of honor

been a long day and fairly fruitful day. spring cleaned the room, cleaned the porch, washed three cars and bathed three dogs. i may have caught fleas. rambo had a couple on his back and they are ugly little things. funny we call our smallest dog rambo. our largest dog is named sirius black, but he's the mildest of all three. poochie is my dog, his name is actually cappuccino, but it got shortened to poochie. poochie is medium sized and heads our pack. an aggressive little fellow.

oh, not to mention i baked a failed grape cake. i was influenced by food blogs featuring lovely raspberry/strawberry/blueberry cakes as they welcomed summer (in the British isles) and these are kind of expensive here. then daddy came back a few days ago with two large bags of grapes and i figured why not try a grape cake? anyway, it was kind of a failure as the grape juice didn't bleed beautifully into the cake like it ought (it could be i used the wrong type of grapes) and i got weird semi-dissolved grapes on my cake. oh well. my baking and cooking fails 50% of the time, so it doesn't bother me that much. but i am getting quite pro at photographing food. haha. photographs are wonderful deceivers. here's a pretty picture of a failed grape cake:
we visited uncle MK and aunty SK at a condo development somewhere in mont kiara developed by uncle woon later in the evening. uncle woon did architecture at utm, was a top student there, got a scholarship to AA but refused because he met aunty (hehe) and then he worked for some time under geoffrey bawa (i have a great admiration for geoffrey bawa, his floor plans make me swoon) and now he is a developer and designs all the developments he develops (there is something wrong here). his developments are always very successful and i was glad to have an opportunity to visit one. lovely place, and very intelligent use of space. the condo is located on higher ground, and is very cool and breezy.

watched prince caspian there with my little brother isaac. daddy is reading the last battle to him, and well, my brother was convinced that king miraz's soldiers were calormenes. i do like the narnia series. they are good stories. and they are way simpler than c.s.lewis's other books. one day i will graduate and understand the abolition of man (that's a book i was trying to read last holidays, but never finished), at the moment i am very happy with narnia.

just a little reminder of one of the lessons i learned from prince caspian (oh btw, the prince caspian in the movie is SO HANDSOME) (i think i have a thing for wavy hair in guys *thinks Yuta). I'm stil addicted to BF's 'love is waiting' and i realize all over again that (not just in love) i can never force the sun to rise or hasten summer's start. certain things you are meant to have, but if you go about it the wrong way, you will regret it. like sarah and the maidservant. waiting is important. it teaches us patience. it teaches us faith.

i AM glad. i have been feeling so happy and contented lately. so satisfied and fulfilled. it must be family. it must be the love all around. and laugh at me if you will, but God is here. of course, God is everywhere, but God is smiling His blessings on my family. I feel it everytime i return, and i am glad. i was worrying about something recently, and there was this little reassurance that it was going to be alright. and i tell you that was not from me, worry wart that i am.

oh gladness! and of my title, i wonder if i ever mentioned before how i love the word honor? i love when people act with honor, who do the right thing even if it hurts. i hope i may as well. anyway, goodnite. my, this is a long post. oooh, and now i have found another song to be addicted to:



this is my favorite song by regina spektor :) hark the stringed instruments in the background!