Bacon Explosives...

Today after church we had a celebration for the March babies (Sally, Shmeep or Elaine ,Chao, and Uncle Euan - Happy Birthday to you guys and girls) with a lunch party which included alot of food with the trademark Bacon Explosion by Chef Mak, Japanese Sushi by Dr Kam, Potato Salad by the Yens, and Shepards Pie by me, and other nice drinks and snacks contributed by others.

Heres some photos of the meals. The bacon explosion made with 1.5 kilos of real bacon, and alot of sausage meat. "Can see the ones behind doing warmups before the meal".

And the Shepards Pie made with steak mince, vegetables, mashed potato (with heaps of double heavy cream, cheese ,butter )
Im still pretty full now (5 hrs after the meal) ....need some excercise before I also will explode...

The Architect? or the Builder?

Each year many Architects are getting more and more innovative and creative with their building designs, with new interesting ideas from upside down houses, to giant cube, and warped houses...however are their views of practicality still remain? or shall we just blame it on the builder? But surely wasnt the engineers fault :)

Heres some of the photo's that was sent around today -

Haii...

No Shark Fin Soup arr? Noooooo....

Have you ever had a big craving for a favourite food item (or something else) , and it wouldn’t go away until you obtained the item desired? Whether you get the item or not, how long does the item you crave for lasts? Was it worth such a strong desire and craving for?

I certainly have a craving for food during my intense brain storming before lunch with images of Italian Pasta and Pizzas, Eye fillet steaks, Chocolate Cakes, Curry Chicken, Sashimi Sushi, KFC, Nando’s, A lolly pop and other favourite dishes floating all the way through my mind. Cravings do at times waste alot 'RAM' memory and sometimes 'run time error' in our lives.

Recently I have been thinking how people so intensely crave each day on things in this world and eventually realise the items they crave for do not last forever, such as the taste of nicest foods you eat disappears from your tongue, the best racing car you drive will eventually break down, the money you earn will be spent and the beautiful clothes you wear will eventually worn out. We should be more concerned about craving more on the meaningful items which lasts forever such as the love and care of friends and family which forever is printed on each other’s heart and memories, help and supporting others difficulties , and living in the light with the heavenly father and not let the craving of the perishable items drive you away from what lasts forever and appreciate what has been given to you.

Now, Imagine you were in a situation where you go to a restaurant and something you were really craving for has been sold out? Will you just search for the next item in the list and still be happy or the dangers of craving take over your mind and lives like this video I’ve found on YouTube -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zd0qG0iwTA&NR=1

A learning which I had was “No matter what you eat (whether its really nice like shark fin soup or terrible like vegemite icecream), everything will eventually taste the same (~which is tasteless); however there are other things in which its taste will last forever” - dont let the the wrong cravings slowly eat you away and appreciate what has been made available for you.

“And this world is fading away, along with everything that people crave. But anyone who does what pleases God will live forever” 1 John 17