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| A Little Celebration My Nephew's Wedding Occasion |
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| A Little Durian Eating |
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| A Little Travelling in Sumatra, Indonesia |
" Maybe your weird in now is a new normal or a LIFE pleasure in a decade from now ! Maybe one day you switch off your brain for AI, maybe your marriage partner or pet pussy cat is a AI Robot, maybe one day your CEO is a Robot AI, maybe you could land yourself on top of the Mt Everest (8,848m) accompanying by a Robot AI mountain guide ..... There will be a maybe someday ! "
Time flies, June has come & gone, passing the half way mark of the year 2025 (a sneaky year of Snake in Chinese Calendar 2025) like a whirlwind hopefully leaving behind some joy & fond memory for all !
May is my birthday month so a little eating & celebration with my family members in a local restaurant in Sunway Shopping Mall on the Labour Day ie May 1 2025; May 12 2025 is a Wesak Day so I took the opportunity after a meet up with my travel buddy, visited the Buddhist Maha Vihara in Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur. In the traveling arena, together with my brother & a sister, our group visited Alor Gajah (Melaka), Cememcheh (Negri Sembilan), Buloh Kasap, Gemas, Segamat, Skudai, Pontian Kechil & Johor Bahru (Johor). I had an exciting free & easy visit (a trip long overdue) to 7 major cities / towns in Sumatra, Indonesia (Aceh, Medan, Lake Toba, Dumai, Pekanbaru, Bukittinggi & Padang) from May 22 > June 6 2025 amidst 2 volcanic eruptions on May 2025 in Sumatra island !
June is normally the durian season in Malaysia so good news for durian lovers, a little durian eating is a marvellous thing in LIFE, me too bought some durians for my family members to pamper ourselves ! June is a popular wedding month of the year & my family members attended a wedding function of my nephew, Benjamin & Joyce's in Petaling Jaya, a great opportunity to renew old ties with relatives & friends; June 2025 was a dreadful month in Middle East, thanks god the 12 Day War between Israel & Iran (erupted on June 13) has ended (should be avoided at all costs), most agreed that war is ugly, war has no winners but only losers ! My travel buddy's proposed visit to Iran in this coming October 2025 may have to be temporary put on hold due to the geopolitical tension in some Middle East countries so in travelling, you win some you lose some !
These were the foreseen (Little LIFE Pleasure) & unforeseen events for May & June 2025 I experienced & felt in my retirement & travelling LIFE & I look forward for better days ahead before the Snake Year of 2025 gradually ends !
My Little LIFE Pleasure (Monday June 30 2025) - meet up with my ex-colleagues, Goh & Lisa in a Food Court, DaMen Mall, USJ, Subang Jaya over a noodle lunch & a chat re their forthcoming visit (mid-July 2025) to Surabaya, Yogyakarta, Batu, Mt Bromo & Borobudur Temple, Java Island, Indonesia, each of us savoured a glass of hot soya bean drink (Rm5) & a bowl of rice wine sesame chicken Misua soup (salted noodle, Rm13.90 = US$3.15), a treat from KM.
My Little LIFE Pleasure (Saturday, June 28 2025) - a meaningful & joyful day attending my nephew's tea ceremony & a wedding dinner function in the evening.
1) Attended a memorable wedding dinner function (06.30 > 10.30) of my nephew (Benjamin & Joyce) in Copper Mansion Restaurant, Petaling Jaya, Selangor together with invited guests, family relatives & friends from the bride & bridegroom sides, what a joyful & auspicious occasion !
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| Loving Happiness Five Combination Platter |
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| Braised Shark Fin With Dried Scallop & Crab Meat |
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| Steamed Giant Grouper Fish With Black Olive & Ginger Paste |
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| Roasted Chicken Served With Mala Sauce Accompanied Sliced Drunken Pork Knuckle |
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| Braised Abalone With Assorted Mushrooms |
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| Fried Rice With Fish Roe & Prawns |
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| Nourishing Chilled Sea Coconut With Aloe Vera & Peach Jelly |
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| Homemade Crumbly Chinese Pastries |
4) Morning breakfast with Mr Tay in Canai 15 Cafe, opposite the SS18 LRT station, each of us savoured a dosa + hot coffee / tea, total food bill Rm10.60, a treat from KM; met Mr Tay by chance in a Kunming hotel (Feb 2025) during breakfast & renewed our friendship after our return to Kuala Lumpur !
My Little LIFE Pleasure (Sunday) June 22 2025 - my typical breakfast (bread, butter & avocado + hot coffee) of the day after retirement since 2006, daily habitual reading of Chinese & English newspapers keeping abreast of what is happening in my home country (news on social, political, economical & tourism) + world news !
