Hike up Bukit Kiara

Im aware of limits of overstressing aging body.i was at the wet market when i saw an elderly man stumble as his knees buckled and nearly fell when a stallholder grabbed hold of him n led him to sit on her stool to rest n recover. i now put energy bars n a bottle of water n plasters in my bag pack.I put on knee guard as my fractured left knee has steel pins n it has been aching for a week.i suspect eating pork and processed sausages n chicken ham has caused inflammatory responses. So i went Declathon and bought a hiking pole which has a removable rubber tip.this morning i went hiking in Bukit Kiara .As it was wet and rained last nite,the trail was slippery.i saw a teenager slipped n fell but his friends helped him get up.The hiking pole is useful to fend off frisky monkeys and stray dogs.Ive had my bag pack snatched by frisky monkeys when i left it on the ground to drink or eat my snackbar. i met another family hiker n we laughed when the boy saw they had the identical hiking pole like mine.Fans of Declathon love the outdoors.

A Tigers Tail

bought a new catnip filled tiger tail for kitty.He enjoyed playing with it.hope it keeps him too busy from destroyings

decor in the home.hes playing how to chase a tigers tail.thid is a real ferocious cat who barks louder than a dog n fights back by biting like a dog.so just let sleeping cats lie and dont wake it up.

Healthy lunch n teatime

lunch i had Vietnamese rice roll Banh Cuom which is like the Chinese dim sum steamed rice roll with shrimp or bbq pork.the sambal udang gives it a kick.The Vietnamese steamed rice roll has minced chicken,wood ear fungus,bean sprouts,shredded cucumber n a sweet chilli sauce dip. then tea time is iced tea with nyonya kueh like pink kuih lapis,green n blue glutinous rice kuih seri muka n a mung bean blue ang ku kueh.

Traditional Cantonese dish

Today i saw a classic Cantonese dish that is eaten during festivals like lunar new year.The dish was popular in my grandparents days.They call it 8 treasure duck.basically the duck is fried whole and steamed till tender.its stuffed with treasures like gingko nuts,lotus seed,shitake mushrooms,dried oyster n scallops ,chinese liver sausages,red dates,carrots n spring onion.i bought a small spring chicken from Jaya grocer for rm15 n a tray of 30 small eggs for rm 5.90 I used spring chicken instead of duck as duck takes a long time of 4 hours to steam but spring chicken takes only 2 hours.i marinated chicken with 5 spice powder,dark soy sauce,rice wine n sesame oil before deep frying it.then stir fried all treasures with oyster sauce n minced garlic n onions before stuffing them in cavity.the spring chicken cavity is too small so i put the rest of the treasures outside the chicken before steaming.super delicious n nostalgic to eat.even restaurants dont serve the dish as its time consuming to prepare.

Two new books

ive postponed buying these two new books im dying to read to my end of year budget.one is Han Kangs the Vegetarian n the other Yuval Hararis Nexus.both mind.opening books. What we discussed at The AI use forum in visual art software Midjourney or Stable Diffusion has come true.A young man after watching how AI software can generate all style of art asked about copyright infringement by AI software of current animators.Can the AI software developers be sued on intellectual property rights ?its OK if they used Van Gogh or impressionist style as all those artists are long dead but how about using Studio Gibli style or Aardvark studio of clay animation.Modern legislation has a big loophole for imitation works. If some user uses ChatGPT as a clutch to address mental health issues and the software insidiously guides him to commit suicide,then who is liable for killing humans.Thats why i agree with Deepseeks founder to employ arts and humanities graduates to work with tech experts to develop A I as machines lack consciousness of morals,ethics or humane values.

