Archive for June, 2010

Jun 27 2010

First Steps

Published by Francesca Kang under Learning,Society

Taking the first steps as a baby must be one of the most terrifying things to do in one’s life. These first steps are the beginning of many more first steps in our life’s journey. First steps to writing. First steps to reading. First steps to music lessons, playing the piano, guitar, drum , flute [...]

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Jun 22 2010

Bird park in the shopping mall

Published by Francesca Kang under Entertainment,Society

Two Sundays ago, on our usual shopping trip in Ikano Power Center (the shopping mall in Mutiara Damansara), Phillip and I stumbled into a the bird park. There was no entrance fee required. As we walked into the enclosed netted area we were amazed at the setup. Some trees and bamboo plants were carefully arranged [...]

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Jun 19 2010

Thinking about contentment

The word ‘contentment’, according to the Oxford Dictionary, means a feeling of satisfaction with what one has; not wanting more; happy and also accepting the state one is in even though one would have liked more or better. How true this word is in one’s life. As I was watering my plants this morning, this [...]

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Jun 10 2010

Homegrown sugar cane

Published by Francesca Kang under Cooking

I was very happy when the red sugar cane plant that I had in my little plot of garden finally matured enough to be harvested. Now I could brew some organic sugar cane drink. The sugar cane looked red and juicy after all the months of watering, twice a day. After harvesting, I cleaned the [...]

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Jun 07 2010

My Jungle, My Garden

Published by Francesca Kang under Gardening

I’m glad I received a lot of positive feedback on the post about my transformed garden. Before the facelift, it looked much like a jungle – in a housing estate. Fancy that! How did my garden get to this state? Here is how it happened… In December last year, before leaving for Tasmania on a [...]

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