The Church Goes to Capitol Theatre.

Okay first off, some information!

The Capitol Theatre is one of the most famous theatres in Sydney. It is located in the heart of the city and many plays have been held there, for example, The Lion King, Miss Saigon, etc etc. It is a beautiful theatre with the ceiling designed as the night sky (twinkling stars included) and many statues decorating the entire theatre.

But the coolest thing is the management of the Capitol Theatre gave Hillsong Church an opportunity to test out the theatre. So, last Sunday we had church at the Capitol Theatre!! It was super cool and the seats are so comfy that it was so hard not to fall asleep. Best of all, I was on Choir too so I got to be on stage. Okay okay, anyway the Choir got to use the dressing rooms to warm up and keep our bags, so these are some pictures of the dressing room.

These mirrors with the lights just remind me so much of those Hollywood stars! So GLAM!! These are my friends from Choir.

The singers from Hillsong were using the "Hollywood" mirrors to put on their make up & I wanted to use the mirrors too so I took out my lipgloss. Hahahaha!

My friends Summer, Sneha & Eun. By the way, this was taken at 7:30am so my eyes still cannot open yet.

I can imagine the costumes from "The Lion King" all hanging here. So cool la this dressing room!

Hahaha this is the bathroom. I was too excited to I took pictures everywhere.

The view of the stage from my seats. After doing Choir, we had to sit all the way up on the balcony.

The balcony is pretty huge & it can sit quite a number of people. I wanted to sit at the box seats, but I didn't know how to get there.

The seats look comfy right?! I told you.. It's so soft and your body kinda sinks into the seats.

The statues decorating the theatre. It's a very Roman kinda feel to it with statues without the arms and stuff. (Sorry for the dark background because the lighting in the theatre is very dim)

My most favourite piece of the theatre would have to be the ceiling. The lights are programmed to look like twinkling stars and it gives me such a magical feeling to worship under a ceiling like this.

Potato Skin Recipe.

Today I shall reveal the secret recipe of my famous potato skin. Ohohohohohoho~~! It is very simple and anyone can cook this. The reason it's named Potato Skin is because normally restaurants make this dish with the potato and the skin as well. Mine is an improvised version, instead of using the potato skin, I use foil.

Before cooking, you can start by putting on your apron. It is important to protect your clothes.

Next, here are the ingredients you will need to make Potato Skin..

Ingredient number 1: Potatoes!

Ingredient number 2: Middle Bacon!

Ingredient number 3: Cheddar cheese & Mozzarella Cheese!

Only these 3 ingredients are needed.

Next you can start preparing your ingredients.

Step 1:

Chop the potatoes into small cubes and boil them until soft.

Step 2:

After the potatoes are soft, mash them and transfer all the potatoes into a bowl.

Step 3:

Use a scissors and cut the bacon into little pieces.

Step 4:

Open the plastic packaging of your mozzarella cheese & cheddar cheese.

Step 5:

Cut out squares of foil and fold them into the shape of a bowl.

Step 6:

After folding the foil into bowl shapes, put a thick layer of potato on the botton & sides of the foil.

Step 7:

Arrange pieces of cheddar cheese over the layer of potato.

Step 8:

Arrange pieces of bacon over the layer of cheddar cheese. In my opinion, the more bacon you put, the nicer it is.

Step 9:

Top everything with a layer of mozzarella cheese. *Note I bought the mozzarella cheese that is already shredded so it's easier to use*

Step 10:

Place the Potato Skin into the oven and set it on low heat to cook the inside nicely (Example around 160 degrees). If the heat is set too high, the mozzarella at the top would be burnt and the cheddar inside would still be cold.

Step 11:

Approximately about 45 minutes later, the potato skin is ready to be eaten! (You can check whether or not the inside the cooked by poking a fork inside and pulling it out to feel whether the fork is hot or cold.)

*End of Recipe*

Other pictures of the Potato Skin:

OHH! How good does that brown mozzarella look!? The mozzarella is the one that gives you that stretchy cheesey thing.

Potato Skin is a very convenient dish. We keep it in containers and put them in the freezer, so when we are hungry we just take one out and pop it in the oven. So simple!

Salad is recommended to be eaten with Potato Skin. Since it's cheese and oven-baked, Potato skin can be quite heaty so the salad is a healthy way to prevent sore throats.

I want to thank my lovely assistant too for making this dish a success!

~The End~

Elevate 2009!!

