Chetawan Thai Temple, PJ

It is the mid -year day........almost , and it is a beautiful Sunday !

I started this sunny day with a temple visit - a visit to the Chetawan Thai Buddhist Temple in PJ.

The main shrine

The sky was so blue ....

Then I visited Ikea to get something for the house.

Had curry noodles for lunch.

3pm, went for a movie ....." Snow White & the huntsman " , quite enjoyable.
http://www.snowwhiteandthehuntsman.com/

Dinner at home .

At night, record this to mark this day - the mid-year day of 2012 ! A peaceful day to remember .

The " New " Puduraya Bus Station

Af ter long months of renovation, Puduraya Bus Station is back in action .

We have not been to this station for a long time , until two weeks ago. I took the opportunity to take a good look at the place.

the exterior

the departure / arrival hall

the numbered doors leading to the platforms for boarding

The interior is brightly lit, air-conditioned , and best of all , non-smoking . The waiting area is clean, well ventilated, and has sufficient chairs . 
The facelift gave Puduraya a good change and the public a good impression . Hope that the new look will be well maintained.

A day out in KL

We will only go to downtown KL when really needed, or we will not go. Recently, we went down around Petaling Street and it was near the Mid-autumn season.

Lanterns were hanging high along the street .

 We walked around the Jalan Sultan - Jalan Petaling area , and had quite a good look at some buildings .
Look at these old shops ....

 and the famous ones......

and of course , the nostalgic ones too......

 and here 's the venue ......

This is a historical location to be kept , definitely.

What can little kids do at a baking school ?

We expect to see young adults baking delicious cakes, pastries, cookies at an institute of baking . What can you expect when a group of little kids aged 3 - 6 years old visit an institute of baking ?

When these kids arrived at the institute, they instantly made heads turned. Most students of the institute were surprised to see the little ones at the kitchen. They were charmed by the kids.

The kids were happily exploring the preparation of doughnuts & cookies .

kids being carried up to cut the doughnuts

this 3 year-old cutting doughnuts

beautiful doughnuts waiting to rise

preparing the shortbread, sprinkle water

spread with decorative sugar stars

carefully decorate the shortbreads

Listening to the briefing attentively 

Don't under estimate kids these days. These preschoolers are a good example .

Chinese New Year

The Chinese New Year is approaching. The shopping malls are decorated RED to usher in the festive season as usual......the only change being the Lunar Zodiac . It is the Year of the Rabbit now .
Take a peep at a corner of the Mid Valley Mall in KL .

RED Lanterns hanging high 

RED ribbons with well wishes hanging in a tree

So, go away TIGER , let the bunnies come in .....

The Year of Rabbit will be here on the 3rd of February 2011 !
So, I dressed the Christmas 'tree'  RED !

And since that the kids are home, definitely need to stock up some festive goodies ........

Hmmmm......yumyum !

This year we have a wonderful collection of our own creativities . Hard work though .
GONG XI , GONGXI . Wishing everyone happy, healthy & peaceful always .

Goodbye 2010 , Hello 2011 !

0000 hours 31 Dec 2010 , I was outside the Sunway Pyramid , waiting to usher in the new year with the crowd gathered there . There was a firework show at the lagoon ,as the previous years . Everyone waited patiently for the moment to usher in the year 2011 .

Here's the firework show :

While the firework lights up a new beginning , here's my aspiration for the new year .
May I be well & happy always , may my loved ones be well, happy & peaceful always, May all beings be well & happy. May peace be here to stay.
Happy New Year to all .

Christmas 2010

When I was young, Christmas used to be fun with family party in my cousin's house. My cousin will prepare her best cream puffs, sambal prawn sandwiches & the hard nyonya jelly besides the fried beehoon. We will all gathered round to wait for Santa & his Carols to come . They normally arrived between 10pm to 11pm , singing and giving out sweets. After that we would have our own fun till midnight .

For many years, I have not had such Christmas after I left home . Work, marriage .....and Christmas family party had been history .

There was once many years later, when my kids were young , and we were back in hometown for Christmas. It was on a Christmas eve, we prepared presents & placed them under the pine tree in the garden. After dinner, we had an outdoor Christmas, busy opening presents. 

This year , stepmom's passing away made some changes to our first Christmas without her. A simple family gathering was held in my house . Partly it was because of the arrival of the first great grandson in the family .
So, we shared a wonderful Christmas dinner .

Family joy shared with our departed ones not forgotten too .