A family affair

This post is a continuation of my post of yesterday on what to do during weekends in Singapore.

What do you do with your family on a lazy sunday? Here are some suggestions.

BRUNCH

Sleep in late! It is, after all, a sunday. Yawn... goodness me! It is approaching mid-morning. Crawl out of bed sleepily, brush your teeth and arrange to meet the family members for brunch at your favourite coffee shop.

Of course, no family meal would be complete without side dishes. Fried fish sounds tempting. Better yet, order two types of fish and share them.

EARLY AFTERNOON

Be a good samaritan and rescue a dog who has somehow escaped from her home. The strange thing is that the gate is closed and there does not seem to be a gap in the fence. How did she manage to get out? She seems to be unused to the world outside her home and is brave enough to try to run across the road when there are cars approaching with no sense of danger at all. Unfortunately, her Papa and Mama do not seem to be at home. The doorbell has been pressed numerous times and the windows and front door to the home are open but no one is answering the doorbell.

Gosh! It is now raining. What can be done? She does not have a collar and it does not feel right to leave her by the side of the road (outside her home). She may run off again and worse still, in the direction of oncoming vehicles. There does not seem to be any option other than to take her home for the moment, bathe her and feed her before sending her home when the rain has stopped. Doesn't she look like a doll after a nice warm bath? Such a beauty.

MID-AFTERNOON

Spend some time listening to the Word of the Lord. In the very area of our weakness, God's undeserved favour can flow. When we are in the grace zone, right happenings will happen to us. The Lord will grant us success (right happenings) and show us kindness. He will put us at the right place at the right time. Jesus loves us very much and our miracle is on the way.

TEA TIME

What better way to enjoy a time of bonding with loved ones than to have a snack together? Cheesecake, curry puff, rum ball, hot lemon tea, milk tea, coffee... these are truly life's simple pleasures.

DINNER

Make full use of the deep fried anchovies that you bought from the coffee shop in the morning by having the entire family meet for dinner for home-cooked nasi lemak. All you need are a rice cooker (to cook the coconut rice), a conventional oven (to bake the finger food) and a microwave oven (to cook the frozen otah and to heat up the canned braised peanuts).

Of course, before everyone eats, a portion of the dinner is first set aside for Boy-Boy. He waits with bated breath while watching his dinner being prepared.

The little prince dives straight into his dinner the minute that his bowl is placed on the floor. He enjoys every morsel of his food.

In the meantime, everyone sits down to enjoy dinner. It is such a blessing to be able to have meals with one's family.

AFTER DINNER

Time to watch some television or to catch up with the rest of the family. It is also play-time with Boy-Boy.

Today, however, Boy-Boy seems a little down. Perhaps he is missing his new girlfriend (who has since gone home).

SUPPER

End the day on a sweet note with doughnuts from Donut Factory. Make a hot pot of Chinese tea and sit back to enjoy the end of the day. May tomorrow bring forth a fresh beginning with the unearned, unmerited and undeserved favour of God.