KL Library ... the coolest place to be in town

Perpustakaan Kuala Lumpur @ KL Library is situated right next to Dataran Merdeka

This is the entrance. The library will be closed on Monday and public holidays.

The range of books are good. Managed to find some latest books in the market in the library collection. 

 This is one of my many favourite section. Kudos and a big thank you to DBKL for providing and maintaining such a superb library in town. 

Let's revive the reading culture in our families, our younger generations, our communities...one visit at a time...one book at a time.

 

Useful mini oven

Got this precious useful oven around Chinese New Year (CNY 2025) for less than 100. It's a great great deal from Lotus. 

We've got a smaller one before we upgraded to this, at least we can now make potato wedges in 2 batch, rather than 3-4 batch previously.

Prefer this conventional oven as compared to microwave oven...somehow it makes the food tastier .... haha I feel lah

Now that it is more than 6 months old...my vow is to use it to make more tasty stuff for family to at. Time to explore and try out new dishes

Red eggs for birthday

 

Red eggs symbolize birth and I always feel warmth when I see red eggs because it represent birthday. So when it comes to my children birthday, I will make red eggs to remind myself to be grateful having them in my life.

And this year, thanks to AI, it has taught me the way to use vinegar to let the red colour food dye stay on the egg shells. Previous year the red colour didn't stay well.

Hopefully next time, my children let this tradition continue and our hearts stay warm together.

my home cook lunch

Mee goreng - I like mine goreng with shrimp and sweet pea and egg..just plain but still delicious.

 Porridge - the way i like it is plain porridge with corn (for sweet tinge) with salted egg and century egg...just bliss

 Nasi goreng - again i like mine with sweet pea, shrimp and egg..the taste just blend beautifully and sumptiously.

 

yong tau foo

 One of my favourite food of all time..yong tau foo. I think i can eat them like twice a week :)

加油 my little one.. You can do it

My little one is still like a small child.

She still like things that are meant for babies / toddlers.

Perhaps it's because she didn't get to enjoy them when she was small and there weren't so many varieties during then.

So mama told her that she will get as present when she complete 50 books.. 加油 my little one

You can do it

Amazing plant pillar

I just love this plant wall.

It is a brilliant idea to have this type of plant pillar in buildings.

And it's a good idea to have this plant wall at the elevated highway pillar.

Imagine the amount of carbon dioxide it can absorb and the amount of oxygen it can give.

Thanks to the team who came up with this sustainable and practical idea.

You can have different categories of plant for the plant pillars depending on local climate and suitability.

If I may put forward this idea to DBKL or the Majlis Perbandaran...we can always try with a few pillars / have a pilot project before going full fledged. It can serve as tourist attraction as well :)

Growing 'shu zai choi' aka pan mee vege

Got a whole bunch of shu zai choi from the aunty who sell pan mee at the pasar pagi (morning market). Thank you very much aunty

She was very happy when I told her I wanted to germinate & grow them. She say 'take take better than her throwing it away'

Took the whole pack (as tall as 2/3 of my height) home, de-leaves them remaining on the branches and put them in water to germinate

You can see they started sprouting and new shots coming out. 

Just transferred them to the ground last weekend

The bigger plant was from previous batch (also from the pan mee aunty at the pasar pagi)

However, some little insects find it tasty and start attacking it...aduh..they get to taste it before us.

Cotton cotton where are you from?

Ever wondered where do the soft fluffy cotton come from? 

Ever wondered if cotton come from plant?

Ever wondered is cotton original colour white?

We tried growing cotton and tara...this is how the cotton fruit look like and they are really white

small blessings

Our family is into avocado lately and avocado family is growing. These cuties are sleep companions every night.

I have been trying to advocate savings to my youngest but she doesn't seem to be able to grasp the concept of delay gratification. So when she showed me this article which she cut out from the newspaper on saving money and start saving her pocket money...no words can clearly describe what I felt. I'm really really thankful. And I learnt that some things is really can't be rushed.

growing more succulent

  Succulents are survivors. I adore them. Somehow they 

  survive and multiply easily. 

And they make me feel relaxed looking at them

especially those that shaped like lotus flower

and showed us how amazing nature is

My intention, grow and multiply them and give them to friends and family

Please grow well 

and I'm grateful to you for bringing me joy and relaxation. Thank you 

 

Growing and improving every day

She is growing and improving each day albeit at her own pace. Today she shared with me a secret how she can remember what she learnt or need to remember. She said : do revision of the thing to remember before sleep. Then before you sleep after you off the light, you say the things that you want to remember out loud. You photostat (copy) the thing that you want to remember in your brain and you go through it again in your brain. You will remember it tomorrow when you wake up in the morning.

