我的韩语课 My Korean Language Class

I started my Korean Language class on 9 October 2014.

I was once 'dreamed' of taking up a foreign language class óne day' long time ago, but I had never moved my heart or taken any action to make it a reality. But this time, I made it!

When I told my friends and relatives, even my boss, that I am taking this class, they was like "what?" "You thought you still young and follow Kpop?"  "Ruth ah, you do not have good rest and now you are taking this class!" "Why Korean? You should take Japanese instead!"

A lot of negative comments suddenly just flow in and making you felt so 'guilty' to make such a decision. I was once asking myself, "Am I wrong to do this?"

But thank God, I have a supportive hubby to accompany to register for the class. Without further ado, I paid the deposit to register my Korean Language class. From there on, I know I have no turning back.

These three months of Beginner I class, I had a good time and every week looking forward for it. I have a good song-seng-nim too, she have good interaction with everyone in the class and she knows a bit of English that help us a lot in understand Hangugul.

22 Jan, was my first Korean Language exam. The next day, the office called me up and told me that I got 86% mark for my Beginner I exam. Wohoooo ~~~!!!

Yes, I've registered for my Beginner II class, "fighting!"

The Wedding: Lizhi & Ruth

Pre- Wedding Photo @ Port Dickson

By Michelle Tan

Pre-wedding Photo @ Sophia Bridal KL

Pre-Wedding Photo @ Penang 

By SunnySun

Actual Wedding Day - Fetching Bride in the Morning, Penang

By SunnySun

 Church Wedding - 9 Jan 2011 @ Penang Baptist Church

By SunnySun

Penang Wedding Dinner - 9 Jan 2012 @ G Hotel, Penang

By SunnySun

KL Wedding Dinner - 15 Jan 2012 @ Empire Hotel Subang Jaya

By McCain

Look forward

Wow, the last post is about a year ago!
My goodness, I am such a bad blogger.
But I got my reason for such a long long away, simple because -
I am 4 more blogs to maintain, most of them are business online blogs,
hehe, well, not much profit though as I am just do it out of interest.

TRAVEL

* mom happily DIY her kimchi.

Traveled to Seoul & Jeju Island last July 2011 with mom. It's a raining season, so almost carrying umbrella for the whole long journey everywhere. But as long as my mom enjoyed the trip, it worth the money.

* Sis Mei-lin "borrowed" my mom to kiss, I should have charged her!

This August 2012, my mom and I traveled to England & Amsterdam.
My mom prefer to go Taiwan, but I love to go back Sheffield and visit friends there.
Not much things changed, but a lot of things not the same though.

Have not encounter the next trip with my mom, but I'm going to travel again end of the year to Japan & Taiwan with my hubby's family.
Sorry mom, please hang in there, will bring you again soon.
So, your leg gonna be strong ya.


WORK
Work wise, I am still working in the same company. It will be 2 years for next February...
Pray for the best to come!


MARRIAGE LIFE
One and a half year passed.
Soon gonna be two years anniversary already...
Yeah yeah yeah, baby baby baby... Many people keep asking, quite annoying.
But being polite I didn't shout out loud, "STOP asking!"
If one ask one of this question, when I meet 10 people, I have already got 10 same questions bugging me, so just imagine how annoying is this.
I just reply with a polite smile ~

Don't we have other topic to chat about?

But good thing is, after a few cooks, my hubby "pregnant" instead, hahahha!!! He got a big tummy oo.


HOBBY












* my DIY bracelet

Thanks to Eva, I started my new hobby - beading,
ya I still do felt stitching...
Just quite lazy these few weeks.



MOVIE

Yeah, my hubby and I enjoyed movie at home.
Highly recommended movies are Seven Pounds, The Pursuit of Happyness, The Bucket List, The Shawshank Redemption ...
More to come!

Good Joke =.=|||

一位垂死的祖母對她的孫子說：

“我可能幾分鐘後就會死去，所以希望你能繼承我的遺產， 包括別墅，拖拉機，農場和所有家禽及現金$22,389,630.00”。

孫子說：“哇！ 謝謝奶奶，我不知道你有一個農場，還有這麼多的財產？在哪裡？ ”

奶奶用最後一口氣說：

"在我的Facebook"

Fun work

I've made a call to a top brand mobile company situated in Singapore, to talk to the top management. But i was guarded down by the receptionist, I am not even reach the secretary office. She asked for my name and contact, and can't even give me the name of the top management PA, reason was "security reason". Wow ... ~ (it should sound like a wild cat)

Flashing Sky

I noticed a series of consistent lightning this morning. I woke up around 6.15am and found flashing on my window. At first I thought it's lightning, but after 5 minutes, I notice the flashing like a siren. So I thought it might not be lightning as it kept flashing. So I open the window and look to the sky, it is lightning in the cloud - unusual one. There were about 4 lightning in one minutes, one lightning has about 5 flashes. I did not see the lightning but flashing in the cloud. Yeah, you might seen it before in drama that a few bombs or fire shots in the haven and when people looking up, it's just flashing inside the cloud. It was 6.30am with grey cloud in the sky.



