I'm so excited

Its about 2 am in the morning, its too early to wake up for

our flight but guess I am too excited to go to KK for a 4-day

getaway holiday . Will be meeting up with old friends,

good friends I have known for 20 over years. Used to live

in Sabah and my two girls were born there. We stayed there

for 15 good years as KK is a really a good place to raise

kids and a place of sunshine and fun.

I am going there with 12 men golfers including my good husband

and I am the only privileged wife to tag along as this is one

place I made sure I am going....hehe.

Oh yes, before I leave have to make sure that Ginger and

Miaw has enough chow and water!

Molek Pines Apartment

This the master bedroom facing the indoor garden as our apartment

is on the ground floor.

The attached bathroom in the master bedroom.

And this beautiful garden designed by my husband. Cool

isn't it. This is the favourite part of the apartment, as we can

spend hours here just relaxing and enjoying the fresh breeze

blowing through.

The swimming pool area has a barbecue pit for some great

party.

Our apartment is out for rent and at the moment it is still

vacant .

Weekend with Cyn

" Mummy is this my bra?"

While walking towards Kerala Restaurant we spotted this blue sexy

buggy . Irresistible!

This is Nancy's lunch, nasi beryiani, with veggies and fish cutlet.

Cyn and mine with plain rice, fish and cutlet. Finger licking!!

Ruining Ginger's sleep.

NPC counselor

I call my husband a NPC counselor. NPC stand for nasopharyngeal

cancer or in layman terms nose cancer. The reason is, these days

we seem to be having friends calling upon us to advise or shed some

light to their relatives or friends suffering from the same sickness.

My husband was diagnosed with nose cancer in

July 2004 and is now on remission.



Cancer is scary, sad and can be very consuming to the victim

and the relatives. It is devastating to receive such news but

it's still a life, and worth living. Having had a stressful job

made him actually start" living" after he was diagnosed, so cancer

is not a death sentence. This episode has many lessons,

it can be humbling, taught us acceptance and compassion,

inspired us spiritually, made us closer as a family and most of

all to live for this moment.



I admire my husband to have survived the ups and down

of the cancer treatment he had to undertake. He says "well if you really

have to suffer do it bravely and proudly, not miserably".

Easier said than done!

Guess what's for dinner?

This is my first try at making sushi, a recipe that was given to me by

a Japanese friend ages ago. Looks good isn't it and not bad for a beginner

like me.



It is easy to prepare and healthy to eat. The rolling of the sushi

needs abit of practice. Can be prepared early and does not make

the kitchen dirty. My husband says it taste good except that the

rice is lacking vinegar. So "gochisosama"

Yoga with Bronze

This morning Yin Yoga with Bronze(in white T) was great. His explanation

on how to work on our lazy muscles was certainly beneficial. He is

our favourite yoga instructor and mentor. His pretzel poses are

no match for any of us, but with his patience and abundant knowledge

we certainly will get somewhere.



I am taking this pic to show his youthful appearance which he

claims is due to long practice of yoga. We are all ready to

jump into that bandwagon too, so we shall see 5-10 years

from now, hopefully we still look the same. Yoga rules!

Retirement

I have retired for two years now and must admit

it has been good. I am 54 and I realised that every age

has its gift and limitations.

Whenever I tell people that I have retired they
either look surprised or concerned or they think I have
become a tai tai or they think I am boring now. Look
I have retired from work not life ok...I have some people
who sneers at retirement . I can remember a relative
even quoting Mr Lee Kuan Yew's remark that when you
retire you literally die. Wow...that means there will
will be plenty of dead people walking. Its like a death
sentence for housewives too!

My sis-in-law who retired at 45 has this to say,
"long time ago I worked for the money, now money
works for me".

As for me, I am having fun , maybe not so much funds but
but it has been great, if you have less spend less. I have more time
to enjoy my reading, watching my fave Oprah show, doing more
line dancing , spending more time at gym accomplishing my
yoga poses , fulfilling more of my spiritual obligations ( doesn't
necessarily mean trying to secure a place in heaven) and playing
surrogate to my 2 cats. Most of all, more time for family, I
may not be near my children but I am always here for them
anytime they need me.

080808

A toast to China for hosting this great event. Last night was
magnificent and amazing! It is the greatest Olympics opening
I have ever seen. A proud moment for China and being
Chinese I personally do share this pride even though I
am Malaysian. This is a vegetable juice containing kailan, celery and cucumbers. Thought

what a wonderful drink it is to relax and watch the Olympics but sad

to say my husband says it taste "yucks". Hello, this drink is all goodness,

full of oxidant, enzymes and anti-cancerous! I drained it down doesn't taste

that bad actually and goes very well with the above pic, the eco green.

Starting the Day

This is what its like when you have pets around the house.

Miaw here playing "plain dead"

Ginger wants to blog too

Jiafong

Jiafong has finally opened its doors for
business two days ago. Business is quite
encouraging as Ah yuen was not able
to cope with the orders on Sunday (soft opening).

The name Jiafong according to my husband's
translation means "full house". That will be good
if the restaurant keeps up with its name.