My Little LIFE Pleasure (Sunday, June 22 2025) - morning walk & breakfast (takeaway) buying for my family members from a neighbourhood morning market in SS14, Subang Jaya, Selangor, my favourite weekend breakfast ie yam cake, Thai Mee siam, fried kway teow / mihoon & roasted pork !
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| Home-made Yam Cake Rm3 |
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| Thai Mee Siam Rm4.50 |
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| Fried Kway Teow / Mihoon Rm4.30 |
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| Roasted Pork Rm20 (US$4.65) |
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| Fried Pork Noodle Rm13 (US$3) |
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| Bitter Gourd Fish Paste Mihoon Rm12 (US$2.80) |
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| Hot Coffee Rm2.70 (US$0.63) |
My Little LIFE Pleasure (Sunday May 15 2025) - grocery shopping with my 3 sisters in Giant Hypermarket, Taman Equine, Seri Kembangan, Selangor; yong tau foo lunch (Rm2.30 per piece, total food bill Rm60 for a table of 5) with my wife & sisters in Puchong Batu 14 Yong Tau Fu restaurant in Taman Equine after the Giant's grocery shopping; durian buying in a roadside stall in Taman Equine, near my sister's home place, both the yong tau fu & durian eating brightened up my little outing on this typical Sunday weekend !
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| Bought Ulang Merah (Red Prawn) Durians Rm38 per kilo |
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| Red Prawn Durians Rm58 (US$13.50) |
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| Kawin Special Durians Rm25 per kilo |
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| Boat on the Roof, Aceh, North Sumatra |
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| Tjong A Fie Mansion Medan, North Sumatra |
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| Lake Toba, North Sumatra |
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| Dumai Port, Riau, Sumatra |
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| Masjid Agung An-Nur Pekanbaru, Riau Sumatra |
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| Japanese Tunnel, Bukittinggi West Sumatra |
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| Masjid Raya Syeth Ahmad Khatib Al Minangkabau Padang, Sumatra |
My Little LIFE Pleasure (Tuesday May 20 2025) - meet up with my travel KF Wong & a new friend, Paul Chua in Royal Lake Club (a distinguished institution), Tasik Perdana, Kuala Lumpur, main purpose is to discuss & explore visits to China & Central Asia covering the 2nd half of 2025, a lunch treat from my travel buddy, KF Wong, a cheerful day & good company !
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| Freeport A'Famosa Oulet, Alor Gajah, Melaka |
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| The Kelamah River Memorial, Gemencheh Negri Sembilan |
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| Buloh Kasap Jambatan Putus Segamat, Johor |
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| Gemas Railway Station, Tampin Negri Sembilan |
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| Dataraan Segamat, Johor |
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| Kota Jail, Ayer Molek, Johor Bahru |
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| Bestari Bestimart, Skudai, Johor |
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| Country Garden Danga Bay, Johor |
My Little LIFE Pleasure (Monday May 12 2025)
1) Buddhist Maha Vihara, Brickfields, Kuala Lumpur - a Sri Lanka temple in Brickfields (Little India), the temple is a focal point for the Wesak Festival within the Kuala Lumpur city suburbs, enjoyed a free meal /drink offered by the temple in celebration of the Wesak Day today ! My 1st time visit inside the temple compounds !
2) A brief visit to downtown Brickfields, the Little India in Kuala Lumpur.
4) Meet up with my travel buddy, KF Wong in KL Rex for a chat on our forthcoming visit to Sumatra, Indonesia (May 22 > June 6 2025)
My Little LIFE Pleasure (Monday May 5 2025) -my routine daily morning walk (07.00 > 07.30) near my neighborhood in SS17, Subang Jaya, Selangor.
My Little Life Pleasure (Sunday May 4 2025) - weekend wet market shopping for fresh fruit & vegetables, fish, pork & groceries etc with my wife in SS15 Subang Jaya Wet Market.
My Little Meet-up & Small Eat (Sunday May 4 2025) with my ex-travel buddy, Boon (Section 14, Petaling Jaya) in Shui Kee Steamed Chicken Restaurant in PJ Oldtown, Selangor, each savoured a bowl of steamed chicken flat noodle soup, total food bill Rm17.50 (US$3.90), a treat from KM.
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| Steamed White Chicken + Fish Balls + Ho Fun Rm8 (US$1.80) |
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| Steamed Chicken + Ho Fun Rm9.50 (US$2.10) |
My Little LIFE Pleasure (Thursday May 1 2025 Labour Day) - window shopping with my wife & two sons in Sunway Pyramid Shopping Mall, Bandar Sunway, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, approx 5 km from my home place.
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| String Bean & Minced Pork Rm21.90 (US$4.90) |
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| Roasted Pork & Dry Noodle Rm21.90 (US$4.90)++ |
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| Two combination BBQ Pork & Roasted Duck - Rm49 (US$11)++ |
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| Home-Made Bean Curd & Minced Pork Rm22.80 (US$5.10)++ |