Trying Trying Trying to be Healthy || Food for thought

This one is going to be short and simple. I told myself this year that I have to be healthy healthy healthy (or at least healthier). So far it's been so so. Been getting more sleep but sadly haven't been eating as healthy as I should be. Been snacking a lot; without a steady schedule from week to week, my eating habits aren't regular. Went out to Costco and what did I find? My favorite things to eat...granola, peanut butter, chocolate! What's the difference? It's been "Weight Watchers"-ed. During my last year of university, I tried following the weight watchers guide (mainly used their recipes) and I did trim off a few pounds. Maybe I should give it a try again :)

On a much happier note: been diving deeper into the Word and been wanting more and more (just like when I'm super hungry and want ramen). Since it's the month of February, I decided to focus on the idea of love. What is love? Is it more than just chocolate, flowers, and lovey-dovey chick flicks? I keep on thinking of how much I am loved by my family and friends and how much I love them. But how about those who can't find that love? As Christians, we have the duty to share that love. Christ has given us so much love through his death and resurrection. He promises that he will give us the love that we need and more. That "extra" love is something that we cannot keep and reserve. There are people all around us that need that warm comfort of Christ's love. I've been trying to live up to this and been loving the people around me. I give you the challenge to do the same.

Dear friends, let us love on another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and send his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love on another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us. -- 1 John 4: 7, 9 - 12

Mission: As long as no one get's food-poisoning... || 3D Small Group: Chopped Edition

Last friday was small groups for my university student fellowship. My (awesome) small group decided to do a variation of the TV show CHOPPED. If you've never heard of this, it's almost like Iron Chef but a bit more complicated. We decided to split into two teams and made it into a competition.We are given several ingredients and had to use them all. Goal was to make one appy and one entree. Secret ingredients were (...drum roll...) mangoes, a french baguette, and scallops for the appy and mixed spring greens, chicken, and maple syrup for the entree. What can you make with all these ingredients? Answer...odd combinations of course. There was definitely some heat in the kitchen! Like with any group gatherings that involves cooking, some minor casualties occurred (I burnt our sauce and a piece of baguette) but no one got hurt! Keri and Canaan (our lovely small group leaders and judges for the night) didn't get food poisoning...success! Here are some photos and Keri and I took during the night! BON APPETIT!

Obviously wasn't watching the pan.....

Hua Ping must be working really hard....SNACK BREAK!

So many people in the kitchen!!! I think we all violated the "one person from each team can be in the kitchen" rule ... oops!

Time's almost up...

Our fearless leaders! Omnomnomnomnom...

Who won you may ask?? Canaan and Keri decided that we all won (I think my team won lol)! But honestly, it doesn't really matter who won that night; we all had fun experimenting with the ingredients and, in the end, we all had our laughs.

End to a Great Year || December Album

Oh my! Haven't posted since Steph and Kevin's Wedding! Sorry! The past few months has been busy busy busy at work since the holidays began. Haven't been able to use my camera a lot and there weren't enough photos to post, so I decided to wait. Here are just some of the highlights of December.

Took a similar picture years ago. I guess I should make it a tradition to do this every Christmas.

Didn't do any christmas baking this year. These are my sister's cookies.

Mom didn't bother wrapping our gifts this year. She used sticky notes. How resourceful...

Opening up one of her many gifts.

Been wanting this for years. Finally got it...ON SALE! Yeah for Boxing Day sales!

Smells sooo good. Thank you Serena!

Never had anything like this before. So Pretty! Thank you Auntie Helen and Uncle Stanley!

Every year, all of my church friends do a Christmas Party and Secret Santa. This is what I got. Love the cup and Eeyore. Most impressive thing is the card. Was made to look like Eeyore's poorly built hut. Thank you Keri!

Wrapping our own wontons. Forget the store bought ones...these ones are legit!

Happy 2012!!

Before I publish this post, I thought to myself that I should reflect on what has happened in year 2011. I have learned so much and I guess I should share. These double up as resolutions too.

1. Clean your room frequently: I've noticed that if I don't clean my room often....it all piles up to one big heap. Looking at my room now....it's a mess (sigh).
2. Phlog more often. (Okay there's vloging [videoblogging] so I guess it makes sense to call it phloging [photoblogging] eh?) I need to use my camera more often too (This explains the lack of pictures). Hopefully the weather will clear up and I can take my camera on new adventures.
3. Family is everything: spend as much time as you can (whenever you have the time).
4. Take care of yourself: during my fours years in university, I lost my appetite to take care of myself. It's great to help those around you but you must also think of yourself. Put time aside to do something for yourself; whether it's painting your nails, picking up a hobby, etc, you need that time to keep yourself alive. Exercise as much as possible. Eat healthy.
5. Spend as much time with God as I possible can. Been doing okay this year but hopefully I can do better this coming 2012. 

That's it for now I guess. Happy New Years!!