Good food

had the delicious Thai fried glass noodles Jun got for my lunch yesterday.cooked by a Thai cook,very authentic like Bangkok street food.full of seafood.for dinner i cooked Cantonese food to help Jun recover from cold.old cucumber chicken soup boiled with dried oysters,squid,red dates n honey dates,long beans stir fried with fermented shrimp paste from hong kong or ham har cheung with thinly sliced organic pork slices .the pork is free of beta antagonist,growth hormone or antibiotics.its a rare time i eat pork but the price was a bargain.then i cooked chicken drummets with spring onion,ginger,big onions,oyster sauce,rice wine n dried chilli.Shrimp paste from Cantonese cuisine shares ancestry with Southeast Asia.Malay n Indonesia call it belacan.it was recorded in Malay text of this paste from Java,Indonesia.When Ming dynasty mariner Admiral Cheng He visited

there,he liked it and introduced it to southeastern China which adapted it to their cuisine.Another Hong Kong dessert the honey dew sago and mango n sago tang sui also has foreign origins.mango is native to southeast asia and india and honey dew is from north Africa.The sago pearls come from the sago palm tree in south east asia.So Hong Kong cuisine is fusion of East meets the rest of the globe For lunch today its the vegetarian mee jawa at the kopi tiam in section 17.the boss recognised me n gave me more soup which she said uses pumpkin,carrot n sweet potato n i love it with fried toufoo, curry potato n extra sambal mock squid. tea time is crispy grilled tofu pockets stuffed with shredded vegetables in rojak sauce sprinkled with crushed peanuts

Heartbreaking sight of death n suffering

Viewing live streams of widespread destruction in Myanmars central region is disquieting to say the least.Collapsed.buildings n piles of rubles,street crack and bridges damaged.i can imagine the immense pain and suffering of those who were injured and escaped with only the clothes on their backs. The video brought tears to my eyes as i remembered my past trip to Myanmar,the gentleness of their people,their kindness to give me cannonball flowers to offer to the temple without taking a cent of my donation,their generosity to pay it forward by giving free food to all Vipassana retreat learners and my wonderful tour guide who purposely detoured when i expressed a wish to donate to orphanage in Yangon. It was heartbreaking to see the devastation and people without shelter or skills to rescue trapped victims But my tears cannot help save lives or rebuild their homes.After surfing the net,i found out that Tzu Chi already has a Myanmar fund to aid farmers rebuild their farms after the cyclone so i donated a small amount to the Young Buddhist Association of Malaysia who are collecting funds for one month to send aid to help the victims of the earthquake.My budget to buy Han Kangs novel The Vegetarian and paper money and paper gold ingots to burn for the dead at Ching Ming festival will be better used for helping those suffering a living hell in Myanmar.Rather than aiding those in the afterlife,my donation is better used to aid those in the present life to survive. im gonna go to temple to offer the merit ive accumulated to honour the departed loved ones.As in the Ullambana Buddhist practice,a transfer of merits will help the departed souls leave the horrors of hell and get a rebirth to heavenly realm where they will be free from pain and suffering. I pray that Young Buddhist Association of Malaysia delivers aid that actually reach the victims and not funds diverted by corrupt people to buy more weapons to kill these victims,surely a double tragedy and the aid be fairly distributed to all regardless of Muslims,Buddhists or Christians as Tzu Chi was compassionate in helping Aceh rebuild homes and schools after the disaster of the big tsunami Helping to save lives earns more merit than building huge Buddha statues or seven storey pagodas. Time is critical to save the victims trapped under the rubble.so my imagination ran wild again.If the airport is damaged,and it takes the teams 14 to 18 hours to travel by land blocked by landslides,would using microlight aircrafts to carry 2 people at a time be feasible as it can land in very little space.helicopters could be used to carry heavy equipment or a few drones lifting equipment in meshed netting transport medical supplies.Alternatively medical machines like MRI or X ray machines.be designed with flight ability to launch itself into the air and travel to the sites of disasters.If the victims are trapped under rubble,then mini rescue robots to deliver water n liquid food be used to reach them.these robots can change shapes and become flexible tubes that can deliver liquid nutrition or oxygen to small spaces.their bodies have luminiscence paint to glow in the dark and carry transmitters for cellphone communication.Maybe these diffetent mini robots can join together like transformers once inside and can be operated remotely like a robotic arm to stitch wounds and treat the victims. sounds like science fiction huh but crazy.that we can send machines to space so its possible to design machines.to save lives.