The love I recieve...

Another EARTHQUAKE!!

2009-03-18T16:30:00.002+11:00

On Wed 18th March at 4:30pm..ANOTHER EARTHQUAKE WAS FELT!!!

Happy Birthday Mummy!!!

2009-03-14T13:51:00.005+11:00

Everyday since I was born,
My mother cared for me.
Now that's a lot of caring,
As anyone can see.

Please, Lord, protect my mother,
And keep her safe from harm,
For she is a cherished person,
With great wisdom, love and charm.

Lord, it's my mother's birthday
So please help her to see
Just how much she means to us,
Her loving family.
(By the way, I did not write this)

I woke up at 5am just to bake a birthday cake (mudcake) for my mum for I know she is an early riser. I wanted to surprise her...and so I DID!!

This cake has already been cut up =P

The card I made. It says "Happy Birthday Mummy".

The poem in the card

Just something random =D

EARTHQUAKE!!!

2009-03-06T21:32:00.005+11:00

On March the 6th (today =D) at 9:00pm, an earthquake was felt among hundreds. We felt it too!!!

Is this world coming to an end???

First the red moon, then fires break out in Vic and now AN EARTHQUAKE!!

What next...a black sun (as mentioned in the bible?)?
IS THE WORLD COMING TO AN END ALREADY?! IS JESUS FINALLY GOING TO DECEND?!?!?!

We were having Youth in our house when suddenly we felt shakiness. I looked towards the piano and saw it swaying left and right. At first I didn't know what happened. Only when someone metioned 'earthquake' did I realise we've just experienced for the first time a real life earthquake (thank God it was a small one and not a large one...pheww...)

Happpy Birthday Ah kong...for yesterday ='[

2009-02-14T08:29:00.001+11:00

Even though ah kong has met our Father, I will still wish him a happy 84th birthday...

Solar Eclipse!!

2009-02-14T08:27:00.003+11:00

Last night was AWESOME!! The moon was blood red in colour. I took a picture of it:

3rd time...=="

2009-02-11T21:42:00.002+11:00

This is the third time I've drank vinegar.
The first time, I drank oil (2 years ago). This is how it happened:
My mum just bought apple juice. I was busy doing something so I had to wait. When I finished whatever I was doing, I went to the kitchen. I asked my mum where the apple juice was. She said on the kitchen counter. I looked for the drink and saw the bottle that looked like the apple juice bottle. Without knowing what it wrote on the sticker, I poured half a cup into my cup and dank a mouthful and swollowed. My mum entered the house. I asked her why the apple juice tasted so weird and showed the the bottle. She freaked out. Then she said "Veryn! You just drank oil!" I had to wash my mouth a few times to get the oil out...

The second time, I drank vinegar (last year):
I wanted hot water and I thought there was hot water in the kettle so i poured it into my cup, drank a mouthful and swollowed. I asked my mum why the water is so sour. She said "VERYN! IT'S VINEGAR IN THERE! NOT WATER!"

The third time, today:
I thought there was hot water in the kettle so I poured half a cup. When I tasted the sourness, I knew it was vinegar since I've done this same old thing before. I quickly spit it out and shouted to my mum, "IS THERE VINEGAR IN THE KETTLE?!?!?!" Alvin, sitting in the living hall, laughed...

Gong Xi Fa Cai!

2009-02-08T16:34:00.015+11:00

Today, after service, we ate lunch at Proud Peacock and after that we went to the Chinese Festival.
We saw a train and Alvin was like "The train's calling you Veryn. Quickly get on it!" and i'm like "ALVIN!!"...LOL

And then we watched the lion dance.
Part 1:

Part 2:

Part3:

The guy holding the head in the video you saw was this guy (the orange shirt):

CAN YOU BELIEVE AS YOUNG AS HE LOOKS (MAYBE IS), HE CAN DO WHAT HE DID?!?!?!

This was after the main lion dance. This lion and 3 others were going around shops collecting money. The money is on the platter with the mandarin in front of it.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

2009-01-30T00:06:00.005+11:00

YAY!! I'M FINALLY 14!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO HANNAH TOO!!

