Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Painting is the process of healing

Fun painting night together with Merisa, Denisa and Racheal,
laughs and joy comes along while we were painting
enjoy the moment and you get to view others' heart through the painting they made.
Isn't that cool? 
26th December 2016 record

Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Lovely Christmas!

Spent a lovely Christmas together with Denisa's family, big thanks to her loving family shows their tolerance and acceptance 
to me ever since Christmas break started, and treated me with kind love.
Cooked lot of yummy food, and especially knows that I love to eat rice, we have rice for almost every meal, so touching!!
Went to church on Christmas eve and also Christmas day, took some photos and when we got back, found out that I got presents from them too!!!!


在朋友家过了很棒的圣诞节,真的很感谢她的家人对我如此的包容与接纳,打自假期开始就收留我,用满满的爱款待我。
煮了好多好吃的东西,尤其知道我习惯吃饭,几乎餐餐都有白饭吃。好感动!!
圣诞夜和圣诞节我们都到教堂去,特别在圣诞节拍了照片,崇拜后回家开礼物,他们也准备了好多礼物给我~ 
Christmas meal was great too!! Had some red wine, and great chat, perfect~
This family is like angels that send from God, make me feels the family love, and not feeling lonely during the break, super thankful for that!

Please keep them in your prayer, and may the Lord bless them!

晚上也煮了好吃的食物一起过圣诞,还喝了红酒,一起聊天,好爽啊~
这家人就像上帝派来的天使一样,像家人一样对待我,让我独自过节也不失落或寂寞,真的无比感恩!
继续在祷告中纪念他们一家人,愿上帝祝福他们~ 
25th December 2016 record

Sleepover~~~

Went to Sarah's house sleepover on 23th Dec, planned to go skiing, but wasn't manage to do that,
so just stay home and relax.
Taught Sarah how to write her name in Chinese, play with Cooper,
went grocery shopping, made sushi, met Marisa and went to Latino Plaza
short but fun day~~
Learned lot of Spanish food and new terms!
Love it!!!!

Sunday, December 25, 2016

圣诞蒙恩!


当撕开一层层犹如礼物纸的外在包装,残留在心里的,是什么呢?


第一次自己过圣诞节,今年的圣诞节,少了熟悉的家人,少了侍奉岗位,少了准备礼物和写卡片的过程,少了圣诞大餐,少了令人忙碌的节目,少了一同挤在圣诞树前不停合照的组员们,少了一同交换礼物,狂欢的朋友们,剩下的是什么呢?

少了耶稣,圣诞节就失去了意义。

回想起每当自己在圣诞节过于忙碌,而渐少与神交流,仿佛把生日的主角丢在一旁,自顾自地大肆庆祝,而从没想过到底生日的主角想要的是什么,生日的主角到底想要怎么庆祝祂的生日,想要什么样的礼物呢?

当礼物物质化,节目形式化,情感对象化,圣诞节也随之成了商业化,而这样的圣诞节,我想耶稣也不希望我们为了祂的生日而都沦落至此吧。在告知世人耶稣的降生之时,别忘了先花些时间好好认识祂吧,别只为了庆祝而庆祝,最后连生日的主角也都不认识,那岂不是浪费时间吗?

感恩今年的圣诞节虽然少了很多自己熟悉的人和事物,但却没有少了耶稣,我想也因为这样自己并不觉得缺乏,相反的,因为有祂的陪伴,踏踏实实地感受到满满的恩典与丰厚的祝福,以致我迫不及待想告诉你更多祂在我生命中所行的一切。祝福你,在认识这生日主角的过程中经历祂的爱与真实。

Have a blessed Christmas!!!!

信心之路_圣诞节

起床后与朋友聊天,聊起她朋友最近因在大学的压力,加上家人的期望,以及背负着奖学金的压力,变得不吃东西而暴瘦,情绪不稳定等等。朋友想说要送什么礼物给她,好让她能再次开心起来。

早上在灵修的时候,看到一篇文章写道:
一个孤单的人,出生在不起眼的村落,在一个小村庄长大,没有任何强大的家庭背景作为后盾,相反地,他在木匠店里干活,在三十岁左右才出来传道,约三年之久。

他没有进过大学,没有任何学历文凭,没有担任过任何的职务,没有写过一本书,没有一份高薪的职位,没有一间属于自己的房子,没有到处旅行。任何一切和伟大的人物以及伟大有密切关系的东西,他都没有,这世界没有给他任何东西,反而被人看不起,被人反对,嘲笑,抛弃,被出卖,甚至被处死。

他被钉在十字架上,在两个强盗中间,他唯一一件外衣也被士兵瓜分,死后被人丛十字架上取下来,埋葬在一个借来的坟墓里。他复活,并且他的生命影响全世界,远远超过世上一切的国王总统,议员。

