Monday, January 29, 2007

Be Thankful!

Be Thankful

Be thankful that you don't already have everything you desire.
If you did, what would there be to look forward to?

Be thankful when you don't know something,
for it gives you the opportunity to learn.

Be thankful for the difficult times.
During those times you grow.

Be thankful
for your limitations,
because they give you opportunities for improvement.

Be thankful for each new challenge,
because it will build your strength and character.

Be thankful for your mistakes.
They will teach you valuable lessons.

Be thankful when you're tired and weary,
because it means you've made a difference.

It's easy to be thankful for the good things.
A life of rich fulfillment comes to those who are also thankful for the setbacks.

Gratitude can turn a negative into a positive.
Find a way to be thankful for your troubles,
and they can become your blessings.

Tuesday, January 23, 2007

New Chinese Furnitures for the Chinese New Year * 2007


New Chinese Loung Set


Lounge area


View of entrance


c/w Opium Chair!


Side Table


Existing Dining table and chairs

Thursday, January 18, 2007

Chinese New Year 2007 * Programme

CHINESE NEW YEAR * 2007

Programme and Menu


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Chinese New Year's Eve Reunion Dinner 2007
Feb 17, '07 8:00p

Location: Ipoh Lim Family Chinese Courtyard House

This Year Chinese New Year's Eve Reunion Dinner will be held at the Lim Family House.


Chinese New Year's Eve Dinner Menu * (Prepared by)

Dishes:
'Lion's Head' stewed with Chinese Cabbage * No 9 Uncle
Stewed Turnip & dried Octopus(Ju Hu Char) * Nancy
Plain boiled Chicken * No 10 Aunt
Pig Stomach & Abalone Soup * No 9 Aunt
Vegetarian Dish * Aunt Lam Pheng
Roast Pig * Hui Yi & No 1 Aunt
Stewed Sea Cucumber & dried Oysters * Hui Yi & No 1 Aunt
Prawn Fritters * Aunt Lam Pheng
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Deep fried Pork Sausages * Aunt Kooi Peng (to be confirmed)
Chinese Sausages, etc.?

Desserts:
'Tou Fu Fah' * No 9 Aunt
Ice Kacang * Aunt Lam Pheng


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Chinese New Year Day
Feb 18, '07

Location: Ipoh Lim Family House

Chinese New Year Family Dinner hosted by Tai Pak/No 1 Uncle(KK Lim) at the Lim Family House, c/w Lion Dance!


Chinese New Year Day Food Menu * (Prepared by)

Breakfast:
Pumpkin cake & Alkaline(Kansui) cake * Aunt Lam Pheng
Chinese New Year cake * Hui Yi

Lunch:
Porridge * No 10 Aunt
Hokkien Noodles * No 9 Uncle

Dinner:
Stall Foods/Buffet catered by Meru Club


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Chinese New Year - 2nd Day
Feb 19, '07

Location: Ipoh Lim Famiy House

Kevin Soh + Lim Pei Pei 'Cum Cha' (Tea Ceremony) at Lim Family House * !2.00 noon

Family Steam-boat Dinner hosted by No 3 Uncle(KY Lim) at Lim Family House * 8.00 pm


Chinese New Year - 2nd Day Food Menu
* (Prepared by)

Breakfast:
Pumpkin Cake & Alkaline(Kansui) Cake * Aunt Lam Pheng
Chinese New Year Cake * Hui Yi

Brunch (served from 11.00 am onwards):
Ipoh Hor Fun * Hui Yi
'Chap Choy' * Hui Yi

Dinner:
Steamboat Dinner catered by Meru Club


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Chinese New Year - 3rd Day * OPEN HOUSE
Feb 20, '07

Location: Ipoh Lim Family House

Lim Family 'Open House' at the Chinese Courtyard House
5.00 pm onwards
Lots of Foods and Drinks c/w Lion Dance and Fireworks
!?


