tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12350300063662457242024-03-28T00:40:17.326-07:00Jom, Colour Me<b>A BIT OF COLOUR, SPICE AND LIFE</b>kestrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13324874202422690542noreply@blogger.comBlogger275125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1235030006366245724.post-11942538320234336722023-02-07T02:11:00.000-08:002023-02-07T02:11:15.962-08:00 JOM (let's go) to IPOH. <p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiikzDl9KAh9oCrRFl4hyQqHygTWj_JC3s5tCBvLKb48KvcMh5l5J6GkAbdoK1gmeM80goLtMxBOVReFiMpVMlZeWv8wkYmLiHsgK_yyjyXld_5n2miRB8KOBAPtx483XSS02gSmVSZpnA0LciiHsSag44jjPDqgzcZ-biEm3e-uEw7-s1v8J2EqnYz2g/s3398/20221109_082849.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3398" data-original-width="1800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiikzDl9KAh9oCrRFl4hyQqHygTWj_JC3s5tCBvLKb48KvcMh5l5J6GkAbdoK1gmeM80goLtMxBOVReFiMpVMlZeWv8wkYmLiHsgK_yyjyXld_5n2miRB8KOBAPtx483XSS02gSmVSZpnA0LciiHsSag44jjPDqgzcZ-biEm3e-uEw7-s1v8J2EqnYz2g/w213-h400/20221109_082849.jpg" width="213" /></a></b></div><b><span style="color: #990000;">Thus began my early morning train ride at 8am, </span></b><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEqqu3VhuKUuR5jjgR5gYfaN0f2csCvK1Il52jTw980UjfCVnwlHxSOChldBwNF_V_nzvbXuFSkFxbzxOh5jKY-eJ5MvHDJQFW475mEYZk7CthysBSha3MwEjHf7qSo6x3MPBA_TqRWtqaC3UBu4oD-L1mVBhppNdkDnnUMOD_kAMnbsAN5CBQxD8WQg/s2560/20221109_082822.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1152" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEqqu3VhuKUuR5jjgR5gYfaN0f2csCvK1Il52jTw980UjfCVnwlHxSOChldBwNF_V_nzvbXuFSkFxbzxOh5jKY-eJ5MvHDJQFW475mEYZk7CthysBSha3MwEjHf7qSo6x3MPBA_TqRWtqaC3UBu4oD-L1mVBhppNdkDnnUMOD_kAMnbsAN5CBQxD8WQg/s320/20221109_082822.jpg" width="144" /></a></div></b><b><span style="color: #990000;">so early the maintenance crew was still wiping down the coaches! Not many passengers and note I was in my qigong uniform ready for immediate action.</span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOX-jAob7tCxL_nFgLB-7NU_3Ls6zXL7xyu7jkLfVPnw3rhhIGgjARw-wClYxkCEr6AWm7nbvKH_iCL33xMLzAS0KoJYwX0RNrKCQpHI5EocFYJ3IVT8gpqk7BG1-ACUKlOqNUmJzgRTzxZY8-UdMmHF59ZzulqEfDW_Z-nudONDRk4lTwe6v03QLEig/s1172/Picture1.png" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="1172" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOX-jAob7tCxL_nFgLB-7NU_3Ls6zXL7xyu7jkLfVPnw3rhhIGgjARw-wClYxkCEr6AWm7nbvKH_iCL33xMLzAS0KoJYwX0RNrKCQpHI5EocFYJ3IVT8gpqk7BG1-ACUKlOqNUmJzgRTzxZY8-UdMmHF59ZzulqEfDW_Z-nudONDRk4lTwe6v03QLEig/w400-h306/Picture1.png" width="400" /></a><b><span style="color: #990000;"> Seats were comfy. </span></b><div><div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5nJRRAVEJttXxwUGf5Q0QL2B88FXTo79CkXwvd2LeLe1KrtxLDXHJi3fLnuWatuJcqFynngA2vO5zc9rJ8CiTPQdD1xhn5DLHXbsY37CaF2aSa7jrQYHdBwMAbxj05x2EbsYQFIOyEWX6V7vdNgithjV0lLrDUTiKS22_QYE23e5zUcM4PuTs_7jSkw/s2560/20221111_151126.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2560" data-original-width="1152" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5nJRRAVEJttXxwUGf5Q0QL2B88FXTo79CkXwvd2LeLe1KrtxLDXHJi3fLnuWatuJcqFynngA2vO5zc9rJ8CiTPQdD1xhn5DLHXbsY37CaF2aSa7jrQYHdBwMAbxj05x2EbsYQFIOyEWX6V7vdNgithjV0lLrDUTiKS22_QYE23e5zUcM4PuTs_7jSkw/w180-h400/20221111_151126.jpg" width="180" /></a></div></b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">I was politely but uncomfortably seated like an upright lady (mum would have been proud) </span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">until a few stops into the journey when a very regular passenger (I guess) showed me how to really get comfy on the train. Sorry mum, I had to evolve too. I stuck my short legs out on top of my baggage into the passage way but did not block movement. My, what a difference in comfort level! </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKSzghIJXDKPHHQ_YxIXrO3tj50llO8AuB3uDgDa65-VwL1bLra-TUFR9QbxgiDdVZWSYOrtyFIVV63GxG3fc3QBo4bkXbTmYt-GcJ_ScqBk4rlywgH14VKhM-CtOY_i3PdhdPXyRcdFOc1I1qCJ24pnNP8hSIhoEP6og0cet0F70tNCOdFfxGLWUWgg/s1208/Picture2.png" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1116" data-original-width="1208" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKSzghIJXDKPHHQ_YxIXrO3tj50llO8AuB3uDgDa65-VwL1bLra-TUFR9QbxgiDdVZWSYOrtyFIVV63GxG3fc3QBo4bkXbTmYt-GcJ_ScqBk4rlywgH14VKhM-CtOY_i3PdhdPXyRcdFOc1I1qCJ24pnNP8hSIhoEP6og0cet0F70tNCOdFfxGLWUWgg/w400-h370/Picture2.png" width="400" /></a><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Lots of construction to improve the tracks.</span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdtPikn0itWA9cK3RI1Cnec8l9gSQoQ5ToUGtW0ffcIV6UeNygKoFkmKz0h4R1Sz9eTtx0DPBEe1emXbqQqXoQpP644fF077Zf7mhA8PV1dXp2ZTOD990H-ap4LGLvyhkhaxgoK0cHT5NX30NlBVYqdPvMlR0s230t5q5HH2wMkJiXThrQzpmQvHyQ9g/s808/Picture3.jpg" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="376" data-original-width="808" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdtPikn0itWA9cK3RI1Cnec8l9gSQoQ5ToUGtW0ffcIV6UeNygKoFkmKz0h4R1Sz9eTtx0DPBEe1emXbqQqXoQpP644fF077Zf7mhA8PV1dXp2ZTOD990H-ap4LGLvyhkhaxgoK0cHT5NX30NlBVYqdPvMlR0s230t5q5HH2wMkJiXThrQzpmQvHyQ9g/w400-h186/Picture3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtTcC5qveeo7DVoWVV1R971zlSYZFaNhFdmbptqlErFHvT-N9vW_fSo12XnOgXNCv0Ou6w4jIF54zC7smzdX9D1M7GgoLlBqyXh-lnlH1L2WtLZ2v_PwKbQKpI2YsDRUta7NFOhGlpQxKi6P1pU-FPsTn6lobjWLu1FI7rkm3NpYcindZYCFPkeUMVRg/s1609/Picture4.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1029" data-original-width="1609" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtTcC5qveeo7DVoWVV1R971zlSYZFaNhFdmbptqlErFHvT-N9vW_fSo12XnOgXNCv0Ou6w4jIF54zC7smzdX9D1M7GgoLlBqyXh-lnlH1L2WtLZ2v_PwKbQKpI2YsDRUta7NFOhGlpQxKi6P1pU-FPsTn6lobjWLu1FI7rkm3NpYcindZYCFPkeUMVRg/w400-h256/Picture4.png" width="400" /></a><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000;">Ipoh railway station, an icon since 1894 when the original was first constructed. It still has the Moorish architecture with British India influence. </span></b></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><b style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSf3FJaUm-nLr-sIn5vHDjqXmHmCJfun8PfY520QgIFnx2Dd29RRBd7mpPJtaBIC9oS59oLnpOm0muCON72LI_FMOlrHedTEfVeYjRN0XI3WQ9IUHPn029pzKCMqIirDqBIE-w_I1s9FU49pnnM0BVk60QFkxxLQsRnCZejHjzv3doZyww1aBLWy_GIQ/s540/Picture5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="318" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSf3FJaUm-nLr-sIn5vHDjqXmHmCJfun8PfY520QgIFnx2Dd29RRBd7mpPJtaBIC9oS59oLnpOm0muCON72LI_FMOlrHedTEfVeYjRN0XI3WQ9IUHPn029pzKCMqIirDqBIE-w_I1s9FU49pnnM0BVk60QFkxxLQsRnCZejHjzv3doZyww1aBLWy_GIQ/w235-h400/Picture5.jpg" width="235" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXzZBiis4w6V0rE1eRSyvsU4LIuou3Kh-GNdNlysCfoKWBa-nryRr2ym3nLK78220w-26l25fRLXypFt5ctHCHnZVwSLhLBVnD8XIHUkkSrwFeoKE0GbAb-Bii-LR4TruiKp5jibP1DzwkR_hduYX1ds8KF9hPVp9799vs0YkEUTpDH_n1IpugSGApeg/s480/Platforms-1-and-2-at-Ipoh-Train-Station-480x360.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="480" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXzZBiis4w6V0rE1eRSyvsU4LIuou3Kh-GNdNlysCfoKWBa-nryRr2ym3nLK78220w-26l25fRLXypFt5ctHCHnZVwSLhLBVnD8XIHUkkSrwFeoKE0GbAb-Bii-LR4TruiKp5jibP1DzwkR_hduYX1ds8KF9hPVp9799vs0YkEUTpDH_n1IpugSGApeg/s320/Platforms-1-and-2-at-Ipoh-Train-Station-480x360.webp" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #990000;"><br /></span></b></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3-V7VNbcOV4AaTQZtR9dhrZDSvl_llxqZpvqXDVj9X86eAvOZoQkcUQ-NvanOBMWrE2xTJxkIJuBYFvp7dEw5VSbjiGyX3hdoA0PqBHvTnkkOfr-TzcCxT9OPamA7zMoExukUUYnBCwYDKAd9DGE-c5m9KCKR0JgbEvu9uHNdODsI-l2EUrt6OfIhuw/s759/Picture6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="505" data-original-width="759" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3-V7VNbcOV4AaTQZtR9dhrZDSvl_llxqZpvqXDVj9X86eAvOZoQkcUQ-NvanOBMWrE2xTJxkIJuBYFvp7dEw5VSbjiGyX3hdoA0PqBHvTnkkOfr-TzcCxT9OPamA7zMoExukUUYnBCwYDKAd9DGE-c5m9KCKR0JgbEvu9uHNdODsI-l2EUrt6OfIhuw/w400-h266/Picture6.jpg" width="400" /></a></b></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Arrived at the qigong centre to a full practice of over 30 members. </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPsAbXOuAzCfHcafIaLuyxaNNQRjhiDQ8jvtrWz_HdQbqtXLf6_Aezy63RIT5_bWPc8UkoYe8KgzRXbAvpckJC2jEuxHTdQ3cPp9wrxCo_iowsS3swcpMOInJCdx1Y_132RwKa6zsOeVlTZnTEzzG9GZrgQkOrOX36DrrHZRZQpnmMt2OTESP6iV9-2A/s2320/20221111_100135.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2320" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPsAbXOuAzCfHcafIaLuyxaNNQRjhiDQ8jvtrWz_HdQbqtXLf6_Aezy63RIT5_bWPc8UkoYe8KgzRXbAvpckJC2jEuxHTdQ3cPp9wrxCo_iowsS3swcpMOInJCdx1Y_132RwKa6zsOeVlTZnTEzzG9GZrgQkOrOX36DrrHZRZQpnmMt2OTESP6iV9-2A/w400-h199/20221111_100135.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">Although the practice stage is outdoors, the center was built with lots of greenery and orchids to bring temperatures down a little. Pitcher plants ... 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text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">Yellow Solandra Grandiflora - trumpet flowers</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBo5i8KIfglX2OEkPwRu8Z0wawm6xDD3DLfuDbvUuX_U5DOzdLwkczd_-Xq25wJSs9rIKTVMP2QxgMEyUonNWayF45IkKAYVMOeykLLyWWCXkipeC9yOw2N_tf4MiH39FO3M7Zldf8wHgUN01TNy6upNeFl_bTpcoYHyNKEAkkIVzUMG54AU6FVy2cxA/s625/Picture5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="625" data-original-width="414" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBo5i8KIfglX2OEkPwRu8Z0wawm6xDD3DLfuDbvUuX_U5DOzdLwkczd_-Xq25wJSs9rIKTVMP2QxgMEyUonNWayF45IkKAYVMOeykLLyWWCXkipeC9yOw2N_tf4MiH39FO3M7Zldf8wHgUN01TNy6upNeFl_bTpcoYHyNKEAkkIVzUMG54AU6FVy2cxA/s320/Picture5.jpg" width="212" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: arial;"> </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7qfDAohEsRpTLv9k8mYCK7AWh12ojdRZC57EHwmOlDrSiIpZmWCCxBkcC6N5Vk6d7pKH6VX4cAuvAZSpnRQ0JqctPoeqDqpm70W7mBeKms42ivE4w9ebWk6ovA-HQVVSzvjZqie4prN_3ts5QQKKfiBiY0q5wRUSveExXTuZ35r8Jk7nZ2ETjWIicHQ/s801/Picture1.jpg" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="690" data-original-width="801" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7qfDAohEsRpTLv9k8mYCK7AWh12ojdRZC57EHwmOlDrSiIpZmWCCxBkcC6N5Vk6d7pKH6VX4cAuvAZSpnRQ0JqctPoeqDqpm70W7mBeKms42ivE4w9ebWk6ovA-HQVVSzvjZqie4prN_3ts5QQKKfiBiY0q5wRUSveExXTuZ35r8Jk7nZ2ETjWIicHQ/w400-h345/Picture1.jpg" width="400" /></a><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;">Found this unique plant that looks like a claw, bright yellow for good luck. The pomelo, a homonym for prosperity and status, is another popular buy for the Chinese New year.</span></b></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3UJFRhpsQc7TOLTyC35uUtL8xbyzJHWAhR_XWXzxFmpxZT4YcGNkuPE7PchUFHlkVROLty79Uu8sG3eJQdmHI4uMMNSParRWGTZG9HpYOaZybtcUU5aluJHzkS4kVWLkEz4lNvcxZ9prkJU4zJGBmr7OLzIbWwFGf1A5E2Pkf-u_oIrM7l3QF9-GXug/s422/Picture2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="422" data-original-width="283" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3UJFRhpsQc7TOLTyC35uUtL8xbyzJHWAhR_XWXzxFmpxZT4YcGNkuPE7PchUFHlkVROLty79Uu8sG3eJQdmHI4uMMNSParRWGTZG9HpYOaZybtcUU5aluJHzkS4kVWLkEz4lNvcxZ9prkJU4zJGBmr7OLzIbWwFGf1A5E2Pkf-u_oIrM7l3QF9-GXug/w269-h400/Picture2.jpg" width="269" /></a></b></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;">Bangkok's traffic on both lanes! </span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyblulvUNfF_-aEl54w7TiGPD0Bw3MctlzON8TuskuHr5ycS6RJj15qspFgULqf1K-htS1EbgnrOP6dZlLzGnJ5WNDajLvBxgCPwNBLC0yN2_ttppnReF08HvU6bWFS2UfXn8Ec822Szm6_qBhrHQhCdFYaslmQbThDGcsgTi2QR_lxi7WVYt32Rw9mQ/s922/Picture4.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="922" data-original-width="853" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyblulvUNfF_-aEl54w7TiGPD0Bw3MctlzON8TuskuHr5ycS6RJj15qspFgULqf1K-htS1EbgnrOP6dZlLzGnJ5WNDajLvBxgCPwNBLC0yN2_ttppnReF08HvU6bWFS2UfXn8Ec822Szm6_qBhrHQhCdFYaslmQbThDGcsgTi2QR_lxi7WVYt32Rw9mQ/w370-h400/Picture4.png" width="370" /></a></b></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: arial;">We used the "tuk-tuk" which sped and weaved so fast I had to hang on to my newly bought hair band. </span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioPce91Q6UftmldHDCzOSBscZchB2LqD4vU0blNh_l2dv9hFvYZMQXqJTSgNToBV0xQnKwOZ-OqXFaPA76UiaJ9cTxrTvWLXRgHiDzE8vc5THP232Q0J4n63imzH6RFmznMAWhWDsV4VjrpDUIRC7Sfxk6oc23qfGdwSkdiUjT_n3kcmzcT_HX0VKTEw/s1326/Picture3.png" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="743" data-original-width="1326" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioPce91Q6UftmldHDCzOSBscZchB2LqD4vU0blNh_l2dv9hFvYZMQXqJTSgNToBV0xQnKwOZ-OqXFaPA76UiaJ9cTxrTvWLXRgHiDzE8vc5THP232Q0J4n63imzH6RFmznMAWhWDsV4VjrpDUIRC7Sfxk6oc23qfGdwSkdiUjT_n3kcmzcT_HX0VKTEw/w400-h224/Picture3.png" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">A hair cut for only 300 Baht (US$9 or 7 Pound Sterling)? I would be thoroughly stressed selecting a style.</span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDbLV_8A3h7Qh0f69TZkczdDTgKIuA46yDVeU5hKLbjqLGWNixtelcbwQmKJVzTbfE_y_dNbGHcCzRTqzgWbMjBn4mYOKAL7_D8OtFamBgMUi2fJugKvgeW0-4y3QL5hqiUVVSspA41c-4CEDpUn2wSVNyleuQy7XGZqeHqAcCIejT84TLrxjDgOa4YA/s699/Picture5.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="451" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDbLV_8A3h7Qh0f69TZkczdDTgKIuA46yDVeU5hKLbjqLGWNixtelcbwQmKJVzTbfE_y_dNbGHcCzRTqzgWbMjBn4mYOKAL7_D8OtFamBgMUi2fJugKvgeW0-4y3QL5hqiUVVSspA41c-4CEDpUn2wSVNyleuQy7XGZqeHqAcCIejT84TLrxjDgOa4YA/w413-h640/Picture5.jpg" width="413" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK5ggRx7cEDENtDJBS6iszBGNccVdD0XvwXAtj344AfthzfgZ-Q-G9P7n2hYKR_D_HStu9ckTyBdpcMsgealqjVcVeV-1JIGOR81EMeWRQS86Vw7vH0KlmjMLZcH5AiHg4bw4ojXwoV5xOeSlez6SRoDd4DRsQS5fKw6eCem58u1vOHW8h2QHBsNRS1Q/s995/Picture6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="259" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0vW0dyIipoEM3YviwZ7eLn4nUFWeVcFcKaV-MjO4Q2GYo5Vpc_DheOQX1tby-Mif7NaBTn6A25oN1UKKriuE6cpnfIfO4FC8hcJQa8NqyTXitIqHl_cTRAlgLayt6T8fYqcNgvqX-uG_LTcz-txm25YE50h6JcGrT4eOZelGy-zujdKfH_XlHiz-AsQ/w204-h400/Picture10.jpg" width="204" /></a><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">At last, a wet land next to my housing estate has been designated a park. </b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwm8FknGB1gVZIE32p7FHkGvtQFAtsl_wwZEYipS6h_0FCWa5UDrmFZx1uFx4Gtq722LMba2UHGFXMLubIk7tLfprhf0ugUGwJHItX3X0pjv_HrB9eXI6aDRwiSxtpp3CnlzUuCq0Lrtu3B8td5Za8248YxTmN_Ju6Da_9drv7QK_F7h6lQPI5TbCxHg/s1363/Picture12.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="857" data-original-width="1363" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwm8FknGB1gVZIE32p7FHkGvtQFAtsl_wwZEYipS6h_0FCWa5UDrmFZx1uFx4Gtq722LMba2UHGFXMLubIk7tLfprhf0ugUGwJHItX3X0pjv_HrB9eXI6aDRwiSxtpp3CnlzUuCq0Lrtu3B8td5Za8248YxTmN_Ju6Da_9drv7QK_F7h6lQPI5TbCxHg/s320/Picture12.png" width="320" /></a></p><p><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">It used to be a lake but with poor maintenance and God-given sunny weather, the lake was consumed by the invasive water hyacinth plants. These plants can take over any area with water and turn it into a wetland faster than Speedy Gonzales. The entrance is lined with date trees like soldiers on a parade, </b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizjw-JSxduHfe9umy0eQwGqiv4d00YBgaoCHFot5PmRMQ6A6oTOPDfv77A2ac7xXLxERGNQtGu2ecNp3PTK5oHxQspwVIn7zBvhqDvmWDdx150vwj0UvBPK9d-LE4sfIU7F4inyS6_QkkTkNLBsdEVDD7a_XaU0GsWHWQ2osyckR3-9_8jKTMtN9nVZg/s1018/Picture13.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1018" data-original-width="834" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizjw-JSxduHfe9umy0eQwGqiv4d00YBgaoCHFot5PmRMQ6A6oTOPDfv77A2ac7xXLxERGNQtGu2ecNp3PTK5oHxQspwVIn7zBvhqDvmWDdx150vwj0UvBPK9d-LE4sfIU7F4inyS6_QkkTkNLBsdEVDD7a_XaU0GsWHWQ2osyckR3-9_8jKTMtN9nVZg/s320/Picture13.png" width="262" /></a></div><p></p><p><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">and amazingly the security system is GEESE patrol. </b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoJ8L-QKyhnsdcRrGc4pHdF3MHmnogYg2NF-8vdVmXJR1uC2kl7jkKgRvphvWZIu3vbKNXPkWv6i1qNWcVqOSg2aKw0YDvLFlzlKyDAWt9V_Lz5YpBe3itDoj052mm-TZrhdTriSOOS70IAPodffWYC5vAaAav1W_XxEhtoodWYK-4jG6Zay0hkh8yCA/s471/Picture14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="471" data-original-width="285" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoJ8L-QKyhnsdcRrGc4pHdF3MHmnogYg2NF-8vdVmXJR1uC2kl7jkKgRvphvWZIu3vbKNXPkWv6i1qNWcVqOSg2aKw0YDvLFlzlKyDAWt9V_Lz5YpBe3itDoj052mm-TZrhdTriSOOS70IAPodffWYC5vAaAav1W_XxEhtoodWYK-4jG6Zay0hkh8yCA/s320/Picture14.jpg" width="194" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">The painted storks have formed a colony here. </b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPTUezwAQ2EjIAQVTWypHPf6G8h6vqW_f3e4ypncfbYntC71w0vabsgZ6X-TDmr7vcoG5tG9bDkYSJOgcheBUsOjs2_nlao2403oJNdV4G9FVg14G5Wxd263Ul0ms8ATDuLc4Yk0Nl2OCcXh-45mAEIoLJ55hCyuVgxTiQ-P3vT3ustcjxgdQVK5UGfQ/s2313/20221231_081103.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2313" data-original-width="1787" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPTUezwAQ2EjIAQVTWypHPf6G8h6vqW_f3e4ypncfbYntC71w0vabsgZ6X-TDmr7vcoG5tG9bDkYSJOgcheBUsOjs2_nlao2403oJNdV4G9FVg14G5Wxd263Ul0ms8ATDuLc4Yk0Nl2OCcXh-45mAEIoLJ55hCyuVgxTiQ-P3vT3ustcjxgdQVK5UGfQ/s320/20221231_081103.jpg" width="247" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZQyZKEBPkT7zO2MPPjx3UJoBnuBNbPXln8kuh5iGm_X0DPAeN6x8zfFZQDafknczZE_kfH6pw-glAzIXo_PHYJyeqvjwpg8bWdMJkrnOLa8dZtsr2TTFB3TLzF6kmH24gs1h55-SiZ52-AQcmtcV08v22_6fBEf3remzUhSTZD6rMXSLC-vvUQ5vJvg/s943/Picture15.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="943" data-original-width="576" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZQyZKEBPkT7zO2MPPjx3UJoBnuBNbPXln8kuh5iGm_X0DPAeN6x8zfFZQDafknczZE_kfH6pw-glAzIXo_PHYJyeqvjwpg8bWdMJkrnOLa8dZtsr2TTFB3TLzF6kmH24gs1h55-SiZ52-AQcmtcV08v22_6fBEf3remzUhSTZD6rMXSLC-vvUQ5vJvg/w244-h400/Picture15.jpg" width="244" /></a></p><p><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">So have the little herons, like this one hiding in the tree.</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirmQI0o8iQZD-SWvhXiDUGc4mlcZ-Si7Rtke6Wo2eefFX0dZ-Wy9rVtUazZhX3CY7A7OrVKFC9klVoXkxnqRHxDN1ThKO8N9dqy56Sqxk_Rt7p-XVXYVJNSwlV0nNwY8SFfvUx8nesPYV9iWbuXxXM6c1secy-SDwFX-djc9J-UHvDDdUr3oq7lrP39w/s929/Picture16.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="929" data-original-width="888" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirmQI0o8iQZD-SWvhXiDUGc4mlcZ-Si7Rtke6Wo2eefFX0dZ-Wy9rVtUazZhX3CY7A7OrVKFC9klVoXkxnqRHxDN1ThKO8N9dqy56Sqxk_Rt7p-XVXYVJNSwlV0nNwY8SFfvUx8nesPYV9iWbuXxXM6c1secy-SDwFX-djc9J-UHvDDdUr3oq7lrP39w/s320/Picture16.png" width="306" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b> Life must be just as challenging too for herons as they ponder on a fence. Here's three (arrowed) musing about life.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizJ_nFbVcRXn07HGpbcsExA7DMx_7WngePLXGSCb5AGzkfOg65_T9Ly2UrvrFxS27VWhAXS7utfcdl2rkGHiO0dS_P4fLwvDZy8bZOX2c4Tll8cNv8GCIsNf1YEFLoO8kN8HucG6fjkhydK4chw3k1KMZRxqYf0ifFla-XnCYraRWausvL1H2JEtPYDw/s1620/Picture17.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="729" data-original-width="1620" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizJ_nFbVcRXn07HGpbcsExA7DMx_7WngePLXGSCb5AGzkfOg65_T9Ly2UrvrFxS27VWhAXS7utfcdl2rkGHiO0dS_P4fLwvDZy8bZOX2c4Tll8cNv8GCIsNf1YEFLoO8kN8HucG6fjkhydK4chw3k1KMZRxqYf0ifFla-XnCYraRWausvL1H2JEtPYDw/s320/Picture17.png" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>And as always, man will leave his mark.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="910" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8OFxI3pb16-kpiz73yi9iyAno_dALDrpBe97XegGQecL1huyrptSQYpvO4C5BZ-LBBoSG5RigmVgT56r_F8gwSJ-qK-v4ovI2JamY3BCEGzQcEzWkjOeW0I2dwlK1DDMo56GtXWBBK9RR897jmcHk15o2xzORhfjIYOWSZDOW4osvFPHKbCMAqDdY2w/w400-h266/Picture1.jpg" width="400" /></a></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;">Somehow December feels like the month to let it all go. "We survived another year, last time to let it all hang loose." My qigong friends at our beach party in Pantai Bagan Lalang, Sepang. </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxiOGEtIfoGHw0R-8GDzcIkTuF36sXzAULkt9fORGBeNDuA5lZ1AWrI6y97bmxQ7Vd1UFnGtBxb4U2QkZzkLhYlP4GoiRj7HkqOh8xHpkkcB3C6RbueUqa0m1qmN0fNlyWe20Wy104B0LdObQfoHHucTxHqWhKKd0T4AXQx7JwKnHB_RHrTAt2hGO9Xg/s928/Picture3.jpg" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="749" data-original-width="928" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxiOGEtIfoGHw0R-8GDzcIkTuF36sXzAULkt9fORGBeNDuA5lZ1AWrI6y97bmxQ7Vd1UFnGtBxb4U2QkZzkLhYlP4GoiRj7HkqOh8xHpkkcB3C6RbueUqa0m1qmN0fNlyWe20Wy104B0LdObQfoHHucTxHqWhKKd0T4AXQx7JwKnHB_RHrTAt2hGO9Xg/w400-h323/Picture3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;">Some did a day trip, others camped over night. This is o</span></b><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;">ur Malaysian version of camper vans. </span></b></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgax-99VgoG2o1ljHOaaDyI5AOi86QpCZQ_EpLWlornzWEUk0Ljse1aZ2FqGAzh6Qcc_fv4v5olJaiFM_m9BVBK9yqeyNEh_xU3QZwpTCChlNs0WHNA91bUV2R42meyvacaJ4iO0EdH2_d2Ei_KiX-LJG9HoCW3eO2TxuMrWx5BFXfsX5e4Tx-EmRgPFw/s1526/Picture4.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="965" data-original-width="1526" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgax-99VgoG2o1ljHOaaDyI5AOi86QpCZQ_EpLWlornzWEUk0Ljse1aZ2FqGAzh6Qcc_fv4v5olJaiFM_m9BVBK9yqeyNEh_xU3QZwpTCChlNs0WHNA91bUV2R42meyvacaJ4iO0EdH2_d2Ei_KiX-LJG9HoCW3eO2TxuMrWx5BFXfsX5e4Tx-EmRgPFw/w400-h253/Picture4.png" width="400" /></a></b></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;">Nothing quite like Chillin' with Patsy's mobile home aptly called "The Suite." </span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;">Ours is "Room Service - warm and cozy"</span></b></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaL4rl6EzX1E7q_GwgzCAKHz-1wGlCdldfT9gJX_ckAUYm9vCMALAEwRX5gqu2Jhf6SGMr0MTUxmp-cfD8nEpZexzKEnD2aX9rRegDx1fLZ2KWKIHR8_095qQHl4T3VUNO6YE70bQIe99fbUcB1m5oKSjCfZh148VZQHnMv_4UgGzQqNQy2okFokvyKQ/s1219/Picture6.