Life, Travel, GRACE

Shwedagon Pagoda is a must-visit place in Yangon. Every tourist will have this place in the itinerary. The temple is considered one of the most sacred places in Myanmar. Last year, Dr. Mike and I took a local bus to the temple. It only cost us 200 kyats per trip (if I'm not mistaken); that was less than US$0.20 ! We reached there about 10 in the morning. Spent 2 hours exploring the temple compound. And we had rain at noon time. All in all, the place is worthy for a visit.

The free breakfast provided by the The Willow Inn during my stay was good. When Michael and I ventured out for the local delicacy, we found that was not much varieties. Fortunately, there were some decent places for dining. One of the places was the Indian restaurant (forgot the name, I think it's Nilar Biryani). They served the best Faluda (as claimed by the foodies in the internet). It is actually a sweet dessert drink, kinda like our Malaysian's ABC. But I think their briyani was the best. We ended up patronizing that place twice. We also tried the #1 restaurant in Yangon, 999 Shan Noodle House, as claimed by Tripadvisor. Well, just say their noodles were not as best as my favourite wantan mee in SS2. A friend of Michael brought us to Shan Yoe Yar. A decent restaurant that serves food from the Shan State. This was really awesome. How to describe it - a mixture of Chinese and Thai flavor. The most unforgettable meal was the local mixed rice. They like to have their dish s...

Last weekend I joined a missionary trip to Siem Reap, Cambodia. It was an initiative by a pastor from SIB. We visited three villages. Each day we took like an hour more road trip to the village. There the team members shared the gospel, and the villagers responded. Most of the villagers were women and children. I guessed the men must have gone out for work. Or perhaps work overseas. After the sharing, we provided medical consultation. We had two doctors on board with us. In the afternoon, some team members had fun time with the children. The children received some goodies too. The trip was overall enlightening. God is still at work. Why did I join such trip? I guess it was a calling. Plus He did answer my prayer by providing an affordable air fare (I asked for less than RM300 round trip, and I did get it). Probably I will come back in future. An open-air worship session in one village Gospel sharing on first day Providing medical consultation Gospel sharing on secon...

 In our previous trip to South Korea, we flew to Jeju Island for a few days. We engaged with a local taxi driver as tour guide for day trip. Surprisingly, the driver followed the itinerary as prescribed in a travel book. And the book was authored by a Taiwanese. The first stop was at Trick Eye Museum. Thumbs down. The place was totally built for group tourists, in my opinion. Subsequently, I had to make sure the driver did not bring us to other man made museum, except Teddy Bear Museum. The latter is worth a visit.

Yup, another post on lion dance performance. But this time the performance was in Sandakan, Sabah. We went back there for a few days, last week. Over there, there were more lion dance performance as it's part of the local Chinese community culture. In total, no. 2 son had viewed 3 lion dance performances there. A very good experience for him. Note: Photos taken with iPhone 4s

Have not been to any lion dance performance in Klang Valley since a decade. I used to enjoy it when I was a kid. As I grew older, I didn't bother on the performance. Probably I was bored with it. Anyway, now my no. 2 son has developed an interest in the lion dance performance. So I brought him to the lion dance performance in a nearby mall, twice. He really enjoyed the performance. p/s: All photos were taken with iPhone 4S.

CNY eve's dinner....these were the dishes we had. Not luxurious, but simple and nice. Missing the vege dish. :)