Enjoying my favourites again~~~

When ever I have a free time,my mind will automaticaly turns to food..

That is how I get such a beautiful face which looks like a "ban chang kueh"(chinese pancakes) and a lovely body shape which looks like a bloster cover(poh chim long).

This afternoon..I get that urge again and I deceided to cook apong..

I bought this instant pack from penang..

It is very easy to cook,but my ichy hand and my hungry mind makes me turn it to another version of apong...I add in grated coconut,cream corn and banana.

It turns into apong balik...The taste was wonderful..I just dun't know how to describe it here...hahaha..

After I finish cooking the apong,my ichy hand start to do another thing when I saw that I have many eggs in my refrigerater.I cook " Pandan Kaya"..bleanding my screwpine leaves with a bit of water.I was enjoying my my apong balik while stirring my pandan kaya...and as times goes by...I suceeded in making a sweet fragrance pandan kaya.

The photo above is my pandan kaya...the tatse is wonderful..I am going to eat it with bread tomorow and maybe I will steam some gultanious rice with santan.It tatse wonderful when taken with pandan kaya..hehe..

My Uan Sui's Flowers~~~

Recently I was in the mood for eating Hainan chicken rice again,so I cooked it ...
Then I went to my garden to pluck my "uan sui"leaves,so that I can enjoy my chicken rice.
I was very surprise to see that small white flowers blooming..and they are from my "uan sui"plants!!!!
This is the first time I see "uan sui"flowers..they are white in colour..here are the closeup photos...
"Uan sui"plants are very strong..I thought they will die in winter,but they didn't..
These "uan sui" plants are the ones ,I planted last summer..and they went through winter and recently bear flowers..
I also noticed when they bear flowers,the leaves also changes its shape..
You can see from the photo above,the "uan sui" leaves becomes thin straight leaves instead of the usual petal shapes.They looks more like "carrot's leaves"..but when you pluck the leaves,they still have that "uan sui"fragance..

I will continue to let my "uan sui" grows and see what happen to them till the end..To my dear friend who sent me the "uan sui" seeds..thanks a million..and hey see..the seeds that you sent me already become parents..bear flowers....hahahaha...

My Old Faithful~~~

Today I am going to talk about my old faithful car.The photo above is my old faithful car which have been together with me for 16 years.

It is a "Subaru Sambar"..hubby bought it for me when I have my second son.So ,this year my second son is 16 years old,so my "old faithful "is also same age..hehe..

I choose this car because I fell in love with its "auto open sunroof".I can get the feeling as if I am driving a sport car..hahaha.

I like to drive in the early evening,and enjoy the wind blowing against my hair and face with just a push of a button.It will auto open the sunroof..and also auto shut it too.

The best way to release stress and tension for me is driving my old faithful with the sunroof open and letting the cool wind blows against me..and my chinese songs blasting in my car's stereo..hahahaha..

My old faithful does not drink a lot of petrol but it has been hospitalize once with a leaking radiator.and now its air-condition is also not working too well due to old age.

I sometimes thinks of changing to another car..but later,I changed my mind as this old faithful is of "sentimental value" to me.So I think I will continue to drive it until the day it decided to leave me...

Change of systems~~~

Since April 1st,2009...japan started to have this new system,which is ..we have to bring our own shopping bags when we go shopping.

Here are some shopping bags which we will use ,when we go shopping in the supermarket.

We bring these type of bags and the cashier will put our groceries into these bags,or we can use other types ..like baskets..some supermarket also sell their own "My basket" or "My eco bag" which is like above..

Sometimes when we forget to bring any bags,we will be charge if we use the shops plastic bags.

We also keep a few emergency foldable type of nylon bag as show in the photo above.The blue in colour bag is the foldable bag,and is in a zipped form,so when you unzip it,it will looks like the brown in colour nylon bag.

The photo above also shows my area supermarket's "My basket".I bought several of them and put them in my car..

So when I finish my shopping,the cashier will just tranfer all my shopping into this "my basket" or "my eco bag".

I still find this very troblesome as sometimes,I forget to bring them with me,so that is the time..these foldable nylon bags comes in handy.

They are very light and can be kept in our handbag,I keep 3 of them in my handbag..hehe..

Now even the pharmacy is also following this system and later I think many more shops will follow too...I won't be surprise..maybe one day,they might want us to bring our own carriers when we want to buy cooked food,just like in malaysia..and what will they call them.."My tiffin carriers"????? Hahahahaha..

My Treasures~~~

Today ,I would like to show you all my personal treasures...
The photo above, are all my "sam pohs"..on the left hand side is my necklace with the 3 "sam pohs"..I wear them when I am in the house and also when I sleep for protection.

You can see the main buddha in dark brown,that was the one given by the head monk in the siamese temple.
In the centre is my "si bin hoot"(4face buddha),also in a chain necklace.
On the far right hand corner is my lady sam poh,called "nan kuat".She is the goddess of luck and also can wear off evil spirits.

The above photo is the holy sutra of the" 4 face buddha,"I bought 2 and made one of it into a triangular "hu".

