Back Pain Lessening

Praise The Lord! My back pain is lessening now. 21st July (Friday) is my pre-chemo blood test. I will start my 7th chemo treatment on the 24th July (Monday). Will discharge on the 27th July and my CTScan appointment is on the 28th July. Thank God and thank you to all who have been faithfully praying for me. 

Sunset sky from my friend's brother's condominium.

City view and river view from the condominium.

View with evening lights.

My last remaining red coleus.

Fishes in aquarium in a seafood restaurant in Tg. Tualang, Perak.

Photo credited to Shirley Tsang.

Bird nests in front of her house.

Video shows birds fluttering around the nests.

Photo credited to Julie Chong, the artist.

Cute dog mural.

Linking to Skywatch Friday, Saturday's Critters & Monday Mural. 

Beautiful Critters At Gopeng AgroTech Farm

After we have finished touring the outdoor farm in the hot sun, we returned to the main building to cool down.

Facing the pond in front of the main building.

Chicken pens beside the main building.

2 peacocks.

I was hoping that it will show off its beautiful feathers to me.

Coconut trees line the side of the pond.

3 white geese swimming in the pond.

Aren't they beautiful?

Low coconut tree laden with coconuts.

Fishes in aquarium.

Yellow parakeet in a cage.

A colourful parakeet.

There 2 are the star attraction.

The owners took the birds out from their cage and placed them on the stands.

Visitors were taking snapshots of these birds.

These 2 are very friendly and they make loud squawking sound.

Linking to Saturday's Critters.

Any story sounds true until someone tells the other side

and sets the record straight.

(Proverbs 18:17, The Living Bible-TLB)

Lunch With Friends At Best View Restaurant, Desa Rishah, Ipoh

This was a Tuesday. We were looking forward to meet up and fellowship with our old friends whom we haven't met for a long time.

We woke up later than usual and started our morning walk at about 7:20am.

Overcast sky the whole day.

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At about 12pm, our friends came to pick us up from our house. Our friends wanted a place with air-con since the day was warm. We took them to Best View Restaurant. Since it was a weekday lunch, there is no need for table reservation. For dinner, table reservation is needed.

I think this is "yau cham" or "soak in oil" fish with drizzling of garlic oil and soy sauce.

Sambal asparagus with prawns.

Green Amaranth (yeen choy) and century egg in superior soup.

Tofu with assorted vegetables in clay pot.

Lunch for 4 people.

This was a treat from our friends.

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My sister-in-law and her husband was in Ipoh and we were invited for a vegetarian dinner with them. The dinner was for 8 people and I didn't take any food photos. After dinner, my sister-in-law passed us the following foodstuff.

Fresh peach.

3 packets of fried tempe chips.

Sorry for the blur photo.

Some mini size sweet potatoes.

These are good for steaming or roasting.

A packet of organic soybean powder.

Thank you, SIL for your gifts.

And God has reserved for his children the priceless gift of eternal life;

it is kept in heaven for you, pure and undefiled,

beyond the reach of change and decay.

(1 Peter 1:4, The Living Bible-TLB)

Fish & Chicken Nasi Briyani At Vighna Bamboo Briyani

One day around lunch time, I received a call from a friend. She invited hubby and I to join her and a friend for lunch at Vighna Bamboo Briyani. Since we just had our lunch, we declined and thanked her for her invitation. I told her that since she enjoyed the food so much, we will go the next day. True to our words, we were there for lunch the next day with 2 other friends.

I happened to be seated opposite this "Love" sign hanging on the wall.

The ladies ordered mango lassi while the men had plain water.

We ordered 2 types of Bamboo briyani for us to share.

This was how it was served.

Out came the nasi briyani wrapped with banana leaf.

Chicken briyani.

Fish briyani

Cucumber raita (cucumber with yogurt).

4 pieces of fried chicken.

Total bill for the above items came to RM63.00 for 4 people.

Payment counter.

Interior.

We were early and ahead of the lunch crowd.

Wall decoration.

Pusat Perniagaan Pertama, Off Jalan Silibin (facing Public Bank, Silibin).

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The following photos were taken at a fried noodle shop where we had dinner one evening.

Flower horn fish.

We were seated near to this fish tank.

Flower horn fish is believed to bring good luck to its owner. This fish has a lifespan of 10 to 12 years. Flower horn fish is aggressive and if released to the wild, they become invasive pests.

Linking to Saturday's Critters.

And even we Christians, although

we have the Holy Spirit within us as a foretaste of future glory,

also groan to be released from pain and suffering.

We, too, wait anxiously for that day when God will give us

our full rights as his children, including the new bodies he has

promised us - bodies that will never be sick again and will never die.

(Romans 8:23, The Living Bible-TLB)

Lunch At Restoran J.J. Fatt, Lawan Kuda, Gopeng.

This was a Thursday and we had a lunch appointment with a long time friend, my ex-colleague and ex-housemate.

Morning sky at about 7:40am.

Our friend wanted to taste the food in Lawan Kuda, Gopeng and so we took her to this restaurant. This photo was taken few years ago when we were here for dinner. Lawan Kuda is known for snakehead fish dishes, so we ordered 1 fish. The restaurant will use the fish to cook 2 dishes.

Fish meat slices cooked with ginger slices, onions, and spring onion.

Soup using the bony parts of the fish, tofu and salted vegetable.

The soup was very flavourful.

Chinese kai lan vegetable sauteed with garlic and salt.

After having ordered the food, I took our friend out to the side of the restaurant to show her the vegetable garden. Most of the green vegetable served in the restaurant comes from this garden. After seeing the vegetables, my friend wanted to order another vegetable dish.

Water spinach with sambal belacan.

Total cost of lunch for 3 people = RM90.60

(incl. 3 small rice & warm water).

After our lunch, we went opposite where there is a roadside cendol stall. Usually the cendol will be sold out by 2pm but that day, it was still open at 2.30pm so my friend has the chance to enjoy this cendol ice.

This bowl of cendol ice consists of the green jelly made from rice flour, kidney beans, palm sugar syrup, coconut milk and shaved ice.

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Photos credited to Shirley.

Photos taken by her and sent to me through whatsapp.

Have you seen a coconut shaped like a watermelon or a squash?

Have you seen these long papayas?

I have seen but have not tasted any.

Our friend found this bug on a mat in her house.

On a closer look, she saw that the bug was laying eggs on the mat.

Can you see the 4 eggs?

The back of the bug looks like a shield or a face mask.

With Google Lens, it was identified as the Brown Marmorated Stink.

If crushed, it will release a stinky smell.

Linking to Saturday's Critters.

We are pressed on every side by troubles, but not crushed and broken.

We are perplexed because we don't know why things happen as they do,

but we don't give up and quit.

(2 Corinthians 4:8, The Living Bible-TLB)