Celebrated Ken's belated Bday with a simple authentic japanese fare at Sumo House Clementi today...

wad i ordered...Teriyaki chicken Udon...

the side dishes we ordered...fried scallops...squid and cold tofu

genie and ken digging in...look at the red shirt guy!! his face seems to be saying it all "ahhhh oishii.....oishii...."

ok lah the overall standard of the food...not too bad i would say...the ambience quite nice too...with catchy chinese pop songs (creating a juxtaposical effect serving jap food) in the background...and it's newly opened also...neatly tucked away at the corner inside the emporium...i would certainly prefer here compared to the nxt door neighbour (can't remem the name)...certainly much more cleaner and brighter...but it's not those high end jap restaurants though...but overall value for $$...quite a good option when u r rushing for time and taste buds are hankering for some jap fare...heh

had the 2nd transport test today also...confidence renewed and further boosted aft the lecturer went thru the answers aft the quiz...shud be full marks and 15% in the bag...haha...but i guess quite a number of pple shud be getting the full grade with such an "open" environment for the quiz...but confidence surge for this mod coupled with the effect of my 1st test...hee

was hanging ard the Singapore Pools outlet at tekka mall on a boring saturday and checking at the odds for the EPL matches...haha...Yes i admit i was quite an "invester" not too long ago...with my peak during army...haha...still can remem i was even a "mini bookie" during world cup'98 (wah koaz councillor somemore)...wah lau those days really naughty...but things never really got out of hand lah...but now look at the odds blankly was tinking damn stupid of me to throw $$ to the S'pore Pools "Charity Foundation" week in week out last time...but i guess will still "put in" a bit of money during future world cups and euros for that little bit of excitement...heh...but to tink the odds no longer interest me anymore these days as mad as last time...a sign of wiser and more mature mindset?? beats me really...haha

over the weekend was reading abt the Took Leng How or rather the more familiarly know Ah how case...finally the poor chap got hanged...bringing a closure to the case which has gripped singaporeans for almost 2 years...was reading how he actually posed for his family wearing a suit and all that...and how his family visited him for one final time before he was hanged...i really feel very sorry for the chap...i was juz wondering the saddest thing in life is really departing with ur loved one knowing that will be the last time u ever see him or her alive...juz imagine that...only 3 hours for the chap to see his parents, wife and toddler son...andden having to say bye bye...he even wrote a letter for his wife...touched me really...i really dun tink he actually killed the china girl...ok maybe i shudden phrase it this way...i tink he is definitely involved and prob and most likely indirectly caused the girl to die...even the unprecedented case for the Court of Appeal with one Justice overthrowing the death sentence seems to support my stand...but surely everything is already too late liao...

attended a Gospel meeting at genie's church on sunday nite...my 2nd time going for the gospel service since the evangelistic meeting in Sept...this time rd...the group is much smaller...and was held in a room instead of the hall the last time...the topic for the day was "Jesus is the Judge"...the message was delivered in a clear and coherent manner...the speaker was straightforward in his delivery...giving many examples and interesting analogies...i remember one quite clearly...the speaker was speaking abt how in life we r faced with constant examinations...school exams...proficiency tests like driving tests and so forth...in short life juz full of tests and exams...but as long as we put in effort for these exams...in the end we r bound to do well for them...however there is one final exam which no matter how much effort we put in...we will not know whether we pass anot...and that is the utilmate exam all of us have to face...and only Jesus can judge whether we deserve our place in Heaven...the House of God...

is this a reason why some pple can get away with murder and arson and lead an exceeding corrupted life till they die...wouldn't life be unfair with these crooks getting away scott-free and exploiting pple thru often inhumane and violent means?? that is why there is this ultimate exam we have to face and Jesus will be the Judge come that day...

I feel that aft every gospel meeting so far...i have gained spiritually...an aspect i have often said i have neglected for like a decade or so...at this stage i dare not say that i am a Christian when others ask me...coz i am not regularly attending church services on Sundays...but with each gospel meeting...i am slowly starting to believe in Christ again...really muz thank genie for helping me to renew my relationship with God thru constant discussions we have and invitations to his church...i hope to slowly build up my faith in God thru the monthly Gospel meetings for now...and thru daily readings of the Bible which was handed to me today...and thru prayers...i was told to humble myself and pray to God to grant me the wisdom to understand the true meaning of His words...one thing is for sure...I am starting to pray again...

Pardon me for such a serious tone today...I guess this gotta be one of the...if not the most serious Blog entry I ever written so far...

will be back for more updates soon admist the busy preparation of my exams...so stay tune folks!!