Went Swimming

Disclaimer: This entry does not mean that I would like to leave the Kelab Bulat, nor to have slimmer body. I love the way I look now (perasan). Exercising is merely to improve my health condition.

I went swimming this evening. Since there's this swimming pool which is not that far from my office, swimming there would be the best choice.

These swimming attire (or outfit?) had been left untouched for too long. I had a good check if they're still good. I don't want to end up being 'over-exposed' as the old swimming trunk give way.

I used to swim for 20 to 25 laps non-stop when i was in my post-grad days. But the 10 laps target that I was hoping to achieved was too difficult for me. I ended up swimming only 7 laps. I need to do this more often. I felt sucks.

I'd finally taken my first step. Hope I can persist.

Pink Flowers

The seeds of this flower species was taken from Cameron Highland. My mum-in-law sown the seeds two months ago, the gave some of the germinated seedlings to me. With some care and fertilization, it flowers recently. The inflorescence was not that attractive in the beginning.

It started blooming a few days after that. Still not so impressive looking.


But it turned out the be stunningly beautiful after another few days. Rich pink in the beginning, turning into light pink in a day or two. It blooms at night, closed in the daytime. Quite strange. I think it's the heat, because they blooms so beautifully during daytime when we saw this flower in Cameron Highland.


A good birthday gift for Pinky, but don;t think I can send it to her. Furthermore, my wife love it so much that she might get jealous if I cut it and send to another girl. hahahaha....

Birthday Gift For Pinky

It's Pinky's 21th birthday today. I'm glad to know her via blogging and I'd been her avid blog reader. She reads my blog too.

To you Pinky, wishing you a Blessed Birthday and many happy returns. Ingat nak hantar bunga pink dari garden saya ni kat Pinky, tapi takut layu dah bila sampai kiwiland, so bagi e-card yg Josh buat sendiri je la ye.

Water Droplets

Finally, after months of tender loving care, the lotus in my garden (a gift from Datin N) starts to produce beautiful huge leaves. Dah berbulan-bulan pokok lotus ni 'hidup segan mati tak mau'.. As I water the plant this morning, i was hypnotised by the beauty of the pearl-liked water droplets on the surface of the leave.

Being a blog addict, I took out my DSLR camera and snapped these photos even though I was in a hurry to work so that I can share them with my blog readers. The first two are originals, the rest are enhanced.





I'd reduced the resolution so that I can save my blog's space. If you;re interested to have the higher resolution version as wall papers, just give me your email and i'll send them to u.

Increasing

I checked my blog statistics and found that the number of people visiting my blog increases steadily since I started blogging last Sept.

What does this indicates?? hmmm...

Return of the Spring?

I spent some time on my garden this morning. I was amazed by the number of flowers blooming. Most of my plants are leafy but the amount of blossoming flowers surprised me. So I took out my DSLR and took these photos. All of them are flowers.

This is lindah jin (erm, don't know the name in English). Yes, it flowers again, the second time this year. The first time was in January. This really surprises me.

Then there's this pot of flower from Cameron Highland. Actually my mum-in-law took the seeds while we were there last September. Then she germinated them and gave me some of the seedlings. Those found in Cameron Highland produces much larger flower. Maybe because of the heat down here, the flowers are smaller.

The water lilies, the blueish white and the purple. They produces flowers whole year round. Not a single day without flowers.


Don't know what's the name for this one. In fact I don't really know the name of most of my plants. (Malunyerrr). It's pink, Pinky's colour.

The rose. This pot of rose also flowers throughout the year.

And there're these white flowers of various sizes. Don't know their name.



The spider plant. Producing small flowers along the runner stem, with a small plantlet at the end.

The plant below really surprised me. The cactus plant (yikes, I really don't know what it called, but there're considered as cactus) produces a very long flower stalk with small flower buds along the stalk.

Last but not least, even the plastic flowers also blooming? Cantik, kan?

Clearly, with these flowers blooming in my garden, it's official that the spring returns. Macaaaam ler Malaysia ni ada spring ye...

Beautiful Sky

I was amazed by the beautiful sky this morning when I was on my way to office. How beautiful is God's creation.




The beautiful sky was a good start for my day. I was in happy mood the whole day.

Bintang Side Walk Cafe Again (yes, again)

It's Puan Sue-sue's decision. Bintang Side Walk Cafe we went. We didn't ban the cafe as they still many good food. Plus their excellent service, clean environment and air condition. Disclaimer: I'm not promoting this cafe, nor I receive any commission for these encouraging words. I'm just sharing my thought.

Kalo makanan tu tak sedap, kita comment (x kutuk tau), kalo sedap, kita puji ler. Like this morning. Below are the food we ordered. First, Our drinks. I ordered white coffee, very aromatic.

Suw-suw's chicken porridge. Very nice but not recommended when you're in a hurry, it's too hot to gulp spoonful by spoonful.

The mee bandung muar I'd ordered. Very tasty, with rich 'seafood taste'. I like the big square bowl they used.


The rest ordered either roti kosong, roti telor or roti bakar. U can tell they like it by judging their facial expression while eating. Mulut buka besaaar sangat bila makan.

One thing worth mention. They used magnetic card to identify our order when we pay at the counter. This cafe is basically paperless. Hmm.... same theme as my blog.


See, Putera Rizal, we don't alway complant only ya. hehehe.

Cafe Jalan Tepi Bintang

We tried out the breakfast at this cafe, the one that I had lunch yesterday. Puan Sue-sue, Tod-tod & her hubby were there too. See, i told u, Puan Sue-sue is pretty ok with this cafe, sebab dia cantik maaa...

Not many people there when we arrived. The place is surprisingly cooling at that hour as it's facing west. Frankly, I like this type of environment.



For me, I'd enjoyed the food I'd ordered. Nasi Goreng Mamu with parpedom. But Tod-tod got so disappointed with the nasi lemak ayam goreng. The sambal was too sweet, and the chicken was basically tasteless. She passed the unfinished portion to her hubby. He gave the same comment. Hm.... Ban the nasi lemak then. Sue-sue was satisfied with the roti telur but complained that the teh tarik kurang manis was too thin.

Ntah nanti pergi makan lunch tempat ni lagi tak.

Lunch Alone

It's quite rare to find me having lunch alone. But this is the 'once-in-a-blue-moon' occasion when everyone is taking leaves and spend time with their family during school holiday. I took my sweet time and ronda-ronda to find a place for lunch.

We passed by this interesting (and nice looking) restaurant the other day and i decided to give it a try. It's the Bintang Side Walk Cafe. It looks like any other side walk cafe found in Bukit Bintang but to my surprise, it's a mamak stall. Not just any mamak stall, but a new breed mamak stall.


It's air-conditioned. Offers variety of food from mamak to Malay to Western all the way to Chinese food. Here're the examples of the menu (matilah kalo diaorang tau saya amik gambar menu dia ngan harga sekali..)




I ordered claypot yee mee and frest orange juice. All together RM7.00. Very reasonable, considering the environment and the kind of service they'd provided.


Overall, I'm quite satisfied with this restaurant. Will try their western food and the nasi kandar. Hm.... yum yum.. I'm sure Puan Sue-sue yang mempunyai satu kriteria sahaja untuk buat pilihan tempat makan mesti ok ngan restaurant ni.

Note: Kriteria Puan Sue-sue: tempat cantik.