"Love" shape body lotion

Date: 15th Dec 2007
Venue: my room

It's kind of cold & dry in UK, so i have to apply body lotion everytime after
bathing. It's almost time for me to go out. So, in a hurry, I squeezed the body
lotion very hard. Look!!!!! it's heart shape...... so nice!!!!

Looking for a Chinese Church in Birmingham??

If you are looking for a Chinese Church in Birmingham..... then i would like to
invite you to Birmingham Chinese Evangelistic Church (BCEC)

The BCEC is a growing community of Christian believers who worship in the
city of Birmingham. We’re not the biggest church you’ll go to, but we’re a
community full of love who are eager to follow God and be part of his work.
Our Mandarin speaking Sunday worship service starts at 3.30pm and finishes
around 5.30pm. The Mandarin fellowship is an Mandarin speaking congregation
with people from Malaysia, Hong Kong, China, and Taiwan. The BCEC also has
congregations that use Cantonese & English. Our Mandarin Sunday Worship
meets at 3.30am every week. We have a variety of speakers who share
God’s Word.

English Sunday Worship 9:30 - 11:15
Cantonese Sunday Worship 13:00 - 14:30
Mandarin Sunday Worship 15:30 - 17:00

For more information, please refer to the website:
http://www.bcec.org.uk/home.html

If you would like to attend the BCEC sunday service, you may contact me
through my email: joyce_316@yahoo.com

Dinner with Steven & Chang Hong at Malaysian Delight

Date: 15th Dec 2007
Venue: Malaysian Delight restaurant

After Huo Quan cell group, we headed Malaysian Delight for our dinner.
We were very glad to have Steven treated us a dinner........hehehehe.....

Address of Malaysian Delight:
Unit 2 Kotwall House, 8 Ladywell Walk, Birmingham

In Malaysian delight, you will have chances to taste most of the Malaysian food.
Below are some of the comments about the food available in Malaysian Delight
which can be found on the internet:

Comment 1:
Went to this lovely Malaysian restaurant today with my fiancee and my dad.
I've been a Chef for about 12 years now,back home in Malaysia and in
Newcastle,UK. I've travelled to many continents,and also have been a good food
critic.So far,besides M'sia, this restaurant has satisfied us with all of the chef's
recommendation such as the famous butter prawns,deep fried assam seabass,
sizzling egg tofu and kangkong belacan... Hats off to the chef's and to Ms Kit.
Though the atmosphere is a bit small,its typical malaysian deco managed to
make us feel warm and happy.The price of each ala'carte dish is reasonable.
Good portion size,quick service,accurate seasoning thus enhances good taste.
Well presented.

Comment 2:
Always packed out, buzzing little place. Food reminds me of Malaysia, a little
on the salty side but good strong flavours. Many dishes to choose from,
can return on weekly basis!! Highly recommend this place.

Comment 3:
My Malaysian friends and I think that the food and service here are
consistently good. The dishes are exactly what we expect to get back home.
Highly recommended for a feel of authentic Malaysian cuisine.
The only problem is the relatively small space which means a wait during
peak periods.

So, if you are a Malaysian in Birmingham and dying for authentic
Malaysian cuisine, this is the place that you should go.......


Chang Hong & Steven


Esther & Su


Deep fried pork


Belacan Kang Kong


Marmite chicken


Nyonya Tao Foo


Eggplant in hot clay pot

Christmas Trivial

Below are the Christmas quiz given by Gideon Yeo. We did learn a lot
from the quiz......You may try to answer.......
You may contact me or Gideon should you want to know the answer.
Anyway, try first........


