Cake and Black Onyx Bash...

So.. it's that once in a lifetime event again.. another year older and hopefully wiser too.. ha ha! Didn't do much good for my so-called diet plan though.. a fair bit of cake-overdose especially with TWO birthdays so close together. The whole celebration started on Friday with Jared's birthday at care group (he's 7 this year). We bought him a Secret Recipe classic cheesecake.. creamy top layer and chocolate cheese underneath.. YUMMY! Then on Saturday it was pizza and KFC galore.. I could literally feel the calories coursing through my veins! Cham lah...

Then today.. the care group surprised me with Swiss baked chocolate cake.. and after a very rousing 'Happy Birthday' song at the food court.. we blew out the 11 candles.. cos the cake couldn't fit all 38 of them.. ha ha! Thus, as more pounds piled on.. I went to the salon to have a hair cut.. in the hope of shedding a few grams??? Hey, desperate times call for desperate measures mah.. And to top it all off.. we had Swensen's ice-cream cake for dessert after dinner at Sakae Sushi.. I will need to undergo serious prayer and fasting for the next few weeks man!!!

This year's 'cool' gifts include.. Lego Exoforce and Coastal Guard Ship/Lighthouse set for Jared and a black onyx pendant (finally.. another piece of jewellery other than the wedding ring from Jimmy!).. a black onyx flower design ring.. a pearl and black onyx bracelet.. two blouses and a Paul Baloche CD for me. Thanks for making our birthdays memorable :0)

Post Camp Fever..Literally!

We drove up to Port Dickson last Saturday (31 May 2008) for our annual family church camp. It was quite hilarious listening to Jared reading the road signs in Bahasa Malaysia quite accurately (e.g. ikut kiri, tanjung malim, batu gajah, selamat jalan) but unfortunately, without understanding the meaning. It took us an extra half hour to reach our destination cos we drove through the town instead of bypassing it.. cos er.. the road map given was quite ambiguous??? Anyway, as it turned out, we arrived way ahead of the coach which broke down midway from Singapore. Talk about dejavu! If I remember correctly, a similar incident occurred prior to the 2006 camp.

Here's a mini recap:

1. Elson's inspiring testimony of how he sold his flat at $110K above valuation to a buyer whom God 'told' to purchase at whatever price he asked for, and bought another flat at a bargain!
2. Got some photocopying done for free (supposed to charge 30cents per copy).. hey.. it's still God's blessing no matter how little the amount.
3. P&W turned out cool in the end.. had a panicky moment because we initially thought James wasn't available to play the keyboard, which meant I had to stand in.. AARRGGHHHhhh! I was totally unprepared and haven't practised at all!!!
4. Insightful knowledge on how to talk to your children about the 'Birds and the Bees' or was it the 'Butterflies and the Flowers'? Ha ha ha...

So, after spending 3 glorious sun-filled, fun-filled and most importantly, spirit-filled days in Port Dickson, we left for KL. That's when I was hit big time.. fever, chills, bone aches, lethargy... don't backlashes from the enemy usually come much later? Sigh.. I'm still recovering from this bout and thankfully, it's not dengue. I certainly don't wanna be hospitalised here!

And I finally had the time to visit my mum's long-time beautician friend (all my relatives swear she's the best).. who.. at the first prick, diagnosed my facial problem as..get this.. CYST!!! Not fungus, not acne, not anything but CYST! No wonder lah.. that accounts for the yellowish fluid that gets squished out during my own bathroom treatments.. GROSS!!!