Friday, 25 June 2021

Thankful For The Food And Fruits Gifts

Since we can only start our morning walk at 7am, I tried to sleep and wake up later but it seems that my biological clock has been set and cannot be reset. To pass the time while waiting, I will read news and check messages on my hand phone. If it is still early, I will sweep the porch area and take snapshots of the morning sky.

Pink sunrise at 6:58am.
Sunrise partially hidden by dark cloud at 7:30am.
No more dark cloud at 7:33am.
Golden sunrise at 7:37am.
Starting of a warm day.
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Breakfast at home.
A friend gave us 4 home made glutinous rice dumplings (bak chang). I took out 2 from the fridge to steam for breakfast.
These 2 were peanuts and red beans "chang" or vegetarian dumplings.
Very yummy dumplings.
We had Chinese tea with the dumplings.
Bigger than palm size hibiscus from my garden.
Received the above gifts from our neighbour.
4 cup cakes individually wrapped in plastic bag.
Ready cooked sweet sour black pomfret in plastic container, kept for dinner.
Ready cooked stewed preserved vegetable with pork belly in plastic container, kept for dinner.
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Lunch
Cup cake with "tong sui"
I cooked sweet drink (tong sui) consisting of peach gum, dried longan, honey dates, red dates, goji berries, rock sugar and pandan leaves.
My portion of healthy snack to be eaten as I blog hopped.
Sweet Jackfruit from a friend's garden.
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Later in the afternoon, a friend who was shopping for essentials stopped in front of my house on her way home to bless us with the following:
From left to right: 2 green guavas, 2 mangoes, 5 apples, and some Jackfruits. So thoughtful and generous of our friend. This is more than a week's supply of fruits for us.
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Dinner
All I have to do was to heat up what my neighbour bought for us.
Sweet sour black pomfret.
Preserved vegetable (mui choy) with pork.
I just did a quick stir fry the beansprout and chives with garlic and salt to taste.
There was a little bit of this and that left behind. Not wanting to throw away food, the municipal trash bin (me) cleared up everything to avoid any leftover for the next day.


What happiness for those whose guilt has been forgiven!
What joys when sins are covered over!
What relief for those who have confessed their sins
and God has cleared their record.
(Psalm 32:1-2, The Living Bible-TLB)

60 comments:

  1. Wow! Your neighbour cooked the dishes. Looked yummy. Lovely yellow hibiscus. Just this morning I was helping my boy in his arts lesson. Draw hibiscus. We ended up with a pink hibiscus.

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    1. Thank you, Rose. Pink hibiscus is very pretty.

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  2. You live in a really kind and nice neightbourhood. The fish looks so good.

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    1. Thank you, Angie. Thank God for kind and nice neighbourhood.

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  3. i had mui choy pork belly a few days ago too....yummy!

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    1. It goes well with plain rice porridge too.....

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  4. How nice to be blessed with good food!

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  5. This food look very delicious. Enjoy.

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  6. ...thanks for the hibiscus, it makes me feel that I'm back in Maui.

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  7. So nice to receive all the gifts. Good variety too and no repeats heh.

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    1. Sometimes all good things happened in one day.

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  8. Lovely looking fruit there and what a sunrise..beautiful.

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  9. Delicious food, beautiful sky shots and a gorgeous hibiscus! Have a great weekend Nancy. :)

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    1. Thank you, Martha. Have a great weekend too.

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  10. You get such pretty morning skies.

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  11. You have great neighbors. I love fruit and I can eat it all day :) Beautiful photos. Have a good weekend:)

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    1. Thank you, Lucyna. We love fruits too. Have a good weekend too.

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  12. The yellow hibiscus is beautiful! Very nice of your neighbour and friend to give you both the food and fruits. Were you very full since you have to finish all the food to avoid keeping them in the fridge and to avoid throwing them?

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    1. Thank you, Mun. Full but not very, very full. If too full I will end up with indigestion and will be burping whole night.

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  13. Greetings and Salutations! It is so nice to have the time to take the sky shots then sweep the area and enjoy gifts from neighbors. I am a snack off and on all day. I love fruit! That hibiscus is absolutely beautiful. Yellow is one of my favorite colors. In a garden yellow really pops!

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    1. Thank you and have a beautiful weekend. Yes, you are right about yellow in the garden.

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  14. Yummy food and my husband loves those dumplings. Loves them. The gal that does my manicure and pedicures makes them for my husband now and then. Such a treat.

    Have a fabulous day and weekend, Nancy. ♥

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    1. So nice of the gal to make dumplings for your husband now and then. I am sure the dumplings are very tasty. I love dumplings too.

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  15. Wow, tasty food, and some nice skies. I've learned to eat more at meals and not snack so much but everybody is different.
    Have a great weekend.

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    1. It is healthy to eat more at meals and not snack so much. I will have to buy less snacks.

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  16. Beautiful sunrise shots, and your giant hibiscus reminds me of the sun.

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  17. We've been enjoying lovely skies down here in KL too.

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  18. Your sky pictures are lovely, and i do love the hibiscus.

    You have wonderful neighbors.

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  19. Geniales frutas y buenos regalos. Te mando un beso

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  20. Delicious looking dishes and the sunrises are stunning! The big yellow hibiscus catches the eye for sure!

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  21. Beautiful transformation from pink to golden sunrise! Gorgeous hibiscus

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  22. Love your series of sky shots and your beautiful hibiscus. Your food as always has made me hungry!

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  23. ¡ Tienes muy buenos amigos ! Besos.

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  24. Beautiful Hibiscus, Thanks for sharing with Garden Affair.

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