Crazy Pudding Night!

After my last post on 6.3, I decided to add a thread on my colleagues and ex-students. It was last day of school and we had dinner at Sakura. Check out the photos!

Pauline and her cute daughter, Rae.

Jonathan.... can u spot Miss WAP? She was busy hiding. 

The best excuse I could think of is that both Ivy and I were drunk. 

I cropped the photo cos I looked ugly... keke...

The kids ate 100 cups of pudding... and won the bet.

Specially for 6.3

This is specially for my form class last year. A bunch of cheeky but very lovable kids. Some are naughty, some are talkative, some like to talk to themselves and some like to entertain me... but generally they are all harmless creatures. Kekekeke. I believe some would freak out when they see themselves on this blog while some vain ones wouldn't mind all the attention... ahem, people from 6.3, you know who lah!

The Seven Last Words of Christ

Today is Good Friday. 

We just came back from a service at Park Street Church, reminded once again of the sacrificial love of Christ and how He died on the cross for our sins. I remember the first time I had communion at the foot of the stage in the hall of my secondary school. I was 14 then. I cried because I was so touched by His great love for me. Even today, there are still so much emotions in my heart that I can't quite put into words. "What cannot be said in a few words, cannot be said in a lot of words either." How true it is. 

During the service, the sanctuary was progressively darkened to signify the increasing darkness that covered the earth as Jesus hung on the cross. Throughout the service, we remained seated because standing to worship has historically signified resurrection, which is celebrated on Easter Sunday. 

The photo below shows the seven lighted candles that stand for the seven last words of Christ. They were later extinguished one by one to symbolize the sacrificial death of Jesus. A cymbal was then sounded to suggest the earthquake that occurred when Jesus died. The lights in the church will be returned with Jesus' resurrection on Easter morning and is symbolized with the Christ candle.

The seven last words of Christ:

Jesus said," Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." 

Luke 23: 32 - 34

Jesus answered him, "I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise." 

Luke 23: 39 - 43

When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Dear woman, here is you son," and to the disciple, "Here is your mother." 

John 19:25 - 27

About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" - which means, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" 

Matthew 27: 45 - 46

Later, knowing that all was now completed, and so that the Scripture would be fulfilled, Jesus said, "I am thirsty."

John 19: 28 - 29

When he had received the drink, Jesus said, "It is finished."

John 19:30

Jesus called out with a loud voice, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit."

Luke 23:44 - 46

"But he was pierced for our transgressions, 

       he was crushed for our iniquities; 
       the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, 
       and by his wounds we are healed."

~ Isaiah 53:5 ~

Treading down the path less travelled...

The weather was beautiful yesterday, so it was a great opportunity to visit Beacon Hill, a place that I always wanted to go after seeing the photo in the travellers' guide. We took the T and alighted at Park Street Station and we hit the Granary Burying Ground.


This cemetery was established in 1660, the third oldest burying ground in Boston and it is sure a tourist spot! Because you will get to see the graves of the most famous people in Boston - Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, James Otis, Benjamin Franklin's parents, John Hancock and Peter Faneuil. Also buried there are the Boston Massacre victims and the wife of Isaac Vergoose, who is believed to be "Mother Goose" of the nursery rhyme fame.

Monument of John Hancock

Monument of Benjamin Franklin's parents

A statue of General Hooker at the Old State House

Daniel went snapping away the moment 

he saw the monument of these brave fallen fire fighters.

These are the beautiful houses in Beacon Hill.

I went crazy the moment I found this house because this is the 

former home of Louisa May Alcott, the author of Little Women!

A little woman posing outside the former 

home of the author of Little Women... how apt!

American Poet Robert Frost used to live in Beacon Hill as well. 

Former home of Robert Frost.

Not only did Alcott and Frost live in Beacon Hill. Politician Henry Kissinger, writer Julia Ward Howe and actor Edwin Booth used to reside in Beacon Hill. 

Beacon Hill, such a scenic and peaceful residential place, is probably where the authors got their inspirations from. However, it has now developed into an expensive residential area which I believe could be tough for struggling writers of the past. 

The trip to Beacon Hill brought so much memories of my secondary school days when I studied Literature. I remember reading Little Women and many other works by Louisa May Alcott. I vividly remember the beautiful poems of Robert Frost. Take sometime to read this very famous poem of his. Enjoy.

The Road Not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,

And sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that the passing there

Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference. 

The Big 30

Hi everyone, we are back! Ya, finally I know. Okie, we have to admit; it has been a looong time since we last posted... but life here is getting into sort of a fixed pattern you know... Anyway, I decided to skip my beauty sleep (it was 1.38am US Eastern time when I started this) to update our blog because we just kena a warning from TP, Miss WAP. Kekeke...

Erm... nothing much here, just that we are now glued to CSI. We get to watch CSI almost everyday, an average of about 3 hours. For Sundays, it is 5 hours of crime. Haha, sometimes we get quite sick watching dead bodies while having dinner.

Anyway, last Sunday was Daniel's Birthday! Hooray! He is very happy because he is now thirty and so I think he belongs to Cat Y for his IPPT. More time for 2.4km...

We had our buffet lunch at small Korean eating place in town. If you know Daniel, he is crazy over Kim Chi so Korean food was an obvious option for us. We had it at a nice place along Massachusetts Avenue...







Then we watched 10 000 BC at Regal Cinema, just 5 minutes walk from our apartment. Oh you probably have heard of Jackie Chan's and Jet Li's new movie - The Forbidden Kingdom? We will definitely catch this one because we really miss all the Chinese songs and shows. We have missed Stephen Chow's CJ 7 so we shall not miss this one!

So after the movie, Daniel decided to have dinner at home. Well since it was his birthday, we decided we should cook something special and since Boston is famous for its lobster, we shall gave it a try. We bought one live lobster from the supermarket for USD10, got them to steam it for us and we prepared the rest.









And how could I not prepare a cake for birthday boy? So I got him a chocolate raspberry cake. Initially I wanted to fill the cake with 30 candles but he refused to eat the cake so I gave in lor. He said I was wicked. Kekeke... common, I am not too far from the big 30 lor. Anyway, it was a simple celebration, just the 2 of us but we really enjoyed it. Simple is nice, isn't it? Cheers!