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="885" data-original-width="1219" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaL4rl6EzX1E7q_GwgzCAKHz-1wGlCdldfT9gJX_ckAUYm9vCMALAEwRX5gqu2Jhf6SGMr0MTUxmp-cfD8nEpZexzKEnD2aX9rRegDx1fLZ2KWKIHR8_095qQHl4T3VUNO6YE70bQIe99fbUcB1m5oKSjCfZh148VZQHnMv_4UgGzQqNQy2okFokvyKQ/w400-h290/Picture6.png" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;">I think our Malaysian beach parties are quite different from the West - no alcohol, just water and Chinese tea and childhood games. The sedan chairs or human-powered transport is a poor man's palanquin. It was disastrous as "Humpty Dumpties had great falls." </span></b></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiawkDYh3MIYis6iCI3KNVntfO-xMPPx9w8Mxmw2y5eTrdvXG21xdGhEGNU5zQr_X5_sYPdUfV53TLX83FWnGytyZPP8uBn2TeWOJCRZOMDA-4YIfBGUNEk8AsrZMstV5DJiXHe5Nnd2lKS5v4vpYhltCtzMZj3qyWyf48I_asqBso-0YsMVaXtDlLSqA/s813/Picture7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="813" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiawkDYh3MIYis6iCI3KNVntfO-xMPPx9w8Mxmw2y5eTrdvXG21xdGhEGNU5zQr_X5_sYPdUfV53TLX83FWnGytyZPP8uBn2TeWOJCRZOMDA-4YIfBGUNEk8AsrZMstV5DJiXHe5Nnd2lKS5v4vpYhltCtzMZj3qyWyf48I_asqBso-0YsMVaXtDlLSqA/w400-h253/Picture7.jpg" width="400" /></a></b></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;">The three-legged race was no better - legs were tied using food plastic wraps. </span></b></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-N8vBioaME5Pomaz4s0NARu4AeXsrq-VR4_mNJDhQ3jI9rYNS8dWG-SMU6E_VP9sYaK5CdMTW6Pnx1gpkwxzCNmCwgHLgD20IDeYwfdgFANlZdNVaUZCp-x6XKFyCQHsPaotVWvAo6XqUYh4RwVGycgwugDf4TPRZ3YmSzTh33Tu4d0PDXAy7cHftzQ/s1561/Picture8.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="1561" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-N8vBioaME5Pomaz4s0NARu4AeXsrq-VR4_mNJDhQ3jI9rYNS8dWG-SMU6E_VP9sYaK5CdMTW6Pnx1gpkwxzCNmCwgHLgD20IDeYwfdgFANlZdNVaUZCp-x6XKFyCQHsPaotVWvAo6XqUYh4RwVGycgwugDf4TPRZ3YmSzTh33Tu4d0PDXAy7cHftzQ/w400-h196/Picture8.png" width="400" /></a><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;">Then, there was the largest beach hop scotch! </span></b></b></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSQUEyxUBaLt_5glot9BmXhvQIeu_jopO0qr5AFpqN0wnWrEBZmcIoi9Wr49QDWYs0VNr23MH1PUpTbX2r1Q8C2zFB-Ze-goda6JqL98zAeKQfRt_ve89k1cBehsveyYJwuBXpquA0BFw7XRaWYYHDAQy9fzFpLhZWikJXk4K0d4bcx6n4ItIaQU9qeQ/s971/Picture9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="783" data-original-width="971" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSQUEyxUBaLt_5glot9BmXhvQIeu_jopO0qr5AFpqN0wnWrEBZmcIoi9Wr49QDWYs0VNr23MH1PUpTbX2r1Q8C2zFB-Ze-goda6JqL98zAeKQfRt_ve89k1cBehsveyYJwuBXpquA0BFw7XRaWYYHDAQy9fzFpLhZWikJXk4K0d4bcx6n4ItIaQU9qeQ/w400-h323/Picture9.jpg" width="400" /></a><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;">followed by kites - safest with no jumps or hops. </span></b></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj60B8fJoSoi6BDZDfBn5vXG-I9guXWd1lDYl3WO2ysis8dNv3mPfG-4EifrOtSGy0fvK-2VGEPyWvNP-V_nv33AcPFH_bsJU82y6-6z3OdRomAN3mvin4uVYDXygYZfpPTZJOkPYVCLHlhLK6EK2wrUyN5SPVVUCf-IG4k6rDY08iAWe0yIzPO5ffdzg/s1680/Picture10.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="986" data-original-width="1680" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj60B8fJoSoi6BDZDfBn5vXG-I9guXWd1lDYl3WO2ysis8dNv3mPfG-4EifrOtSGy0fvK-2VGEPyWvNP-V_nv33AcPFH_bsJU82y6-6z3OdRomAN3mvin4uVYDXygYZfpPTZJOkPYVCLHlhLK6EK2wrUyN5SPVVUCf-IG4k6rDY08iAWe0yIzPO5ffdzg/w400-h235/Picture10.png" width="400" /></a></div></b><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;">HAPPY CRAZY NEW YEAR.</span></b><b><br /><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></b></div><p></p>kestrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13324874202422690542noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1235030006366245724.post-20912622367546157372022-12-21T06:15:00.001-08:002022-12-21T06:15:09.553-08:00Home-grown vegetables too large for the table! <p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"> I wonder how many to finish this one gourd. A village?</span></b></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF-d1kWJsg6lbF8g4451LmJ5WN5WXjIKt8qOoICE-x8j9n0jaSlyALvDNMfDZPxETFdVSl-es7zxrRwOUbIA0_WBkc-3cbF6pPJB8MM0OQRJq2MKgRelyvm2GResIX6qPq-5_3E-OpwuD3VGx353vWnjf_iQk1dWtoMZn4Qb17M5FozjEDF9phJ7DHQg/s4000/20220904_133943.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF-d1kWJsg6lbF8g4451LmJ5WN5WXjIKt8qOoICE-x8j9n0jaSlyALvDNMfDZPxETFdVSl-es7zxrRwOUbIA0_WBkc-3cbF6pPJB8MM0OQRJq2MKgRelyvm2GResIX6qPq-5_3E-OpwuD3VGx353vWnjf_iQk1dWtoMZn4Qb17M5FozjEDF9phJ7DHQg/w288-h640/20220904_133943.jpg" width="288" /></a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>These vegetables and fruits were grown by the road side. Really healthy looking BIG specimens. Wonder if the owner used steroids? π€£π€£</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9RThvM4E006apZViaNJQOWnUO3-27K_aTGdvoYn9e0nxZSwU1F2l0Qfwnyj9AXNtJyrosSdEnSSlBxP5PFZwK4Hm6rpjQW8xE9p_lDhErxHnp9I8Pu8sCiVzkAKOZ4V5J_BpZWTvkGxSNkdKinVDSYYQq6YwHji9mKlEqgg7WzZ5Wc3kdtSrzF0hP7Q/s4000/20220904_133703.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9RThvM4E006apZViaNJQOWnUO3-27K_aTGdvoYn9e0nxZSwU1F2l0Qfwnyj9AXNtJyrosSdEnSSlBxP5PFZwK4Hm6rpjQW8xE9p_lDhErxHnp9I8Pu8sCiVzkAKOZ4V5J_BpZWTvkGxSNkdKinVDSYYQq6YwHji9mKlEqgg7WzZ5Wc3kdtSrzF0hP7Q/w180-h400/20220904_133703.jpg" width="180" /></a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Banana flower that can be cooked.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMCrWy6ncRqX4AtKXTNtDDnpy22R2bR2jkGN4b5ABbOr8MPwQJQwXkZ5gQEtjXlvf55vmZxy5c0pH2imDYrwaTfS2xWyItKMupPC-0i7b11lXuzan2TLI4EuM-ynKY9oGXpdJljGWSYqZQ9Me6frSQLObWosI1tels2EwqNFGp4thbwr0J4mVGhkXrBA/s4000/20220904_133732.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj2eeLqMDh--2ca_IbLNCFLNsOI0ySpc5m0ozhvjfzcj1zMFI7Y83gYK-aLfPkuB4M5m3Oi9HO4jeZn8kiH0VibwTWlWzwpnF54y7sEjiX9iYSTfvrO5acPKYZ0NVKPStAXScNn7rSNfLys00WHwMG34xHog0lgzOluaaRt2vdnREq2MH1YKk8-yMGaw/w180-h400/20220904_133849.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and 4-angle beans.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ohEHFNOwDcQ83K6tlNY9E2c2REl4f1rsYy4cdzWs4uWwKwTcJLvNKW7gmOTWEL_TkKvcgHLSLfaQ9Ej5SOn6BqPPqyQm5IKRaILfH2s4xcpMv-o3yPrfEFqceS8hUycTxsFKdHtdB7CihJqHZRpcpAnFareCA_PcDAJdqNVGgGwFiK7cSuTzjuh3hA/s4000/20220904_134011.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="1800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ohEHFNOwDcQ83K6tlNY9E2c2REl4f1rsYy4cdzWs4uWwKwTcJLvNKW7gmOTWEL_TkKvcgHLSLfaQ9Ej5SOn6BqPPqyQm5IKRaILfH2s4xcpMv-o3yPrfEFqceS8hUycTxsFKdHtdB7CihJqHZRpcpAnFareCA_PcDAJdqNVGgGwFiK7cSuTzjuh3hA/w180-h400/20220904_134011.jpg" width="180" /></a></div></b><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><b>It was a pity the owner was not around as I really wanted to know the fertiliser he/she used.</b></div><p></p>kestrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13324874202422690542noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1235030006366245724.post-58990112170241592432022-11-27T20:47:00.007-08:002022-11-28T18:53:15.783-08:00"AM I TO MEET MY MAKER?"<p><span style="color: #f1c232; 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Is this the tunnel everyone crosses into the light?" </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_81SHqkhBFZaslWuxsE4N9IA0aqX5fZFSR1gkxhiqlrx1pG9Eavg8bssUgADPe7hNY18DBFbUTNEm9yCB173C6KU-adPNodKmrCXk92VRwOosh5gcq_9fz3pM1yOJ5W6hjCQTmX_VYuOWvyYSRnSycsf0kCyXFVWKStIH7GaJHwowGAJZiLpGEN_fDA/s444/Picture3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><img border="0" data-original-height="444" data-original-width="208" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_81SHqkhBFZaslWuxsE4N9IA0aqX5fZFSR1gkxhiqlrx1pG9Eavg8bssUgADPe7hNY18DBFbUTNEm9yCB173C6KU-adPNodKmrCXk92VRwOosh5gcq_9fz3pM1yOJ5W6hjCQTmX_VYuOWvyYSRnSycsf0kCyXFVWKStIH7GaJHwowGAJZiLpGEN_fDA/w188-h400/Picture3.jpg" width="188" /></span></a><b style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">"Where did the lights go?" </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKh8gRKx-BGo3tK20RQ6l8qC8BgrYimXc9OM1-YMPt9IgHPUv1ntLRhFDnufxVGVX1hZNBntAoX1J28gKJhWsMKTVWvHootL3WOHQPHto37GFPrt6ZXYMY6FHrdpGTGE48Q8-wQfB1yUcKSyMGmLRaC_Pahem6YJx9LYenfu3Lv4omhZXd6CMSFcrRWQ/s494/Picture7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="494" data-original-width="231" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKh8gRKx-BGo3tK20RQ6l8qC8BgrYimXc9OM1-YMPt9IgHPUv1ntLRhFDnufxVGVX1hZNBntAoX1J28gKJhWsMKTVWvHootL3WOHQPHto37GFPrt6ZXYMY6FHrdpGTGE48Q8-wQfB1yUcKSyMGmLRaC_Pahem6YJx9LYenfu3Lv4omhZXd6CMSFcrRWQ/w300-h640/Picture7.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><b>"Have I arrived?" "Where is Saint Peter?"</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9C0L-JtZbYsSWPieYGa2t2its6Rqralx0xompGw2JcUPvbx6LKCX1jXsCo4Px823btpoGzIASwzKoc8y2VKy6VMEbnhUwTQYANNR6BtyDSxtM_lrlQGZ2YNRLsCoCPXrPx9a6D2P-V0cOLpo_QFp9wU7owqXBj8aBCx1wpGeBwJ980c0y-wbtc522nQ/s925/Picture8.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="925" data-original-width="469" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9C0L-JtZbYsSWPieYGa2t2its6Rqralx0xompGw2JcUPvbx6LKCX1jXsCo4Px823btpoGzIASwzKoc8y2VKy6VMEbnhUwTQYANNR6BtyDSxtM_lrlQGZ2YNRLsCoCPXrPx9a6D2P-V0cOLpo_QFp9wU7owqXBj8aBCx1wpGeBwJ980c0y-wbtc522nQ/w324-h640/Picture8.jpg" width="324" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">"Wait, I am not alone. There is another with his best friend."</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">"Ahhh, DOGS do go to Heaven."</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVo7OP3WwruNYJnl11YOKwpmxkYA4TkMengfJh7BwcCqZsrd_ICa4k20rantoh37iJKf2YlWfmky2HayxfbYaT5ReXoAMPTg_9ZJO5fAFuXrBpFxSj8d7cjrJd_SpVuVBUoTsRv2Dm0kQdvuQoHpDFGgqhJqRoWEj_UVmNm-5Lz6A5Bz-Y1io5oyTuEg/s461/Picture6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="461" data-original-width="220" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVo7OP3WwruNYJnl11YOKwpmxkYA4TkMengfJh7BwcCqZsrd_ICa4k20rantoh37iJKf2YlWfmky2HayxfbYaT5ReXoAMPTg_9ZJO5fAFuXrBpFxSj8d7cjrJd_SpVuVBUoTsRv2Dm0kQdvuQoHpDFGgqhJqRoWEj_UVmNm-5Lz6A5Bz-Y1io5oyTuEg/w306-h640/Picture6.jpg" width="306" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOhgEsjFLCRwwX_dug4_9ViBM_cFFj_69hA-5s1riCR94N7YZJsIYsLDTdqVqPKKKM8HtHB3A8as3cu4CFyJ1rWLNvQhrWvlftYZeXFdIwS33iCah6lkZCOQqX-2vswucbj0wBwYibAKpWRSHXGZyv0Tpa6SxXC9SKKi8mkSG33Mjf2qfpfhK3gSleFw/s931/Picture11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="931" data-original-width="345" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOhgEsjFLCRwwX_dug4_9ViBM_cFFj_69hA-5s1riCR94N7YZJsIYsLDTdqVqPKKKM8HtHB3A8as3cu4CFyJ1rWLNvQhrWvlftYZeXFdIwS33iCah6lkZCOQqX-2vswucbj0wBwYibAKpWRSHXGZyv0Tpa6SxXC9SKKi8mkSG33Mjf2qfpfhK3gSleFw/w238-h640/Picture11.jpg" width="238" /></a></div></div></div><p></p><p><span style="color: #f1c232; font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p>kestrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13324874202422690542noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1235030006366245724.post-81042868434702365722022-11-22T18:35:00.004-08:002022-11-22T18:38:27.708-08:00WHO said Covid-19 is asymptomatic,<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;"><b>is a LIAR! Even these beastly Chinese herbs could not stop the symptoms. </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwLNhsAAZb4gA6Nu1exPIBlVVjqhxrrt20utiiUNHCPh4Y8fGvfm-mISIzvX620_NExv47qRs5L6M_NdX56Oo5OMK5SrIKDFwlGdWEVyw2Qb1nUyc0PHpd0KzEqDV1L8nmCbTnaLzsZ9BfB7defgWYhd7A0LjC318QqzPxYGlMU8DnlUXq3E-IS4dPSA/s1005/Screenshot_20221110-183434_Chrome.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1005" data-original-width="720" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwLNhsAAZb4gA6Nu1exPIBlVVjqhxrrt20utiiUNHCPh4Y8fGvfm-mISIzvX620_NExv47qRs5L6M_NdX56Oo5OMK5SrIKDFwlGdWEVyw2Qb1nUyc0PHpd0KzEqDV1L8nmCbTnaLzsZ9BfB7defgWYhd7A0LjC318QqzPxYGlMU8DnlUXq3E-IS4dPSA/s320/Screenshot_20221110-183434_Chrome.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: arial;">I had every symptom on the Covid-19 infection list.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisLlBbVwm74y83j9_Ky7Dt-_UeDcBbirevXUU1j6KRSHN4bYGUj84rWfagmsKl6yrvw9AriLl2iHUoPHgSCII80YM5oSl_VhTGvMe5gc1gJJHK4UTypneUMfoFgXjHh94IodPgYirm_2RU6ND4oUAO6NgZYBEr8_gUqJGWMRFuN_LoXvOj3YQAB_0nAw/s950/Picture2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="950" data-original-width="948" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisLlBbVwm74y83j9_Ky7Dt-_UeDcBbirevXUU1j6KRSHN4bYGUj84rWfagmsKl6yrvw9AriLl2iHUoPHgSCII80YM5oSl_VhTGvMe5gc1gJJHK4UTypneUMfoFgXjHh94IodPgYirm_2RU6ND4oUAO6NgZYBEr8_gUqJGWMRFuN_LoXvOj3YQAB_0nAw/s320/Picture2.png" width="319" /></a></div><br /></b><b style="text-align: left;"> T<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: arial;">his "cooling" Chinese remedy should have cured the throat but I still ended up at the hospital emergency room for treatment. </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMZjtPqomzUmQH092JsxT6SnUOR7BHq45kM2zKiXYQJBpcNAhTy9dtPZqY6K4WRb5UPXJpTjZxI18bC2nhtfwNKrsUMyzd6vOtbxwW6vcGkkU3kEYL_ATvXfy4mk3GyR0zh-Qu9Mls-AU01sNmEUVkkjXfE3xbREdJ-GlL_suUhzlUn-WuIB7HvY42sQ/s384/Picture1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="251" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMZjtPqomzUmQH092JsxT6SnUOR7BHq45kM2zKiXYQJBpcNAhTy9dtPZqY6K4WRb5UPXJpTjZxI18bC2nhtfwNKrsUMyzd6vOtbxwW6vcGkkU3kEYL_ATvXfy4mk3GyR0zh-Qu9Mls-AU01sNmEUVkkjXfE3xbREdJ-GlL_suUhzlUn-WuIB7HvY42sQ/w261-h400/Picture1.jpg" width="261" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: arial;">Survived on soups and lost 6 pounds.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLMUPWCHoMohSFj5o10M0Razwz2BLsz0aEj8HmmehWh4BrbZTuGAfRDPLK6gzzX7hgMaJGFx2G_ushezHYzXcERKfxvTJ3Jg_UE-aCfNGZjBK3B0576iDXTCf9GzwOkYfzSMYRggOgYmAYaGQVZ5clpRyYD34jjWSClrKO1xwfnZI5YYH-EWtqOA5FnA/s630/Picture3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZsbsptxRg-Emyq-Ngz-L-lICXBqUwtE82xarcpb8IkZSoyLGEmxD3nTSd2bOiTpXUhuG30G15Kx-BpKrd9ttXyizPV0iGWWFll6DUUgwYLcYg07pHgMeCBor3tK79qTyKqeKrtWvTN7AHPyoKGJPURVhdgSiYy3zE9EWg3okEKrP6epPSQfm8552fHA/s549/Picture2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="549" data-original-width="481" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZsbsptxRg-Emyq-Ngz-L-lICXBqUwtE82xarcpb8IkZSoyLGEmxD3nTSd2bOiTpXUhuG30G15Kx-BpKrd9ttXyizPV0iGWWFll6DUUgwYLcYg07pHgMeCBor3tK79qTyKqeKrtWvTN7AHPyoKGJPURVhdgSiYy3zE9EWg3okEKrP6epPSQfm8552fHA/w350-h400/Picture2.jpg" width="350" /></a><b style="text-align: left;">I<span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: arial;">t has been a chaotic many months which started when my laptop "crashed." My old faithful could not be resurrected) and after getting a new one, I could not sign into blogger for a few weeks. Then, blogger registered me as "Beau Bo" in all my comments and still does! </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: arial;">Covid-19 visited me for a week, my bicycle tyres "pancit" (went flat), the back blinking lights just fell off. Thory had to visit the vet as it appears he has only one "ball," the other one is stuck inside. Savvy Girl got a new job and was crying at lunch and dinner times and not with JOY. </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #bf9000; font-family: arial;"> So, blogger friends, I apologise for not visiting your posts these few months. But now that I have found a new purpose in life, I will return in between the sitting and snacking.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYB2RAslfeJThaR8YyPibrAWfVl3_xNv4HPwJJ02YRy_ihN7q2DRvt-B4X75ZaGtooLnRgk5QWlQsWBOay5Nq2BEXGFrMbf-ZtME5Jam_7lhcEX-jnItpgg53WshPFLiNu9lsUpLy38E5yT3fYkhIFtWzPxlnpjE3TWb70ZMgTwHjq8InP_eeiYTTC4w/s658/Picture3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="611" data-original-width="658" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYB2RAslfeJThaR8YyPibrAWfVl3_xNv4HPwJJ02YRy_ihN7q2DRvt-B4X75ZaGtooLnRgk5QWlQsWBOay5Nq2BEXGFrMbf-ZtME5Jam_7lhcEX-jnItpgg53WshPFLiNu9lsUpLy38E5yT3fYkhIFtWzPxlnpjE3TWb70ZMgTwHjq8InP_eeiYTTC4w/w400-h371/Picture3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div></div><div><p></p></div>kestrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13324874202422690542noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1235030006366245724.post-71326896659012700782022-11-11T18:58:00.001-08:002022-11-11T19:00:29.950-08:00GOOD FINDS on a morning walk.<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSkKSAqabO_6lR6dFYKXzAYvmCgIKpdrZyP7D93_gRe_TTkElv35mb6vb8j9OUBAu57ASiKyDoVwZzTYMRNmDpdqx_twPRC4MdpxR1OnRJgBRAkcgL5QfQdzNiPF3EVB0Ge9_G2jNe2CpZYn0Tsl_D1pxShPyDPDZ4cB8tWKEM7zcQWHYf-SMg2VxppQ/s676/Picture19.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="676" data-original-width="515" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSkKSAqabO_6lR6dFYKXzAYvmCgIKpdrZyP7D93_gRe_TTkElv35mb6vb8j9OUBAu57ASiKyDoVwZzTYMRNmDpdqx_twPRC4MdpxR1OnRJgBRAkcgL5QfQdzNiPF3EVB0Ge9_G2jNe2CpZYn0Tsl_D1pxShPyDPDZ4cB8tWKEM7zcQWHYf-SMg2VxppQ/s320/Picture19.jpg" width="244" /></a><b style="color: #38761d;">I keep saying the best things in life are free.... and I do mean it. PERFECT circles made by insects or parasites. I need a pair compasses to draw these. In nature it is free style!</b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcgHbP1Ez0ZNfmJhN9AOfUHrGXngcLZ3hA3Gdp7kgnEuzHDu0I1NEqL7GjiVbZgkLKItI7Hk90T-HCblmfWBQmyMoeyhG6dlakKAejycKaeYyd63laIRlk6fH2EsH5N-sLI0SSPvLDnUmJiIix2gL_VZfy_Q52RCdYUFybfIL8DgIFLoGw_BAIFyxzng/s460/Picture20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="304" data-original-width="460" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcgHbP1Ez0ZNfmJhN9AOfUHrGXngcLZ3hA3Gdp7kgnEuzHDu0I1NEqL7GjiVbZgkLKItI7Hk90T-HCblmfWBQmyMoeyhG6dlakKAejycKaeYyd63laIRlk6fH2EsH5N-sLI0SSPvLDnUmJiIix2gL_VZfy_Q52RCdYUFybfIL8DgIFLoGw_BAIFyxzng/s320/Picture20.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">Morning glory </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV8hDGSbek2vixg-gF_uKPTnlMEqugZovqZNFjivOkiIyk9UP1Sry7DB4SfC--mV3ithnEwMRkoMkHbAe-AHlYN0_Zoa0HuKT_lLeGApl9C6LyCHVYpskbg7PovM-X-cjBZ4ZA6-4s33hHTBZgcuqO5qLZbkvtAPWPRObtzgeu4CtHQgPxK-vivZTz6Q/s469/Picture21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="469" data-original-width="219" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV8hDGSbek2vixg-gF_uKPTnlMEqugZovqZNFjivOkiIyk9UP1Sry7DB4SfC--mV3ithnEwMRkoMkHbAe-AHlYN0_Zoa0HuKT_lLeGApl9C6LyCHVYpskbg7PovM-X-cjBZ4ZA6-4s33hHTBZgcuqO5qLZbkvtAPWPRObtzgeu4CtHQgPxK-vivZTz6Q/s320/Picture21.jpg" width="149" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">and yam leaves to spit on. When we were kids before the ipad and smart phones became an inseparable part of us, we used to make big globs of spit onto these waxy leaves and twirl the leaves as fast as we could. The last kid with the spit blob still left on the leaf was CHAMPION! </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6y9O0PuHZBx0GpadYVJJ_79w2-4OUcG04EJrmYSpd_9zcO7si9nXahEfnb4TcQ9nb4oj2B0j4WwCIABe2eJ4OtE3Oizqqx61nQpIo1iVueCFnmXD_ws6Diw_zxfOnocToJpVhRXzv9bbV_Q71Jb-37yKkxWTowPEkJgg2D7bSgNWrA3uaDRLb1IZxxw/s456/Picture22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="456" data-original-width="220" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6y9O0PuHZBx0GpadYVJJ_79w2-4OUcG04EJrmYSpd_9zcO7si9nXahEfnb4TcQ9nb4oj2B0j4WwCIABe2eJ4OtE3Oizqqx61nQpIo1iVueCFnmXD_ws6Diw_zxfOnocToJpVhRXzv9bbV_Q71Jb-37yKkxWTowPEkJgg2D7bSgNWrA3uaDRLb1IZxxw/w193-h400/Picture22.jpg" width="193" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The abandoned playground as the pandemic kept the children indoors.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="476" data-original-width="222" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiybdkugNSsrUJgbBRV6mfXajxW7mkieMs2EUlJX8ZmRd5AHx_qQ10EmgSiQuINCNDY8PWhQqbaQU0db2cV-Nl_UuYQ9F-AHH0_4aMwIvan1vOLy8X8H3Xntk8thjOST6ds_Vtw7laDhYvfk05XjYOGK4xws1afTMDanIBL5y31G4-GlrwvA3sKM5dw0w/w186-h400/Picture24.jpg" width="186" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The rains are here and the storks are taking off for shelter. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga7DpHORrWv9ugLhajfZuMGAJkG308Ui5jXL82cHg1_jqBRfg6ktzJUMb2FaiDC4A_a_8jS5LxLqmn6E_R5Zc7WJXF4rm8iygSiihUy7UYs1yV7FuUljqMQHhmTnA9o1SWxoS_VQGRdwZKxlaZJBrVAd24WbxzNsEvsOKs3AT9kp7L4ylAPWkVvHuzSA/s490/Picture25.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="490" data-original-width="248" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga7DpHORrWv9ugLhajfZuMGAJkG308Ui5jXL82cHg1_jqBRfg6ktzJUMb2FaiDC4A_a_8jS5LxLqmn6E_R5Zc7WJXF4rm8iygSiihUy7UYs1yV7FuUljqMQHhmTnA9o1SWxoS_VQGRdwZKxlaZJBrVAd24WbxzNsEvsOKs3AT9kp7L4ylAPWkVvHuzSA/w324-h640/Picture25.jpg" width="324" /></a></div><span style="color: #38761d;"><br /></span></b></div><br /><b style="color: #38761d;"><br /></b><p></p>kestrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13324874202422690542noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1235030006366245724.post-84225332852902448162022-11-04T20:17:00.003-07:002022-11-04T20:28:54.487-07:00 Deepavali Better late than Never<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiozPwTFoKm-FCMokVB60v4xxe_6x12GSGV5r8TnaLOvjXqT7hdvsWdnkJv92ESIpFX4mda8PzO7RWmwoE4Gap9Im3lQ6ZFFp10SaLg9384MJScpODirlSIio_TqCSlRBN_qKrMmFAGzVlECbjfhQDJQ7obZvWDJDCg2Tre6z34Q840iwqkIPEU2AvNhg/s868/Picture1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="493" data-original-width="868" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiozPwTFoKm-FCMokVB60v4xxe_6x12GSGV5r8TnaLOvjXqT7hdvsWdnkJv92ESIpFX4mda8PzO7RWmwoE4Gap9Im3lQ6ZFFp10SaLg9384MJScpODirlSIio_TqCSlRBN_qKrMmFAGzVlECbjfhQDJQ7obZvWDJDCg2Tre6z34Q840iwqkIPEU2AvNhg/w320-h182/Picture1.jpg" width="320" /></a></span><b style="color: red; font-family: arial;">We celebrated the Festival of Lights about a week ago on 24th October. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Aiyoh, cooking curry with all the pounding and blending of so many spices and chillies is always a nightmare for me.