Yesterday after Christmas Pagaent & Korean Culture & Food Festival, Janice & I decided to check out ‘Just Tickled Pink’  (JTP)Cupcake shop.

JTP is covered in Pink! & Audrey Hepburn portraits hanging on the wall. Also, a wide delicate collection of teapots & cups. Fancy homeware & furniture. Very intriguing. Homely and cozy. The arrangement and style of the furniture creates a very comfortable ambience. The lighting and soft music playing just set the right tone & mood. Perfect place for a girly catch-up time.

Highly recommended for Audrey Hepburn’s fans and those who just simply adores the colour pink :P

They had a range of cupcakes to choose from. Menu list on their website.

we tried the orange poppyseeds cupcake. The orange-flavour cream & chocolate are perfect match to the cake. Yumm. Janice had a glass of apple blackcurrant juice while i had iced green tea with a slice of lemon.

www.justtickledpink.com

274 Unley Road, Adelaide

Tel: 8271 6370

It was going to be 39 degree max today, but the Show will go on. Yes, the Christmas Pageant will go on

Despite the heat, it still attracted crowds, young and old…yes, they’ve done it again. So, Janice, my bro Jon and i decided to join in with the crowds.

This year there are a few new addition to the pageant, including the 2 life-sized Pandas, Wang Wang & Funi joining the fun at the Christmas Pageant.

It’s amazing that these clowns/performers/entertainers were still so energetic, entertaining crowds despite the almost unbearable heat.

A special day for the little ones

 

more Christmas Pageant snapshots can be viewed through SpacePotato

 

also, i managed to dig out some of the previous pageant photos i took back in 2005.

Christmas Pageant 2005

This photo was taken in 2005 with my sister. It was my first Christmas Pageant in Adelaide. It was quite cool still during November 2005 as you can see the jumpers we’re wearing. And now in early November 2009,  we are already experiencing such hot 39-40 degree weather.

Christmas Pageant 2009

Could this be a sign of global warming…undeniably yep…

Last week at work, one of my patient, S played a new song by Guy Sebastian - ‘Fail to Mention’ from his latest album ‘Like it like That’ on her dvd player as she shared with me the love story behind this song.

it all started when her mobile phone rang with Aussie singer, Jimmy Barnes’ song ‘Red Hot’ as the ringtone. Then she showed me the 2 new cds her partner bought for her. Jimmy Barnes new ‘ The rhythm and the blues’ cd & Guy Sebastian ‘Like it like that’ cd. Two talented great Aussie singers! Two great choice of cds she has.

You can see the glow on her face as she shared about the music that she enjoyed. She said she would play these songs aloud at home and dance to the beat. groovy!

She was filled with enthusiasm to play snippets of JB’ songs on her dvd/cd player for me to hear. They are really nice songs…jazz-blues, a bit of rock. nice!

The story behind the song ‘Fail to mention’- personally i felt that it was so sweet of her partner to say that one of the songs on Guy Sebastian’s cd reminded him of her everytime he hear it and left her to figure out which was the song. i just went ‘awww…that’s so sweet’ – as she played the song  ’ fail to mention’ and asked me to listen to the lyrics closely.

part of the lyrics goes like this…

 

“whenever she smiles, she loves like a woman but laughs like a child. And did i fail to mention that she gets so beautiful, act like a waterfall sent from above. And did i bring attention to how she so wonderful, she could make anyone fall so in love…”

They got together 6 weeks prior to her unfortunate motor-vehicle accident, as a result she is hospitalized for 8 weeks thus far due to the multiple-trauma she suffered from. Throughout these past few months, he has been there for her, supporting her through. She said that she couldn’t be happier to having found him. A love story.

Ms S is a very optimistic person witha great sense of humor. She has a distinctive laughter and often you can hear her laughing hysterically as she chatted on the phone.
I really admire her for her perseverance and positive thinking approach to her current situation. Since her accident, she had multiple surgeries and stayed resting in bed for 6/52. She is unable to weigh bear on her feet for anothr 3 months.

Despite her current situation, she is not in despair. Instead, her face is often beaming with a wide smile and loves to crack jokes with staff. She laughs over little funny things and her laughter is no doubt contagious! No wonder the lyrics says ‘and she laughs like a child’, care-free laughters….

and this morning i saw her again…and just so happy to see her looking so bright, in her wheelchair now…still cracking jokes and making us laugh.

she taught me an important lesson, perhaps just reminded me again that Laughter is the Best Medicine. And she lives it out.

it’s been a good day at work…despite the warm weather & busyness in the morning, i have lovely patients that really made my day. A sincere thank-you from a patient, a smile and a wave in return…

and now i’m enjoying the songs of ‘Like it like that’ album, I reckon it’s one of the Best albums from Guy (worth-listening – very good vocal & melodies)

Another beautiful song i enjoy listening to would be – ‘Perfection’ last song of the album.

