Inching Closer to Jubilee, Life can be a Bliss: Part 2

One of the best things that can happen is when birthdays fall on weekends. I used to take a special day off for myself when it falls during weekdays; but since my leaves are precious and needs to be reserved for hospital runs for the parents, having my birthday falling on a weekend is definitely something worth giving thanks to.

What more this year the celebration “Started earlier” this year?

Let’s start with the “ondé-ondé layer cupcakes” where we were blessed with the night before during the group celebration. A very different idea and I know it is actually quite a lot of work to prepare it. I might want to give it a try making it later on dad’s birthday instead of the “tom cruise coconut cake”, but let’s see what happens.

^{When cut inside it supposed to look similar to this bigger version, from https://gracioustreatz.wixsite.com/}

Secretly I actually want to try make both of them. Haha.

And then thanks to @gtpjfoodbank aka @dbfoodbank for blessing a box of frozen rice-balls to us to try it out. It is actually not bad especially when it is air-fried compared to the traditional deep fried style. I would definitely not recommend microwave it. It will turn mush / soggy.

A little additional swirl of mayo and a tiny dot of sweet chili paste, this savory rice ball has become an enjoyable brunch for my family. What a blessing to see my mom finally could eat some solids with a tiny bit of spicy after the contrast dye allergic reaction incident that caused her to unable to consume solid food without painkillers for almost 3 months.

During the evenings I helped out cooking some fusilli and mixed them on a sweet spicy sauce mom made with some frozen prawns that were blessed during early quarter of the year, at the same time supported a youngster startup stall (close by) selling “char kuey” (fritters).

I must say they do need a lot more practice to make it fluffier and deep frying just nice. That requires perseverance and skill.

It was just a simple yet still luxurious dinner for me and the parents and we even have leftovers for the next day. Too bad @aikido.hung isn’t around or else it would probably be just nice.

Overall it isn’t just the food that is important during birthdays; but the company.

^{My very first Fest t-shirt in 2019, now "hijacked" because it is too comfy 🤣}

After being out and about for decades away from home I have come to learn to appreciate joining my elderly for dinners during weekends when I don’t have work to rush or ministry to attend to. How many more days or years do we have left as we inch closer towards eternity?

Maybe that’s what age can effect on us: when we were young and full of energy and curiosity, we were so eager to leave the nest , kept looking out for new and exciting things to experience; but as time goes by the choice of experience starts to vary, and family quality time shifts towards priority of life instead of other means. I am sure soon, like my parents, physical touch would mean more than gifts and toys as the “countdown starts ticking” and days are truly numbered.

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. Psalms 90: 12

Often times this only makes sense when it is almost too late. I truly pray that young(er) people everywhere would realise the valuable essence of life through this psalm sooner; and maybe with that, the world may have less “end times” scenarios and we may still have “a little more time” to enjoy what we were given with.

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