Happy birthday Grandma!

The title says everything. Gave my grandma a treat at Watami on her birthday because I knew that she really likes Watami. It's one of the few Japanese restaurants that she likes. 

Photo of the birthday lady!

We ordered the set for two. Ended up with so much food that I couldn't finish, so my grandma had to eat more. But I know that she likes the food so it was alright!

Sashimi that I found to be so healthy and nice only recently. I've been missing out on so much!

Caesar salad. Sigh I think people (myself included) who order salads in restaurants are just trying to act healthy, since these salads are hardly the healthiest items on the menu with the dressing and sauces. That being said, Watami does serve nice salads. I think the Watami salad is the nicest, but sadly the one that came with the set was just the caesar salad.

I love stone pot rice! It's like a combination of Jap and Korean food, don't you think? Making use of Korean technology of the stone pot so that the salmon, rice and other dishes can be mixed together and further cooked. I remember the first time I ate at Watami with AFC they had a scallops and prawns mixed rice, but I guess it has been removed from the menu.

Army stew. My favourite stew ever since I watched the running man members cook it during one of the episodes. I still prefer the one I had in Korea. Rich in flavour and the cheese. Tempted to cook it one of these days. I miss having kimchi as a side dish for dinner. My mum is such an expert at kimchi making now:D

Happy birthday Ah Ma! Thank you for all your love towards me all these years, for taking care of me ever since the moment I was born. I deem it my great fortune that you're living with us. I am so blessed to have you in my life, to know you, to be taken care of, to be fussed over whenever I show the slightest bit of sadness. I love your home cooked dishes, how you are able to 'anyhow' mix ingredients together yet it still comes out nice and delicious., how you always think cooking is such a simple task that anyone can do whenever I ask you why you are so good at it. Thank you for always allowing me to sneak food right after you dish them out onto the plate, for teaching me how to cook, what I've learnt is just the tip of the ice berg. 

I'm really sorry that I ever doubted your love for me. I was, and still am so immature. Thank you for everything, really. I love you, Ah Ma.

TTR Good Girl Flare Skirt

My first purchase off the racks at KissJane because I love this skirt and its colour too much. Paranoia because I think I will be too slow to get it online. So I bought it right after trying and getting the right size. I bought size M this time. I have it in size L in brick for the previous version but I tried both M and L and L was much looser this time compared to the brick one.

Material wise, this version is made of chiffon while the previous one cotton polyester, which is rougher. I actually like both versions, just that chiffon crumples less easily compared to cotton polyester. The golden buttons make it look more 'elegant'. I like it so much and I'm actually contemplating getting another colour if they open a backorder for it, but having one skirt in three colours would be too much, right?

I just measured the two skirts and they are exactly the same, about 13.4 inches across. But do note that my brick skirt is in size L while the mint one is in size M.

Mint is my new favourite colour. I've gotten so many items in mint recently. It gives off this really refreshing 'feel', don't you think?

Prayer 1

I'm posting this to remind myself of this prayer.

Lord help me to show the people I love that I care, that I love them.
Lord give me the wisdom to see how I can love them more every day, give me the courage to show it out. Give me the wisdom to see others who need my help, I often want to help other people who are needy, but I fail to realise that my family members closest to me cannot feel my love Lord.
Help me Lord, such that I will also learn to love You more and glorify Your name God.

All these are new to me but I'm sure that in time, it can come naturally to me.

And all these I pray in Jesus's name, amen.

Thankful for this reminder:

No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it. (Hebrews 12:11 NIV)

Indeed, God is disciplining me right now, ever so grateful. I want to undergo pruning, like a tree.