After my shower, I still can see the flashing behind my window curtain. I was thinking it might be a war having in the heaven. I kept praying that Jesus Christ is the Lord of the Lords, and He will win every war. No one can defeat Him because He is the most powerful.

A flash thought in my mind, if He is powerful yet how come He made so little thing in me? I did not blame Him but feeling guilty for trusting Him so little and I submit so little to Him. My small faith has stopped Jesus to do big thing in my life. I have fall short of His glory (Romans 3:23). I kept saying sorry in my heart, shouting guiltily. I kept thinking, if I see Jesus today, I will be empty handed to see him, ashamed. When I arrived at the car park in the office, it seems not much cars around. I doubted whether am I left behind? I read a fiction story before called "Left Behind", in fact I just read a few pages in front when I was 17? Well, it was hard to hang on the habit to read English story book by a Chinese educated young girl. I got to search for 10 words in the dictionary in a page before I can fully understand what is going on. But I managed to find out it was about a father and a daughter or son left behind, and the rest of the family members were "raptured", leaving the rest of the world in chaotic. I was asking myself, am I the left behind because I am not doing good :(

Wake up my soul!

人心

那天牧师讲道, 分享了一个很可怕的故事 ...

有一个林先生, 结婚多年却依然还没有孩子.
有一天, 有位天使出现并让他有三个愿望.
但是, 条件是- 他所求的, 他的邻居会得到他的双倍.
他想了想, 还是答应了.

第一个愿望是, 希望有个孩子.
没多久, 太太真的怀孕了!
不久, 还生下了一个白白胖胖的宝宝. 派送了红鸡蛋给邻居.
但是, 他自己也收到了邻居的红鸡蛋, 还是双倍的! 原来邻居家, 出生了双胞胎!
他心里有点不舒服, 因为天使本是冲着他来的.

天使又出现了, 问他的第二个愿望.

他想了想...
家庭有了, 孩子也有了, 就要了一箩黄金.
天使说, 那邻居会有两箩黄金哦.
他苦恼的再想了一回, 还是决定了.

他领了一箩黄金, 隔壁传来欢呼声! 领了两箩黄金...
他心里难受极了!!!

不久后,天使再次出现, 问他要了最后一个愿望.

这次, 他说"让我瞎了半支眼" ... ...

x x x

圣经说: 人心比万物都诡诈，坏到极处，谁能识透呢？"我耶和华是监察人心、试验人肺腑的，要照各人所行的和他作事的结果报应他。" — 耶利米书十七9，10

我听了故事, 我的口开得像苹果一样大. 第一时间完全没有回过神来他的意思... 大概3秒后, 我才发现林先生的第三个愿望是多么的难以想象的可怕! 他的愿望会让邻居瞎了两支眼睛, 因为他的愿望将会让邻居得到双倍的回酬.

我听了一阵寒...

当然, 天使不会象神灯一样出现在你眼前. 但是很多时候, 我们无形的得到了很多的祝福, 周围的朋友也因你得福, 而且有一天你会发现, 他们比你更好的时候, 你是否会开始嫉妒? 开始不再帮助他, 开始远离他, 开始比较, 开始说一些伤害他的话...? 慢慢, 你让这一些堆积起来, 恶念头一个一个的浮现在你脑海里. 你一不注意的时候, 你伤害了别人, 伤害了自己.

久违了

与个人部落格, 久违了.


辞职了好一阵子, 但是还是忙于一大堆的事情, 零零落落的.
还没有整理好我的思绪, 还没有拼凑整个概念来.
知道前面有一大个雪球浑着来, 但是, 就是无法安静我的心来.
是我还没有准备去面对吗? 还是我懒得理会?


人懒散得什么都不想理会, 但是心里却澎湃得象一个脱缰之马.
还无法调整过来, 节奏乱了.
还是好好绑好心里的马子, 我怕它会离家出走了.