I'm grateful she found a way that can help her be better in her learning. I'm grateful that God showed her the way and showed me the way. Thank you

 

Do what we love in life

 Life is short. Why would we want to waste our time doing what we hate? Why am I getting all my priorities in life mixed up? Plan for myself & my family. Have backup plan and build multiple streams of income. Volunteer and do something I'm passionate about. Exercise and take care of mental wellness. Focus on building relationship with family and children. Practice self care because nothing is more important than this body who work so hard to keep us alive.

willing to learn

 This year I have learnt and am still learning to let go. For coriculum activities, I let my children choose the club / activity they are interested in and wanted to join. I believe this way they will be happy and I'll be happy too in the long run...because nothing compared with something learnt willingly and with passion.

One of the activity selected was chinese ink painting class, which gong gong have interest in and always wanted to learn. It's a skill and culture that's quite rare these days. Of course there were gu zhen class too (which I hope maybe they'll like but I can't be too greedy right).

2nd class and this is the outcome...I'm grateful for good effort she put in

Milk tea for mama

 My children made milk tea for me + themselves for mother's day celebration. It may not be comparable to commercial milk tea but it is best for me...with the ngam ngam sweetness. It is simple yet I'm grateful. 

Volunteer

 This year I'm going to sign up to be a volunteer. It could be to teach under privilege students or to serve under privileged community. Also it can be helping out during Wesak Day. I will ask around and explore ways how I can help to make a difference 1 action at a time. I vow to bring my children along to join serving the community.

Now that I have the urge, let's hit the iron while it's hot. Let's get started exploring what are the avenue / NGO I can join to contribute. Do share with me if you know of any charity looking for volunteers, thank you

choosing school for children

I believe every parents go through this ... choosing kindergarten, primary and secondary school for children. It's not easy and there are many factors to consider. And also because children will be spending almost half of their time in school. School is children 2nd home and children will bloom and groom if they meet good teachers and friends and get to learn and grow in good environment. 

Even after we made the decision, sometimes we may not get the school we want. Sometimes we need to go through alot in order to get into the school we wanted. And after that, sometimes we doubt if we made the right choice. Irony as it may seem but that seem to be the norm as parents. 

Let go

To hold, you must first open your hand. Let go

How true

I'm trying my level best to learn to let go. 

To learn that there's only that much a person can do. 

To learn that I'm a human with limitations.

To learn that I can't please everyone 

To learn that I have my own life to live and my own path to walk

and to learn not to care much about what others think

Hello 2023

The few seconds before 2023 were spent with my children welcoming a brand new year while trying to catch a few glimpse of the mini fireworks from our room window.

Earlier my daughter had made a video of new year wishes. We were still in holiday mode as I was on leave and we just came back from family trip. 2022 was with ups and downs and I'm thankful for every moment of it. Some days bringing me sweat and tears, some days bringing me heartwarming love from family and friends, somedays are so hard that I feel like giving up but looking back everything happen for some reasons (and act as reminders).

2023 ... we wish it is a better year for all of us, if it's a rough year, may God let me have the strength and wisdom to pull through. This is the year of change for me (change for better) and to live my life in the present the best way possible.

We are 13 days nearer to end of 2023...so I vowed to give my best for the remaining 352 days and be grateful for every day that I'm waking alive and breathing

last post for year 2022

Today is 31/12/2022 and last day of year 2022. It has been a year filled with ups and downs. It is also a year of 'wake up call' for me. Many things happened and some really make think thrice about what have I done so far..

is it really how I want to leave my life? 

Am I wasting my life away doing something I detest? 

Why can't I just for once live for myself? Life is short and I'm halfway already.

My children are growing up fast and I sort of regret not spending enough time with them. Seriously what's the use earning money trying to make a living when I couldn't be there for them when they need me most. Sad..

So come 2023, I'm finding my way out of the rut, going to do what is important to me, going to focus on my priorities (my children, my family, my life, my health). I'm just a normal human with my flaws and limitations. I'm with limited time and resources so I do not waste in on things that does not matter..I'm sorry but this can only be the way forward. And for once, i have this strong urge to venture into education industry educating our future generation.

And I'm starting my own youtube channel to share some info and raise public awareness. My motto for tomorrow : just do it (wrong or right never mind, as long as I get started and even if wrong, I take corrective action from there)

Last but not least, thank you 2022 for a wonderful year that gave me a wake up call on what are the important things in my life and making me realised that me and only me can make the change.