lens.

Well, here she is, on a rock ledge, with hundreds of feet below her and hundreds of feet above her. Of course, she looked and looked and looked, hoping it had landed on the ledge, but it just wasn't there.

Here she was, far from home, her sight now blurry. She was desperate and began to get upset, so she prayed to the Lord to help her to find it.

When she got to the top, a friend examined her eye and her clothing for the lens, but there was no contact lens to be found. She sat down, despondent, with the rest of the party, waiting for the rest of them to make it up the face of the cliff.

She looked out across range after range of mountains, thinking of that verse that says, "The eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth." She thought, "Lord, You can see all these mountains. You know every stone and leaf, and You know exactly where my contact lens is. Please help me."

Finally, they walked down the trail to the bottom. At the bottom there was a new party of climbers just starting up the face of the cliff. One of them shouted out, "Hey, you guys! Anybody lose a contact lens?"

Well, that would be startling enough, but you know why the climber saw it? An ant was moving slowly across the face of the rock, carrying it on it's back.

Brenda told me that her father is a cartoonist. When she told him the incredible story of the ant, the prayer, and the contact lens, he drew a picture of an ant lugging that contact lens with the words, "Lord, I don't know why You want me to carry this thing. I can't eat it, and it's awfully heavy. But if this is what You want me to do, I'll carry it for You."

I think it would probably do some of u s good to occasionally say, "God, I don't know why you want me to carry this load. I can see no good in it and it's awfully heavy. But, if you want me to carry it, I will."

God doesn't call the qualified, He qualifies the called. Yes, I do love GOD. He is my source of existence and my Savior. He keeps me functioning each and every day. Without Him, I am nothing, but with Him...I can do all things through Christ which strengthens me. (Phil. 4:13)

God will make a way

"... And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he wll also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it."
1 Corinthians 10:13 (KJV)

This reminded me of a 'saying':
"If God brings you to it, he will bring you through it."

I find it quite comforting to know that God would not just throw a big pile of stuff at you and say: "Nah! Give you. Handle it and learn from it." When we are given a pile of work to do, our parents would probably come and check on us once in a while. I would think that God would do the same as well, if not even more. There is nothing that comes our way, that we cannot handle or overcome.

God will make a way, for sure. I know.

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God Will Make A Way
God will make a way,
Where there seems to be no way
He works in ways we cannot see
He will make a way for me
He will be my guide
Hold me closely to His side
With love and strength for each new day
He will make a way, He will make a way.

By a roadway in the wilderness, He'll lead me
And rivers in the desert will I see
Heaven and earth will fade
But His Word will still remain
He will do something new today.

God will make a way,
Where there seems to be no way
He works in ways we cannot see
He will make a way for me
He will be my guide
Hold me closely to His side
With love and strength for each new day
He will make a way, He will make a way

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In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.
Proverbs 3:6