hahahha. very true. especially the 5.30ish am part. lols.
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1. Give up your need to always be right.There are so many of us who can’t stand the idea of being wrong – wanting to always be right – even at the risk of ending great relationships or causing a great deal of stress and pain, for us and for others. It’s just not worth it. Whenever you feel the ‘urgent’ need to jump into a fight over who is right and who is wrong, ask yourself this question: “Would I rather be right, or would I rather be kind?” Wayne Dyer. What difference will that make? Is your ego really that big?
2. Give up your need for control. Be willing to give up your need to always control everything that happens to you and around you – situations, events, people, etc. Whether they are loved ones, coworkers, or just strangers you meet on the street – just allow them to be. Allow everything and everyone to be just as they are and you will see how much better will that make you feel.
“By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond winning.” Lao Tzu
3. Give up on blame. Give up on your need to blame others for what you have or don’t have, for what you feel or don’t feel. Stop giving your powers away and start taking responsibility for your life.
4. Give up your self-defeating self-talk. Oh my. How many people are hurting themselves because of their negative, polluted and repetitive self-defeating mindset? Don’t believe everything that your mind is telling you – especially if it’s negative and self-defeating. You are better than that.
“The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive.” Eckhart Tolle
5. Give up your limiting beliefs about what you can or cannot do, about what is possible or impossible. From now on, you are no longer going to allow your limiting beliefs to keep you stuck in the wrong place. Spread your wings and fly!
“A belief is not an idea held by the mind, it is an idea that holds the mind” Elly Roselle
6. Give up complaining. Give up your constant need to complain about those many, many, maaany things – people, situations, events that make you unhappy, sad and depressed. Nobody can make you unhappy, no situation can make you sad or miserable unless you allow it to. It’s not the situation that triggers those feelings in you, but how you choose to look at it. Never underestimate the power of positive thinking.
7. Give up the luxury of criticism. Give up your need to criticize things, events or people that are different than you. We are all different, yet we are all the same. We all want to be happy, we all want to love and be loved and we all want to be understood. We all want something, and something is wished by us all.
8. Give up your need to impress others. Stop trying so hard to be something that you’re not just to make others like you. It doesn’t work this way. The moment you stop trying so hard to be something that you’re not, the moment you take of all your masks, the moment you accept and embrace the real you, you will find people will be drawn to you, effortlessly.
9. Give up your resistance to change. Change is good. Change will help you move from A to B. Change will help you make improvements in your life and also the lives of those around you. Follow your bliss, embrace change – don’t resist it.
“Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls” Joseph Campbell
10. Give up labels. Stop labeling those things, people or events that you don’t understand as being weird or different and try opening your mind, little by little. Minds only work when open. “The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don’t know anything about.” Wayne Dyer
11. Give up on your fears. Fear is just an illusion, it doesn’t exist – you created it. It’s all in your mind. Correct the inside and the outside will fall into place.
“The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself.” Franklin D. Roosevelt
12. Give up your excuses. Send them packing and tell them they’re fired. You no longer need them. A lot of times we limit ourselves because of the many excuses we use. Instead of growing and working on improving ourselves and our lives, we get stuck, lying to ourselves, using all kind of excuses – excuses that 99.9% of the time are not even real.
13. Give up the past. I know, I know. It’s hard. Especially when the past looks so much better than the present and the future looks so frightening, but you have to take into consideration the fact that the present moment is all you have and all you will ever have. The past you are now longing for – the past that you are now dreaming about – was ignored by you when it was present. Stop deluding yourself. Be present in everything you do and enjoy life. After all life is a journey not a destination. Have a clear vision for the future, prepare yourself, but always be present in the now.
14. Give up attachment. This is a concept that, for most of us is so hard to grasp and I have to tell you that it was for me too, (it still is) but it’s not something impossible. You get better and better at with time and practice. The moment you detach yourself from all things, (and that doesn’t mean you give up your love for them – because love and attachment have nothing to do with one another, attachment comes from a place of fear, while love… well, real love is pure, kind, and self less, where there is love there can’t be fear, and because of that, attachment and love cannot coexist) you become so peaceful, so tolerant, so kind, and so serene. You will get to a place where you will be able to understand all things without even trying. A state beyond words.
15. Give up living your life to other people’s expectations. Way too many people are living a life that is not theirs to live. They live their lives according to what others think is best for them, they live their lives according to what their parents think is best for them, to what their friends, their enemies and their teachers, their government and the media think is best for them. They ignore their inner voice, that inner calling. They are so busy with pleasing everybody, with living up to other people’s expectations, that they lose control over their lives. They forget what makes them happy, what they want, what they need….and eventually they forget about themselves. You have one life – this one right now – you must live it, own it, and especially don’t let other people’s opinions distract you from your path.
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nice article. i love the quotes.. haha. =D
One Piece. <3
1st april. finally took a break from all the busyyyyyy non stop work and just go with vinvinn all day long. No, it doesn’t mean that I don’t have much work to do. I just needed refreshing so yeah, didn’t thought much about it today, haha. It feels really wonderful to just relax and go around with vinvinn and just enjoy each other and the view haha.
