Home cooking

 Today for big breakfast i had hard boiled egg,steamed walnut bao and a bao in yellow wine,wood fungus chicken cubes.i had the home baked banana muffin and jackfruit n a fresh orange juice as i exercised for an hour in the morning

For lunch i had a salad of jackfruit,green kiwi,cucumber,baby turnip in goma sauce,a barbeque chicken bao n a glass of orange juice.

Dinner i cooked a Poke bowl of brown rice,chicken in barbeque sauce,chopped cucumber,baby turnip n sweet corn drizzled with goma sauce n sprinkle sesame seeds n dried seaweed on it.

After dinner i made sri lanka mango chutney with raisins,chilli,mustard seeds,clove n cardamom in rice vinegar n stevia sugar.i dislike commercial chutney as mango are poor quality.i think i overspiced my chutney.

Gulai kawah

 Terima kasih menu rahmah offered at Haji Samuri satay.Datuk  Samuri Juraimi

has a charitable heart in CSR.at end of month,when budget is tight,i can get a filling lunch of rice,sambal hijau n gulai kawah.i seldom eat daging but gulai is melt in the mouth soft n fragrant.even had masak hitam n masak lemak,nasi goreng n ayam satay.i see delivery riders n clerks eating menu rahmah as the cooking is good ,authentic malay food.

As i budget on paying bills n buying medication,i find rising food bill a struggle.ive cut out live entertainment unless i get free tickets or someone treats me.no new shoes,clothing,skincare,massage,vitamin supplements or hair styling.

But as aging comes with pain n aches,i need get medication to reduce inflammation of finger joints which is osteoarthritis.if not i get trigger fingers or frozen shoulders.so as car aging needs more maintenance so too my body needs more care.

Street food

 Now i dont eat outside food if its cooked by foreigners unless its their own nations cuisine like nasi kandar or ayam penyet.yucks jun had a terrible dining out experience eating claypot chicken rice cooked by a foreigner.i tasted the soggy rice n overcooked chicken n lost my appetite.i suspect he cooked rice n chicken in an electric rice cooker n put it in a claypot to heat up.jun requested me to cook spaghetti

Bolognaise for his dinner.he had a happy stomach.for weekend i baked 14 banana muffins for next week.

Just envy those interested in art and culture activities in China.Although encouraging stem activities,high tech sci innovations,the authorities intend to preserve interest in traditional arts n sports.i love the shadow puppet plays from chinese artisans i saw on youtube although modern animation is popular now.i also enjoy viewing the public square dances or line dancing and wish wetv broadcast the national square dancing competition to be held in Guizhou which has rich ethnic folk dancers from 18 minority tribes with colorful costumes n musical instruments.just wish our sports minister learn how to popularise line dancing competition for middle aged n seniors in Malaysia.imagine line dancing joget or zapin to p.ramlee songs so cool.

I also saw how creative the collaboration of joint art creation were to explore fusion work between french glass work and sichuan silverwork or sino korean art installation of an acryllic bamboo plant and korean audio visual lighting specialist to recreate a bamboo grove immersive experience.wow so creative traditional n modern coexist.thats how art shows or sports competition develop and encourage people to adopt and reinvent the traditional.not many young wanna learn the kompamg,gamelan,wayang kulit,kuda kepang,zapin,rongggeng n joget so authority must innovate to popularize them .compared to Laos,Thailand,Bali that keep the traditional alive and relevant,ours is a dying artform.

Deborah from indonesia zumba queen

 

Indon Msia joint zumba

 

One of those nights

 The air is chilly and its strangely quiet past midnight.Its one of those nites.the calm after the storm.The terribly heavy storm in the afternoon wrecked havoc as friends sent pics of the ceiling of a shopping mall in taman megah collapsing n shoppers shrieking loudly in panic.

i was reading when the glass sliding door rattled and the drain outlet couldnt drain away the huge volume of water flooding the balcony.peals of thunder clapped noisily as streaks of lightning flashed in the dark sky.