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLp9OJO6HzBim5sKUzlbEqDPQ0gf1_A2gVcGbpkW0BUOANnmiDA5u_1NHB8IPf2GtzzQFQbocv-ueszXsVt0q19U8x3bUntwd9znuVeP7_BAMVbhgdTCzTsPwVYKQP_WHT7TaDYFNJOhZh3ivBzDO8IPY4lPRUg9QpauOns2jdXR80dxxGS9xdFN4XqA/s462/Picture5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="424" data-original-width="462" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLp9OJO6HzBim5sKUzlbEqDPQ0gf1_A2gVcGbpkW0BUOANnmiDA5u_1NHB8IPf2GtzzQFQbocv-ueszXsVt0q19U8x3bUntwd9znuVeP7_BAMVbhgdTCzTsPwVYKQP_WHT7TaDYFNJOhZh3ivBzDO8IPY4lPRUg9QpauOns2jdXR80dxxGS9xdFN4XqA/s320/Picture5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: red; font-family: arial;"> See Boy came to the rescue and cooked a rather BIG <i>ikan merah</i> (red snapper) head curry.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP-0nBPHSP_mJEG8-IpARWBWRVNzDyvqq5yjrYlZnZJ4lbRqtS6tRTBlo9l39PcGD074YjBgv2MmkzGdDWGa6VwLvyaShBk00x0oWSkxzrKh5zuaTR2FBsuFbB68mS1rbMqa7I8A7_eDP8aPNlKJVU5yW4Woux5FkjnStW1ef6l0K8uqUmhIhmD8ly-g/s358/Picture6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="321" data-original-width="358" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP-0nBPHSP_mJEG8-IpARWBWRVNzDyvqq5yjrYlZnZJ4lbRqtS6tRTBlo9l39PcGD074YjBgv2MmkzGdDWGa6VwLvyaShBk00x0oWSkxzrKh5zuaTR2FBsuFbB68mS1rbMqa7I8A7_eDP8aPNlKJVU5yW4Woux5FkjnStW1ef6l0K8uqUmhIhmD8ly-g/s320/Picture6.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b style="color: red; font-family: arial;"> I made </b><b style="color: red; font-family: arial;">a sothi (coconut tomato curry) and bought t</b><b style="color: red; font-family: arial;">he fish head, </b><b style="color: red; font-family: arial;">roti (flat breads) and thosai (pancake of fermented ground black gram and rice).</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRs21ejpjgK_7900RwsSTT7XF2bi9TLOTx2Hr3kWLG8rQPkhc0424fcxehSUZ29Zhxw45cb2iBjDbIbZUXVEJc6-KcMfqDPGlGaFRIlE3IvcgrYopLqViNNlGlV3Ne6eCNQGDHNZrSGNFDgZv6gxtV-fZVv_mRdKHkPMYdiqjVesMaURRx1oM7X3iWmA/s797/Picture7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="773" data-original-width="797" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRs21ejpjgK_7900RwsSTT7XF2bi9TLOTx2Hr3kWLG8rQPkhc0424fcxehSUZ29Zhxw45cb2iBjDbIbZUXVEJc6-KcMfqDPGlGaFRIlE3IvcgrYopLqViNNlGlV3Ne6eCNQGDHNZrSGNFDgZv6gxtV-fZVv_mRdKHkPMYdiqjVesMaURRx1oM7X3iWmA/s320/Picture7.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: red; font-family: arial;"> This family believes in "From the WOK to the TABLE," no need for fancy FOOD plating!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: red; font-family: arial;">Savvy girl washed the dishes. Thory and Belle ate the scraps. It was a family effort.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2MGneD100mPGuoByR6O-uAxcGF44n2LR9z69dmIK0ad96XYz9In4ZtQugefR4y_Bxhr3f-Ty8GFNO4qZ6jznaBiiqn-4-32D863gQnZVd0UofhOcLj7mKzeFttlDqZnS4EoaYLAjat87Ep1oMJICD-W9qLPe7OIVkTDiByhuHS_cNvUyUxkhaIAItew/s848/Picture8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="518" data-original-width="848" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2MGneD100mPGuoByR6O-uAxcGF44n2LR9z69dmIK0ad96XYz9In4ZtQugefR4y_Bxhr3f-Ty8GFNO4qZ6jznaBiiqn-4-32D863gQnZVd0UofhOcLj7mKzeFttlDqZnS4EoaYLAjat87Ep1oMJICD-W9qLPe7OIVkTDiByhuHS_cNvUyUxkhaIAItew/s320/Picture8.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></div>kestrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13324874202422690542noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1235030006366245724.post-57687312536291617252022-10-30T06:16:00.005-07:002022-10-30T06:21:38.668-07:00COOL DAYS AHEAD<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh_bnMic7QvelmGiKygbjdVFQChIVf8gOPYgPyWaCsh-i_-uhadPpiD0gzA_0tejrIHAvVyXiO44z9-urNQwA5RKShV6rCURpW2d4qmHe4wUxcEnBGrihAn-TWeXzLW1pTzt0AaGHO0Ny3aFmIHNl14K8F6uhMztaEvzqghbtVZOcTE12TV7rbGGziyA/s384/Picture7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="175" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh_bnMic7QvelmGiKygbjdVFQChIVf8gOPYgPyWaCsh-i_-uhadPpiD0gzA_0tejrIHAvVyXiO44z9-urNQwA5RKShV6rCURpW2d4qmHe4wUxcEnBGrihAn-TWeXzLW1pTzt0AaGHO0Ny3aFmIHNl14K8F6uhMztaEvzqghbtVZOcTE12TV7rbGGziyA/s320/Picture7.jpg" width="146" /></a><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; text-align: center;">The monsoons have descended with claps of thunder and bolts of lightning β‘. Yes, thunderstorms are one of my favourite things. Dawn and evening showers now keep our daily temperatures below 30 C. Our rivers are filled and bursting </b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAca6aPMHhbJuBubSBf6aeY2WMoZBp3I6moBm5vx8jzTwiw_XWu0fcHvFQ9hm-L5JMLIzgS7f-yqEfy9cVOm_tVdIjufxjEU1BaaTfoyW7tJEgac-SELVAoVTitO5Tq2IKQMeJ7sKmrSeE9O_NSPtt2fVAEPTXqw_PSaJULDh1V_HrhQPeNbiTgaJgbg/s4000/20221027_084101.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="4000" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAca6aPMHhbJuBubSBf6aeY2WMoZBp3I6moBm5vx8jzTwiw_XWu0fcHvFQ9hm-L5JMLIzgS7f-yqEfy9cVOm_tVdIjufxjEU1BaaTfoyW7tJEgac-SELVAoVTitO5Tq2IKQMeJ7sKmrSeE9O_NSPtt2fVAEPTXqw_PSaJULDh1V_HrhQPeNbiTgaJgbg/w400-h180/20221027_084101.jpg" width="400" /></a><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">and that means more fishes to catch.</b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcZhTltImy3tGjZuQ4ZEK7eiPKm5F0uOVe_YSJypOI3XjxbizOtwIH7wKnTtPlSte3L8XEs3xqaLXZsFR7hAkWJbtXk-YQCaPpAxOVXVoKWcZQHkSsLm_6fA4wj_OxGSkpE24dSaL9W7ie0GYZhCNoN_jPnOCcw-165yS-j0rKpI_ahfDL_JNcy8alzA/s865/Picture4.png" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="865" data-original-width="829" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcZhTltImy3tGjZuQ4ZEK7eiPKm5F0uOVe_YSJypOI3XjxbizOtwIH7wKnTtPlSte3L8XEs3xqaLXZsFR7hAkWJbtXk-YQCaPpAxOVXVoKWcZQHkSsLm_6fA4wj_OxGSkpE24dSaL9W7ie0GYZhCNoN_jPnOCcw-165yS-j0rKpI_ahfDL_JNcy8alzA/s320/Picture4.png" width="307" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsa3lAA5ZD4cn20JkAgGqfQ4UieOjt0t4YJ-egpZyo2v_auPT8kj74UoBhVBcljEj1qknl2m2QUbo2fjcbeLHj-GV-zvlBOzEHu3OrlRRlq0VdMWVeW9bdO7mwbMkkHXBKmUBMU9OgFzhVTUcMzsD_uh3B-LZLT7ZYjmKRE0xbimpnOyPxCVWH-9y6bQ/s385/Picture5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="187" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsa3lAA5ZD4cn20JkAgGqfQ4UieOjt0t4YJ-egpZyo2v_auPT8kj74UoBhVBcljEj1qknl2m2QUbo2fjcbeLHj-GV-zvlBOzEHu3OrlRRlq0VdMWVeW9bdO7mwbMkkHXBKmUBMU9OgFzhVTUcMzsD_uh3B-LZLT7ZYjmKRE0xbimpnOyPxCVWH-9y6bQ/s320/Picture5.jpg" width="155" /></a></span></div><p></p><p><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">Bought a new pair of walking shoes. My former "faithful" lived a long and prosperous life and dodging the many puddles in them was impossible now. I only got squishy socks. </b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6JMIS5HcqWyK6o1g2nX-g3VrkIsR103fNGWp1eQ228EbQmvB3AiM5Rbv84jZO122Mb16vbHL3tPvDyov94IAAHP00CY_nGS1Zmjpv2M5mqvxSlPa9it9U7C7LRiwDKGDGL6iampttyGKpuqTNBtwLzQSCcSQpRl7xym-zTlRYIgfWzTn6ZJOXr-tuXg/s514/Picture1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="514" data-original-width="257" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6JMIS5HcqWyK6o1g2nX-g3VrkIsR103fNGWp1eQ228EbQmvB3AiM5Rbv84jZO122Mb16vbHL3tPvDyov94IAAHP00CY_nGS1Zmjpv2M5mqvxSlPa9it9U7C7LRiwDKGDGL6iampttyGKpuqTNBtwLzQSCcSQpRl7xym-zTlRYIgfWzTn6ZJOXr-tuXg/w200-h400/Picture1.jpg" width="200" /></a><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;">Looks like I am not the only one thriving in this monsoon season. </b></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSepzxV66IQa32fO5-b5_noQ4SZtX215kpLXtHzwsDLQ88QZ8gwpyNAymAFYsvci-JgADPZ4mZ0UZ2G_6-zwQTb3rRMqTHAqEtWbr2SyJFUU_aspSGPed7Y3KmyEux1jDg99S2S0UTpyaM3WdBH5N3aKoEwiOy7wfF3ZN2ahEk7mAVEs1mwnGjf40j3A/s4000/20221027_082620.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Waking up to lots of rain-kissed flowers and cool 25 C mornings makes me believe that the good things in life are FREE. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOxdv0i2nWYJ9M40a6wLwfkG1MijyhW7UdeLUAtZZlh6heLxR9rWIfj8XkYD7t0H6LgWF3b1HPgo12-F1KrS7iBa18tepgUiSCA7Wz5XyTz2sCXitSDC8CdyfxkD_q7IoJJR43kc2nM8M2iMFAALUd0F5V-fdYEF9NbS5L30C6KhT7d13WGa1WbPYssA/s285/Picture3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="270" data-original-width="285" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOxdv0i2nWYJ9M40a6wLwfkG1MijyhW7UdeLUAtZZlh6heLxR9rWIfj8XkYD7t0H6LgWF3b1HPgo12-F1KrS7iBa18tepgUiSCA7Wz5XyTz2sCXitSDC8CdyfxkD_q7IoJJR43kc2nM8M2iMFAALUd0F5V-fdYEF9NbS5L30C6KhT7d13WGa1WbPYssA/s1600/Picture3.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX0HEJs0rJ8_eSQgVZAGxDtZerDmTBQ9pklsx8w87oFxYhyRYagHasdOf5iOqoDiyAUMVnGFLBO204AhWnTTuFKneTKMNyNStYTwTd_aM2eY-0zbktlnQNFQgIpuRic7aMHzQXpVaE4suBvJLUyzTIQ6wuKFCQlvgvkJ7a8DuyV8nMTWku4Brxn4OwlA/s395/Picture6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="395" data-original-width="186" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX0HEJs0rJ8_eSQgVZAGxDtZerDmTBQ9pklsx8w87oFxYhyRYagHasdOf5iOqoDiyAUMVnGFLBO204AhWnTTuFKneTKMNyNStYTwTd_aM2eY-0zbktlnQNFQgIpuRic7aMHzQXpVaE4suBvJLUyzTIQ6wuKFCQlvgvkJ7a8DuyV8nMTWku4Brxn4OwlA/w302-h640/Picture6.jpg" width="302" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">β <b style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; text-align: left;">NO work today?</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5r1z3TEMYlZAJLgWYxNbESa18tjGW86qycQx2MpuUDlgvCoxxjzkvPM6CFG8-qIpvDP6tYahSpTsMLFKlrZfmI3Pcg1wbyosKvMdZ1BvpxFYJng9bx1VjskkxQpiki-i-H5P0TascUhl0afvugSHCTl22I4e34PifGdL-Kb5MsgGhcI9BzhAzUgjOUw/s435/Picture8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="782" data-original-width="862" height="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnfwHtxYC9RwPV_ISNPcqC6Zb-6SE5Rb27yXM8Gv5C86rzuWZSGu8j-_w7z43QJyKMnXn-famRjiKfSmn6_Rj0OuQjWsLEhSKuS1aDs3aih1vYzltO4UbAT2KM3fWQd4w_9ph_jqD8eSV5FzwOqheQ-rMh5zHPznbsazGjeOW84QDdz1D7dE7N5sNx6Q/w400-h363/Picture9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;">simultaneously is not recommended. </b><b style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;">My lunch went into the bin. </b><b style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;">It looked carcinogenic! "Hybrid" was generally used to describe a combination of two different species or elements. But now hybrid meetings and discussions have become so acceptable post-pandemic. It has been life changing for me. I had to learn to juggle between face-to-face meetings today, "zooming" in tomorrow and </b><b style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;">Hi-Five meetings next week. I am evolving.</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial; text-align: left;">I took a break from "evolution" and joined a qigong class in Ipoh for 2 days. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><b>Come, Be well is the tag line for Zhiren Qigong. </b></span></div><div><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2q_DpLFAR_Zy55azT_qblZ3xTzR1GyRsx5u9wgLl1kGfavJdBcz7Rj1RQMNZ7kNZkgH46GJfLOsihw-QFCYU6ps69zLCXZTWx9UcdjulEU4IgxhZw7iwsSDZc_ExS4Kd1Wg3iSDbVctV2UlvuSGP6OrirJWSJ9jMbY-sGg_DiaR37LEykTmjTvYN35Q/s1578/Picture12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1127" data-original-width="1578" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2q_DpLFAR_Zy55azT_qblZ3xTzR1GyRsx5u9wgLl1kGfavJdBcz7Rj1RQMNZ7kNZkgH46GJfLOsihw-QFCYU6ps69zLCXZTWx9UcdjulEU4IgxhZw7iwsSDZc_ExS4Kd1Wg3iSDbVctV2UlvuSGP6OrirJWSJ9jMbY-sGg_DiaR37LEykTmjTvYN35Q/w400-h286/Picture12.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Ohhh... the tagline spoke the truth. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil5c-YQ05R9sgNlqDjeiwPr4mtCdsbTZRjmvrtVlVgOjMVRmbtH0mUDxLVewg_8xGEMLF43TGevpDxG-CU-dL0--ev4H585l50AwCjq3PT1VJ_Bc2_oHq2uP0Fi3Fqeh7-Ddo6Kt7betAJ9tgjVrbPoSqBuNw2C6jNvLGNoHVJvARpj6DNkSrBEESHFw/s1518/Picture11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="1518" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil5c-YQ05R9sgNlqDjeiwPr4mtCdsbTZRjmvrtVlVgOjMVRmbtH0mUDxLVewg_8xGEMLF43TGevpDxG-CU-dL0--ev4H585l50AwCjq3PT1VJ_Bc2_oHq2uP0Fi3Fqeh7-Ddo6Kt7betAJ9tgjVrbPoSqBuNw2C6jNvLGNoHVJvARpj6DNkSrBEESHFw/w400-h301/Picture11.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div></div><div><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; text-align: left;">We put our bodies and minds into action from 8am - 10pm on day 1.</b></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL4Iv64LA4DPhP1hRgOLzuqcmqV6eefjTlDq8wVY56bojOcBT0GKY5HKTL4nRuJJK6Ho3gUIE7hMKyGwJQG0iwSrPnl_O5uqnXBbSJm7SeJfFtEvdQcwKcKz0OWhgJ38ZJzek_6Ru7DeOnEf10wpZURzG9Tpct08m5xMw6FdnLZPNo0wm2fHhw_D0C1w/s699/Picture13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="396" data-original-width="699" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL4Iv64LA4DPhP1hRgOLzuqcmqV6eefjTlDq8wVY56bojOcBT0GKY5HKTL4nRuJJK6Ho3gUIE7hMKyGwJQG0iwSrPnl_O5uqnXBbSJm7SeJfFtEvdQcwKcKz0OWhgJ38ZJzek_6Ru7DeOnEf10wpZURzG9Tpct08m5xMw6FdnLZPNo0wm2fHhw_D0C1w/w400-h226/Picture13.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><div><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> Our luxury was our one hour lunch and dinner breaks. </b></div><div><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Tea breaks are unheard of in Asia. Whaaaat? Tea break? What is that? Go back to class now.</b></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1pl10qlsutX1rTiAjKeBHNLXdQ0I0Mkcr0-b-E0hN5mJDKjeS07OqFs-ZHlPolbZZoJGTyiCa4QrZIpaMeY5x9NuR3twn0JI_K8CpYUSA2rLr4wezoSCGkiE21HyXYujOjMrVZipmdMDERplYI1b2xujoac5X3QcNnOaBhKl0AnDTn5-vywQyjPaheg/s697/Picture17.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="399" data-original-width="697" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1pl10qlsutX1rTiAjKeBHNLXdQ0I0Mkcr0-b-E0hN5mJDKjeS07OqFs-ZHlPolbZZoJGTyiCa4QrZIpaMeY5x9NuR3twn0JI_K8CpYUSA2rLr4wezoSCGkiE21HyXYujOjMrVZipmdMDERplYI1b2xujoac5X3QcNnOaBhKl0AnDTn5-vywQyjPaheg/w400-h229/Picture17.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Day 2 was from 7am - 12 noon. The turn-up was good with about 50 young and mature registrants ready to evolve to be WELL.</b></div></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ-zKIKuAVM293wA8-J1KGmyoYXG4ggrxxoHyjjeHQslN98eqq73WcXK7a95oLVRVSCtxTZz9ctH-nvMxbEU2gdyXwDguEp9k3bKY4xKOd6EvOeH_DHM_0ZmOPb9P5Hb-h5U7EKurT1wkO4LovaCzWfQjG0_TJ5UKbY1hGE2XM9-J8izpA-frsiTijWA/s696/Picture19.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="386" data-original-width="696" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ-zKIKuAVM293wA8-J1KGmyoYXG4ggrxxoHyjjeHQslN98eqq73WcXK7a95oLVRVSCtxTZz9ctH-nvMxbEU2gdyXwDguEp9k3bKY4xKOd6EvOeH_DHM_0ZmOPb9P5Hb-h5U7EKurT1wkO4LovaCzWfQjG0_TJ5UKbY1hGE2XM9-J8izpA-frsiTijWA/w400-h221/Picture19.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; text-align: left;">The turn-up was so good, some had to practise in the surrounding gardens.</b></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2yd5I5hepSvK7PbrI5d2GGME1Y_nsfKdPr6btA8G4_P5aJkyX4vFtRiZYNMwiTh-mayZ5EwzriCq_nd5rLLbQiM_xSQeC8fKRxBJal8FUmKVQN3GRkQIqwuC-fmgPN1coRBloS2OdZ1FxNfXMo6Boweb7PjLMdjASKF0JPjl7Xls6KMw0U_18Vtc11w/s698/Picture20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="394" data-original-width="698" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2yd5I5hepSvK7PbrI5d2GGME1Y_nsfKdPr6btA8G4_P5aJkyX4vFtRiZYNMwiTh-mayZ5EwzriCq_nd5rLLbQiM_xSQeC8fKRxBJal8FUmKVQN3GRkQIqwuC-fmgPN1coRBloS2OdZ1FxNfXMo6Boweb7PjLMdjASKF0JPjl7Xls6KMw0U_18Vtc11w/w400-h226/Picture20.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Oh, the moves may look simple but these pictures tell a different story. Ouch, can I put my hands down! </b></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiDJJt8n1wEoOUyazfniTwU1cpKkRwYRdzkBdUkHAW__iHB6ZqSXXMCq0fdxuG2Xwwa3gtmwiBIXuZ-lLe8KlatCRYEbxgHCFVkrTxjShhMH_rft16bMv5RwEllPA72ySM1moH0dP_R4MW5VImDBk9lT1BH3STlNYGe8O-gLCmCD1iPF_6BsextPX31g/s696/Picture15.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="398" data-original-width="696" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiDJJt8n1wEoOUyazfniTwU1cpKkRwYRdzkBdUkHAW__iHB6ZqSXXMCq0fdxuG2Xwwa3gtmwiBIXuZ-lLe8KlatCRYEbxgHCFVkrTxjShhMH_rft16bMv5RwEllPA72ySM1moH0dP_R4MW5VImDBk9lT1BH3STlNYGe8O-gLCmCD1iPF_6BsextPX31g/w400-h229/Picture15.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSHyqD6g4rFePr3UZk4oDAt18AuB8QQCCDkofigP3wIAyJmUOS-i-2vFteGWgeMewlJBnBImgGXYd9LDcdfiMf907WCJ49CKWTlc35fzcDGf8Qk7iSd5YxtNQajCKyIlhmeqroq3YsnzwTmx_mXwa2PMso9do0MVO0H9V4_y1KxmjMgs3666QcQCU7TQ/s673/Picture16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="673" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSHyqD6g4rFePr3UZk4oDAt18AuB8QQCCDkofigP3wIAyJmUOS-i-2vFteGWgeMewlJBnBImgGXYd9LDcdfiMf907WCJ49CKWTlc35fzcDGf8Qk7iSd5YxtNQajCKyIlhmeqroq3YsnzwTmx_mXwa2PMso9do0MVO0H9V4_y1KxmjMgs3666QcQCU7TQ/w400-h238/Picture16.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJLJ37W0DxMjMdkZkH0rCxmvgmluOQaSB71lUrFFeVui_FwtYUez5CL8bfmutewiYe6giyWuitxS-c7v89bzaK4Y16Kt7jM0V5Pc_W6jLvwtWxHVfI21L2TFkBOZ0KvaZQNz7d4kw72v8pgISS5NU3uRoPc6qv1zQV7M8o1UJf4W4OriPWWn_ZidGkOA/s675/Picture18.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="371" data-original-width="675" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJLJ37W0DxMjMdkZkH0rCxmvgmluOQaSB71lUrFFeVui_FwtYUez5CL8bfmutewiYe6giyWuitxS-c7v89bzaK4Y16Kt7jM0V5Pc_W6jLvwtWxHVfI21L2TFkBOZ0KvaZQNz7d4kw72v8pgISS5NU3uRoPc6qv1zQV7M8o1UJf4W4OriPWWn_ZidGkOA/w400-h220/Picture18.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> <i>Laoshi </i>(teachers) were at hand to give the finer points </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAGj_jSZDFIykoiPQ9wmjOvmrU-S0KDvkWaMQFfyFYrViNJkQ4q346GWpJjOtzPpJ79s-QScuvxlmPjOwDGpL6Zv8zMTPtN_Gu9g_RXqy526MGvV0JvGCxDBR2hD3LoqmM3PdCMRbylBkkjJU0c7OTJqZE96mCVGAA--yhtrbStJadE8KX0u9nfQOMUw/s587/Picture24.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="308" data-original-width="587" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAGj_jSZDFIykoiPQ9wmjOvmrU-S0KDvkWaMQFfyFYrViNJkQ4q346GWpJjOtzPpJ79s-QScuvxlmPjOwDGpL6Zv8zMTPtN_Gu9g_RXqy526MGvV0JvGCxDBR2hD3LoqmM3PdCMRbylBkkjJU0c7OTJqZE96mCVGAA--yhtrbStJadE8KX0u9nfQOMUw/w400-h210/Picture24.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> to stronger bodies and minds. And also to "crack the whip" when the "students" faltered by the wayside! </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial; text-align: left;">"Straighten those hands and roll the wrists."</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR7TQztpr6Pgx87rNYiJr0FOvSvpV7y5yIxyuHNzmV-2kMfbZYfEttXWJJlwSFiccFnXQfdewXURzPzhrEhGqkrak61OZa6HwOx_XXuhlIwN3L7XjXf5FySPM5lL8C-0T9FyfXZ5W6vebdT-g52yB94Zp3ASvC3QW-XCO2Sk43o4U_aWamnxiSTvzsrQ/s701/Picture21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="404" data-original-width="701" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR7TQztpr6Pgx87rNYiJr0FOvSvpV7y5yIxyuHNzmV-2kMfbZYfEttXWJJlwSFiccFnXQfdewXURzPzhrEhGqkrak61OZa6HwOx_XXuhlIwN3L7XjXf5FySPM5lL8C-0T9FyfXZ5W6vebdT-g52yB94Zp3ASvC3QW-XCO2Sk43o4U_aWamnxiSTvzsrQ/w400-h230/Picture21.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: #3d85c6; 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font-family: arial;"><b>RELAX<br /></b></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeFnmW_59b_DzUFI-C8LTaLk3yLuEpTgmf6ibjpTPiOiLG4fU2qBg7aCU5C94epMKTLFrn4xehVhJLZUkbyeP3D0F1eVqXmEgUuO178G22tw4OESmUzzBN71SnMrjkcU_LjAdljzS3lvCcMjxqq64jcHuMI-rWoy_qpfcB1sDrE4A3O37ZPHeLt7EczQ/s609/Picture27.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="378" data-original-width="609" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeFnmW_59b_DzUFI-C8LTaLk3yLuEpTgmf6ibjpTPiOiLG4fU2qBg7aCU5C94epMKTLFrn4xehVhJLZUkbyeP3D0F1eVqXmEgUuO178G22tw4OESmUzzBN71SnMrjkcU_LjAdljzS3lvCcMjxqq64jcHuMI-rWoy_qpfcB1sDrE4A3O37ZPHeLt7EczQ/w400-h249/Picture27.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4sOfzSHRX7kifrU8o129Z56Bwc_cOsfT4TRc0_xJXB5_49mieznmAQAb2fldvAVNKIXKy8WaMRyQuJQ6hCQi79Re6pHcUuwM8NxfoAoKZnDdXCaxQGDFjpT66Pq9PU7o2Fk75BzcLQB5ScgWM0DHqusgmGT1c-YxMgtAoUvQXjGYVx-NKKyZr7F5gsA/s1145/Picture10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1145" data-original-width="863" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4sOfzSHRX7kifrU8o129Z56Bwc_cOsfT4TRc0_xJXB5_49mieznmAQAb2fldvAVNKIXKy8WaMRyQuJQ6hCQi79Re6pHcUuwM8NxfoAoKZnDdXCaxQGDFjpT66Pq9PU7o2Fk75BzcLQB5ScgWM0DHqusgmGT1c-YxMgtAoUvQXjGYVx-NKKyZr7F5gsA/w301-h400/Picture10.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>like Tecla.</b></div></span></div></div></div></div>kestrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13324874202422690542noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1235030006366245724.post-48569159389530721142022-08-30T23:09:00.004-07:002022-08-30T23:41:29.548-07:00MERDEKA<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCA0xvJrNkZAP0jYiPLrOJeeknA2NBmGwfmHevWU2Jeef5yCOsgLh0rMVbxwQvnNcqvmxC2ZddMn8ZtPrxy95GoLno6MZogR8-AUAFcXy755PylJAF_C-c-fKVsT1yo724BsbV2b1s5nQEp65H3IPQ1eN1KQV3q45gHUEDXFBwqDsl7GMHX3QhFpoEag/s1143/Picture1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="846" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCA0xvJrNkZAP0jYiPLrOJeeknA2NBmGwfmHevWU2Jeef5yCOsgLh0rMVbxwQvnNcqvmxC2ZddMn8ZtPrxy95GoLno6MZogR8-AUAFcXy755PylJAF_C-c-fKVsT1yo724BsbV2b1s5nQEp65H3IPQ1eN1KQV3q45gHUEDXFBwqDsl7GMHX3QhFpoEag/w296-h400/Picture1.jpg" width="296" /></a></div><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>The handover of power from the British 65 years ago. This hibiscus (national flower) has two colours of our Malaysian flag. </b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH4pDVU861-sY52vKqI_SLb3gkWh1BERnu0LYz-5L6P6nOzufK6gBkYmkRmg3wOc9lTZ7zJ5GUYOziJM54-iw3dy5YeMHj3hD0cEW8kdBzrxYZbwxDOS08gM6TVc5ydcQ3h8TQSps2bCLm3QGnY9TZha1pIbygoK5x-T5xX9yDb88HAYh3f1_ZNX2ReQ/s1143/Picture2.jpg" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="772" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH4pDVU861-sY52vKqI_SLb3gkWh1BERnu0LYz-5L6P6nOzufK6gBkYmkRmg3wOc9lTZ7zJ5GUYOziJM54-iw3dy5YeMHj3hD0cEW8kdBzrxYZbwxDOS08gM6TVc5ydcQ3h8TQSps2bCLm3QGnY9TZha1pIbygoK5x-T5xX9yDb88HAYh3f1_ZNX2ReQ/w432-h640/Picture2.jpg" width="432" /></a></div></span><p></p><p><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;">This speckled donut is much like our multiracial population. </b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEictqFlWES8sDd9uu9R5Lklds7luVlU7Gok9ROAM3i_AOvMJEkGGiNtRDteTVWMMTIRtVvleSYPU0qFc_s4RYJeQr6e9edmg3weadvFZd4fZpQZjJhPDQ5TPezROfvDKLpoV6Py4AjB-J6SXXuk3v1HzwQpliNv7tc9ZxuH9tyWmYOsfjSTXdJHy43cfw/s455/Picture3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="431" data-original-width="455" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEictqFlWES8sDd9uu9R5Lklds7luVlU7Gok9ROAM3i_AOvMJEkGGiNtRDteTVWMMTIRtVvleSYPU0qFc_s4RYJeQr6e9edmg3weadvFZd4fZpQZjJhPDQ5TPezROfvDKLpoV6Py4AjB-J6SXXuk3v1HzwQpliNv7tc9ZxuH9tyWmYOsfjSTXdJHy43cfw/w400-h379/Picture3.jpg" width="400" /></a><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;">We come in different shapes, sizes and colour but we remain united in harmony. </b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Q3yYRNAHqXYVfOLJPRhPVyEDClTzPcgGaAl-alBmyN-HW5ph-_3eYVARlPz_GYh7qxmN6qyleaujcbL0wZE22MJ_7zK3x8ZKW2tWe8UpQiNa2tZn8-OD4PcP3HOc-xcZ4Po-OH3kvL7rk6xO4y-3Oo9zsQRULIgh9Azz3H9EI6cv7dMGJ1agMW6SHA/s1702/Picture4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="1702" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Q3yYRNAHqXYVfOLJPRhPVyEDClTzPcgGaAl-alBmyN-HW5ph-_3eYVARlPz_GYh7qxmN6qyleaujcbL0wZE22MJ_7zK3x8ZKW2tWe8UpQiNa2tZn8-OD4PcP3HOc-xcZ4Po-OH3kvL7rk6xO4y-3Oo9zsQRULIgh9Azz3H9EI6cv7dMGJ1agMW6SHA/w400-h269/Picture4.jpg" width="400" /></a><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;">And everyone enjoys our National breakfast of coconut rice.