We eat at home more often now.  There aren’t many choices at where we live when it comes to vegetarian food.  Perhaps we haven’t been looking hard enough.  We used to take away economy rice, which is white rice with dishes to choose from and pack into a lunch box but that seems to be difficult to find here.  Most are non-vegetarians.  For lunch or dinner, we have two dishes with white rice.

Sometimes, we have other things like vegetarian sushi.  They are made with vegetarian sausages or soy ‘chicken pieces’.  With some mashed potatoes added in, the sushi taste marvelous!  Lately, a new flavor has been invented, corn kernel salad, which is a good combination for sushi too!

We also use bread as pizza base to make vegetarian pizzas.  Nowadays, they sell readily mixed pizza cheese toppings and it is so easy to use.  Just cut some tomatoes and capsicums, lay them on the bread, spread the cheese on top and put them in the oven.  Within a matter of minutes, you will be served with hot and yummy pizzas!

Well, there you go!  Some of the food that we eat now.  We intend to try more new things and keep you updated soon!

A new year has just arrived on our doorstep.  Are you ready to open the door and welcome the future?  There is a very good Chinese saying.  A day’s plan starts in the morning, a year’s plan starts in spring.  Have you listed out your 2012 resolutions?  If you haven’t, it is never too late to do it.

I am sure that everybody must have been through many different stages in life.  Sometimes, it takes a lot of courage to move out of our comfort zone and deal with the challenges which lie ahead of us.  Let’s be stronger this year and face all the hardship that we have been running away from!

Wishing everybody a happy, healthy and prosperous 2012!

Our tortoise has not been very active for some time.  We were quite worried about him and we really don’t want to lose him, which is our only pet now.  We took him to the vet the other day and she said that he is lacking in vitamins and maybe we should consider changing his ‘house’.  And we did.

We bought him a round box instead of the usual rectangular ones.  I was quite attracted by the accessories that are mounted to the center of the box.  There is a bridge, a coconut tree and something like a ladder.  And I like the little slope too.  Initially, he was still not moving much in his new home.  Then, we put him nearer to the windows.  And one fine afternoon, I found him basking on that little slope!

And the next minute, he was ‘climbing up’ the ladder!  He pressed himself against the ladder with his front legs stretched out.  It was such an adorable sight!  I have not seen him gone up the bridge though.  I hope Mr Tortoise likes his new place!

The boat was full of chattering sound.  Everyone, including us, were excited during the departure as well as on our way back.  Friends and family exchanging news and recent happenings around the world.

This is the jetty.  There were different boats.  You might have to be careful when getting on the boat on your way back because we noticed that the authorities (or no authorities) didn’t check our tickets at the jetty.  However, our tickets were briefly checked when we got back to the resort where we departed.

The staircase to…. heaven? Haha :D  If our thoughts are positive and at peace, everywhere is heaven, do you agree?

This part of the boat seems to be quite hot.  It could be the weather or the air-conditioner compressors.  On that day, I think it was both.

As the boat was moving, you could enjoy the warm sea breeze while looking at the sea view.  If you are lucky, you might even see some fish performing acrobatic actions in front of you! :)  We were fortunate enough to see a long-shaped fish jumping on the surface of the water.  It happened in a matter of seconds!

Ahem~~no entry!  Strictly for the captain only!

Time flies.  Happy time flies even faster.  It is time to go but we will be back again.

This is the final post for our Pangkor trip in August 2011.

The memory of visiting Pangkor Island when I was a child is very vague.  I cannot recall much details except that my mum and I had to take a really long boat ride before we could reach the island.

When I stepped foot on the island again, I felt that it has evolved a lot.

This is a picture taken from far.  Take note of the colourful object at the far left.  It is one of those slides made of plastic, which is meant for water activities I think.

We did not go to the beach.  We went to the temple and took all the pictures from there.  However, we were still sunburned.

Pangkor Island, the frog / toad, Colin and SiewPeng.

There are many boats on the beach.  I am not sure whether they belong to anyone though.  And there was a colourful banana boat too.

Visitors having fun!

Waves at Pangkor Island.

View from another angle.

There are two cement blocks on the beach but I am not sure of their purposes.

A zoom-in to have a closer look.

Do you know what they are for?