Driving around…

Now that the Chinese New Year festivities are over and everyone has left town, there really isn’t very much happening around here and nothing much to do other than the usual day-to-day routine. So, one afternoon, I asked Melissa if she would like to go for a drive and of course, she did. We stopped by this Hoover Memorial Park in the vicinity of Sungai Merah here in Sibu…

…and at that point in time, she did not know of the existence of the place even. I did bring my New Zealand friend and her family here when they were in town in 2011 and it looked pretty all right then, nothing much but it was presentable enough. This time around, I was disappointed to note that it was in dire need of at least some cleaning and repainting works and there were parts that could do with a little repair and maintenance as well. I PM-ed some people via Facebook as soon as I got home regarding this and they responded almost immediately saying that they would do something about it. Boy, I am impressed!

That same afternoon, we stopped by here as Melissa wanted their very nice ang tao peng (iced red bean) and the salad sotong and I noticed that they had something new on their menu…

It should be called bubur cacar but with the influx of all those momo tea outlets. they were probably a little confused with the names. They had a choice between peanut or sieng chou/cincao (black grass jelly) and I chose the latter…

It was very nice but I think I still prefer their ang tao peng as I love those red beans very much and could jolly well do without the rest.

Now I do know that a lot of people do drop by this place once in a while as they do have some pretty good stuff on their menu but perhaps, some may not know of their new business hours:

It used to be open from 8.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. seven days a week but not anymore – they’re closed on Mondays and on weekdays, they open rather late – at 10.00 a.m. They still open at 8 in the morning on weekends and they stay open an hour longer till 6. My daughter said that their pian sip is no longer on the menu which I thought was kind of sad as theirs was one of the better ones in town.

After that short stop, we went next to this supermarket near my house to browse around and something caught my interest…

Good grief!!!! 99 sen for those few sprigs of curry leaves!!!!

Gee!!! I have a lot at my house and anyone would be most welcome to drop by and help himself or herself…

You see that shrub of mine grows so very well that it would go completely out of control. I had just pruned it COMPLETELY before Chinese New Year and look at it now! That is why I am very generous in the use of curry leaves in all my cooking. After all, they say that they have certain health benefits and I can get as much as I please for free.

So how has life been treating everybody? Back to the grind already, I guess…and all very hard at work, I hope? Wink! Wink! LOL!!!