</b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDzevA-IWe9D4IijV0hxNrpQsVycHEnXCYynwjLqST2DdsFvhJq5ZWFBZof6GD_hVJvEGooKNUSXAZh_yBZcM1LpDBxHU3-GCYKczcf52jrlPff0vNhr40v71YBDlLu6xGB-HQda2EHuvPaa8nzUAA_i6d_4ofCftqxySGtnHsajsX6Et_a0jexHB7SQ/s862/Picture6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="817" data-original-width="862" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDzevA-IWe9D4IijV0hxNrpQsVycHEnXCYynwjLqST2DdsFvhJq5ZWFBZof6GD_hVJvEGooKNUSXAZh_yBZcM1LpDBxHU3-GCYKczcf52jrlPff0vNhr40v71YBDlLu6xGB-HQda2EHuvPaa8nzUAA_i6d_4ofCftqxySGtnHsajsX6Et_a0jexHB7SQ/w400-h379/Picture6.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; text-align: left;">So on this public holiday, I have given myself permission to forget about house chores, exercise and work. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuZVl66u5SfKpIo-4D8m4VibBNcP99TLsZSmv16PSPsrwUZ9JpxMarwlbvr6W8r0JQFqz9-tQeriPGBdQ7VxKUwyGQ9lxh2Ilg_ZEBnq1-Xg41zkuHcPfMIZM4NRd4eN7aIKr1Y-Sl7FMSZhxFhx8RQvirtR2YJ6n50qrlptSeOb6SA29tfuZ474r_9Q/s953/Picture7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="953" data-original-width="736" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuZVl66u5SfKpIo-4D8m4VibBNcP99TLsZSmv16PSPsrwUZ9JpxMarwlbvr6W8r0JQFqz9-tQeriPGBdQ7VxKUwyGQ9lxh2Ilg_ZEBnq1-Xg41zkuHcPfMIZM4NRd4eN7aIKr1Y-Sl7FMSZhxFhx8RQvirtR2YJ6n50qrlptSeOb6SA29tfuZ474r_9Q/w494-h640/Picture7.jpg" width="494" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Merdeka not only means independence, it is also means to be FREE.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirbCu2NXru0mDgImCKQ_bdAePn5Ip_z3l7CE0SDF9e0YQqly7jIM7lTJGKyatJQLxHUY-ExsL32s8X5vdAzCsQGpiajIdB7RzusO2yC5bsdzK0m-Zqe9wYyYMR1Ez4tEDjPutLTknIE-ZRH74c8V5YcpxBRGJX_J6rnpiVHykRCBnhpq7ydXbEPo7ntA/s1143/Picture8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="862" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirbCu2NXru0mDgImCKQ_bdAePn5Ip_z3l7CE0SDF9e0YQqly7jIM7lTJGKyatJQLxHUY-ExsL32s8X5vdAzCsQGpiajIdB7RzusO2yC5bsdzK0m-Zqe9wYyYMR1Ez4tEDjPutLTknIE-ZRH74c8V5YcpxBRGJX_J6rnpiVHykRCBnhpq7ydXbEPo7ntA/w482-h640/Picture8.jpg" width="482" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial; text-align: left;">And it looks like I am not the only one chillin'. Tecla is a purrfect fit in this bathroom basin.</b></div></div>kestrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13324874202422690542noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1235030006366245724.post-69129957199995104322022-08-21T07:40:00.005-07:002022-08-21T07:57:53.278-07:00FLUID ART<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0E6gMYUr-Fl3z8U4GoYt3JY7WM4Wb-1VRFkHG5VQ-e9TrgPFHJXH3-TxsDywS6H9e20g8QUS_te53YUKR69OcGUPi_xE183lWveoniMiCTgiPXn2FL1GuoKBzQ8VXnE9CSkBNp0tK25GrKkLm1OcswU7RSB1AyZqYJVCuPsdzOQgzeqJHPA1Yja6cRg/s3319/2022-08-20%2016.54.56.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3319" data-original-width="2604" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0E6gMYUr-Fl3z8U4GoYt3JY7WM4Wb-1VRFkHG5VQ-e9TrgPFHJXH3-TxsDywS6H9e20g8QUS_te53YUKR69OcGUPi_xE183lWveoniMiCTgiPXn2FL1GuoKBzQ8VXnE9CSkBNp0tK25GrKkLm1OcswU7RSB1AyZqYJVCuPsdzOQgzeqJHPA1Yja6cRg/w314-h400/2022-08-20%2016.54.56.jpg" width="314" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;">appears to be catching on here in Malaysia. It was introduced around year 2020 with the use of acrylic paints. This sounds like my kind of creativity as the best art piece I have ever produced was a cross-section of the hibiscus flower. </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7PGJ1kahf_Pr4OuaMT0Gl63QCMmeG1VXk-g1MCW3VqGiGA8pC5jY0f4DHjFRlomcddlaqipZ7NQ20rIRr8KTpkPZDG73JBmOHd4LXJ3kQIE8ektMO5p3TLcPblliSXdlOWHQDOpzNfYCFQdrVWA0-DdCakICa65IciYZ_9mmCPGjwBkck5AFa729CTg/s1774/Picture1.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1096" data-original-width="1774" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7PGJ1kahf_Pr4OuaMT0Gl63QCMmeG1VXk-g1MCW3VqGiGA8pC5jY0f4DHjFRlomcddlaqipZ7NQ20rIRr8KTpkPZDG73JBmOHd4LXJ3kQIE8ektMO5p3TLcPblliSXdlOWHQDOpzNfYCFQdrVWA0-DdCakICa65IciYZ_9mmCPGjwBkck5AFa729CTg/w400-h248/Picture1.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;">We were at POP by Jaya One last Saturday. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP-VBTtZuOx2FJ0I4h1mrRWhwFyiWTBFHDeXKG9SY0m61e70ADvpmSgO3z-IkqtqjJfPgHPr4Oek8ywMFTnX3xmWKO7qh40LRYME1s6OjHZyyrACcaxueGIJe3KKe_OGKlSos2sPIgvWjnQhXxUY_e4Ph8YMz1oR8P5IykwU5G1KVGsEoJF4a2QMTKNA/s3558/2022-08-20%2014.42.12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2355" data-original-width="3558" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP-VBTtZuOx2FJ0I4h1mrRWhwFyiWTBFHDeXKG9SY0m61e70ADvpmSgO3z-IkqtqjJfPgHPr4Oek8ywMFTnX3xmWKO7qh40LRYME1s6OjHZyyrACcaxueGIJe3KKe_OGKlSos2sPIgvWjnQhXxUY_e4Ph8YMz1oR8P5IykwU5G1KVGsEoJF4a2QMTKNA/w400-h265/2022-08-20%2014.42.12.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;">An array of trendy artisan stalls participate every week end.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwV8cGRSa2DL2fbH-YvohD1NPtC2xBisPEUoCOAZ7jlYtJGb4F6SrZs5i5ULnh2EbDsvwihhWzhA9YLF1AM_3Kw8FdwW5r3tdBMAfi7Nltj241qpLWV0UIeHmu4GoPjaV7AvCGtRT8GEV8-T-9mXSPxIcrfjy-R9-GI1C99pioSECezIFt-vd0btf6iw/s4000/2022-08-20%2014.40.45.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwV8cGRSa2DL2fbH-YvohD1NPtC2xBisPEUoCOAZ7jlYtJGb4F6SrZs5i5ULnh2EbDsvwihhWzhA9YLF1AM_3Kw8FdwW5r3tdBMAfi7Nltj241qpLWV0UIeHmu4GoPjaV7AvCGtRT8GEV8-T-9mXSPxIcrfjy-R9-GI1C99pioSECezIFt-vd0btf6iw/w400-h300/2022-08-20%2014.40.45.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The most popular were the cakes, cookies and pastry stalls. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH7CK4a3gqsBP33fwZl_AMBLhPWXb8LRxCJH2sOnPB1676kpfuYS6oaGZPnPTUZQZOdq_XwzpYlVmCdNrM6GlgAwXVnaRZ4iHpqePAp--v0UHFNRJcmJbLze4S8vP9GU-2by_iRAscTSrErUtCnNLOrlBBTDr0MxT8KDxyH5QDVXitovPP8XS3B38ARg/s1974/Picture2.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1048" data-original-width="1974" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH7CK4a3gqsBP33fwZl_AMBLhPWXb8LRxCJH2sOnPB1676kpfuYS6oaGZPnPTUZQZOdq_XwzpYlVmCdNrM6GlgAwXVnaRZ4iHpqePAp--v0UHFNRJcmJbLze4S8vP9GU-2by_iRAscTSrErUtCnNLOrlBBTDr0MxT8KDxyH5QDVXitovPP8XS3B38ARg/w400-h213/Picture2.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Malaysia has been bestowed the title of "Sweetest Nation in Asia," but unfortunately not for the sweetest people! The prevalence of diabetes rose from 13.4% in 2015 to 18.3% in 2019, thus we have a ratio of one in five adults with diabetes. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7butp4600k8U4x02Vy93Ag4KltqulskiN9hJkk3ZKxsW--BrT-ChilGkUOEM29txW4LqG4v3VhZOqwU0hernuzWd0YQRqxFvb54gF6b0-zXOK26lG7OiWX3H02oWNj4gAU9Nay_w_DB4osxxq7ppFjVpW2Z-zHUb_98XSY4QOhQVTn0qhos4qttyYfw/s4000/2022-08-20%2014.45.36.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7butp4600k8U4x02Vy93Ag4KltqulskiN9hJkk3ZKxsW--BrT-ChilGkUOEM29txW4LqG4v3VhZOqwU0hernuzWd0YQRqxFvb54gF6b0-zXOK26lG7OiWX3H02oWNj4gAU9Nay_w_DB4osxxq7ppFjVpW2Z-zHUb_98XSY4QOhQVTn0qhos4qttyYfw/w400-h300/2022-08-20%2014.45.36.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div></b></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We also seem to have this craze for candles, the sweeter looking the better of course. The only candles I have at home are tealights at the altar and they are scentless. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-LPe1V19vTL6dDgU5-RVEIwKvGzFo91zwMv8m8nH9j1Qwe3QS7tCutHU4ZetcfUaOGK-v4peAEK-uxz1DgNJ8iizMfNCULjOugl7lte15IWJGMu2NnY-6sVQn2juhz69J1G2nTsQJRN65p7faY4RQ6kMkrzyJNMjquMqTLh_3IQrY1dRew-m2JI4LQ/s4000/2022-08-20%2014.46.23.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh-LPe1V19vTL6dDgU5-RVEIwKvGzFo91zwMv8m8nH9j1Qwe3QS7tCutHU4ZetcfUaOGK-v4peAEK-uxz1DgNJ8iizMfNCULjOugl7lte15IWJGMu2NnY-6sVQn2juhz69J1G2nTsQJRN65p7faY4RQ6kMkrzyJNMjquMqTLh_3IQrY1dRew-m2JI4LQ/w480-h640/2022-08-20%2014.46.23.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">These candles are lovely to look at but even without lighting them, their aroma is overpowering. Lots of art work at the POP were eye-catching</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcznN-kOzjceRZqGzvjL9LMbFB21xb2uarB2IlozQGaUyfSOrhViQ37eZWUJuZfE7j6LgLPJ-jDP_UEpQmIz8oCExc4Asunw2XFtci-kEtBKa9m0ZjEbsnxSibiJJEQhshjuAFBORPH1Be8KADMHFbMgFmeSxWZZaxB2yZ_l--m7K_7KzH377Xq0it6A/s4000/2022-08-20%2014.40.51.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcznN-kOzjceRZqGzvjL9LMbFB21xb2uarB2IlozQGaUyfSOrhViQ37eZWUJuZfE7j6LgLPJ-jDP_UEpQmIz8oCExc4Asunw2XFtci-kEtBKa9m0ZjEbsnxSibiJJEQhshjuAFBORPH1Be8KADMHFbMgFmeSxWZZaxB2yZ_l--m7K_7KzH377Xq0it6A/w400-h300/2022-08-20%2014.40.51.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but I am not too sure about wearing these beaded rings.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg4S6yGq68mcQsbn4vQSZUHazx4h73sZsdCta7T5L-_XoYRIdrdK0Lej4DqNDpYTuw_RmwbhCeozVQX-z-ltzT2MkyN61ygeJF-ojnX03ZfAqn2JhgcxaMC935qf9kOLqfLNRsGaC8Vpy_noxvddvX5Uv1sXMoThRZD1YKinXUEFR-1T90gdbP7JGVMg/s3536/2022-08-20%2014.43.55.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3536" data-original-width="2613" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg4S6yGq68mcQsbn4vQSZUHazx4h73sZsdCta7T5L-_XoYRIdrdK0Lej4DqNDpYTuw_RmwbhCeozVQX-z-ltzT2MkyN61ygeJF-ojnX03ZfAqn2JhgcxaMC935qf9kOLqfLNRsGaC8Vpy_noxvddvX5Uv1sXMoThRZD1YKinXUEFR-1T90gdbP7JGVMg/w472-h640/2022-08-20%2014.43.55.jpg" width="472" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Crotchet flowers for "forever Lβ₯VE.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGrKJ9L5s4FPTnfAL6n4VXvuIQ7Cg8Si05ufiM6inUpOu-H67byVuFPVHZQJ1Tm3OMkYb72iJRoqAhLTWQ_D9GOCDwjQjo1iJwaEB78ePOr8jGIMFc16jR0cKtiAjWgVeP_5XzNXshYhW8J-44Pq-WfULGLzrEpmxpkOcXbybHPAogdJ2VMqn_snIk8g/s1863/Picture3.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1111" data-original-width="1863" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGrKJ9L5s4FPTnfAL6n4VXvuIQ7Cg8Si05ufiM6inUpOu-H67byVuFPVHZQJ1Tm3OMkYb72iJRoqAhLTWQ_D9GOCDwjQjo1iJwaEB78ePOr8jGIMFc16jR0cKtiAjWgVeP_5XzNXshYhW8J-44Pq-WfULGLzrEpmxpkOcXbybHPAogdJ2VMqn_snIk8g/w400-h239/Picture3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">OH NO, CANDLES as cup cakes, jellies, cream cookies and mini cakes. No wonder diabetes is a public health problem here. </div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggTU7AM4pAymHjIgW1oxSRJ-qXA7FEUlgq0Auow5vSikNGNriOVIl1BrmaQRa7bKnEb1QoFpUugSD86b6USpdmaDrR9xGt1Mo7rG_bgXBntPD58lr3y8bGzhNoUJ2oJcLjNI5OxngIfWM8kCYdbF9MMjwkiUilY_5KDrFP1Y3Rbs9mWqHXVMTBM0a5BA/s4000/2022-08-20%2014.45.13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggTU7AM4pAymHjIgW1oxSRJ-qXA7FEUlgq0Auow5vSikNGNriOVIl1BrmaQRa7bKnEb1QoFpUugSD86b6USpdmaDrR9xGt1Mo7rG_bgXBntPD58lr3y8bGzhNoUJ2oJcLjNI5OxngIfWM8kCYdbF9MMjwkiUilY_5KDrFP1Y3Rbs9mWqHXVMTBM0a5BA/w400-h300/2022-08-20%2014.45.13.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: arial;">JOY at the POP</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsxnPZkgKO3azr1LBiT2NfmaDtFsdLhYNz0KlpCi8fg1CzJlUXvkdpRHRo9wMCTANJyA0VtWsd38l1AGuo-nTOuZJ3-7K-jIwLxa7Ucf-CL5h90bWduD2gs0_Y6CkLkQeztQEP2859fz8RWUbLFjOAjoO18ekgbxLxUv7OOde3vyK6fqlhqGgkPcIolQ/s834/joy.jpg" style="clear: left; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSah9OBLTSZ8F0qB0KDXRXUcVEHITRPBRFWAOQbarnockxmKQXKYhKqeSZvSQI0SpLN19-ZP_pmWIN7isYMMD9af6KxGaYT_yO1xdRtJWoslRofL1TW9QB-f1a36WLD5Uiit-MReYfVqk5pnzKS9iMLamQcKBKNiUe8Z4zwE28Ct59_gxzzSg4pAwX4A/s2241/blue.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2241" data-original-width="1644" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSah9OBLTSZ8F0qB0KDXRXUcVEHITRPBRFWAOQbarnockxmKQXKYhKqeSZvSQI0SpLN19-ZP_pmWIN7isYMMD9af6KxGaYT_yO1xdRtJWoslRofL1TW9QB-f1a36WLD5Uiit-MReYfVqk5pnzKS9iMLamQcKBKNiUe8Z4zwE28Ct59_gxzzSg4pAwX4A/w294-h400/blue.jpg" width="294" /></a><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;">We call our Whats app group "Travel Bugs." </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi250FdZyQWk66Ud4Xhp1jclfRGrj5apqEuOiELJwsb0_xKaP1BHLjZMHW4-nZ-miFju4ogM6pEIxe8bcpdWqgUKQnVzdjuVkydbku1Y19kH8qwZAfcczYFliG29Je_qEnVZ-Da91-S7XbOyB22rRMpcGNAbx2ApQrwFhXQFpIqw_8B3qnsq_bMaNQpwA/s784/Picture1.jpg" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="784" data-original-width="733" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi250FdZyQWk66Ud4Xhp1jclfRGrj5apqEuOiELJwsb0_xKaP1BHLjZMHW4-nZ-miFju4ogM6pEIxe8bcpdWqgUKQnVzdjuVkydbku1Y19kH8qwZAfcczYFliG29Je_qEnVZ-Da91-S7XbOyB22rRMpcGNAbx2ApQrwFhXQFpIqw_8B3qnsq_bMaNQpwA/w374-h400/Picture1.jpg" width="374" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;">We are three work colleagues who became best friends. We used to go on "Cuti-cuti Malaysia" (Malaysian holidays) before Covid-19 disrupted our sojourns. We have not met for 2 1/2 years. Last Sunday was the MOTHER OF REUNIONS. "Aiyoh, you have put on weight," they said. "Yeah, all six pounds on my face and waist. </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR7vIBzSoBXxwXrW-jv-Ioa7yi1JNnOOm49jEezcU5FXHuKf9Ud8a-IA4xGcCHn1OAOoRr1QwRFY4Kz5KBuMKvzoPBP2hh0oRRFYE50bKybYbnsQJ7tBK5HIJtAUPE24cOYEIMP9tFjZw2d_deXctoY3YE3PojhLtQg7ssQv0io3xY6V2WWoae6EbCbw/s663/Picture2.jpg" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="663" data-original-width="548" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR7vIBzSoBXxwXrW-jv-Ioa7yi1JNnOOm49jEezcU5FXHuKf9Ud8a-IA4xGcCHn1OAOoRr1QwRFY4Kz5KBuMKvzoPBP2hh0oRRFYE50bKybYbnsQJ7tBK5HIJtAUPE24cOYEIMP9tFjZw2d_deXctoY3YE3PojhLtQg7ssQv0io3xY6V2WWoae6EbCbw/w330-h400/Picture2.jpg" width="330" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;">We were off to Jack Creatus in Sri Kebangan, 32 km away. We had to use "WAZE" as it was in unchartered territories for us. After much "Are we lost? Why are we on this road? I think WAZE is taking a really round about route," we got there. </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB-IhnZCYgdQ_aUJ4BEvDwMkoIQVJGCE_anFO0MyPjbuMbkCgGNlTKMei1S6D0JwbuEdOoDrALEK62H68pycKPf1R-gYYMPVV0UmN6YSkZhh5LZjCrpWSzU-KbocRjQc2b2qwPkpYkwyPf22SyHLAVo8hLhWFo8mHzwRzBHgLRsqtS32TGpWlaapYUaA/s1744/Picture3.png" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1262" data-original-width="1744" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB-IhnZCYgdQ_aUJ4BEvDwMkoIQVJGCE_anFO0MyPjbuMbkCgGNlTKMei1S6D0JwbuEdOoDrALEK62H68pycKPf1R-gYYMPVV0UmN6YSkZhh5LZjCrpWSzU-KbocRjQc2b2qwPkpYkwyPf22SyHLAVo8hLhWFo8mHzwRzBHgLRsqtS32TGpWlaapYUaA/w400-h290/Picture3.png" width="400" /></a><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;">Jack Creatus mainly sells woodwork items but we spent 3 hours in the succulent plant section. Perri is the resident designer for many of the masterpieces.</span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHVz69nDVsFnq48g1Yyy_bfjHQ4T9CdmhPltHez4fW-0u4VvWrI3TBY2atLJk7-EeWrHbY_2P1_1tcMQYsFc5DWY2zTyO5_m_MFiDEMKk39w9X--WeCGeiBEkrG9u6sTrVgp7kccCevIH_Byj-pfhL8OJtOLLwgNVM9b-cfUg2hzV8zR6D0Pr8JPhUog/s1766/Picture4.png" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="1766" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHVz69nDVsFnq48g1Yyy_bfjHQ4T9CdmhPltHez4fW-0u4VvWrI3TBY2atLJk7-EeWrHbY_2P1_1tcMQYsFc5DWY2zTyO5_m_MFiDEMKk39w9X--WeCGeiBEkrG9u6sTrVgp7kccCevIH_Byj-pfhL8OJtOLLwgNVM9b-cfUg2hzV8zR6D0Pr8JPhUog/w400-h259/Picture4.png" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;">With just a brush and pot, he magically transforms single plants into larger designs.</span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZy77y8VzEgexz85G_hFVBBX8r-xeJm_xle9twHApps0BLWrUTDk1p6qk3Od1bjjvBP3WlRZXuzgX9NsLRitDJc-28J-7pX0DgkCnPuhDrn6wg5mMsCRTp4IIrjnIanhWyg1uRxrwaXrbpgrOabY-_7Gw0fdNjt68NMf7-LgNjy6sMbSPFK-Gv8_VQ-Q/s1688/Picture5.png" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1688" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZy77y8VzEgexz85G_hFVBBX8r-xeJm_xle9twHApps0BLWrUTDk1p6qk3Od1bjjvBP3WlRZXuzgX9NsLRitDJc-28J-7pX0DgkCnPuhDrn6wg5mMsCRTp4IIrjnIanhWyg1uRxrwaXrbpgrOabY-_7Gw0fdNjt68NMf7-LgNjy6sMbSPFK-Gv8_VQ-Q/w400-h266/Picture5.png" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxDg99i7mKK1ST86YthW3fLCtWPSA8ceAYHiYUK1WZZTN7VR1HQcyTW5p3twEmyG2BIgCFkwCjNyykJyUcMM8Gyi12HCkdHHYjj1_xL2-nS8OqmjQQUS07VSc396stMnSd7tQI6K8mGd5xmvnbFULvTKWdpW-eObewvi-F9-ueuot6z_NhWQGEis8kLg/s2347/Picture6.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1172" data-original-width="2347" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxDg99i7mKK1ST86YthW3fLCtWPSA8ceAYHiYUK1WZZTN7VR1HQcyTW5p3twEmyG2BIgCFkwCjNyykJyUcMM8Gyi12HCkdHHYjj1_xL2-nS8OqmjQQUS07VSc396stMnSd7tQI6K8mGd5xmvnbFULvTKWdpW-eObewvi-F9-ueuot6z_NhWQGEis8kLg/w400-h200/Picture6.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><b style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8fOgClnWS2BnO4a0NpCPYG5JQ1rKq_DFXBo5UH_kNjWcAzSGFbA8arvsYa-9EAhPRAN_vDM92HbonkToIzyloNY3UZmHyqEkDoj8oLpCVUCtJAMt7gra4W5G3ScCL7ksJcx1sPc2HAel5H4lHAILkZkTX2OOIGCcSIfFMxxXZQV6u4vQ2HQAlP1RPfA/s1125/Picture7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="844" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8fOgClnWS2BnO4a0NpCPYG5JQ1rKq_DFXBo5UH_kNjWcAzSGFbA8arvsYa-9EAhPRAN_vDM92HbonkToIzyloNY3UZmHyqEkDoj8oLpCVUCtJAMt7gra4W5G3ScCL7ksJcx1sPc2HAel5H4lHAILkZkTX2OOIGCcSIfFMxxXZQV6u4vQ2HQAlP1RPfA/w300-h400/Picture7.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: arial;">I bought this for my neighbour's 22nd wedding anniversary. I think my packaging/wrapping needs some tuition from Peri.</span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlbvIMLXcrWlOaT9MA74EGV9l4pZfkXMoULihfPwcjDC453RotJxLCxvqsHnuqvGbVnGJyD17Jm3B3y3jWKLt6rGWFwUKOQem6D5cUoGGk_Z_wqnJZN6D2PQMWnJWnwNFJXqbXTwPzzWtoGRyKxVEwQpHVsyA8ch4zPuroR-ZS9QfxjYSQ1GN3x8Kytg/s1935/Picture9.png" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1935" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlbvIMLXcrWlOaT9MA74EGV9l4pZfkXMoULihfPwcjDC453RotJxLCxvqsHnuqvGbVnGJyD17Jm3B3y3jWKLt6rGWFwUKOQem6D5cUoGGk_Z_wqnJZN6D2PQMWnJWnwNFJXqbXTwPzzWtoGRyKxVEwQpHVsyA8ch4zPuroR-ZS9QfxjYSQ1GN3x8Kytg/w400-h233/Picture9.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: arial;">Moo Eng made Peri repot her selection twice before being a satisfied customer.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: arial;">Peri takes succulents to greater heights. </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHeQobelKhxHUKht8kKceQC2GMH_KUv2HcuJC2Wjo3KAVxy_cEDxb1GC3bHNvkQAC2Fx0VRvfSiOLIuMAHwyXAjTOmRoywFY6de1ht0VcUffr8VizBqyDIWalAAOfqJ6utqY_6k127svZ1z-Wn9DewK5uLHw5fRYsSTrcocjYfxtfmLDjxHi1edOjEMQ/s1143/Picture10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="990" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHeQobelKhxHUKht8kKceQC2GMH_KUv2HcuJC2Wjo3KAVxy_cEDxb1GC3bHNvkQAC2Fx0VRvfSiOLIuMAHwyXAjTOmRoywFY6de1ht0VcUffr8VizBqyDIWalAAOfqJ6utqY_6k127svZ1z-Wn9DewK5uLHw5fRYsSTrcocjYfxtfmLDjxHi1edOjEMQ/s320/Picture10.jpg" width="277" /></a></div></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: arial;">He cracks pots and then cleverly displays the succulent plants at step levels.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtOqiOQ26JKheZrGKJxa9rmoBQr-oYP-LssvbbRtwcFFs9fSGqHhtKcnovTjLEZKBMPEY6IjMXE__nkQTLA-aPOzHRFP3KVeSk_OM079UFVJkRCHfNWksRSagB5656sZAzEaYEx4yOhNFhyr_phgogAVm27q5jgPG1ZaefnY9NdXP-JLe4L4WdLZnDKQ/s567/Picture8.jpg" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtOqiOQ26JKheZrGKJxa9rmoBQr-oYP-LssvbbRtwcFFs9fSGqHhtKcnovTjLEZKBMPEY6IjMXE__nkQTLA-aPOzHRFP3KVeSk_OM079UFVJkRCHfNWksRSagB5656sZAzEaYEx4yOhNFhyr_phgogAVm27q5jgPG1ZaefnY9NdXP-JLe4L4WdLZnDKQ/w361-h400/Picture8.jpg" width="361" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSLCU4nRaHQB-PFEUsTH6LENTGtFYPa6eY9sML9lorQWkC6Rdzsb4QsQUMjZ4cDGrb-adPa1brBvZJHPuJWtK_lKLFEWeW9QEpVibtLLBvDmAHfybBUWB2dcvWwHtTQ5BbSSO-70js782MuaoM3rodrPO_ygfnukcbNcXKQQUz3I9aCWm9mFD7TkT1Sw/s4000/20220427_084655.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSLCU4nRaHQB-PFEUsTH6LENTGtFYPa6eY9sML9lorQWkC6Rdzsb4QsQUMjZ4cDGrb-adPa1brBvZJHPuJWtK_lKLFEWeW9QEpVibtLLBvDmAHfybBUWB2dcvWwHtTQ5BbSSO-70js782MuaoM3rodrPO_ygfnukcbNcXKQQUz3I9aCWm9mFD7TkT1Sw/w400-h300/20220427_084655.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;">When it rains, it pours down by the buckets. And it did rain for 2 days without stopping. </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6wZ5VFb3lgaOE9931UtSgQ31v-spWo2FcFf2ZoC0J3kfuMxjvW52xZlDYHRGigvjMZNm-VhV_Kp9WYUTe7CDDxLAsdyag3Vt9B8dxF58Mn-7xHemwpwyv9GLmD3U5qQzHdQzkgoP10B3OoSpDNdFirkwe9quo_D1-KYbzSJS2489k_RiIoSp3LQW9lA/s4000/20220427_085252.jpg" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6wZ5VFb3lgaOE9931UtSgQ31v-spWo2FcFf2ZoC0J3kfuMxjvW52xZlDYHRGigvjMZNm-VhV_Kp9WYUTe7CDDxLAsdyag3Vt9B8dxF58Mn-7xHemwpwyv9GLmD3U5qQzHdQzkgoP10B3OoSpDNdFirkwe9quo_D1-KYbzSJS2489k_RiIoSp3LQW9lA/w400-h300/20220427_085252.