Pet Greetings......

Getting in the mood....

Nativity scene at St.Michaels Church......waiting for baby Jesus...nice large statues.....

...pets make great greeting cards......


stay tuned....

My 1st Christmas on the blog.....

Guess there is always a 1st time for everything...this is my first christmas blog. Just 2 days away so i'd better get the house ready....managed to get a box of poinsettas from Cameron Highlands..so i'd better finish the house decorations.....

..how to upgrade your porch for christmas.....


..even the fish pond can be touched up.....

...well the tree is done.....

bought the turkey this morning....and is now defrosting.......

so the house is ready.....trees up..now just waiting for baby Jesus to arrive....

stay tuned....will try to post more christmas shots over the next few days....

cheers.

Ipoh Padang....then and currently

On any morning when you take your morning walk around Ipoh Padang right in the heart of town you cannot fail to notice these MBI workers erecting the poles for the next sporting game to be held at the coming weekend.

carrying a pole .. ..standing it up....

....putting up the top bar.....


its a convenient setup as the store for all these games apparatus is right next to the padang.

..by 8am poles up ..and the flag too.....

..the game for the weekend ....RUGBY......


but that was earlier this year in June....

..now this is what the field looks like currently.....a 4WD track

...in June.....

...currently.....

..more carnage????

..and it covers half the field!!!! ( click to enlarge photo)

this is the last event that plowed the padang!!..the launching of wireless services...

what i can't understand was that the MBI office was nearby but somehow no preventive measures were forthcoming. Considering there have been so many big events held at this premier padang i'm surprised it happened.

Hopefully the repairs won't cost a bomb..and we can get back our Ipoh Padang asap.


cheers.

Poon Choy .....the unity dish

Recently I was invited to my friend's parents 50th wedding anniversary. The menu had only one dish and it was called Poon Choy.It was huge round basin with loads of delicious food..like prawns, 2 types of abalone, oyster, braised pork, broccoli , sea cucumber, mushrooms and a few more. For a table of 12 it was alot.

I arranged the ingredients for you to have an idea how delicious was the dish.

The significance of the dish was that of a family coming together and all sharing a meal from one big pot...resembling unity and happiness as one big family. It was truly a wonderful meal.

cheers!

Deepavali@Little India Ipoh (2)

I returned at night to view the night scene...it was raining...but the crowds were still there...it was different at night....( pls click on the photos to enlarge)

..I noticed that the whole family came out....guess it must be last minute shopping

..or to get the food that is available only during this time ..or to get a burger???

the kacang puteh stall.....packed with goodies....

besides the whole families there were alot of nice ladies here too...

..which i didn't see earlier this morning.....at night there were 2 of these 'Henna 'art stalls



..at the live show at Dataran Little India...there was a huge crowd....



i can understand why ...it was a Bollywood performance..

..fully charged.....


it had the full attention from the crowd......

from every angle.....



Overall Little India Ipoh has stamped its mark as a happening place during Deepavali...I hope it stays that way....alot of us don't visit homes nowadays so its nice to feel the atmosphere of a community at a common location...like 'Malaysia truly asia'....

On the way back to my car was greeted by this 'popular comedian' at VKK store....boy this is a really a good Deepavali show...

cheers!!