Happy Mother's Day!

For the beautiful woman who amazingly taking care all 6 of us....and never complained every second in her life...never thought of us as her burden...and give us lots of love, care and support in everything we do...

For that one special woman God has chosen for us...

Happy Mother's Day, Mama!

No words can describe how much you meant to us,

and no words can describe how grateful and how proud we are to have you as our mother...

Thank you for the love and care throughout the years...

may you be blessed with health and all the good things that God has in store to you.

We thank God for the gift of you.

Lots of love,

AngeLBeaR, Aaron & Tracy, Kirstin,

Zach, Ben and Kiki.

...and also to all mothers out there...you all are amazing.  Happy mother's day to you too!  =)

Looking for A New Audi?

It's been raining almost every evening these days after it's been hot and humid for quite sometime.  The unpredictable weather makes going from one place to another seems a difficult task.  Imagine this, you are going to do some shopping and then there's lots of things in the shopping list, and then there's your friends or your family wanted to tag along, and if you with kids, and you can't just leave them at home because no one is taking care of them.  So, you need to bring them along with you.

It was hot and humid out there, even worst, it's raining!  How are you going to get to these places?  Now, taking the public transport seems like a good idea.  But imagine that you have to carry lots of stuff and chuck yourself in a small seat (you paid for just one), hanging on your plastic bags and praying none of the oranges rolled out, while trying to make sure that your kids clinging unto your shirt and make sure no one is missing.  That's when it clicked: you need a car.

Seriously, I know how it felt. Walking under the hot sun or running in the rain carrying lots of stuffs in both hands is not funny at all. Of all the car brands that I had my eyes on, I fell in love with an Audi =)

I know that getting a car is another investment and of course, I need more details and being unconvinced by merely 'okaylah...' as an answer, I searched through the internet and found CarSifu.  Not only they provided a wide range of cars from all brands to search from, it even comes with details of the car, pricing and reviews from other user - it that doesn't convinced you, I don't know what else!

What excites me is that they had the photos of all the cars, and I can't believed it that they even had the newest Audi cars for sale too.  Take note that there are more than 10,000 cars for sale posted so take your sweet time to browse through one by one - imagine how much time and energy saved compared to when you had to actually go to one shop and another just to search for the right car.  This process is easy, select the car that you had your eyes on, check the details, contact the owner and then set up an appointment to have a look.  If that didn't suit you, search again.  

So what are you waiting for?  Check out CarSifu yourself, your dream car is waiting for you!

So 'Cold'...

Bunny had to attend a course in the city for 2 days.  So yesterday, he picked me up earlier than usual - one of the reason is that the office where he took his course is nearer to my place.  

Since it's early, well...too early for dinner and due to the hot weather plus the other day my brother showed off a photo of ice cool shredded ice topped with generous helping of fresh mango cubes, we went to have a try at Hosten, Lintas.

There are no customers around as we took our seat.  Practically empty, maybe because everyone just about to come out from offices kua...

As we took our seats outside the cafe, a female waitress came over and throw (yes, she threw) 2 menus on our table, very much to our surprise.  Hrm...such a 'warm welcome' we got.  Owh, did I mentioned that she didn't even smile?  Is it hard to smile?

She left us a while and we scanned the menu. After a while, she returned when we gestured her that we wanted to place our order, with that same unhappy face she made, she came.  Bunny gently told her, "Lain kali, jangan buang-buang menu atas meja..." (next time, please don't throw the menu on the table).  She replied with 'Hah?' and seem impatient with getting our orders.  Somemore, when we speak Malay to her, she seemed not understand and repeating her question 'Ah?' So I spoke to her in Mandarin, then she replied us back in Malay pulak... Sheesh... and we noticed that it's not just her, but the other staffs as well.  Dark, dark faces..me also scared lah.

Bunny was not happy...so does the bear.  I suggested him that we should leave, but he still motivated of wanted to try the mango ice, and partly because he is a little exhausted from the whole day course - cramp with lots of notes to remember the whole day, he said we stay, just this once.  (See, we are nice people...I mean, thankfully I got someone nicer than me who still can tolerate with the rude treatment - I even joked with him that maybe the staffs haven't got their salary yet, that's why all faces like thunder).  

Owh well...here's what we had:

Honeydew ice for me.

Mango ice for Bunny.

Overall...tasted so-so.  Nothing much to shout about.  Bunny said the mango cubes is too sour for him.  Again, I cracked a joke that it's because the staffs got sour faces so the mango turns sour too...LOL!