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;">The hills behind this block of terrace houses </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-_f6pwW-xmVavM_WR5GWe97gSMZz9a5bGZBl97toZA_21Y8rSsmuj3TAzgRR6YqlvpGYzTns8OlLFcoMYFLA_BmiieKLLFy_bqygaz9L1XG8luP1k_n-a7W9F-ifFznv1Vm4iQVLs0cTCs2M_8whHil1ACVCr1LjFOu5AF0vWNsIEY24bMQrdiKqp6A/s4000/20220427_084904.jpg" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-_f6pwW-xmVavM_WR5GWe97gSMZz9a5bGZBl97toZA_21Y8rSsmuj3TAzgRR6YqlvpGYzTns8OlLFcoMYFLA_BmiieKLLFy_bqygaz9L1XG8luP1k_n-a7W9F-ifFznv1Vm4iQVLs0cTCs2M_8whHil1ACVCr1LjFOu5AF0vWNsIEY24bMQrdiKqp6A/w400-h300/20220427_084904.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;">have held on safely with lots of vegetation, shrubs and trees for 25 plus years. </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRQ8aoQwh6rjihyS8j_XF6mTH7Ow7ZJrww6kAihaL96_uNeqBwvYGV1hETKqnpcfPcLGZ7WEzfxw2QMsES4QIzb7wcH9hkR6e0i8CGs4SdX7x6YXK58qZNEZU0GEiBLVE87KXm11wRphNAm8wuLagRscAFxjofj80AJ2Je84sH2_yFZB49N1WKcR2SwA/s4000/20220427_084730.jpg" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRQ8aoQwh6rjihyS8j_XF6mTH7Ow7ZJrww6kAihaL96_uNeqBwvYGV1hETKqnpcfPcLGZ7WEzfxw2QMsES4QIzb7wcH9hkR6e0i8CGs4SdX7x6YXK58qZNEZU0GEiBLVE87KXm11wRphNAm8wuLagRscAFxjofj80AJ2Je84sH2_yFZB49N1WKcR2SwA/w400-h300/20220427_084730.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;">The hills have not been disturbed and no construction was carried out, thus no one imagined they would come crashing down. It was a roaring deluge as the hills tumbled right into our back entrances. </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgczEVcLxB2dNo335EwwRbUYbciKrl6tVWsUWJ1sh0Xute39OpnnLGs0y3zsb51g4ukh9JBkNnVYyq6Rvj7akoD_zU3G6MDBU8qNUWdKUvDaNmd-lE4Yw1GXi4uIIYVzjk0_4odIc5T7s5gX5rpRIk8rQoxDVxQO-yljOQWL_VACznUpFfqRpJZtqQNwg/s2576/20220427_085428.jpg" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2576" data-original-width="1932" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgczEVcLxB2dNo335EwwRbUYbciKrl6tVWsUWJ1sh0Xute39OpnnLGs0y3zsb51g4ukh9JBkNnVYyq6Rvj7akoD_zU3G6MDBU8qNUWdKUvDaNmd-lE4Yw1GXi4uIIYVzjk0_4odIc5T7s5gX5rpRIk8rQoxDVxQO-yljOQWL_VACznUpFfqRpJZtqQNwg/w300-h400/20220427_085428.jpg" width="300" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXu6SNSc4ovuBS-zmdQ_Z3nk_gCAQzRz_cl7ks3U375mNUlPCTetj4P2nbX2xRLfeFaMJVoAeEouRQnGJaMe3T3iR_fmE2FN1QsHfw83vjD4HNoss5C6oXlCmRyPY4fQiPTA6rIJl0_AALCTugSvc6uoXOyisGrii7372vfK6-yQiGGnU5ehh6zRYW2A/s4000/20220427_085349.jpg" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXu6SNSc4ovuBS-zmdQ_Z3nk_gCAQzRz_cl7ks3U375mNUlPCTetj4P2nbX2xRLfeFaMJVoAeEouRQnGJaMe3T3iR_fmE2FN1QsHfw83vjD4HNoss5C6oXlCmRyPY4fQiPTA6rIJl0_AALCTugSvc6uoXOyisGrii7372vfK6-yQiGGnU5ehh6zRYW2A/w300-h400/20220427_085349.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;">It was amazing that the earth and debris stopped and did not engulf the houses and people inside but many of the back doors were damaged. </span></b><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;">A hardy "brick" wall is now being built to contain the hills. </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsgX1HQJURwGsL5ovx9EM1dILwSdzjOwB0IfcYEazdXBANJ-KPTiag7gcINfK5xQs0saSYyA_B8OQNMdE08g26xFfB8UkbMR9A3oNYwJaVjdiRPhpuZoLP6rwqx-DFEL53o6nWhyDs2E8wdJzDnf3i8WRCycf_gn28i0ycBCzTx2syVG3mji1jfDwGIA/s4000/2022-07-18%2008.45.16.jpg" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsgX1HQJURwGsL5ovx9EM1dILwSdzjOwB0IfcYEazdXBANJ-KPTiag7gcINfK5xQs0saSYyA_B8OQNMdE08g26xFfB8UkbMR9A3oNYwJaVjdiRPhpuZoLP6rwqx-DFEL53o6nWhyDs2E8wdJzDnf3i8WRCycf_gn28i0ycBCzTx2syVG3mji1jfDwGIA/w300-h400/2022-07-18%2008.45.16.jpg" width="300" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCuKH1MuzYQatl4J5VwigQTldDy3MUvH0q2eb8IDljXNCTsrO4CcJZ1ZxrhixaWlqSvKuFInbhI92CrWW8V1zhz6kpjUhQPrLEqvCnY8SH4EqXJyAIvC7JuRahlaAhZcE0qk0WjNm7evOjYmy6VixYqnsg0EsRFFjgPL1s7tcZrXU-PkGQiBIc3O0K1w/s4000/2022-07-18%2008.47.42.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCuKH1MuzYQatl4J5VwigQTldDy3MUvH0q2eb8IDljXNCTsrO4CcJZ1ZxrhixaWlqSvKuFInbhI92CrWW8V1zhz6kpjUhQPrLEqvCnY8SH4EqXJyAIvC7JuRahlaAhZcE0qk0WjNm7evOjYmy6VixYqnsg0EsRFFjgPL1s7tcZrXU-PkGQiBIc3O0K1w/w300-h400/2022-07-18%2008.47.42.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;">Around the same time, 2 other sites also felt the wrath of the storms. </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuVKnXmK8y3BF-2thOAnUGbWiBEL4kqeWPyh5XoQc7rH-3yCNuxJRQ89nwMolPFWpCodn1bRGd9bpDDTzIu4e6kf1jbGhWa6kom2k2SOpSvCOckCO_vbxz_hrrln0LpRF_uRYxpmMuwRwfNI7nn4PUWS1gKUJ0dgle15E6Msdm8mj7v0RZSN3K9QxAfw/s4000/2022-07-18%2007.58.01.jpg" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuVKnXmK8y3BF-2thOAnUGbWiBEL4kqeWPyh5XoQc7rH-3yCNuxJRQ89nwMolPFWpCodn1bRGd9bpDDTzIu4e6kf1jbGhWa6kom2k2SOpSvCOckCO_vbxz_hrrln0LpRF_uRYxpmMuwRwfNI7nn4PUWS1gKUJ0dgle15E6Msdm8mj7v0RZSN3K9QxAfw/w480-h640/2022-07-18%2007.58.01.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;">The hills surrounding my residential area just caved in all around. </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAsISccgwd3GVq_TZdGOLohLJZ-1YkcZe3q7roOB3zXWzQbzBedhvKx2qv3_J-rhKOEQ2J51o09XU8JJ0-6RBdOI31pB8d9r8PuZ32mgZWT_JJzy_TDJbsvFMiz0A5AY3P8JYplLNjSUZpTQomkFXEg9jRfeyVLvqe8tKGl62XnhJMOUOWY6j0wekS6A/s4000/2022-07-18%2007.59.58.jpg" style="font-weight: bold; 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We heard the rumbles and ventured out during the storms with our umbrellas to shocking sights as one hill after another tumbled during the week. </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMTdnToIHJQ_JkKc9X7Jo2FsW5qfV-ZHh_myrjCCm2DhnhEGV7yt_btuwsk38XLM_xT0WtGDnmrDEe21d96StaK1U3l63XLvNlNv8zMJt7GvgwnXMIrC0rSJdTOLwuvENCyA5TfFEdF6JQCFgPE4KR8BG-ZTcgBgG7zR2g7VijQcyR_eRzG7mQ48E8kA/s4000/2022-07-19%2017.42.57.jpg" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMTdnToIHJQ_JkKc9X7Jo2FsW5qfV-ZHh_myrjCCm2DhnhEGV7yt_btuwsk38XLM_xT0WtGDnmrDEe21d96StaK1U3l63XLvNlNv8zMJt7GvgwnXMIrC0rSJdTOLwuvENCyA5TfFEdF6JQCFgPE4KR8BG-ZTcgBgG7zR2g7VijQcyR_eRzG7mQ48E8kA/w400-h300/2022-07-19%2017.42.57.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH7K2TIgW-TZTXXrPoslkUfU-LiscuxaWlrMMbRMha0N1ChQXQSTEjMisdtFdiNmYwYE9YUJIWg6ua7MyZIDoyDW4wWigusPvnNHcbLx-VGnCk_Dj8-Bv8kjcpnAiYRLVhhBaQPOyoX5kZ_D8IJdWGWly2mBLi_haD9OsA5EL2FBSCuLU7uoJJHwE_oQ/s4000/2022-07-27%2017.35.18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH7K2TIgW-TZTXXrPoslkUfU-LiscuxaWlrMMbRMha0N1ChQXQSTEjMisdtFdiNmYwYE9YUJIWg6ua7MyZIDoyDW4wWigusPvnNHcbLx-VGnCk_Dj8-Bv8kjcpnAiYRLVhhBaQPOyoX5kZ_D8IJdWGWly2mBLi_haD9OsA5EL2FBSCuLU7uoJJHwE_oQ/w480-h640/2022-07-27%2017.35.18.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;">NO MORE RAINS please until the brick walls have been safely completed.</span></b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZknXAtOwcYW1JTb8PYkF-owynaFbBxgb6uJVFCmCGFAfcTBmXx07UAG0GQc6gCx27A9mb_JraaenTSXki2CHh_8u5i47glM34xsz071_wQsIJKT8wEzwKmYdUuONy5FUmphmkbYDYUU2GKpaSWFqnvD2cc_68JnV_LuT8WMmjOPa9V7Ur3oZNoXmsPA/s4000/2022-07-19%2017.40.51.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZknXAtOwcYW1JTb8PYkF-owynaFbBxgb6uJVFCmCGFAfcTBmXx07UAG0GQc6gCx27A9mb_JraaenTSXki2CHh_8u5i47glM34xsz071_wQsIJKT8wEzwKmYdUuONy5FUmphmkbYDYUU2GKpaSWFqnvD2cc_68JnV_LuT8WMmjOPa9V7Ur3oZNoXmsPA/w400-h300/2022-07-19%2017.40.51.jpg" width="400" /></a></b></div>kestrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13324874202422690542noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1235030006366245724.post-29856283814711277222022-07-10T01:29:00.002-07:002022-07-10T01:31:42.827-07:00LIVING BY THE CANALS<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;"><b>LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT</b></span></p><div class="post-header" style="background-color: #e0e0e0; font-size: 13px;"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-3707751068129537884" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #e0e0e0; font-size: 13px;"><div align="center"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXu7Sgj8KPEF20aEUeojjmBv4Lun6RgeK1hpFormjIlRznPQXfW1mvjBmTkd2xaZE6IwtcUGRsjH0sPTJmBEn4eqj45Q2gDHrho633qWmMPACtjvjELXAtXdZ8zrxsUU_nCEZbGHBToc8/s1600-h/IMG_1374.JPG"><span style="color: #2b00fe; font-family: arial;"></span></a></b><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346662273581283666" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXu7Sgj8KPEF20aEUeojjmBv4Lun6RgeK1hpFormjIlRznPQXfW1mvjBmTkd2xaZE6IwtcUGRsjH0sPTJmBEn4eqj45Q2gDHrho633qWmMPACtjvjELXAtXdZ8zrxsUU_nCEZbGHBToc8/s400/IMG_1374.JPG" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(192, 192, 192) rgb(192, 192, 192) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; padding: 6px; width: 400px;" /><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span> A KING stays in his palace and I stay in my little township - I am happy, safe and comfortable in my home.</span></span></b></div><div align="center"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span><br /></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span> Life by the canals may look unusual and difficult but I believe humans can live anywhere. We need a roof and walls to keep us safe from the elements. </span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><div style="color: #333333; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Ru2DADIltwR5Ryh8iai0mprXkCM3M_sXYdZe420PMPKT3NJAKmgMmeJ8pmtzaPB895iVkg7iisPp3fPhKffQ4PCRgZLTg6Nhpk3DUHy8QkHoOwRR3geWsqJSSMvRp2Z4jwqExmbUiII/s1600-h/IMG_1389.JPG" style="color: #6699cc;"></a></div></span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiahf9-5uZ_t7gA17SbP8puIyMJKrzReNS8P72wYho_5I0-LkV3CP0aYb7lAo1mzpY_NKTsvqAmbBqHB-emb4BGIcPTM4JnxQL-8FMXIcwQB-J9Rv_EjnRUTdT1TnsN0jDPyfvwnJ__mrY/s1600-h/IMG_1385.JPG" style="color: #6699cc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346662269282589730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiahf9-5uZ_t7gA17SbP8puIyMJKrzReNS8P72wYho_5I0-LkV3CP0aYb7lAo1mzpY_NKTsvqAmbBqHB-emb4BGIcPTM4JnxQL-8FMXIcwQB-J9Rv_EjnRUTdT1TnsN0jDPyfvwnJ__mrY/s400/IMG_1385.JPG" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(192, 192, 192) rgb(192, 192, 192) rgb(221, 221, 221); 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font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #000099;">Making a living by the canals</span></strong><br /><div align="center" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglw9NtWLe0tXwJbV0se2MTDKJtAl33V74amrdAlQ-XKZP5iR3SqGVEnmxIv97nz3BJtC_9Db_-8JKRYk2VdSFlgVkSBlG_K94Q8hyphenhyphenT1-QOLEmkr0p4l5897qP0IdJOkHAeIOI7bhIuqfs/s1600-h/IMG_1378.JPG" style="color: #6699cc;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346662264856233138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglw9NtWLe0tXwJbV0se2MTDKJtAl33V74amrdAlQ-XKZP5iR3SqGVEnmxIv97nz3BJtC_9Db_-8JKRYk2VdSFlgVkSBlG_K94Q8hyphenhyphenT1-QOLEmkr0p4l5897qP0IdJOkHAeIOI7bhIuqfs/s400/IMG_1378.JPG" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(192, 192, 192) rgb(192, 192, 192) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; padding: 6px; width: 400px;" /></a><div align="center" style="color: #333333;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Ru2DADIltwR5Ryh8iai0mprXkCM3M_sXYdZe420PMPKT3NJAKmgMmeJ8pmtzaPB895iVkg7iisPp3fPhKffQ4PCRgZLTg6Nhpk3DUHy8QkHoOwRR3geWsqJSSMvRp2Z4jwqExmbUiII/s1600-h/IMG_1389.JPG" style="color: #6699cc;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346661778527905234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Ru2DADIltwR5Ryh8iai0mprXkCM3M_sXYdZe420PMPKT3NJAKmgMmeJ8pmtzaPB895iVkg7iisPp3fPhKffQ4PCRgZLTg6Nhpk3DUHy8QkHoOwRR3geWsqJSSMvRp2Z4jwqExmbUiII/s400/IMG_1389.JPG" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(192, 192, 192) rgb(192, 192, 192) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; padding: 6px; width: 400px;" /></a><strong><span style="color: #3333ff;">A shop selling provisions.</span></strong><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYEngIdINEL6lPaxnZ8z-6-b8au14rz0E651L7-VUw5dN0jvZJO8QhQ2c3SvScyD_8Ju19KgGjIpWNjcx9j42oHoRBydk8IEP4ol8_QrbOHFleWrYNDqak_D_Oa0Lzp_7bbTCA7ZEsUCA/s1600-h/IMG_1383.JPG" style="color: #6699cc;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346661773814642002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYEngIdINEL6lPaxnZ8z-6-b8au14rz0E651L7-VUw5dN0jvZJO8QhQ2c3SvScyD_8Ju19KgGjIpWNjcx9j42oHoRBydk8IEP4ol8_QrbOHFleWrYNDqak_D_Oa0Lzp_7bbTCA7ZEsUCA/s400/IMG_1383.JPG" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(192, 192, 192) rgb(192, 192, 192) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; padding: 6px; width: 400px;" /></a><strong><span style="color: #000099;">The boatman buying ice.</span></strong><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguQ7g-3YcAWeNDFqthLA9dV2v7n_eO5_QxxWD-XDIhOPUVwmqal9De5kwexpnlaWgUamfNDEvqdmHw1bAN1KcpvnqJh1s67pPfLTyWqRt24kqDcXC-WvtuR7G7rSB2r9PcTtsiOVlXqgg/s1600-h/IMG_1384.JPG" style="color: #6699cc;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346661774234942866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguQ7g-3YcAWeNDFqthLA9dV2v7n_eO5_QxxWD-XDIhOPUVwmqal9De5kwexpnlaWgUamfNDEvqdmHw1bAN1KcpvnqJh1s67pPfLTyWqRt24kqDcXC-WvtuR7G7rSB2r9PcTtsiOVlXqgg/s400/IMG_1384.JPG" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(192, 192, 192) rgb(192, 192, 192) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; padding: 6px; width: 400px;" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizuj1jGeV8lgdzsz7f8XtFAKUWj5Piy0BlOtLrRx3C5ikx3zdOSj_s2iSMFculhgSyVySrJR2Ou1TmwcHCYHFKzpB1Msa0k5SudXNWkHMMMNO_5APqEM2gLSPKeJ9Y8yj8NNJgPuS01O0/s1600-h/IMG_1395.JPG" style="color: #6699cc;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346661771780125314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizuj1jGeV8lgdzsz7f8XtFAKUWj5Piy0BlOtLrRx3C5ikx3zdOSj_s2iSMFculhgSyVySrJR2Ou1TmwcHCYHFKzpB1Msa0k5SudXNWkHMMMNO_5APqEM2gLSPKeJ9Y8yj8NNJgPuS01O0/s400/IMG_1395.JPG" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(192, 192, 192) rgb(192, 192, 192) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; padding: 6px; width: 300px;" /></a><br /><div><span style="color: #5b739c;"><span style="border-image: initial; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3FFjeFmMZ0Q3JOBBA6BcgXJXyE5iapv-5KVM2fqdGRNZ1PJTfHutiPbquEDnf6OzIfWvt2FaCWjtv_1IsAyj_ycunCuJ5JpPNXwvpP818M4MyyKBwoGS8OAPEIUeDdEl9GIYhCFr_m7I/s1600-h/IMG_1396.JPG" style="color: #5b739c;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346661766556352802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3FFjeFmMZ0Q3JOBBA6BcgXJXyE5iapv-5KVM2fqdGRNZ1PJTfHutiPbquEDnf6OzIfWvt2FaCWjtv_1IsAyj_ycunCuJ5JpPNXwvpP818M4MyyKBwoGS8OAPEIUeDdEl9GIYhCFr_m7I/s400/IMG_1396.JPG" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(192, 192, 192) rgb(192, 192, 192) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; padding: 6px; width: 400px;" /></a></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #5b739c;">HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS.</span></div><br /></div></div></div><div style="clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></div></div><div class="post-footer" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #e0e0e0; background-origin: initial; background-position: 0% 8px; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: initial; background: url("https://resources.blogblog.com/blogblog/data/tictac_blue/tictac_grey.gif") left 8px no-repeat rgb(224, 224, 224); color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 11.44px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 14px;"><div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-1"><span class="post-author vcard">Posted by <span class="fn" itemprop="author" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"><a class="g-profile" data-gapiattached="true" data-gapiscan="true" data-onload="true" href="https://www.blogger.com/profile/13324874202422690542" rel="author" style="color: #6699cc;" title="author profile"><span itemprop="name">kestrel</span> </a></span></span><span class="post-timestamp">at <a class="timestamp-link" href="https://jomcolourme.blogspot.com/2009/06/living-by-canals.html" rel="bookmark" style="color: #6699cc;" title="permanent link"><abbr class="published" itemprop="datePublished" style="border: none; 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margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="901" data-original-width="736" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTYJh5Zhlfya9wk19oQcocT5hUDxQ2pjPfCHWgtqCI5wil6AKM0sfYTo1_dZEm-QPyGk1YuuTgDrklqLYOMqgAPEwNfmluTiNSqyFZqemsj8BESfYGFBemGiOSoaAntN8QjXU3J3Kk6z28UX5Pw0_iX-pupRQrIckcwO-X_dyBxECC4KP5ieDeHX4P_Q/w326-h400/Picture1.jpg" width="326" /></a></p><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;">This was exactly how my cousin looked and felt every morning after staying in an Air BnB home in the country side. Last month, we thought it would be a great idea to book into a house in the country to sample some fresh air with NO pollution, NO traffic and NO city sky scrappers. Just green grass, trees and country folks. </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;">OH WELL, we got all of this and MORE for free! </span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9WaW_8rJo4pGazy3wqwiXOZ-07BZg9QUpQh46ml1liHHvtzvgggxZ0XDAMcpbSg4rYAhOj93lWhpms1by__whZ_R_ysmYjMS9lCL4DaPNRTPUQwElLypcTgYUCz0iKnLGf2qD5-Xr5BEzocETrjvMYxRyJo8Vxm1Kniiekesk30Bwnei--pXoYR3O6g/s1448/Picture3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="1448" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9WaW_8rJo4pGazy3wqwiXOZ-07BZg9QUpQh46ml1liHHvtzvgggxZ0XDAMcpbSg4rYAhOj93lWhpms1by__whZ_R_ysmYjMS9lCL4DaPNRTPUQwElLypcTgYUCz0iKnLGf2qD5-Xr5BEzocETrjvMYxRyJo8Vxm1Kniiekesk30Bwnei--pXoYR3O6g/w400-h316/Picture3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></b></div></b><p></p><p><b><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;">We got a FOLK of CROWING COCKERELS for neighbours. In Malaysia, there is NO law against cockerels crowing at unsocial hours, so owners here do not worry that their "pets" crowing cause a statutory noise nuisance.</span></b><b><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;"> My bedroom faced the back lane</span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIZ7pwGB2DdUjq54lhFacwKaPR1RXqvO7_Uxq4aJP98uTdj-bwVNEZhKsQxN0ALCKw4OxZiyl0PwaYPTCQgWzNt7Ypc2eYr_UxtVDJxprjL9MoBOBHCJe8OgL27ZekjebAa_WJ4-sbHoH8zZ0NBGdyxmYPiL_1Xt-tfT-GETBpxjIgqJBKC0HyKZ8QJA/s1143/Picture2.jpg" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="862" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIZ7pwGB2DdUjq54lhFacwKaPR1RXqvO7_Uxq4aJP98uTdj-bwVNEZhKsQxN0ALCKw4OxZiyl0PwaYPTCQgWzNt7Ypc2eYr_UxtVDJxprjL9MoBOBHCJe8OgL27ZekjebAa_WJ4-sbHoH8zZ0NBGdyxmYPiL_1Xt-tfT-GETBpxjIgqJBKC0HyKZ8QJA/w301-h400/Picture2.jpg" width="301" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;"> and the cockerels were up on the roof tops serenading sun rise every morning just outside my window.</span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjytaCi5dLrvA_ITGGhA0GAe5hU9Jn_c8lhgxl6SMSL9EyWkxvn3iqFG3mKbVSkIrDmHqg0TtTgf-TPIIytq_rImMdg-vN7ovO3ux3AhO7NO7evGOiRsKhIpjZOf9pT2ny3yklnX1DRlLiBfrNoNyZsOKfD4o70xGLh_rCYzFpREhtTF95lNolcuImlYA/s1143/Picture5.jpg" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="862" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjytaCi5dLrvA_ITGGhA0GAe5hU9Jn_c8lhgxl6SMSL9EyWkxvn3iqFG3mKbVSkIrDmHqg0TtTgf-TPIIytq_rImMdg-vN7ovO3ux3AhO7NO7evGOiRsKhIpjZOf9pT2ny3yklnX1DRlLiBfrNoNyZsOKfD4o70xGLh_rCYzFpREhtTF95lNolcuImlYA/w301-h400/Picture5.jpg" width="301" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;"> It would have been alright if their eyesight was at 20/20 and they started their crowing when dawn rose. But, these flock of cockerels needed to visit an ophthalmologist and get some prescription glasses. </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsYsPsi3clEhObxP3i22e3Xait23Md5ruiiWIQmT5IsZouPM0_RFoIrq984EYeUCmZpf6etBSKqaeNvNsc1C1oVEmTqQLGS0P2erYMUPLpOQijyNWkeFoUPfPQPORM3ORn26CtxaCCe7lYflOFzYc4Z45w7K8hnM-DMgZC6hiEYY1wwSc5XAw4uRHTWg/s1143/Picture6.jpg" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="862" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsYsPsi3clEhObxP3i22e3Xait23Md5ruiiWIQmT5IsZouPM0_RFoIrq984EYeUCmZpf6etBSKqaeNvNsc1C1oVEmTqQLGS0P2erYMUPLpOQijyNWkeFoUPfPQPORM3ORn26CtxaCCe7lYflOFzYc4Z45w7K8hnM-DMgZC6hiEYY1wwSc5XAw4uRHTWg/w301-h400/Picture6.jpg" width="301" /></a></p><p><b><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;">They started their roof top orchestra at 3am. Day light was still miles away, the skies were still dark and their symphony had already began. The orchestra went on till 9am without a hiatus. </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkF9E_KTAiw795hXXhCH0eUWpvdm7C0syuaytOkMim_AMSt3zpNqYodAo57EO1mh0NyS3Qf6wJ7MX2gBvGqHf0kBW9uSZjKHUd-1oyS1Fipy3RkRJntgu-RJr-rJPTyirl-quJdDKpO19V846ijsYdCykzIpiVAm9hUCz5xNYDqVeYXFZHn5XbJ9iFSw/s1143/Picture7.jpg" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="862" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkF9E_KTAiw795hXXhCH0eUWpvdm7C0syuaytOkMim_AMSt3zpNqYodAo57EO1mh0NyS3Qf6wJ7MX2gBvGqHf0kBW9uSZjKHUd-1oyS1Fipy3RkRJntgu-RJr-rJPTyirl-quJdDKpO19V846ijsYdCykzIpiVAm9hUCz5xNYDqVeYXFZHn5XbJ9iFSw/w301-h400/Picture7.jpg" width="301" /></a><b><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;">My goodness gracious, they had strong vocal cords. I was fortunate in having lived in dormitories with students prowling and playing their hi-fi sets at all hours. So after the initial overture of crows, I just slumbered back to sleep, quite oblivious to the ruckus.</span></b></p><p><b></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOCSC2bXeSnQR0jBqpYptxnn_QzWwaGdberCuEUNzWtml6NzPOoj70AAvCoeVS2MbeTSGSC7hKM6sRbd3dRmKKPvVxPTnoRbCFcPKZVCL-5tcp7V0JwFQFl4S7DRVQgdZG6UZeYsfcpuL0npNsrNvlUMIQRMWAqHj-Rke9DSxOFdkxjssCTSGDitlp7Q/s1137/Picture8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1137" data-original-width="856" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOCSC2bXeSnQR0jBqpYptxnn_QzWwaGdberCuEUNzWtml6NzPOoj70AAvCoeVS2MbeTSGSC7hKM6sRbd3dRmKKPvVxPTnoRbCFcPKZVCL-5tcp7V0JwFQFl4S7DRVQgdZG6UZeYsfcpuL0npNsrNvlUMIQRMWAqHj-Rke9DSxOFdkxjssCTSGDitlp7Q/w301-h400/Picture8.jpg" width="301" /></a></b></div><p></p><p><b><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;">But, my poor cousin heard every musical note in the philharmonic orchestra from 3am onwards. She is a light sleeper. We had already booked and paid for 5 days and 4 nights. Oohhhh.... she was a wreck by then!!