Hot Pot Dinner At The Moment Homestay, Tanah Rata, Cameron Highlands.

After checking into the homestay, we rested and since we have lots of time on our hands, we decided to take a walk in the compound of The Quintet.

 Beautiful flowers in the compound of The Quintet.

We then ventured out to the nearby apartments opposite The Quintet.

 Petunias in hanging pots outside a shop.

 Saw this poster in front of a cafe.

No, we didn't stop to try this.

 Chickens in cage in a pet shop.

 This cute sugar glider was hanging upside down and it was shivering.
Don't know if it was shivering from cold.

 Stopped to quickly take a snapshot of this passing car.

Then we proceed to take the shortcut path to Tanah Rata town. There was a heavy downpour and we stayed fpr a cup of tea at one of the shop while waiting for the rain to subside.

 Thank God, we took along our umbrellas. Once the rain subsided, we walked back to our homestay to prepare for our hot pot dinner. The following were some of ingredients for the hot pot brought from the lowland.

 Chinese cabbage

Grouper fish slices

 Homegrown sweet potato leaves from my garden.

Pork slices.

 Homemade yong tau foo: stuffed tofu, tofu puff, bitter gourd, and meat balls. Other ingredients not in the photos include prawns, fish balls, meat balls, etc.

 Once the soup started to boil, the raw ingredients can be added to the soup to cook.

 Everyone was hungry due to the cold and waiting to dug in. There was surplus food and we kept the extra food for the next day's dinner.

 After dinner, the rain stopped and this time, we drove out to town. Since there is nothing much to explore, we went to check out the Mr. DIY store. The night was very cold and I bought a pair of socks to keep my feet warm.

 After Mr. DIY store, we drove back to the homestay.

 Picture of antique Coca Cola bottles at the homestay.

 Antique toy car.

Antique toy van.

This van looks like some of the vans used by the morning or night market vendors. Talking about night, thank God I slept very well the 1st night of my holiday in Cameron Highlands.

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

Then I lay down and slept in peace and woke up safely,

for the Lord was watching over me.

(Psalm 3:5, The Living Bible-TLB)

Modern Technology

Last Friday, we were at one of the Toyota car sales and service centre and we got interested in one of the new cars in the show room. 

It is the Toyota Vios. 

 The men were interested in the car but I was more interested in taking snapshots.

 It is equipped with a panorami view monitor.

 And a digital video recorder.

 On another day, we were at a shopping mall and this Kawasaki motorcycle and a car were on displayed.

We were travelling on this road when this "motorcycle" appeared in front of us. Told hubby to slow down for me to take a snapshot of this 3 wheels motorcycle.

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For some time, my desktop computer was acting cranky. Sometimes, it will decide to restart on its own and this message will appear on the monitor screen.

I sent the PC to the computer clinic for a checkup and they found nothing wrong with it. The problem went into hiding. I brought it back and it was behaving normal for a while. Few weeks later, it started acting cranky again and it got worse.

I took some snapshots of my computer screen to show to the computer "doctor". Finally, the culprit was identified - it was the faulty display card! The "doctor" did the necessary operations and my computer was returned to me in good working condition. Everything back to normal.

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The following photos are for joining Tuesday's Treasures & Image-in-ing.

Saw these antique floral ceramic tiles in Lim Ko Pi.

They make beautiful decorations on the wall.

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

We who believe are carefully joined together with Christ

as parts of a beautiful, constantly growing temple for God.

(Ephesians 2:21, The Living Bible-TLB)

Feeling Helpless When Our Car Stalled While Driving!

It is good to be back again after a very relaxed and enjoyable short holiday in the highlands at Fraser's Hill. Again? Yes, about 4 months ago we were in Fraser's Hill and we went back there because we enjoyed the company and the place. While the holiday photos are being sorted out, I wanted to share with you an incident that happened to us before our holiday trip.

Last Saturday evening, we were on our way to attend the Saturday church celebration. As we slowed down at the roundabout, the car suddenly stalled! Hubby tried to restart the car but the engine refused to get running. Thank goodness, the traffic was not heavy at that time. Hubby told me to take over the steering wheel while he pushed the car to the side of the road. Thank God for a young man and his dad who came over to help hubby pushed the car to a safe spot. We were very grateful and thankful for their help. They were really God sent!

Hubby called the mechanic to relate the situation to him. The mechanic suggested that one of the reason could be due to lack of water in the radiator. Hubby told me to wait in the car while he went to buy bottled drinking water from a nearby store.

While praying and sitting in the car, I was thinking to myself how convenient it will be if we know what was wrong with the car and be able to repair it ourselves. It is when we are faced with such a helpless situation, we realized how important it is to get hold of some automotive resources to have some knowledge to repair the car especially in times of emergency. I thank God that hubby was with me or else I will not know what to do as it was getting dark and feeling so unsafe.

Hubby came back with 2 big bottles of water (1500 ml). The 1st bottle went into the radiator and as hubby was pouring in the water from the 2nd bottle, water started to leak out from the radiator onto the ground. Anyway we were able to get the engine running and drove all the way home without the car stalling again. It was a great relief when the mechanic informed that the car engine was not seriously damage and he only found a hole in a hose. 

Image source: 10greatest.com

It was only last month when the same car refused to start at a parking lot because of a flat battery. I happened to be home at the time hubby called me. I had a set of Jumper Cables in my car and I drove over to the parking lot where hubby was waiting for me. With the Jumper Cables, hubby was able to jump start his car. I think each car should have a set of Jumper Cables because you will never know why they will come in handy.

Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD;

let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.

Let us come before him with thanksgiving

and extol him with music and song.

(Psalm 95:1-2, New International Version-NIV)

Uniquely Eye Catching

Today I am sharing some snapshots of things that are uniquely eye catching.

One morning after our breakfast, we saw this cute "Hello Kitty" parked outside the coffee shop.

I saw this fiery "Little Devil" after sending my friend to her place of work.

I noticed this parked outside a hotel.

Captured this car full of flags on my way home.

I wondered how the finished design would look like.

A new hotel under construction.

A funny structure next to a recreation park.

While waiting at the traffic light junction, I saw these rainbow coloured buildings.

Whenever I bring clouds over the earth and
the rainbow appears in the clouds,
I will remember my covenant between me and you
and all living creatures of every kind.
Never again will the waters become a flood to destroy all life.
(Genesis 9:14-15, NIV)