Breakfast, Chilled Cheese Cake And Back To Ipoh.

By the time we woke up the next morning in our friends' house, we could smell our friend cooking in the kitchen downstairs. The previous night, I heard my friend mentioned that we will be having porridge for breakfast and I didn't expect her to come up with so many varieties. We were indeed so pampered during our stay there.

 We had fish balls.
I only remembered to take snapshots of the food after everyone has taken the first helping of the food.

 Fried Rice Vermicelli noodle.
The food prepared was enough to feed more than a dozen people.

 Fried Eggs.

 A pot of Porridge with the remnants of salted herbal chicken and roast pork.

 Boiled corn or maize. I missed out taking a photo of the mango salad or mango kerabu.

 This was my first helping of fried noodle, mango kerabu, a fried egg and chili padi or bird's eye chili. Our friend announced that we must finish the food before we leave for home because there will be too much food left for both of them. So we ended up stretching our breakfast till lunch as we chatted until we couldn't eat anymore!

 In between breakfast and lunch, our host took out his signature chilled cheese cake from the fridge. We all love chilled cheese cake.

 This cheese cake was specially for us.

 We just could not resist this delicious cheese cake. Enjoy first and worry about our weight later. We have to put in extra walking rounds when we get home.

My first slice of the delicious Mocha Chocolate Classic Cheese Cake.

 Not only were we fed with abundance of tasty food, we were blessed with young fragrance coconuts or pandan coconuts freshly plucked from the tree for us to take home.

 The fragrant coconut juice was sweet and very nutritious.

 Some photos to add to their Guests Book for sweet memories.

 All smiles and a fruitful trip for us all.

Green plastic netting as a fence for the plant nursery.

Thanks for your beautiful hospitality and goodbye until we meet again. After blessing each other with a parting prayer, we got into our car and hit the road to Ipoh.

Thank God for smooth and safe journey all the way back to Ipoh.

Linking to Skywatch Friday & Good Fences.

Oh, give thanks to the God of heaven,

for his loving-kindness continues forever.

(Psalm 136:26, The Living Bible-TLB)

My Friends' Garden At Bukit Merah Lake Town Resort.

Our friends have a big garden and some of the plants in my garden were from this garden. This garden is an exchange place for plants. We contribute some of our plants to this garden and we also take away plants from their garden back to our own garden and others did the same thing too. This garden has been blessed and in turn has been a great blessing to other gardens as well.

Many visitors from far and near have visited this home.

 As usual, I never fail to take a walk around their garden. These pretty periwinkles greeted me.

 Ahhh....these orchids are flowering and my poor orchids at home are struggling to stay alive!

 I took this photo from my bedroom window. Very nice shady branches. The leaves look like our local tapioca leaves. I wonder if these leaves are edible. 

 Bleeding Heart flowers or Nyonya Makan Sireh.

Common names: Amazon Blue, Brazilian Snapdragon.

 Scientific name: Otacanthus caeruleus

 Pretty white flowers that look like Jasmine flowers.

 Can someone help to identify this plant?

This unknown plant has glossy leaves.

For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects

of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription:

TO AN UNKNOWN GOD.

So you are ignorant of the very thing you worship -

and this is what I am going to proclaim to you.

The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of 

heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by human hands.

(Acts 17:23-24, New International Version-NIV)

Walking Exercise And Lovely Lake View.

Continuation of yesterday's post of our visit to our friends' house at Bukit Merah Lake Town Resort.

After our lunch, we continued with our fellowship. Then we had some free time for those who need to nap or have some quiet time of reading or resting. 

At about 5 pm, my friend and I went out for a short walk around the area. The others were getting ready for our drive to Taiping for dinner.

As we walked, we enjoyed the Bukit Merah Lake view.

This lake is one of the biggest fresh water lake in Malaysia.

Here ended our evening walk to be continued tomorrow morning. It was time to drive to Taiping for our dinner. I will post about our dinner in tomorrow's post.

I woke up about 6.30 am the next morning. By the time I started my morning walk it was about 8.10 am. The day was a bit hazy. Here are some shots from my morning walk.

Some residential housing over at the other end.

The light haze gave the lake a misty look.

I walked on the tar road and didn't venture out nearer to the lake.

We get to enjoy the lake view as long as the owners have not build their houses on these empty plots of land.

The trees planted on both sides are the Yellow or Golden Penda trees.

Of all the trees planted along the tar road, only one tree was blooming. It has beautiful bright yellow flowers and it is the Yellow or Golden Penda Tree.

From afar, the flowers look like yellow rambutan fruits.

Yellow or Golden Penda Flower buds.

Some of the flowers have faded.

My friend's house is on the far right.

Hopefully, on my next trip I would be able to get closer to the lake to have a better view.

Or maybe join the boat ride operated by the Lake Town resort.

That is the Bukit Merah Lake Town resort. We can see it and hear music coming from the resort. 

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The following 2 photos are for joining Tuesday's Treasures.

The photos were taken at the Chang Jiang Signature Outlet, Ipoh.

 2 pairs of Fiber Woven Slippers from the old days.

An antique bicycle. Some are still in use today.

I remembered I first learned to ride a bicycle using this model. I also remembered the bad fall I had when I pressed the hand brake and I got flung forward and got badly injured on my knees and hands. But that bad fall didn't deterred me from learning to ride a bicycle.

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

Happy is the man who is so anxious to be with me

that he watches for me daily at my gates,

or waits for me outside my home!

For whoever finds me finds life and wins approval from the Lord.

But the one who misses me has injured himself irreparably.

Those who refuse me show that they love death.

(Proverbs 8:34-36, The Living Bible-TLB)

Visiting Our Friends At Bukit Merah LakeTown Resort, Semanggol.

We have talked about visiting our friends in Semanggol but somehow we kept postponing the trip. Initially, we thought of making a day trip to visit our friends since it is only about an hour's drive but they insisted that we must at least stay overnight to have more time for fellowship.

 We woke up to a beautiful morning and we waited for another couple to join us at our house.

We had noodles for breakfast before we started our drive to Bukit Merah Laketown Resort.

It was a beautiful day with clear blue sky. It was smooth driving all the way.

 Our friends were expecting us and will be preparing home cooked lunch for us.

We will be reaching our destination soon after this uphill climb.

 A short distance from the guard house, the house came into view.

 If I am not mistaken, this is my 5th visit to this place.

We have arrived at our destination.

A beautiful house dedicated to a special ministry.

 Coconut trees in their compound.

Side garden.

After we have settled down and rested, lunch was served.

Here's our yummy-licious lunch for 6 people.

Soup - Lotus roots, chicken, fish balls, goji berries, red dates, etc.

 Stir Fried Mixed Vegetables.

Home made Roast Pork - prepared by the man of the house.

Stewed Duck With Ginger brought from Ipoh.

Salted Herbal Chicken Drumsticks.

Our friend's speciality - also prepared by the man of the house. 

Salted Herbal Chicken Drumstick with paper wrapping removed.

Thank you, friends for a delicious meal and wonderful fellowship.

But if we are living in the light of God's presence, just as Christ does,

then we have wonderful fellowship and joy with each other,

and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from every sin.

(1 John 1:7, The Living Bible-TLB)