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)

White Bitter Gourd Stuffed With Fish Paste + Minced Meat

It was a gloomy day. The sunrise was blocked by an overcast sky.

Started out on our morning walk at about 6:45am.

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After morning walk, we stopped at a nearby coffee shop for breakfast. We shared the following items.

A plate of Hong Kong chee cheong fun which is steamed rice flour noodle with bbq pork and prawn filling. It was served with sambal on the side.

A cup of unsweetened coffee with evaporated milk (kopi C kosong).

2 sets of egg on toast for sharing.

We like to add sprinkling of soy sauce and dashes of white pepper powder to the eggs.

A plate of fried rice vermicelli with egg, prawns and beansprout.

Morning sky at 7:55am.

Morning sky at about 8am.

White bitter gourd is right for harvest.

I was not sure how I want to cook the bitter gourd. I looked into the freezer and checked what I can find. Then I took out a packet of fish paste and a packet of minced pork.

I ended up making stuffed white bitter gourd with the fish and minced meat paste.

I don't have chili sauce, so I used roasted sesame dressing as dipping sauce.

Plain blanched green veggie (baby choy fah).

This was a 2 dish dinner. No rice, no noodle.

Linking to Wordless Wednesday & My Corner of the World.

So, my fellow believers, long to be prophets

so that you can preach God's message plainly;

and never say it is wrong to "speak in tongues";

however, be sure that everything is done properly

in a good and orderly way.

(1 Corinthians 14:39-40, The Living Bible-TLB)