Kathy’s Word of the Week
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consummate
Pronunciation:
kon-suh-mit
Definition:
supremely skilled
As used in a sentence:
She is a consummate singer and incomparable actress.
Pronunciation:
kon-suh-mit
Definition:
supremely skilled
As used in a sentence:
She is a consummate singer and incomparable actress.
Finally visited Mara's Continental Restaurant by Rt. 35. Yesterday 4/30, around 4:30pm. It was Friday specials...meaning the dishes I ordered were only made for Fridays. Charred Octopus for $20, Pan Seared Chilean Sea Bass Over Risotto Special $42. I knew it was pricey, I just always wondered how it would taste. Based on the few reviews, I doubted that a high class restaurants would be any good in South Amboy, not to mention running business here. However, the food was indeed excellent. The price is still too high class for me, but the charred Octopus (two good size about 7" each tentacles), with well marinated "skin". Not too hard, not to rubbery (Americans hate that, unlike Chinese). The Seared Chilean Sea Bass was awesome as well. The butter marinate and the texture on the bass were incredible...I tried to identify the ingredients, but that's about it...I think the waiter mentioned white wine was used. But the amount of aroma used was definitely not too much and not too little. I guess to find a fish like that the keyword would be CHILEAN sea bass. I would go back, but only for very special occasion.
Thinking back on certain issue, if I hadn't said it, this is it, that Rev. Lin's ministry is like that of Bill Gothard's: The ministry of Uzzah: 乌撒的事奉. "justifying lies for the ministry", "Apologizing on behalf of all Christians", these are all works of unholy hands trying to make it look like their unholiness is qualified if it is "helping/supporting" God's ministries.
So the paragraph symbol thing is controlled in Fonts. You can turn it off in the ribbon menu like in Windows Outlook but it keeps turning back on.
So go to Outlook Preferences > Fonts. And go into every Fonts option to turn off the "HIDDEN" effect.
As for the signatures, in Outlook Preferences, there is a Signatures option.
Hopefully these settings stay for a while, who knows, nowadays these developers love to change layouts constantly, as if they need to prove they are evolving or something.
Pronunciation:
aw-steer
Definition:
severe in manner or appearance; forbidding
As used in a sentence:
Because the dark house looked austere on Halloween night, most trick-or-treaters avoided it altogether.
Briefly glanced through churches in the neighborhood, particularly PCA, since there really aren't many reformed denominations around. PCA is less likely to be influenced by fundamentalists than OPC. Though we certainly don't want the ReVoice folks like Scott Sauls. Using the PCA directory, I've found 4 churches towards the West:
Good News Church: They are listed as "mission" instead of "church" in the directory, don't know what that means. But I think is a Korean populated church. They meet at The Wilberforce School which is near Princeton. They also have online live stream on Zoom which is in the weekly email you have to get them to email you.
Service is at 10:30am.
Redentor Presbyterian Church: Something's odd about this church. Their website listed their location in UK or Bronx, I don't know which and it seems to be in Portuguese.
So I got my 2nd vaccination shot 2 days ago on Wednesday (4/21). It is true, though the first shot made me feel like I'm from Krypton as there was only a slight sore on the left arm where the shot was applied, the second shot had the same effect and more. I didn't feel much the first day, but on the second day (Yesterday) I did feel "Almost" feverish and felt some light ghost sores all over, left chest close to the heart, in the head, sometimes in both arms and thighs, etc. They are so light I do wonder if they are related to the vaccination or if it's just a coincidence form bad sleeping postures which occur to me often or gas in the body or something else completely. Of course, if I were to guess, I would say it's Pfizer, because of the statistics of 2nd shot effects on others.
The America First caucus - is what many so called Far-Right, conservative, Republicans are trying to form/join. It's for upholding the white Anglo-Saxon tradition in America and putting heavy restrictions on immigrations. This reminds me of Malaysia's Hak Keistimewaan for orang Melayu. I sure am curious how this will play out should they win. But even former House Speaker John Boehner (Republican) criticized against it. I wouldn't be surprised many of the ones I have come to know in America as Christians would support it. Of course, I'm not talking about U.S. immigrants. At this point, America's diversity is strong enough to deflect this kind of idea, even though I welcome them to form it, because I'm sure they won't get much support, as long as the people are smart enough to see where it is leading. These people I'm referring to are obviously not the minority of nonchalant low IQ type who wouldn't even know when they are being criticized.