I saw my slippers floating on the balcony n heard kitty whimpering in fear.i rushed to open his cage,swopped out the ball of fur n dried him out in the study room with an old towel.

as he got comfortable,kitty ran under the day bed to hunt for the badly bitten grey fur rat.when he is stressed,he chews on the soft fur until his orange plastic body is seen.

After the rain i served him wet food from the happy cat packet and the fur baby purred with satisfaction and reached his paws out of the cage to hug my legs.

After dinner i curled up in the sofa and read the novel the cat who saved books until i reached the end.whats not to love about a talking tabby named Tiger who recites words from saint exupery The Little Prince.its only with the heart that one can see rightly.what is essential is invisible to the eye.

Sosuke Natsukawa has fired up my passion for books on printed paper.i cant wait till hes inspired to write his third novel for i understand now books have tremendous power and what that power really is.

I flipped thro the comic of Simons cat in his very own book n found comic relief.thats my idea of a perfect weekend,a hot cup of chai masala with lots of cardamom,a good book and a great laugh to round it up.

Post wall,post square

 After Berlin wall fell and after Tiananmen square,we saw thawing of relations between the west and the communist states that preceded the Cold War.now we see relations worsen again as the cold war rhetoric heats up to boiling point until maybe a nuclear meltdown can resolve it.

In her book post wall,post square,rebuilding the world post 1989,did Kristina Spohr forsee the geopolitical rift?yes indirectly,"the burgeoning partnership with Russia gave Beijing support in their quest to constrain the virtually unipolar predominance of the US in the post Cold war era.post cold war america kept a foot in Europe via NATO but also in Asia thro its position in Japan and South Korea,thereby ensuring the US remained a Pacific power.and for all of the pacific big 3 the line between being partners and competitors was thin n ever changing.

Did glasnost n perestroika improve living standard of russians?

For Deng stability n unity was essential to China as a society n a state.he was keen to combine Plan n market in organic synthesis of socialist market economy n opening up China to the world.whereas Gorbachev fail in remaking his Union,Deng succeeded.his PRC was remade and Chinese communism reinvented.its sad ex premier Li is undervalued.he steer economy to grow steadily despite challenges of derisking n decoupling.face with economy shutdown due to Covid n battling claims of forced labour,intellectual theft n spying he kept the economy growing.at same time he needed to uproot wastage,leakage n corruption.in this sense he kept on the economic reforms of Deng Xiao Peng as the nation transition to a green economy,artificial intelligence and  steer it to the height of the space age.Deng would be proud of the global achievements of his dream

Salad lunch n vegetarian dinner

 Had hong kong polo bun,a thai salad of palm seed,nato de coco,jackfruit,celery n thai sweet chilli sauce with roasted cashew nuts n mock crabmeat,a century egg salad n soya drink.dinner i used mock soya minced beef to make stuffed bell pepper n squash cooked in tomato puree,italian herbs,chopped tomato,celery n onion.had boiled potato.

Eggs out of stock.die lor.deepavali coming so panic buying of eggs.QL resources wholesaler of eggs have no stock 4 grade A,B,C or D eggs in whole shop.got nutriplus eggs  from 99 speedmart n Kk speedmart

When price go up,eat what.need to do baking so eggs have no substitute.now eat pork when chicken price go up.the big boss of hypermart Mydin say its a laughing matter on how.the govt tries to ensure stable prices for rice supply.if the hypermart imports rice without going thro a middleman Bernas,its cheaper by rm8 for every 10 kg of imported rice.the higher cost is borne by consumers.now we will soon see rising price of chicken and eggs followed by price of sugar.its better that govt dont let developers use agricultural land for housing,lower tax for farming,cultivate premium eggs n vegetables,rice and fruit for export n import lower grade food crop for domestic use as we do with export of high grade petrol,palm oil and durian to earn foreign reserve.what la i buy imported patin from vietnam,mango from thailand,rice from cambodia,sweet potato from Indonesia .import substitution can save us expensive import bill if the agriculture n domestic consumer ministry work together to boost local food supply and ensure food security from disruption in supply chain.i think something is wrong everytime prices shoot up they blame external factors like war n climate change but do nothing to resolve long term food supply.tell consumers to grow own rice,vegetables n rear chickens when most urbanites stay in flats and condo la.these jokers dont even have a clue on how to ensure food security and shoot from the mouth with non feasible ideas.

