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)

Attending A Friend's Wedding In Sitiawan.

It was the first Saturday of the month and we were on our way to Sitiawan to attending a friend's wedding. The weather was just nice for travelling. We started from Ipoh at about 11:30 am as hubby needed to meet one of his customers.

 Low clouds over us.

 As hubby went to meet his customer, I was queuing up for my favourite Kompia biscuits. There were already about 6 to 7 customers before me. We ate some of the freshly baked kompia for lunch before proceeding to the wedding ceremony in a church in Sitiawan.

 There were many guests from out of town and most of us were early at the church where we can sit and relax while waiting for the ceremony to start.

The wedding ceremony has started.

We only managed to capture a few shots from a distance.

 Exchanging of vows and wedding rings.

Signing of the marriage registry.

 The fathers signing as witnesses.

After the ceremony was over, we got a chance to have a group photo taken with the bride and groom and had some light refreshment at the church before leaving for a ride around town. It has been a long time since I last visited Sitiawan and Lumut.

 Hubby drove to Lumut.

 Not much has changed since our last visit.

 We didn't stop our car

 We then drove back to Sitiawan to visit one of the shopping malls.

 Little children enjoying the critters at Aeon Sitiawan.

Took time to refresh ourselves before driving to the restaurant for the wedding dinner.

I only took this photo before the dinner started.

We stopped taking photos when we found they didn't turn out nicely because of insufficient lighting. After this, we have another wedding to attend and this time, the ceremony will be held in Kuala Lumpur.

Without a sound or word, silent in the skies,

their message reaches out to all the world.

The sun lives in the heavens where God placed it and moves out

across the skies as radiant as a bridegroom going to his wedding,

or as joyous as an athlete looking forward to a race!

The sun crosses the heavens from end to end,

and nothing can hide from its heat.

(Psalm 19:3-6, The Living Bible-TLB)

Foochow Kompia & Sightseeing in Sitiawan.

I woke up very early on Tuesday morning to water my plants and to get things ready for a short holiday in Damai Laut. All eight of us in 2 cars met up for breakfast in a restaurant in Menglembu. No photos to show what we ate for breakfast because I have already blogged about the food previously.

We had plenty of time and we took a leisure drive to Sitiawan. The first stop was to buy my favourite snack i.e. the local Foochow Kompia or Bagel.

Initially I bought 10 pieces for my friends to try. The snacks were fresh from the earthen oven and they were very crispy and fragrant with the onion filling.

The bagels or kompia are baked in this earthen ovens.

This snack is best eaten when it is fresh and crispy.  After eating their first piece, I have to buy another 10 pieces. We bought the last 10 pieces. If we want more, we will have to wait for the next batch from the oven. 

 From the snack shop, we took our friends sightseeing.

A friend and her daughter.

 It was a hazy day and the sea view was hazy too.

 Dried or dead mangrove trees.

We spotted many tiny colourful crabs and edible sea snails crawling on the mud surface.

Tiny colourful crabs (purple circles) and some edible sea snails or mud creepers or balitong (orange circles).  

A close up view of the edible sea snails / mud creepers / balitong.

 This trip we saw a lot of live monkeys.

 Mini pond.

Another pond

 Female toilet.

Unknown plant.

It is dangerous and sinful to rush into the unknown.

(Proverbs 19:2, The Living Bible-TLB)

A Day Trip To Kampung Koh & Lumut, Perak #1

Last week we were talking about eating crabs and I casually mentioned that I missed the seafood in Kampung Koh. It has been a long time since we last visited Kampung Koh or Lumut. So yesterday morning, we reached our friend's house at exactly 11.30 am and together we started our leisure drive to Kampung Koh for a seafood lunch and a visit to Lumut.

Smooth driving all the way and the weather was good. We saw a lot of development in Seri Iskandar in Perak Tengah district. It took us 1 hour 30 minutes to reach Kampung Koh.

We made a stop in Kampung Koh to collect some Foo Chow gong pian (biscuits with diced meat and onion as filling) which we had ordered a day earlier. From here we drove straight to Kampung Cina for our seafood lunch. After lunch, we drove to Lumut to see if there is any new changes to the place.

Stopped near the Ferry Terminal in Lumut.

Photo of Lumut town taken near the Ferry Terminal.

Photo taken near the Ferry Terminal.

Photo taken near the Ferry Terminal in Lumut.

A ferry approaching the Ferry Terminal.

Jetty at Ferry Terminal.

View across the water.

Photo of wavy roof of covered way taken near Ferry Terminal.

Boats docked near Ferry Terminal.

View of opposite island.

More boats docked near Ferry Terminal.

Do come back for more photos in tomorrow's post....

The LORD reigns, let the earth be glad;
let the distant shores rejoice.
(Psalm 97:1, New International Version-NIV)