The best is yet to come

None of us are immune from falling into difficult times. That plight is something we all have in common. Another thing we all have in common is the ability to choose how we are going to react to the difficult times when they come. Will we allow them to destroy our hope for the future or will we decide to view them as a learning experience meant to help us as we continue to move forward with hope that the best is yet to come.
Amy Rees Anderson 

Decorate your own soul

Something that is hard to part with

Memory is one way of holding into things that you do not want to part with, things that somehow made you happy in some point.

Birthday lunch

Delicious baba nyonya birthday lunch with the 2 most important men in my life in cool and breezy Genting Highlands.

Love your family. Spend time, be kind & serve one another. Make no room for regrets. Tomorrow is not promised & today is short.

Happy birthday

 Both my Murraya paniculata blooming profusely today as if they know it's my birthday.

The most important persons in my life

The 2 most important men in my life

My little one, the most important girl in my life

Flowers are my constant friends

“In joy or sadness flowers are our constant friends.” 
― Kakuzō Okakura, The Book Of Tea

My constant friends growing in my little garden

L-R clockwise from top left: Costus Woodsoniie: brazilian snapdragon; red lipstick  flowers, 
Costus Woodsonii; yellow lipstick flowers

L-R clockwise from top left: bower vine, spicy red jatropha;
hibiscus, queen of the night

Full of Self yet so Selfless!

O flower! Attired in pure natural innocence,
Thou are ignorant of thy enchanting aroma,
Unaware of thy Charm,
Dances freely with flirtious breeze,
Hardly cares about world's joy and sorrow,
Thou are neither selfish nor altruistic
Full of Self yet so Selfless!
- Sarthi

The Ruella bed looking good again after I got rid of the snails

Light gardening activity benefits flexibility, balance, strength and relieve stress

• Engaging in some light gardening activity not only benefits flexibility, balance and strength, but it can also relieve stress. Importantly, it is also enhances feelings of social inclusion, which are very important for the older person.
• Having easy access to a green space or garden encourages older people to go outdoors and this motivates them to be physically and socially active, which can help to offset illness and isolation.

My current favourites: 

Queen of the Night

Hibiscus bigger than my palm

I actually picked up a half-dead hibiscus stump from the
roadside about 10 months ago and nurtured it until it bloomed
into this beauty 

My favourite the Brazilian Snapdragon 

I love the costus because the birds like the nectar
and visit often

The sun bird in my garden

One of the wonders of gardening is to see wildlife visit my garden and enjoy the nectar produced by the flowers. Various kinds of butterflies, bees and birds visit my small garden regularly.  This morning I managed to capture the sun bird at quite a close range feeding on my Costus woodsonii . Strangely, unlike earlier attempts, the bird allowed me to take quite a few nice shots.

過得幸福最重要

人老了，過得幸福最重要。 所以不再委屈自己，只和舒服的人相處。 人與人之間，相遇是緣分，相處看個人。合得來就在一起，合不來也不勉強。何必忍氣吞聲，何必削尖了腦袋去取悅別人。 生命說長也長，說短也短，沒有那麼多時間和精力花在不合適的人身上。

Blocked from FB?

"Like I said above, I HAD to block my MIL who WAS a FB friend, but she was looking at my families FBs thru my account and commenting to me openly on their pics and all, because they apparently had their settings to friends of friends, but she was literally doing nothing else all day long but stalking people on FB". I copied the above from someone's entry online. I hope I am not in that category.

butterflies in my garden

Beautiful and graceful, varied and enchanting, small but approachable, butterflies lead you to the sunny side of life. And everyone deserves a little sunshine  - Jeffrey Glassberg

Family

Having a lot of fun in our recent trip to Malacca

Doing nothing?

女人，一定要自信

女人，一定要自信，自信的女人才美麗 。或許，你長得並不出眾，但是出眾的又有多少，我們大部分都是泛泛之色

Getting dirty without feeling guilty

Gardening is about enjoying the smell of things growing in the soil, getting dirty without feeling guilty, and generally taking the time to soak up a little peace and serenity. ~Lindley Karstens, noproblemgarden.com

Some of the blooms today

A beautiful orange coloured butterfly flitting around the   Spicy jatropha 

A good family is one that spends time together once in a while. A great family creates memories that lasts for generations.   Michael Kilby quotes

In Bangkok almost a year ago

 

Iftar

Yesterday's iftar

Many religions engage in fasting as part of their practices, such as in the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, the Christian season of Lent, or the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur. 

The more people I meet the more disappointed I am

A recent disappointing experience  allowed me to make a decision about a friendship.  No I can't cope with condescending people.

Your world for the moment

When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment
- Georgia O'Keeffe