Rainbow, Sunset & Final Resting Place

One evening our neighbour saw a rainbow. She was driving and she was only a few houses away from home. She stopped by the roadside to take the following snapshots and she forwarded them to me.

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I didn't get to see the rainbow because I was busy cooking in my kitchen. By the time I came out from the kitchen, I could only get to see the following sunset.

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For every new day, there is sunrise and there is sunset to end the day. Just like our life here on earth, after all the toiling there will be a final resting place for us all.

Hubby and I went along with our friends to attend the opening ceremony of the Christian columbarium at the Christian cemetery in Tambun, Ipoh on the 1st October, 2022.

There is a need for a columbarium for those who chose to be cremated. After obtaining approval, an open air columbarium has been put up and almost completed except for some final surface finishes.

The open air columbarium is in the centre with burial plots on both sides.

There are 2 rows running parallel but I cannot remember exactly the number of blocks in each row or the number of niches available to hold the urns for the ashes after cremation.

I think there are about 126 niches in each block.

Due to the limited number of burial plots, people are now more open to this as their final resting place.

For those whose loved one have been buried in a burial plot like the above, application for niches can be made on the existing grave. I was told but this auntie cannot remember now.

After such a gloomy post on final resting place, I want to share my bright yellow hibiscus with red centre to cheer things up.

I have been trying to propagate with some cuttings but I don't know why this time there is no success. I have done it successfully before.

Linking to Skywatch Friday.

Let us see your miracles again;

let our children see glorious things, the kind you used to do,

and let the Lord our God favor us and give us success.

May he give permanence to all we do.

(Psalm 90:16-17, The Living Bible-TLB)

A Rainbow Brings Hope

I thought I would take a few days leave from posting on my blog starting yesterday (83rd day MCO) but something made me change my mind. It was after dinner when I took the trash out that I saw the rainbow in the sky.

 7:23 pm

It was a short rainbow but it caught my attention.

 I quickly went into the house to get my smartphone before the rainbow disappear.

 Even though it was a short rainbow but the very sight of the rainbow is a sign of hope. We are on the road to recovery from the pandemic. Yesterday, the prime minister announced further relaxation of the MCO and from 10th June, many will be able to travel home to visit their families throughout the nation.

 On the opposite site, a snapshot of the setting sun over Kledang Hill.

Yesterday, I call my hairdresser to get an appointment for a haircut. Since the announcement, many of the clients have called her. I am glad that she is able to slot me in as the last customer for Thursday. As we look forward to our lives getting back to normal, we must not to be careless but to follow the safety guidelines to protect ourselves from the Covid-19 virus.

We live within the shadow of the Almighty,

sheltered by the God who is above all gods.

This I declare, that he alone is my refuge, my place of safety;

he is my God, and I am trusting him.

(Psalm 91:1-2, The Living Bible-TLB)

Nasi Lemak, Bak Kwa, Gold Sky & Rainbow

We woke up to a wet Sunday morning, 47th day MCO. This is the 7th online Sunday Worship and the 1st Holy Communion celebration under MCO. 

View of Kledang Hill (west side) at 7:08 am.

Sunrise at 7:08 am.

Sunrise at 7:09 am.

Kledang Hill at 7:28 am.

Sunrise at 7:29 am.

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Breakfast

We want to try this nasi lemak so we bought 2 packets @ RM 2.80 each.

Rice cooked with coconut milk, 1 fried eye, fried anchovies and peanuts, cucumber slices and sambal gravy packed separately.

I like my nasi lemak with lots of sambal gravy.

I like to mix the rice and sambal gravy together. Nasi lemak tastes good.

Just nice for hubby but I prefer it to be a little bit more spicy.

Steamed buns and pastries.

I also bought 2 nam yue pau @ RM 2.50 each.

1 kaya puff and 1 egg tart (can't remember the price).

The above were harvested from my garden.

Pre-lunch: We had papaya.

Lunch: Egg tart for me and kaya puff for hubby.

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After lunch, I got busy grilling the pre-marinated bak kwa (sweet pork jerky).

Hubby paid RM 50 plus for half kilogram bak kwa.

Now we can enjoy cheaper home made bak kwa snack.

Evening sky at 5:29 pm.

Evening sky at 6:00 pm.

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Simple dinner, no cooking in the kitchen.

We have been snacking on the bak kwa (pork jerky), so we had these 2 steamed buns for our dinner.

Just to show what is inside the steamed bun.

Filling: thick slices of nam yue marinated pork belly.

Nam yue is red fermented soy bean paste.

Our friend took this image of a golden sky from his house.

And I took this image of a double rainbow from my house.

The rainbow that I have put in the sky will be my sign to you

and to every living creature on earth.

It will remind you that I will keep this promise forever.

(Genesis 9:13, Contemporary English Version-CEV)

Awed By The Double Rainbow.

Last Tuesday at about 6.50 pm, I received a phone call from a friend. First thing she asked was where were I. I replied I were in the house. Then she told me, "Quick, there is a beautiful rainbow! Capture it with your camera before it fades away!"

I rushed out of the house and true enough, there was a beautiful double rainbow in the sky. The sun was shining and it was drizzling as the same time. At the same time, my friends were also taking photos of the rainbow from their own location. Thanks to my friends who have generously shared with me some of their rainbow photos. 

# 1 - Photo credit: May Tan

# 2 - Photo Credit: Boey

# 3 - Photo Credit: Boey

# 4 - Photo Credit: May Tan

# 5 - And these not so clear ones were captured with my humble mobile phone camera. The double rainbow was fading away and can only see a single rainbow

# 6 - Photos 5,6,7 taken in front of my house.

# 7 - There is a very slight vision of the 2nd rainbow which is not very clear. Can you see it?

# 8 - This was taken from the back of my garden.

Linking to Skywatch Friday.

I have placed a rainbow in the clouds as a sign of my promise

until the end of time, to you and to all the earth.

(Genesis 9:13, The Living Bible-TLB)