 

Jimmy Barnes

Thank you, S. You made my day.

 

 

 

the year has gone quick…indeed…

today marked the one year of this blog.

30th Oct 2008-2009.

much to reflect on…and looking back on my blog entries, the year has been an amazing ride for me.

through the ups and downs…God has been always there.

 

Thank you, Lord for your unfailing love.

singing and meaning the words in ‘Deeper in Love’, Lord, please help me to be deeper in love with you than before.

 

and looking forward to the year ahead with confidence and great enthusiasm!!

what would you do when your favorite singer released new album?

when i heard that Michael Bublé released his latest album recently, i was thrilled!

Came home from work this afternoon to find my usb stuck to my door with a sticky note, wrote ’surprise inside’.  Surprise was a folder with all the songs from MB latest album. I was so excited to check out the songs. been playing the songs repeatedly since then. Must really thank housemate Janice for downloading the album and sharing them! =)

Michael Bublé – Crazy love album is now available.

“Crazy Love” is his long awaited album after a two-year break and the release of his album “Call Me Irresponsible,” in 2007.

http://www.michaelbuble.com

This album including songs like “Cry Me A River,” “Crazy Love,” “Georgia On My Mind,” “All I Do Is Dream Of You,” “Heartache Tonight,” At This Moment,” “Stardust, “All Of Me,” “You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You, Baby (You’ve Got What It Takes),” “Haven’t Met You Yet” and “Hold On” and a bonus track called “Whatever It Takes.”

some of my all-times favorites from MB are ‘Home’, ‘Lost’, ‘You are my everything’, ‘I’ve Got the World on a String’ & ‘Call Me Irresponsible’.

quite like the latest album too, the highlighted above are the ones i like so far.

i reckon this is another great production of MB. introducing me to the oldies. love the song  ‘Stardust’ with Naturally 7 http://www.naturallyseven.com/

Naturally 7, a group of seven musicians who practice something they call “Vocal Play”. It’s hard to describe their act other than saying each of them used their voices in unison to recreate a different musical instrument from drums to brass instruments to guitars.

below adapted from: http://www.youtube.com/user/itunesmusicandvideo

The multi-Grammy winning artist hunkered down in recording studios in LA, Brooklyn, New York and his hometown of Vancouver for the last six months to make his “ultimate record about the inevitable roller coaster ride of relationships.” The first single, “Haven’t Met You Yet, written by Bublé (with Alan Chang and Amy Foster) is scheduled to be released to radio on August 31st. Additional tunes on the album include “Cry Me A River, “You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You, “Georgia On My Mind” and “Baby (Youve Got What It Takes)” which was performed with Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings. The title song is a cover of the Van Morrison gem “Crazy Love. The CD closes out with a haunting version of “Stardust” which is performed with the acapella group Naturally 7. The album was produced by David Foster, Bob Rock and Humberto Gatica.

“I started this record knowing I was going to record it differently than my previous ones. I dug way deeper and was more introspective on this one. Basically, I sang the truth – made each song autobiographical – and you can definitely hear the difference. I went back to the way my idols made their records. I wanted an organic feel – so people could feel like they were in the studio with me. The musicians and I all sat in the room, recorded it right from the floor and we let the sounds all come together and bleed into one another. It’s not contrived. Not too perfect. It just feels really good,” commented Bublé on the recording process for “Crazy Love.

Singer and songwriter Michael Bublé has sold over 22 million CDs worldwide. His previous CD, the Grammy winning “Call Me Irresponsible” (2007) was a number one album in over 15 countries. His 2005 CD “It’s Time” holds the record as the longest running title to remain on the Billboard Traditional Jazz charts – a full two years. It sat in the Number One position for over 80 weeks. He has had two Number One singles, “Everything” and “Home” which was also a Number One hit for Blake Shelton on the Country charts.