Malay:
Selamat Hari Jadi
Selamat Hari Jadi
Selamat Hari Jadi Hannah dan saya
Selamat Hari Jadi!

Mandarin:
Zhu Wǒmen Shenri Kuaile (祝我们生日快乐)
Zhu Wǒmen Shenri Kuaile (祝我们生日快乐)
Zhu Wǒmen Shenri Kuaile (祝我们生日快乐)
Zhu Wǒmen Shenri Kuaile! (祝我们生日快乐!)

Japanese:
Haapi baasudee tsuu touhou
Haapi baasudee tsuu touhou
Haapi baasudee tsuu Hannah soshito watashi
Haapi baasudee tsuu touhou!

Korean:
Seng il chook ha hamni da (생일축하함니다)
Seng il chook ha hamni da (생일축하함니다)
Sa rang ha nuen Hannah keurigo I (사랑하는 Hannah 그리고 I)
Seng il chook ha hamni da! (생일축하함니다!)

French:
Joyeux / Bon Anniversaire
Joyeux / Bon Anniversaire
Joyeux / Bon Anniversaire
Joyeux / Bon Anniversaire!

And last but not least...ENGLISH:
Happy birthday to us
Happy Birthday to us
Happy birthday to Hannah and I
Happy Birthday to us!!
Hip Hip Hooray
Hip Hip Hooray
Hip Hip HOORAY!!!!!

~All the languages above are the languages I can either read, speak, write or understand~

SOOO HOTT!!

2009-01-29T23:37:00.004+11:00

PANASNYA!!!!!! Its over 40 degrees for us in Australia.
This is known to be the hottest 4 days in a row in a 100 years!!!
Thank gdness the highest it's suppose to reach is 44 degrees, i think...
South Australia (i think again) is reaching up to about 47 degrees..
We are experiencing over 10 degrees hotter than Malaysia without humidity..although we do sweat...not much though..
I DONT WANT TO START SCHOOL NEXT WEEK WITH THIS HEAT! ITS UNBEARABLE!
SAVE ME!!!!!!!!!!!! And the mozzies and flies are definitely getting on my nerves...EVEN THE SPIDERS!!! DO U KNOW HOW MANY I'VE ALREADY KILLED!?!?!?!

Welcome back daddy!

2009-01-29T22:43:00.004+11:00

YAY!! DADDY IS FINALLY BACK FROM MALAYSIA!!!!!
He brought some ang pow with him =P
These are mine..there's only 2 though. One from Uncle Jeffrey (Johor) and one from Aunty Kaethie (Klang).

Left: Aunty Kaethie
Right: Uncle Jeffrey

新年快樂 and Australia Day!

2009-01-26T01:07:00.002+11:00

2 different celebrations in a day...
Aussies: Australia Day!
Chinese: Xin Nian Kuai Le 新年快樂

GONG XI FA CAI!!!!!!!!!!!!!

15!!!!

2009-01-25T01:46:00.002+11:00

I'm finally 15 in my chinese years!!!
For those who don't know what I mean..I was born on Chinese New Year Eve. (e.g. in chinese yrs this yr, i'm 15 yrs old...in normal yrs this yr, im 14 years old)

Ooohhh!! And 5 more days till I turn 14, following the normal calender..!!! YAY!!!

Ah kong in Malaysia's Star Newspaper

2009-01-24T22:12:00.003+11:00

This appeared in the Star Newspaper on the 21st of Jan...=[

NASI LEMAK!!!

2009-01-24T21:51:00.001+11:00

AHHH!! Finally the taste of nasi lemak overwhelms my taste buds...
After all these months (or years??), the taste has return to me from the kindness of Ps Victorson and his wife Karen.
......
.....
I think what i wrote is kind of mushy..ohh well...
In short...
THANK YOU AUNT KAREN FOR COOKING NASI LEMAK!!!!!!!

Sadness for all the Sim's

2009-01-20T12:36:00.003+11:00

At 2am, my dad recieved a call. My granddad (ah kong) has just left earth to see God...
I'm happy and sad for him..Why?
I'm happy to know that he can finally meet God and grandma and that he no longer suffers pain.
But I'm sad to know that I will never see Him ever again.

