This pandemic of Covid-19 has changed everyone in this world and forced everybody to put the same thoughts in their mind for a long time to come. It's like God is waking up everyone and remind us to live in a meaningful way again. The world has become very sick today with so much toxic pollution in the air, environment and even the human hearts. Our Mother Nature is not spared either by the heartless beings who felled the forests, pollute rivers & oceans and waged wars between countries until millions of people and animals are made homeless. This has been running in my thoughts for the past 51 days since the MCO lockdown. We should LOVE Our World.
What have I been doing after giving up being a TV couch potato, besides sweating myself with rigorous exercise?
I tak boleh duduk diam-diam di rumah, so I went out to buy some very urgent grocery. I was surprised that the supermarket placed a scanning device that could read my temperature when my ugly face fitted their screen's facial outline for capturing. I stood about 1 meter away and have doubts about its accuracy. The airports do have them too.What do you think?
These are my urgent groceries like Horlicks and Milo beverages for our daily breakfast. Pumpkin for my wife to make her delicious Pumpkin Soup. Our daily bread and Lettuce for my TT tortoise which is so fussy. TT doesn't like broccoli, cabbage, carrots or fruits like other tortoise. Maybe it is still growing slowly and steady. It likes Daun Keduk surprisingly, so I am farming them in large quantity now.
At night I went to Texas Chicken and saw this customer who was so well protected like someone from Star Wars Sand Troopers. The counter cashier could not even hear his Darth Vader voice. Haha
I bought Spicy Chicken for my wife and a Wrap for myself. I also bought 6 pieces of Honey Butter Biscuits. MONKEY SEE, MONKEY DO.... I followed Mun's style and put all the Honey Butter Biscuits into the freezer for experiment! Hihihi
There is a petrol kiosk in my area that sells so much Malay and Nyonya Kuehs from noon. It would be sold out by late evening esp during the Ramadan Month. Look at the Kueh Bingkar selling at RM2.00 for 4 pieces!!! Cheap and yummy!
My sister made Sourdough Bread several times through trial & errors. Finally she delivered one successful loaf to me to try. It was not easy to bake as she had to ferment the dough using natural yeast and loctobacilli. Have you ever eaten this Sourdough Bread?
Over the days and weeks, I was being well fed by my Chef Wife. She made Bak Kut Teh with soup and the dry version with lots of garlic.
We also had spicy & sour Tom Yum Soup and Fried Bitter Gourd with Pork Belly & Roast Char Siew. I had 2 plates full of rice!
On another day, she fried Pumpkin with dried small shrimps. The dark meat is her signature Roast Char Siew which gets 10/10 marks for its rich & flavourful taste. It could not get any lighter due to the generous coating of her own black soya sauce.
The minute the MCO was eased, I sneaked back to my old condo and got workers to polish the whole marble floor after the China's tenants tore my kitchen sink and left permanent stains on the walls and marble floor. Now the floor is shiny like brand new again. Times are bad and the guy charged me only RM550 instead of RM1000. That's probably he knew I am a good buddy with the agent who brought him many customers.
Times are really bad with the global economy sliding downwards now. Are we on the verge of having a serious global recession soon? Many properties are suddenly hanging banners FOR SALE in Uptown. Many houses are up FOR SALE in my neighborhood too. Scary!
Stay Safe Everyone.
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I was quite depressed actually (but i tried to stay positive and console myself) bcos it is like coming to the end of the worlf with so many people died and dying and with global recession where people are going to lose their jobs and having hard times ahead. Humans had did too much harm to the environment and now it is payback time. Mother nafure is healing with lesser cars on the roads, no aeroplanes flying and factories shutting down. Trump just said that he does not how many people will die from this pandemic and he is set fo open up the economy, open shops etc. Those are the americans who value freedom more than health and who spend watever money they had, unlike asians who tend to hv backup money and savings. The world and life has changed. Hugs and kisses now become weapons and not visiting friends and family now become act of love. Irony. Those are just my two cents worth thoughts. I hope for better days.
ReplyDeleteIt was depressing for everyone at the beginning and people felt better after putting their thoughts & prayers to this reality. I hope the pandemic will end by this year. It might slowly decrease in different stages for different countries as we can see the daily world report updates. Some keep rising up while some are going down or no new cases.
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Wow i want that fried bittergourd with pork belly and roast char siew, yums! So satisfying to eat with white rice. And oh mine that signature roast char siew sounds so tasty under your description. Alamak why you use that black pic with coffin and ask us to stay safe, not very suitable lah, lol.
