Cantonese breakfast n tea

i had steamed rice rolls with sweet b3an paste sauce n chilli sambal sauce sprinkled with fried shallots,cup of turkish cherries n cup of oat rye tigermilk mushroom drink.for tea time irs soya bean curd with brown sugar,green tea and a flaky pastry egg tart and a baked pastry siew bao with char siew filling.comfort food for stressful days

Time for outdoors

it is a rainy day with light showers this morning.being semi retired,i have time to exercise n cook a hearty breakfast.did light gardening onbalcony n enjoyed breakfast sitting on my balcony.the tray table has detachable tray with beauriful rangoli kolam design n functional.i made crispy fish witn sprouted grain non gluten bread n top with pickled acar n tomato,a cup of lime rose vanilla tea n dessert of avocado n turkish red cherry. listening to

wind chime tinkling on balcony is relaxing.

Asian cuisine

sunday breakfast,i feasted on the frozen xiao long bao with black vinegar ginger dip,siew mai dim sum n cup of hot pu er chinese tea.the clay doll is a chinese pee pee boy.when you pour boiling water over it,the pee shoots out from his wee wee,indicator of right temperature for tea leaves .dinner i cooked vegetarian korean sweet potato glass noodles or japchae wirh shitake mushroom,carrot,bell pepper,cabbage n a vegetarian mock meat,the rolled braised bean curd sheet .it looks poo from the rear end but tastes heavenly lik

e roast beef with a smoked flavour of chilli bean paste.i love the texture n taste of this mock meat.we name it chat tai.dont judge food by shape n colour.try it.its good flavour

Work from home

work from homd reduces commuting time driving to and fro work caught up in teaffic jam.no need to dress in office attire but it takes a toll on mental health being cut off from lunch with colleagues or chatting to relieve stress.when work from home,no weekends.i just spent whole evening until past midnite on saturday rushing deadline on reports n worked through sunday morning when bloody wifi was weak n data lost in transmission due to not updating software.who says teaching is a cushy job with long holidays dont realize school is stressful.one day i can lecture 5 hours non stop with half an hour lunch break n toilet break.my vocal chords are strain n my brain mentally drained. im resorting to comfort food to relieve stress.or yesterday i blasted my zumba music despacito and havana full volume to dance like a mad woman after sitting down five hours typing reports. what biden say is true.teachers dont need praise but a raise.parents with two kids complain trying to get them to sit still n focus for an hour but i do that with 20 kids for three hours at a stretch n double as an entertainer to compete with the handphone surfing.ive seen colleagues getting cancer treatment and not taking days off to rest.the pay can hardly cover medical treatment which is so costly. im one of the last one in my batch still teaching to keep myself active but with pressure from demanding parents and kids,i m trying my best to keep my head above water.maybe theres a grain of truth in those who say its a career that doesnt pay but its a calling instead.

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with emergency power and suspension of parliament,covid infection still so high at above 6,000 cases daily.with rm billions spent,many are out of work and hunger and suicide cases go up.so if emco is killing the people with covid,killing the economy n cause hunger,it is not working.why keep on the same path? at ppr flats,the low cost flats of poor b40,the daily wage earner loses job and worse it is heard that they put barbed wires across staircases so residents cannot leave the flats.so in a fire all will be trapped n burnt alive as cannot use emergency staircase.freedom of movement is being abused here.if ypu want,check and test all residents for covid before they leave the flats.dont imprison them behind barbed wires or suicide will go up.why is the government treating the ordinary citizens as enemies of the state?they are tasked to fight the covid virus not kill off citizens livelihood.why is singapore easing covid lockdown n social distancing n allow overseas travel while we are getting worst treatment??? cooperation and collaborative collective action is needed to debate and come up with different way to solve the crisis.emergency is not working at all

Chinese art 3,000 years

i have been hunting for this hard cover art book i got in book excess at less than Rm 90.its a good quality print with artwork n poems from ancient to contemporary art. but the favourite piece of abstract ink on paper is by gao xing jian titled dream mountain.he won the nobel prize for literature for his novel soul mountain Ling Shan.he now lives in self exile in France.i dream one day of viewing his paintings in an art gallery.he paints using his inner eye and the man is expressive with words as well as visuals.i wish i had his talent. i now conduct classes online from my dining table filled with junk food,bread n art books.i wish i have space of my own to paint a Huge canvas but no space.

Cook and eatand eat