A New Trellis For Our Bauhinia Kockiana Vines

This was the 2nd last day (30th) of May. It was a Monday. We had workmen to put up a metal trellis to support our Bauhinia Kockian vines in front of our house / porch. The first three pictures were before the metal trellis was erected.

These Bauhiana Kockiana vines acted as a screen for the front of our house from the outside.

The vines were propped up with the supports that were put up by hubby.

Hubby used metal and pvc pipes to prop up the vines. Due to the weight of the vines, it looked like the support was going to give way and might collapse any time. So hubby had some workmen to erect a metal trellis to support the flowering vines.

Workmen putting up the vertical support for the trellis.

Putting up the last vertical support for the trellis on a hot day.

I took this photo from my sitting room.

The workmen took less than half a day to finish the work.

One last portion (right hand side) of the vines yet to be support by the trellis.

Once the trellis was completed, hubby will have to dismantle the old support from under the vines which will take a few days to complete.

Will need some time for the vines to start growing and see how it will look like in the near future.

Now, the front of my house looks much neater and the porch area is now much brighter.

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Cooking for dinner.

I bought a fresh bamboo shoot from one of the roadside vegetable sellers. It is not easy to find fresh bamboo shoots in our area.

A big fresh bamboo shoot.

I sliced off the outer layer and discarded the hard part of the shoot, leaving behind the tender part of the shoot. Then I cut the bamboo shoots into strips. Then I blanched the bamboo strips in boiling water before cooking.

Ingredients: Blanched bamboo shoot strips, pork belly strips, chopped garlic, red fermented bean curd cubes (lam yue), dark and light sauce, oyster sauce, salt and sugar to taste and spring onions.

Noodle (mee sua) in white diakon and pork soup.

Ingredients for soup: white diakon, carrot, pork, red dates and gojiberries.

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The following photos were taken at the Gunung Lang Recreational Park.

We saw a pair of white peacocks in a cage.

The other one was resting at the side of the cage.

It seemed to know that there were visitors and without warning, this peacock started spread out and showed off its beautiful snow white feathers. It was a pleasant surprise for us. The white feathers look like delicate lace material.

Linking to Friday Bliss, Skywatch Friday & Saturday's Critters.

I will be your God through all your lifetime,

yes, even when your hair is white with age.

I made you and I will care for you.

I will carry you along and be your Savior.

(Isaiah 46:4, The Living Bible-TLB)

Chicken In Wine Soup Served With Mee Sua For Dinner

I had a whole chicken which was chopped into pieces kept in the freezer. Hubby bought this chicken from his friend who sells chicken in the market. When I took out the chicken to thaw, I have no idea what I want to cook with the chicken.

When it was time to cook dinner, I used the chicken to cook soup because I wanted to eat mee sua (wheat flour noodle). The easiest soup is chicken in wine soup. Ingredients: sliced ginger, red dates, goji berries, home made raisin wine and chicken.

I cooked 2 portions of mee sua (noodle) in boiling water and placed the noodle in 2 bowls.

Scoop the chicken piece and wine soup onto the mee sua.

Loosen the mee sua to mix with the soup before eating.

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We have some left over chicken and wine soup. I kept it in the fridge for the next day's dinner.

All I need to do is take out the leftover soup from the previous day and heat it up. I added 2 eggs into the soup and served the soup with mee sua. That was our simple, yet delicious dinner for 2 people.

The instructions of the LORD are perfect, reviving the soul.

The decrees of the LORD are trustworthy, making wise the simple.

(Psalm 19:7, New Living Translation-NLT)

Mee Jawa, Fried Noodle, Fish Slices + Bitter Gourd Soup With Mee Sua

We started our morning walk at about 6:45am. 

Sunrise at 6:46am.

Above us, the moon was still bright at that time.

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Our breakfast at Restoran Tet Shin, Ipoh.

Mee Jawa and unsweetened coffee for me.

This is our favourite mee jawa, Indonesian style.

Unsweetened coffee and fried noodle for hubby.

Fried rice vermicelli with prawns, egg and beansprount.

I harvested this white bitter gourd from my garden and will be cooking it for dinner.

I cooked fish slices with white bitter gourd slices soup. I didn't have carrots but found 2 tomatoes in the fridge. I cut the tomatoes in wedges, put in some goji berries, ginger slices, and some wine.

I prepared 2 bowls of mee sua (given by a Sitiawan friend) and some sambal belacan.

It was a delicious and satisfying dinner.

A painting of a rooster on a tree trunk at the Gunung Lang Recreational Park. I hope this can be considered as a mural on a tree trunk.

Linking to Monday Mural.

There are three things that are stately in their stride,

four that move with stately bearing:

a lion, mighty among beasts, who retreats before nothing;

a strutting rooster, a he-goat, and a king secure against revolt.

(Proverbs 30"29-31, New International Version-NIV)

Home Grown Ginger & Chicken With Raisin Wine Soup

Last month I harvested one pot of ginger and now I still have one more pot in the garden.

Recently, I noticed a ginger flower from one of the ginger plants.

 This is not the first time I have see edible ginger flower but this is the first time I get to see the colour of the flowers.

The flowers came from the ginger plants in this shallow pot (about 6 inches depth).

A few days later, I saw another ginger flower that came out from the side of the pot.

Some of the ginger rhizomes have appeared above the soil level.

I am looking forward to make pickled ginger with some of these rhizomes and the rest will be used for cooking.

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Home cooked dinner

I used a lot of ginger to cook chicken with wine soup. 

Since I have 3 bottles of home made raisin wine, I used 1 bottle to cook the above chicken soup. This soup is good for warming up the body during cool, rainy days.

Ingredients used: Ginger slices, red dates, goji berries, chicken, a bottle of raisin wine and some salt to taste.

I love mee sua (noodle) with the chicken and wine soup.

Share the chicken + wine soup with my neighbour who enjoy it very much. 

The above is a Chinese art mural drawn on the wall surrounding the compound of a Chinese school.

Linking to Monday Mural.

You are my hiding place from every storm of life;

you even keep me from getting into trouble!

You surround me with songs of victory.

I will instruct you (says the Lord) and

guide you along the best pathway for your life;

I will advise you and watch your progress.

(Psalm 32:7-8, The Living Bible-TLB)

Home Alone - Eat Simple

No morning walk again because hubby will be meeting up with his old classmates for their yearly reunion. Just a small group of 5 for this year.

Lovely sunrise at 7:50am.

Hubby's friend came to pick up hubby from our house at about 8am and met up with other classmates in Kampar for breakfast.

On the reverse side - 7:50am.

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Since I am home alone, I had a simple breakfast.

I ate some of the above Tambun biscuits with a mug of milo for breakfast.

For lunch, I cooked meesua (wheat noodle) soup with whatever vegetable I need to clear from the fridge. I found some long beans and an eggplant. I also add in an egg to the soup. 

For added flavour, I added a generous portion of chili oil to the bowl of meesua.

This was my satisfying lunch.

Extra long ladies finger plant from my garden.

For future sowing, I need to collect some seeds by allowing one seed pod to dry up on the plant.

Linking to Wordless Wednesday & My Corner of the World.

Don't be misled; remember that you can't ignore God and

get away with it: a man will always reap just the kind of crop he sows!

If he sows to please his own wrong desires,

he will be planting seeds of evil and

he will surely reap a harvest of spiritual decay and death;

but if he plants the good things of the Spirit,

he will reap the everlasting life that the Holy Spirit gives him.

(Galatians 6:7-8, The Living Bible-TLB)