Multiple Choice Questions:

1. Which of the following is an explanation of the origins of the Christmas
stocking being hung by the fire?
A. Children would take off their socks and leave them by the fire - as
St. Nick entered houses via the chimney he would fill the socks with gifts
B. The first true Christmas present was a pair of socks
C. St. Nick threw some money and it landed in a stocking drying over
the fire
D. As Christmas occurs in Winter in the Northern Hemisphere it was
decided that stockings were a great receptacle for gifts


2. Before turkey was introduced to Britain from the US what did the
wealthy eat for their traditional Christmas dinner?
A. Peacock
B. Duck
C. Chicken
D. Ostrich


3. What is the origin of Boxing Day?
A. Hares are usually seen "boxing" around this time of year and the
name stuck
B. Boxes that presents are enclosed in are collected on this day
C. Alms money collected in a box is distributed
D. In the Middle Ages boxing matches would be held on this day


4. During Christmas we drink mulled wine. What does mulled mean?
A. Chilled & spiced
B. Chilled & sweetened
C. Heated & sweetened
D. Heated & spiced


5. During the Christmas season special songs are sung. What is the
name of these songs collectively?
A. Carols
B. Special music
C. Hymns
D. Classics


6. Which of the following was not at the manger in the Biblical account
of Christ's birth?
A. Mary
B. The shepherds
C. The magi
D. Joseph


7. According to modern Christian legend, what does the candy cane
represent?
A. Christ's purity
B. A shepherd's staff
C. Christ's blood
D. All of these


8. In many households, part of the fun of eating Christmas pudding is f
inding a trinket that predicts your fortune for the coming year.
For instance, finding a coin means you will become wealthy.
What will you be if you find a button?
A. Poor
B. Famous
C. A bachelor
D. Called away on a trip


9. Xmas is a common abbreviation of Christmas but from what
alphabet does this originate?
A. Greek
B. Arabic
C. Latin
D. Hebrews


10. A Christmas cracker is
A. a biscuit eat during Christmas Eve.
B. a sweet with twist wrapper.
c. a type of chocolate.
D. a tube of brightly coloured paper, which makes a noise when
pulled apart by two people and contains a small present, a paper hat
and a joke


TRUE OR FALSE:

1. Celebration of the Christmas holiday is commanded in the
Christian New Testament scriptures.

2. There are no records of Joseph speaking in the Christmas story.

3. The wise men were three kings from the orient.

4. The little drummer boy came to the manger after the other shepherds.

5. The star did not appear above the manger.

6. Jesus' ancestors include a prostitute, an adulterer, people who
committed incest, and two non-Israelites.

7. The angel Gabriel appeared to Mary first and then Gabriel appeared
to Joseph.

8. Mary rode a donkey from Nazareth to Bethlehem.

9. Joseph and Mary went to Bethlehem because of a decree by Caesar
Augustus.

10. The wise men followed the star as it moved from their eastern land
to Israel.

11. The wise men did not arrive on the night of Jesus' birth.

12. God sent a choir of chubby angels to announce Jesus' birth to
the shepherds.

13. Shepherding was considered a very noble occupation.

14. Both Joseph and Mary were told that the baby was to be
named "Jesus."

15. When Herod heard about Jesus he was the only one concerned
about this new king.

16. The wise men found Jesus lying in a manger in the town of Bethlehem.

17. After the angels announcement the shepherds went straight to
Bethlehem to see Jesus.

18. Joseph married Mary immediately after the angel appeared to him.

19. Some of the shepherds doubted and refused to believe the message
they heard from the angels.

Do you know the meaning of the Christmas song???

Christmas song 1:
Deck the halls with boughs of holly
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Tis the season to be jolly
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Don we now our gay apparel
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
Troll the ancient Yuletide carol
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la

Meaning of the words:
bough - a large branch of tree
don - put on
gay - bright & attractive
apparel - clothes (old used words)
troll - search
Yuletide - a period around Christmas (old used words)


Christmas song 2:
What child is this, who lard to rest
On Mary's lap is sleeping?
Whom angels greet with anthems sweet
While shepehrds watch are keeping
Chorus:
This, this is Christ the King
who shepherds guard and angels sing
Haste, haste to bring Him laud
The babe, the son of Mary.

Meaning of the words:
anthems - a song which has special importance
haste - make it happened sonner (formal used)
laud - to praise

So, next time please make sure you know the meaning of Christmas song and
not just simply sing it.

Huo Quan cell group Christmas celebration

Date: 15th Dec 2007
Venue: Li Qiu's house

As most of our cell group members will be away next week, so our group leader
had decided to make the cell group Christmas celebration one week earlier so
that everyone could make it.......

We had some new friends among us.... they are Liu Fang, Bing Bing, Hazel,
Li Jun & Xi Ling....