Chinese New Year - 3rd Day Food Menu * (Prepared by)

Breakfast:
Pumpkin Cake & Alkaline(Kansui) Cake * Aunt Lam Pheng
Chinese New Year Cake * Hui Yi

Brunch:
'Tom Yam' Beehoon * Aunt Lam Pheng
'Gyoza' * Hui Yi (subject to change)

Open House Dinner:
Buffet Dinner catered by Ipoh Swimming Club
c/w whole Roast Pig and Lamb


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Chinese New Year 2007 OPEN HOUSE at the Lim Family House

*
All Relatives and Friends
are welcomed
to
the Lim Family OPEN HOUSE
in Ipoh
on
the 3rd Day of the Chinese New Year 2007
*
5.00 pm onwards
Lots of Foods and Drinks c/w Lion Dance and Fireworks!?
*


Lim Family Chinese Courtyard House in Ipoh

Address:
No. 8 Jalan Zain Azraai,
Ipoh, Perak 59100

Email: saihor@streamyx.com
Tel No: 605 2541128

WOMEN!

Words Women Use

Fine
This is the word women use to end an argument when they are right and you need to shut up.

Five Minutes
If she is getting dressed, this is half an hour.
Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given 5 more minutes to watch the game before helping around the house.

Nothing
This is the calm before the storm.
This means "something" and you should be on your toes.
Arguments that begin with "nothing" usually end in "fine".

Go Ahead
This is a dare, not permission, DON'T DO IT!

Loud Sigh
Although not actually a word, the loud sigh is often misunderstood by men.
A "Loud Sigh" means she thinks you are an idiot and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you over "Nothing".

That's Okay
This is one of the most dangerous statements that woman can make to a man.
"That's Okay" means that she wants to think long and hard before deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake.

Thanks
This is the least used of all words in the female vocabulary.
If a woman is thanking you.
Do not question it, just say you're welcome and back out of the room slowly.


Above are for the Men you know and want to help,
or for the Women you know who need a good laugh.


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MORE below.......I hope it brightens your Day!


BEHIND EVERY SUCCESSFUL WOMAN IS HERSELF

A WOMAN IS LIKE A TEA BAG...
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW STRONG SHE IS UNTIL YOU PUT HER IN HOT WATER

I HAVE YET TO HEAR A MAN ASK FOR ADVICE ON HOW TO COMBINE MARRIAGE AND A CAREER

COFFEE, CHOCOLATE, MEN.
SOME THINGS ARE JUST BETTER RICH

WARNING: I HAVE AN ATTITUDE AND I KNOW HOW TO USE IT

OF COURSE I DON'T LOOK BUSY... I DID IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME

And last but not least:

IF YOU WANT BREAKFAST IN BED,
SLEEP IN THE KITCHEN


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The PERFECT WIFE!

7 qualities to be a perfect wife:

Beautiful
Responsible
Energetic
Adorable
Sweet
Truthful
Self-Organized

In short.......she must have good B.R.E.A.S.T.S

Monday, January 15, 2007

The WALK on the Park * Pudu Ulu, Kuala Lumpur


Proposal for
The WALK on the Park * Menara PGRM
Pudu Ulu, Kuala Lumpur
Opening Mid-2007

The WALK on the Park * Menara PGRM


F&B Lifestyle Entertainment Outlets


"El Fresco" Cafes and outdoor Dining


The WALK * Ground Floor Plan


Level 1 Floor Plan

Sunday, January 14, 2007

Did I Marry the Right Person?

This is a very good article. read it.
Those who are still single may learn something from here....
Those who are already married may take it as a guideline to improve your marriage....

DID I MARRY THE RIGHT PERSON?

During one of our seminars, a woman asked a common question.
She said, "How do I know if I married the right person?"
I noticed that there was a large man sitting next to her so I said,
"It depends. Is that your husband?"
In all seriousness, she answered "How do you know?"

Let me answer this question because the chances are good that it's weighing on your mind.

Here's the answer.

EVERY relationship has a cycle.
In the beginning, you fell in love with your spouse.
You anticipated their call, wanted their touch, and liked their idiosyncrasies.

Falling in love with your spouse wasn't hard.
In fact, it was a completely natural and spontaneous experience.
You didn't have to DO anything. That's why it's called "falling" in love...
Because it's happening TO YOU.

People in love sometimes say, "I was swept of my feet."
Think about the imagery of that __expression.
It implies that you were just standing there; doing nothing,
and then something came along and happened TO YOU.

Falling is love is easy. It's a passive and spontaneous experience.
But after a few years of marriage, the euphoria of love fades.
It's the natural cycle of EVERY relationship.