Derek Chauvin's verdict: guilty on 3 counts. I could only base my opinion from experts like Ben Shapiro. I'm not going to study this myself. It sounds to me that Chauvin's verdict is ridiculous in that at most, he's guilty only on one count: 2nd degree manslaughter. 2nd degree murder (non-premeditated intent to murder) is debatable, but 3rd degree murder (depraved-heart murder), which is not used in most states, shouldn't be on the docket as Shapiro puts it. It's the kind of charge against someone who intent to cause harm but there's no specific target. So while there's no looting, I think the BLM celebrations are still a sign of showing off of BLM or post-modernist superiority and dictatorship. They ran the street yesterday on 34th street as I was going home from work, though appear to be harmless. I love Greg Gutfeld's (of Fox News) remark: That he was happy that the trial found Chauvin guilty on all 3 charges, EVEN IF he wasn't guilty on all 3. It's witty and gutsy. I had to read the articles carefully just to be sure I was on the same page as him, because very few people would be smart and brave enough to come up with this kind of sarcasm. Most liberals would jump on "YES" at the first part of his statement, but after listening to his 2nd part, they all suddenly cringed...HaHaHa! Why? Because if they agree completely, that means they would have to admit the unspoken truth Gutfeld was delivering: That the court is a circus. The Jury may very well be intimidated by the threat of looting and therefore be responsible for the country going up in flames. The court does not look at the evidence, making rash decision like this in matter of a few weeks. Even Ben Shapiro could predict the outcome seeing such quick conclusion for the verdict.
On the side note, Derek's tax evasion and complaints of his aggressions have also been dug up. His wife filed for divorce just after the murder. Interestingly, his wife is of Asian descent, Hmong people, from Laos. My quick summary is that Kellie Chauvin's bio tells me that she's likely just looking for better life herself, if there's nothing fishy behind their divorce. However, I wouldn't dismiss possible hardship she has struggled in her life, I had hoped that she would stay in the marriage to support her husband. But then of course, I don't know the Chauvins, how's Derek's character.
The victims of racism think the result of this case gave them comfort somehow. However, I think they are greatly erred. Yes, racism exists, but this may be far from it. If they want to see justice against racism, maybe try moving to Utah or any white people populated area and see how the challenge will be. Now I better not cross a line here, for I would be committing the sin of Balaam. The fine line between love for the children of God and pleasure for wickedness must be drawn here. This is a caution, that perhaps the worst has yet to come. There may be a great civil battle coming in USA.
I noticed that the region of China along Northern India (Mainly North-Eastern along the Brahmaputra river), Bhutan, Nepal, Pakistan, Afghanistan & Tajikistan, must have some very good weather areas that are not too hot or not too cold year round. These would be around the valleys surrounding the Himalayans. Because the mountains are always super cold, but when descending to the foot, the temperature would have to drop to the tropical zone, so somewhere in between must be like paradise. Oh well, I'll leave this as a question for my future self to explore further.
What happens when children of great men cannot live up to their fathers' standards or fame? They sell their fathers' books to survive.
I noticed a lot of new generation (around my generation and younger) preachers/preacher-denier-wannabe (such as Alex) are only good at disseminating information rather than coming up with real original work of their own. Praising others rather than doing a project of their own. They would probably call it...humility or standing on the shoulders of giants.
Pronunciation:
im-peer-ee-uhs
Definition:
overbearing
As used in a sentence:
The emergency room doctor was an imperious man who got angry if his instructions were not followed immediately.
Votum: Yohanes 10:11a, 27-28a
Hymn #1: Kristuslah Batu Penjuru (Christ is Made Sure Foundation) by Joachim Neander, Latin Hymn 9th C.
Hymn #2: 'Ku Bertemu Yesus Sobatku (Saved! Saved!) by Jack P. Scholfield
Pembacaan Alkitab: Yohanes 10:11-16
Hymn #3: Pakailah Waktumu (Take Time to Be Holy) by William D. Longstaff, George C. Stebbins
4th Church, Thyatira, the longest message. Of 7 churches, 5 received warning: Repent.
Unlike today's church leaders/servants, who compromise with today's politics, Elijah did not.
Like Elijah running away from Jezebel, many pastors after achieving success, fall.
Many churches in America are closing due to false teaching, chasing after liberalism.
Liberal churches never really bear any fruits. Like harlots who become barren due to too many sexual malpractices.
American Presbyterian churches in this past 100 years, have lost 2 million members due to the church's pursuit of liberalism.
Hymn #4: Tuntun Aku, Tuhan Allah (Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah) by William Williams, John Huges.