Fish Head, Pineapple And Okra Curry

We were not the only early risers. These early birds were outside their owner's house by the roadside searching for food.

They have to be early to catch the worms. This rooster is very protective over his hen, making sure I do not go any nearer.

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I have a frozen fish head in the freezer and half a pineapple in the fridge. One way of using both is to cook curry.

Home cooked fish head and pineapple curry.

I also added okra and tomato to the curry.

Blanched home grown chives, drizzled with garlic oil, oyster and soy sauce.

I divided the fish head curry into 3 portions. 1 gave 1 portion to my neighbour, 2nd portion for dinner and kept the 3rd portion for next day's dinner.

Bougainvillea by the roadside.

Can someone help me to describe the above colour?

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Next day's dinner.

I warmed up the last portion of fish head and pineapple curry.

Steamed minced pork with preserved veggie (tung choy). It looks dry because I didn't add any water to the minced pork before steaming.

Sweet potato leaves with garlic, dried prawns, chilies and shrimp paste (belacan).

Another satisfying home cooked dinner. I love pineapple in curries.

In this act we see what real love is: it is not our love for God

but his love for us when he sent his Son to satisfy

God's anger against our sins.

(I John 4:10, The Living Bible-TLB)

That is why Christ said as he came into the world,

"O God, the blood of bulls and goats cannot satisfy you,

so you have made ready this body of mine

for me to lay as a sacrifice upon your altar.

(Hebrews 10:5, The Living Bible-TLB)

Chicken Rendang, Chives With Sambal Dried Shrimps & Salted Egg

We overslept but we still go for our morning walk anyway. As we stepped out of our gate, we were greeted with a lovely sunrise.

Golden sunrise at 7:35am.

Can you see the bird flying above the sun?

7:38am

7:48am

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Simple home cooked dinner.

I took out the last packet of frozen chicken rendang from the freezer to thaw. My freezer will be empty very soon.

Chicken rendang.

Blanched home grown chives, drizzled with garlic oil and topped with sambal dried prawn.

Boiled 1 salted duck egg.

Delicious home cooked dinner for 2 people.

Ending this post with a golden hibiscus from my garden.

The Golden Rule:

Do to others whatever you would like them to do to you.

This is the essence of all that is taught in the law and the prophets.

(Matthew 7:12, New Living Translation-NLT)

So Many Things To Be Thankful For

Sometimes, we are too busy going about our daily business that we forget to be thankful for the things and the people in our lives. When we begin to be thankful, we cease to complain. I am thankful for good health that hubby and I can enjoy our morning walk. Thankful for sight to be able to enjoy the lovely sunrise and to be able to hear the happy chirping of the birds. A thankful person is a happy person.

Sunrise at 6:55 am.

Sunrise at 7:00 am.

Happy to see this hibiscus plant in my garden budding again.

Thankful for the sun that makes my plants happy.

The chives in my garden are also budding.

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Thankful for the beautiful plants in my garden.

This deep red caladium is doing well in my garden.

When exposed to more sunlight, the colour of the leaves get a tinge of green. especially on the underside of the leaves.

When there is less sunlight, the dark red colour of the leaves will deepen.

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Thankful for the fragrant flowers in my garden.

My variegated Gardenia plant is budding.

Can you see the variegated bud?

The bright pure white of the petals of a new Gardenia flower.

It will turn beige on the 2nd or 3rd day.

A wilted Gardenia flower before it drops off.

Thankful for nature's lesson that I have learned since I started my garden.

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Thankful for the paintings in the evening sky. 

Clouds formation in the sky at 5:49 pm.

5:52 pm.

Beautiful display of light and clouds in the sky above the rolling hills.

Linking to Friday Bliss & Skywatch Friday.

The heavens are telling the glory of God;

they are a marvelous display of his craftsmanship.

Day and night they keep on telling about God.

(Psalm 19:1-2, The Living Bible-TLB)

Thursday's Mish Mash

This was Monday morning after we have finished our morning walk and our breakfast at our regular coffee shop. 

Morning sky at 7:35 am.

I took some snapshots of these hibiscus growing by the roadside on our walk home.

This is also our country's national flower.

This baby banana plant given to me by a friend is growing nicely in a big pot. It is grown more for the leaves to be used in cooking. Hopefully, it will also bear fruits.