MICHAEL BUBLÉ CRAZY LOVE TRACKLISTING:

Cry Me A River
All Of Me
Georgia On My Mind
Crazy Love
Haven’t Met You Yet*
All I Do Is Dream Of You
Hold On*
Heartache Tonight
You’re Nobody Till Somebody Loves You
Baby (You’ve Got What It Takes)
At This Moment
Stardust
Whatever It Takes (bonus track)
*co written by Michael Bublé

On 03-05/10/09

housemates and i decided to hit the road…to south east of SA…from Adelaide to Naracoorte, Mt Gambier, Port MacDonnell, Robe, & Kingston and back to Adelaide.

hours driving on the freeways, highways, country roads…at 110km/hr. Cruising drive….occasionally bumpy roads with potholes. we drove past possibly more than 10 animal carcasses…one was a medium sized kangaroo…poor skippy.

Thanks to the great company on the road…plus we have stocked up with great musics, blasting the volume to max…keeping me awake behind the wheels

Praise God we didnt get quite lost throughout all the drives. Thanks to the map and of course, can’t do without a good navigator – Janice. =)

the beautiful breathtaking views just made my heart cried out with praises to God, the Almighty One who created all things so beautifully and delicately.

highlights including bright yellow canola flower fields, interesting Mammal fossil in the Naracoorte cave, and of course the amazingly Blue Lake in Mt Gambier.

enjoy the photos. =)

driving past fields of canola flowers

Mt Gambier, the Blue Lake City

more photos at my Flickr

寶貴十架

[ Precious Cross ]
Thank You Lord, You died for me.
With love, You gave Your life for me.
Brought me from darkness into the world of light,
opened my eyes to see.

Praise You Lord, Your love for me.
Your blood of grace flows over me.
Your tender mercy pours down from Calvary.
Your love has set me so free.

The precious Cross, by its pow’r I am set free.
With my all, I worship at Your feet.
Your saving grace, so secure in this promise of old.
It’s Your love unchanging for me.

主耶穌，我感謝你，
你的身體，為我而捨。
帶我出黑暗，進入光明國度，
使我再次能看見。

主耶穌，我感謝你，
你的寶血，為我而流。
寶貴十架上，醫治恩典湧流，
使我完全得自由。

寶貴十架的大能賜我生命，
主耶穌我俯伏敬拜你。
寶貴十架的救恩，
是你所立的約，

你的愛永遠不會改變。

simply decided to share some of the tumblr uploads which i find them amusing. Enjoy!

*these photos are not mine. credit to the tumblr users who generously shared these intriguing photos.

think travel.

more panda pics! gotta love them!

awwww….so cute

my favourite finding =)

would love to try making these Panda sushi…creative idea isn’t it!

too many pandas?

hmmm…am i hyped up about the Panda day countdown on tv screen during daily news at 6pm…i reckon ;P

90+ days to IT. Panda day. Wang Wang & Funi.

Gloomy rainy days looming in…again. Where did the sunshine go? :-l

if i have an umbrella like that…i wouldn’t mind staying in the rain all day.

(photo from tumblr…click to link)

am checking weather forecast at Bureau of Meteorology (http://www.bom.gov.au)

weather forecast Not looking pretty this week.

Wednesday Morning shower easing. Min 10 Max 17

Thursday Morning shower or two. Min 12 Max 20

Friday Windy. Showers. Min 10 Max 17

Saturday Windy. A few showers. Min 9 Max 15

Sunday Shower or two. Min 9 Max 15

Monday Fine. Mostly sunny. Min 7 Max 19

Tuesday Fine. Sunny. Min 9 Max 25

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Looking forward to next Tuesday. oh yea. To sit on that swing again.

Thinking of that makes me happy.

at the meantime…Plan B – indoor jumping up and down  (exercises i mean)

It was such a beautiful Sunday afternoon. Janice & i decided to go Bunnings Warehouse to get our gear for the 2nd table project! It was so exciting! So many people at Bunnings Warehouse. Perfect day to shop for some hardware etc… Janice bought a pot of parsley & i bought a pot of flower for just $2.

Hope they survive =P

Last month, we drove around areas in N.Adelaide for reusable old furniture that people had thrown out for hard rubbish collection and we spotted this table at the roadside. It was still in a perfect condition.

So this afternoon, we gave it a good wash-down and scrub before we started spraying white paint onto it. One can of spray was just sufficient to cover the whole table.

Wearing personal safety equipment like face masks & gloves is important too. =P

After splashing pink & yellow paint onto the clean white surface, we decided to use the remaining paint to paint one of the 3 old plastic chairs which we had found too during our ‘hunt for treasure’ in August.

it was an impulsive act of art. But we were both happy with the result. Thoroughly enjoyed ourselves…thou we made a mess in our garage…splashing paint all over the place. =D

It was so much fun at our backyard. =P

mission almost accomplished.

we left the paint to dry. will finish with a coat of glaze. =)

art attack!

