Precious Living

I suppose it is a good thing I haven’t managed to bring my bicycle to Singapore. Yesterday morning, I left the house at 6:30am to cycle around the hood. Before I had even clambered onto my bike, I saw this when I opened our front door:-

Looks like somebody’s been trying to steal our shoes! Funny that he took only one side of each pair though. Can you guess who the culprit is?

The list of suspects is in the one random fact about Precious post.

Dino wanted to join me for the ride but I wanted to cycle fast, wild, and free. I didn’t want to have any one chained to me! Sorry kiddo!

I thought I was early, but there’s always somebody much older and fitter who is earlier. See the uncle in the distance? He’s on his usual morning walk. -_-”

Born Freeeeeeee, as free as the wind blowssss!

Next I came to the padi field. Bet the Singaporeans haven’t seen real padi plants before. Just know how to eat the de-husked and polished white rice, sighz…

Ooh look who’s having fun splashing about in the padi field? Wouldn’t she look pretty in a pink ballerina’s tutu?

Wild flowers - this one’s a type of morning glory, a creeper plant. It reminds me of the poem, “Daffodils” even though these are not daffodils.

I WANDER’D lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o’er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

by William Wordsworth

Next, I stopped by my favorite tree in the hood for a pic. Ain’t it huge and grand? I don’t have a poem to go with this one unless you count “Billboard” as a poem…

I think that I shall never see
A billboard lovely as a tree.
Perhaps, unless the billboards fall,
I’ll never see a tree at all.

by Ogden Nash

I can see my home between the dark trees. Almost back yet the light is still dusky. Obviously I haven’t cycled that far. Nope, not joining Le Tour de Langkawi yet.

Home! I peeked between the bars of the gate. Dino’s still waiting, good boy! I wheeled the gate open, cycled in, parked nicely, we embraced like long lost family. It’s nice to have a doggy. =)

Walking home, I bumped into Suzana. She’s made a big basket of nasi lemak (coconut rice) handwrapped in banana leaves and a bucket of condiments to go with it. There’s sambal tumis (a spicy sauce), sambal sotong (chili squid), rendang ayam (dry curry chicken in grated coconut). and ikan goreng (fried fish). It’s for my cousin’s lunch party because her groom’s family will be coming over with the dowry!

Did you like this post? If so, please feel free to bookmark it,

about it, and subscribe to the blog RSS feed. Thank you for reading, and if you have the time, do enjoy these related posts.

Related posts:

1. I’ll Do Anything For The Best Nasi Lemak If you’ve read Sheylara’s blog before, you’ll know that the...
2. First Week of The Blockbuster Home Renovation The day that I left home was also the same...
3. Four Chubby Puppies On Camera These photos made me laugh and laugh. Just look at...
4. Dino my Working German Shepherd Dog I haven’t blogged about my dogs for a long time...
5. Getting My Foot Massage At Westwood :) Speaking of foot massages, over at Westwood Secondary, I met...