</span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQcQZL-zjFOtkzlzzJRmY6A6P9VTL6ziIbTs6Pg0FgNLFwoEOK20MTqESD9p9DDsqOirJPp0Tx8u869jgP1RoBNH4Bg6gzyhooZLLtHjhL7sxWqCQqvTUSAycjpaELttIUV38iiEJ72zer6zn7GeopIUhluo0KTK3XE1uOo3Qi5GkFE7Iq6t0ZIHW2rw/s1803/Picture9.png" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1245" data-original-width="1803" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQcQZL-zjFOtkzlzzJRmY6A6P9VTL6ziIbTs6Pg0FgNLFwoEOK20MTqESD9p9DDsqOirJPp0Tx8u869jgP1RoBNH4Bg6gzyhooZLLtHjhL7sxWqCQqvTUSAycjpaELttIUV38iiEJ72zer6zn7GeopIUhluo0KTK3XE1uOo3Qi5GkFE7Iq6t0ZIHW2rw/w400-h276/Picture9.png" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;"> But, I do think that even though we had an unexpected country experience, cockerels come with country living. These birds have the right to crow whenever the urge takes them, be it at sun rise or at the Devil's hour.</span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH5HOfQ8vOMu8WF4nY4h3GqQE7VtGsnSCOaMCL4eqQWX3qMPVfFbKQtdj2bbrj6cjNqRx2ecPAW_0aztFCan44cuvUGMBsHGSmfI5BLgiYJCYufT7Ph0Bxb9LU7KhrMuTGdAAH9zwec2NI_YicbyJcLDE2ljKmEz8eDMr48F3ZWhPvTr44GkaHU6UPhA/s1158/Picture4.jpg" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="1158" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH5HOfQ8vOMu8WF4nY4h3GqQE7VtGsnSCOaMCL4eqQWX3qMPVfFbKQtdj2bbrj6cjNqRx2ecPAW_0aztFCan44cuvUGMBsHGSmfI5BLgiYJCYufT7Ph0Bxb9LU7KhrMuTGdAAH9zwec2NI_YicbyJcLDE2ljKmEz8eDMr48F3ZWhPvTr44GkaHU6UPhA/w400-h395/Picture4.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;">If we city slickers are too slick to accept this, then we should stay back in the city and listen to our neighbour dogs howling! </span></b></p>kestrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13324874202422690542noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1235030006366245724.post-80148920154722814022022-06-23T04:10:00.004-07:002022-06-23T22:33:50.945-07:00 TO KUALA SEPETANG TO SEE THE KITES<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglpouDTm_pUzRTwTimizrgKU1RCZ0HHNizAzEZdITK8aVPh7USgv6w8CsUt7YoHqEM0PAxk0q72rJXBsXxvhcez7EupA7U697vRgevm45t5VwmXKdKO5QfwtODbaBuWTZoy7Gt9JwTWumx2YtL8dSZZqoXlp3NW43Algd520GItVtRP0WAq8ocGPQ3Sg/s4000/2022-06-04%2011.34.21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglpouDTm_pUzRTwTimizrgKU1RCZ0HHNizAzEZdITK8aVPh7USgv6w8CsUt7YoHqEM0PAxk0q72rJXBsXxvhcez7EupA7U697vRgevm45t5VwmXKdKO5QfwtODbaBuWTZoy7Gt9JwTWumx2YtL8dSZZqoXlp3NW43Algd520GItVtRP0WAq8ocGPQ3Sg/w300-h400/2022-06-04%2011.34.21.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #073763; font-family: arial;"> KUALA SEPETANG, a sleepy coastal town </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzHXQROCQ7wpu2-JKHfDBGg5_IbsOwmVTb1MdROZuMfVqdhocwG70v_NqDZfrZyvHPbF4qB0Bz_v5kHvFvwJkRdYlRgspIf4ffUh12nLUnjSxMBcsD0cZR0HD_A65W2i1gJg9xxjMNDj8WUMYmJwfNgSiSdmtQm4U5Z3TfHeOvgVcIM3WEtD_kTnqHMg/s3000/2022-06-04%2011.22.09.jpg" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2888" data-original-width="3000" height="385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzHXQROCQ7wpu2-JKHfDBGg5_IbsOwmVTb1MdROZuMfVqdhocwG70v_NqDZfrZyvHPbF4qB0Bz_v5kHvFvwJkRdYlRgspIf4ffUh12nLUnjSxMBcsD0cZR0HD_A65W2i1gJg9xxjMNDj8WUMYmJwfNgSiSdmtQm4U5Z3TfHeOvgVcIM3WEtD_kTnqHMg/w400-h385/2022-06-04%2011.22.09.jpg" width="400" /></a><b><span style="color: #073763; font-family: arial;">where the action is slow. Playing "can</span></b><b><span style="color: #073763; font-family: arial;">dy crush" is probably the best sugar rush of the day.</span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7SgGU5UngNUXgYB2uN8wltvDb5nrkHZ99jHN47sn_6BvpfN8ATcztRaoICueHp1WKY4SQZ8RiXhQ4Hi6uf8b5j8sG6YkGAnj-gs7JES0uymF8i1GURuhZEFJpDnfL8XqYsBKzJMYsUIGfgT7TCD66GLgUHB2PDPL2uhhyiTKR5VFuwPSjHdkC9mBb3A/s4000/2022-06-04%2011.37.33.jpg" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7SgGU5UngNUXgYB2uN8wltvDb5nrkHZ99jHN47sn_6BvpfN8ATcztRaoICueHp1WKY4SQZ8RiXhQ4Hi6uf8b5j8sG6YkGAnj-gs7JES0uymF8i1GURuhZEFJpDnfL8XqYsBKzJMYsUIGfgT7TCD66GLgUHB2PDPL2uhhyiTKR5VFuwPSjHdkC9mBb3A/w480-h640/2022-06-04%2011.37.33.jpg" width="480" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #073763; font-family: arial;">This fishing village is about 74km from Ipoh, the capital of Perak in Malaysia. </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXfdYFtfyp74QRRgAhVHuOtCjDaqaLpWDm-6JiG0CisfgacJsqBZkCfJ_H-t1pWnU6qJTsFXx1-G96tdHDlwaQX2rJkJTW5r5Ib8Q6QYbXXeTwlcPcZrpwEx2lgbIOSwCj3xGXcm_I5gQAvIxDQsvRAQt_rqun2WgVNVm86n-9ymBkFn0tqBEuEiD3tA/s4000/2022-06-04%2012.36.30.jpg" style="font-weight: bold; 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font-family: arial;">and feeding the Brahminy Kites are main attractions that also bring income. When the boat man stopped to feed the eagles, there was not a single raptor in sight. We strained our eyes and asked, "where got eagles?" He cheekily answered, "they are waiting for my phone call!" </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq4IpFLz_EjTEw3y_zmi6QtuI-wdK-vHx_0r9a5U-zAhvoRpc9yf1Qt1GB6x4_REDAQgIfyYy-DMyqSpG3r6rceIioYYV4dLo0FoCOZp7-tZC1j7W1A_gIQjV168sG50GtIBkGcJqFzhTuAzESImW4LcDrmSn9ETgrVSDjHOzALd-o_IJqz_Bbp6FLzA/s4000/2022-06-04%2012.21.35.jpg" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq4IpFLz_EjTEw3y_zmi6QtuI-wdK-vHx_0r9a5U-zAhvoRpc9yf1Qt1GB6x4_REDAQgIfyYy-DMyqSpG3r6rceIioYYV4dLo0FoCOZp7-tZC1j7W1A_gIQjV168sG50GtIBkGcJqFzhTuAzESImW4LcDrmSn9ETgrVSDjHOzALd-o_IJqz_Bbp6FLzA/w400-h300/2022-06-04%2012.21.35.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH1sQBu4kUKuJ2eu0eifwP1iDr0mHZSm5l3cumzW9ZAlBOooNvydiTlt2MdzDfijfbOY8Ma2PAgSb1fXeqwnVCsWRZkGW5IjhP_vN4vNABpC7qGy8jAWSO6v5di1lnY9TDKoqrVx0zic4K2UZniUGUMVN6jRhCfSj5V5zpmCOQQW7Kt5ebF-pQSjM9dw/s4000/2022-06-04%2012.22.04.jpg" style="font-weight: bold; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigMaLEGDNFkQXVX9u2eaisvzLlng0QUFvStiMKUnpSROcWGOHD2H6phyxhvzyYdz2SpTHQjqECmgON1qGS1kwbYyfvQIF86p0Gt9fAuXWQwHmMfpSAsMNcq8dxvpKMac3n0Cyujte3xoImsl8BYocku7SvuYavBDavUQ93d9qshgbeUnjfay2gXSouUA/w400-h300/2022-06-04%2012.21.57.jpg" width="400" /></a></b></p><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">Boat rides go all the way out into the estuary leaving behind wooden houses, </span></b><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgneSd3-YqcFreNv8lbesjjnEL4G57HW6DMKY3s2h_wJFssVK5CH9sa6mk-DYiS-AGM5cbo2ZPvP5iseOREMxhpY5bCZKCDPrUJ5q75QxA2v3W5STlpAXQJrgi8qCtfI2okOl7OPUznS1FErqJ-EWfb8RAtk4xbA-t3gPmkPNHr0nki2x3ULuxSJVVogA/s4000/2022-06-04%2011.39.48.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgneSd3-YqcFreNv8lbesjjnEL4G57HW6DMKY3s2h_wJFssVK5CH9sa6mk-DYiS-AGM5cbo2ZPvP5iseOREMxhpY5bCZKCDPrUJ5q75QxA2v3W5STlpAXQJrgi8qCtfI2okOl7OPUznS1FErqJ-EWfb8RAtk4xbA-t3gPmkPNHr0nki2x3ULuxSJVVogA/w300-h400/2022-06-04%2011.39.48.jpg" width="300" /></a></b><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">piers and boats</span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJfePt_r2YNOosLYo5hAi_WA2X-DJA4OMShDIvtwDDMwup4HBS_wEK-1IxZ7cPjvC93goVqfjkJvcusxfHNyW_dfBXdGrM6V7UQMke0MGs_YSPXsK9rSLHexncLmkd7DOkSQ6DgHKNvYeDb9nJeG3k5UAgRszZa6rkq0YIQzrRWhiXVzrbpGQk3QVC_w/s2576/2022-06-04%2012.37.27.jpg" style="font-weight: bold; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJfePt_r2YNOosLYo5hAi_WA2X-DJA4OMShDIvtwDDMwup4HBS_wEK-1IxZ7cPjvC93goVqfjkJvcusxfHNyW_dfBXdGrM6V7UQMke0MGs_YSPXsK9rSLHexncLmkd7DOkSQ6DgHKNvYeDb9nJeG3k5UAgRszZa6rkq0YIQzrRWhiXVzrbpGQk3QVC_w/w400-h300/2022-06-04%2012.37.27.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: arial;">and mangrove swamps.</span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGqtEc5B2czAQktxyCNpw-wBRMHbxh7uxvGC16l7azxyr0OkHEXRU9kYa8JO83O0Aca3DqKfHyt3TzXbIFhFnGyTFsFm4tpM3z1K6uUA_UbZ43bRZdd8oWiV0cGy29io9HzVA5TfdWTHTpC5Fmu0EYNmFzqYnokDQVGG0vTNRmX8rbRL1DDfU0-bt5Rw/s4000/2022-06-04%2012.16.14.jpg" style="font-weight: bold; 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text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcfx_gQ7U7CKloK7YuMzAnscHZ4j4pO3uVg41SO-ec1OWKMTHgRvXSfZDC00DPEws2Mif3uIWMvjzCasjI2QsTFY0IpDkdGO2bucjMAX0KPxhqZ5YaSqerl85yz62eSPGE55HD7klK5vey6XLP2vg9mL909w06oZ_IskRCxrJTceD4rtev6MDgtEQi5Q/s1039/thor1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1039" data-original-width="782" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcfx_gQ7U7CKloK7YuMzAnscHZ4j4pO3uVg41SO-ec1OWKMTHgRvXSfZDC00DPEws2Mif3uIWMvjzCasjI2QsTFY0IpDkdGO2bucjMAX0KPxhqZ5YaSqerl85yz62eSPGE55HD7klK5vey6XLP2vg9mL909w06oZ_IskRCxrJTceD4rtev6MDgtEQi5Q/w301-h400/thor1.jpg" width="301" /></a></b></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"><b>He's too lethargic to move. He just sits by the pond in the mornings and wishes he can be in the water swimming with the koi. When afternoon temperatures reach 34 C, he sneaks under the bed for his afternoon siesta and does not emerge till he hears his dinner bowl clanging. The Met Department says this dry spell will continue till September. Mercy Me (Us)!</b></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv1-FuvFf9PSJdjNbge6IVzRNUjYlZ2w8bYwQe3DBPUQ8D_PVDc2EDcMKNks6r5yT6Y0I4HTcEEVFYeuqEDfvKR_PktCJmk2yiofr2jt-0w4dvoi-i6BNlgWu5ueZKYAWnQ4aYlOxWuEoKDJXV_NCfDFdXD9-h5cRamvorvuinmrFj51DRBW8wMW0UNA/s1011/thor.jpg" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="958" data-original-width="1011" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv1-FuvFf9PSJdjNbge6IVzRNUjYlZ2w8bYwQe3DBPUQ8D_PVDc2EDcMKNks6r5yT6Y0I4HTcEEVFYeuqEDfvKR_PktCJmk2yiofr2jt-0w4dvoi-i6BNlgWu5ueZKYAWnQ4aYlOxWuEoKDJXV_NCfDFdXD9-h5cRamvorvuinmrFj51DRBW8wMW0UNA/w400-h379/thor.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;">On rare occasions when Savvy K and See-Boy are not busy with work, they take him to Desa Park City which has a walking trail for pets. He is quite behaved when the car is in motion</b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSA-k7B31VTnuceO3xxgNVU_8cqQV1hcb9yHwZBiaZ0n873zbVSHgzFMEv2HwtgeZQUhAygMOw8qcKF-xUvabn8G-WtXjxTVJyi8OToXpDjQmL6yZZxogK0HnLL9Y68-zSZKqauSDvVZySNPHNyGVF4GolnanV_PRveyeLvG1KglVgRPud-upUCP4y1w/s1143/thor4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="860" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSA-k7B31VTnuceO3xxgNVU_8cqQV1hcb9yHwZBiaZ0n873zbVSHgzFMEv2HwtgeZQUhAygMOw8qcKF-xUvabn8G-WtXjxTVJyi8OToXpDjQmL6yZZxogK0HnLL9Y68-zSZKqauSDvVZySNPHNyGVF4GolnanV_PRveyeLvG1KglVgRPud-upUCP4y1w/w482-h640/thor4.jpg" width="482" /></a><b style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"> but when they stop at the traffic lights, he likes to show he is the Boss. </b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu3hFbdCBf4ieyGczrxgUEukQnOTMFdX3PSC72jzh1ijG2-3s4P0_zqnpqXr4l-3ORlHhBGu3jYeY-nkUhsR6cheKLC0sW3eQT5HOKlUrLURDKZJk9-g4hDBWKLTRKpCLlGlPBYDffs9yNGpGnE-LYCnByycI2u0w3SmbaYlsrX3IVxzH5T-1jdabOBw/s2545/20220527_141219.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2545" data-original-width="1552" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu3hFbdCBf4ieyGczrxgUEukQnOTMFdX3PSC72jzh1ijG2-3s4P0_zqnpqXr4l-3ORlHhBGu3jYeY-nkUhsR6cheKLC0sW3eQT5HOKlUrLURDKZJk9-g4hDBWKLTRKpCLlGlPBYDffs9yNGpGnE-LYCnByycI2u0w3SmbaYlsrX3IVxzH5T-1jdabOBw/w390-h640/20220527_141219.jpg" width="390" /></a><b style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;">Desa Park has an endless circuit and large fields</b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOaBCitkQpmTmreSKi2QeG2EtfTzMsVY7pCJlmQaXnYpgVpDU0CTbvPOucEJVnY3EcqNtZhntx0r1I_VKsWhqGzLRod3wAHwWFJuGiLlWuuUruwtHiKot6K4JGyq0aDTpW4tAX8PAOfbYZ-xlDjzAQsQsQys4itZPKLK5Bcv_xAQe15qT6h_3_dRwzow/s1023/thor6.jpg" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1023" data-original-width="644" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOaBCitkQpmTmreSKi2QeG2EtfTzMsVY7pCJlmQaXnYpgVpDU0CTbvPOucEJVnY3EcqNtZhntx0r1I_VKsWhqGzLRod3wAHwWFJuGiLlWuuUruwtHiKot6K4JGyq0aDTpW4tAX8PAOfbYZ-xlDjzAQsQsQys4itZPKLK5Bcv_xAQe15qT6h_3_dRwzow/w251-h400/thor6.jpg" width="251" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #990000; font-family: arial;"> with plenty of other dogs moseying along. </b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWjAzyH1oqGubjuuWD0cAbw9NgMMJoFxwkmKC213e9Of-Y91bv3ztkTJpn_HAXAp9ZVmzywpNN1ocWL7AE9qVdkGFroEmCnCLYwrv2yUn2N9VT1FemTqTzIt5foJkYzPLaHDrrEMaE1UXwZEFeEZWXQlD8hCldSt7T--hjq-A397ED2a-K7EkCA2C2w/s1534/thory4.png" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1313" data-original-width="1534" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGWjAzyH1oqGubjuuWD0cAbw9NgMMJoFxwkmKC213e9Of-Y91bv3ztkTJpn_HAXAp9ZVmzywpNN1ocWL7AE9qVdkGFroEmCnCLYwrv2yUn2N9VT1FemTqTzIt5foJkYzPLaHDrrEMaE1UXwZEFeEZWXQlD8hCldSt7T--hjq-A397ED2a-K7EkCA2C2w/w400-h343/thory4.png" width="400" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv4klKg4ygQoPk0ICPdHDquplGr5lso-XE7p1ERi_4Zk_cuoFTYwfswKOHLbBGd6WZkWpN5fESkQV2OWKBpmDd5d2l6If16PLEOtUzG0b7dQ_Ujv3f2mnanizPSpWPLqsvnjiWQexMYfcw1mZitYTjPupflgkSYSfPPfhGX-bJ9013eOSZthFTooNfBg/s1137/thory%207.jpg" style="clear: left; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJojo5iFR5DgRbh707vpEMewbnghlDGbdqVEjkRlWs917sr6sOx6PaX2FPpic8RuiuV-TOc5E-RSzuvMabB_kLajzsSFJ1YwgNG-MIUxBHbDS0daoqlAJutXUXDzydEQ7zNNOHWF7jwHw1i6fJtEPO55UGdxg_zbBGBYbXxEiUAEXBYlmKXtPqQuHVRA/s1059/BE1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1059" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJojo5iFR5DgRbh707vpEMewbnghlDGbdqVEjkRlWs917sr6sOx6PaX2FPpic8RuiuV-TOc5E-RSzuvMabB_kLajzsSFJ1YwgNG-MIUxBHbDS0daoqlAJutXUXDzydEQ7zNNOHWF7jwHw1i6fJtEPO55UGdxg_zbBGBYbXxEiUAEXBYlmKXtPqQuHVRA/w484-h640/BE1.jpg" width="484" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;"> all becos' I bought a BICYCLE. </b><b style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;">This is the City Bike Elops IF </b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwp75kQrbcYk_SmQC1XHxsqWHFx-u4NkKkHHdI4kPnLCU0o7S76SV5CFxpJT8MdEe1c-ZEYxH4KPClQDvTQ1sthk9FYzLNxuD6RPa2sRpPlYC75Vib7_TLzR-GySsvw7L9g2KfU_6dliQM4FEkRTtl1rICU2DE6TGm8wcQjUzLN1v124GzxZqe_tF6DQ/s1143/bee2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Getting a bicycle has always been on "my bucket list. " I think it is about TIME to really start striking out the items on my list as:</b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;"></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiO4SkaxIWG_4NgFuXyLjJ0XQABGueoHIJwts24xfOl_hkB4Ri4yX5LFANL_pOAgCPiHG_EroN0zEoxIbCuD4W7f3wBH460uZIO3jzmYnNTXWKgSToAAfluQuGtoB3dn__CLxMF-qgl09rE6tuNslCIvtxRP400Khq3zRbQjIWg-ubZCzJ65B4_k5QlvA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="1008" height="122" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiO4SkaxIWG_4NgFuXyLjJ0XQABGueoHIJwts24xfOl_hkB4Ri4yX5LFANL_pOAgCPiHG_EroN0zEoxIbCuD4W7f3wBH460uZIO3jzmYnNTXWKgSToAAfluQuGtoB3dn__CLxMF-qgl09rE6tuNslCIvtxRP400Khq3zRbQjIWg-ubZCzJ65B4_k5QlvA" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBn0krpLBAjlTjy7ubul51QDGR_kq7uKLUMZxoEa06ejy_sHjbW0jX1lcdDR1iXkUCqRXwYVXmCBIOV455vvGzjOBj3UheTqGWWOuCqbnkm6-3oepJtKWeRxphrxwKzlEJprgbFQ9lptmZrOcO6I2spqziuRaVelGCZIbS8ZbTmMVpLNUfQy7qa6H8Ng" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="262" data-original-width="1008" height="83" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBn0krpLBAjlTjy7ubul51QDGR_kq7uKLUMZxoEa06ejy_sHjbW0jX1lcdDR1iXkUCqRXwYVXmCBIOV455vvGzjOBj3UheTqGWWOuCqbnkm6-3oepJtKWeRxphrxwKzlEJprgbFQ9lptmZrOcO6I2spqziuRaVelGCZIbS8ZbTmMVpLNUfQy7qa6H8Ng" width="320" /></a></b></div><b style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b>All I want is to ride in the mornings and evenings after doing chores. I did some googling and thought about buying the bike online. But after reading some reviews - self-assembly, bicycle parts dented, insufficient screws and bolts for assembly, bike seat missing etc! Opps ... NOT GOOD!</b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhahNPo4mZ6r7UF7H7mNxUJwIVX2ntEaeOXUuTxEKSAssKyX7MFiOho_m-7EbmTI8agJwYayAN3uQ3Sg5INsWw7H1Q-OMVFL6LzqnduJoKaQm04R6ULp8Cvuf1GSXa5CMODDR-sjOYewiR9oGqL9ZqtrATMoqup1UQXuANG907_hpNJZd_O3qV0jVkpQ/s802/bee3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="802" data-original-width="738" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhahNPo4mZ6r7UF7H7mNxUJwIVX2ntEaeOXUuTxEKSAssKyX7MFiOho_m-7EbmTI8agJwYayAN3uQ3Sg5INsWw7H1Q-OMVFL6LzqnduJoKaQm04R6ULp8Cvuf1GSXa5CMODDR-sjOYewiR9oGqL9ZqtrATMoqup1UQXuANG907_hpNJZd_O3qV0jVkpQ/w368-h400/bee3.jpg" width="368" /></a><b>So I physically tested one and bought from Decathlon in Sri Damansara. WOW, the constellation was in alignment that night. This RM 899 model went for RM 632 as it was a demo model. I bought a mini basket and a hazard flasher light. </b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQbIWLm0gehdMn6_5itx3vkTBMR9kzn6e8eEbnv_j_-7stQu0o9xr08ZVVqPSmML-mDdD1OQHpKcN5u712c7QJ8bINVp0LaD1fLFwLb8KVyX50K80m2KAtYLrXu5BrYkp7-dHxDFz6lL4RrwM1hD8vJM9poBweLDUIXDinTMOL1JNm7Y-VgzoQyyRofQ/s1143/bee4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="862" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQbIWLm0gehdMn6_5itx3vkTBMR9kzn6e8eEbnv_j_-7stQu0o9xr08ZVVqPSmML-mDdD1OQHpKcN5u712c7QJ8bINVp0LaD1fLFwLb8KVyX50K80m2KAtYLrXu5BrYkp7-dHxDFz6lL4RrwM1hD8vJM9poBweLDUIXDinTMOL1JNm7Y-VgzoQyyRofQ/w482-h640/bee4.jpg" width="482" /></a></div></b><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;">Took it for a spin the next day when I met my walking "kakis" (legs, but commonly refers to buddies).</b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia-CFGar-YO1fHngRecrCIWlYoUqNWZqQtcEitQVBWU40pZkjkT4Q9nWlle5idjRSs7elm6dJ2zsVGL4-RL1N7quDLq1DHgzUa482qS5SMKQW4RIo6wE3BHrJrwNU_0b9fnMIMzrFbaIkVvurZ6Dafoy0g_JLIlb74zJZXIFOWsMYQxvIdHVyuK6LYFg/s1518/bee5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="1518" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia-CFGar-YO1fHngRecrCIWlYoUqNWZqQtcEitQVBWU40pZkjkT4Q9nWlle5idjRSs7elm6dJ2zsVGL4-RL1N7quDLq1DHgzUa482qS5SMKQW4RIo6wE3BHrJrwNU_0b9fnMIMzrFbaIkVvurZ6Dafoy0g_JLIlb74zJZXIFOWsMYQxvIdHVyuK6LYFg/w400-h301/bee5.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;"><b> These "kakis" also do some lame zumba together in the mornings!</b></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEkeb9r1yUYkRNqV6vvK9Nh8EQ2MyUEbkx6F5oh8SayoGlwei7VVcgl6CQG2VzuPxVwRG72K5mJy6TJStefAKhwqGIkJAIEawRlXNZTBpF3PylmmdjsNJs3NmkU-L5ZRPNyU9bLwLH0Z4_Y200PbHppjNMYToLpIe2fE1Spoz9azg5KpP76ZolQxIMRA/s1143/bee5.jpg" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="862" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEkeb9r1yUYkRNqV6vvK9Nh8EQ2MyUEbkx6F5oh8SayoGlwei7VVcgl6CQG2VzuPxVwRG72K5mJy6TJStefAKhwqGIkJAIEawRlXNZTBpF3PylmmdjsNJs3NmkU-L5ZRPNyU9bLwLH0Z4_Y200PbHppjNMYToLpIe2fE1Spoz9azg5KpP76ZolQxIMRA/w482-h640/bee5.jpg" width="482" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;">All of us have not been on a bike for over 30 years. But nevertheless every one demanded a ride to relive our youth! </b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ3O_WToXOqRrttJtnrox78dXM4mBB7pB77nmjcvuhqW64bC8itTP-8MOObC9lkvbUG4RwkoXBGUaKG4Pr_w_CFD9I78HgqQ2vOmJJBBv5gvYvvuXMqJO6xw23uYZqJfN2SU59kjwa3XCTTkfnLeYai9zB4WJom26HiKnf00dX-0DFtV5Gxly5JefkXw/s1143/bree1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="862" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ3O_WToXOqRrttJtnrox78dXM4mBB7pB77nmjcvuhqW64bC8itTP-8MOObC9lkvbUG4RwkoXBGUaKG4Pr_w_CFD9I78HgqQ2vOmJJBBv5gvYvvuXMqJO6xw23uYZqJfN2SU59kjwa3XCTTkfnLeYai9zB4WJom26HiKnf00dX-0DFtV5Gxly5JefkXw/w301-h400/bree1.jpg" width="301" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;">Such is the excitement in our mundane lives!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHArcvMAOaHC5yZuJheXllj_ksNetI2bXxNU72rsBwwql2xupsCHvUceFLZXN5D32fNVCbmWIDrodPKgsLtb7sgzTS1TypRTt6J0TqGdENXcf_lFSGtqwa4yLmZdiVl3iPyYzYCXR5arT25aNZPvqTegtY4PpW57j7ryF3wUsgHfJaSzHzcq6MJ9-t7w/s1143/bree1.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="862" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHArcvMAOaHC5yZuJheXllj_ksNetI2bXxNU72rsBwwql2xupsCHvUceFLZXN5D32fNVCbmWIDrodPKgsLtb7sgzTS1TypRTt6J0TqGdENXcf_lFSGtqwa4yLmZdiVl3iPyYzYCXR5arT25aNZPvqTegtY4PpW57j7ryF3wUsgHfJaSzHzcq6MJ9-t7w/w301-h400/bree1.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><br /><b style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH1Bzsidd4u3tIb6nwi7AlE5Vg5blzjN_7uMtB67xHlcaazci43Lp6NOjGmGYsjbCO-wqObqVKo5JFMAQHhZhDB8YVgk6VbHZj_tCZ4Teq-3Sc4GqAfL1GL3kgBIdrEwvTm8k_b5BSZ9vP6iaDhFJ1Qpc7CBOs0KGkpcvPEJ4Q-PZXJQiVyMOU8gjnEg/s1137/bree1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1137" data-original-width="856" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH1Bzsidd4u3tIb6nwi7AlE5Vg5blzjN_7uMtB67xHlcaazci43Lp6NOjGmGYsjbCO-wqObqVKo5JFMAQHhZhDB8YVgk6VbHZj_tCZ4Teq-3Sc4GqAfL1GL3kgBIdrEwvTm8k_b5BSZ9vP6iaDhFJ1Qpc7CBOs0KGkpcvPEJ4Q-PZXJQiVyMOU8gjnEg/w301-h400/bree1.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF5Lyu9dN9btsu3dExO0Kglh6gqAAXu1ET354V8jaASFFWs42ggX9j9nBNeSkQhsy55Sza7L5dsoSayQ-qayZxLC98_aeGYvXZeNR7LDvpS3aqvycbHuVw_rS3LCoooq6IEUCE48zg4W7zwryyCObFin1giAFT0hjoAtxuWXFXTI7WgHIAC_IBXsyYEg/s1143/bee1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="862" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF5Lyu9dN9btsu3dExO0Kglh6gqAAXu1ET354V8jaASFFWs42ggX9j9nBNeSkQhsy55Sza7L5dsoSayQ-qayZxLC98_aeGYvXZeNR7LDvpS3aqvycbHuVw_rS3LCoooq6IEUCE48zg4W7zwryyCObFin1giAFT0hjoAtxuWXFXTI7WgHIAC_IBXsyYEg/w301-h400/bee1.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;">This lively lass rode straight into the bushes.</b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj46yRogDBdgR0j8QG_XP6yNl7vpBagN4VOyq9r8lwrq1gu8fsiGrz7tzBR40GgCCz3p1jYkD7cM8idVLYvL8feP1MJ7LptaZ_YKwYt76Us7MS5mxs0HEf_eiQZdkzPi6h8praY3vyFROxqVitJsVEHdOITXCNoYLWz_Ivqek-WzhCwXwkyTfOufd5Nhg/s1143/bee1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="862" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj46yRogDBdgR0j8QG_XP6yNl7vpBagN4VOyq9r8lwrq1gu8fsiGrz7tzBR40GgCCz3p1jYkD7cM8idVLYvL8feP1MJ7LptaZ_YKwYt76Us7MS5mxs0HEf_eiQZdkzPi6h8praY3vyFROxqVitJsVEHdOITXCNoYLWz_Ivqek-WzhCwXwkyTfOufd5Nhg/w301-h400/bee1.