Eat for charity

A friend gave us two tickets to a charity event today. It is an event called  ' Eat for charity ' .

We went in at the allocated time , at 3.45pm , the feast began at 4pm, and an hour was given for each session. The food ........ all you can eat , in an hour....

The King & Queen of our local fruits !
If only my daughter is here , she will .............!!!!

The organizer managed the event better this year , so we heard. Last year's participants said they could not even get a bulb of the King of fruits during last event. This year, participants will stand at one place of your choice at the long tables, and the fruits will be brought to you. No take away, you can eat as much as you can within that one hour .
So, here's how these participants enjoyed the feast for charity.....

 I know what my daughter will say after seeing these photos..........
Next round , ok ?

Mooncakes

This tiny little piece of sweetie called mooncake is so costly these days. Imagine paying near RM 50 for 4 pieces of mooncakes in a beautiful packing ! Imagine eating a tiny egg yoke stuffed into the tiny piece of mooncake at the price of RM 1 per egg yoke !
So I decided to give it a try this year.......by making my own mooncake ! With the recipes given by two friends, I have my first adventure. I cooked the red beans and make my first " tausah " or red bean paste. Then I make the dough to wrap this filling....and ......taaalaaaa , here's the red bean mooncake !Wow......that's fun , and that saves money. I can give my friends homemade mooncakes ! So the adventures go further with these Shanghai Mooncakes .


And now , the fun is......... we say we will make mooncakes again come next Mid-autumn Festival !

Gopeng retreat @ Adeline's

This weekend retreat at Adeline's was first mentioned two years ago , finally we made it this March.

16 of us went in 5 cars , started off at 7.30 am . We stopped at Serendah for breakfast and made a detour at Cenderiang Lata Kinjang Waterfall . This is the waterfall we can see from far along the PLUS highway. Spectacular !

We arrived at Adeline's Rest House at 1pm , just nice to have lunch . Lunch was crispy fried fish , fried cabbage , and tofu . The portion was just sufficient , nothing wasted; but Adeline was generous to top-up if insufficient, and also gave an extra dish.

Well, check out Adeline's Rest House at Gopeng .....It's in the midst of rubber trees, durian trees , etc .....accommodation is bamboo-wooden huts !

Not much activity within, but arrangements can be made for outward bound activities like Rafflesia trekking, white water rafting, wet abselling, paint-ball games ,etc. We opted to take a 40-minutes walk to the waterfall .

The waterfall was not as high as Lata Kinjang. Water was strong that afternoon and it was raining. The uncles in the group enjoyed themselves doing waterfall spa .

Dinner at 7.30pm served with soup boiled in bamboo . Supper of curry puffs was served at 10pm. We had mahjong and cards session after dinner as there was no other activities. Night trekking was shelved after the rain as none of us like to be licked by leeches.

Night was quiet, peaceful and serene........

Breakfast was served at 7.30am . Adeline had prepared nasi lemak, fried mee, fried meehoon, 'wat tan hor ' and toasted bread with butter and jam.

The uncles went out cycling after breakfast , while some of us continue to play mahjong , chit-chatting or just take a good rest .

Lunch was served at 1pm before the journey home.

This was a relaxation retreat , light and easy.........except that we came back with sand-flies -kissed itchiness !

A new beginning

I took care of my daughter's blog, writing on her behalf during the time when she is overseas; I read with joy each blog my son posted; and I created a blog to keep my letters to both of them.
I wished that my daughter will have the time, the access to internet again soon so as she can write. She was a good writer, sharp in her observation, accurate in her words, merciless in her words sometimes ; but she has lost the passion to write. She would enjoy herself reading others' blogs than to type down her own thoughts.
My son enjoy writing now. He is more of an imaginative person yet not too creative. He has improved so much these years, and he is quite consistent in writing . A very good sign.
And of course , they are very much better in using IT ! I am far behind in bloging or using these technologies. That's why I decided to start anew, create a new blog !
Com'on, girl , join in the ' amazing race in blogging ' . Pick up blogging again and show mama your thoughts. Son, gotta teach mama more.......