The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Puchong Branch 2015 Christmas Party

This year we celebrated the Church Christmas party with our new home branch Puchong church members.

Well, it is so special that the Puchong Branch Presidency decided to let the Elders quorum to prepare the pot luck party with all the Priesthood Holders to bring a dish to the party and share with the church members.

We were asked to invite our family and friends to join our branch Christmas Party as part of our missionary works. Our branch presidency never forget about the missionary works for members.

I have helped to put up the invitation e-card like this one, and WhatsApp to all the members to forward to their friends invite them to join the party.

This year all the programmes are organised by the youth group – Young Men, Young Women and Young Single Adults.

There was an opening hymn follow by the opening prayer. Then there was the Nativity which performed by the youth. I was pretty amazed with the creativity by our youth!

That was followed by testimony sharing by the Primary children. Issac was one of them! We are so proud of him!

The decoration of the church was done by the Relief Society sisters, and the handmade props for the photo booth for us to snap photos.

Finally, the most important part – Santa Clause is coming to town! Our branch Brother Roger became our Santa Clause for the gift exchanging and sharing moments ^^.

Every each of us were asked to prepare a small gift of around RM10.00, then we will exchange. Our family did not have exchange the gifts, as we spared it to the visitors whom came to the party. We have quite a huge turn out from the visitors.

Our family have a warmth and home coming Christmas Party evening. Even it is just a small party, but we were surrounded by kind, humble and hard working ever Saints in following Christ!

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Puchong Branch Farewell Lunch for Missionaries

Our Puchong Branch organised a farewell lunch for the missionaries whom would go back to their country after rendered their faithful services to the Lord. They are Elder and Sister Hadley, Elder Warner and Elder Wright.

All the members have put up a nicely farewell lunch. There are chicken curry, spaghetti, fried vegetables, some desserts, fruits, etc..

Elder Warner were having fun time with all the Primary children.

Missionary having group photo with Puchong Branch Elders Quorum Brethren.

Missionary having group photo with Puchong Branch Relief Society Sisters.

Our family feel blessed and grateful for the service and the love shown by Elder and Sister Hadley to our family, that they have witnessed our family sealing ordinances in the temple. We are grateful to have the opportunity to meet with this couple missionary and both Elder Wright and Elder Warner too.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Puchong Branch Relief Society Sisters 29 Nov 2015

Our family are moving to Puchong branch after our temple trip from Cebu, Philippines. Here are the sisters from Puchong branch.

Issac Primary 4 Report Card 20 Nov 2015

 

These are all the things that I want Issac to learn during his days of schooling, as we as the parents emphasised on the languages and all other knowledge that he need inquired for his future and self-reliance.

Overall we are happy for his results that better than earlier this year results shown.

Children Learn What They Live
If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn.
If children live with hostility, they learn to fight.
If children live with fear, they learn to be apprehensive.
If children live with pity, they learn to feel sorry for themselves.
If children live with ridicule, they learn to feel shy.
If children live with jealousy, they learn to feel envy.
If children live with shame, they learn to feel guilty.
If children live with encouragement, they learn confidence.
If children live with tolerance, they learn patience.
If children live with praise, they learn appreciation.
If children live with acceptance, they learn to love.
If children live with approval, they learn to like themselves.
If children live with recognition, they learn it is good to have a goal.
If children live with sharing, they learn generosity.
If children live with honesty, they learn truthfulness.
If children live with fairness, they learn justice.
If children live with kindness and consideration, they learn respect.
If children live with security, they learn to have faith in themselves and in those about them.
If children live with friendliness, they learn the world is a nice place in which to live.

~ Dorothy Law Nolte

Alvin with His Triumph 800XC 15 Nov 2015

This is another bike of Alvin – Triumph 800XC.

Dinner @ Absolute Thai Main Place USJ21 5 Dec 2015

We seldom walk into a Thai restaurant as it is quite difficult for us to order the food as both Issac and Annabelle do not like hot and spicy food. They are not fond of it at all.

This Absolute Thai restaurant was opened since the neighborhood mall – Main Place opened. Every time we just walked pass in front of the entrance.

From its deco façade was welcomed by fresh colorful plants moving on to a row of hanging magazines on the black wire mesh panel.

