Wednesday 25 December 2019

Stollen and Panettone from Yin's Sourdough Bakery 德国和意大利圣诞面包


German Stollen is a cake-like fruit bread while Italian Panettone is a bread loaf, both specially prepared for Christmas.
德国的Stollen和意大利的Panettone是特别为圣诞节准备的面包。

So special, so delicious.
好特别、好美味。

Thanks Yin's Sourdough Bakery for delivering these special breads all the way from Penang to Menglembu.
感谢Yin's Sourdough Bakery把这些特别的面包从槟城送到万里望。

Monday 18 November 2019

Plans 计划

It's important to have plans.
Nevertheless, sometimes we must be flexible and fluid to change plans when the need arises.
You will discover that this new plan is very good too, or even better than the previous plans.

计划很重要。
然而,有时我们必须在需要时灵活应变及改变计划。
你会发现,其实这一个新计划也是很好的,甚至还好过之前那些计划。

Sunday 10 November 2019

Birthday Cake from Ipoh Bakery 来自Ipoh Bakery的生日蛋糕


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Birthday cake from Ipoh Bakery


The bakery is named Ipoh Bakery but it's actually a bakery in Taiping.
It's a simple sponge cake with the sunflower design.
Nevertheless, simple is great.

Birthday cake is not about how fancy it is.
It's about love for the person one loves and the thought to spend the special moment together.

蛋糕店名为Ipoh Bakery,但实际上是位于太平的。
这是简单的太阳花设计的海绵蛋糕。
然而,简单是很好的。

生日蛋糕并不在于有多么花巧。
这是关于对所爱的人的爱,还有想与心爱的人度过特别时刻的一颗心。

Sunday 3 November 2019

Learn 学习

Learn.
As u learn more, u will notice there are limitless possibilities that you can create to make yourself a better person.

学习。
当你学习更多的时候,你会发现你可以创造无限的可能,让你成为一个更好的人。



Saturday 2 November 2019

Always Practise Gratitude 时时感恩

Recently I discovered a great website - The Greater Good Science Center.
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/

There are numerous science-based insights for a meaningful life.

Every month, this center provides a happiness calendar.

This is the heading for the calendar this month:
This November, find the bright side and meditate on gratitude

1st day of November, we're reminded to see the good in the person we love.
Sometimes, we tend to ignore the good things and magnify the little things which should be ignored in the person we love.
Remember that no one is 100 percent right in all aspects and we should see the good in the person we love.

See the good in all things.
Always practise gratitude.



最近,我发现了一个很好的网站 - The Greater Good Science Center。
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/

这个网站有很多以科学为基本,对有意义的生活的见解。

每一个月,该中心都会提供一份幸福日历。

这是本月日历的标题:
这一个十一月,寻找美好的一面,并学习感恩。

十一月一日,该中心提醒我们要看到所爱的人的美好。
有时候,我们倾向于忽略美好,而放大那些我们爱人身上该被忽略的微小事物。

记得,没有一个人是在所有方面都是100巴仙对的。我们应该要看到所爱的人的美好。

看到万物的美好。
时时感恩。

Saturday 10 August 2019

模糊.清晰

很多时候我们看久了同一样事或物,几乎每一天都在看着,看着看着就会模糊了双眼。
因此,每一个人的身边总有一些人在适当的时候会告诉你,你平时看不到的那一面。
后来的后来,才发现原来如此。
感谢那些让你在熟悉中却又已经模糊已久的那一点找回真正的另一个焦点的每一个人。
感谢那些在身边给你新的发现的每一个人。



Thursday 6 June 2019

There are Alternatives 有其它方法的

There are always alternatives to get something done.

When the right-click function using the mouse was out of order, I discovered a new way (through Google search engine, as always) to perform this task. I just have to left click on the thing that I want to perform the right-click function, then press Shift+F10. It's just as simple as that.

Sometimes it's not necessary that we have to throw away something with defect, instead we perform the same task by using other alternatives.

Save the earth. Go green. Make use of what you have instead of craving for replacement.

要完成某件事,其实是有很多不同的方法的。
当滑鼠的右键功能不能发挥其作用的时候,我发现了一个新的方法(通过谷歌搜寻引擎,如常般)来完成这件事。我只需要在需要发挥右键功能的地方按左键,然后再按Shift+F10就可以了。就是那么简单。

有瑕疵的,不一定要被丢弃,反之我们要用其它方法来完成所需要完成的。

爱护地球。多环保。好好善用已经拥有的,而不是每一次都想着要找替代品。

Sunday 7 April 2019

先生和太太 Mr and Mrs


婚礼,可以简单,也可以奢华。
婚后幸福的程度不一定和婚礼的隆重程度成为正比。
可是当成为某某先生和太太之前,通常都会举办一场婚礼。

有的人宴请几乎所有都认识他的人,无论交情有多深。
有的人只要家人、亲戚和很要好的朋友来参与自己的婚礼。
有的人只是简简单单的注册婚姻而没有举办婚礼。
那你呢?

