Lunch At Restoran Makanan Laut Hai Yong, Bagan Datuk

Our next destination after the Sky Mirror was a small fishing village in Bagan Sungai Burung. The villagers living here are mostly of Teochew dialect. After alighting from the bus, we had to walk some distance to the seafood restaurant.

 These are for ferrying tourists.

 This one caught my eye.

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 A dilapidated house beside an almost dried up stream.

Not a pleasant sight with all the rubbish.

Fishing boats on both sides of the river.

 Restoran Makanan Laut Hai Yong - where we had our lunch.

It was past 1:30 pm and everyone was famished.

The first dish was finally brought to our table at 2:10 pm.

 Fish balls and fish noodle soup.

 Followed by steamed flower crabs

Steamed 3 combination - thick shell clams, prawns and cuttle fish which was hidden beneath all the garnishing.

 Stir fried sweet potato leaves.

 Blanched cuttlefish served with Thai sweet chili sauce.

 Sample of the local Teochew kuih or sweet cake. This was the pan fried version.

 Deep fried crunchy baby cuttlefish and fish skin coated with savoury sauce.

 Steamed white pomfret fish.

Prawns with salted egg yoke sauce.

It tasted like it had cheese in this very tasty and flavourful sauce.

Thumbs up for this scrumptious lunch. If you are looking for fresh and delicious seafood, this is the place to go to.

Linking to Wordless Wednesday & My Corner of the World.

And how can we be sure that we belong to him (Jesus)?

By looking within ourselves:

are we really trying to do what he wants us to?

(1 John 2:3, The Living Bible-TLB)

Purchasing Prescription Optical Glasses From Online Store

I started wearing optical glasses since I was schooling. The optical glasses I wore were those boring type suitable for school girls, Once I started working, I switched to more fashionable optical frames and coated lenses for better eyes protection. I prefer wearing optical glasses than contact lenses as I find it more convenient. Even now that I have retired, I am still wearing my glasses. It started with short sightedness and as I was approaching 40 years, I found that I need glasses for long sightedness too.

From then on, I find that multi focal lenses suit me fine as I use computer most of the time. It took me awhile to get adjusted to wearing multi focal lenses. Those days, getting a pair of prescription glasses fitted is not cheap, depending on the quality and brand of the frame and lenses. I need a pair of good quality and durable glasses as I wear the glasses most of the time I am awake. These days, instead of going to an optical shop to choose the optical frame and lenses, I can easily buy a nice pair of glasses that is less expensive from an online store such as Jupitoo.

All I need to do is choose the optical frame that I want, then choose the appropriate lenses according to my optical requirements. It is important to choose the right type of lenses according to my prescription that I can obtain from an optometrist. Once I have decided on the optical frame and lenses, the next thing is to mail a copy of my precise optical prescription together with the PD or pupil distance for my glasses to be fitted.

Optical glasses can be fitted with a full frame, semi-rimless or rimless frame. The full frame or semi-rimless are more suitable for me because the rimless frame will be too delicate for me to handle. The frames are made from various types of materials such as metal, acetate, titanium or mixed. For those of us who wear glasses for the most part of the day, we should choose frames that are light.

Talking about making optical glasses, I need to buy an extra pair of reasonably priced sunglasses. These days the weather is so warm and the sun is so glaring, there is a need to wear sunglasses to protect my eyes from the sun’s ray. I prefer to keep one pair of sunglasses in my own car and one in my husband’s car. It will come in handy whenever I need to wear them.

Sky Mirror In Bagan Datuk, Perak

Once on board the boat, we were told to put on the life jacket as a safety precaution. Most of us were excited and didn't know what to expect except that we were going to a place called "Sky Mirror" to take some reflection photos. The boat ride was fast and a short one.

 The boat then slowed down and looked like we have reached.

We were surrounded by water.

At a distance, we could see 2 people in less than knee deep water.

We were curious to know what they were doing.

When the boat stopped, we got down from the boat into the shallow water.

Our group photographer.

Besides our group, there were 2 other groups on this stretch of sand bar.

To satisfy our curiosity, we walked closer to take a look.

As you can see, it was low tide.

 He was collecting some kind of clams.

 Thick shell clams. One of my favourite clams.
I usually used these for soups.

Some of us also wanted to search for clams.

We were provided with stainless steel claws just like the one the lady was holding (circled in red).

Someone was so engrossed with his search for clams. We only found a handful of clams.

 Before we could start the reflection photos, some special ground work had to be done.

 Meanwhile, we have our own photography session.

The colourful umbrellas were provided by the boatmen.

 A group photo to start off the reflection photography session.

We took turns to have our photos taken with all kinds of poses.

 Here are some of our poses.

 Me and my ex-colleague and long time friend.

 Come, let us take off together!

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While the others continued with the photo session, I busied myself with my camera.

 During the low tide, there were lots of tiny crabs all over the sand. When we went near, they quickly disappeared into the sand.

 Managed to take some snap shots of this crab before it went into the sand.

 I picked up this sea shell and found that it was not empty. Through the holes in the shell, I could see that it has a tenant, so I let it be. 

 Someone managed to pick up a tiny crab and held it up for me.

 A close up of the tiny crab. Looks cute with its 2 little eyes. What a relief it must be for this little crab when it was put back into the water. The photo session took approximate a hour plus, after that, we signalled to the boatman to come pick us up. We were looking forward to a scrumptious lunch!

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

In heaven a crown is waiting for me, which the Lord,

the righteous Judge, will give me on that great day of his return.

And not just to me but to all those whose lives show that

they are eagerly looking forward to his coming back again.

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