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A bit of history ending

Jaya Noodle House which has been occupying the same Lot G10 on the ground floor of the famous PJ landmark, Jaya Shopping Centre in Section 14 for as far as I remember. Heck, I remember going there when I was 9 or 10 I believe. Now that the Jaya Shopping Centre (or previously known simply as Jaya or Jaya Supermarket) will be demolished to make way for a new fancier mall, the noodle house will have to move. Incredibly, I share the same birth year with Jaya Shopping centre as well as with Jaya Noodle House which was named Phoenix Noodle house.
Looks like I’d better find out where they move to!

Understated, simple decor
Delicious char siew and siew yoke noodles!

Amazing Grace…

Try listening to Chris Tomlin’s Amazing Grace (My chains are gone) and I’ll guarantee that you’ll feel something stir at the very least. It’s that good. Help WebAperture (and me of course) by buying it from Amazon over here.

icon_ltgray_open_quoteAmazing grace
How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me
I once was lost, but now I’m found
Was blind, but now I see

‘Twas grace that taught my heart to fear
And grace my fears relieved
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed

My chains are gone
I’ve been set free
My God, my Savior has ransomed me
And like a flood His mercy reigns
Unending love, Amazing grace

The Lord has promised good to me
His word my hope secures
He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures

My chains are gone
I’ve been set free
My God, my Savior has ransomed me
And like a flood His mercy reigns
Unending love, Amazing grace

My chains are gone
I’ve been set free
My God, my Savior has ransomed me
And like a flood His mercy reigns
Unending love, Amazing grace

The earth shall soon dissolve like snow
The sun forbear to shine
But God, Who called me here below
Will be forever mine
Will be forever mine

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Highlights

So how does one decide on that important job move that pays half-a-million a year? Or perhaps, you’ve been working week-nights and week-ends too. Where and what are your priorities. Looking back at your life, ask youselve this: What are the highlights of each year? This exercise is pretty simple. Get a piece of blank paper, draw a line through it and on one side, write the year, i.e. 2006, on the other side, write a highlight. Do that for a few years. You can have multiple highlights in each year. I don’t know what you wrote, but I’ve checked with many people and guess what, work never ever figured in there. Highlights were invariably events like friends, gatherings and events. No one I know put in closing that big deal or working all night balancing the accounts for that quarter. So, ready to make a choice. Life. It’s what you make of it is what you get out of it.

Thunderstorm…

Hope, Faith and Love

icon_ltgray_open_quoteThe Lord God almighty is my refuge and my strength.
In my greatest failings, He is my recovery;
In the lost of trust, He is the rock of steadfast love;
In faithfulness abandoned, He is forever faithful.
In my wicked ways, He is always good and full of grace.
In all things He has given beyond measure, beyond expectation;
Beyond dreams and imagination, totally undeserving.
Beyond all hopes and dreams, He has given.
For in this matter, the work of my hands are but naught;
But in His abundant love, grace and mercy;
Poured out till overflowing, the only thing I cannot give.
Salvation to the one I love more than life itself.
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© Eugene Khoo

Sunrise @ 130km/h on the NS Highway.

Reflection…

Reflections at Yosemite

12053 days… 289272 hours, 17356320 minutes, and … 1041379200 seconds.
A lot of time passed, yet, it is time to give thanks to:

God, through whom all things are possible.
My saviour, my friend, my comforter, my teacher and my guide.
As the Lord says in Psalms 23, He is my shepherd, I shall lack nothing.
He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters,
He restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

Dad and Mom
Who taught me how to live, and in all things, showed me how to love. They shaped me and moulded me and had only my best in their mind. Thanks is all I can say though it be nothing compared to what you have done, for there is nothing that I can give, that will equal what you have given.

My Darling Mun Leng
She is my evidence of God’s ultimate goodness and grace. She makes me feel so ashamed that I asked God for so little though at that time, I thought I asked for the world. It’s like you asked for the world which in the end when God answers your prayers, you realized that God has given you more than a Queen when all your prayers have amounted to nothing more than a servant girl. Like no other, more precious than life itself. Thank you darling for being who you are, being there for me and being you.
Sixty queens there may be, and eighty concubines, and virgins beyond number; but my dove, my perfect one, is unique.

My Cousin Alice
For all the times, the letters, the emails, the silly stuff we did. You don’t know how much I appreciate, and remember those times. Life has sent us down different places and paths, yet I still remember when we did all the batty things and just lived life to its fullest. You’re like the sister I never had and there’s so much we’ve shared and will continue to share.

Kong Weng
For all the times I called you up and asked you silly questions and scenarios. For all the advice you have given and the time you’ve spent. Uncertainties you’ve made clear, your prayers are appreciated and they’ve helped and most of all, truly am I blessed to call you friend.

Jeff Chok
For all the trips, the shutter clicks and mirror slaps, the miles and the airports. For the lines of PHP code and WebAperture. From Low Yat trips to the tentacle-thingy, film rolls, digital cameras, megabytes to gigabytes. ‘L’ lenses and EOS. Just to say I appreciate the fellowship and the blessing you have been to my life.