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;">We had to slowly extricate her without scratching my NEW bike!! Sorry, I am a mean "kaki" (buddy)! </b></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4g8qNaXaAW5fg1GUEwyTcboM2Cb55wTsrDZNDAxrIsiloV2Oc04LcgyhakHIpEV2H3EcB6JLw2Jt35cQo7ZYXhiFpTGPZtQXa9gQJxeOfBaUhhDaEjSLhzXAoWzIkrKhTKS6axQtSh8YrWJdiNpJLMfnjY41Hg4RcIgVz4KpMXScslFMr4NLqJZ75KQ/s1143/bree1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="862" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4g8qNaXaAW5fg1GUEwyTcboM2Cb55wTsrDZNDAxrIsiloV2Oc04LcgyhakHIpEV2H3EcB6JLw2Jt35cQo7ZYXhiFpTGPZtQXa9gQJxeOfBaUhhDaEjSLhzXAoWzIkrKhTKS6axQtSh8YrWJdiNpJLMfnjY41Hg4RcIgVz4KpMXScslFMr4NLqJZ75KQ/w301-h400/bree1.jpg" width="301" /></a><b style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;">Ahh, it was a good morning, and to many more rides together.</b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjReZbfOMoZhLXdpFbWAXEfLBBRQcgSCM0veWdqowCrNqbP2igSH43_QhDY5ij4chntvwo8k_yjxvswHyuVVDLlUlPeBXK8IW-hCxFJcn-l7liK2XzGCRjxGApCX2dBVpJDg9EnILScL6Hphj_biwbMIhLJwqMlsa0BGGjvb2Ky1BTFnm_YlFQxtF9rnw/s1382/bee1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="1382" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjReZbfOMoZhLXdpFbWAXEfLBBRQcgSCM0veWdqowCrNqbP2igSH43_QhDY5ij4chntvwo8k_yjxvswHyuVVDLlUlPeBXK8IW-hCxFJcn-l7liK2XzGCRjxGApCX2dBVpJDg9EnILScL6Hphj_biwbMIhLJwqMlsa0BGGjvb2Ky1BTFnm_YlFQxtF9rnw/s320/bee1.jpg" width="320" /></a></p>kestrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13324874202422690542noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1235030006366245724.post-52687152503358414262022-05-13T07:25:00.004-07:002022-05-13T07:56:53.380-07:00 πΆ PUPPY RESCUE SQUAD πΆπ<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzGNy4wB6YXcr3FkzrGe_y_A9kwWK40G-O-MPsvBdIwuOvUohI55uSidkm1pLu0jurctOYdv0MaWZizKGLj76y9YvWcCxunXp4Xcjweq_0z83ARfZ_SwpZhZAXxkP3cyGKCQUBgtQKYp613h0C7FzdXFziyeNbO3YmPWOUrE0CZZE4FoPl-duPpfrsCA/s1143/Picture2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="862" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzGNy4wB6YXcr3FkzrGe_y_A9kwWK40G-O-MPsvBdIwuOvUohI55uSidkm1pLu0jurctOYdv0MaWZizKGLj76y9YvWcCxunXp4Xcjweq_0z83ARfZ_SwpZhZAXxkP3cyGKCQUBgtQKYp613h0C7FzdXFziyeNbO3YmPWOUrE0CZZE4FoPl-duPpfrsCA/w482-h640/Picture2.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;">It takes all types to make the world and the owner of these puppies is most cruel. He has this sprawling bungalow with, ..... wait a minute, .... a ROLLS ROYCE and a MERCEDES BENZ and yet he has left his four dogs and puppies to fend for themselves.</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs9RNgouR095rIdm1iWbVH6MhLUI2cYYaUEEdAbCxSUPqE0SaPTqQ1bgvtoZxSV4qf-8IiHtCHWlyzNynpDq7k2JupIJGIMBxhxlYhCr40q9pEE0SW5OI8eaQYlX0XTsblL5W9qQJ4PFGI0mC3uW2O-7D4y9ng_qh3jbjyEdY-hk6cmO-uHXXo6LMOTQ/s1648/Picture1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1137" data-original-width="1648" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs9RNgouR095rIdm1iWbVH6MhLUI2cYYaUEEdAbCxSUPqE0SaPTqQ1bgvtoZxSV4qf-8IiHtCHWlyzNynpDq7k2JupIJGIMBxhxlYhCr40q9pEE0SW5OI8eaQYlX0XTsblL5W9qQJ4PFGI0mC3uW2O-7D4y9ng_qh3jbjyEdY-hk6cmO-uHXXo6LMOTQ/w400-h276/Picture1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;"><b>He apparently lives elsewhere and only checks on them occasionally. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheYI1odMZlSWT7TO6kIZNViwYSp9PXDYwM866jmL72XN_LuO-zGqak2A1d1_2cmMHtBj4oKP0xCXeQZRlvjPvf4Ph-JsBH-2pKs5b96-99jshcCjM5DNAC5Na2LRcaZ0ar3EysrBO6cQ1Snppt4miVIGco5b2Mt-Cno4YNEK9YF_NlEZK8DpqIqZqztw/s1143/Picture3.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="862" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheYI1odMZlSWT7TO6kIZNViwYSp9PXDYwM866jmL72XN_LuO-zGqak2A1d1_2cmMHtBj4oKP0xCXeQZRlvjPvf4Ph-JsBH-2pKs5b96-99jshcCjM5DNAC5Na2LRcaZ0ar3EysrBO6cQ1Snppt4miVIGco5b2Mt-Cno4YNEK9YF_NlEZK8DpqIqZqztw/w301-h400/Picture3.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;"><b>The puppies know little about road safety </b></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_a3y_lHFZduxpgt8uDQ7_pUGiIHdPLQMg7siQIF0D3ya_5H7bCK_QEtAsOLlWfS6G5iI_eLkplkvfBWqYNz8yHTUe8ApuVPMafIXCHkKA5xOG0wCKK1FiCmSg4P8509UnK5m0Y7XNQNVXLhXXA21_FyKZFcIw36Ha-nxNmZVYbaIPxxPA1CZ7Dn8h9A/s1143/Picture5.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; font-family: arial; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="862" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_a3y_lHFZduxpgt8uDQ7_pUGiIHdPLQMg7siQIF0D3ya_5H7bCK_QEtAsOLlWfS6G5iI_eLkplkvfBWqYNz8yHTUe8ApuVPMafIXCHkKA5xOG0wCKK1FiCmSg4P8509UnK5m0Y7XNQNVXLhXXA21_FyKZFcIw36Ha-nxNmZVYbaIPxxPA1CZ7Dn8h9A/w301-h400/Picture5.jpg" width="301" /></a></div></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;"><b>as they run across the road with cars and trucks whizzing past. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8PgOLLV__dkvrX-oM0TYaKjQWyxLtXSDLOyFC5lilPOxsJqnfBBRuwxGlwBJQicf5sJtX1AYzrp-BZWaa7DhEP-d7Ybh8z4nmATYaXP-zCtcg1aX3yGuAFIWeivRqoYhzXXfXUmH2LrF9HZDHI3_BFFtchB65wiNvjUAPcaVyDp6x5hA6xIuHiSDpw/s1143/Picture4.jpg" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="862" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr8PgOLLV__dkvrX-oM0TYaKjQWyxLtXSDLOyFC5lilPOxsJqnfBBRuwxGlwBJQicf5sJtX1AYzrp-BZWaa7DhEP-d7Ybh8z4nmATYaXP-zCtcg1aX3yGuAFIWeivRqoYhzXXfXUmH2LrF9HZDHI3_BFFtchB65wiNvjUAPcaVyDp6x5hA6xIuHiSDpw/w301-h400/Picture4.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;"><b>There is a storm drain beside the house. The pups can easily fall in and not be able to climb out. During a thunderstorm, heaven forbid that they be washed away in the strong currents.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #783f04; font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5IBNB-Fud4ee2mmPXOpE-2-5aaoekM9AO86KzwstA6h_gfeRskkAbbo5KsmjgkoDfClBob-1IqAh0_Bp9VxvQ6nQErbDBDyMU58_nrPrztsAXFzkfNuKaG6aO7iXOV_6tMeinY8XQc9bTd_no47l5RMvCh76caWtx9NX887Nas8_vR6onXFC9s0GdlA/s938/Picture6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="938" data-original-width="862" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5IBNB-Fud4ee2mmPXOpE-2-5aaoekM9AO86KzwstA6h_gfeRskkAbbo5KsmjgkoDfClBob-1IqAh0_Bp9VxvQ6nQErbDBDyMU58_nrPrztsAXFzkfNuKaG6aO7iXOV_6tMeinY8XQc9bTd_no47l5RMvCh76caWtx9NX887Nas8_vR6onXFC9s0GdlA/w368-h400/Picture6.jpg" width="368" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #b45f06;"> </span><span style="color: #b45f06;">Savvy K and her friend See-Boy were driving out to dinner one evening when they had a close hit with one pup in the middle of the road. Alamak, they saw another 4 puppies dawdling on the road verge! They gathered all the pups and put them behind the gate grills, but the rascals wriggled out pretty quick. </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #b45f06;"> Thus, the </span><span style="color: #783f04;">Puppy Rescue Squad </span><span style="color: #b45f06;">(</span><span style="color: #783f04;">PRS</span><span style="color: #b45f06;">) was formed. The</span></b></span><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #b45f06;"> </span><span style="color: #783f04;">PRS </span><span style="color: #b45f06;">bought a roll of plastic fencing and cable ties, drove over again and fenced up the gaps at the bottom of the gate. </span></b></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzUfmORZ2h5V_dBE3tNl2ewyZ0wXvzICiBoiVpiufTEh0RGbUPGGHPUmRJSIPzPj_748saRu7oMA3xWATjPIffH7MWqZuIEmd2xt4C9HKtBXYxstSJA7dvqhEh6w18hYeMlThhIHqvTpZkAzcJ7N-GWThHI-GlErYNjpLqiif0GtyXZRj8TyNP4uk07g/s1406/Picture8.png" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1266" data-original-width="1406" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzUfmORZ2h5V_dBE3tNl2ewyZ0wXvzICiBoiVpiufTEh0RGbUPGGHPUmRJSIPzPj_748saRu7oMA3xWATjPIffH7MWqZuIEmd2xt4C9HKtBXYxstSJA7dvqhEh6w18hYeMlThhIHqvTpZkAzcJ7N-GWThHI-GlErYNjpLqiif0GtyXZRj8TyNP4uk07g/w400-h360/Picture8.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNV9Lch1oKqLcMEnRRpf3kQRttbBvnJ1f5IF-l8w_sjdUP57tWmJeMuq2eOWyDbMBEo9N1h4IIwL7MUR06zi5OeqJrcp6rbMlRWsoAmnzUkbpYjbOcmlKtRnsleLTuiYvEV60xMnlpb1icB0JPhYM3TV28IhiozwVpDGqyDJSvo4djBepZIm4DjYSGvg/s1625/Picture9.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1399" data-original-width="1625" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNV9Lch1oKqLcMEnRRpf3kQRttbBvnJ1f5IF-l8w_sjdUP57tWmJeMuq2eOWyDbMBEo9N1h4IIwL7MUR06zi5OeqJrcp6rbMlRWsoAmnzUkbpYjbOcmlKtRnsleLTuiYvEV60xMnlpb1icB0JPhYM3TV28IhiozwVpDGqyDJSvo4djBepZIm4DjYSGvg/w400-h344/Picture9.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #783f04;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #783f04;">They dumped the pups into See-boy's truck when the fence was under construction.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0RSB3EbDIggNBrb4JrfVAIt0HcrDW5uY7E0sDuBv0xL0JkwOTRyUHk6PKSYAVJRN8BkRc52GRyTEO_sHEEbVWJ7g9duLiEhOYStX-YruzcCr8D7p4cETdrh5imdtOoNLP6WH988rBmdvOVJOhmvsl-socy7aaja1QqnQEm_u5GkrcVGSYbWJMrWKCsQ/s1477/Picture11.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1297" data-original-width="1477" height="351" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0RSB3EbDIggNBrb4JrfVAIt0HcrDW5uY7E0sDuBv0xL0JkwOTRyUHk6PKSYAVJRN8BkRc52GRyTEO_sHEEbVWJ7g9duLiEhOYStX-YruzcCr8D7p4cETdrh5imdtOoNLP6WH988rBmdvOVJOhmvsl-socy7aaja1QqnQEm_u5GkrcVGSYbWJMrWKCsQ/w400-h351/Picture11.png" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #783f04;">Oh, the rascals were ecstatic chasing each other in the innovative "play truck." </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #783f04;">Three days later, Sassy JAM joined the </b><b><span style="color: #b45f06;">PRS</span></b><b style="color: #783f04;">. This time we drove over with a large bag of kibbles </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy0irS68XC2E_7-OeP0Z6xC2tvqTV3lyP_Eaga-R_E-gJauA6vk7hXYvdkae85gGiTyQ1OpRNJ3CNE5b9eYMQVxyI9tCbQgZtzdf-44MC_FOHGQQuxmLhnaZz03mjW0PXJ3mjpm8ufsAiowDA_2lZKX_MoM76Yjk4itFOXKIxl7c8nUuPkow5or3QH7Q/s4000/20220506_184825.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy0irS68XC2E_7-OeP0Z6xC2tvqTV3lyP_Eaga-R_E-gJauA6vk7hXYvdkae85gGiTyQ1OpRNJ3CNE5b9eYMQVxyI9tCbQgZtzdf-44MC_FOHGQQuxmLhnaZz03mjW0PXJ3mjpm8ufsAiowDA_2lZKX_MoM76Yjk4itFOXKIxl7c8nUuPkow5or3QH7Q/w300-h400/20220506_184825.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><b style="color: #783f04;"><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT8SVhH12X4o0IXzDMUG0VSrvn_2n_u-nW43cZQJwOdq0yaUgdGmJp4crEV4y-aVSCndcNdXPxb8X3AKg8np4ZbVDeDwu4VfWMPONvZ0NnhmEpOsV2ge3ZfRqAkR-QcrjjgHFf_dbn4XE0W8I0RJXeElK6PLfLjQOXqvM_cQ0WB7KMIsA7muBWyAeksg/s1980/group.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1192" data-original-width="1980" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT8SVhH12X4o0IXzDMUG0VSrvn_2n_u-nW43cZQJwOdq0yaUgdGmJp4crEV4y-aVSCndcNdXPxb8X3AKg8np4ZbVDeDwu4VfWMPONvZ0NnhmEpOsV2ge3ZfRqAkR-QcrjjgHFf_dbn4XE0W8I0RJXeElK6PLfLjQOXqvM_cQ0WB7KMIsA7muBWyAeksg/w400-h241/group.png" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #783f04;">At last, we saw their bellies filled out. </b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGHUsX0NRrY7FeHGlvr2lrydtB-rhcsmsCXVs3yFJC0TbHaJfmAQuuQDt-jCUE_MHmvpMJDlOlpcVYDojcwst2Y9HmEZ7_W-dXhW4NfH7B4D6JLYD0e0QrFTiOW-rESfnKQHJOBGKdGr1HL53xH7fPL0jXJ-Z2IwfyRILmanr9KjdjYqLWa-P7FLorgA/s1143/Picture10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="666" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGHUsX0NRrY7FeHGlvr2lrydtB-rhcsmsCXVs3yFJC0TbHaJfmAQuuQDt-jCUE_MHmvpMJDlOlpcVYDojcwst2Y9HmEZ7_W-dXhW4NfH7B4D6JLYD0e0QrFTiOW-rESfnKQHJOBGKdGr1HL53xH7fPL0jXJ-Z2IwfyRILmanr9KjdjYqLWa-P7FLorgA/w372-h640/Picture10.jpg" width="372" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><h2 style="clear: both;"><b><span style="color: #783f04;">πΆGOOD </span><span style="color: #e69138;">JOB </span><span style="color: #444444;">PUPPY </span><span style="color: #f1c232;">RESCUE </span><span style="color: #7f6000;">SQUAD</span><span style="color: #783f04;">πͺ </span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcwFrbkMbrTlZtVXPI0GLHVXPimK9I0gJWRjC7d-55f-ecK_Ydp188ex61fE-xaD5qmWoVPmkB6XYVVQzn_e1WdHlCMJrsGCvsSVy-vZHWk3TebCDornIf0L-uwBYtE7FUWZkKTV_Kg-MI8GBLmCeeCDM9kvaw68PFJmywYhVhxO5NNWq1ByAwYXFAnw/s1143/Picture15.jpg" style="color: #783f04; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1143" data-original-width="1068" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcwFrbkMbrTlZtVXPI0GLHVXPimK9I0gJWRjC7d-55f-ecK_Ydp188ex61fE-xaD5qmWoVPmkB6XYVVQzn_e1WdHlCMJrsGCvsSVy-vZHWk3TebCDornIf0L-uwBYtE7FUWZkKTV_Kg-MI8GBLmCeeCDM9kvaw68PFJmywYhVhxO5NNWq1ByAwYXFAnw/w374-h400/Picture15.jpg" width="374" /></a></h2></div></div></span></div>kestrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13324874202422690542noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1235030006366245724.post-45510496481959933612022-05-07T22:11:00.009-07:002022-05-07T23:38:51.472-07:00Behind every CHILD who believes in him/herself<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSA6JquQIF1FXhHGBfF8ODPDUyEcrrXvJ1cNzNi3oTPV3JmUfNQ_EQBHHwq6WJTLaqCzICeGbiprtQrjnmrRkiUbM8wsryKLTzHscPecZ1m1seQ9wEIUFtwfejBT9tNERc0btoK4afIIbbiPa0aSEfpvhuPQFJxRwlKwpkIwDDHjsJAH1y1xn0SPV0ow/s640/mother.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="407" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSA6JquQIF1FXhHGBfF8ODPDUyEcrrXvJ1cNzNi3oTPV3JmUfNQ_EQBHHwq6WJTLaqCzICeGbiprtQrjnmrRkiUbM8wsryKLTzHscPecZ1m1seQ9wEIUFtwfejBT9tNERc0btoK4afIIbbiPa0aSEfpvhuPQFJxRwlKwpkIwDDHjsJAH1y1xn0SPV0ow/w408-h640/mother.jpg" width="408" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #800180;">is a </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">MOTHER </span><span style="color: #800180;">who </span><span style="color: #2b00fe;">believed </span><span style="color: #800180;">first.</span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;"><b> Savvy K's<span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #e0e0e0; font-size: 13px;"> card for me. She made me into a Martian Mum.</span></b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;"><b><span face="Verdana, sans-serif" style="background-color: #e0e0e0; font-size: 13px;"> I guess I deserve it for calling her Martian Girl in my blog 10 years back. It is pay-back time!</span></b></span></p><div style="background-color: #e0e0e0; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFRTfVMMe1JmV4_bcHNTJC3yHDl8RsMGDtPprivizDBDOWQqqnsYB4UwDa9NNwsF_6Oay443uQcvAsozMuu1fgTdWVix8WVMpBrwGnArzIo20f3-f78wnTzeyJ3G0YgC4_uRpkD2j7Ke0/s1600-h/IMG_1101.JPG" style="font-size: 13px;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5334189513705296034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFRTfVMMe1JmV4_bcHNTJC3yHDl8RsMGDtPprivizDBDOWQqqnsYB4UwDa9NNwsF_6Oay443uQcvAsozMuu1fgTdWVix8WVMpBrwGnArzIo20f3-f78wnTzeyJ3G0YgC4_uRpkD2j7Ke0/s400/IMG_1101.JPG" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(192, 192, 192) rgb(192, 192, 192) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; padding: 6px; width: 400px;" /></a><div align="center" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong><span style="color: #ff6600;">Ever told your child</span></strong></div><div align="center" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong><span style="color: #ff6600;">We'll do it tomorrow</span></strong></div><div align="center" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong><span style="color: #ff6600;">And in your haste</span></strong></div><div align="center" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><strong><span style="color: #ff6600;">Not see his sorrow</span></strong></div><div align="center" style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #6699cc;"><span style="border-image: initial; border-width: 1px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="border-image: initial; border-width: 1px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixO6mqJI9sTwB-W5b7HWJfQSwAWrZ8jVVUKOxjLL9LbFM849moRLq2skx-d-A1xD6Q_l4zXqpgFVIRHKtZbjBdWbVmUEH1TfGxEA7im0p8QZlTZMYik6EJUay-1CC9-nWuNniVhWXbHOw/s1600-h/DSC00471.JPG" style="color: #6699cc;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332886347227456994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixO6mqJI9sTwB-W5b7HWJfQSwAWrZ8jVVUKOxjLL9LbFM849moRLq2skx-d-A1xD6Q_l4zXqpgFVIRHKtZbjBdWbVmUEH1TfGxEA7im0p8QZlTZMYik6EJUay-1CC9-nWuNniVhWXbHOw/s400/DSC00471.JPG" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(192, 192, 192) rgb(192, 192, 192) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; padding: 6px; width: 300px;" /></a></span></span></span></div><div align="center" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #800180;"><strong><span>Just for this morning, I will not rush you out from bed to take your meds,</span></strong></span></div><div align="center" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #800180;"><strong><span> I will let you sleep in and enjoy your dreams.</span></strong></span></div><div align="center" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><strong style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Just for this morning, I will not be Gossip Queen, I will sit and eat brunch or lunch with you. </span></strong></div><div align="center" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6lbpSN1arcOAbgqf1FcjAXhKnIzNRz3Vnn9MRHkxm7TrfddWBYePPFhKtv7HoBJYs7bLeK_9pfLao6EtB7B5JMYH_6HpnuyTb0g6D7cxqhqkZQvBFG-ugBbHMIVjLleRNwZUuWUdTUII/s1600-h/DSC00472.JPG" style="color: #6699cc; font-size: 13px;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332886108538502306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6lbpSN1arcOAbgqf1FcjAXhKnIzNRz3Vnn9MRHkxm7TrfddWBYePPFhKtv7HoBJYs7bLeK_9pfLao6EtB7B5JMYH_6HpnuyTb0g6D7cxqhqkZQvBFG-ugBbHMIVjLleRNwZUuWUdTUII/s400/DSC00472.JPG" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(192, 192, 192) rgb(192, 192, 192) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; padding: 6px; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="color: #cc66cc; font-size: 13px;"><strong>Just for this afternoon, I will turn off Netflix and listen to your online sales and fashion.</strong><br /></span><div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-size: 13px;"><span><strong><span>Just for this afternoon, I will not yell to tidy your room, I will sit with you and watch one of your horror movies.</span></strong></span><br /></span><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib_He8zI15n3zN0olOfmaoZgNymkLt7jlUC4fpH2AZ6WLfPbTPDAwrIPq3Yp32tuLoz1Ejw_BJQCuw-KZOVHb3JcX-IZMNa1hHBCSBE9oJLFEJ6xRDfmHSgbsWaGv0S6CdJ-C7GHKVw9Y/s1600-h/Avillion+June+2006+132.jpg" style="font-size: 13px;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332886099698524162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib_He8zI15n3zN0olOfmaoZgNymkLt7jlUC4fpH2AZ6WLfPbTPDAwrIPq3Yp32tuLoz1Ejw_BJQCuw-KZOVHb3JcX-IZMNa1hHBCSBE9oJLFEJ6xRDfmHSgbsWaGv0S6CdJ-C7GHKVw9Y/s400/Avillion+June+2006+132.jpg" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(192, 192, 192) rgb(192, 192, 192) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; padding: 6px; width: 300px;" /></a><strong style="color: #333333; font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: #33ccff;">Just for this evening, I will not nag about finishing your vegetables, I will let you be yourself, a carnivore.<br /></span></strong><div align="center" style="color: #333333;"><strong><span style="color: #993399;">Just for tonight, I will not worry about what you will be, </span></strong></div><div align="center" style="color: #333333;"><strong><span style="color: #993399;">I will let you choose and have fun along the way.</span></strong><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBS5LmNLsW7kM_NOTkDp8VTYWcDB9yxX3pODwHD0io_voYrc7q2Lrt4N3edTXMQsEnhqV7Z06uK0dJR325Tsql7nHkpc7HUwYUQ00v6fcbttN9veRb-L6Ta7hz6Qpo0HMXT8sIHkaVGVk/s1600-h/Avillion+June+2006+104.jpg" style="color: #6699cc;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332204987020456450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBS5LmNLsW7kM_NOTkDp8VTYWcDB9yxX3pODwHD0io_voYrc7q2Lrt4N3edTXMQsEnhqV7Z06uK0dJR325Tsql7nHkpc7HUwYUQ00v6fcbttN9veRb-L6Ta7hz6Qpo0HMXT8sIHkaVGVk/s400/Avillion+June+2006+104.jpg" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(192, 192, 192) rgb(192, 192, 192) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; padding: 6px; width: 300px;" /></a><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 13px;"><strong>And for everyday I thank God for the most precious gift he has given me, </strong></span></div><div align="center" style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: 13px;"><strong>TO be a MOTHER.</strong></span></div><div align="center" style="color: #333333;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiV_ToPdDpXeY5I9F3hQU5Yr1JNaMj-t9b8LoiJrp_GDRRRgnHK07wwIno5oQIpeqJ4ICMNcWfT-U-lubzlM3KaUyE2VTeturJwuhHCI0atfbOYdStHGf9P0sqkPqbn_dTyWPpHJdRnm8/s1600-h/DSC00470.JPG" style="color: #6699cc; font-size: 13px;"><strong><span style="color: #663366;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332204983761289714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiV_ToPdDpXeY5I9F3hQU5Yr1JNaMj-t9b8LoiJrp_GDRRRgnHK07wwIno5oQIpeqJ4ICMNcWfT-U-lubzlM3KaUyE2VTeturJwuhHCI0atfbOYdStHGf9P0sqkPqbn_dTyWPpHJdRnm8/s400/DSC00470.JPG" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(192, 192, 192) rgb(192, 192, 192) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; padding: 6px; width: 300px;" /></span></strong></a></div><div align="center" style="color: #333333;"><strong style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: red;">To all women who are Mothers to children, nephews, nieces and pets,</span></strong></div><div align="center" style="color: #333333;"><strong style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="color: red;">HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY</span></strong></div><div align="center" style="color: #333333;"><strong style="font-size: 13px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5V48e72Fcp9WvtQJ5NfbClBDNLmRZkCDrDrc7BsVm97Ua-22UOfx2k4Xy--w4O80DHaXLBQ4BPHrpCY0AtQ-6DRgQGxmxG_zspd0XcF6xGBeIWifrCdNRsUylu-mLcBp7x11fMiuZ0d71zjFuQsdTldzhxfVYdPODsJrx9pfPdM0Td7HiO8ZhWiKNJw/s1031/Picture11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="988" data-original-width="1031" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5V48e72Fcp9WvtQJ5NfbClBDNLmRZkCDrDrc7BsVm97Ua-22UOfx2k4Xy--w4O80DHaXLBQ4BPHrpCY0AtQ-6DRgQGxmxG_zspd0XcF6xGBeIWifrCdNRsUylu-mLcBp7x11fMiuZ0d71zjFuQsdTldzhxfVYdPODsJrx9pfPdM0Td7HiO8ZhWiKNJw/w400-h384/Picture11.