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.

F@#$ F@#$ that fat cat

Yesterday i cleaned the house from the kitchen to the toilets and early this morning the fat cat pissed on the cardboard box i used to store dry grocery like black fungus n lily bulb.i had to throw away the box and mopped the area and disinfected it. Then went to wet market to shop for fresh papaya n mangos.The kitty was cunning and begged Jun to let him run into my bedroom.The tricky cat laid and cat loafed quietly on my bed and rolled around on my quilt.Jun thought he wanted to cat nap so left him alone on my bed.10 minutes later Jun heard a loud bang and disaster struck The naughty cat jumped on my marble table whete i had a black clay vase and 2 purple crochet tulip flowers.Yesterday while bathing i left a gap at the toilet door and saw him on the table trying to scratch and pull out the flowers to play.I buy so many cat toys for him n he MUST play with this floral decorations.i smacked n scolded him so he ran away.today he tricked Jun by pretending to nap,then when he went out,he quickly jumped on the table to play with the flowers.the vase fell and broke into a hundred pieces of shards.I had to clean up the mess in my bedroom.im fuming mad,pissed off.cat is barred from my bedroom.Bloody playful as curiosity kills the cat.There are many ways to skin a cat.time to buy a rotan or i use the studded massage glove to smack him.but this cat has 9 lives.really he pisses me off.

Ceasefire in Myanmar

There has to a ceasefire on both sides,the junta and antijunta forces before aid can reach the victims im impressed that Asean has a disaster coordination telief committee to tackle rescue and reconstruction work as i read of the ordinary people trying to dig with bare hands to save lives of those trapped. Asean members are living in a region vulnerable to climate change n natural disasters from volcano eruptions in indonesia and philippines,wildfires,massive flooding,typhoons and cyclones,transboundary haze and etc.So Asean can help their neighbours instead of beggar thy neighbour. pray medical relief and rescue teams work together to save lives tegardless of political and religious differences.Temples and mosques have collapsed and infrastructure like roads and bridges have to be rebuilt.When Aceh was devastated by the tsunami,the international community came together to aid so stay strong people of Myanmar.stay alive ,stay strong,stay hopeful

New lunatic painting

today i use acryllic to paint a landscape.i still have photos of the night on the cold hill in Nepal.Jun n I laid down on the grass lawn looking up at the night sky,brilliant with a blood moon,shadowy mountain peaks and the tree trunks ghostly white bathed in the pale moonlight.Its one of those moments of magical wonder when we marvel at the

magnificence of nature and feel we are so insignificant compared to the vastness above us.

Sat zumba

sweat like hell so fun

Micro drama

The short video platform like Tik Tok led to the rise of Chinas micro drama.These C dramas are addictive like K drama Jewel in the Palace of Korea.The cultural capital gave soft power and big business to the arts industry from the Korean make up,face masks,music and fashion and food.I began exploring korean food like pajeon,kyuchon chicken and mandul after viewing mouth watering korean food.Now korean convenience stores like CU and K mart and restaurants are mushrooming due to the soft power of the popular media. Microdrama is convenient as they can be viewed on mobile phones while commuting on the subway or waiting in a queue at the hospital.But the plot is predictable as its too short to develop complex subplots.Followers are coming from diverse nations like Thailand,Indonesia and Vietnam so the subtitles help in cross cultural communication.As for dramas that showcase unique food n accessories im now exploring new recipes like crab roe rice or hairpins worn with the Hanfu.But its ridiculous to wear Hanfu in hot tropical climate so the sam foo or qipao is more practical.but i bought an ethnic butterfly n flower hairpin as worn by ancient ladies.i wish they sell more jade or pearl hairpin designs in Malaysia as their variety is limited. With J pop the cosplay culture has spread to Malaysia and thete are long queues at Shin zushi or izakaya n yakiniku Japanese testaurants. so movies,novels,music and dances are cultural capital that gives soft power.