My Online DIY Craft - PokePokeYourHeart

Yeah, I open another blog to share my handmade DIY craft online.

I happened to join a hand craft session at The Garden in Mid Valley, and the passion kept growing inside me. It inspired me to continue my journey to craft for the love one :)

Poke Poke Your Heart - the online exclusive handmade DIY craft to poke the heart of your love one. You can view more of my handmade DIY craft at

http://pokepokeyourheart.blogspot.com

Place your order now ~~ ^_^

What happened on Christmas Eve over 2000 years ago?

Today is the day of remembrance the birth of Jesus Christ to the world, as stated in Holy Bible:

... And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger." - Luke 2:8-12 Holy Bible (NIV)

Christ = Messiah. "The Christ" (Greek) and "the Messiah" (Hebrew) both mean "the Anointed One"; also in verse 26. This means an angel appeared to the shepherds and told them a Messiah will be born in this world!!!

But today, what happened to our world? They don't believe or maybe I should say they don't even bother? I've watched a video clip in Youtube (actually is being edited from my friend to present to a church event), the host interviews a few people on the street in US, asking what Christmas meant to you? ... most of their answer is "a time for family to gather around..." "I don't know ..."

Do you know? Or don't you bother when there is a child given by God who loves you so much, for the purpose of saving your life?

"For God so love the world He gave His only begotten Son, for whosoever believe in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life" - John 3:16

Who will send his only begotten son to die to save your life? The God father loves His Son very much, the intimacy of the relationship is far beyond our imagination, which we could not find in the earth... not here. But He willing to send Him to the earth, so that ... on the day, Jesus Christ will be crucified on the cross to cleanse your blood ... to wipe off your sin, from an innocent blood to exchange our sinful blood.

His amazing love ... do you how deep the Father's love for us?

GreenApple4sale GO GO GO

Initially started my first online boutique in the end of September 2009. Why online biz? Simple because I like to design webpage & artworks; I like to share good stuffs to friends; I like to ... move one step forward.

I've been thinking to do it long time ago, but I do not have the time (excuse!) and do not know how to start one (brain-blocked!) Until ... I started my first online "fashion" shopping in September, although it was the complicated one, because I like those clothing in Yahoo Taiwan but I do not have Taiwan credit card T_T ... until I ask my Taiwanese fren to help me on that. But I was so excited to receive those stuffs when it handed over to my hands. My first online shopping ever was a few years back, in year 2003? 2004? I can't remember, either bidding in ebay or buying some Christian books online.

It's common to buy online in UK, compares to Malaysia. From my 2 cents point of views, Royal mail is earning a lot from these parcel delivery.

Well, just writing here to present you this GreenApple4sale Online Boutique, when you are thinking to buy 100% Authentic Coach Bags, with discounted price!!! Shipping directly from USA to your door-step... Or you are thinking to buy M-XL sizes of clothing, when I found nice one available ~~

Log on to http://greenapple4sale.blogspot.com, to be a Virtual Shopping Queen!!! Enjoy ~

Highly Recommended - Poetry: Food for the Mind

Highly recommend to youngster who seeking the answer of life. Those who like poetry, this is a book for you, as it encourage you to think and seeking the core & only answer of a purposeful life.

The book is written in Chinese language, and translated into English language.So the books comprising both languages. It's a good book for you to kick off your very first lesson to learn Chinese- English or vv. Quoted from the translator humbly, " It might not be the perfect one, but we are improving in coming edition if we do. All comments are welcomed to make us better next time."

The translator of this poetry is a close friend of mine, a dear sister of mine - Louise Ngoi. We attended same church - Sheffield Chinese Christian Church, when we studied in Sheffield.

You may contact me to purchase for this book and it is not on shelve in public store. You email to ruth.ph.chua@gmail.com to place your order (while stock last). This book is free, but you are encouraged to give a love offering to the author/ translator of the book, to cover the cost of the book - RM18 each. I've got one extra on hand!!! Hurry! ~ ~

breathing ...

Opss... long time no see. Been busy at work, church, volunteering, lali lala .... for soooooo long.But yeah, I am breathing ...

Would like to post a secret recipe of my mom to cook 'cai dao kiam hu kari'(curry salted fish & long bean). Well, although the name only mentioned one vege, but it comprising a few vege, here you are the ingredients as below:



To prepare:

A) dried chili (blended)

B) shallots, garlic, lemon grass, yellow ginger (blended)

C) belachan (shrimp paste)

D) long bean, eggplant, salted fish

E) Cabbage, curry leaves and shrimps

F) Coconut milk (Santan)

G) Others: salt & sugar



To cook:

1) Add a small portion of cooking oil on wok, when it's hot, add (B) to stir fry it, until you felt your mouth watering

2) Add (A), until the red colour became a little bit maroon yet not over-fried, add (C) and press it til it scattered, add water.