ReplyDeleteI have removed that photo as others might scream too. Hahaha
DeleteThat African funeral service of dancing had become a viral joke and these cats pix have no copyright. Actually death is not a bad thing but a natural journey for human lives.
And that homemade bkt with both soup and dry version, you are so blessed!
ReplyDeleteYou can learn to make the soup version using the ready-mix herbal sachets sold in Supermarket. Just add pork ribs and garlic bulbs. I don't know what my wife added until as good as the Klang BKT
DeleteI see that you have been going ronda2 after being confined at home for too long. I have not seen that type of temperature scanning device before, only the gun type.
ReplyDeleteYour TT also fussy, I thought tortoise would eat many types of vegetables like kangkung. I wonder how big TT will grow as I have seen big tortoise in photos and on TV.
That customer at Texas Chicken betul2 well equipped hah..hah.. So far I have seen those using face visor like the one your wife modeled on your earlier post.
All those kueh, I won't be able t resist! I only ate sourdough bread once and I liked it. I don't understand why I have not bought any to eat even though there is a Yin's Sourdough at Uptown!
Your wife is fantastic! She had mood to cook everyday and cooks very good food too. Lucky you!
It is not easy to keep a small eater tortoise as one bunch of kangkung could last 2 weeks and will rot in my fridge. The tortoise does not eat everyday! They like to meditate and face the corner for hours. That is why they live over 100 years sometimes.
DeleteYou and my wife have similar cooking traits & way of saving the food in the fridge. Some days she was rushing her work yet she still wanted to cook until I had to stop her. I went to tapao and that gave her extra 2 hours for her work instead of sweating in the kitchen.
Lucky you, have homemade "ai xin" sourdough and home cooked food~~~
ReplyDeleteI wonder where you stay as I know the supermarket you went in this post and I stay nearby too.
One food I miss during MCO are those colourful yummy Nyonya/Malay kuih muih.
I don't live in that area but just passed by. It was my second time visiting that branch supermarket.
DeleteMy wife found very yummy Nyonya Kuehs at Chao Yang coffee shop in SS2. Will head there again.
If I had to go out looking like the guy with full goggles, ventilator mask and gloves, I'd rather just stay home. I've not seen anyone so fully geared (or should I say paranoid) before...the most geared I've seen is someone wearing gloves or a face shield.
ReplyDeleteI see you also got Massimo bread...Gardenia still very elusive! ;D You're so lucky to be able to get Nyonya kuih from a petrol kiosk near you...I so miss them! And yes, I've eaten sourdough many times. I love the airy texture besides being slightly chewy (nothing like the soft texture of store-bought bread). They're great lightly toasted as a sandwich or for dunking into creamy soups.
From the photos of the food your wife cooked, I know she's a good cook. She can cook many dishes that I can't. If I have someone cook like that for me, I can also finish all the food...lol! :D
I agree that I would stay at home instead of wearing that full gadgets for protection. Luckily he didn't wear his PPE suit otherwise I would flee from there. He enjoyed all the stares and attention. LOL
DeleteI would say my wife is a very determined and hardworking chef. There is nothing she would not try and no mountain she will not climb in future. I take pride when she threw home parties for the guests to enjoy her food.
Comb hair until so lengzai.
ReplyDeleteWhen uncle goes to supermarket, he needs to look super good. Do I still have market? Muahahaha
DeleteAll the yummy food, the kueh is what I want most. i I like little bit of this and that for the kueh. Ramadan month is normally the time I go hunt for all types of traditional kueh.
ReplyDeleteI think sweet desserts and Nyonya Kuehs are the most appetizing food that would brighten everyone's day. Whenever I brought a big tray of Ang Koo Kuehs to the temple as offering to the monks during lunch, the other guests would sapu habis that first.
DeleteOh, my area Jaya Jusco does not have the canggih scanning thingy, they used the normal thermometer "gun"... anyway, hope it is accurate! Good that you have a masterchef at home to tend to tummy needs! hahaha.. On the grimmer side, yes, it is disheartening to see many has closed their businesses... in less than 3 months, the changes is drastic...
ReplyDeleteToday I walked inside the whole 2 floors of One Utama and noticed few shops have gulung tikar permanently including the Reebok's outlet. This pandemic affects the rich and poor fellas.
DeleteOh, luckily I read after you remove the coffin. I can talk about death but I don't like the not nice things associated with death. When I die, I don't want to be in a coffin, can I find a place which will cremate my corpse without a coffin?
ReplyDeleteYou can request to be wrapped in newspapers or bales of cloth for cremation. You are really hilarious!
DeleteOh really? Can wrapped in my own clothes la for cremation. No need to waste wood for coffin since is to be burned.
