the vale

2007-12-14T14:27:00.000+08:00

SHUT DOWN FOR THE YEAR 2007!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS AND A MERRY X'MAS to all the loves of our lives :)

winter/spring!

2007-09-22T12:16:00.000+08:00

chao came to visit. that's the o-so-shiok crepes store in fremantle markets.

the september rose bush in my garden!

it looks huge right? it is actually really VERY big. haha. you gotta see it for yourself. compare it in the above photo!

standing outside 1:30 cafe on my birthday

we need to pick up on taking photos tog babe!

i don't know why i had to listen to cheeky and do that. i have no ideaaaaaaaaa. ahaha

this was during shan's 21st birthday party in july.

irene back for convo! everyone gathered at my place and we had antonios cos she wanted it. the group photo will come later, it's with her. this is just of the girls. i think heaps of my photos are me in my pjys. LOL. im at home mah!

welcome sherman to perth!
and sherilyn and the chan parents. i haven't seen them yet. prob tmrw.

other then that, it's been work-DV-alcohol & drug abuse-uni-essays-social theories-journal-mid prac report-cell leading-leading of prayer night-ushering for me.
and james, uni-exams-presentations-mathmathmath!-cell internship-worship pracs-soccer tournaments.
as you can tell, we are very busy.

disasters

2007-08-05T02:13:00.000+08:00

it's been a tough week,
but also a week of good company.

to ourselves: welcome back home! :) haa

2007-07-23T11:46:00.000+08:00

thank you for all your presences made whenever you could while james and i were back in singapore. i know all of you each have your own busy lives, but still, you'll tried to take some time of to just hang out with us, catchup and play. :) i adore times with each of you! there was never once a dull moment. you all make up the colours of the rainbow in my life. some moments definately felt better than others but still whether it was a struggle i was going through while i was back home or if it was good times, they were all necessary and God showed me that. it's part of growing up and living life for myself. the self choices and decisions that i make.
my life, myself, my world is from Him, through Him, is secured in Him.

:) so i've been trying to get back to life here, settling in, sinking it all the way in. and hopefully, all the friendships back in singapore, while we're here, you'd share with us what God's doing in your lives, revelations that you've come across. share the spirit & what God is saying to you in each of your lives. i'd appreciate that!

stace and ben has been a great support of being back here in perth. necessary drawing away from home was needed, so i decided i needed to occupy myself and do other stuff with people. we hung out with my two most fav. people and who makes me feel like i can be totally me here in Perth. stace stayed over on friday and saturday, while ben stayed over on saturday.
we had a good o'saturday of nua-ing and good food. we turned the entire living room into some sort of cosy crib with beanbags, fleece blankets, a heater, a laptop that plays dvds and speakers! and we sat there watching stuff all day. besides the time we went to get brunch and do grocery shopping. so don't worry it wasn't all day that we were watching. HAHA. though you all know it's possible for me to do that. =| oops!

so, let me present to you the wonderful night of yummilicious pizzas from the homemade fireoven step-by-step!
1st step: rolling out the dough

2nd: the dough base

3rd: tomato sauce

4th: cheese

5th: toppings!

6th: more cheese!! mmm

final product! of pepperoni and mushrooms

this is the marinara one.

one of the pizzas after it was cooked.

having our hearty dinner! :) in the living room
[we couldn't capture the food with us.]

maid wanted.

2007-06-08T21:30:00.000+08:00

that's todays: chocolate cup cakes

i want a maid.
want ah,
not need.
but just want.
it's tiring having to wash up after doing all of the baking and cooking.
:( i resorted to counting the no. of stuff i had to wash you know!
that was how paranoid i was after awhile. sighhhhhhs
maybe because of that i don't want to spend hours in my kitchen anymore.
if you'll want it, better pray for me. hahaha.

the full-on WESTERN meal.

2007-06-07T18:51:00.000+08:00

the southies (esther, cliff and joel) came over for lunch today.
joel was our chief chef!

it's close to 7pm right now and i'm still full from what we ate.
curious to know what we had?
because i'm nice so i'll share with all of you, *chuckles, (and let you'll drooool! not very nice after all, mean more like it)

pre-appetizer: courtesy of clifford's father

in progress:

the small thing that we actually pointed to in the previous photo:

not very small after all!

just look at the size of that sandwich!! *faints

esther: alltogethernow

we had a great arvo, don't you think so?

whats been going on?

