The pleasure of being a great grandmother!

Michael is talking to his great grandmother. They both loved this special time.

The girls who watched the Russian ballet

They're all my family! Can you get more beautiful?!

Spunky & Nigel

I miss them.

Layered cake

We tried to make a layered cake and it came out ok-lah. We could not follow the Malay recipe and just used a plain cake recipe which we divided into little bowls and added different colourants. We then steamed the various layers and it was quite ok. With practice it can only get better. We are not near the Sarawak layered cakes.

S.A. Rose Farm

There is this beautiful rose farm in Pretoria. I have never seen so many roses before, nor realized how many different colours one can get.

The tea garden is just bliss. You can choose to sit in the more pinky area, or the more bluey area and have the most divine and soft and yummy chocolate cake. The coffee and tea come in pots, so the one cup you thought you ordered turns out to be 2 cups - even better!

Drinking coke and ice in Malaysia

It is quite an adventure for us to drink coke and ice in Malaysia. We know coke in a tin that comes from a fridge and which is not necessary very cold. We also know coke in a glass with ice in it which we drink is a restaurant or coffee shop. But to drink coke and ice in a plastic bag is very unusual to us, but very effective and definitely colder than a can from a half cold fridge!

Step 1 - Buy the can of coke and the bag of ice and get a straw.

Berhati hati sekarang!

Continue carefully.

Moenie worry nie. The contents fit into the bag.

Can it actually be cold and nice?!

Ya-lah!! 是的！！

Sedapnya!

好吃！

Playing chess in Kuching

I had to capture this. They enjoyed a game while keeping an ear on the regatta which was happening on the river.