Even as sadness engulfs us...we will always remember him to be our beloved father and ah kong.

Happy 21st Birthday Daniel Connellan!

2009-01-17T23:06:00.001+11:00

Today my family, Steph and Alvin went to the Connellan's house to celebrate Dan's 21st birthday.
umm...i think i'll update the pics tomorrow...LOL! its all in Steph's phone so yea..

MORE Kuih Bangkit!!

2009-01-17T22:35:00.015+11:00

As soon as i woke up, i had to make kuih bangkit with my mum..hehe..i woke up very late (nearly 12pm aussie time)

1st step: Frying the flour with pandan leaves

2nd step: Two egg yolks into mixing bowl

3rd step: Adding castor sugar with egg yolk.

4th step: Whisk egg yolk and sugar together

5th step: Add 1 tbsp corn oil (we used peanut oil)

6th step: Alternately mix flour and coconut together into sugar and egg yolk

Coconut ^

Flour ^

7th Step: Make into dough

8th Step: Roll out dough and cut shapes

9th step: Put mixture on tray and into oven

......10 - 15 minutes later...

TADAAAA!!!!!

Happy Brithday Josh (Fri 9th Jan)

2009-01-11T12:55:00.013+11:00

It was Josh's birthday ..15!

Soz for the bad quality =[

Baking for Chinese New Yr

2009-01-03T15:25:00.003+11:00

My mum and I wantedto bake some stuff for Chinese New Yr so we decided to try out the new recipes we have (except the spongecake...we made tat for fun).

Kuih Bangkit

Spongecake

Pineapple Tarts (Just made it this afternoon)

Counting Down to the best day of the yr..

2009-01-01T13:17:00.001+11:00

29 more days!!!!

Happy Birthday Fiona!!!

2009-01-01T13:14:00.001+11:00

Wahh...Even though I hav not seen Fiona Lim (my couzzie) for like years, I would like to wish her Happy Birthday and Happy New Year....walaueh...15 years older than me...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

2009-01-01T01:50:00.024+11:00

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This is the one, the only....MEEEEE!!!
We had 'new year eve' prayer meeting at the Halstead's place. I didn't know but it was Alvin's 21st birthday (31st Dec)!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE HE'S LIKE 21 ALREADY!!! Anyway...after that we count down and as soon as we reach 5, we were like SCREAMING!! Enjoy the pics!!!

HAPPY 21ST BIRTHDAY ALVIN!!!

The fireworks (live from the city)
I only videoed 1 minute of the whole fireworks display. I doubt you actually want to watch the whole fireworks display (10 MINUTES!!!)

Alvin blowing out his birthday cake

Review of 2008

2008-12-30T18:30:00.003+11:00

2008 was a gr8 yr. I helped dad start Life Solution, moved to Highvale Sec College, made friends with the Halsteads, met Hannah after 3 yrs, met Steph after a yr (LOL) and lots more. I also kind of dislike 2008. Why you ask? well...I got bitten by a poisonous spider and was sent to the hospital. Stayed there overnight and was put under drips (4 DOSES!!!). I could barely walk to! My feet was enormous!

This is me in the hospital...in PAIN!

I didn't know at that time but there was a 3cm tube inside my VEIN! And that was causing my arm to be in pain...the substance in the drips were one of their most powerful ones...and it STINKS!! what i mean is the pain stink not the smell stink.

Gdbye 2008...HELLO 2009 dinner!!! - 27th Dec

2008-12-29T21:20:00.001+11:00

SOO MUCH TO EAT!! The Nauruans even had raw fish...RAW!!!!!!
I made kuih dadar with my mum's help...
It was such an awesome time! The BASIC ROCKED!!!!!!! And I had to wear a skirt.......

Everyone just getting to know one another

Mummy and Daddy dressed as Malaysian

GOOOOOO BASIC!!!!!!!!

From left to right:
Reuben (cousin), May (Reuben's gf), Ronald (cousin), Aunt Clara, Uncle SL Sim, Daddy, Me, Mummy, Sean (1st Older brother), Bryan (2nd Older brother)