We Had Chicken Wings For Dinner

We reached the park early but others were earlier than us. After our 3rd rounds, the sky was beginning to light up.

 7:00 am - dark cloud looming over us.

I took this snapshot with the spotlight on my left.

 About 20 minutes later, most of the dark clouds were gone.

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For dinner, I had marinated 8 pieces of chicken wings the night before and kept them in the fridge.

 Roast chicken wings

 Soupy Malabar Spinach (home grown) with dried prawns and egg.

We had these 2 dishes for dinner - no rice, no noodle.

 Pink Showers (Mexican Petunia).

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The following photos were taken at the National Museum.

 Rubber Tapping

All natural rubber originates in the Hevea brasiliensis. Rubber tapping is the process by which rubber is gathered. A tapper starts the trek around the plantation before dawn, as early as 2 am. The coolness of the early morning air encourages the latex to flow thus improving the yield. Tapping will continue until late morning. At each tree a special tapping knife is used to shave off the thinnest possible layer from the intact section of bark. Care must be taken not to cut too deep, nor too thick as this will reduce the productive life of the tree.

If done skillfully, this tapping panel will yield latex for up to 5 years. Then the opposite side will be tapped allowing this side to heal over. The spiral allows the latex to run down to a collecting cup attached to the tree. By noon or early afternoon, the latex will have stopped flowing. The tapper returns a few hours later and empty the latex into tin containers. The tins of latex will be carried back to a small collection centre before they are been transported to the factory. (Notes taken from National Museum).

Linking to Happy Tuesday, Image-in-ing & Tuesday's Treasures.

He turned the desert into pools of water and

the parched ground into flowing springs;

there he brought the hungry to live,

and they founded a city where they could settle.

(Psalm 107:35-36, New International Version-NIV)