Noodles For Breakfast & Home Cooked Dinner

Another lovely day started with a lovely morning sky.

 7:10 am - sunrise at the park

 Lovely sky at 7:45 am

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We had the following for breakfast after the morning walk.

Kai si hor fun (shredded chicken meat noodle flat rice noodle) for hubby.

 Prawn noodle with yellow noodle for me.

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We met up with some friends at one of the shopping malls.

Saw this Halloween decoration at the mall.

 A young mother was taking a photo of her little girl.

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I harvest some green vegetable from my garden to cook for dinner.

 Baby siew pak choy.

 The vegetable was blanched with some stubby okras from my garden.

 Diced French beans and minced pork with spicy prawn paste.

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The following photos were taken before the Lantern Festival at a shopping mall. We were out shopping with friends.

 Lanterns from a Lantern Making Competition.

Some were made from angpow packets.

 The above was made from cut empty cans.

 Fishes in the aquarium.

 Someone was craving for an ice cream and we were treated to the above ice-cream.

Hubby and I shared this Baskin Robbins ice cream.

Linking to Saturday's Critters.

We talked to you as a father to his own children -

don't you remember? - pleading with you,

encouraging you and even demanding that your daily lives

should not embarrass God but bring joy to him

who invited you into his Kingdom to share his glory.

(1Thessalonians 2:11-12, The Living Bible-TLB)

Taiwan Lantern Festival (Part 1) At Jenjarom, Selangor.

The highlight of our one day trip was the Taiwan Lantern Festival. After an early dinner at Restoran Asam Batu Laut, we went on a 50 minutes drive to Jenjarom. We reached our destination at about 7.10 pm and the van stopped for us to alight in front of Fo Guang Shan Dong Zen temple. Before we alighted from the van, we were told that the van will pick us up at 8 pm. We still have to travel back to Ipoh.

I had no idea that the lantern festival is being held on the temple ground. I actually thought it was a small lantern festival held on one of the small town roads. That shows that I didn't do my homework before the trip.

Our organizers informed us to quickly check out the orchids display while there is still light. We broke up into smaller groups to make it easier to move around and watch out for one another.

  These are live orchids on display.

 An uncommon orchid specie.

 White with purple speckles. 

White and orange orchids

 Orchids of various colours.

 Luffa hanging from the wine.

 Take a seat to rest your tired feet.

 Classic Chinese opera masks

A snapshot taken from one end at 7.13 pm.

A snapshot taken from the other end at 7.25 pm.

  We could easily lose each other in this crowd.

Took this shot at 7.23 pm.

Took this shot at 7.45 pm.

 Taiwan Lantern Festival display from 16.02.2018 to 11.03.2018

 Everyone wants to take pictures.

Lighted lanterns and lights hanging overhead.

 Kampung house on stilts.

 Sit back, relax and enjoy the colourful lights.

This is beautiful.

 Chinese opera masks

 The cherry blossoms looked so real but on closer look, they are artificial flowers tied to the trees. 

Do come back for more photos in tomorrow's post.

Linking to Skywatch Friday.

Don't brag about tomorrow,

since you don't know what the day will bring.

(Proverbs 27:1, The Living Bible-TLB)

Antique Treasures And Seafood Products At Tanjung Sepat, Kuala Langat.

After the dragon fruit farm, we stopped at the Tanjung Sepat (Cassava) Tapioca factory and then moved on to the Qingren Qiao Local Product Shop and antique treasures display. I will leave the Tapioca factory visit post for tomorrow.

When we alighted from the van, we were greeted with bright red Chinese New Year decorations. I got busy taking snapshots of the many antique treasures. 

Bicycles with red umbrellas. Still in the Chinese New Year mood. We were there on the 12th day of Chinese New Year.

Ceramic wine jars tower.

A wishing well.

A big kuali with a wooden cover on a traditional firewood stove. A wooden pestle and mortar on the ground. Granite pestles and mortars in the background.

Ratan rocking chair.

Ancient Chinese sedan chair and antique chair.

Black and gold motorcycle

A granite grinder

Chinese enamel potties

Enamel potties with cover.

From left: Antique ice shaver, rubber sheets rollers and rubber tapping knives.

A close up of the rubber tapping knives and rubber sheets roller.

Hand powered ice shaver.

Old currency

Sewing machines, bicycles, etc.

Antique camera

Antique irons

Antique iron.

Ancient iron

Torchlights

Opium pipe

Record player with a broken and warped vinyl record.

A rattan cage for pig.

Antique radio

Antique kerosene lamps

Dried local seafood product and souvenirs shop 

Dried fish bladder

Antique clocks

Straw hats

The newly reconstructed Lovers Bridge going out to the sea.

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

God is our refuge and strength,

a tested help in times of trouble.

And so we need not fear even if the world blows up

and the mountains crumble into the sea.

(Psalm 46:1-2, The Living Bible-TLB)