看看耶稣的一生,再看看自己,反问自己为何要把自己定位在别人的期望之中呢?
人所想要的,是这世上永远无法将其填满的,不仅将失望和懊悔处罚自己,并且一生纠结在其中。

圣诞节即将来临,很多人都在烦恼着要买些什么礼物,但却忘了圣诞真正的意义,
有了耶稣就好比有了世上的一切,因为他拥有一切我们所需要的,平安,喜乐,智慧,接纳,满足,那为何不将耶稣这份礼物送给身边每一个人呢?
这让我回想起我朋友的朋友,这圣诞节我想应该没有任何的礼物能够让她开心起来,相反的,在耶稣里重新定位自己或许能将她从心结中解出来。

求神帮助我们,每天都选择过有意义的生活,不要白白领受恩典,
而是将所得的恩典与人分享,活出蒙你喜悦的生命,过个有意义的圣诞。

California Sushi Roll


不晓得大部分的美国人都爱California 寿司,但在这里这算是家喻户晓的寿司,可能是因为里面没有生的鱼吧,所以大家比较能接受(但寿司不就是要吃生鱼才够味吗?)。我到另一个朋友家过夜,两人早上吃早餐时突发奇想要做寿司晚餐,她妈妈不反对,还说要跟,我们也就出门去买食材了!
其实真的不难做,只不过我朋友从来没煮过饭,加上家里没有电饭煲,所以便教她怎么量米,洗米等等,然后教她怎么卷寿司,呵~ 蛮好玩的!就这样过了一天啦~!

I've no idea why American love California sushi roll, maybe because there are no raw fish in there,so it's more acceptable to them, and turn into famous type of sushi, well......Went to Sarah's house sleepover, and decided to make sushi while we were having our breakfast, her mom suggested we can make it for our dinner, and says she can join us when we do our grocery shopping, sounds awesome! So we went out and get our ingredients! Isn't hard to make sushi, but Sarah never cook rice before, plus her house doesn't have rice cooker, so I taught her how to measure the rice, how to wash rice, and cook it, and taught her and Marisa how to roll sushi, heeheheh~ Fun!

Ingredients: cucumber, jamine rice, crab meat, avocado, wasabi, soy sauce,

ohya, and sushi roller!!!








Friday, December 23, 2016

Learn how to use gun!

Learning how to use a gun is always my dream when I was young,
maybe because I watched too much CSI, spy movies, and secret agent movies,
hahahahahah.....so when I'm in the States, learn how to use gun is on my "To Do List",
*Well, is illegal in Malaysia~*
First time hold a real gun,  how to loads the bullets, learns how to aim the target, and fire it in a correct way, 
not only that, starts to learn the difference of the bullets, gun types and more. It's just so exciting!!! 
and I did pretty good for the first time, and will definitely try it again~

学用枪是我从小到大的梦想,
可能我看太多CSI,警察,杀手间谍的戏,被影响的~
哈哈哈哈,所以当来到美国的时候,学怎么用枪在我的"在美国必做的事"列表上,
*因为在马来西亚是非法的~*
第一次握枪,学怎么装子弹,学怎么瞄准目标,学开枪的正确方式,
不但如此,也学会看子弹的差异,枪支的不同等等。真的太爽了!!!
而且我第一次尝试的成绩还不错,当然还会继续尝试的,~ 


Wednesday, December 21, 2016

冬至哪里可以少了汤圆!!!!


当我表姐在面子书上传了一张大家都在做汤圆的照片,还标注我的名字,直接弄得我心痒痒,手痒痒,肚子痒痒,趁着去Asian Market 买食材,顺便把糯米粉也买了下来,竟然还找到班兰叶!哈~ 小时候,除了煎荷包蛋和煮泡面,这是我另一个闭上眼睛都会煮来喂饱自己的食物。每次我爸妈开会,表姐来我家时,都一定会煮来吃,是一个伴随我童年记忆的甜品。今天是冬至,煮了简单暖胃的汤圆,伴随着班兰叶的香味,甜而不腻的糖水,熟悉的口感和味道,一切恰好。

简单的食谱:
糯米粉(我只用了半包给5人用)
班兰叶(适量)
黄糖(自己调到合适自己的甜度)
水(一公升)

步骤:
1.将糯米粉与水搅拌均匀和面
2.将水和班兰叶煮滚,然后加入黄糖
3.将小面团揉成球状,放入锅中
(我也将一些黄糖放在面团里,之后咬的时候会有甜味哦!)
4.煮到汤圆浮起来便是熟了

超级简单吧!
我朋友的家人也都很喜欢这特别的甜品,一下子锅就见底了。

如果你想吃不同的口味,也可以自己另外再变哦!

在美国吃 Bak Kut Teh!!!

