EATING FRUITS - contributed by Mr. Ang Lee San

We all think eating fruits means just buying fruits, cutting it and just popping it into our mouths. It's not as easy as you think. It's important to know how and when to eat.


What is the correct way of eating fruits?

IT MEANS NOT EATING FRUITS AFTER YOUR MEALS! * FRUITS SHOULD BE EATEN ON AN EMPTY STOMACH.
If you eat fruit like that, it will play a major role to detoxify your system, supplying you with a great deal of energy for weight loss and other life activities.
FRUIT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT FOOD. Let's say you eat two slices of bread and then a slice of fruit. The slice of fruit is ready to go straight through the stomach into the intestines, but it is prevented from doing so.
In the meantime the whole meal rots and ferments and turns to acid. The minute the fruit comes into contact with the food in the stomach and digestive juices, the entire mass of food begins to spoil....
So please eat your fruits on an empty stomach or before your meals! You have heard people complaining - every time I eat watermelon I burp, when I eat durian my stomach bloats up, when I eat a banana I feel like running to the toilet etc - actually all this will not arise if you eat the fruit on an empty stomach. The fruit mixes with the putrefying other food and produces gas and hence you will bloat!

Graying hair, balding, nervous outburst, and dark circles under the eyes all these will NOT happen if you take fruits on an empty stomach.

There is no such thing as some fruits, like orange and lemon are acidic, because all fruits become alkaline in our body, according to Dr. Herbert Shelton who did research on this matter. if you have mastered the correct way of eating fruits, you have the Secret of beauty, longevity, health, energy, happiness and normal weight.

When you need to drink fruit juice - drink only fresh fruit juice, NOT from the cans. Don't even drink juice that has been heated up. Don't eat cooked fruits because you don't get the nutrients at all. You only get to taste. Cooking destroys all the vitamins.

But eating a whole fruit is better than drinking the juice. If you should drink the juice, drink it mouthful by mouthful slowly, because you must let it mix with your saliva before swallowing it. You can go on a 3-day fruit fast to cleanse your body. Just eat fruits and drink fruit juice throughout the 3 days and you will be surprised when your friends tell you how radiant you look!

KIWI: Tiny but mighty. This is a good source of potassium, magnesium, vitamin E & fiber. Its vitamin C content is twice that of an orange.

APPLE: An apple a day keeps the doctor away? Although an apple has a low vitamin C content, it has antioxidants & flavonoids which enhances the activity of vitamin C thereby helping to lower the risks of colon cancer, heart attack & stroke.

STRAWBERRY: Protective Fruit. Strawberries have the highest total antioxidant power among major fruits & protect the body from cancer-causing, blood vessel-clogging free radicals.

ORANGE : Sweetest medicine. Taking 2-4 oranges a day may help keep colds away, lower cholesterol, prevent & dissolve kidney stones as well as lessens the risk of colon cancer.

WATERMELON: Coolest thirst quencher.. Composed of 92% water, it is also packed with a giant dose of glutathione, which helps boost our immune system. They are also a key source of lycopene - the cancer fighting oxidant. Other nutrients found in watermelon are vitamin C & Potassium.
GUAVA & PAPAYA: Top awards for vitamin C. They are the clear winners for their high vitamin C content. Guava is also rich in fiber, which helps prevent constipation. Papaya is rich in carotene; this is good for your eyes.

MOTHERS - contributed by Mrs. Jacinta Michael

Real Mothers don't eat quiche; they don't have time to make it.

Real Mothers know that their kitchen utensils are probably in the sandbox.

Real Mothers often have sticky floors, filthy ovens and happy kids.

Real Mothers know that dried play dough doesn't come out of carpets.

Real Mothers don't want to know what the vacuum just sucked up.

Real Mothers sometimes ask 'Why me?' and get their answer when a little

Voice says, 'Because I love you best.'

Real Mothers know that a child's growth is not measured by height or years or grade... It is marked by the progression of Mummy to Mum to Mother...

The Images of Mother
4 YEARS OF AGE - My Mummy can do anything!

8 YEARS OF AGE - My Mum knows a lot! A whole lot!

12 YEARS OF AGE - My Mother doesn't really know quite everything.

14 YEARS OF AGE - Naturally, Mother doesn't know that, either.

16 YEARS OF AGE - Mother? She's hopelessly old-fashioned.

18 YEARS OF AGE - That old woman? She's way out of date!

25 YEARS OF AGE - Well, she might know a little bit about it!

35 YEARS OF AGE - Before we decide, let's get Mum's opinion.

45 YEARS OF AGE - Wonder what Mum would have thought about it?

65 YEARS OF AGE - Wish I could talk it over with Mum.

The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair.

