Mervyn Hoe: My Daily Happenings

This year has certainly zoomed past so fast and there are so many milestones in my family that I want to acknowledge. 1. Josh has entered his first year in Primary School and I'm really glad that he is coping well. His piano skills has improved tremendously and he is able to grasp and experiment to play the song he had heard on the piano! This is something that I am unable to do. He is able to swim well in free style and is confident in swimming. He enjoys gym session too! Thank God. He is interested in flipping the bible and noting down the verses in church. Anyway, he is growing well and now he has reached my Primary 4 height. Can you imagine! 2. Kate has improved in her writing skills and counting! She is able to ride a bicycle successfully! I'm really proud of her! And she is definitely a safe driver in the future. She also learns piano and with her hard work and consistent practising, with the guidance of Eve, she is able to perform well in her classes too! She enjoys

TOUCHED BY GOD I felt touched by God yesterday at Sunday service. My Pastor prayed for me for the first time and I fell! Wow. I honestly felt different. The same feeling when I first received Christ nine years ago back at EXPO. It was surreal and I realized that even though things have changed, God didn't change. He made me realise that he has blessed me spiritually, financially and also for my family. I have been praying and he gave me the chapter in Ecclesiastes 11:2. I really hope that He will give us wisdom in it! TOUCHED BY HISTORY Yesterday, I went back to my house in Sengkang, and I discovered one of my old diaries that I have written when I was at Secondary Four. I was amazed that I managed to write a post every two days and I managed to document my feelings very well! I read about my graduation day account, whereby I wore my school uniform while others wore their casual or formal clothes for the event! I was feeling out of place literally because all of us then supp

Write down what I see . I'm just so amazed that today, God showed me Jude 1. I continued to read the next chapter, and read about writing down what I see. I feel that everyday, there's so many personal and worldly encounters and experience. It's important to document down so that one day, we can read, think it through and reminisce the past experience. Exercise Today I jogged six rounds at the stadium and the feeling was terrific. These days, I didn't carry my handphone with me when jogging. I felt that it made me not focused in my exercise and I used to pause at intervals to catch pokemon. That's wasting of my time and compromising on my stamina! I have to break free from it. I just wanted the precious thirty minutes of exercise time must be optimised. Hence, no more hand phone when jogging. I have been jogging these days consistently and it gives me energy to run my schedules. Excellent! Rubbish Yes. Rubbish. I have picked up close to twenty objects on the

On 5th November 2016, we went to Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve. It was drizzling, but it didn't dampen our moods. Josh was so positive, saying that raining would be great as we could get to see more creatures! We took train to Kranji MRT and hopped onto bus 925. Map for Sungei Buloh. We only managed to walk the red path! We went to the Visitor Centre to have a break. Then there were quite a few things to do. There's this Survivor Challenge vehicle whereby you need to use the rope to pull yourself forward! The three children loved it so much. They kept trying and I have to help them to move from one end to another. Ain't this obstacle cool? Kate trying out on the vehicle. Three of them having fun! Then they tried to pull. It's quite strenuous, as you only rely on your arm power. Be careful of the metal rings at the rope area. Your hands may be stuck there. Do take note to release your hands at the right time when pulling the rope. Picture o

  We went to National Gallery on 31 Oct 2016. It's an amazing place to explore as there are children friendly events for the kids and us! Josh, Kate and Gwen at the entrance of the National Gallery Guess what's this? This is Rangoon design and we did sand art at National Gallery that day!   We were very thankful as there is a station for sand art! And it's doing the Rangoon design! It's the first time the children are doing this! And the amazing thing is that it is free, sponsored by National Gallery! Thank you so much once again.   Step 1: Peel of the part which you want to place the sand. Step 2: Take a spoonful of desired sand colour and spread gently on the paper Step 3: Continue to pour the sand on the desired places of the paper.   Step 4: Pour back the unused sand back to the tray. And repeat step 1 again. Josh's first completed sand art! It's that simple! Kate's thinking of what colours to use. I'm just

