Baked Chicken Wings, Corn Soup & Malabar Spinach

 This was one of the rainy days in the monsoon season.

Starting out on our morning walk at 7am.

7:05am

7:10am

7:15am

My breakfast at one of our regular coffee shop: croissant with butter+kaya and unsweetened black coffee. I was about to start eating the croissant when I suddenly remembered that I want to take a snapshot of my breakfast. Hubby ordered this usual: shredded chicken noodle (kai si hor fun).

Walking home after breakfast - 8:10am.

8:15am.

A friend coming to collect some pineapple baby plants from me.

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Home cooked dinner.

Baked chicken wings.

I cut each chicken wings into 3 parts. I kept the tips of the wings for boiling soup or for stew. I collect the drummets and mid-section and marinated them with salt, oyster sauce and sugar before roasting them in the oven.

Blanched malabar spinach which I bought from the roadside stall.

Delicious soup on a rainy evening.

Ingredients: 2 corn on cob, carrot, goji berries and pork ribs.

This was a no-rice dinner for hubby and I.

Linking to Wordless Wednesday & My Corner of the World.

We glide along the tides of time as swiftly as a racing river

and vanish as quickly as a dream.

We are like grass that is green in the morning but mowed down

and withered before the evening shadows fall.

(Psalm 90:5-6, The Living Bible-TLB)

July's Full Moon

Our day started early on the 13th July because we woke up before 6am.

Morning walk started at about 6:40am.

We then stopped at our regular coffee shop for breakfast.

I ordered this croissant sandwich while hubby ordered shredded chicken noodle (kai si hor fun).

Croissant with ham and egg.

Walking home after breakfast at about 7:55am.

Blue sky with white fluffy clouds and grey clouds.

For lunch, I heated up 4 pieces of kompia with meat filling. Hubby's friend from Sitiawan helped to buy and deliver to us. A piece of kompia with meat filling is now RM3.

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We were reminded to look out for the full moon on the night of 13th July. I forgot about it until a friend shared a photo of the full moon he had taken.

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This is what I got with my hand photo camera at 9:10pm. There were some clouds but I didn't give up. I tried taking a few more snapshots.

#2 - 9:15pm

Even though my phone camera is not of high quality, I am quite satisfied with these photos.

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#4

#5 - 9:17pm

From the internet: This full moon spotted on the 13th July, 2022 is known as the Buck Moon, Thunder Moon or Hay Moon. It was big and bright.

Linking to Wordless Wednesday & My Corner of the World.

The moon will shine like the sun,

and the sunlight will be seven times brighter,

like the light of seven full days,

when the LORD binds up the bruises of his people

and heals the wounds he inflicted.

(Isaiah 30:26, New International Version-NIV)

Croissant Sandwich & Yellow Wine Chicken Noodle

Even though we may use the same route everyday for our morning walk, there is always something new that attracts our attention. It could be a beautiful sunrise, a barking dog, birds flying over us or a beautiful flower by the roadside just like this cockscomb flower.

I saw this cockscomb flower in front of a house we passed by. I had to stop to take this snapshot. The cockscomb flower has the appearance of a brain.

The above was my breakfast on this particular morning. Croissant with luncheon meat and fried egg. I had this with a cup of unsweetened coffee.

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From my garden.

These are my white bitter gourd plants growing in a pot.

Lately, I don't know why some of the white bitter gourds seem to be rotting at the tail end. Could it be due to the excessive water from the rainy season.

Good thing the bitter gourd was not spoilt. I only have to cut off and discard the end part. The rest of the gourd was still good and fresh.

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Simple home cooked dinner.

I have home made glutinous rice wine and wheat noodle (mee sua). I also have chicken legs in the freezer. I wanted to cook something that is delicious and good for a rainy day.

Glutinous rice wine chicken soup with noodle. I had the mee sua while hubby had instant noodle because he doesn't like mee sua.

Ingredients used: chicken legs (without skin), glutinous rice wine, ginger slices, red dates and gojiberries for the soup and noodle.

A replica of an old fashioned wood fire cooking stove in one of the museum I visited. We had a stove that looked something like this in the village house when I was a kid.

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

"Then I, the King, shall say to those at my right,

'Come, blessed of my Father, into the Kingdom

prepared for you from the founding of the world.

For I was hungry and you fed me;

I was thirsty and you gave me water;

I was a stranger and you invited me into your homes;

naked and you clothed me; sick and in prison, and you visited me.'

(Matthew 25:34-36, The Living Bible-TLB)

Penang Lobak & Stewed Pork Rib For Lunch

Our morning walk will be on hold during this Chinese New Year holidays. Our sons were still sleeping so hubby and I went for our early morning breakfast.

Sunrise at 7:15am

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Breakfast at our regular coffee shop.

My breakfast: Herbal tea and croissant.

Croissant sandwich with 2 slices of butter and kaya (coconut milk).

I didn't take snapshot of hubby's breakfast.

He ordered shredded chicken noodle (kai si hor fun).

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Lunch.

Ready made Penang lobak aka "ngoh hiang" which I bought from our regular supplier. A pack of 6 rolls for RM15.

Pan fried to heat up the lobak, sliced and served with chili sauce.

Ready made stewed sour plum pork rib (bought from one of our regular restaurant). Steam to heat up. Very appetizing dish.

Sauteed sweet potato leaves with garlic and salt.

This was the only dish I cooked.

These ready made dishes saved me a lot of work in the kitchen.

Purple bougainvillea by the roadside, planted in front of the owner's house.

Linking to Wordless Wednesday & My Corner of the World.

Everything is appropriate in its own time.

But though God has planted eternity in the hearts of men,

even so, many cannot see the whole scope of God's work

from beginning to end.

(Ecclesiastes 3:11, The Living Bible-TLB)

Light Lunch At August Healing, Ipoh

A friend went to this cafe and told me about it. So one afternoon we met up at the same cafe. First, she has to tell me the exact location because I can easily miss the place. It was on the first floor and a small sign above the entrance door. The address is at No.18A, Jalan Theatre, Taman Jubilee, Ipoh.

I know of a close friend of mine who would love this place but climbing up that flight of stairs will not be convenient for her. Okay, back to what we ordered for 4 of us to share.

A piece of House Quiche.

Croissant with smoked duck, omelette & cheese.

Cheese cake - celebrating hubby's birthday.

Thanks to our 2 dear friends.

Coffee for hubby and I.

Sorry, I can't remember the exact names of the coffee.

I think this is expresso (non sweet) for hubby.

And this is White Flat or something (non sweet) for me.

Wall decorations next to our table.

Wall decorations in front of me.

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The following are some of the yummies available at the cafe.

Honey Garlic Scones.

Belgium Choc Lamington.

Berries bread and butter pudding with vanilla sauce.

Garlic cream cheese roti and house made pretzel.

Croissants with smoked duck, omelette and cheese.

House quiche with veggie, mushroom, turkey ham and cheddar cheese.

Coffee machines.

Cakes

Cakes.

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Wild plants by the roadside.

One of the Nightshade plants.

It has pretty flowers with white petals and yellow centre.

Pink sunrise at 7:05am.

Very seldom we get to see pink sunrise like this.

Stunning pink sky.

Linking to Friday Bliss, Skywatch Friday & Garden Affair.

For I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from his love.

Death can't, and life can't. The angels won't,

and all the powers of hell itself cannot keep God's love away.

Our fears for today, our worries about tomorrow,

or where we are - high above the sky,

or in the deepest ocean - nothing will ever be able to

separate us from the love of God demonstrated

by our Lord Jesus Christ when he died for us.

(Romans 8:38-39, The Living Bible-TLB)