I wear this "hu"with the holy sutra of the "4 face buddha"inside and also keep the 7colours strings which the head monk tied to my hand after the "water splashing" ceremony at work.I also wear my "lady goddess sampoh" in a sam poh clip as I am not allow to wear necklace when I am working,so I find the "sam poh clip"so convenient and moreover,it is very cute.

Well now ,I have shown you all my treasures and I believe all these treasures will protect me and wear off evil for me...(^0^)

Superstitious?????

I started to believe in buddhism on the day when I saw the miracle happened in front of me.It was the day when my mother breathe her last breath.I saw my mum's swollen body and face returned back to her natural appearance after the siamese monks chanted the siamese prayers and leads my mum to peace.

So ,before I came back to japan,the head monk in the siamese temple gave me a buddha pendant.I also bought several buddha pendants and also several buddha amulets and also several holy siamese sutras to be blessed by this head monk.

The above photo is the buddha pendant ,I hang it in my car for safety and protection.

At the car door,I also paste a holy "hu" ,and near the passenger seat area,I hang the holy amulet .This holy monk is believed to protect us from evil and safety driving,I heard.I also played the siamese prayers chanting in the car ,twice a month as to recharge my buddha pendant and also the holy "hu".

I bought several siamese prayers chanting CDs,and I will play them on the audio at least twice a month.The first thing in the morning when I wake up,I open all the windows and take out all my buddha pendants and place them near the CD player,then I will start to let the siamese prayers played,while I do my chores.

The above photo in red is the holy siamese sutra "hu".I put one in my living room and another in my bedroom.All the "hu" are also blessed by the head monk.

When I am at home,I will wear my 3 buddhas and when I am at work ,I will pin the "hu" inside my blouse,I also wear a buddha pendant in a buddha pin holder.

You can really says that I am very superstitious,but I do notice several changes after I adapt to this method.The playing of the siamese prayers chanting with all the windows opened in the morning was adviced by the head monk.

This is to clear out all the evil spirits and bad luck .

Nowadays,I can sleep peacefully with my 3buddhas attached to my necklace.Gone were the days when I always wake up at 3 am with "goose pimples" and heart pounding like hell.

Well,I might sounds like an old granny yakking about buddhism,but I am very happy and satified...hehe..

Panic for the wrong reason!!!!

Today,after my work,I was in a hurry to go on my errands...so I quickly put on my long sleeves blouse,my jeans and my spring coat as it is still chilly in japan.
I went to several places ,like buying the handphone USB cord for my son,and bought a steam curler for myself and then went shopping for my groceries.

When I finished all these,and on the way home,I glanced at my right hand(I Have a habit of wearing my wrist watch)to check what time it was already.I was in a panic when I found my right wrist empty..oh my god!!! Where is my wrist watch???

I returned to all the places which I have been earlier and even went to check at the service counter and also wrote down my name and handphone number,just in case someone found my wrist watch.
Everything in my head become blank and I was in panic, as that wrist watch is of "sentimental value" to me.
I even went back to my working place to check again,whether I drop it when I was changing my clothes..but it wasn't there either.

I was very sad and tired,and also sweating like hell ,driving here and there..and it was almost dinner time when I arrive home.
I wasn't in the mood to cook dinner at all,not to mention also..no mood to put away my groceries,so I asked my daughter to do it.

I was also sweating like hell and deceided to take a shower,my eyes was watery and I felt like having a big cry in the bathroom..
When I started to take off my clothing one by one..and also sobbing..my eyes suddenly caught some thing on my left wrist when I was fully naked!!!
On my left wrist is wrist watch!!!!! All the time,I was so in panic that I never even bother to look at my left wrist as I do not wear wrist watch on my left wrist..

So you see,all the panic and sobbing..for the wrong reason!!!
Have you ever in such a silly situation before???
I must be in such a big hurry that I accidentaly wear my wrist watch on my left hand and forgotten about it.
Come to think about it,sure makes me waste the whole afternoon for nothing..really so silly of me!!!!

Japanese Wimax???

Recently there are a lot of USB type of stick internet promotion at my area.These USB data stick is so easy to use and some of them are auto install..meaning is ,you just slot the USB data stick into the usb hole and it will auto install itself.Then you just have to click your internet explorer and surf the net as usual.

Some of the computer shops are promoting a service of 2 years subscribtion with this data stick and you get free unlimited usage of the internet, and also you can just buy your mini mobile computer with only 100 yen(RM3.50)..so cheap,Right?

If you don't want to buy a mini computer,you can also buy an ordinary computer and they will give you a discount of 30,000 yen(Rm900)..I still think is worthwhile..

These USB type of data stick looks just like our pen drive but a bit bigger and they can have a speed of 7.2Mbps or if the area is not so good,they are able to get at least 384kbps.

Their price is also not so expensive and reasonable...They also include the internet provider and under the same package..unlimited free usage.

At present,I am also using a card data type..and it is working well..They can also be use overseas..but then the internet surfing charge will be different..but if used inside japan..then there are no limits..all free usage...

I got a feeling the prices of these devices will drop later as many more companys will comes out with more models.As now there are only 2 companys doing these,one is emobil and the other is softbank.