Anyway, doubt that I will return to this place.  Feel so unwelcomed.  If you been there and never had any thing that I encountered, just say maybe it wasn't my day then.  

Thoughts of The Day...

Me and What I Believe In.

Most people that I knew in my circles was born and raised to practice different religious beliefs.   One of my early childhood memories is the then a kid version of AngeLBeaR, and my first religious teacher is my late Ingkung James (my paternal grandpa).

I remembered the days where he taught me, from learning how to do the sign of the cross correctly, memorizing prayers, how to recite the rosary and when I finally learn how to read, I started to read the Bible.  Along the way, I stumbled, raised and fall in my journey of life.

There are times I am confused, wandering like a lost soul...then came the moments where it brings me to the path I am today.  I am still seeking my answers to lots of questions in life and still looking as I am typing this. Sometimes when I feel down, I would find solace and comfort by searching for some inspirational quotes, to lift my weary spirit, to give myself some hope when nothing in this world would want to offer.

One of it is this:

For over two thousand years, Christianity has been a a tremendous source of strength, support, and inspiration for millions of people all over the world. Whether it be in the Old or New Testament in the Bible, or the words written and spoken by Christian sages, saints, or other prominent christian figures, one can find a multitude of inspiriting Christian quotes.  
Perhaps you are feeling down or are stuck in life and looking for an inspirational messages to help pick you up and light your way. Maybe you are a parent wanting to convey some core teachings of Christianity to your child. Or perhaps you are an aspiring theologian looking for some inspiring words to complement your Christian studies. For all these cases, you will find the following list of inspirational Christian Quotes very useful.

Quotes From the Bible

”When dreams come true at last, there is life and joy.” (Proverbs 13:12)
”Be patient and stand firm, because the Lord’s coming is near.” (James 5:8)
"It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him." (Genesis 2:18)
”He will give his people strength. He will bless them with peace.” (Psalm 29:11)
A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. (Proverbs 17:22)
”He had great success in everything he did because the Lord was with him.” (1 Samuel 18:14)
”We love Him because He first loved us.” (1 John 4:19)
"You keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on you, because he trusts in you." (Isiah 26:3)
"For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name. And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation." (Luke 1:49-50)
”Instead, be kind to each other, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, just as God through Christ has forgiven you.” (Ephesians 4:32)

Quotes From Christian Authors and Influential Figures

"I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen.  Not only because I see it, but because I see everything that is by it. (C.S. Lewis)
"As we trust God to give us wisdom for today's decisions,  He will lead us a step at a time into what He wants us
to be doing in the future."  (Theodore Epp)
"Instead of complaining that God had hidden himself, you will give Him thanks for having revealed so much of Himself." (Blaise Pascal)

"To love someone means to see him as God intended him." (Feodor Dostoevsky)
"Bad will be the day, for every man when he becomes absolutely contented with the life that he is living, with the thoughts that he is thinking, with the deeds that he is doing, when there is not forever beating at the doors of his soul some great desire to do something larger, which he knows that he was meant and made to do because he is still, in spite of all, the child of God." (Phillips Brooks)
"If you judge people, you have not time to love them." (Mother Teresa)
"God speaks to us through our desires, then as we lay them at His feet, He helps us sort them out and quiets our hearts to accept what He has already prepared. " (Rosalind Rinker)

"All the blessings we enjoy are Divine deposits, committed to our trust on this condition, that they should be dispensed for the benefit of our neighbors." (John Calvin)

"I would rather walk with God in the dark than go alone in the light." (Mary Gardiner Brainard)

Further Study

One can spend endless hours studying, contemplating, and delving into the deeper meaning of the inspiring words of Christianity, as countless theologians and sages have done before. If you are are a Christian counselor, the inspiring Christian quotes can also be a useful tool in your work or healing others. If you are an aspiring Christian counselor, it would be a worthwhile investment to pursue a Christian counseling degree to help you in communicating the message of God in your healing of people.

Sources:

Christian-inspirational-quotes.com
Innspirational-quotes.us/christian_inspirational_quotes.php
A-simple-christian.com/christian-quotes.html
Christian-at-heart.com/inspiring-christian-quotes.html


No, I am not saying that I am a really good Christian, but I am doing my best to live as a human - to do good to as much as God's creation as possible before I passed on.  

ps:  If you are wondering why my blog link name was 'charity1313' search for 1 Corinthians 13:13.