Shane & Shane - Your Love

I'm overcoming fear With Your perfect love, Your perfect love You're opening my ears to hear The sound of a lover's voice You're calling out, You're calling out Let me see Your face, Your loving face your love tears me up And when its done Puts me together Oooo I'm overcoming fear With Your perfect love, Your perfect love You're opening my ears to hear The sound of a lover's voice You're calling out, You're calling out Let me see Your face, Your loving face your love tears me up And when its done Puts me together your love calls me out Of my death and my failure Love, your love your love tears me up And when its done Puts me together your love calls me out Of my death and my failure your love tears me up And when its done Puts me together your love calls me out Of my death and my failure Love, your love, your love

Does God ever stop you amidst all the craziness of your day just to remind you of how incredibly blessed you are? YOU are loved.

Blake's Story

What an incredible story of this little boy named Blake.



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100 foods you must try

Wow.. its been so long since I last blogged.
But I return with the list of 100 foods that you must try before you die.
I'm sure you've seen this list pop up on your facebook or whatever, however, just thought i'd do it here... for difference sake...

Anyway, I think being asian and all, I think I have tried a lot of the foods on the list...
What's YOUR number out of 100?

1. Abalone
2. Absinthe (Isn't absinthe banned in most countries?)
3. Alligator
4. Baba Ghanoush
5. Bagel & Lox
6. Baklava
7. BBQ Ribs
8. Bellini
9. Birds Nest Soup
10. Biscuits & Gravy
11. Black Pudding
12. Black Truffle
13. Borscht
14. Calamari
15. Carp
16. Caviar
17. Cheese Fondue
18. Chicken & Waffles (allergic!)
19. Chicken Tikka Masala (boo.. i should make my total out of 98... )
20. Chile Relleno
21. Chitlins disgustingly enough, I have... but it was at the black hoof.. so it was actually good, and i didn't find out what it was until after i ate it!
22. Churros
23. Clam Chowder
24. Cognac
25. Crab Cakes
26. Crickets - have had the opportunity to.. but too gross *bleh*
27. Currywurst (boo.. make that 97!)
28. Dandelion Wine - hmm. maybe i should try making it.. it would be a win-win situation!
29. Dulce De Leche
30. Durian
31. Eel
32. Eggs Benedict
33. Fish Tacos
34. Foie Gras - this was before I knew about how unethical the process of "making" foie gras was...
35. Fresh Spring Rolls
36. Fried Catfish
37. Fried Green Tomatoes - 96!!!
38. Fried Plantain
39. Frito Pie - I'm going to say I have had this, although it was the non-chili version due to my allergies!
40. Frogs' Legs not going to lie, i actually loved this as a child...
41. Fugu - should have tried this while i was in japan ):
42. Funnel Cake
43. Gazpacho - yet another allergy - 95!
44. Goat
45. Goat's Milk
46. Goulash - I'm just going to start a count down.. -94
47. Gumbo - every time you see a number, you can assume that I am allergic to something in it! -93
48. Haggis - wouldn't mind trying this...
49. Head Cheese weirdest "cold cut" i've ever had...
50. Heirloom Tomatoes
51. Honeycomb
52. Hostess Fruit Pie yay for having american friends in university!
53. Huevos Rancheros- no worries, had the non-tomato edition!
54. Jerk Chicken - surprisingly I have, before I found out I was allergic to Chicken!
55. Kangaroo - will definitely try, as per my mothers recommendation when i visit Australia
56. Key Lime Pie
57. Kobe Beef - wanted to try this, but have been too poor to..
58. Lassi love lassi!
59. Lobster
60. Mimosa
61. Moon Pie
62. Morel Mushrooms
63. Nettle Tea i don't even remember if the tea was good or not.. i just remember numbing of my mouth!
64. Octopus
65. Oxtail Soup
66. Paella - does it count if I made it myself? because i'm counting it!
67. Paneer
68. Pastrami on Rye
69. Pavlova
70. Phaal - oo.. i need to try this!
71. Philly Cheese Steak
72. Pho
73. Pineapple & Cottage Cheese - this sort of sounds gross, but I might just give it a shot...
74. Pistachio Ice Cream
75. Po' Boy YES for deep fried seafood on a bun!
76. Pocky - childhood fav!
77. Polenta I think the texture is sort of gross.. reminds me of the broken bread meal - which reminds me how thankful I am for being able to try all these wonderful & not so wonderful foods (:
78. Prickly Pear - I didn't realize how prickly these things were until I sat there picking thorns out of my hand for like an hour!
79. Rabbit Stew - surprisingly, I don't think I have!
80. Raw Oysters
81. Root Beer Float
82. S'mores
83. Sauerkraut
84. Sea Urchin
85. Shark
86. Snail
87. Snake
88. Soft Shell Crab
89. Som Tam - hmm.. i should try this if I ever get a chance..
90. Spaetzle one of my german roommates used to bring cheese Spaetzle back to school every so often! It was like glorified mac and cheese, but the noodles were made from egg, giving them an extra layer of awesomeness!
91. Spam i honestly hate this stuff.. it creeps me out.
92. Squirrel - eww. it's like eating a rat!
93. Steak Tartare YES for raw meat!
94. Sweet Potato Fries all time FAVS!
95. Sweetbreads The first time I tried this (in university) I actually thought it was some kind of meaty bread... THEN someone told me it was glands and brain.. or something like that.. it made me feel a little sick.. but at least I can say I tried it!
96. Tom Yum
97. Umeboshi I personally don't like these very much..
98. Venison One time my dad brought it home because his colleague hunted it.. ): Poor Bambi!
99. Wasabi Peas
100. Zucchini Flowers

hmm.. 78 of 100..
or rather 78 out of 93! Not bad!
What are YOUR numbers?

Simple Gifts

So I left the blogging world unannounced for a while because of the many hours I have been dedicating to bigger and better things, but I just wanted to leave all of you who follow/read my blog with this youtube clip of my fav pianist and cellist playing a mash up of somewhere over the rainbow and simple gifts (:



To God be the Glory (:

Fun Fridays - Joy of Books

For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out. For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing. Now if I do what I do not want, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells within me.
So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand. For I delight in the law of God, in my inner being, but I see in my members another law waging war against the law of my mind and making me captive to the law of sin that dwells in my members. Wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord!
(Romans 7:18-25 ESV)