Sat zumba cha cha

 

Outdoor workout

 

The cat spirit

 Diabolical kitty has temper when i didnt let him inside home.he upset potted plant n pull the roots out.then jumped up lantern to play my wind chime.needs tough love frisky cat

Vietnam spring n summer roll

 Phoreal at food court in starling mall sell good vietnamese food.love lemongrass chicken chop n spring roll.the fried one has wood ear fungus n yam n peanut dippping sauce.healthy lunch so i eat meat only once a day.

Dinner i cooked chinese bbq tenderloin chicken and winter melon stir fry with chicken ham n dried prawn n glass noodle.yummy

Home cooking

 Thanks to instant sauces,last nite i cooked deep fried chicken cubes coated in salted egg sauce with red chilli n curry leaf.then i boiled chicken soup with unripe papaya,honey dates n dried oyster.the remainder of unripe papaya i sliced thinly to pickle with young ginger slices,red chilli n mint leaves.my late mom used to pickle ginger n papaya for my favourite snack with century egg.thats her gesture of love so now i add a twist by adding red chilli n mint leaves.

I siir fried brocolli n baby corn with shredded chicken.

For lunch today i made a east west salad and a mushroom soup with crotons.the chinese salad has ginger papaya pickle and 2 century egg.the western salad is grilled stuffed crabs,lettuce,tomato n grapes in kewpie honey mustard sauce.i drank the made in Bangladesh lassi jun is crazy about.its made of buffalo milk n much creamier n thicker than cows milk.the brand is Pran n the flavours range from green mango,papaya,banana to strawberry.yummy yum yum.i like exploring new recipes so will try vietnamese n thai salad next like pomelo salad or vietnam spring roll with rice vermecelli or young coconut,mango salad.home cooking is so fun.

Wishing blue sky,white clouds n everything nice

 

Gimme more

 Gimme more of what this hot guy is doing to look so good n feel so good.at nearly 60,he eats plant based diet raw food n cut out sugar,workout 5 days a week n is physically active cycling n paddleboarding.wow look at lenny in the raw is so mouthwatering.bootilicious.hmmm.yum.

Now just wish Jun exercises more instead of being phone addicted.when i was his age,i was into jogging,swimming n squash but this young generation eat like theres no tomorrow ,going for unhealthy food choice,eat at wee hours at mamak or hates fruit n vegetables.his brush with gout should be a wake up call n after my grandma had a stroke n dad had two bypass,i swore off red meat n fatty food in my late 30s.but if i want to indulge,i boost exercise.

Just look at professor K in his mid 80s inching to 90.he constantly walks n can still do latin american dance n joined me in doing zumba n rumba.in his younger days,his old friend said he was into mountain trekking at mt kilimanjaro n mt aconcagua,andes, south america.  Hes a role model for healthy aging.

Multi ethnic food

 I love multi ethnic food n culture.if i retire in China,id stay in Yunnan,Guilin or Guizhou because of diverse minority tribes.the dances,music,food n clothing are so diverse n interesting.i find homogenous culture like japan n korea so uniform,conformist and same same for everything.

After viewing a hundred foot journey,this week icook nasi briyani with basmati,butter chicken n chaat masala with potato,tomato n chickpea

for dinner it was soya egg fried rice,grilled hoisin chicken n salted fish pumpkin long bean curry..im gonna make sri lanka sweet mango chutney with raisins,ginger,n cardamom n mustard seedz.i dislike lingam green mango pickle as its too salty.Jun has been brought up to interact with all races so he loves eastern n western cuisines.i need to reorganize my spice n herb collection.

Terror cat

 I bought crickets to put in potted plants to control aphids n pests.terror cat upset container n crickets flew out .he killed them as toys n diabolical cat not only pulled down wind chime but stress my plants by stripping the leaves.now my pest control failed as he killed crickets on my plants.i really hate and love him to bits.