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25 June, 2010

Life - Like Making A Cake!

Making a cake is no easy task. The ingredients, their quantity and composition, the methods to mix them together, the temperature of the oven, the tools being used (and how they are used), the time inside the oven and how long to keep them inside after the oven is switched off, how to cool it down (upside down), and how to take it out of the container without damaging the cake, and how to present it to your friends (so that they can enjoy the cake even better). Not to say that some people like the cake to be sweeter, some would prefer the cake to be more puffy inside, and some are very specific about the appearance of the cake, etc. In short, it is no easy task to make a "good" cake.


The picture above shows you how a "good" cake should look like. Gifted by God, our family are being looked after by various friends and relatives. The above angel cake was made by Katherina, very puffy, not sweet (which we prefer) and with the brownish appearance. This cake now becomes Olivia's favorite, and Esther is still learning how to make similar quality ones (and is progressing well).

Like life, it is no easy task. We need to learn a lot of skills, keep a right and proper balance, endure the ups and downs, and continue to learn and being educated. We doomed to have failure from time to time but then it's important to stay positive and be confidence that we are able to overcome any challenges. Or even we lost the fight, the positive energy will make the fighting process more enjoyable!

It would be nice, of course, if we can finally win the race and enjoy the harvest as well, like in this case, isn't it tempting by looking at the photo that you prefer to have a bite on the beautiful, beautiful angel cake? Hahahah!

3 comments:

  1. Dear Matthew,

    Thanks God we are human.

    Thanks God I'm layman. Happiness is so simple and pure.

    Thanks for your sharing. Let's focus on the beauty of the world. Let's enjoy every second, every minutes and everyday.

    God bless U all. Best wishes to you, Esther and your lovely children and family members.

    Best blessing,

    Ah King

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  2. For those of you folks that do not know Matthew personally, this is the way he lived his life, and continue to do so!

    And these are his SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) for life we can all borrow from! - please smile, Matthew....

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  3. I still have not master the skill yet. Like you said, life has its ups and down. It is when we are down that we learn from our mistakes and feel the closeness of our dearest ones.

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