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">BECAUSE</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ZHv4AwRLZGsZkrY565TBquBi94UEc5fbbDu8cQDSBPsXq6Skxb8yaj7th0rKUQKfbU7Ckzz7wWc8FKZZ-DlR-WX6UMu4fIPFqjPQAcJ3-SIfG8ZDb0Prl7H-MlH_v-vUrvVClEFRIDPAW6Iv0l28gyv2mwfZdkE5frbY4STgzL_XmXg0L2pfDwammw/s717/ALL.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="717" data-original-width="626" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ZHv4AwRLZGsZkrY565TBquBi94UEc5fbbDu8cQDSBPsXq6Skxb8yaj7th0rKUQKfbU7Ckzz7wWc8FKZZ-DlR-WX6UMu4fIPFqjPQAcJ3-SIfG8ZDb0Prl7H-MlH_v-vUrvVClEFRIDPAW6Iv0l28gyv2mwfZdkE5frbY4STgzL_XmXg0L2pfDwammw/w349-h400/ALL.jpg" width="349" /></a></div></strong></div></div></div></div></div></div>kestrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13324874202422690542noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1235030006366245724.post-89725003688225367122022-04-28T19:31:00.003-07:002022-04-28T19:35:14.985-07:00BODY BUILDING CHOOKS<p><br /></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-3737661074579748985" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #e0e0e0; font-size: 13px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU_28BbqT3QQfAKMgPbfwEWByfFy1yHh6bg4nnFTngG9AU8ozovm7elrwb2ktYME4Laqk2n6kQQDb7xoSpmzwSqpRBChrbO-iaHwdvgOgEdDL8asFaBXOGPa6HBzcCxIAVzEV_0Q5p8MI/s1600-h/IMG_0091.JPG" style="color: #6699cc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327891105723532738" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU_28BbqT3QQfAKMgPbfwEWByfFy1yHh6bg4nnFTngG9AU8ozovm7elrwb2ktYME4Laqk2n6kQQDb7xoSpmzwSqpRBChrbO-iaHwdvgOgEdDL8asFaBXOGPa6HBzcCxIAVzEV_0Q5p8MI/s400/IMG_0091.JPG" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(192, 192, 192) rgb(192, 192, 192) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; padding: 6px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><div align="center"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #333333;">Why did the chicken </span><span style="color: #990000;">NOT </span><span style="color: #333333;">cross the road?</span></b></span></div><div align="center" style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #333333;">Because it was too busy </span><span style="color: #990000;">BODY BUILDING</span><span style="color: #333333;">!</span><br /></b></span></div><div align="center" style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: #3333ff; font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #333333;">"</span><span style="color: #990000;">Ayam serama</span><span style="color: #333333;">" as they are known in Malaysia, or internationally called Batam chickens are a special breed of ornamental chickens. These exorbitant priced chooks are NOT for the cooking pot. They are supermodels on the "chookwalk."</span></span></b></div><div style="color: #333333; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div align="center" style="color: #333333;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">The name Bantam comes from a sea port in Indonesia where these chickens were described by European sailors. </span></b></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbIQw7jW3MfaECTBP_OisXsr_KyRe5OPDTxpv2Klum6cJVbZMmkWKmkO7kTu3AkR-t54mMOZ54aTtaEN84DL5hgy6FzYmjCD7q4oHQbsHDf3cwjeFCOpC6OXN_qSJTI8u9JTEd68wihj4/s1600-h/IMG_0090.JPG" style="color: #6699cc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327890759626920754" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbIQw7jW3MfaECTBP_OisXsr_KyRe5OPDTxpv2Klum6cJVbZMmkWKmkO7kTu3AkR-t54mMOZ54aTtaEN84DL5hgy6FzYmjCD7q4oHQbsHDf3cwjeFCOpC6OXN_qSJTI8u9JTEd68wihj4/s400/IMG_0090.JPG" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(192, 192, 192) rgb(192, 192, 192) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; padding: 6px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><div align="center" style="color: #333333;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">They have been around for so long, even deserving a mention in Marco Polo's journal. You can say they are miniature chickens as they are about one-quarter to one-fifth the size of their normal relatives. But what makes them different is their vibrant colours and vertical tail feathers. </span></b></div><div align="center" style="color: #333333;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">I was moseying around now that Malaysians are allowed to mosey around when some clucks and crowing disturbed my aimless saunter. Alamak, I had walked into some runway models strutting their stuff!<br /></span></b></div><div style="color: #333333;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="color: #333333; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #6699cc;"><span style="border-image: initial; border-width: 1px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5F1-_2a9yq1mD_1veGFtYG6_VtESBNn6Cn9TjVtXQkqwMul2o0ION6-8dJCD-UBnHsLp_lBQUXTHV8r5vuhJYakaV8lOGCWPk8Fcb6ZFWT7h1g7tk7WGwMXRbOC7rO1YDbH7h502uRYQ/s1600-h/IMG_0089.JPG" style="color: #6699cc;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327889612917801650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5F1-_2a9yq1mD_1veGFtYG6_VtESBNn6Cn9TjVtXQkqwMul2o0ION6-8dJCD-UBnHsLp_lBQUXTHV8r5vuhJYakaV8lOGCWPk8Fcb6ZFWT7h1g7tk7WGwMXRbOC7rO1YDbH7h502uRYQ/s400/IMG_0089.JPG" style="border-color: rgb(221, 221, 221) rgb(192, 192, 192) rgb(192, 192, 192) rgb(221, 221, 221); border-image: initial; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; padding: 6px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a></span></span></div><div align="center"><b style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">These Bantam roosters are treasured prize possessions, too precious to be allowed to do the activities of normal chickens. They are not allowed to roam freely and involve themselves in petty cock fights over hens for fear of loosing any feathers or getting battle scars. They are instead seriously trained to strut for the "chookwalk." </span></b></div><div align="center"><b style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgbmrl3oG30fsR052PenaNwcZSR85SMYLl2GJl-dscZH8veaEMdUI56_S4bcE8EGbE3J15yx-i8tQgJiFumWUaVj55g52dEYk4P8c7lQmwb3-nxLPpj_3cJvbFE1rIosI18oISOIPhPvfdSIpWUcJd3Ya0VOmza6yMQh7zbHsqQzwWAXVW33648fia2A/s642/Picture1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="448" data-original-width="642" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgbmrl3oG30fsR052PenaNwcZSR85SMYLl2GJl-dscZH8veaEMdUI56_S4bcE8EGbE3J15yx-i8tQgJiFumWUaVj55g52dEYk4P8c7lQmwb3-nxLPpj_3cJvbFE1rIosI18oISOIPhPvfdSIpWUcJd3Ya0VOmza6yMQh7zbHsqQzwWAXVW33648fia2A/w400-h279/Picture1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: arial;"><b> In Malaysia, "Ayam serama" can cost as much as RM 6000 ($1500) each. Training these chickens to show off their bodies is a hobby seriously taken by the men folk in the east coast of Malaysia. </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: arial;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #351c75;">"Ayam serama" competitions are popular and the chickens are judged on their plumage colours and stance as they puff up their breasts (no silicon here, it is the real stuff). "Ayam serama" owners profess that their chickens have </span><span style="color: #990000;">more personality </span><span style="color: #351c75;">than ordinary chickens. </span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #351c75;"><br /></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #351c75;">Thus, the chickens strut on table top runways in the same way as supermodels in a fashion show, to gain the attention and hence extra points from the judges.</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #351c75; font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBHjEy-lfNtWpVJi4vk9HEMXqO-SeBVShBu5iMhntp95FhLiIJdIYBvPJ6MRJVCF6y7HF5_2TBS6kA-ibPTiUCIGNEVmo3z9Q4Aca7PduDv_6GfxzJF7s8_w-VvOi5AgwHO4osxphfPt4k6nXN7klDKM4LkHWQWum8YK6H8tJLlp6Uvej1j3V38gPBTw/s553/Picture2.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="412" data-original-width="553" height="475" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBHjEy-lfNtWpVJi4vk9HEMXqO-SeBVShBu5iMhntp95FhLiIJdIYBvPJ6MRJVCF6y7HF5_2TBS6kA-ibPTiUCIGNEVmo3z9Q4Aca7PduDv_6GfxzJF7s8_w-VvOi5AgwHO4osxphfPt4k6nXN7klDKM4LkHWQWum8YK6H8tJLlp6Uvej1j3V38gPBTw/w640-h475/Picture2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>WAY TO GO ROOSTER BOY</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b> Strut your stuff and puff up that chest.</b></div></span></div></div></div>kestrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13324874202422690542noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1235030006366245724.post-8417031536356453262022-04-22T17:52:00.004-07:002022-04-22T18:15:20.776-07:00 SOME LIKE IT HOT<p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3vM7r0c30uAQAMiZJIZXEuKbsgRRt4_rtONnRZAWJvii1kMXGicnHX2KjRskgNC4DI7q818aAHezvDK-SipsfbaHJa6NzfqFRJ-FDBlX3vRAVJrXfNUcTrI-oV9OsnPVVbMPfGvdxj7SROv3Tg9zZUTDCeQwyQUHwvARLH_4Yfe18-XjM6HMtDOsYHg/s949/Picture1.jpg" style="clear: left; display: inline; font-family: arial; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="949" data-original-width="715" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3vM7r0c30uAQAMiZJIZXEuKbsgRRt4_rtONnRZAWJvii1kMXGicnHX2KjRskgNC4DI7q818aAHezvDK-SipsfbaHJa6NzfqFRJ-FDBlX3vRAVJrXfNUcTrI-oV9OsnPVVbMPfGvdxj7SROv3Tg9zZUTDCeQwyQUHwvARLH_4Yfe18-XjM6HMtDOsYHg/w482-h640/Picture1.jpg" width="482" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Eating Hot Pot food is like Goldilocks and the Three Bears. We have three choices to cook our meal, "Some like it <span style="color: red;">MALA HOT </span>(fiery and numbing) </b></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_z2TLAi_DlJMbUEIWOXdiwsv1e2ZhXoogF76x6cctG-zv7DnoEa0rjKtdvYFr32KzHzJwM2U0xPPqupK3n20JHuYvAVKa18-t9HFDm2kiWWzAaPmQ_xeNoI1aqVVwyD9tW0MUpifcrr002I94OS6_YBWvVaPYO-GmldQ7YnrWk0RaVuZs_8en4bLGDw/s1065/Picture2.jpg" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1065" data-original-width="804" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_z2TLAi_DlJMbUEIWOXdiwsv1e2ZhXoogF76x6cctG-zv7DnoEa0rjKtdvYFr32KzHzJwM2U0xPPqupK3n20JHuYvAVKa18-t9HFDm2kiWWzAaPmQ_xeNoI1aqVVwyD9tW0MUpifcrr002I94OS6_YBWvVaPYO-GmldQ7YnrWk0RaVuZs_8en4bLGDw/w303-h400/Picture2.jpg" width="303" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: arial;">some like it <span style="color: #b45f06;">flavourful </span>with mushrooms π and </b><b style="font-family: arial;">some like it plain with <span style="color: #38761d;">winter melon </span>or white raddish." </b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6x4IbF1sLieB8KHnOmcqFrj4nlG8P4YSMpSpkb9N4XM4owIFMi7hOMjQiqTMj2JGY9CMFaeMDwjXroKvFCzQ2MS9V8_-vpZUGkMYQHd4yoyds0eLkKFdAODjrxsdohvQv9NrLN6quGM6agBMMS5DKV6Y1B_rKSvuacX82Qrcm5iYUWr6gyBEyQkwuGA/s862/Picture5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="862" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6x4IbF1sLieB8KHnOmcqFrj4nlG8P4YSMpSpkb9N4XM4owIFMi7hOMjQiqTMj2JGY9CMFaeMDwjXroKvFCzQ2MS9V8_-vpZUGkMYQHd4yoyds0eLkKFdAODjrxsdohvQv9NrLN6quGM6agBMMS5DKV6Y1B_rKSvuacX82Qrcm5iYUWr6gyBEyQkwuGA/w400-h380/Picture5.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Aeons ago when life was simpler, this used to be called steam bowl. A boiling pot of soup on a stove/hot plate was placed in the centre with many different types of sliced meat to be "thrown in" and then "fished out." No fuss! </b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>My mum made this often and we kids thought it was such fun to dip the meats in and out of the boiling soup. Note to add, it was not a Goldilocks' meal then as there was only one choice - Mama Bear's plain soup.</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b> Now steam boat has evolved to "fine dining" status where meats are aesthetically presented. The meats are sliced paper thin for instant cooking and to infuse the different dipping sauces. If the hot pot does not burn you, the prices surely will!</b></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiY8ZDMLarm3MvY6fW4qSwhPHb8_GO3CcpsNfEwzQP4ytSoUiUS7z3aBHokQ8H4xPMeWSBq7jRun3JVf3jKyOUHrWq4qCyLw9gX6haAt7F-ndzrCTHZpHnG_14nP2EmhXE-p6P76A6qED6IatDx4_JDxmUXSM3bTARvRJyF3GPWF7RMckwVLQep5HQmA/s996/Picture6.jpg" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="996" data-original-width="744" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiY8ZDMLarm3MvY6fW4qSwhPHb8_GO3CcpsNfEwzQP4ytSoUiUS7z3aBHokQ8H4xPMeWSBq7jRun3JVf3jKyOUHrWq4qCyLw9gX6haAt7F-ndzrCTHZpHnG_14nP2EmhXE-p6P76A6qED6IatDx4_JDxmUXSM3bTARvRJyF3GPWF7RMckwVLQep5HQmA/w299-h400/Picture6.jpg" width="299" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX5yZv-vzdS93pOuoYBumBz_GVCUAgx2LQiE4x-RDU22WSkFFUodSSyW5fXWM4ageTilWqGFjmLiMwkp4apD81y2hGEHQt_h13ucWh6AOu0uaSfAWxmZ-D4W7vIdHiRakAmT_n5hNQBqPvqYyf-mR0fNFWfycOFtEcnSjCW_-NDs9vg-vKuwGpgOaOmA/s1143/Picture9.jpg" style="clear: left; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGvvwVnRmYPcvtsjkkESFX_qMEvuS9CQHt7G8VQYg-HMRyeEX4D61FgOt5j84xvdEmPAFUcMRtGWTLdwqM_tHjB8nbGzWz3VNEShqXbQgLR_3H8NGWLZOin8XLHD-poODTGZyXCAZPHSpdGp9ILFBxoT9EargLl6BYnj1IGaHWl0N8G3h6dWPUlSo3A/s904/Picture1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="904" data-original-width="731" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGvvwVnRmYPcvtsjkkESFX_qMEvuS9CQHt7G8VQYg-HMRyeEX4D61FgOt5j84xvdEmPAFUcMRtGWTLdwqM_tHjB8nbGzWz3VNEShqXbQgLR_3H8NGWLZOin8XLHD-poODTGZyXCAZPHSpdGp9ILFBxoT9EargLl6BYnj1IGaHWl0N8G3h6dWPUlSo3A/w324-h400/Picture1.jpg" width="324" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"> <b style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;"> At 32 degrees Celsius, it was a hot humid morning for gardening. But gardening I did. A simple task of just trimming my potted plants put me into a mass of sweat and itch from mozzie bites. I trimmed and chopped from 8.30am to 11.30 am and ended with 3 huge bags.</b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpLQrxYD4pSo9Wc3MCP1Vld7QWjIUvRQiw_n1C7CE5zaKN4luIGiCGf2BaPbFWC04w6T57P4y16inAO9vadpVwfJw3VDH2z5EGZP_C3uRY2PguPSfKMrgKfW6W3OBhTEz5cMWB8Vf_MB29kQuvBAlygp-IH33RZ-an3dpeSZqSsY078O79uuL7U0RSYg/s933/Picture1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="702" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpLQrxYD4pSo9Wc3MCP1Vld7QWjIUvRQiw_n1C7CE5zaKN4luIGiCGf2BaPbFWC04w6T57P4y16inAO9vadpVwfJw3VDH2z5EGZP_C3uRY2PguPSfKMrgKfW6W3OBhTEz5cMWB8Vf_MB29kQuvBAlygp-IH33RZ-an3dpeSZqSsY078O79uuL7U0RSYg/w301-h400/Picture1.jpg" width="301" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;"> Science says solids cannot be compressed but I proved science wrong as I squeezed, crushed and squashed a whole garden of waste. The plants finally looked refreshed just like how we look better after a good trim at the hair dresser. </b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFNT5arQAyRk9UrRlDX42RsVHcRoL7U4iOnAzF67ihVKrwfIhKUpYIQA0vQqATlxcHzgEyd8VJ3OI_jVDHhyZJEvtbeiq17qM8RrbM7OAAzYMYACm9mbP_Ld4_JfwZ8aAB6TP-7zQ5s9QG4wubeinL9_iWOaEHOOKWmc5HORYPmW1nCvpsOCvjFC8hbQ/s930/Picture2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="930" data-original-width="700" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFNT5arQAyRk9UrRlDX42RsVHcRoL7U4iOnAzF67ihVKrwfIhKUpYIQA0vQqATlxcHzgEyd8VJ3OI_jVDHhyZJEvtbeiq17qM8RrbM7OAAzYMYACm9mbP_Ld4_JfwZ8aAB6TP-7zQ5s9QG4wubeinL9_iWOaEHOOKWmc5HORYPmW1nCvpsOCvjFC8hbQ/w301-h400/Picture2.jpg" width="301" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;"><b> Today is Monday, pick-up day for garden waste by the PJ City Council trucks. I worked fast to catch the trucks cos' I did not want the waste rotting outside for one week. </b></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEginrmuKbsuxHVsVQ2jWOOV-NotDxwqQRDDnjSUzie84-UnuB3WTqjOcQew7QAPC94lfjvAMqkogDWWa_8NVfVIgD7577edRIk2SxOtjx-Ey_rEgANoI5Rs5EtpLwRU2CYeX3W-9NqL9ijLJZveCcbsrGmeFCnjZ2plyH25CZqWZaxuWleoyLQxuxNW6w/s952/Picture3.jpg" style="font-family: arial; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="952" data-original-width="717" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEginrmuKbsuxHVsVQ2jWOOV-NotDxwqQRDDnjSUzie84-UnuB3WTqjOcQew7QAPC94lfjvAMqkogDWWa_8NVfVIgD7577edRIk2SxOtjx-Ey_rEgANoI5Rs5EtpLwRU2CYeX3W-9NqL9ijLJZveCcbsrGmeFCnjZ2plyH25CZqWZaxuWleoyLQxuxNW6w/w301-h400/Picture3.jpg" width="301" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;">The sun had no pity for me today. But I was too busy to bargain for Mr. sunshine to hide behind the clouds.</b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzfecAsudmp7ZRNesfgaZ1Mgj7w_IAyMuHze9bisWAkuEkBL3xSkGpeH6_7UxwLkWKEiGZAubc_V5XUJPiSjjZ2BnVLPt5O22bXYeoGh5AD714Jnj2VlweVDp8FrQ4e8QaPU0S5Ju4Xo8YODpIGQQqmWn2F3AjbUctkpkE4OH9wgFLdheEZKCBi6TfNA/s938/Picture4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="938" data-original-width="707" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzfecAsudmp7ZRNesfgaZ1Mgj7w_IAyMuHze9bisWAkuEkBL3xSkGpeH6_7UxwLkWKEiGZAubc_V5XUJPiSjjZ2BnVLPt5O22bXYeoGh5AD714Jnj2VlweVDp8FrQ4e8QaPU0S5Ju4Xo8YODpIGQQqmWn2F3AjbUctkpkE4OH9wgFLdheEZKCBi6TfNA/w301-h400/Picture4.jpg" width="301" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;"> I just slapped on more sunblock (SPF 50+ for maximum protection!) and my eyes stung as the sunblock mixed with sweat dribbled into my eyes. OUCH, but there was no stopping this intrepid busy bee.</b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpOrGDpbnNgFuiX_3Wnrw3CMTcDZc0OyfyucCZTg8LcfFPfD2hJgmFv4IiVtvVVb8tBhSrqZYx5NqFwvOtqQf_7yQZGNo1lef9QHW4bJV1Gpu34jCdmZNxG05Y68Yx-tEg6T52R1ov3UmP6Mr16ySNoOnq22j4mbjxqoVKtaKjV-36iwkRdf-5urbcyg/s906/Picture5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="906" data-original-width="684" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpOrGDpbnNgFuiX_3Wnrw3CMTcDZc0OyfyucCZTg8LcfFPfD2hJgmFv4IiVtvVVb8tBhSrqZYx5NqFwvOtqQf_7yQZGNo1lef9QHW4bJV1Gpu34jCdmZNxG05Y68Yx-tEg6T52R1ov3UmP6Mr16ySNoOnq22j4mbjxqoVKtaKjV-36iwkRdf-5urbcyg/w303-h400/Picture5.jpg" width="303" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvwKkbxW6P0UVf4lshylRPd0_SuNnrZRBDAn3QBk6Z2SbTkcop_PJ3aZTH-ZZ5c938vCSSggeg9An6L0UE4zA-kiBea8bfoqjiWgnn_ctrZ0vU0QWnowCKgxb0ThKaQ6Qv4V8dW6uzgJ10WGvkzd-7AgxPakG1MPGNMFxSmKEaoGICpdXqMnxJMzKQ0A/s837/Picture6.jpg" style="display: inline; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="837" data-original-width="633" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvwKkbxW6P0UVf4lshylRPd0_SuNnrZRBDAn3QBk6Z2SbTkcop_PJ3aZTH-ZZ5c938vCSSggeg9An6L0UE4zA-kiBea8bfoqjiWgnn_ctrZ0vU0QWnowCKgxb0ThKaQ6Qv4V8dW6uzgJ10WGvkzd-7AgxPakG1MPGNMFxSmKEaoGICpdXqMnxJMzKQ0A/w303-h400/Picture6.jpg" width="303" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;">As there was no peace for the wicked, I just ploughed through. </b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidVSUQZbH6aqwYHV7f3p8MnHYyT9_HSOARM0_m5qkn9wvgBd2fpzt6AU_1Cyz-EgwxZ0yUzfeTz_-92Xvvfg-UPgkPwPqqT8LUkPb8LYZS1fjMxCJwVzb2lLfY39lcdbVotbmBcjl7shJhGptfAxukfzgmISSl5-JO4S0p8AM_iu5ZlRmAu5bHL-N8tA/s903/Picture7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="903" data-original-width="680" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidVSUQZbH6aqwYHV7f3p8MnHYyT9_HSOARM0_m5qkn9wvgBd2fpzt6AU_1Cyz-EgwxZ0yUzfeTz_-92Xvvfg-UPgkPwPqqT8LUkPb8LYZS1fjMxCJwVzb2lLfY39lcdbVotbmBcjl7shJhGptfAxukfzgmISSl5-JO4S0p8AM_iu5ZlRmAu5bHL-N8tA/w301-h400/Picture7.jpg" width="301" /></a></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhna0gvLd3soOOtB245ESVduH0KbnO8OzfDteKyUkN5-_8gx8hVAm5zwfxorOQtkEccy0gKRO3qwvqEh5ce7VnfdGkFV-0W_SxvSDVLTmyefXPMTyv0e2ELs80bp_la29_D6Y4JXzxE5MOOx23427vIgjU4_kbJ6bsYhgJDNqz28Yq6FS_fx4neLqM9KA/s1379/Picture8.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1049" data-original-width="1379" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhna0gvLd3soOOtB245ESVduH0KbnO8OzfDteKyUkN5-_8gx8hVAm5zwfxorOQtkEccy0gKRO3qwvqEh5ce7VnfdGkFV-0W_SxvSDVLTmyefXPMTyv0e2ELs80bp_la29_D6Y4JXzxE5MOOx23427vIgjU4_kbJ6bsYhgJDNqz28Yq6FS_fx4neLqM9KA/w400-h304/Picture8.png" width="400" /></a><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzLEBQe6iL3IoFt15f7G-pI-xXkPNBhRhlXxfndPOYXSn6iIhwpsmr3P19OaWtV6xIzRcCHreS4zJjzhimuWz_wTFvnS-3bQaYZjjYftRjuRby8FsSU6zTzXDtbtnInbB2YhLbMTwpduaESOZABYvJsFM55cVrHfYnAnXwzeNSc6fyfYrSu8y1ZcbaGQ/s893/Picture9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="893" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzLEBQe6iL3IoFt15f7G-pI-xXkPNBhRhlXxfndPOYXSn6iIhwpsmr3P19OaWtV6xIzRcCHreS4zJjzhimuWz_wTFvnS-3bQaYZjjYftRjuRby8FsSU6zTzXDtbtnInbB2YhLbMTwpduaESOZABYvJsFM55cVrHfYnAnXwzeNSc6fyfYrSu8y1ZcbaGQ/s320/Picture9.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;">Sadly, my forever faithful companion Thory abandoned me as he sought refuge under the bed. </b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWk80aS7fEsd7ie11OoaLPCmRh8TYZC05EIsDvdpbzMlHgOieK7ARkFcSHxNX_O6P1u8YpiEvhdy60xjeHOiOP6FNLO9mZ5FFYjxTPcXIpYcFMKYUABWn_-srQnOo1OCa2R8DCmKJ-lVC7TbVIFPoVwnE_pdOMjm-Z4HYLJCaBBZ1ufuFxzFfhZ6NCtQ/s996/thory.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="942" data-original-width="996" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWk80aS7fEsd7ie11OoaLPCmRh8TYZC05EIsDvdpbzMlHgOieK7ARkFcSHxNX_O6P1u8YpiEvhdy60xjeHOiOP6FNLO9mZ5FFYjxTPcXIpYcFMKYUABWn_-srQnOo1OCa2R8DCmKJ-lVC7TbVIFPoVwnE_pdOMjm-Z4HYLJCaBBZ1ufuFxzFfhZ6NCtQ/w400-h379/thory.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b style="color: #800180; font-family: arial;">You really cannot get good help these days!</b></div><p></p>kestrelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13324874202422690542noreply@blogger.com11