3) When the soup boiled, add (D)...

4) Soup boiled again, add (E)... til boiled

5) Add (F)& (G), stir for 30 seconds, once boiled! It's ready to serve on table!

Comic of the Day - Boss & Staffs

Happy Family

Labour Day fell on last Friday, and it was a public holiday. While I am not working Saturday and Sunday, it should be sufficient for a long rest for 3 continouus off-days. Yet, my eldest brother's whole family came all the way from Ipoh and paid us a visit. I thank God for the weekend as we spent good time together, which means no quarrel for this visit, haha...!

I think my nieces spent a very good time here with us as well as got enough shopping experiences -.-|||

Sunday evening, it was a little ex-sccc mates gathering at Lizhi's house. Lizhi, Jee Jin, Algene, Harvard, Siew Teen, Chee Ming, Yi Chuan and I had a very delicious and filling steamboat. Chee Seng and his girl-fren did not make it this time as his gf had a voice recording somewhere out-there and we hope that he could join us next time. Through-out the nite, we had steamboat, wii, PS3, web-cam with aunty ruth and the rest of them at Boomspring Lane at UK, as well as singspiration and praying session. Thank God for the time and sharing we spent together... :D Hope to meet u guys soon and may God be with you and do walk closely with him.

God Bless America

I read two news articles yesterday and today about Miss Carlifornia, the beauty queen defends gay-marriage comments. During the pageant, Hilton asked Carrie Prejean if every state should follow Vermont in legalising same sex marriage.

She replied, “I think it’s great that Americans are able to choose one or another, but in my country, and in my family, I think that I believe that marriage should be between a man and a woman. No offence to anybody out there, but that’s how I was raised.”

After the pageant, she further defended her views, “At that moment after I’d answered the question, I knew that I was not going to won because of my answer”. Still, she stands by her statements. “I don’t take back what I said,” she told Lauer, adding that she “had spoken from my heart, from my beliefs and for my God”. “It’s not about being politically correct,” she said. “For me, it’s about being biblically correct.”

- News: NST 23 April 2009, Pg.34
Prejean, salute! God be with you!

Visit to Laman Baiduri

I visited Laman Baiduri show unit today. What a discriminated experience!

The person in-charged aunty there were friendly to us when we first visited the show unit, but after a while she observed us might not be a potential customer. Her attitude changed 100% and rude to us. When I walked out from the show unit and went to the sales counter asked for prices, she pointed to the board and told me the prices were all there. When I confused with the stickers on the board, she did explained to me, but with a unfriendly attitude. The worse is when I wanted to snap a photo of the prices, she said "Sorry! You cannot take a picture of it!" ... Well, I didnt know I could not do so, but at least you can say it in a polite manner.

When we about leaving, she didnt further explain or say anything, at least a "bye".

The interior design is amazing, but the attitude of the sales person is disappointed.

RM100 "Soul-out"

Bad hair day!

In year 2007 before I left Malaysia to Sheffield, I experienced a 'terri-gible' incident with a durian trader at street, today I faced the same to a 'un-known' no balls uncle. It was really irritated to meet this kind of people. I would not say it is an argument, because there is no 'points' at all to argue, they distorted the truth and created new story.

I went to 'cheng beng' (so called remembrance of passed away relatives at grave yard for Chinese) with my mom. I accompanied my mom to go, not because I am joining them to 'worship' the people who died and buried there. But my mom wanted to go and I would go and take care of her. We care for people who is still alive, do not focus on people who died!

I told my mom we got to hurry and finish it early in the morning. My mom is old, she walks slowly and she like to touch here and there. So we went up to the hill around 7.15am. There was quite crowded yet I still managed to drive in to up hill and park my car quite near to my grandma's grave yard. For me, I would rather park far outside and walk inside because the 'road' is narrow, wet and swam. When we finished and about to leave, there are two cars, one parked behind my car and another one right back, and my left is blocked. So I asked the person who just about to leave his car from right back to move his car away so that I can leave. But he insisted to help me to guide me, to drive out the car between the narrow path. So since they would want to guide me, so I took the offer and listen to his instruction. Too bad! When they asked me to drive near to the car near left to me, and asked me to drive backward, they said ok to drive backward, yet he forgot to help me to see my front car which was so near to the left car. Here it happened! I walked of the car and asked the guy to help to drive instead of giving 'kind' instructions. The guy said 'ok, but wait for me to put my things and I will be back'. He left...

