Backdated post: My princesses in Cameron Highlands

Just some pics for memories. Can't remember exactly the date but it's a couple of months ago.

Sunday breakfast...Fish & Chips/ Hot Dogs/ tomyam fried Rice

Sunday 5Juy 2009

Woke up early as usual, did the laundry, facebook a bit, then started prparing breakfast. What did we have?

Cheese sausage dip with lemon , celery & carrot mayo/salad dressing.
Fish & chips with lemon slice


Lunch: Tom Yam fried rice (rice still in wok..no picture, sorry)

Sooo many weekends no cook....start cooking again this week.

Our Saturday 4July 2009

What we had for breakfast?

I prepared Roti Prata with Mackeral sauce to go with.
I name this dish The Tsunami Prata & Applelicios Mackerel. The instant Prata bread was bought frm Jusco & I use a canned Mackerel , added some sour green apple strips to replace cucumber, some tamarine sauce and this is what we have:



Named it tsunami because my hubby & kids insisted to have the mackerel gravy pouring & flooding the prata bread. Hubby wants it "Banjir'(flood), my twins called it "tsunami":
Roti Prata Kawan

The Mackerel Sauce with Green Apple slice
Our simple & cheap breakfast

For lunch: I cooked deep fried Red Snapper with garrlic/Ginger & Big Onions; boiled village chiken with pomelo skin(apparently it's good for Asthma, Hypertension & Diabetes)..didnt taste yummy coz the pomelo skin made it bitter: Fried vege. Didnt quite like the lunch on the whole. Forgot to take pictures.

Dinner: Had KFC Jom Jimat meals!

Visit To Taiping Nite Safari & Tambun Pomelo Farm with strokees

In my earlier post on Visit to Pomelo Farm, I went to the farm to survey the feasibilty for the strokees to get in before i actually brought them on the actual day.

On 27June 2009 & 28June 2009 , I organised & took a group of strokees to
visit the Taiping Nite Safari & the Tambun Pomelo Farm in Ipoh
respectively.

On arrival of the strokees frm Ampang, they were taken for a yummilicious luncheon at Sun Hup Kee at Leong Sin Nam Street.



After that we ta pau "tau Fu Fah"(bean curd dessert) and soya
bean frm the Ipoh famous Funny Mountain for the them to take back
& check into Syuen Hotel.

Then on 27th nite we adjourned to nite Safari.


Can u see the The love- owls?

Though some may not be able to see the night creatures clearly but every effort & steps the
strokees made to attend this outing itself was a great achievement





& self satisfaction to prove There is indeed Life After Stroke.

Before the nite Safari while waiting for the strokees frm Ampang, K.L to arrive by bus, my family went earlier before 7pm to have dinner at Pokok Assam roadside...the famous Curry Fishehead, Lobak (Fried Beancurd skin wrapping some pork ingredients), Assam Prawn(Fried Prawn with tamarine sauce), fried beansprout & steam tofu.
Fried Beansprout with salted Fish (simple & yummy!)

steam tofu with fried onion Assam Prawn
Fried Lobak


Curry Fish Head (the shop's speciality)



After the nite safari, AMPANG strokees even requested for us to Ta Pau
(takeaway) the Taiping famous Doli Halal Fried Kueh Teow for them for
supper. Thumbs up to the handsome young bus driver who was a good
driver to take the strokees safely to their destination in a
commendable pace .

This is the handsome young driver with his friend.

The next morning, we adjourned to the Ipoh Tambun Pomelo Farm on
28June 09 at 10am. The visit was really an eye opener for all of
us...free entrance but lots of valuable learning experience gained.

Fellowship at the farm hall where the exercises, laughter, ,music & dance took place besides being served with a variety of fruits by the farm owner Mr.Chin.




Do you knw the following facts about Pomelo?

1) Pomelo has 30% vit C richer than oranges & apples.

2) The skin has more remedial benefits than the inner fruit.
- it can be boiled with water for getting rid of hair dandruff & good
usage as tranquiliser & relaxation medium.
- some researches in taiwan has shown it's benefits in suppresing
Asthma, Hypertension & Diabetes when boiled with "Pak Hup" (one kind of
traditional supplement.
***Strokees were advised to be cautious if they wanna try the
recommended remedy by the pomelo farm owner & at their own risk.

3) The skin & rotten fruit can be recycled to make enzyme.

4) In Africa & overseas, one pmelo can sell up to US$32. We Aseans are
so fortunate to be able to enjoy these pomelos at lower cost.(between
RM5-12)

After the fellowship & morning activity at the hall, we adjourned for lunch at Low Wong Nga Choy Kai (the Ipoh famous Chicken & Bean sprout) in town. After that Ampang strokees had their last round of shopping for Ipoh goodies (besides the
20 boxes of Salted Chicken) and headed for home.





Volunteers having fun, too!

Till we meet again, take care & God Bless all the strokees.

Visit to Tambun Pomelo Farm

When I was young, 'Di' (my dad) used to take me& my siblings for adventures here and there in his car..exploring shortcuts & places in housing areas, estates, & places with best food. He loved fishing.Perhaps that's why he enjoyed exploring.

Unfortunately I married my hubby who is not that adventurous type but prefers to stay at home & read newspaper or just simply laze around at home. Perhaps that's because he is tired of travelling outstation almost everyday.

Therefore, whenever there is opportunity to explore places of interest & best still when it is near home, I would take my family there.

Today we went to a Pomelo farm not too far frm our home. It is situated in Tambun & it is behind the Pomelo Stall named Gerai Limau Tambun Chin. Thanks to a facebook friend G, who was kind enough to find out the details to that location.

Though there's not much to see besides pomelo, bonsai, farm chicken & farm dogs, it was an eye opener to my 4 kids. What amused me was when they were so thrilled to see the chickens & many dogs there.They asked me "Mummy why the chickens are so huge?"


Here are pictures taken when we were self exploring the farm (coz the owner just left for lunch break!) So the Indon maid incharge allowed us to explore on our own:




The pomelos are bigger than my girls' faces.



If you are there, dont forget to taste the sweet juicy pomelos! Reasonable priced, too. Maybe you could try your luck to buy some farm chicken eggs, too!

Will be going again next week but with a group of Stroke survivors , their carers & volunteers frm a stroke centre. Today's trip is actually for me to survey the place to see if it's suitable for the strokees. There were good toilet facilities & the easy pathway for them to walk with walking aid and the place is wheechair friendly...so pass!