My colleagues and I were hosted to a tree top walk on a hill. This was my first time visiting a tree top walk so I was quite excited. The walk was designed by the Germans and maintained by Orang Aslis, indigenous people of Malaysia (remember your geography lessons in school?).
Treading cautiously. For safety, no more than three persons are allowed on each stretch of the walk, and each person had to keep a minimal distance of 2m away from the person in front.
This was how the walk was anchored to the tree trunks. As the tree was quite old (over 100 years), the anchor had to be released a few times during the year to allow the tree to breathe.
Taking a group photo with KP and WL.
From this vantage point, the Petronas twin towers can be seen.
Our guide brought our attention to the view of how the trees co-exist. See how they have drawn boundaries with each other.
This hawker centre is worth the visit. Besides the normal hawker variety, it has become popular for its bakeries. When I visited this afternoon, there was a long queue forming at a chocolate based bakery. This is no wonder when whiffs of chocolate from the shop filled the air.
We bought a durian cake roll at Home Made Specialities ($7.50). You could request to have the cake sliced to accompany your coffee and tea. The shop will help to pack the rest.
My dad's secondary school classmate is operating a chicken rice stall. Will feature more on this in a subsequent post.
Tastes just like BubbleGum (grape flavour). $5.35 at NTUC Fairprice for a 400g punnet. The price is a little on the expensive side but the taste and the texture of the grapes makes it worth the cost. Within the grape itself, there is a core of rubbery flesh surrounded by a layer of juice. Pop one in your mouth, slowly squeeze the fruit and savour the sweetness.
Was in KL recently for a sports meet. During the tea break, I was surprised to see hawkers frying penang char kway teow and grilling satays on the spot and serving them pipping hot to the gathering crowd. Although the concept can be seen in Singapore, the Singapore version is mild, clean and you can bet the people standing behind the hawker stalls are not hawkers but probably temp staff.
In KL, the fire is real so is the oil, and lots of it. The char kway teow was wonderfully sinful with lots of cockles and chilli. The satay was deliciously succulent, oil dripping away and bits of the tasty marinated meat burnt. Sedap!
Both dogs were dragged to a pet grooming shop near my place for their periodic shower. In all fairness, Snowy was in a cleaner state than Dana because my bro and LL shower Snowy faithfully every week or so. As for Dana, let's just say that the korean brand dog shampoo S bought for her was only used just ONCE.
Here, the dogs are posing with their new ribbons, sponsored by their grandma, after their shower, smelling fresh and nice. You can't really see the ribbons unfortunately as the ribbons are placed somewhat behind their ears.
Here's the dogs' fresh pork being cooked in the slow cooker for dinner!
I think anyone who buys or adopts a dog has only the very best of intentions to provide the best for the dog. He will also have the ideal picture of his dog being like Lassie or other cute and obedient dogs shown in TV. But when the dog develop behavioural problems, and there are many forms of this, the owner's patience is severely tested.
My dog Dana also had serious problems which we later identified, from Cesar Millan's book "Cesar's Way, as fear agression. Dana is naturally shy and fearful and because of this would show some agression in an attempt to scare away objects or people she is fearful of. At that time, Dana was fearful of moving bicycles and runners.
The root of many of these behavioural problems of dogs can be linked somewhat to their owners.
You see, most dogs are bred to be working dogs. But because most of them are kept simply as pets now, they lack a job to perform and therefore have excessive energy without an avenue to release.
In nature, most dogs are followers of a PACK LEADER. The role of the leader is to lead. And in nature, the leader is a CALM and ASSERTIVE figure. In the human world, we look at our dogs as pets and sometimes as human beings. And the way we treat them is with affection and more affection and neglect the leadership role our dogs need us to play in their lives.
Cesar taught me to re-exert this leadership position primarily by walking my dog the correct way(the dog should never be in front of you), making my dog work for affection (getting the dog to sit and be calm before giving food or affection) and instilling rules and boundaries for the dog.
To know more, please view the YouTube video below for some exciting footages. There are more of these videos in YouTube. Just searched for 'Cesar Millan'.
A case study of a collie who loves to jump on his owner.
Anyone who wishes to borrow the book, please do let me know.
Hi guys, if you got the chance, do visit the AJC Class 19 of '92 Blog which is listed on the left. Our GB received many words of thanks over there recently.
A dinner to celebrate my mum-in-law's birthday took place on the 5th October. at the venue mentioned below
Lee Kui (Ah Hoi) Restaurant 08/09/10 Mosque St Singapore 059488Tel : 6222-3654
I forgot to take some shots as I was fairly late and was rushing all the way there. One should know the consequences from the the wife when you are late for her mother's dinner ... when I sat down, the food was served and I just ate and chatted with everyone happily.
We had the cold crab, the all time favourite and chef's recommendation. This dish is rather interesting, the crab's meat can be seen to have detached itself from the shell, so you dont require much effort to eat the soft meat and its roe. We had 3 crabs of med size, costing $39, not expensive.
The rest of the dishes were as good, the deep fried prawn balls, noodles and all. The only dish I find too expensive was the desert, yam paste with ginko nuts, costs $20 for a small size that filled only half of 6 small bowls.
This was one of the two favourite breakfast hanuts for WY and me during ICT. Its a short 5 mins drive away from our camp so we normally arrive at the shop an hour (7am) before book-in time to have a leisure and nutritious meal. And 7am is a good time to come. The air is fresh and still cool. The dishes are aplenty. This morning, I arrived at 8am with my family. The sun was shining in and it was getting warm. Most of the dishes are still available but going fast. The damage? For a party of five, we had around 7 dishes (including two slices of fish), the cost came to around $25. Not bad indeed! The location is off Sembawang Ave and directly opposite where Sembawang Shopping Centre used to be sited. As for the Shopping Centre, it has been completely torn down. I understand a new shopping centre will be rebuilt in its place.
Here we are, at Pulau Semakau. Looking at the photo below, one could be mistaken that this was at one of the parks in Singapore. However, this is the place where all of Singapore's waste (or simply rubbish) end up. In Singapore, waste (the rubbish we throw down the rubbish chute) is collected and incinerated at incineration plants. Burning of rubbish is important as it reduces the volume of the rubbish by 90% (ie 10% of the original volume is left). What is left is ash. This ash is being dumped at the landfill in Semakau. Besides being a landfill, the island is also a haven for sport-fishing enthusiasts, star gazers and nature lovers to spot marine life during low tide.
Treading cautiously. For safety, no more than three persons are allowed on each stretch of the walk, and each person had to keep a minimal distance of 2m away from the person in front.
This was how the walk was anchored to the tree trunks. As the tree was quite old (over 100 years), the anchor had to be released a few times during the year to allow the tree to breathe.
Taking a group photo with KP and WL.
From this vantage point, the Petronas twin towers can be seen.
Our guide brought our attention to the view of how the trees co-exist. See how they have drawn boundaries with each other.
Taking a group photo with our gracious hosts.
