That They May Know: Three Times the Food: Three Times the Joy!

Yes I know, I'm always blogging about food, the kitchen and well, more food - but I'm always helping out in the kitchen, what do you expect? Haha! I went to help out at the St. Ebbes kitchen last evening, to cook for the i-Focus bible study group (I'll just call it i-Focus from now on) - well, I didn't get to do much but to serve and wash the fruits, add the tomatoes into the curry, taste and stir, and cook the rice and cut the cakes - because even though I went two hours earlier, Lottie already added all the things into the pot!

But somehow the church still thanked me profusely even though I think Lottie did most of the work! I must make up for it! Next time then!

So what did we cook last night? Well, we had Thai Red Curry (every Monday is Asian Food day!):

Thai Red Curry in the Making

The curry looked pretty, well, yellowish at the start - and interestingly, they make the curry red here by adding not more chilli or curry paste, but more tomatoes! And here's Franz with his fast hands cutting up the cakes:

Franz and His Cakes

And here's Christine, a fellow Singaporean PSC scholar reading Law, Year 1 - and I guess the PSC talk just came naturally with her:

Christine, PSC Scholar, Year 1, Law Student

And because I was too hungry, Franz gave me his Turkish Delight, which didn't really go well with me but oh well, it was filling:

Turkish Delight

And that's them having their philosophical discussion about... something:

Christine (left) and Franz (right)

Thai Red Curry

And here's the finished product, Thai Red Curry! It does look red now, doesn't it? Thanks to the tomatoes - which resulted in a rather sweet and tangy curry though.

And here's my i-Focus cell group:

Front (from left): Yong Kiat, Franz, Siu Yau, Benajmin, Man Kuan
Back (from left): John, Wes, Chris, David, Emmanuel

And look what's happening this Friday at St. Ebbes! I'm not going for such a posh event though:

American Nosh Meets Oxford Posh

And here's Franz drawing a rainbow on my bible study notebook:

Franz the Artist

And on Sunday, Franz came over and he drew me a... thing on my whiteboard:

Franz's Masterpiece

Well well, looks like he's a budding artist after all eh? :)

And well, I've got a video that totally describes my Sunday afternoon - I had apple strudel and apple crumble at David's house, and it was awesome! I think I like the fellowship but I guess I need to invest more time and effort in knowing them more too, and to pray for them:

David Lighting Up the Fireplace

He has a fireplace in his living room, how cool and awesome is that? :) And then the apple strudel was pretty nice too:

Apple Strudel from Tesco's

And while we waited for it to bake, we played Cranium:

Cranium!

And in all its glory, my apple crumble:

Apple Crumble with Vanilla Ice Cream

And the i-Focus cell seemed pretty satisfied:

i-Focus Cell

I had another serving of ice cream because it's been a while since I had ice cream:

Vanilla Ice Cream

On the way out, I saw the most interesting lane ever:

Turn Again Lane

By golly, it was right - I had to turn again indeed! :)

David's Backyard

Oh oh, before I forget, David had a rather nice backyard! :) Looks quite serene and peaceful. And when we left his house, we passed by the River Thames, with the ducks: