Life, Travel, GRACE

When you are in Hong Kong or Guangdong province, you can’t miss the yum cha culture there. Practically, it’s brunch (or breakfast) served with a pot of tea and 2 or more baskets of delicacies. I usually order the steamed bao (bun stuffed with meat or vege) and siu mai . Of course there are other varieties as well. Yummy. youtiao Porridge, yam cake, shrimp dumpling etc. xiao long bao Siu mai Tea is a must Steamed bao  

Location: Kiara Hill Walk Could this be the world’s largest unbranched inflorescence? Or the world’s largest flower? Also known as corpse flower. According to Wikipedia, the plant can reach over 3 metres. And it requires 7 years before the first bloom. By now, the plant should have finished blooming. Blooming (8 May 2021) . Finishing blooming, 10 May 2021

Was wandering around the Pearl River New Town area back in Sep 2019. Opera house, library and a museum are situated in that area. The Canton Tower is nearby too. Was impressed with the library - the design and the collection. Was a bit let down with the museum. Not much artefacts on displayed, or maybe I wasn't paying much attention on the details. Guangzhou Opera House Guangzhou Opera House Guangzhou Library (main entrance) Guangzhou Library (interior) Guangdong Museum (main entrance) Guangdong Museum (interior) Canton Tower

After several months of conditional movement, we took the chance to go for domestic vacation. At last, we went to Desaru Coast in last January (before the lockdown). Basically, nothing spectacular there, just two good hotels and a water theme park. The nearby town toward the south, Pengerang, is a good place to explore though. We managed to buy some local biscuits from a traditional bakery shop there. Due to heavy rain, we didn’t manage to stroll the beach of Desaru. Maybe some other time. Traditional bakery shop The sea view of Pengerang One of the hotels in Desaru Coast Fun at the water theme park Pool view The theme park is just beside the hotel Man-made beach, which is pretty good Try this

 Never thought I would have developed an interest in gardening, pot gardening to be exact, and only periwinkle plants. It all started when we snapped two pots of periwinkle from flower expo in Putrajaya last year September. We had the pink and violet flower version. Didn’t take good care of both pots last year, the pink perinwikle died few months later. Not sure what was the cause of dead. But I guess could be due to overwatering or roots rotting. With one pot left, I began to observe and take good care of it since April this year; partly because I had some time at home during lockdown. Did some pruning here and there, and added new soil on it last month. The plant began to thrive. Sadly, the violet periwinle has showed some signs of infection recently. I guess it must be roots rotting as watering doesn’t help to elevate the curling leaves. Guess I need to try to propagate the plant via stem cutting.

After watched the movie, probably everyone is trying to understand the logic and sequence of the story like me. For a start, I have to satisfy with my own explanation, especially for the ending scene although I’ve read some articles about the interpretation of this movie. In a same timeline, two events happen concurrently. Surely, this must have been the product of the alternate universe, after the occurrence of the first event (the forward timeline). In order for the second event (the inverted timeline) to occur, a new alternate universe has to be created (like Avengers Endgame). Whatever happens, happens. But wait, the movie’s explanation is about reverse entropy. Entropy itself is already not easy to grasp. To invert entropy, one needs additional external work, for an open system. Maybe the best solution is to follow the movie’s advice: don’t try to understand it, feel it.

After done The Great Ocean Road trip, the remaining days can be used to explore the city area and its surrounding. One of the must-visit places is Queen Victoria Market. The market offers a variety of fruit and vegetables, meat, poultry and seafood, gourmet and deli foods. We tried the seafood platter in one of the stalls. The market also has diverse range of clothing and souvenir. The following day we took a trip to Yarra Valley, where one can take wine tasting course. For the children, they can have chocolate tasting course and ice cream tasting. The signage of the market Queen Victoria Market offers clean shopping environment. Seafood platter Wine tasting Chateau Yering The main building of Chateau Yering Ice cream.... Chocolate tasting