What I've Been Looking for in the Movies ( So Far )...

I enjoyes cute rooms and houses which I've seen in the movies

Meg Ryan's House in You've Got Mail, so warm and inviting

Her Bookstore in the same movie, could stay there forever

Detective Monk's Apartment, envying the obsessively neat organization
which I know I couldn't achieve 

Nicole Kidman's house at The Hour, so rustic and cute, yet errie

What I've been Looking for in the Movies ( So Far )

Movies are one of many things that I like to see
( others are : dogs, flowers, cute downtowns, typhography, natures, food as art, paintings, and so on and so forth )
These days, besides the storiestelling and the actors,
there are particular things which I crave in a movie

1. The color combos

dusty rose,brown and grey work nicely together in Ballet Shoes, the movie

autmn colors such terracotta, grey, brown in Not Another Happy Ending

red and green are predominant in the whole movie of Amelie

mustard, green and teal in the Meryl Streep's kitchen at the Bridges of Madison County

Do you remember a movie from its colors ?

WEDDING OF THE YEAR

In the 14th years I lived in the USA, very rarely I got a wedding invitation.
So far only 8 times, and I attended 6 of them. Back home, going to the wedding is almost a monthly or even weekly, occasion.

Indri and Eric's wedding in apple orchard

In my opinion, the weddings back home are more elaborate and bigger than those in the USA. So, from the guests point of view, there are more preparation for the female guests to make herself presentable in the wedding party. There are dresses and shoes to pick, hair and make up to do, nails and toenails to paint, (branded) handbags to complete the image, and so on and so forth.

Jojo and Sukma's wedding

These days back home, people also try do unique wedding party too. I just found out in my friend's facebook that he went to a wedding party which happened inside the national library. Very quirky,I think, and cool at the same time.

Eka and Sesi's wedding, which I missed

Now.. drumroll...the wedding of the year is

                     Mr. Carson and Mrs. Hughes from Downton Abbey

They are the servants. Mr. Carson is the butler and Mrs Hughes is the head housekeeper. Although they are the servants, they are very dignified and respected. Even the owner of the house would think twice to make Mr Carson cross.

Mrs Hughes or Elsie Hughes is called Mrs Hughes even though Ms. is more suitable. But the head housekeeper always called a. Mrs.

Yes, from the deepest part of my heart I congratulate Mr. and Mrs. Carson.
To be honest, I felt happier watching their marriage than that of Lady Mary.

 

Low Impact Kind of Gal

As a zumba-ers, lately I found out that I became really sore after a regular zumba exercise which last for 1 hour . The pain was too much for me that I had to take a painkiller afterwards. Although I heard I can burn 400 cal by doing zumba, I have to take the pain into consideration.

The alternatif is zumba gold, a low impact zumba which segmented to seniors. At first I was rather apprehended to join the class. I'm not seniors yet, I just entered my forties last year. I came to the class anyway, and I love it. It's low impact and the instructor is great. It feels more like dancing class than aerobic class.

Too bad it's only happens once a week. I need at least 3 times exercise to be energized. So what should I do ?

the path

Well, the solution is walking. This week I walked for 2 miles with a friend. We walked on a quaint path. It has a couple of bridges and wooded area. Very nice. And nearby there is a cute supermarket which sells fresh squeezed orange juice at a low price.

So finally I decide to walk about 2 or 3 times a week. In the meantime, I'm still going to regular zumba class, but I will make my movement low impacts. In case the instructor are jumping around,
I am just walking . In other words, I will be more like the senior members of zumba class. The grandmas who always do their own dancing and keep their own pace.

Viva zumba gold and viva walking !

The Things My Kiddos Like

2015 now, and it's time to update the things my kiddos like

Daniel:
Still love reading, watching movies , game cheats and silly homemade movies at youtube. Still love to play minecraft and Destny. Still love to play soccer. He used to be in the travellling soccer for 2 years and this year he's back at recreational. He's wearing glasses and adult sized shoes now. In several months he can easily wear Eddy's shoes.

Timmy
Still love reading, watching movies, playing minecraft and Destiny. He joins karate class at school. He said by doing that , he will be able to fight Koko who is often rude him but always nice to others.
He is growing tall but still skinny. But the good news is he loves his food now. Yipeee...
He does not sleep with his stuffed animals anymore but he's still collecting them. He used to get orthodontic treatment and has finished phase 1. No more retainer and braces. He loves his bike now.

Sophie
Still love drawing and cute animals. No more dancing, no more pink girly stuff, she says she loves the color blue now. Hate and totally hate Princess stuff . Used to be crazy about Frozen, now she loathes it. She tries horseback riding now. She loves the horses, but after two lessons she asked me when could she stop. :(

Not Only at Tim Horton's, but also at Tim Chandra's

My family likes Tim Horton. I like the iced capp, the kids like Timbits ( small donut balls). Recently Tim Horton put nutella in some of their munchies such as Nutella pockets, Nutella donuts and bagels with Nutella spread.

Today I found Nutella Swirl Cupcake's recipe on the website. 

This is the link : http://smallsmallbaker.blogspot.com/

I thought "aha", not only at Tim Horton's, we have nutella munchies at Tim Chandra's as well.

Tim Chandra is on the right

Yummy and Decadent

Besides the cupcake, we also baked Melt in Mouth German Cookies. My kids went crazy molding and shaping the cookies. 

This is the link: http://smallsmallbaker.blogspot.com/2015/02/sheep-design-melt-in-mouth-german.html?m=1

After all the baking, the kitchen area was a disaster. Well, no problemo, it's summer vacation after all.

THE VERDICT

NUTELLA SWIRL CUPCAKE IS DELICIOSO , 

MELT IN YOUR MOUTH GERMAN COOKIE IS JUST SO SO

 

AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER part 2

God sent his prophet, Nathan, to rebuke David. He told him a story about a rich man who took the poor man’s beloved ewe lamb. David was furious against the rich man. David said the rich man deserved to die. Nathan’s finger then pointed at King David. He, himself, was the rich man. The poor man was Uriah. The ewe lamb was Uriah’s wife.

David proved that he was a man after God’s own heart after all. He acknowledged his sin. The Lord forgave him, but he would experience the painful consequences. The baby would die. There would be killing and incest in David’s family.

                As for the beautiful woman, she got pregnant with King David for the second time. Her son was Solomon , whom God loved. Among many sons of King David, the messiah came through his line. 

The affair between King David and Uriah’s wife was tragic. Let this affair remind us about God’s love. He forgave David and Uriah’s wife. He love their second son, Solomon, who later became a great king. God was faithful to them even though the affair itself was a proof of their unfaithfulness.

As for the beautiful woman whom Prophet Nathan allegorized to be a ewe lamb, the Bible was not clear whether she seduced King David or not. The lamb after all was took away by the rich man. She was more of an object here.

There was another mentioned of lambs as objects in Luke 10 :3…Go! I am sending you out like lambs among wolves.            

Did the ewe lamb show lack of judgement, naïve, and vulnerability when she was taking a bath outside? Did she watch around to make sure there were no prying eyes from the rooftop far away? Only God knows.

The name of the beautiful woman a.k.a Uriah’s wife a.k.a the ewe lamb was Bathsheba, which means daughter of the oath.