The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides. The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole, but true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she Shows, and the beauty of a woman with passing years only grows!

From Our Daily Bread - 7 September 2009 - UNANSWERED PRAYERS

An explanation we often hear for “unanswered” prayers is that we don’t have enough faith. But Jesus said in Luke 17:6 that if we have faith the size of a mustard seed, we can command a mulberry tree to be uprooted and planted in the sea and it will obey us. In other words, the effectiveness of our prayers depends not on how much faith we have but on whether we even have faith.


Luke tells of a Roman centurion with “great faith” (7:9). His faith was expressed first as an appeal to Jesus to heal his dying servant. Then it was expressed as an acknowledgment that Jesus could heal his servant anytime, anywhere. The centurion did not ask Jesus to do things his way.

Faith has been described as “trusting God’s heart and trusting God’s power.” Some prayers that seem to go unanswered are simply instances in which God has lovingly overruled our wishes. He knows that what we have asked for is not best. Or it may be that our timing is not His timing, or He has some far greater purpose in mind. Let us remember, even Jesus prayed to His heavenly Father, “Nevertheless not My will, but Yours” (Luke 22:42).

Do we have the centurion’s great faith—a faith that trusts God to do His work, in His way? — C. P. Hia

Unanswered prayers are answered still

As part of God’s great master plan;

They help to carry out His will

To demonstrate God’s love for man.

—D. De Haan

God’s answers are wiser than our prayers.

Teacher's Day 2009 - Lunch @ Serangoon Gardens Country Club

Dear Teachers and Staff of Presbyterian High School,

This is a day specially dedicated to YOU!

For all the hardwork and dedication you have extended to the pupils of PHS (our children), here's wishing God's continuous blessings to shower upon you on this Teacher's Day and more to come!

We remember Elder Alvin's message this afternoon on Jesus - the Teacher and how we can look up to Him and be more like Him!

Photos for the memories .... Heliconia Room @ Serangoon Gardens Country Club!

(For the records - we were the last function to be held at this function room before demolition works to make way for an even larger function hall!)

The PSG greeters wishing all teachers a "Happy Teacher's Day"!

A joyful celebration accompanied by a colorful array of balloons!

Each table was decorated with hand-made crepe flowers, made with love by the PSG, Student Councillors and Alumni.

Elder Alvin delivering the Teacher's Day message:

PRESENTATON OF THE LONG SERVICE AWARDS

Long Service Awards were conferred to Mrs. Anne Lua, Mrs. Pow, Mr. Tan Bak Seng & Mr. Ang (away)

Lucky Draw winners were drawn by Elder Alvin, Mr. Lim Yan Hock, Mdm Lee Hwee Ling & Mrs. Agnes Chan.

What are the teachers mesmerized with?      

This is Mr. Yusof, our Snake Charmer entertainer - it was a very educational entertainment slot, coupled with laughter and magic!  Thank you Mr. Yusof!

Entertainment by Mr. Yusof - the Snake Charmer, has certainly charmed one of our teachers with a sand boa in his hands.

Special thanks to:
Elder Alvin Ooi, Elder Sunny, Elder Winston, Elder Michael Lee, Pastor Lim Chye Peng, Mr. Lim Yan Hock, Mdm Lee Hwee Lin for gracing this special occasion.
Winston Thio who has graciously accepted his emcee role (with very short notice)
Alumni for the support on Function room decorations
Jenny Chin for coordinating the Lucky Draw
The PSG team - Rose, Jenny, Jacinta & Bernard, Ang & Sheena, Noriko, Celia, Elicia & Alvin.

We missed you:
Teachers who are on reservist or away on work assignments and sick leave ....

The PSG team: Mrs. Sheena Ang, Mrs. Jenny Chin, Mrs. Agnes Chan, Mrs, Jacinta Michael, Mrs. Rose Tan and Mrs. Celia Lee. (Missing from photo: Mrs. Noriko Ide, Mr.Ang Lee San, Mr. Bernard Michael, Elicia & Alvin Soh)

A Teacher's Day Story

By Ray A. Lingenfelter


I dreamed I stood
in a studio
And watched two
sculptors there,
The clay they used
was a young child's mind
And they fashioned it with care.

One was a teacher;
the tools she used
were books and
music and art;
One was a parent
with a guiding hand
and a gentle loving heart.

And when at last
their work was done
They were proud of
what they had wrought
For the things they
had worked into the child
Could never be
sold or bought.

And each agreed she
would have failed
if she had worked alone
For behind the parent
stood the school,
and behind the teacher
stood the home