My Longkang

Today’s snapshot was taken at a friend’s shop. He told me these were very hot items in his shop. Many kids came to buy these toys. These toys are joined to a key chain and sold at Rm1.20 in his shop each.

Perhaps it shows the generation gap but I honestly do not see what is so cool about keeping figurines like these as toys. It seems to be a fad amongst school children. They are actually made of plastic although they look like metal. The kids attach it to their pencil cases, school bags, water containers etc… perhaps to look hip?

Character : Late thirties, tanned complexion, very well built, long haired contractor reminiscent of Alan Tang of the late 70s movies.

Kee Chin : Look at all these people celebrating Mother’s Day. I have never celebrated Mother’s Day. And not once has my mother found fault in me. I have low education but I have provided for my mother. I treat her with all the respect she deserves.
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Daisy: Bengbeng. Amy ( Mrs BB ) is not here? Wuah you are so clever you prepare breakfast for Benghui. Alamak! What are you doing? Alamak! What is this? Sweet potato? Aiya it should not be eaten like this lah. You must remove the skin. Boil it in water and add some sugar so that it will taste better. Add also some yam and red beans.
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I have this plant of the yam family all over my garden. It is very hard to get rid of. Some people think of it as an ornamental plant. My question is does any one know whether its yam is safe to eat? I welcome feedback. I have quite a number of this type of plant. The biggest I had was was almost two meters tall last Christmas but it died during my house renovation.
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Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi announced today that after taking into consideration the impact on job opportunities for fresh graduates, the retirement age has been extended to 58.

This piece of news will surely be welcomed by many members of the civil service. I won’t assume I can understand how they feel until I reach the age but I know this piece of news will have deep repercussions in the lives of families all over the country.
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Benghui has to be tempted and coaxed sometimes to eat what we wish him to eat. In my younger days, due to limited funds, we seldom had meat dishes and if we did, the meat or chicken would be cut to small pieces to flavour the dish rather than as the main dish. I remember eating lots of vegetables especially tauge ( bean sprouts ) and tauhu ( bean curd ) eaten with rojak paste. These days the same stuff costs much more

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Apart from my family, other beings too inhabit my home. I generally do not place too much importance on them. As a rule, we do not kill these creatures unless we absolutely have to or accidentally step on them. We try to keep them out by using netting at the windows. Insecticides are taboo in my home. I am just sharing with you some of the fellow inhabitants of my humble home and garden.

1. small worm-like creature
2. beetle
3. moth
4. lizard

Have a great weekend every body and thanks for dropping by.

Nowadays life is very complicated. I don’t have much time to do marketing or going shopping. I just sneak into a supermarket, do my thing and rush back to the office or home. It saves so much time. It is so difficult to find parking spaces and searching for a Chinese medicine shop and ask for this and that. I bought this superior herbal soup packet about a month ago I think.
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Recycled Benghui wushu video. Amazing it has been almost half a year since then. Time really flies.

Woke up this morning with Benghui reminding me of his wushu today and not to take heed of Auntie Bengsim’s wish for him to discontinue his wushu classes. After breakfast I went to check on this blog and it is such a pleasure to receive a great opening to wonderful day. It cheers me up immensely. I received a comment from sweet jasmine. She is very sweet and I go over to her blog every now and then.
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It is Friday night and I am so glad. A time to rest. What’s been happening in my life? I was back late because of work commitments and Benghui worried my red parrots would starve. He fed them half a cup of fish food. Normally I feed them half a tea spoonful. Luckily I came home in time. Otherwise my fish might have died The water was red in color.
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