Reusing bottles

Lately I need to protect my toothbrush from house lizards / house geckos. I did not want to buy a toothbrush holder with a cover so I looked around my house to find materials that I could use to make one. In the end, I made one using two PET bottles and the lid of a small container.

I started off with two PET bottles (only one bottle is shown in the photo below), a small container and a scissors.

Cut each bottle into 2 parts. I only need the bottom part. Then cut a hole in the middle of the lid of the small container.

Result: a toothbrush holder with a cover. The lid of the small container holds the toothbrush in place inside the bottom part of the 1st bottle. The bottom part of the 2nd bottle acts as the cover.

2 & 2

I went to the following fiesta and saw 4 hot air balloons. The day was sunny and hot but it was cool and windy under the shady trees, just right for a nice walk. A good long healthy walk. Ended the day feeling tired but happy.

Helicopter ride is available too

Must be hot to be standing underneath the fire

A colourful one

Can you see the bridge?

This is as high as it gets

Pointer to the sky

1 & 1 only

This is the only soft toy that I have ever owned. When I was a child, I do have toys but not soft toys. I just don't fancy them. Then one day after a movie with my boyfriend (now husband), I saw this bear and felt that it looked like him so he bought it for me. And that was 20 years ago. This bear is still with me now because  I couldn't bear to throw it away. I am such a sentimental fool person.

Never again

Today I found out that I don't like nor want to eat fried food anymore. I used to love eating fish and chip but when I embark on a healthy eating journey recently, I stop eating fried food.

During lunch today, I suddenly decided to eat fish and chip in a cafe at a medical center where I was a visitor from 6.30am to 3.30pm and discovered that I no longer like to eat them. So no more fried food for me. Back to munching apples and greens.

Not my big breakfast (chicken ham) 25, banana muffin 6.75, flat white 9.5

Not my latte 11.50

My seabass fish and chip 32 halfway through (98.30)

再見

Ivan

21 December 1997 - 19 February 2012

14+ Years Old

Beloved Companion.
You will be missed dearly.

No = Know

On this Valentine's Day, the years








is equal to the years








so let us create more memories together.

Here's wishing all my blogging friends a very Happy Valentine's Day! May you enjoy the day with your loved ones.

Taking care

With another 5 days to go, the 15 days celebration for Chinese New Year will be over. It was a low-key celebration for us this year as a month before CNY, my mother-in-law (early seventies) who is on medication for diabetes and high blood pressure was admitted twice to the hospital for tachycardia (heart beating too fast). For both times, the doctors couldn't find the cause but managed to bring her heart rate under control. Then they scheduled her for an angiogram with angioplasty if required.

The angiogram was done on her heart 3 days before CNY and the diagnosis: 3VD (three-vessel coronary artery disease). The doctors did not perform an angioplasty on her because of the high number of coronary arteries involved. Instead they will be having a discussion after CNY to see whether a cardiac bypass surgery is suitable for her.

Although all of us are worried about her health, it is still a good CNY for all of us. There were laughter and smiles as my in-laws spend precious quality time together with the children and grandchildren. Despite it being CNY where we were supposed to gorge ourselves silly with cookies and junk food, all of us ate healthy meals that are low in salt, low in sugar, and low in saturated fat so this means no waxed meat and no dried meat.

With this, all of us are reminded to take good care of our health. Once good health is lost, one will always be on medication until the time comes for us to say good bye.