DeleteThe Muslims also wrap with just white cloth and a temporary coffin as cover. Eventually the burial will take place without coffin. You can request and adopt this too.
DeleteWah, which supermarket is this? So canggih like airport!
ReplyDeleteHero Market at Bandar Sri Damansara. I will not go there again as the place was so congested with not much distancing at all.
DeletePlease post about how the frozen honey butter biscuits turn out when u eat it, ok? Thanks.
ReplyDeleteWah!! You want me to blog one whole post about my Honey Butter Biscuits! Muahahahaha You got to teach me about timekeeping and rantings on food. LOL
DeleteNo need one whole post about the biscuit. Just mention it as a post note when you are talking about other topics la!
DeleteLet me do some experiment first.
DeleteWhat is daun keduk? I must Google to find out. Your tortoise got character.
ReplyDeleteHave you found out about Daun Keduk? It looks like Sireh Leaves and popular for making Perut Ikan Curry and Thai Mieng Kham Wraps. I think my tortoise loves the greenish smell and mild tastes.
DeleteThai Mieng Kham Wraps I have eaten before. I know the leaves as Daun Kaduk, hahahaha! Different spelling, that's why I did not know they are the same. Keduk = Kaduk.
DeleteWah, that mask! I also want! Sure will filter out all vrs but hot la.
ReplyDeleteI had guessed correctly that you will like that full gear with PPE suits to protect yourself. Hahaha
DeleteYes we should love our world but I don't think capitalists would care. They are still chasing after GDP and economy growth. Yes, the world is having recession now.
ReplyDeleteI hope the pandemic will flush out those corrupts and capitalists from this earth. The world has more sinners than good ones.
DeleteYour wife fed you so so well. You are so blessed.
ReplyDeleteYes I am truly blessed and should brag lesser from now. Shy lah.
DeleteDid you fix the kitchen sink too? Your floor is so shiny now so the tenant will immediately sign the lease. Please ask tenant to sign for two years.
ReplyDeleteYes I have fixed the kitchen sink and made a new concrete one so that elephant could sit on top!! 2 agents found 2 potential tenants for me and I have confirmed one who is a single lady who will stay alone. She is in the beauty line business, so I trust that she will be a clean and tidy person. This will be my first Malaysian tenant. Yay!
DeleteDid you show your new concrete counter? I think you did or I am getting so old that my memory is so bad. Finger crossed that she is a good tenant!
DeleteI did not share the completed concrete sink. Your memory is still good.
Deletegas station cakes and kuihs are BOMB yo! would this be a good time to buy property then since everything will be cheap?
ReplyDeleteYes you should buy properties now. All prices falling like durians!
DeleteYou can buy kuehs from 2 petrol stations in my area.
Have been reading negative news of hotels, restaurants, businesses closing down and many losing their job. Yes, can be depressing and the future seems bleak for many. Hope the economy will pick up soon. On the bright side, the food you showed here look so delicious and very mouth watering. Just wearing the normal facial mask is stuffy and uncomfortable, I can't imagine wearing that Star Wars mask.
ReplyDeleteI think the economy will hit rock bottom later this year and will take another 1-2 years for recovery. This is so scary to see more jobless people and businesses all folded up.
DeleteI had seen many people who ate so much supplements daily but still had cancer and other sickness. Does the supplements and masks/face shields guarantee us?
All the homemade food looks good! I actually like sourdough but I've read that its super difficult to get the fermentation right.
ReplyDeleteI am sure you can cook well as you have time to browse recipe books now. Most doctors are very good chefs in aprons.
DeleteTeach me how to eat and enjoy the Sourdough bread.
The sourdough I have eaten from many bakeries including yin sourdough bakery in uptown and Ben's bakery. Your sister is so smart to make sourdough bread because it is not easy to make own starter dough.
ReplyDeleteMy sister is truly a good chef and baker too. She is expert in making European meals, roasts and desserts like Pavlova and also Swedish Sandwich Cakes. All fattening until my eyeballs. LOL
DeleteU r so blessed with masterchef wife & sis! Times are bad and global recession already started.
ReplyDeleteThe global recession is the most scary thing.
DeleteLike you told life isn't so different anywhere and we're on 46th day of lockdown but already some relaxations are implemented despite rapidly rising covid cases. That guy in blue is well equipped to protect from the virus and from the dishes you intake its no wonder you workout hard. Take care my friend
ReplyDeleteOur lockdown has been extended to June. I am going crazy now.
DeleteI hope the pandemic will end in 2 months. Stay safe Jeevan.
Wow, so many varieties of good food. I miss Malaysian food. Please stay safe.
ReplyDeleteYou should write down all the food you miss from home.
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