The main dining hall combines wood panels and wire mesh giving customers a comfortable feeling where black and white pictures are framed against the wall.

From the interior deco, it looks much attractive from the outside, and finally we walked in to the restaurant and give it a try.

We were trying out and ordered a combination of few as Annabelle wanted to have the Thai beef noodle soup.

We ordered separately for stir-fried Hong Kong kailan with salted fish, pineapple fried rice with prawns, sizzling beef with black pepper sauce served on hot plate and last but not least the green curry chicken and white rice for Daddy and Mummy.

While Issac preferred pineapple fried rice with prawns. We ordered iced lemongrass juice and the mango juice and warm waters for drinks.

The green curry isn't actually very spicy and I quite enjoy the chunks of tender, boneless chicken meat, cooked in sweet and creamy coconut milk.

I love the hidden bits of brinjal and long beans in the dish. It is even tastier when you eat the gravy with rice.

This pineapple fried rice with prawns is fried to perfection. The sweetness comes from the pineapple and raisin bits.

To top it off, there is also cashew nuts, onion and gigantic prawn to go with the dish! For people who can't take spicy food, this dish is perfect for you!

The sizzling beef with black pepper sauce too cooked just nicely as I enjoyed the tender of the beef, together with the colorful vegetables such as broccoli, cauliflower and carrots too. The taste is nice and I love it!

The stir-fried Hong Kong kailan with salted fish too, just nice for us to eat together with the white rice.

Well, overall it is a good dinner that we have together since we came back from Cebu, Philippines trip. We love being together as a family.

Maribago Grill & Restaurant 18 Nov 2015

After the whole day of water play, island hopping and snorkelling, and under the sun, it was really fun! We did not intend to have our dinner again in the hotel. We were hearing about The Maribago Grill from the hotel staffs on the day we arrived here, just to check around on their recommendation on good restaurants around the area.

It is located just off the main road coming from Lapu-Lapu city. It had great atmosphere where you have the choice of sitting at your own private table under a Nipa Hut (Palm Hut) or under the main canopy.

There are dozens of Nipa huts of varying sizes distributed throughout the well-manicured and luscious grounds of the Maribago Grill, from cosy shelters for 2 people to bigger huts for up to 10 or even 12 people. All of the Nipa huts also have fans which is lovely, especially on the hot muggy days in Mactan.

The restaurant is also very family-friendly, with its generous-sized portions and reasonable prices, and I noticed several groups of large families with small children at the Maribago Grill while we were there. And, majority of the customers are Koreans tourists, families and youngsters.

Being seated in ‘private’ Nipa huts scattered throughout the Maribago Grill’s property does make service a bit of an issue. Every table comes with a hand bell on the table though, so if you need some attention, ring the bell and wait for someone to eventually come walking around in the general direction of your table.

The other highlight of this place is the food. People come for the atmosphere and the food and usually this place does not let down. The house special is the Marinade BBQ Spareribs. We actually ordered not much just the the grilled tuna belly and stir fried kang kung.

The grilled tuna belly is a great one with its generous slab with crisped skin on the outside and moist tuna meat on the inside. Kang Kung not really much as it is fried with onions and it tastes like our Malaysian style. We also had the house special rice which many regard as fantastic.

Many of the menu items can be ordered in sizes of small, medium or large, and every dish that is served - even if in the smallest size - is already of a portion that can be easily shared among 2 to 3 people!

Given the excellent value-for-money and tummy-satisfying, ‘home-cooked’ authentic Filipino flavours offered by the Maribago Grill, it’s actually little wonder that this establishment seems to be so well-received among locals and travellers alike.

All in all, we enjoyed a great dining experience at the Maribago Grill with authentically good Filipino cuisine at reasonable prices, in a relaxed and rustic setting akin to dining in private Nipa hut cabanas on a tropical island resort.

After the meal, we walked back to our hotel as it is just very near from the hotel. We reached the entrance and request the hotel security to help us to take our family photo with the hotel logo as the background.

It was the last night we spent in Cebu. We were so happy and satisfy as this trip considered very fruitful to us: We are able to go to temple to seal as a family, we are able to attend the stake conference, we are able to go visit Cebu attractions, we are able to go for our first ever snorkelling, and many many more!

Really grateful and thank to the Lord for this trip He has given to our family and blessed us so much!

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