We started at around 3.30pm with games......I was the game master and
they were divided into 3 groups. Each gorup consisted of 3 -4 people and
they were needed to guess the word given from their group member's action.
Some words were very hard to be acted........ But they did try very hard.....
We enjoyed the games very much.............

Then, we sang carols.....led by Nelson.......

Next, Gideon lead a games where everyone would need to think of words that
described himself / herself.
Gideon - I'm giving Gideon
Li Qiu - I'm Li Qiu who was born in beautiful autumn
Li Jun - I'm Li Jun who was born at place full of mountains.
Liu Fang - I'm Liu Fang who will not be lonely again.
Kelly - I'm caring Kelly.
Shane Tu - I'm fragrance Shin Yuan.
Ye Ren - I'm Ye Ren who loves to drink tea.
Lindy - I'm Lindy, a slow motion person.
Bing Bing - I'm Bing Bing and not ice (bing means ice in mandarin).
Hazel - I'm a hard hazel nut.
Amy - I'm humorous & generous Amy.
Joey - I'm joyful Joey.
Esther - I'm beautiful and kind queen Esther.
Su - I'm happy Su.
Joyce - I'm cheerful Joyce.
Nelson - I'm absent minded Nelson.
hahahahhahahahhahahha........................

Afther the games, Gideon gave us some Christmas quiz..... some of the
questions were very difficult and tricky.....
But, we did learn a lot from the quiz........

Last but not least..... gift exchange.... everyone was very happy with
their presents...... espcially Amy Wu......


From left: Shane Tu (Taiwan), Ye Ren (Taiwan), Lindy (Hong Kong),
Bing Bing (China), Hazel (China), Amy (China) & Joey (Hong Kong)


From left: Bing Bing (China), Liu Fang (China), Esther (Malaysia),
Hazel (China), Xi Ling (China)


Carols time.....


wow.... presents


Cute little Han Ying (Hazel's elder daughter)


Joey, little Amy & big Amy


Amy with her Christmas present.... From Lindy


Nelson with his Christmas present...... tea....


with my Christmas present..... blue bear bear.....

Farewell gifts from friends, brothers & sisters.....

I would like to thank all my friends, brother & sisters who blessed me with a lot of
farewell gifts..... Thanks a lot!!!!!

Handmade bookmark from Ee Ai

Love key chain from Cindy (i hang it with my house key....hehe)


Box from May Jiuan (i used it as Candy box)


Christian deco from AIM Joy Kids (i put it near my window)


Book from Ann Nee & Joon Nee


Book from Lee Lian & Cheow Hoay


Christian wall deco from Han Bin


Christian wall deco from teacher Beng Beng


Wow... wonderful gift from AIM....
Thanks CK for you wonderful idea..........


Bear bear & hair clip from Siew Fun.....


Card from Chui Mien...... i'm really touched by your words.....


Cross key chain from Mr & Mrs. Cheng Hoe


Christian wall deco from Yen Ling


Christmas decorated pillow from Ger Wei,
Ger Fong, CK & Ella..........Thanks guys.......


And......i would like to thanks BL Chong, BS Leong and Christine
for the pen...... Thanks guys.......

Our wedding gifts (from Penang)..... Thanks a lot guys!!!!!

Oopppssss!!!!!........have i forgotten something???

Oooh.... i should express my gratitude to those who have blessed us with lots
of wedding presents.


Photo frame from my dear sister TY.......


Crystal photo from my dear sister in law, Janet


Book about marriage from my brother in law Vincent
& Fun Yee


Wedding photo album from Adele Kam (my Inti lecturer)


Cosmetic from Ticu


Book from Vivien Lim


Wall deco from Thien Ern (my sunday school student)


Watson body lotion from Su Yong


Watson body wash from Goh Kah Wei


Cups from Kenny Khoo


Deco from Joel & Vivien Tan


Bag from Siew Ling


Deco from Li Da


Bear bear from Cheri, Tze Ting & Chai Fong


Body lotion from Su Lin


Body lotion (from who??? no name???)


Book about marriage from Kim Boey


Book about marriage from Caleb Tan



Book & Christian wall deco from Philip Ho