So the competition has begun and we are down to 6 spots. A.S have checked out early in this round, leaving behind contestants A.J,J,F,C,A and K. So in the next match we will be down to only 4 spots. So who among the 6 contestants left will have a spot? Is it A.J who has her husband backing her up and not only is she one of the founding members of the team but with her tremendous creativity, she deserve a good chance. Founding or not however, it could work against her, as A.S was a founding member too, but look at the outcome; A.S has been sent to the benchers in the first round! It is going to be a long wait before she'll play again! Will it be J a latecomer into the competition but have strong chord works to support her as well as experience and support from her father a worship leader of many long years. Or would it be F another latecomer, but having great potential and like her father is just taking baby steps easing into a spot on the team. Quietly but surely, these latecomers are a force to be reckon with.
Then, we have C and A both with great parental support, each individually taking up different spots, unlikely to challenge each other but yet they are competing for the 4 spots. C currently is under training to be a singer as well, thus, will the double crossover teamwork be good for her or will it break her? And A, drama queen that she is, with her amazing voice she has the advantage being capable of singing and playing at the same time. Yet her inability to make it to the monthly meetings can be a factor. Finally we have K, who came into the competition sometime after the founding members and shy at first have slowly made her way to being a good player, producing sweet melodies being her greatest strength, yet with no one to take a stand beside her and her weakness for not keeping time, will she make it to the final 4? We shall see about that, in the months to come as the 6 contestants battle to better themselves for the final 4 spots. Ting! Ting! Ting! Ting! Stay tuned for the final outcome and may God be with them!
Cuba Libre, need I say more?
At the edge, a kitten contemplates suicide.
I'm just glad this turned out okay.
Freedom of flight.
I don't understand.
Stripeys!
It was awesome, staring at this giant swimming so gracefully!
Little dancers.
Chew on grass.
I frankly can't remember what's the name of this, 
Macaroons!
Self-explained.
Do wishes on falling stars come true?
When I'm a tad hooked on Altador Cup....
I always forget when it starts and joins it abit late.....
And I am so sleepy after work and my med,
Yet here I am determined to raise my silly rank.
Yeah, this is the life after work for the next two weeks.
It's bits and pieces like this that keeps me tingling.
That keeps things real.
Once upon a time, there was a man who believed in fate. He believed that if it was time for him to go, he'll go quietly. So if he had cancer, he believed that it was just a matter of sooner or later it was bound to happen. One day, he stumbled upon the fact that he has a tumor in his kidney while checking for prostrate cancer as old men regularly has to. The doctor called it a blessing in disguise as the tumor was still in its early stages of cancer. Because it was found in the kidney, it had to be removed. Thankfully the hunt for prostrate cancer proved to be benign. So he had one less thing to worry about. While people around him scurried, worried and had sleepless nights, he took all the news in stride, even smiling and joking with the nurses running tests around him to ensure he was ready for his surgery on Friday. The only time he fussed was when they brought up the issue of getting blood from his own blood, in case he had massive bleeding during the operation. With not much argument, two bloodlines against one won, and he had to passively go along with their decisions to give.
I can't say I completely delighted by what I've done.
It's so lame, I've really gotten out of touch with the shortcuts.
So excited that I finally made a whole cake that isn't collapsing, my hands were very shaky to take the picture. Needless to say the top bulging part was hard on the outer side from all that baking. But inside it was just right.
Beautifully dense, but a tad too sweet because I added an extra 100gm of sugar after I realized that the cocoa powder was really bitter.
Since it was such a success, and my dad doesn't like dark cakes, I sliced off the hardened top part for keeps and am bringing the bottom part to the office on Monday for a colleague's birthday so happen to be next week. It's seriously is a big relief for me to finally be able to produce a cake like this. I am grateful that some people continuously encourages me to bake even after so many failures.
So while all the waiting was going on, I made some cookies from a box of premix I had on hand. Besides the butter and egg instructed to add, I added a dash of vanilla and some red coloring just for the heck of it. I also finally got to make use of the cookie cutters San got me for my birthday.
Kawaii!
The cookies ballooned alot from their initial size.
And a batch of heart-shaped ones.
I finished just in time. As I was taking the mop out to mop the floor after washing utensils and wiping the counter, my dad drove into in. Haha! Talk about perfect timing.