It was a great day indeed. Started with the wonderful vision weekend at chc, then go eat nice delicious lunch, lost my phone for a bit by leaving it in starbucks but thank God I found it.. haha. Then watch amazing Hunger Games movie, and then visit iLights at Marina Bay. It has been more than a year since our last walk at marina.. haha. And even though I was really really damn tired by that time… it was still a wonderful night. <3
Below are some photos I took using my iphone. One day (hopefully soon)… I’m gonna buy a proper camera and learn photography. Seriously. Haha.
vinvinn’s silhouette while he’s trying to act all cute hahahaha. but unintentionally cool effect with the light’s contrast right! =D
MY FAVORITE LIGHT IN THE WHOLE EXHIBITION! sooo prettyyyy! I’m gonna make one during this holiday to be put in my room as a night light… hehhee.
and then… this one below is cool laser effect, but looks a bit scary.. haha
and then… this one… not sure what exactly it’s supposed to be.. piles of trash put together with light, and then build a statue? I don’t know. By this time I’m already drained most my energy so didn’t really bother to analyze etc haha. But well, it looks pretty nevertheless! lols. =D
I hope I can visit a some kind of ilight exhibition again in the future with a nice camera hahaha =D
Vision weekend today… and we got this amazing thing called The Box full of “relationship” and “descipleship” letter / paper tool kit - something that is really really fancy and really beautiful with amazing design. omg. I love love pretty papers like thisss!!!! gya, omg. one day… I will learn to make and design something like this!
A greeting card inside it… that has some amazing folding technique. omg. im so impressed with the packaging folding of that card… trully brilliant.
This can be folded into several way - each with its own sides and designs. And then, folded into cross:
And then… there are various beautiful postcards and letterhead of fancy papers that we can write to other people to express our love etc. BUT OMG. They are sooo niceeeee! <3
Then for the discipleship bundle, there are copy of letters with beautiful letter heads as an example. In this age and era of emails and stuff, these written letters gives a such soft and reminiscing feeling… And don’t these letters look so much more personal than a bunch of emails? hahaha. =)
Then there’s the book that tells the City Harvest Church story… Beautiful typography book. But since I’m too lazy to scan each of the pages, I’ll just photograph my favorite pages, hehe.. Yes, my hands and camera are wobbly, but I believe it still captures the beautiful pages there… hehe <3
I love love the fact that CHC is so artistic, haha. While it teaches me about God and about life, it also constantly teaches me about design! hahaa. I guess what my dad said a while ago is true: “when you love God, creativity will flow naturally. God will always give you creativity - and whatever comes from God, is always better than mere research and knowledge.” My dad can’t design. But I really believe that he’s right. hehe.
Thanks God for planting me in a great church like this! =)
yummiesfordummies:
clottedcreamscone:
Chicken Fried Rice
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perfect summer holiday. me wanna laze around. haha.
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Slow Cooker Asian Style Pork - First Way: Over Egg Noodles with Spinach, Mushrooms, and Onions
Okay, so I needed a sort of cost efficient meal that would last at least 3 days. So I decided on a slow cooker pork recipe because I can use the shredded pork over a course of like four days and do something different with it each day. I came across a recipe that I really liked that inspired this idea. My inspiration came from SkinnyTaste once again. Then because I couldn’t find a five spice blend at my normal grocery store (I didn’t want to go to the Asian grocery store), I ventured off onto Google to find a different Asian flavored slow cooker pork recipe hoping to come across something that didn’t include five spice. I wasn’t that successful but this second recipe did wow me and I love these flavors so I decided to use this recipe (minus the five spice blend) and incorporated how SkinnyTaste puts her meal together.
I wasn’t surprised that this dish was going to be pure gold! As soon as I came home from work, I didn’t even need to imagine how delicious this would be, the smell alone was awesome! It was freaking yummy! Try it out!
Recipe for the sauce I ended up using found on the MyRecipes website my changes or adaptations are italicized.
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup low-sodium soy sauce (I ran out of normal soy sauce so I used what I had which was a Mushroom Flavored Dark Soy Sauce)
- 1/4 cup hoisin sauce
- 3 tablespoons ketchup
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 2 teaspoons bottled minced garlic
- 2 teaspoons grated peeled fresh ginger
- 1 teaspoon dark sesame oil (allergic to sesames so opted out of this)
- 1/2 teaspoon five-spice powder (didn’t have any on hand, opted out of this too)
- 2 pounds boneless Boston butt pork roast, trimmed
- 1/2 cup fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
- Additional items for this specific meal: whole wheat egg noodles, handfuls of fresh spinach, one red onion, 8oz of mushrooms, and of course Sriracha
Directions
- Combine first 8 ingredients in a small bowl, stirring well with a whisk. Place in a large zip-top plastic bag. Add pork to bag; seal. Marinate in refrigerator at least 2 hours, turning occasionally. I didn’t have time to marinate, so I just seared the pork on all sides in a skillet (method from SkinnyTaste) and created the sauce mixture and put the pork and the mixture into the crock pot all at once.
- Place pork and marinade in an electric slow cooker. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours. Again, this was very last minute, so I cooked this on high for 4 hours.
- Remove pork from slow cooker using a slotted spoon; place on a cutting board or work surface. Cover with aluminum foil; keep warm.
- Add broth to sauce in slow cooker. Cover and cook on low for 30 minutes or until sauce thickens. Shred pork with 2 forks; serve with sauce.
This next part I used SkinnyTaste’s recipe for inspiration and for what to do with the veggies.
I removed the pork from the slow cooker and let it rest in foil. I put an 8oz container of baby bella mushrooms into the slow cooker along with sliced red onions. I let this cook on high for 20 minutes while I shredded the pork.
I cooked two servings of whole wheat egg noodles and right before draining the egg noodles I put a few handfuls of spinach in and cooked it for a few seconds. I then took some of the egg noodles/spinach and tossed it in with a bit of sauce from the slow cooker to get a good coating.
I topped the egg noodles/spinach with the shredded pork, the mushrooms/onions, and garnished with scallions and sriracha!