Aqua zumba

very blazing hot weather so decided to do aqua zumba and swim.refreshing to be in the pool

Zumba workout

I workout for an hour this morning with new Zumba group.A middle aged and an old man joined us and the old man shouted the loudest.Even a cute cat wanted to join our workout.Eric tortured us by putting in a lot of jumps n squats.

Dinner for Duan Wu

i invited blind elder dai gar che over for family dinner.so tiring to use 4 hours to meal prep,cook up a storm n clean up i like home cooking for family for Chinese festivals as we can talk loudly ngap sam ngam xai.Sis tecalled old family ties about relatives in Guangdong when she visited with my fourth aunt the ancestral clan house of maternal po po.She listens avidly to Hong Kong podcasts and i agreed with her the city had unique perspectives as it has Western and Eastern heritage which gives it an edge i boiled chicken soup with snow fungus and honey dates n fresh ginseng from Changbai mountain in China,Then cooked.China oysters and scallion in egg foo yoong.it took 2 hours to steam paper wrapped herbal spring chicken which i marinated for a day.i douse it in Shaoxing rice wine and the aroma drove kitty trying to steal into the kitchen Then i cooked stir fried spinach with goji berries,pan fried salmon in ginger and teriyaki sauce and sweet n sour shrimps i bought a month ago and froze it. i made a tang yuan or rice balls in jasmine tea laced with osmanthus flower and sis loved the sweet floral fragrance.We ate the sambal prawn zong zi that was like pulut panggang wrapped in banana leaf.Tbe sambal was spicy and had oomph.i liked the red date and cantonese yellow alkaline red bean dumpling.we drank Pu Erh chinese tea which goes well with zongzi.ended with jade lychee and red cherry from Turkey. i need to workout tomorrow to burn off calories.

Duan Wu or dragon boat festival today

Last nite i had calf cramp and skipped zumba this morning.decided to go Blue Lake in Kundang to do stand up paddleboarding.disappointed town council put signs banning jetskis,boating or any swimming in the lake as it was hazardous.i feel with residential condo,houses and the Kundang industrial park nearby,environmental pollution would make the water toxic with sewage run off and waste recycling plants nearby.So sad as my dad used to go fishing there for perch,jetski hobbyist practised there and i learnt my paddleboarding from the club there. Now they build hawker centres and food court around the lake when water sports should be encouraged instead of food fattening business.such short sightedness. i wanted to go Shah Alam to kayak as its dragon boat festival.but the terrible traffic jam was so long and my blood pressure and heatstroke index went up.The weekend crowd to go shopping and enttertainment centres puts me off crowded places.i go during non peak hour next time

A waste of time n resources

Misguided education policies in Malaysia sees a waste of time and resources in sending students for National service camps.If they wanted to promote unity in diversity,it would be better to hold sports camp to promote health,the competitive and teamwork spirit and perseverance.Heck with rising obesity rates and vaping culture in the young,they need to learn the skills of health management. Even more crucial is mental health awareness with education on dangers of scamming ,cyber bullying and sexual grooming by paedophiles in cyberspace.Why cant they hold sex education,financial management and love,marriage and relationship skills training as they equip students for the real world. Brain washing propagandic.camps.are a waste of time and resources when as adults they encounter bigots who use the political platform to rule and divide.From education quota to housing quota,the institutional inequality breeds distrust and injustice so what happened to the Keadilan call for reformasi is just a charade for power grab They only talk the talk and cant walk the talk.only the delusional idealistic citizens fell for the ruse with the big,beautiful lies they painted.A brave new world they taught has come and instead its the same old,same old story all over again.tbe American electorates fell for it and now see the chaos in their lives.A wake up call for trusting political promise campaigns but it has seen people uprising to protest in civil rights marches. As literature like Animal Farm teaches "All men are equal but some men are more equal than others" So what happened on Liberation Day when promises of liberty,equality and fraternity rang around the world.Free press,equal rights for black,Asians and women and fraternity with NATO to destabilize peace and order around the world. liberty rings hollow when Men are born free but everywhere he is in chains when men is chained to his work in pursuit of money,he signs the contract to sell his time to serve his company and his nation,signs away his freedom for ser vitude to wife and family in a marital contract and sells his soul to the devil in exchange for fame and power. What is equal rights but a mirage.Women have lost their reproductive rights not allowed to have more than one child or denied right to abort unwanted child,when wage gap between male and female workers is widening and women bear burden of career and housework and childcare compared to the free and easy lives of men. is it equal when white lives matter more than black or asian lives and wealth is concentrated in the hands of 1% while 99% live in poverty. is it equal when development n growth is concentrated in urban cities while rural areas lack school,infrastructure and health facilities? What is fraternity but a misnomer for elitism and exclusiveness and privilege.The big boys club of G7 or UN Security Council or IMF or NATO. Wake up and smell the haze.Get real and dont pull the wool over our eyes as Orwell has exposed the hypocrisy of the ruling elite in the Animal Farm

Frozen seafood

i go to buy frozen seafood from Nikudo or Topcatch as its less costly than local fish.The kurau costs rm125 a kilo so i buy Alaska pollock or salmon at rm35 a kilo. Yesterday i got China oysters at less than rm15 a packet as i have a loyalty customer discount.The oysters were huge compared to Malaysian ones . Last nite i took pussy for an evening stroll.The little kids loved him,petting n stroking him as the attention seeker lapped up the adoration.then he saw his old girlfriend Snow white and ran around the bushes with her.When i took him home,he refused to go inside the house and clung to the grille of the front door.Good he is getting more sociable and exercise.

