Reunion CNY Dinner 2023

I have been missing in action after my last post on the 18th January, 2023 and that is about 4 days. I had to do the last minute spring cleaning because the cleaner woman's daughters were sick and couldn't come. I had to do the last minute shopping plus getting ready some Chinese New Year snacks.

Here is wishing "Happy, Healthy & Prosperous Chinese New Year 2023" to everyone celebrating the Chinese New Year.

Crunchy home fried arrowhead chips or nyaku and imitation crab sticks on the left and toasted cashew nuts.

The above 2 types of Love Letters were bought. On the left is love letters with peanut butter and chopped almond filling.  On the right is love letters with chicken meat floss filling.

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The following were all gifts from friends.

Cashew nut cookies and pineapple tarts.

On the left is Almond Florentine and on the right is Seaweed Crisps.

On the top is Chocolate nut cookies, on the left is Chicken biscuits and on the right is Pistachio nuts.

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Simple home cooked Reunion Dinner.

Fried Prawns

Roast Duck ordered from a restaurant.

Yee Sang or CNY prosperity toss salad dish ordered from a nearby restaurant.

The vegetables were all hidden underneath the crunchy stuff.

Blanched Ipoh beansprouts with garlic oil, oyster and soy ssauce.

Left over salted vegetable + roasted pig leg soup from lunch.

Reunion dinner 2023.

We had left over roast duck for the next day.

Ushering in the CNY 2023 with this beautiful Adenium flower, a gift from a friend.

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Breakfast this morning, Monday 23rd January (2nd day CNY).

Most of the coffee shops in our area are closed for 2 days and only 2 shops are opened and they were overflowing with customers. In the end, we went to a Mamak shop for a relaxed breakfast to avoid the crowd.

I ordered tosai with plain water and hubby ordered roti canai with teh tarik (Forgot to snap photos) Elder son ordered the above roti canai sarang burung with kopi ais. Younger son still sleeping in his room.

Visit Perak mural for Monday Mural.

Linking to Monday Mural.

Stay on the path that the Lord your God has commanded you to follow.

Then you will live long and prosperous lives in the land

you are about to enter and occupy.

(Deuteronomy 5:33, New Living Translation-NLT)

My Adenium Beauties

All my Adenium plants have stopped flowering probably due to the raining season. I have moved my Adenium plants out of the rain and currently they are not getting much sunlight. Once the rainy season is over, I will have to move them out into the sun again.

Today, I came across these photos of my Adenium blooms in one of the folders on my desktop and I want to share them with you in this post. I hope to see these beautiful blooms again when the warm season starts. The blooms are from 4 different plants.

#1 - Type 1 (Single layer petals)

#2 - Type 1

#3 - Type 1

#4 - Type 1

#5 - Type 1

#6 - Type 1

#7 - Type 2 (Single layer petals)

#8 - Type 2

#9 - Type 3 (Multi layer petals)

#10 - Type 3

#11 - Type 3

#12 - Type 1 (left) & Type 3 (right)

#13 - Type 3 (left) & Type 2 (right)

#14 - Type 3

#15 - Type 4

#16 - Type 4

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The following pictures are for joining Saturday's Critters.

This is the first time seeing this red insect.

This looks like a white egret which I have seen in some blogs.

Please correct me if it is not because I don't know much about birds.

These 2 birds were seen in a residential area.

Linking to Saturday's Critters.

And just as there are different kinds of seeds and plants,

so also there are different kinds of flesh.

Humans, animals, fish, and birds are all different.

(1 Corinthians 15:39, The Living Bible-TLB)

My Pink Adenium & Other Pink Flowers.

One morning as I walked into my side garden, I was greeted by a beautiful sight. My lovely, sweet pink Adenium has flowered! I received this plant from a friend and this is the first time it has flowered under my care. I actually thought I will lose this plant because at one time it looked kind of lifeless. I changed its position a few times and finally got it out of the rain.

I have other Adenium plants with different shades of pink and red. You can click here, here and here if you are interested to enjoy their beauty.

Lovely, sweet pink Adenium.

I didn't have the heart to cut off the long stem.

And have allowed the plant to grow tall and skinny.

Even though tall and skinny, it has it own beauty.

This makes me beam with love and joy!

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Below are more pink flowers from my garden for joining Floral Bliss.

Tall Pink Petunias.

Tall Pink Petunias.

Cotton Rosemallow or Hibiscus Mutabilis (in the morning)

Cotton Rosemallow or Hibiscus Mutabilis (in the afternoon)

And finally, the Deep Pink Frangipani or Plumeria.

Linking to Floral Bliss.

I pray that your partnership with us in the faith may be

effective in deepening your understanding

of every good thing we share for the sake of Christ.

(Philemon 1:6, New International Version-NIV)

My New Adenium Plant With Its First Flower!

I can't remember exactly, but I think it was about a year ago that I bought 3 baby Adenium plants from the nursery. The plants at that time were about 4 - 5 inches tall. The lady boss told us that these baby plants were grown from seeds and it will take a longer time to flower. The plants were not tagged and the colour of their flowers unknown.

I love Adenium but somehow my Adenium plants don't seem to do well. Someone once adviced me not to pay too much attention to them. One had died, another is struggling to stay alive but one is looking healthy and growing well. So whenever any of the plants flowered, I get excited and overjoyed!

One day, I noticed a little bud on this plant (no photo to show the bud), and I hoped the flowers will be different from those in my garden.

Ta da! Presenting to you my first bloom of my Adenium plant! I am so glad that it is different from the other Adenium flowers in my garden.

I think after this flower, I should re-pot the plant into a bigger pot.

Here are my other Adenium plants in my garden.

A multi layered Red Adenium on the left and a single layered pink Adenium. The pink petals are longer and narrower than the new flower.

This newly opened Adenium flower has single layer round and broader petals with white shades in the centre. I hope more flowers will be on the way and looking forward to the other plant to flower too.

Linking to Floral Bliss.

You who are trying to be justified by the law have been

alienated from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.

For through the Spirit we eagerly await by faith

the righteousness for which we hope.

(Galatians 5:4-5, New International Version-NIV)