Nov 07 2010
As I thought of all the activities that happened recently, a lesson of love-in-action tucked at my heart. Last Tuesday we had our regular ladies’ group meeting, a time of Bible study, prayer and fellowship. We usually meet in church. But this time we met in the home of one of the members, not too [...]
Mar 31 2010
Journal entry: Burnie, 26 January 2010 Today was Australia Day, a public holiday but Edmund had to work on this day, from 7.30 am to 9.00 pm. As I was free, I offered to teach Edmund’s friend Wei Ming some cooking as he loves to cook. It turned out to be a memorable experience in ‘teaching’ culinary [...]
Mar 23 2010
Journal entry: Burnie, 21 January 2010 We can get quite good cuts of pork at a reasonable price here in Burnie. However the difference between the pork here and the one we get at home in Malaysia is in the smell and the taste of the meat I don’t understand why the pork here has [...]
Mar 11 2010
Journal entry: Hobart, 2 January 2010 On New Year Day I prepared a variety of pancakes – an experiment really, as the flour here was very good with a much higher gluten content than those back home in Malaysia. Flour was one of the cheapest ingredients too. I made banana, curry and plain cakes for [...]
Feb 14 2010
On Christmas Eve last year, Edmund told me that an arrangement was made with his ‘family’ to celebrate together in a famous Chinese restaurant in town (Hobart). Everyone agreed to share the bill equally. Since it was a once-a-year thing, I agreed to go with him. I knew that it would be expensive and the [...]