鼓.励.

看到老公和一个很久不见的朋友网上聊天
好奇问起 他说
他看见朋友设计的海报登在部落格
他很喜欢 所以就MSN朋友鼓励他

他继续说 朋友很有天份
可惜 却没有人会欣赏
虽然公司有比赛 可是永远是不公平的比赛
所以朋友不曾赢奖
朋友也曾经转换工作环境 从事艺术
却遇人不淑 不了了之
他说 所以要鼓励朋友 要朋友不要放弃自己的天分

听了 很感动 也很感慨
你有多久没有得到别人的鼓励？
或者 你有多久没有赞美或鼓励别人？
也许 有些人觉得根本不需要别人的赞美来肯定自己
可是 无可否认 任何鼓励 都能让别人打上一只强心剂

一句赞美值多少钱？
一句鼓励又值多少钱？
往往 人与人之间的比较 妒忌
让有些人一直在鸡蛋里挑骨头

如果 我们能慷慨一点
告诉朋友他的新发型很好看 告诉朋友喜欢他的待人处世的态度
恭喜朋友升职升薪 问候朋友他的国外旅行假期
说真的 我们没损失
只是 我们让别人开心 让别人高兴
让世界更好一点

何乐而不为？

希望 老公的朋友 早日找到他的伯乐！

Spaghetti Dinner

One of the important responsbilities being a wife (in my personal view) is to cook for husband. There's a chinese sayings that if you want to catch a man's heart, you have to first fill his stomach.

Both me and EG are not locals. The only time we can have home cook food is when we go back Miri (avg twice a year) or when we go back Taiping (avg once a month). Getting sick of eating outside, we have decided that we'll at least cook once in a week, oh sorry, I mean I, not we. :). EG can't cook!

We have decided to cook his favorite Spaghetti this weekend. Standard ingredients: minced beef, tomatoes, onions, garlic, spaghetti (of course!), sausages, capsicum, celery and the most important thing - tomato sauce for pasta.


So I cut everything, fried the onions & garlic first, followed by the beef. Then poured in the tomato paste. Let it boil. Then put in the celery, capcicum, sausages and leave it simmer for another 15 minutes. In another pot, boil a big pot of water and put in the spaghetti for 15 minutes.

And... Ta.... da....... our dinner! Poured a little basil leaves and it tastes simply fan-ta-bu-lous!

OK la I know it doesn't look good in picture again :P. EG had two bowls (I have to recook the spag for him) and gave 8 points. I asked where are the other two points? He answer was - today his full mark is only 8 points. *faint*

Bear & Cat Talk

On the way to work everyday, Bear and Cat will drive through some nice and big bangalows.

Bear: Can you imagine us staying in these big houses? I mean just two of us... The house is so huge... We might even get lost inside the house.
Cat: Ya...
Bear: Imagine if I have to call you on handphone asked "Oi, where are u? Time for dinner..."
Cat: Haha.. Ya then I'll tell you I am on the 4th floor, go straight the 3rd corridor and turn left to the 5th room or something like that.
Bear: Ya, then I'll ask you "So what time u coming for dinner?"
Cat: And I'll say "Ok ok, I'll reach after 20 minutes. Do you need me to bring anything over like a plate or a pot?" Hahahaha
Bear: Stupid....
Cat: Am I funny? Am I funny??
Bear: -_-"

~~~***~~~***~~~***~~~

Bear: (Excited) Hey Cat, do you know what day is today?
Cat: (With bored face) Wednesday....
Bear: NOOOOOO YOU'RE WRONG!!!!
Cat: (Got smarter, looked at the watch) Oh I know.. I have been prisoned for two months by a fat BEAR!!
Bear: -_-"
Cat: Hahahahaha!!!

Note: It's our two months wedding anniversary. :P

Ghee Seng TomYam Seafood

While the 2008 Malaysian General Election being probably the hottest topic in most of the blog entries, being as ignorant as I have always been, I am going to talk about FOOD. *wink*

Since Penang has been known as the food heaven, one of the things that EG and I have planned to do after our wedding is to hunt for good food in Penang. EG found Ghee Seng Tomyam Seafood restaurant recommended in Cariso-food blog that looks rather impressive. We went and tried it for our dinner tonight.

Dish 1: Thai Lobak.

This Thai Lobak is nice. It's actually otak-otak but they prepared it in lobak style. We were looking for the sauce but they do not have sauce for their lobak. It's a bit dry, but it tastes very nice.

Dish 2: Bird Nest (Prawn balls)

The auntie called it bird nest in hokkien since they look like one. I am not too sure what it's made of but I think it's deep fried shredded yam with prawns inside, served with some sweet sauce. Taste good too!

Dish 3: Clear SeaFood Tomyam

OK this is the main dish that attracted us. However, it wasn't as good as I expected as I think it's TOO spicy. I couldn't taste the tomyam taste but rather I only tasted all the chilis. And there were very little ingredients. I only remembered us eating 1 prawn each, some small sotong and small pieces of fish. Quite a disappointment.

Dish 4: Vegetables

Standard dish for a dinner. Nothing too impressive but there are lots of small prawns.

We later added another fried curry la-la as we were very hungry. I forgot to take the picture, but again, it's just normal and nothing too great.

Cariso-food blog mentioned about the serving speed so I took note of the time. We reached the restaurant around 7.05pm and placed our order at 7.10pm. Food was served in less than 5 minutes (I am SERIOUS!) and we left the restaurant at 7.35pm!

Price? Ah... What do you think? ........ It's only RM25 for 2 rice & 5 dishes. I'd say it's very cheap. Decent food with cheap price. We shall try the other food @ this restaurant again in our next visit.

That's How You Know

On my way back from US last weekend, I watched Enchanted in the flight. (OK I know I am outdated). As usual, there are singings and dancing in cartoons and I love this song in the movie. It gave me goose bumps and teary eyes while listening to it. Who said cartoons are only for kids? It sometime reminds us of things that we grown ups tend to forget or take for granted.

So, how do you show your love to your partner?

Check out the lyrics...

How does she know that you love her?
How do you show her you love her?
How does she know that you really, really, truely love her?

It's not enough to take the one you love for granted
You must remind her, or she'll be inclined to say...
"How do I know he loves me?"
"How do I know he's mine?"

Well does he leave a little note to tell you you are on his mind?
Send you yellow flowers when the sky is grey? Heyy!
He'll find a new way to show you, a little bit everyday
That's how you know, that's how you know!
He's your love...

You've got to show her you need her
Don't treat her like a mind reader
Each day do something to need her
To believe you love her

Everybody wants to live happily ever after
Everybody wants to know their true love is true...
How do you know he loves you?
How do you know he's yours?

Well does he take you out dancin' just so he can hold you close?
Dedicate a song with words in just for you? Ohhh!
He'll find his own way to tell you
With the little things he'll do

That's how you know
That's how you know!

He's your love… He's your love...

That's how you know
He loves you
That's how you know
It's true

Because he'll wear your favorite color
Just so he can match your eyes
Rent a private picnic
By the fires glow-oohh!
His heart will be yours forever
Something everyday will show

That's how you know
He's your love...