Jun 10 2010
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 [...]
Mar 31 2010
Journal entry: Burnie, 26 January 2010 Today was Australia Day, a public holiday but Edmund had to work on this day, from 7.30 am to 9.00 pm. As I was free, I offered to teach Edmund’s friend Wei Ming some cooking as he loves to cook. It turned out to be a memorable experience in ‘teaching’ culinary [...]
Mar 23 2010
Journal entry: Burnie, 21 January 2010 We can get quite good cuts of pork at a reasonable price here in Burnie. However the difference between the pork here and the one we get at home in Malaysia is in the smell and the taste of the meat I don’t understand why the pork here has [...]
Feb 26 2010
Journal entry: Hobart, 31 December 2009 There were many first’s for me since I came to Hobart two weeks ago. Time was flying for me and I was losing the count of time. Occasionally, my dear husband Phillip would call me and remind me to update my blog. I guess I was to absorbed in [...]
Feb 24 2010
Journal entry: Hobart, 31 December 2009 Chee Ming – one of Edmund’s very good friends and brother from the ‘family’ – was turning a year older today. (My son Nathanael’s birthday was only yesterday and I sent him a birthday wish through Facebook.) There would be a pot-bless (similar to potluck) party and I had [...]