Growing White Corn In Pots And In the Ground

The days are dry and hot. Whatever we have growing in the garden are not doing well. One of the plants that are doing well is the white corn which doesn't seems to be affected by the hot and dry weather.

This is the 2nd time I am growing white corn. These are grown in pots.

The white corn is not nice to eat on its own but I will be using them to boil soup.

These 2 plants are grown in the ground outside my house.

I saw these 2 motorcycles when we were holidaying in Penang.

These 2 treasures were parked in front of a restaurant.

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

Your laws are my joyous treasure forever.

(Psalm 119:111, The Living Bible-TLB)

Polo Bun Sandwich And Wonton Noodle

This was the 2nd day I hurt my back while gardening.

No morning walk but I can still sweep the floor and water the plants.

Sunrise at 6:50am.

Hubby went out to the nearby shop for his breakfast and I stayed home. I asked him to get for me a polo bun sandwich for my breakfast.

Home made milo and polo bun sandwich.

The polo bun has a piece of ham and an egg.

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Tomato plants from my garden.

One plant has started to flower.

Another one has buds.

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Pre-CNY gifts from friends and neighbour.

Hubby's friend came from Sitiawan and gave us this box of Tambun biscuits from Penang.

A friend made glutinous rice cake (nian gao) and gave us 2.

We received the above from our neighbour: A box of mandarin oranges, a can of abalone and a pactket of Chinese sausages.

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No cooking that evening, so we eat out.

We had wonton noodle in Buntong village. We have been patronizing this place for 30 over years.

We ordered 2 plates of wonton noodle (dry version) with pork strips, gravy and fat beansprouts.

2 bowls of minced pork wonton dumplings with extra dumplings.

An antique motorcycle at the Gopeng museum.

Took this snapshot when we last visited in 2015.

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

Charm can be deceptive and beauty doesn't last

but a woman who fears and reverences God shall be greatly praised.

(Proverbs 31:30, The Living Bible-TLB)

Homemade Stuffed Green Brinjals & White Bitter Gourds

This was 1st December. I harvested the following from my garden.

Some white bitter gourds and green brinjals. This round the bitter gourds are on the smaller sizes. I will be using the above to cook for dinner.

The bottom of this bitter gourds doesn't look good so I decided to harvest it as well. But when I cut it up, the bitter gourd was not spoilt. It is probably due to the excess rainwater.

I used all the above to make stuffed green brinjals and white bitter gourds. Ingredients for stuffing: A mixture of minced meat, fish paste, oyster sauce, salt, sugar, and cornflour.

Blanched store bought pak choy, drizzled with garlic oil, oyster and soy sauce.

On morning after breakfast, we walked past a motorcycle repair shop and saw this Vespa motorcycle parked in front of the shop.

Hubby stopped to chat with the owner of the repair shop and conveniently I took these snapshot of the Vespa motorcycle. I don't know whether it is on display or was there for some repair work.

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

The heavens are telling the glory of God;

they are a marvelous display of his craftmanship.

Day and night they keep on telling about God.

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

Harvesting And Boiling Of Plantago Major Herbal Drink

From yesterday's announcement, movement control order has been enforced on 6 states including Selangor (where my sons are). The state of Perak (where I am) continues with conditional movement order. The enforcement starts from 13 Jan midnight until 26 Jan 2021. No interstate travelling is allowed nationwide. Most important I hope it will help to bring down the number of infected cases.

We have to abide by the SOP of MCO but the birds (seen as tiny specks in the above photo) flying in the sky are not restricted by the SOP. 

When we are restricted, it is only then we start to appreciate our freedom to move around.

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The rainy season has caused the weeds to grow. I had better clear some of the weeds because I didn't want any creepy crawlies hiding in my garden.

I have Plantago Major or the common plantain growing wild in my garden. The seeds have self propagated all over in the flower pots and ground. As I pulled out the weeds, I also pulled out enough Plantago Major plants to boil herbal drink. I am not sure of its other medicinal benefits, but I was told by the elderlies that the herbal drink is good for cleansing our urinary track and bladder.

Only 2 or 3 items are needed to boil the herbal drink.

1. Plantago major plants - thoroughly washed cleaned.

2. A packet of raw and cooked barley (from Chinese medical shop).

3. Cane sugar to taste (optional).

Once boiled and cooled, I shared some of the herbal drink with my friend and neighbour who have been blessing me in their own ways.

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Meanwhile, hubby was feeling hungry. He went on his motorcycle and came back with takeaway lunch from the Indian stall in the foodcourt.

He bought nasi briyani, 2 deep fried chicken drumsticks, sambal prawns and curry for both of us to share.

This morning hubby and I weighed ourselves and we were both heavier by 4 kg! No wonder I was feeling lazy lately. I told hubby I won't be sharing lunch with him.

My yellow hibiscus and the pink hibiscus not fully opened yet.

Player's and Gold Flake cigarettes.

Saw these two displayed on the wall of a hotel in Malacca.

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

There are many ways in which God works in our lives,

but it is the same God who does the work in and

through all of us who are his.

The Holy Spirit displays God's power through each of us

as a means of helping the entire church.

(1 Corinthians 12:6-7, The Living Bible-TLB)

Modern Technology

Last Friday, we were at one of the Toyota car sales and service centre and we got interested in one of the new cars in the show room. 

It is the Toyota Vios. 

 The men were interested in the car but I was more interested in taking snapshots.

 It is equipped with a panorami view monitor.

 And a digital video recorder.

 On another day, we were at a shopping mall and this Kawasaki motorcycle and a car were on displayed.

We were travelling on this road when this "motorcycle" appeared in front of us. Told hubby to slow down for me to take a snapshot of this 3 wheels motorcycle.

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For some time, my desktop computer was acting cranky. Sometimes, it will decide to restart on its own and this message will appear on the monitor screen.

I sent the PC to the computer clinic for a checkup and they found nothing wrong with it. The problem went into hiding. I brought it back and it was behaving normal for a while. Few weeks later, it started acting cranky again and it got worse.

I took some snapshots of my computer screen to show to the computer "doctor". Finally, the culprit was identified - it was the faulty display card! The "doctor" did the necessary operations and my computer was returned to me in good working condition. Everything back to normal.

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The following photos are for joining Tuesday's Treasures & Image-in-ing.

Saw these antique floral ceramic tiles in Lim Ko Pi.

They make beautiful decorations on the wall.

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Linking to Tuesday's Treasure & Image-in-ing.

We who believe are carefully joined together with Christ

as parts of a beautiful, constantly growing temple for God.

(Ephesians 2:21, The Living Bible-TLB)