17 Jan 2024 – Combined Bdays Lunch With Leonard

Sun: what a delicious early-Bday-lunch within my 4walls. Appreciations to Clement who helped to pick up some of my favourite foods of my choice and appreciations for dessert,drinks&BakKua. Started the first LoHei 撈起 for the year, a ready package with dried&preserved ingredients is not anything near Frank&Jessies28Ingredients, but still better than none! Added quite a fair bit of veggies to balance with the other meat dishes today.

https://www.roots.gov.sg/stories-landing/stories/lohei

ImperialTreasure PekingDuck, MeePokNoodles with leftover duck meat.

YiQian壹仟私厨 SautéedBeefCube with SlicedGarlicenus 琥珀蒜片牛柳粒 and 18 Seafood食霸海鲜 CrispyChicken stuffed with glutinous rice 糯米雞

Desserts from TiongBahruBakery where there is even a branch@Siglap now. CashewNut&Chocolate cookies from Dulcet&Studios@BukitMerah are good, can even taste the butter in them, first time tasting anything from this JapaneseLifestyleCafe – will return when in the area. Dulcet & Studio | Tampopo

Mon: Happy Bdays to me,AngieS,EstellaC,JoshL&JohnT – really how can it be 74yrs when it does not feel such, but how do I know how&what 74 feels like? Tkx for the yummy AlmondCroissant from TiongBahruBakery, my most favourite croissant to start my 74yr of this life journey.

Calming view from the kitchen window – have watched these flowering trees since they were planted, day1~24yrs ago and today it has reached the 7&8Floors. Content with the min CNY deco so far… PlazaSIN to renew Starhub/SeniorPlan lasting for the next 2yrs.

When you see me sitting quietly,
Like a sack left on the shelf,
Don’t think I need your chattering.
I’m listening to myself.
Hold! Stop! Don’t pity me!
Hold! Stop your sympathy!
Understanding if you got it,
Otherwise I’ll do without it!
When my bones are stiff and aching,
And my feet won’t climb the stair,
I will only ask one favor:
Don’t bring me no rocking chair.
When you see me walking, stumbling,
Don’t study and get it wrong.
‘Cause tired don’t mean lazy
And every goodbye ain’t gone.
I’m the same person I was back then,
A little less hair, a little less chin,
A lot less lungs and much less wind.
But ain’t I lucky I can still breathe in – Maya Angelou

Tue: welcome to SIN cousins Susannah & Edith, the snowbirds! from BC/Canada. Good to catch up after so many years, do not even remember when we last met?? Thank you for this unique honey and looking forward to tasting it. Checking over the blog postings and looks like Nov2011 was the last time I met with Susannah.

Hi & Bye@the 5th Airport! – Here-There-Everywhere – This-That-Everything (amylamsg.com)

and Nov2009 with Edith – Family from Canada – Here-There-Everywhere – This-That-Everything (amylamsg.com)

Wed: appreciations for tonight’s dinner with Les&Ivy@Rochalie’s menu of – Duck+sauce, MeeGoreng,OtakOtak,HerbalChicken,Beef/Chicken/MuttonSatay+sauce,BeefRochalie,potatoes&white rice. So nice to see Ivy in good spirits enjoying the company of our cousins who we have not seen since 2011 and 2009.