Dawn Lim . Net

To describe my father in a few words would be using the Malay proverb Diam diam ubi berisi (means man of few words but full of wisdom) *proud to be putting my education to good use* :p .

But that is just a short description of my father. Because to describe him is much more than that. It might be a little on the extreme to outsiders to describe my father as the image of Jesus. To know unconditional love is one and to experience it is different thing all together. I am blessed to know what it’s like. To know that regardless of what mistakes I make, what troubles I’m in…he’ll always be there. He’ll always be just a phone call away.

That’s the main. Unconditional love.

To elaborate a little on my father…Adventurous, climbed Mount Kinabalu. Not once but TWICE. And at 64 being the second time? WOW. Determined.

Climb Mount Kilimanjaro in his mid fifties. Another WOW.

Brought another gift of God (my 11 year old brother) to this world in his early fifties.

OK, I’ll let you do the wow-ing.

Anyway, this post is supposed to be just a description of where I brought the man of the house to dinner on his birthday along with pictures. But good things are meant to be shared

Went to dinner at Favola Italian Restaurant, Le Meridien Kuala Lumpur. It was a simple and sweet dinner with great food and of course desserts…Pardon the blur pictures. But let me assure you, the pictures do not do the food justice. Thanks to my cluelessness (I didn’t know that word existed) of the camera setting :p

Breads I wish to have for breakfast every day.

Sister with some wagyu beef lasagna. So very cheesy, tender and yummy!

Venetian pizza. Love the crust and generous seafood topping.

Cod fish so nicely done. Very creamy. Very fresh. Mmm…it’s making me hungry thinking bout it.

Just to share a story I read:

A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had admired a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and knowing his father could well afford it, he told him that was all he wanted. As Graduation Day approached, the young man awaited signs that his father had purchased the car.

Finally, on the morning of his graduation his father called him into his private study. His father told him how proud he was to have such a fine son, and told him how much he loved him. He handed his son a beautiful wrapped gift box.

Curious, but somewhat disappointed the young man opened the box and found a lovely, leather-bound Bible, with the young man’s name embossed in gold. Angrily, he raised his voice to his father and said, "With all your money you give me a Bible?" and stormed out of the house, leaving the Bible.

Many years passed and the young man was very successful in business. He had a beautiful home and wonderful family, but realized his father was very old, and thought perhaps he should go to him. He had not seen him since that graduation day.

Before he could make arrangements, he received a telegram telling him his father had passed away, and willed all of his possessions to his son. He needed to come home immediately and take care of things. When he arrived at his father’s house, sudden sadness and regret filled his heart. He began to search his father’s important papers and saw the still new bible, just as he had left it years ago. With tears, he opened the Bible and began to turn the pages. His father had carefully underlined a verse,

Matt 7:11,
"And if ye, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Heavenly father which is in heaven, give to those who ask Him?"

As he read those words, a car key dropped from the back of the Bible. It had a tag with the dealer’s name, the same dealer who had the sports car he had desired. On the tag was the date of his graduation, and the words…

PAID IN FULL.

How many times do we miss God’s blessings because they are not packaged
as we expected?

In this time where divorce rates are ever rising. Where love can seem so superficial. I stumbled upon hope… I stumbled upon faith…of all places, from the papers.

When I read about death in the papers, sometimes it can make me feel very sad. I’m sure all of us feel some kind of sadness for the person’s family, loved ones, friends…That’s because death is always associated with grief, sadness and mourning.

However, on this very day when I read this news of death, it actually brought warmth, comfort, joy, hope and love. Most of all love. Check out the article below:

Till death do us part…

Or do they???

Have a great week ahead and spread the love! We ALL need some.

Two years back, when people ask me what my favourite colour is I used to need to think for a while.

It usually goes like this:

someone: Dawn, what’s your favourite colour?

me: um… I don’t really have a favourite colour… it depends on what it is… I think I like ALL colours. I guess I like rainbow colours!

So obviously it is very difficult for me to tell anyone what my favourite colour for flowers is. I like red, pink, yellow, white, orange, well…brown not really (i doubt if we have brown flowers though :p) but yea basically any other colour is nice. I like rainbow colours.

I was reading this article in New Straits Times the other day. And do you know what colour flowers they have now???

YES! That’s right! RAINBOW COLOURED roses! A Dutch florist came up with it.

It’s called multi-coloured flowers, rainbow roses or happy roses. I definitely agree that they are happy flowers. How can they not be with so many cheery colours on them?

It was only recently that I managed to narrow down my favourite colours. I like red, white, black and everything in between.

Some will give a ‘huh???’ expression. So in between includes, maroon, pink…

It’s good that I have narrowed down the colours I like coz these ‘happy roses’? It’s RM 118 PER STALK.

But aren’t they pretty?

Have a good weekend everyone! Be like a HAPPY FLOWER!

Symptoms of a cold? Runny nose? Stuffy nose at 4am? Couldn’t sleep but gotta wake for work? Feeling absolutely crappy?

What should you do?

That was what happened to me last night. In the night sick. Morning not well, by after lunch? Perfectly healthy. How?

Let me show you the few simple ways to prevent it from getting worse.

First, blow out all those stuffy thing from your nose every time when it’s bothering you. Yes, even when you are sleeping.

Second, drink one litre of water the moment you wake up. I also had two probiotics.

Third, have your breakfast (I had two bread with jam and nutella and milo with oats)

Fourth, I had a vitamin c pill and a garlic pill.

Fifth, drink a glass warm water every half an hour.

By lunch you should be feeling alright.

After lunch have another garlic pill.

(I do not take medication coz I’m allergic to most of them. So I have to make sure I kill all symptoms of cold the natural way before I fall really sick)

Continue drinking warm water an hour after lunch.

Perfect way to cure the symptoms of cold.

Bottom line is drink loads of warm water. You might feel bloated but you will thank me…um…I mean you will thank the water :p

Uh oh…I feel a sneeze coming. Time for more water!