Hello New year, hello New You, Time flies and we are in the middle of the first month already. I hope you have many things planned and done. And most importantly plan time for yourself. Sometimes we forget that we are the most important person to ourselves! My new year resolution is to love and …
You tube videos? Yes, I have been doing a few videos lately. I mean, actually a lot. I have given myself a challenge to do a video a day. Let’s see how it goes. I have published one video a day, so far and I hope to keep going for December and then January 2020. …
Corona virus or covid-19 is making people irrational. People are bulk buying toilet paper and store cupboard food. Supermarket shelves are empty. With all the hype going on, about the effects of Covid-19, or the corona virus, one must step back and do some rational thinking. This morning, my other half go to the supermarket …
In my recent holiday to Malaysia, I decided to travel, in addition to visiting my family. My trip to China starts very early in the morning. My sister and I arrive at the airport 4.30 am. We fly from Kualal Lumpur and reach Guilin, the capital city of Hunan province in South central part of …
Here are some photos of 2018 [ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”5″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_slideshow” gallery_width=”600″ gallery_height=”400″ cycle_effect=”fade” cycle_interval=”10″ show_thumbnail_link=”1″ thumbnail_link_text=”[Show thumbnails]” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] We had a simple dinner with some friends over the new year, It was nothing much, no hoo hah, not sweating over the stove. Just a simple cooked dinner in …
After spending my time in the mainland, I went to Penang Island. In the morning we went to the Jelutong Morning market. This is a typical morning market where there are stalls selling food, like vegetables, meat, fish, poultry and everyday essentials. There are also shops selling all sorts of goods and coffee shops selling …
Here, I am continuing my trip to Penang and savouring the glorious food. In Part 2, we went to Yeow Kee Restaurant before my sister departed to KL. We then went back home to my brother’s and have a rest and catch up. And as usual we have more food for tea. My brother decided …
On the 4th day of CNY , my sister had to leave for her home as she starts work the next day. So we went for lunch in this place in Kulim. According to my sis-in-law. This place serves good roasts. Roasts here means roasts like char siew, roast pork, roast duck, roast chicken, etc. …
Continuing my Penang holidays; on the third day of CNY, we decided to go to Penang Design Village. This is a newish development featuring discount designer goods. One can get a good and cheap deal on designer stuff, great for stingy Penangites. It is located in Batu Kawan, in the main land, or Seberang Perai; …
It is seasonal cooking again!! Actually this easy stew was originally cooked with Taro – a type of Oriental yam. I used pumpkin instead as yam is hard to come across in where I live. Instead of pumpkin, I used the one that is easily available all year round – the butternut squash. Butternut squash …
During my holiday in Malaysia, I had a chance to meet up with family and friends. Friends here means SGM members as well. These are members of our local area. SGM has grown tremendously since and there are many new groups and districts and chapters. Of course the members that I know are no …
The next day we decided to check the morning activities and we volunteered to be the ‘instructors’ for the morning exercise by the pool deck. It was fun as we were a bit silly. Anyway that’s what happens on holidays. Then we went for the tour to Halong Bay. The approach to Halong Bay was beautiful, …
In my recent holidays in Malaysia, I booked a cruise to China and Vietnam, embarking in Hong Kong. It was a 4-day cruise. We flew from Kuala Lumpur to Hong Kong. Arrangements were made by our tour company to spend the night in Hong Kong and to have a day tour of the city before we …
Georgetowm Heritage Day 4th of July is the American Independence day. Malaysia’s Independence day is on 31st August. 7th July is Penang Heritage Day. On this day, Penang was recognised as a UNESCO Heritage site. Or rather Georgetown, the capital of Penang was declared as a UNESCO HERITAGE SITE There will be events held to …