Elevate 2009 was so good! Why was it good? Because we had a longer time of worship, compared to Sundays. Also, Joel Houston & Darlene Zschech shared the vision of the church to us and everyone got pumped up, which lead to more worship & singing. Lol!

We worshipped and had other stuff in-between like 'Elevate News' & the sharing, but I think worship alone took up almost 1 hour of the whole 2 hours we were there. We heard quite a number of new songs too because Album Recording is coming up in March so we're all learning the new songs. The new songs are really nice, so I'm really excited about the recording!

There were some setbacks about the night though....

Cause of Setback:

-Too many people going to Elevate from the City Campus.

-Not enough room on the buses.

-Sandra had to sit at the back of the bus.

-It was HOT because of the exhaust pipe under the seat.

-Baby cockroaches crawling around.
-Stuck in traffic jam with cockroaches & heat from exhaust.

Effect of Setback:

-Couldn't sleep on the bus.

-Was late for Elevate.

-Missed the first 15 minutes of worship.

-Almost fell asleep when Joel was sharing.

Photos!!

The back of the bus.. This is my good friend Alison.. *Note the traffic jam at the back*

Taneli (the blond) from Sweden & Corrie from the US. They were suffering from the heat at the back of the bus too.

Sean/toast (because of his skin) from Malaysia.

Felipe Palma from Chile. He's a huge football fan & also Sean's roommate.

Summer from Korea. She just came to Hillsong in January 2009. Really nice & sweet girl.

The guys were gentlemen and gave their seats to the girls, so they stood for half the journey & sat on the floor for the other half.

Our crowded & hot bus. See all the guys standing??

*Hillsong Church - Hills Campus* "We're here!!!!"

Elevate news brought to us by Ben Fielding & JD (Jonathan Douglas).. Hehe it was really funny with a lot of Aussie humor..

This is the Main Auditorium in the Hills Campus. This is only 3/4 of the room & there are more seats on the top. These are the people who are part of the Creative side of church, including musicians, production people, Choir, etc etc.. All the creative people from Hills & City are gathered here & of course the pastors are here too.

Of course the platform is bigger compared to the one in the City. Hehe and those people are Ben Fielding, Jad Gillies & Gabriel Kelly (from left to right).

Random picture of some HUGE drumsticks I saw outside, but I think it's hollow inside because it was pretty light..

That's All!! Cheers people!!

Job Hunting!!

Everyone like my new Blog template? I think it's so cute, if not I won't use.

Hehe, so this semester I decided it was time that I found a job. I need to stop living off my Dad's money and earn my own money (A last minute New Year's Resolution)! Anyway, my good friend Alison asked me to come along to Fox Studios because she wanted to find a job and it would be fun to just hang out, so I went. But I just brought some of my Resumes in case I get lucky and get hired, you know. I also brought my camera along because on our 30 minute walk to Fox Studios, we walk through this park that has big and shady trees. So the pictures are taken on our way to Fox Studios.

Me & Alison. Her parents are from China but she was born in the USA. So basically she's A.B.C. (American Born Chinese).

The park that we walk through. Nice shady place for a picnic. Come visit me and we'll have a picnic here!!

Huge tree trunk right?

Alison doesn't like taking pictures but I got her to just pose for one. She's quite photogenic right?

This picture can be used as the cover for 'The Purpose Driven Life'. Hehe looks like it right? This park is a relaxing place to 'pak tor' (dating).

On the way there we met some of our friends, who just came back from looking for jobs at Fox Studios. So many competitors! Anyway this is me, Natalie & Aline (pronounced A-li-ni), they're from Brazil.

So at Fox Studios there are some boutiques, cafes, restaurant, a movie theatre, a bowling alley & some other shops. So I asked around and hopefully someone will get back to me soon.

Actually the real reason I want a job is because:

1. I can buy more Tokidoki/LeSportsac bags from the Duty Free Shop.

2. M.A.C. is releasing a new range of limited edition HELLO KITTY makeup, so I need money to afford it.

3. I want to eat out once in awhile. After eating my cooking for weeks, it gets boring. Not that it doesn't taste good, my cooking is delicious (to me anyway) but I need to eat other food sometimes.

Yeah so my real intentions are revealed. Please take 20 seconds to say a short prayer for me that GOD will help me find a good job. Thank you so much!!

All my friends back home in Malaysia, "I LOVE YOU GUYS, I MISS YOU TOO!!!" That's all. Lolz.