Keep fit to keep fat off

im thankful my parents brought us up healthy and fit We ate fresh,home cooked food and my late dad had his own friends and hobbies although he worked 6 days a week from 9am to 9pm in retail tailoring.Sundays he went with friends outdoor open fishing at coastal seas,lakes and rivers.or he went hunting hiking miles in rubber plantation and orang asli villages. He was a strong swimmer and took us kids swimming in the seas off Port Dickson and Morib or hiking to Kanching waterfalls to swim.He would go swimming with our neighbour at the public swimming pool in Kelana Jaya and the time he gave up workouts and watched tv or stayed indoors sleeping,he slowly got dementia ,became forgetful and glued to bingeing on food. So i decided to keep active to maintain physical and mental health.It has become a habit to exercise in the morning daily so when i cant exercise outdoors in the thunderstorm,i workout at home with dumb bells and stretch bands.i feel if i miss the exercise, my digestion is sluggish,my blood circulation sluggish and my brain is foggy.It takes self discipline to exercise and its an excuse to say we have no time to exercise.I used to keep a dumbell and stretch bands in my office drawer and do stretches after eating home cooked lunch at the office.being active prevents feeling sleepy after food. so yesterday i waited 2 hours long or more to service my car.It was early morning at 8.39 am so i miss my daily morning workout so i felt sleepy after eating breakfast.i decided to warm up at the car service visitor centre which was freezing cold.i got killer looks from other customers but at my age i dont give a shit.as long as i dont bring the place down with loud thumping noise or break the tables n chairs,i continue with warm ups,tai chi and acupressure of meridian points. i found eye candy therapy at my apartment complex.This ripped marathon runner from China is so disciplined and he says he runs 40 rounds or roughly 40 km a day.one circuit around the perimeters of the apartment complex is 1 km. if you dont cheat by taking shortcuts to the mini mart or cafe to eat n drink.His body is so lithe and wiry not bulky like a body builder.eye candy therapy in sight

Scorching heat

The heat is scorching hot.It was 29 oC at 8am and will peak at 34 to 35 oC by 2am.im gonna soak and swim and chill out in the pool.Even my pussy is drinking a lot .When i let him nap on the sofa with me in the afternoon,i need to put his cat toys on the sofa.the catnip tiger tail and i got from the 2 Ecoshop a rope tassel so he wont pull on the drawstring on my shorts. Last nite i waited for nightfall and cooler temperature to make a tiramisu cake.i bake my own bread like pang susi and foccacia,portugese egg tarts,muffins,quiches n cakes as it is so expensive to buy them at premiom bakery like Komugi and Lavender nowadays.The prices of flour,cheese,cream and butter are so costly. I bought the cheapest cream cheese to make topping as mascarpone cheese cost more than rm 35 for a tub.premium good block of butter cost rm21 or more.i substitute with margerine or corn oil.i wish Malaysia learn from Thailand to improve food production from chickens to fruit and vegetable as we need to reduce food import bill.Even a huge populated nation like China can export fruit and vegetable to other nations after meeting its domestic consumption.Even Japan can export seafood and pork and beef. dinner i cooked fusion chilli crab spaghetti.i used frozen crab meat n del monte tomato ketchup as taught by mom. delicious sweet n sour n hot sauce. By end of the month,ive run

out of meat.i use canned sardine,tuna,baked beans,frozen mixed vegetable,canned mushroom,frozen meatballs and my pickled acar and kimchi.i will stock up on meat every 2 weeks from chicken to seafood .im gonna buy 30 eggs from giant at rm10 as i need to make cakes n tarts.i run to 3 hypermarts n wet markets for good deals.this year price of pork so expensive so the chinese zongzi is costly at rm11 for one.i wish i learned from mom how to wrap dumpling in bamboo leaves im impressed that Asean has brought together the Confucian culture of East Asia and the Islamic culture of the Middle East.The multilateralism of global exchanges in academic knowledge,tourism,business and culture has to be strengthened to promote stability and prosperity for the global south.But Malaysia should improve linkages using high speed rail to link our international airport to KL so that there wont be any bloody roadblocks at highways and city roads whenever major international events are hosted.Dont disrupt daily lives as it should be business as usual and not shutdown schools and commercial activities.