16th April 2011 marked the birthday of the Queen of Holland. There was a flower parade to mark this auspicious day in Holland.
We went to the town of Voorhout to catch the flower parade. The children of the town. See the two babies in their beautifully decorated pram pulled by their proud parents.
The parade was not limited by vehicle type or gender. Both boys and girls took part in the float parade. There were so many types of decorated vehicles - from baby prams to bicycles to tricycles.
These three typically Dutch boys - blond and handsome definitely caught my eye as they rode past in their decorated tricycle.
I found out that the Dutch loved to sing. This was our 2nd day in Holland and we encountered our 2nd Dutch choir. This one came complete with musical instruments, conductor and macho men dressed in red.
The fancy floats that came after the children were really fancy. Some of them were so fragrant with hycinths that the fragrance reached us before the float arrived. This year's floats were based on movie themes. We had Mama Mia, Song of Music, Phantom of the Opera and so many others.
We realized how special the day was when we found out it was also Christopher mum's birthday. Awesome - for her to have her birthday coincide with the birthday of the Queen of Holland and to have grand celebrations throughout Holland such as this flower parade and so awesome of God to orchestrate this coincidence.
Chris's mum Madam Tan See Feng is the undisputed queen of the kitchen! Period. She could whip up fantastic meals for breakfast and dinner. Even her meehoon kosong tasted wonderful because she brought along her own homemade bunga kantan paste and sambal paste to Holland. She brought along her wok and with it made us so many delicious scrumptious meals. We had bah kut teh, curry chicken, prawn noodles, mee suah, fried rice etc and clearly no lack of Malaysian food!
When we went to England, we were truly surprised by another Queen. See the picture on the day of the Queen of England's birthday. Queen Tan See Feng in St. James Park escorted by her prince, Chris Lum
The Queen of England celebrated her birthday on 21st April. Wow - a trip of 3 Queens' birthday. What is God trying to speak to us?
God speaks many things to me through this coinciddence of 3 Queen's birthdays. Many things yes but of one thing I am sure and certain. This Queen Tan See Feng needs to find her king. Join me and Chris and Serena to pray that Queen Tan See Feng will open her heart and find her King - King Jesus to complete her joy.
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