High up

The photos in my previous post did not show clearly the position of the CNY decors. So in this post, here are some photos that show clearly that the red frames with the birds and flowers were hung from the ceiling and appeared to be floating in the air. Please click on the photos to view a bigger version.

I also like the ground CNY decors where they put large flowers behind translucent screens giving the whole setup a mysterious feel. It is like you can see the flowers, but you can't see it clearly so you have to walk closer to it and peer through the screen or walk to its side and look at the flowers from the side opening. Really a great idea to attract people. Next CNY, I will be back for the decors! :)

Pairs

Came across these photos of CNY decors that I took early this year and decided to post them up.

Passionately green

A big thank you to everyone who left comments and answers for my previous post. The answer is passion fruit.

I did pick one with a diameter of about 4 cm off the vine and waited for it to ripen but it did not. Instead the skin started to become wrinkled so I decided to cut it open and examine its inside. I was not sure whether it was edible or not when it was unripe but I ate it anyway. As expected it was sour since it was unripe.

There are two common types of passion fruit - one that turns purple when it is ripe and the other bright yellow. I will visit the vine regularly to find out which type this one is - that is if I manage to find a ripe fruit on the vine.

Fruitful

One day, when I went to visit my friend, I saw an old man picking some round (may be a bit oval) green fruits from a climber plant (vine) that was growing on the public fence along the main road opposite my friend's house. He collected a huge bag of the fruits.

I assumed that the plants were wild plants as they were growing on a public fence. The fruits must be very useful or even edible for the man to be standing in the hot sun picking them one by one off the vines so a few days later, when I went to visit my friend again, I took some photos of the flower and the fruit. Then I searched the internet for the name of this fruit as my friend did not know what it was and I found the answer.

By looking at the photos below, do you know what fruit this is? It is edible and is sold in supermarkets but its colour is not green when it is ripe and supermarkets usually sell ripe ones only. Please make a guess. Thank you! :)

The flower

The fruit

Sweet lunch

There are days when I don't feel like eating due to the hot weather so I'll have an orange for breakfast and a block of chocolate ice-cream on a slice of wholemeal bread for lunch. I'll start with the ice cream and after I have finished eating the ice cream, I will eat the slice of bread with melted ice cream on it. This way, my plate stays clean and not a single drop of ice cream is wasted.

Postcard

It is so thoughtful and nice of Wenn to send me the following Athens postcard from Ipoh. Thanks Wenn! :)

Ten hours

It has been more than a year since I last been to Penang so it is about time to go and visit my brother there and we did just that recently. The three of us - my mother, sister and I decided to do it during weekdays so that my brother and my sister-in-law can still have their rest days on weekends instead of needing to show us around.

All three of us can't remember when the last time was that we took a 5-hour bus trip to anywhere and since we can't remember, we took the bus this time - 5 hours from KL to Penang on day 1 and another 5 hours back on day 3. And we concluded that this is our last long distance bus journey.

Even though the double-decker bus was clean and comfortable but we are too old to withstand the swaying of the bus. This post is to remind us to never take the bus again. Previously we either take a flight or self-drive.

For the 42 hours that we were in Penang, we spent 12 hours sleeping and only 30 hours sightseeing and eating but we are satisfied because our purpose is to visit my brother and sister-in-law.

A big thank you to them for putting us up at their lovely place and buying us dinner. Will it be another 1 year before we visit you two again? Perhaps.

Early morning sun

Took bus 102 here on Day 2