2007-06-06T21:27:00.000+08:00

it's about 2.5 weeks down till the holidays officially start for UWA and Curtin.
but this week's been study break week, and even though i've got assignments due, i've been spending heaps of time in the kitchen.

last wednesday, i cooked dinner for the cell. :) it was cell closure. what's more better than to have a meal together in a house right? with people.

then today, i had shan, xin and brandon over for dinner. no photos. but part of the reason why i was in the kitchen for so long was becos of *drum roll:

ok, there were loads more than just these. but we ate some and brandon took home some and i gave some to aunty anne for the family.

*a little detail to the house:

a view when i sit at my study desk and look right from my laptop!

a tour of the new crib.

2007-05-15T11:08:00.000+08:00

hello! this is the lohs coming to you from 31 the vale, in the lovely suburb of willetton in Perth. :) some of you might have heard and some of you might not have, we've rented this place from a friend who goes by the nickname of brother 'love'. His real name is Bro. Daniel, or Bro. Dan. Ian introduced me to him when i was here on my holiday in 2005. We came over for firewood oven-baked pizzas! yummers. the besttt in Perth. hahaah. that's what i reckon. since then there has been a few occasions that we got to hang out everytime Ian came over to Perth.

the story goes that while we were still looking for a house, bro. dan called me to ask for the rates of housing rent for students. we talked about it and i told him that we haven't gotten a place. and he thought, it'd be good if we took it! so he spoke to bernice, his wife, and she shared the same sentiments. By God's blessing, i believe that all of this is God's divine plan for james and i. Bro dan will be in attached to singapore to work for the next 3-5years. coincidentally, james and i do have 3 years more here! i suppose the whole pt of not being able to get a place was cos God was making us wait to provide us with this 'perfect' house that He has planned for us.

trust me, the space around is so good. though we'd probably hardly enter the other areas. but still, it's better to have it than not.

so sit back relax and slowly browse through the photos!
i hope that you'll could just pray upon this house as you browse through that it may bring blessings to others and God's glory will be shown. :) that this house would be a light house and a place of refuge. filled with peace, joy, laughter, respect, and love.
thank you for taking time off to wanna see what the place looks like,
i know you guys are concern and all, and we know how much we're loved from home.
miss you guys plentiful. trust me, when i say plentiful. you know what that means! :) hee.

lets start from when we step into the house. you see the door on the right, that's the door we come through when we get home.
this is the kitchen and dining area.

if you go straight in pass the dining area, it'd be our study area!

the table on the right is james, the one on the left is mine.

on the right of the tables against the wall, are the shelves!

to the left of the tables, on the outside in the garage is : taadaa! the thing. dnt know if you can see the firewood oven. look carefully to spot it!

just before this part, next to the kitchen, would be this:

that's bro.dan's car. and james's is behind it.

ok, so this is the backyard. that's behind the walls of our study area.

there's actually still another side to it, but i didn't bother to take it. too many photos alr.

next to the shed on the other side, there's actually this door.

can yu see it? ok mayb not, but there's a door there. that's the door leading to bro.dan's parents house. meien, whose brodan's sister stays there too! she's like my mentor, cos she mentors all the girl cell-leaders for vibe.

continuation from if we walked in through the kitchen. instead of going straight, turn to the right, that's the living room area with the tv!

where you see james right, that hole on the right is a walkway towards bro.dan's room

but from that walkway if you turn right, it'd be the other dining room and living room. this is the carpeted area. which i doubt james and i will go much to that part of the house, except when we have cell at the living area and when james and the boys use the gym equpiments.

back to where james is, that's his room:

this is a picture from the door of his room, it's the walk way to the rest of the other part's of the house.

the first right is the toilet,
second right is the laundry area,
straight infront is my room.
the only left next to my room is the other extra bedroom.
this is where i get lazy and the photos will just do the talking for itself yeah?

toilet:

laundry area:

my room:

the other room:

if you're asking, are we gonna be cleaning the whole house? my ans would be: i doubt it. hahaha.
no time la!
dirty already than clean, if not, maybe once a year? HAHA. okok, 6 months? better?