The owner of the car that my car scratched, walked near to us and ...well, you know. They wanted compensation in terms of cash. I really did not know whether the scratches on his car, is new or old. So I just making a statement, "But I am not sure whether is this new or old!" "Can I pay you RM50 rather than RM100?" These were the questions I threw to the owner of the car.

When we were still bargaining for the compensation, suddenly there was a 'uncle' walked passing besides me and said "if you would pay for RM50 better dont pay". Well, I took the 'advice' and answered him, "oh ok, then dont pay then." and sat back into my car about to leave. But suddenly that 'uncle' scolded us not giving money, swore and cursed, and spoke 'bad' words to my mom and I. We was like "what?"... My mom scolded him back for his faulty words, and he scolded even more faulty words and swore to the sky. Gosh... and he said he wanted to use his car to bang my car and did some kind of posture to kick my car. I was like, is he so called 'Malaysian'? 'Chinese'? 'Civilised'? 'Aging uncle'? Poor him ... shamed on him. He started to say we didn't want to pay the compensation and argued that we did not do that scratches. People surrounding all sided to him and asked us to pay. Most of them are his relatives and friends, if not mistaken. But anyway, he is really ... I could not described or named this creature of the earth. I find no words to name 'it'. Adam named all the animals on this earth, but I really not sure whether is 'it' included.

There was no point of arguing with them, because they were all uncivilised. I asked the owner of the car, "is he your friend?" The owner of the car didnt say anything, is he or is he not? Or even worst, we all did not know him. Where did he burst out from? I paid to the owner of the car, and I said loudly "Sorry yah, pai seh yah!" to the owner. When I about to leave the area, I turned back to the crowd and said 'Sorry yah everyone, if anything offended!" No point of arguing, I would rather use 'apologise' to slap their faces... and sadly, I bought their souls and pride with two pieces of RM50- RM100. What the earth!!!

What are those creatures? One day, they will definitely have to face what they had done on this earth in front of God, every scene will re-play in front of them and before God. How would they face it and feel? Will they ever realise what they have done?

On the way out of the hill, I told my mom. They lost the balance/standard of good and bad, right and wrong. "Do you know how good is good, and how bad is bad? What right is considered right, and what wrong is considered wrong?" "I dont know" "It was all written in the Bible. But people just ignored it and turned away from the truth."

Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody. If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone. Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: "It is mine to avenge; I will repay," says the Lord. On the contrary: "If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head." Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.~ Romans 12:17-21

"God, please forgive them, for what they had done, they didn't know..."

Steven & Ivy's Wedding Dinner in Alor Setar

After 3 years of marriage and one successful production in making human-being, they had their Malaysia Millennium Wedding Dinner at Alor Setar on 28 Feb 2009 (Saturday).

The venue deco is superb, 'bo wa kong'. They hired a balloon deco agency from Penang to do this, well, I can say it was worthy. I've got their contact just after the event. Anyone interest, you can get the contact from me!

Also, BIG thank you to Ivy. We were lost in Kuala Kedah, but the venue is in another place. So, Ivy was actually wearing the bridal gown, sit in the car which her friend was driving, meeting us up at the mosque and brought us to the destination. I was so impressed and pleased of she has done to her friends. Who able to do this?

I was about to sing them a song in the wedding dinner. But after second attempts on stage, the mission declared unaccomplished. pai seh Ivy! Due to the mission unaccomplished, I was not able to finish my script on stage. Here I want to finish it. I want to thank you Ivy in taking good care of me all the while when I was in UK. She is very dedicated and lovely all the time. Whenever I asked for a favor, she never say no to me. But I was the one who always taking for granted and made her angry and disappointed. Sorry Ivy!

May God continue to grant you extra strength, wisdom and patience to go through your daily life. I wish you all the best and I would like to see you laugh out loud from your bottom of your heart everyday, with true rejoice and peace from Lord Jesus Christ.

I am not a person who able to express my gratitude well. :)

Lost & Found: MY heart

After struggling for a long while, I am back home to Malaysia.

My family was happy to see me back, but I left my heart in Sheffield. If anyone found my heart in Sheffield, please let me know and post it back to me. I might left it somewhere in SCCC.