November! It is so exciting because it's November and school holidays are coming. We have included some planning in our November programmes and we just want to include nature and library in the itinerary. We are very thankful that National Library Board has a series of programmes to choose for different age range children. And also, the regular English and Chinese Story Telling help the children to be exposed to different books too. Food We have some changes in our food meal planning, especially the ingredients. Chicken We used to patronise the wet market's kampong chicken. However, whenever I eat them, I will have uncomfortable stomach bloatiness and passing off lots of gas. We also switched to Sakura Chicken. However, apparently I also have the same issue. Hence, for the past few months, I have reduced my chicken intake because I feel it's the food that the chickens are eating that are not suitable for me. And I have also read up on the injections that the farm

I'm thankful that I have learnt this verse "it's blessed to give than to receive." I have left Prudential and there'll be new agents taking the whole pie of my client base. That's good news. However, to the human flesh, I feel that my hard work and money is given to them. Is it fair? There's this imbalance feel of this money pot distributed to them. However, God gave me this verse that strengthened me. It's blessed to give than to receive! I'm honestly empowered by it and I don't need to be concerned any more about this. I treat as in I'm giving them bonus freely. How cool is that! I just have this request for them. That is I hope they can carry out same or even service quality that I have done in Prudential. This is very important. My nine years stint in Prudential can't be forgotten just overnight. It took be about two months to adjust and I'm glad this verse is there to support me mentally too! Whenever I hear my clients cha

These few months have been a transition mode for me and my family. I have changed my work company for the first time after nine years. I have gotten a new helper after seven years. I just want to blog, however I feel that the environment around me doesn't seem ideal for me to type so much about my life stories. I have been thinking. Should I journal down somewhere? Should I tell someone? I'm not sure where to document them down. I thought of some diary apps on the phone. However, I didn't have much time to jot down as my traveling time is either to generate quotations for my clients or to read god's word. God has led me to my new work place. Initially I was apprehensive for the move because of stability as well as my pool of clients that I have acquired over the nine years. I chose not to follow the herd because God didn't show me verses for it. The three verses that God had showed me were very timely, giving me necessary peace for me such that I won't be

 Couple picture I'm really blessed and touched to have just celebrated 15th year anniversary with Eve! Early morning, I woke up at 445am to jog and I came back, thinking to make a butter cake for her. (Actually the main reason was that I had a craving for it!) I went to the website to search for the ingredients. And I went to the nearby supermarket to shop for the necessary ingredients. And I did the butter cake from scratch! I spent around thirty minutes in total, from weighing of the ingredients to mixing to placing the batter onto the baking tray. I prayed for a successful butter cake before placing it into the oven. The mixed batter before placing into the oven Fresh from the oven After 25 minutes, it was done! And the whole kitchen was filled with the butter cake fragrance! The time check was 7am!  I'm so proud to say that all of them love it!! WOOHOO! All of us ate it for breakfast! Yum! Finished product Really thank god that the whole butter c

Recently, I have incorporated jogging in my morning routine. And it's good feeling to even just jog for 15 minutes. And bringing my family to Bishan Park adds up the morning fun. Around 8 am, Bishan Park has cool and refreshing air. Eve and Gwen will usually cycle to Bishan Park. Kate and I will take public transport and we will stroll and admire the greens while we walk to another bus stop to hop onto another bus service. The playground has no one and Kate will be so enthusiastic to comment that she is the first one to arrive! 4 of us. Kinda tough to get a wefie pic Sand playing is one of the relaxing activities that my children can play, apart from the usual swings, slides and climbing of obstacles. The best part is they can actually create their own imaginative world of sandcastles, without even me directing them. Eve will be near them drawing simple landscapes of the park. For me, I will be doing my jogging and some statics at Bishan Park. It's really enjoyable. I

Celebrating Reunion Dinner at our very own place is good news because we get to prepare our own food and also, do a massive clean up for our home too! This is what our place looked like after we have cleaned them up!    Picture of our living room. Neat?   Our new enlarged living room and the door way. In fact, this was the first time that we bought Yu Sheng! I asked my colleagues about their usual Yu Sheng orders and we chose the one from Sushi Tei! It was so delicious. My sister, Eileen, was able to guide the excited children in the pouring of the condiments into the Yu Sheng. We didn't add the raw food into the vegetables because it would not be suitable for the young ones. We ate the sashimi separately. Aunt Eileen with Josh and Kate. They were amazed by the number of ingredients to be added inside.   Group picture with our special guest dog, Steady!   Huat ah!   The sauce wasn't too sweet and the vegetables were fresh too!   Josh spot