Pulau Ubin (乌敏岛) on 13 June 2011

Journey to Pulau Ubin in one of these "BUM BUM" boat ride 

This is how it looks like. Only 12 people are allowed on the boat.

A view away from the ferry terminal

One of the Seafood Resturant at P. Ubin

Finally! Welcome!

 A few places to rent a bike to move around the island.

Or a Taxi? Guess what I chose?

Jackfruits!

Lotus! It was very beautiful!

What is this? One of the lizard relative!

Wild Mushrooms - looks like abalone mushroom!

What do you think is this?

Spot the monkey! But no prize... (hahaha)

Its durains! Smuggled two durains in my backpack... but...it was not ripe... >.<

An "anicent" Police Car.

Seaview

Another view...

端午节吃粽子!!

Home made 粽子

In the past, my mum will make 3 types of dumpling (more than 100 of dumplings):

1) Kee Chang (Plain Dumpling). Green in colour and usually are eaten with some sugar.

2) Ba Chang (肉粽)

3) Nonya Chang (娘惹粽) Different flavour due to different fillings used.

Now, she only do two types (No. 1 and 3) and probably about 40-50 for each type. Usually the meat dumplings made by my mum are huge. While it is tasty and yummy, it does not sit well for my digestive system.  Thus, I have requested my mum to reduce the size of her dumplings over the years. Now, the size is nice (slightly more than 50% reduction from her original size). In the photo above, the smaller dumpling (because it was the last one made with the remaining ingredients) is so small (like sushi). You can simply put the whole thing in your mouth at one go!



Sunrise

Somewhere out there . .

Buying a sandwich ....

An abstract of the conversation......

Me: Aunty, I want a Chicken Sandwich today.
Pantry Aunt: Why? Today you are feeling hungry?
Me: Yes, not sure why I am feeling hungry....
Panty Aunt: Why you have worms in your stomach?
Me: Yeah....I think so...feeling hungry this morning...
Pantry Aunt: Are you pregnant?
Me: Err...No....
Pantry Aunt: You not pregnant?
Me: No....Not pregnant...probably just worms in my stomach.....
Pantry Aunt: How many kids you have?
Me: Err....no kids......
Pantry Aunt: No kids? ....Are you married?
Me: No....not married yet....
Pantry Aunt: Oh ...sorry har.... nowadays....cannot differentiate....(Not sure what she meant by that >.<"")

Now.....my mind is running "wild"...either I looked FAT....or....I looked....师奶 ....or....

Batam Island 4 & 5 Feb 2011

DAY 1

Getting ready for the Lion Dance

Firecrackers

More firecrackers

Ready to "eat" the oranges & sweets

 Tua Pek Kong Temple in Nagoya, Batam

One of the many statues at Tua Pek Kong Temple in Nagoya, Batam

 DAY 2

Beralang Bridge which connects Batam to a few of the neighbouring small islands

We travelled nearly 1.5 hrs (up the hills, turns and real BUMPY roads) from Nagoya to this village for Seafood

(P.s. There were 13 - 14 adults/kids in the car I was travelling.. a real "sandwich" RIDE! Guess how many people altogether for this trip?)

The place where you select your "food"

Another beautiful kelong scenery

Travelling back to Barelang Bridge, the kids wanted to buy BBQ sweet corns!

There are plently of stalls even at the bridge!

Lobsters!!! Can you see the bubbles? They are STILL alive and kicking after spending more than 7 hours in the bag! There is another big bag of crabs, just stuffed into the fridge when we arrived home.

Err...a bit old for this, but my red packets so far for the Year of Rabbit....

2 Feb 2011 : 除夕夜

 Our family's tradition steambeat ^^

Getting ready the charcoals ...

 New Pair of Chopsticks

 Our feast...can you see what we are having?

Chicken broth PLUS eggs as soupbase! YUM YUM!

After a sumptuous dinner, we played Blackjack for about 30 mins
AND
I won......NINE dollars!!

祝大家:
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^^大大發財^^
^^心想事成^^
^^恭喜恭喜^^