Hey hey it’s a beautiful day the Lord has made…Let’s rejoice and be glad in it.

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It was such a beautiful sunny Saturday morning for a cycle to a friend’s house for a meeting. Actually at first thought of going there by foot, but i left house late, so thought of going to check out if any bike was available for rent. Thank God there were a few there at the Backpackers. The bike was a bit dodgy but Thank God i reached there safely as the traffic was less busy and i managed not to fall. Phew! Almost lost my scarf along the way…thankfully i managed to look back and realized it had fallen onto the side of the road.

Was blessed with Jez’s homemade yummilicious apple/banana choc chips pastry. Also, had a big bowl of Special Authentic Vietnamese beef noodle soup for lunch. It was so good! I reckon it’s the best beef noodle soup i’ve ever tasted. =)

Then, met up with my housemates in Rundle Mall. walked through some of the department stores & also Spotlight for some fabrics to sew.

On our way back, we made a detour to the lovely Rymill Park. I was excited to have fun on the swing again! Like when i was a child…used to play a lot in playgrounds: the slides, the see-saw, and my favourite – the Swing. =P

Rymill Park

The girls were having fun.

It was jolly good fun.

it just lifted the burden off my shoulders and put a smile on my face.

“here today, gone tomorrow.”

“look left, look right.” =P

“Meet me at the bridge.”

grabbing my book and lie on the grass is just the thing i want to do now. again. =)

It’s never too late to read a good book…

It’s one of life’s great simple pleasures.

Take a journey.

Relax.

Learn.

Go back in time.

Or forward.

Be inspired.

Or challenged.

Share.

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lying on my bed this morning, i flipped the pages to continue reading aloud softly lines after lines, pages after pages…(felt as if the author was talking to me face-to-face. The words are screaming out loud at me.)

‘Don’t waste your life’ by John Piper.

one page written this little header…

Pretend I Am Your Father

…and in this pages i plead with you as a father – perhaps a father who loves you dearly, or the father you never had. Or the father who never had a vision for you like i have for you, and God has for you….

i look through these pages and see you as sons and daughters, and i plead with you: Desire that your life count for something great! Long for your life to have eternal significance. Want this! Don’t coast through life without a passion.”

it just spoke into my heart again…

am i getting too comfortable with the current circumstance i am in?

does my days count for His glory?

tears just welled up the eyes,

i ponder…

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another paragraph read…

“We exist to spread a passion for the supremacy of God in all things for the joy of all peoples through Jesus Christ.”

“But whatever you do, find the God-centered, Christ-exalting, Bible-saturated passion of your life, and find your way to say it and live for it and die for it. And you will make a difference that lasts. You will not waste your life.“

i ponder on…

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in the warmer afternoon weather…

picking-up where i left the bookmark, i decided to take a stroll to the park nearby and sat on the bench under a tree, continue reading ‘Don’t waste your life’ by John Piper.

Inspirational & challenging.

excerpt from the book

“The reason for this is not because we are sinners and need a Savior to die for us, but also because this Savior is himself the fullest and most beautiful manifestation of the glory of God.

He purchases our undeserved and everlasting pleasure, and he becomes for us our all-deserving, everlasting Treasure.

Life is wasted if we do not grasp the glory of the cross, cherish it for the treasure that it is, and cleave to it as the highest price of every pleasure and the deepest comfort in every pain.” (pg 40)

“Boasting Only in the Cross of Christ, the Blazing Center of the Glory of God.”

- John Piper

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A musician has proven he is quite the songbird by creating a composition inspired by a feathered flock perching on some telephone wires.

Jarbas Agnelli from Brazil, 46, spotted a picture of the birds in a newspaper and noticed they were arranged like notes on a musical score.

Superbly arranged and orchestrated by him.

Bravo, superb, creative and fantastic.

via  http://www.youtube.com/user/meirahza

recent favorites @ my Flickr

Be inspired.

it’s never too late…

to find the beauty.

It’s there in everything we see.

Sometimes it’s shining out at us.

Sometimes it’s hidden deep within.

Look for the core beauty:

in nature’s balance;

in the human spirit;

beautiful friendships;

the beautiful mind;

the beautiful heart.

“Beauty is eloquent even when silent.”

by Patrick Lindsay