终于有机会下厨了!
今天煮了肉骨茶,马来西亚道地的食物。
感到特别兴奋,也忍不住拍照要爸妈拿给婆婆看,我妈笑说这是“促进东西文化的交流”
我朋友说我可以嫁人了~哈哈哈哈哈

自从来到美国后,鲜少吃到家乡菜,偶尔会在房间煮点东西吃,但因住在学校,因此无法真正下厨,这次,
朋友爸妈让我自己选购食材酱料,他们只给了我们信用卡来刷,然后让我用厨房,然后等吃饭。他们还真放心啊~~~~
呵~打开我从马来西亚带来肉骨茶汤包,看了背后的步骤,应该不难,上网查了查后,买了材料,就下厨了!

调味:
肉骨茶汤包(两包)
蒜头(用了两粒完整的蒜头来熬汤)
老抽(黑酱油)
生抽(普通咸酱油)
耗油
糖(只需要一点点)
玉米粉(只需要一点点)
胡椒粉(只需要一点点)

食材:
猪骨(这里挺难找到猪骨,基本上都是已经切好,进包装的。)
鸡胸肉(我朋友不能吃红肉,只好把鸡肉加进去)
鱼丸(朋友家人没吃过鱼丸,就买来给他们试试)
金针菇(也没有人试过,只好买来给他们尝尝)
包菜(怕全都是肉,就买来平衡一下,没有用很多)

步骤:
将锅子渗入1.5公升的水,开火至其沸腾
将猪骨和肉分开,自己决定需要多少,然后切小块                            鸡胸肉则用玉米粉,耗油和生抽调味腌制
先把猪骨放入沸腾的水中,将肉骨茶汤包放入一同熬煮                 水滚后,将火调小,把蒜头,猪肉和鸡胸肉放入
随之将鱼丸放入,顺便试一试汤的味道,可加一些糖调味         汤沸腾后将金针菇和包菜适量放入,煮熟后加入胡椒粉便可开动
(由于鸡胸肉有耗油和生抽腌制,因此我没有再另外加入汤中)                                                                                                   

怀念的肉骨茶香味顿时将思绪带回到马来西亚,
我朋友爸爸超爱吃的,尤其是猪骨和汤,
在冬天吃肉骨茶特别有feel~ 很保暖
上网查了一下,才发现原来肉骨茶里面有许多对健康特别的功效
例如:
煮熟的蒜头-防止血块形成 ,使血管通畅,防癌作用,加强抵抗力
汤包里的药材-行血活血,加强血液循环
汤包里的枸杞-有高胡萝卜素,提高视力
猪骨-高蛋白质,钙质,骨胶原

很棒吧!但不能常吃,因为会很热气~

不管怎样,今晚的肉骨茶挑战,成功!

Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Random trip to the lake~

Very random, but today's weather was nice, instead of staying at home, we went out and look for some 
nice spot to chill. Found a nice place to view the lake, and it was quiet, and no building or so. Walking 
around and take pictures, amaze with God's Creation although it is just very simple.

Went to Hickory Station for lunch, planned to get one pizza to share, and ended up we both got pizza for ourselves......
you can see the difference of the pizza, mine is all meat and seems like I'm not even try to lose weight......lols~
Wait for my "rounded face"return!!!! wohooo~~~~~~~~~
fat me~~~~~
*pinching my face*



Dinner night

*I think that must be an illusion my face get rounder than it should be..... ohno!!!!*

Having great food and great time together with these people in this great night.
Sharing knowledge, experiences, and life together, cross-culture learning will never let me feels tired.
Can't wait to visit more places, meet more people, and explore more!!!
yay!!!

20th December 2016 record

Monday, December 19, 2016

读本好书

冬季来临之时,穿着棉袜与外套,
热巧克力捧在手上,手心的温度暖及全身;
窗外凋零的树叶,以及弥漫着沉重的冷湿气,
貌似散发悲伤气息,却不阻漫游在书本意境当中的自己。


读本好书,
是自己在这次假期中给自己的挑战,希望能在假期结束前读完,是
一本以详细背景介绍,不同人物的角度来讲述耶稣降生,加上是英
文书,因此会比中文书读起来,在理解方面更加吃力。但我喜欢,
有这样的挑战,也才能让自己不会随着假期的步伐而懒散下来。


原本想去旅行,也懊恼为什么自己不直接来个说走就走的冒险旅行,但随着一天天
简单的生活逐渐过去,再简单的步伐当中找到喜乐,在书本中重新思考圣诞的意义,
亦然发现,原来:旅行有时,居留有时;忙碌有时,安静有时,花钱有时,存钱有时。
呵,这不是浪费时间,而是让自己有机会沉淀,并在接下来的日子当中蓄势待发。

Dessert party!

Even during holiday I'm still not forget to feed myself well.....hahahaha
We have this "Dessert Party" at Denisa's house
like a small competition, and games after that.
Simple yet fun, and my job is to eat and enjoy the dessert...
yay!
Glad to meet some new friends and have some great time!

17th December 2016 record