Chives flower buds.

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Lunch & Dinner

I boiled ABC soup with pork (the "armpit" part that "never see the sky") ABC soup is rich in vitamins A, B, C, and the ingredients used is usually carrot, tomatoes, potatoes, onions, and etc, with some crushed white peppercorns.

Since we had an early and light breakfast, we had steamed rice and ABC soup for lunch with spicy chilly oil as condiment.

The remaining soup was re-heated and we each had a bowl of soup for dinner. There was enough meat and ingredients from the soup to fill our tummy without having to take rice or noodle.

After my son left to go back to work early Sunday morning after spending the weekend with us, it was time to wash the quilt, bed sheet, and etc. This is where I hang out my washing in the garden for quick drying.

Surprisingly, I don't seem to have the time to sew quilts after I retired. 

Linking to Good Fences.

You are free from the law,

but that doesn't mean you are free to do wrong.

Live as those who are free to do only God's will at all times.

(1 Peter 2:16, The Living Bible-TLB)

Stewed Pork With Dried Lily Buds & Cloud Ear Fungus

It was raining from Sunday evening right up till the wee hours of Monday morning (62nd day MCO). When the rain stopped, I went out to take a look at the sky. Under Conditional MCO, many have gone back to work.

 Break of dawn at 6:42 am.

I had some minor upsets during this MCO.

#1 - I noticed my smartphone battery was bloated 1 day before MCO. Quickly sent to the phone shop but due to MCO, the workshop is closed. Waited for about 7 weeks for the shop to send my phone to the workshop and ordering of new battery. Until now my phone is still at the workshop waiting in queue. Thankful that a friend let me use her spare phone until my own phone is restored.

 Morning sky at 6:52

#2 - Sometime in April during MCO, my computer mouse started to have freezing problem. I have to unplug and plug to keep the mouse working as I do not have a spare mouse in the house. I called up the computer "doctor" and he said the problem could be a faulty mouse. I waited for the "DIY" stores to re-open for business to get a new mouse and thankful that the problem is now solved.

 Morning sky at 6:52

#3 - Saturday morning, my computer monitor started acting up. 1 minute it was working normal, and suddenly it went blank. I thought it was the power cable. After changing the power cable it went back to normal for a few hours. The same thing repeated on Sunday but I was able to listen to the online Sunday sermon. After I have published the day's blogpost, the monitor went blank again. I sent my computer and monitor to the "doctor" and my monitor was pronounced dead. After a few hours, I got back my computer with a brand new monitor and thankful that everything is back to normal again.

 Gloomy sky at 7:00 am and for the whole day.

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On our way back from the walking exercise, we stopped at Restoran Zui Le Xuan Dim Sum to buy the following items for breakfast.

Steamed glutinous rice with chicken or "Loh Mai Kai"

Dumplings

I wanted "siew mai" and "har gao"

Taro puff with bbq pork filling or "woo kok".

 Breakfast for 2 people.

Green tea for hubby and nescafe for me.

 Time to cut these 2 mangoes.

 These mangoes for our mid morning snacks

 The mango is sweet with a slight sour taste making it very delicious.

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Late Lunch

 Around 3:00 pm, hubby went out to buy lunch and he came back with a packet of roast pork and "siew cheong" rice. I taxed 3 spoonful and hubby ate the rest.

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Home Cooked Dinner

Stewed pork belly with dried lily buds (kam cham in Cantonese) and black cloud fungus (wan yee in Cantonese).

Stir fried Chinese chive flower buds (kau choy fah) with extra firm tofu slices and chopped garlic.

 Dinner for 2 people.

I kept some of the stewed pork dish for next day's dinner.

 While I was cooking in the kitchen, a friend drop by to give us these mangoes from his garden. These mangoes will need to keep for a few days for them to ripen. 

These 2 mangoes which I bought from the supermarket are now ripe enough to be eaten.

Love these sweet and juicy mangoes.

An old antique motorbike found at the Gopeng Gaharu Tea Valley.

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

He placed springs in the valleys

and streams that gush from the mountains.

They give water for all the animals to drink.

There the wild donkeys quench their thirst,

and the birds nest beside the streams

and sing among the branches of the trees.

(Psalm 104:10-12, The Living Bible-TLB)