Fishfarm

I noticed another fishfarm being built. I see he builds in square blocks at a time,

Hazy Malaysia

It's been very hazy lately.

1 Dollar ice cream in Singapore

In Singapore one can get this most delicious/sedap ice cream on a slice of bread for 1 dollar. It is something one has to have when one goes to Singapore.

Handmade Sticky Sweets in Singapore

I saw this amazing sweetmaking in Singapore. You can see much more info and photos on their website: http://www.sticky.com.sg/

Chinese chess in Singapore

Johor Bahru Central

I took a busride from Permas Jaya to Centre City. The nice thing about going by bus is that you sit high up and can see more than from a kereta or teksi. Also, it is much cheaper and more interesting. It seems the buses leave more or less every 20minutes. I keep forgetting to time how long the journey is. The cost is in the region of RM3. The Permas Jaya Bus is the 123bus. The busdrivers are always reasonably helpful and friendly.

The busses go from the various suburbs to the centre city and then from there again to the various suburbs. With time you get to know go to get to different places. For now, I can go to the city and back to Permas. I have also been to the centre city and from there to Bukit Indah. When you are new at this, you just have to be patient and you need time.

In the city centre is the big mall, City Square and in there you also can go through customs to go to Singapore by bus. The very convenient thing about buses are that you do not have to worry about parking. City Square has many, many shops and 2 very nice bookshops, not to mention eating places. Outside the mall, is a beautiful Indian temple and a number of Indian shops. I noticed a couple of tailors as well. Close by is another mall with the Kambar material shop. The fabrics in these shops are absolutely beautiful. Totally alien to me is the fact that the material shops do not sell cotton reels and scissors,needles and beads that you need to sew with.

Sock Knitting in Chinese

I found this book with beautiful photos of socks. Looks like I'm still a sock book/袜 书 lover. I might have gotten the words wrong in Chinese. It must be either sock book or book sock. I never know which way round - yet. I have decided since I can knit socks without thinking twice with the right size needles and yarns, I can cope better with this book. I cannot figure out the yarn and needles in the other one yet and also I don't have the yarns and needles I think I need for that book. This book I can deal with. In fact, I had to open it up long after I had bought it to just check if it was in Chinese or English. I quite clearly did not give language a second thought. I don't know whether to blame my enthusiasm or my reading glasses which I did not use at the time.

I also found a book on paper folding. The photos and articles are amazing.

I will have to learn Chinese a bit faster if at all possible. I just love the Chinese books.

For some motivation in learning faster or maybe more efficient I was very brave to get Year 1,2,3 books. The one is English with the Chinese translation of the short stories. The other one is Malay with the Chinese translation of the short stories. I can see why the little Chinese children are forever sitting and reading in the bookshops. Their books are so delightful - even I cannot leave them alone.