祝大家有情人终成眷属,幸福美满。


Wedding can be simple or luxurious.
Happiness after marriage is not directly proportional to how spectacular the wedding ceremony is.
It's a common practice that most couple hold a wedding ceremony before their marriage.

Some couple invite almost all people who know them, regardless of how deep the relationship is.
Some couple wish to have their family, relatives and close friends only to join them in this celebration.
Some couple only register their marriage without holding any wedding ceremony.
How about you?

Wishing all lovers a happy married life ahead.

Sunday 31 March 2019

Krabi 5D4N Trip

Where will you go if you have only 5 days and 4 nights for a short trip? Krabi was never in our to-go list earlier. However, after some considerations and internet surfing, we decided to go there to spend special moments together. Why? The journey from KLIA 2 to Krabi International Airport only took 1 hour and 20 minutes. It's not only sunshine and beach there. There're lots more activities that you can do there. It's definitely a place worth travelling.

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Once we reached Krabi International Airport, we bought tickets for minivan and a local SIM card. 
It's The driver dropped the passengers along the way and we passed by a lot of hotels and resorts, as well as restaurants and night market stalls. Finally, we reached Red Ginger Chic Resort. We're delighted to be welcomed by great staff and refreshing welcoming drinks.
We're grateful for the nice decorations and the delicious cake which we then enjoyed as our dessert after our dinner. We made an impromptu trip by foot to the nearby stalls and had our first try on Pad Thai, which was a common Thai dish based on rice noodles. Pad Thai here, Pad Thai there, Pad Thai everywhere =). There are so many stalls which were selling this Thai dish. We ate Pad Thai with Shrimp, Pad Thai vermicille with seafood and vege satay. Then we went to a convenience store to buy some breads. In short, all the places were within walking distance and we're glad that we chose the right place to stay.


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Buffet breakfast was provided daily in the resort. It's a very cozy place to enjoy your meal. Staff provided very good service too.
This was my healthy salad set. We're happy to know that there're a good variety of food and beverages there, ranging from western to eastern food.

We walked for a distance and found out that there were so many agencies along the way which offered tour package from Ao Nang. You may take a van, speed boat, bus or ferry to lots of places. For example, Phi Phi Island, Phuket, Koh Samui, Hua Hin, Bangkok, Koh Lipeh, Langkawi, etc. I only name a few of the destinations that I have heard of. In fact, it's a long list there.

We decided to go on a road trip by motorbike. There're too many agents in Krabi. We walked, and walked and walked and looked for a good bargain. Finally we concluded that all offered almost the same price although they might be differ slightly. We're already sweating a lot and so we decided to just pick on any agent so that we could start our road trip early. Besides, this particular young lady was very helpful in providing us recommendations and maps to go about for our first day road trip there. She helped us to contact the motorbike rental company. While waiting for our motorbike, we walked to the beach nearby at Ao Nang.
Such a lovely morning in Ao Nang.

This is our good helper for our one-day road trip in Krabi.
The motorbike from Mr Sak Motorbike Rental was quite new and overall we think it's a good choice.



Unlike the big petrol stations in Malaysia or even the very small petrol stations that I've seen in small towns in New Zealand before this, this was the first time that I saw such a petrol station. I would rather call it a petrol machine as it's just located next to the small shop lots, almost the size of a vendor machine and served exactly like a vendor machine too. Happy Oil was the company which provided service for our first petrol pump in Krabi.



Hat Noppharat Thara - Mu Ko Phi Phi Nationarl Park was our first stop for our road trip in Krabi. 
There's a beach with long white sandy stretch with nice spots of beautiful tall trees.



It's almost 10.30 am and the beach was not a crowded one. 

It's a good place for relaxation without the hussle and bussle of large number of tourists.


Our next destination was Klong Muang Beach. It's 11.08 am when we reached there. It's located to the north of Ao Nang. 

We saw the iconic long-tail boat, which was commonly used to take tourists from island to island.
It's a quick stop of less than 20 minutes on Klong Muang Beach and then we headed for the next destination.

Our next tourist attraction was Tha Pom Klong Song Nam("Two Water Canal"), which was 29.6 km away from Klong Muang Beach. It's a 33-minute journey.




We strolled along the walkway, amazed by the stunning natural view and emerald crystal clear water.



It's raining on our way to our next destination. We had to find a shelter for our lunch too. 
It's already 2.46 pm when we had our simple lunch (as well as a shelter from rain) at 7-eleven. We ate Rice with Thai Basil Fish Tofu and Deep Fried Fish with Herb and Spicy Sauce with Rice. Of course we added another rice as the portion was small.







to be continued...

Wednesday 20 February 2019

东禅寺灯会 Floral Lantern Festival at Dong Zen Temple

第一次到佛光山东禅寺赏花灯,感受中华文化之美。

14/2/2019
从沙白安南到仁嘉隆的车程大概是180多km,可是因为不是使用高速公路所以需时超过两个小时半。由于先到民宿享用自备的晚餐,再到目的地的时候已经是晚上9点半了。原本以为那儿只开放到晚上十点,可是却延长多半个小时了,让我们有机会欣赏所有的美。

只要你勇敢的踏出那一步,就能用有比你想象中更美好的美好。