Slowly but surely, phone calls become a bother (if they come at all),
touch is not always welcome (when it happens),
and your spouse's idiosyncrasies, instead of being cute, drive you nuts.

The symptoms of this stage vary with every relationship,
but if you think about your marriage,
you will notice a dramatic difference between the initial stage
when you were in love and a much duller or even angry subsequent stage.

At this point, you and/or your spouse might start asking,
"Did I marry the right person?"
And as you and your spouse reflect on the euphoria of the love you once had, you may begin to desire that experience with someone else.

This is when marriages breakdown.
People blame their spouse for their unhappiness
and look outside their marriage for fulfillment.
Extramarital fulfillment comes in all shapes and sizes.
Infidelity is the most obvious.

But sometimes people turn to work, a hobby, a friendship,
excessive TV, or abusive substances.

But the answer to this dilemma does NOT lie outside your marriage.
It lies within it.

I'm not saying that you couldn't fall in love with someone else.
You could. And TEMPORARILY you'd feel better.
But you'd be in the same situation a few years later.

Because (listen carefully to this):

THE KEY TO SUCCEEDING IN MARRIAGE IS NOT FINDING THE RIGHT PERSON;
IT'S LEARNING TO LOVE THE PERSON YOU FOUND.

SUSTAINING love is not a passive or spontaneous experience.
It'll NEVER just happen to you. You can't "find" LASTING love.
You have to "make" it day in and day out.
That's why we have the __expression "the labor of love."
Because it takes time, effort, and energy.
And most importantly, it takes WISDOM.
You have to know WHAT TO DO to make your marriage work.
Make no mistake about it. Love is NOT a mystery.
There are specific things you can do (with or without your spouse) to succeed with your marriage.

Just as there are physical laws of the universe (such as gravity),
there are also laws for relationships.
Just as the right diet and exercise program makes you physically stronger, certain habits in your relationship WILL make your marriage stronger.

It's a direct cause and effect. If you know and apply the laws, the results are predictable...you can "make" love.


Love in marriage is indeed a "decision"... Not just a feeling .

Thursday, January 11, 2007

Palate Palette * Restaurant + Bar


Restaurant + Bar operated by Paul Lai & SuAnn


Location Map......do check out this beautiful 'blue spot'!



Front view


Inside the Restaurant


The Restaurant + Bar!

Nite view of Palate Palette


Spiral Stairs to upper level


Fishes(money) swimming to the cash machine!


SuAnn and Paul * the owners at work!


Si Siew the 'painter' working on Alicia Yeo's master piece!

TIME!

What Will Matter?!

Ready or not, someday it will all come to an end.

There will be no more sunrises, no minutes, hours or days.
All the things you collected, whether treasured or forgotten,
will pass to someone else.

Your wealth, fame and temporal power will shrivel to irrelevance.
It will not matter what you owned or what you were owed.
Your grudges, resentments, frustrations, and jealousies will finally disappear.
So, too, your hopes, ambitions, plans, and to-do lists will expire.
The wins and losses that once seemed so important will fade away.
It won't matter where you came from, or on what side of the tracks you lived,
at the end.
It won't matter whether you were beautiful or brilliant.
Even your gender and skin color will be irrelevant.
So what will matter?
How will the value of your days be measured?
What will matter is not what you bought, but what you built;
not what you got, but what you gave?
What will matter is not your success, but your significance.
What will matter is not what you learned, but what you taught.
What will matter is every act of integrity,
compassion, courage or sacrifice that enriched,
empowered or encouraged others to emulate your example.
What will matter is not your competence,
but your character.
What will matter is not how many people you knew,
but how many will feel a lasting loss when you're gone.
What will matter is not your memories,
but the memories that live in those who loved you.
What will matter is how long you will be remembered, by whom and for what.
Living a life that matters doesn't happen by accident.
It's not a matter of circumstance but of choice.
Choose to live a life that matters.
Author - Michael Josephson

Monday, January 01, 2007

XMAS in SYDNEY!


Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

Scenic Coast


Hunter Valley Wineyard


Xmas eve Lunch by George + Binnie


Xmas Bar-B-Q with George's Family


George Lo eating up the roast turkey leg 'on behalf of Dato' Ng CC'!