“Welcome every morning with a smile. Look on the new day as another special gift from your creator, another golden opportunity to complete what you were unable to finish yesterday. Be a self-starter. Let your first hour set the theme of success and positive action that is certain to echo through your entire day. Today will never happen again. Don’t waste it with a false start or no start at all. You were not born to fail.” ~by Og Mandino
音乐很奇妙，仿佛蕴涵着某段故事，记录某段喜怒哀乐，就像香水，会让你回忆起某个人，某件事。
Music is amazing. It always arouses the image of someone or something or some places which is hiding in your memory consciously or unconsciously. It is like a type of perfume. It brings back the old scenery when you smell it.
I was making a fresh pot of tea in a sunny and cloudless afternoon.
A lovely but monochromic (from outlook) flower ball was dropped into water which was just boiled. As the flower ball began to unfurl, a few little white blossoms (Jasmine) emerged from the hand-sewn tea leave that reach up in a single strand. A beautiful and stunning Red Globe Amaranth Flower (Qian Ri Hong) was the last appeared at the top of the strand eventually. The little amaranth floated and surrounded by the tea leaves like a rising sun with fluffy clouds of Jasmine. Wow…. It is really wonderful and charming! The fragrance of flowers was soon diffused in the room and it smelt sweet.
Flower tea, also known as herbal tea, is made from the dried flowers which undergoes very little processing and it does not contain any tea leaves. There is a different variety, known as the blooming tea or display tea, of which the edible flowers are sewn in a bouquet of green tea leave. Sometimes the tea leave may also be scented with Jasmine for a more floral flavor.
The simple act of drinking flower tea is like having a great conversation with the nature through the great scent of flower fragrance. Enjoying the moment of the graceful blooming appearance and the lovely taste of flower tea leads you away from the busy and stressful city life. It refreshes your thought and relaxes your mind. Do give it a try on this great leisure activity.
Let’s propose a toast to our outstanding ancestor for passing down this great piece of art.
Cheers…. I am gonna sip my cup of tea now!
Red Globe Amaranth Flower, before and after steeping in hot water.
Enjoying my amaranth tea which is good for enhancing vision especially for people like me who crazy surfing everyday. *chuckle*
One of my favorite flower tea - Jasmine tea with honey. *wink*
If you have ever tried these pink rose tea & red rose tea, you will find the taste of the tea with pink rose buds is always sweeter than the one with red rose buds.
Dragon Pearl Jasmine is the higher level of green tea. The pearl-shaped green tea leaves were scented with Jasmine for better floral flavor.
Happy TEA time!! *chuckle*
This is the sound of nature which is not belonging to the urban.
I was coincidently attracted to the pretty snowing scene on the cover of this musical CD when I was searching for other CD in the CD rack. There is a little red cottage in front of the forest. The whole place was snowed in. The trees and the roof of the house were beautifully dressed in white.
I took the CD and did a test listening at the trial run station. The music was so euphony!! The beautiful melody kept lingering in my mind. The pleasing and harmonious sound flew through the Alps, leading you to an enchanting world that was as virtuous as fairy wonderland. Running away from the crowded and densely populated city and walking into the Mother Nature. Let your soul bathed in brilliant sunshine and dew, breathing the fragrance of flowers and enjoying the nice pleasant ambience. This is the feeling and visualization that I have when I listened to this great melodies played by a group of Swiss musicians – BASILY.
Without much thought, I grabbed the CD and decided to add it to my collection. *wink*
CD1
1. Lost On Green Field 绿野迷踪
2. Snow of the Alps 阿尔卑斯的雪
3. Girls In Laaausaanne 洛桑的少女
4. Sunshine Of Bern 遇见伯尔尼的阳光
5. Dense Fog 迷雾
6. A Breath Of Spring 春的气息
7. Reunion With You 与你重逢
8. Immersed In Love 沉浸在爱里
9. The Dream Of The Thousand Lake 千湖梦
10. Nymph In the Forest 森林之心
11. Dancing Demons 跳舞的精灵
12. The Genena Lake Rain 莱芒湖的雨季
CD2
1. Desires The Heart 渴望
2. Sherwood Forest 舍伍德森林
3. First Kiss 初吻
4. Misty Morning Light 神秘的曙光
5. Dreamy 梦幻
6. Waving 舞
7. Inner Mission 使命
8. Your Gentle Manner 温柔的你
9. Return To Love 爱会回来
10. Sharing 分享
11. Fairy Tale 童话
I bought this musical CD from Harris Bookshop at Tebrau City, Johor. It only cost me RM20 and I think it’s very worth to buy.
This musical CD is copyrighted, so I will not upload any melodies from the CD in my blog. But if you really interest about this beautiful melodies, may be I can share it with you individually. *grin*
五月的第一天是劳动节，也是公共假期，大家闲着也是闲着，所以就约好一起出来聚一聚。Fikar带了一位聋哑朋友，Mr.David,来join我们。起初还担心他无法融入我们的圈子，会闷到他，但恰恰相反。他很friendly＆nice，也很爱＂用手说话＂。特别是谈到＂藤＂，他更是会不停的比手划脚告诉我们许多关于＂藤＂的东西。原来在退休前，David是从事用藤编织各类手工的工作，大约有二至三十年之久，可谓经验老道哦。也因此，家里大大小小的藤制家具都由他一手包办，手工非常精致，一点都不马虎哟！！为什么我会知道？因为我看过啊。哈。。。
We just had a gathering on 1st of May. Everyone dressed up nicely to show their cutest, sweetest and most handsome look. I was wearing a short pant with grid texture and my lovely buddy - Niko was coincidentally wearing a mini pant with the same pattern. We seemed to match with each other so well. So, we quickly sms Fikar to ask him to wear any pant with the same style to conspicuously show we are the same gang. Haha…
We were having lots of fun during our gathering. We went to Ming Hub Ramen for breakfast and then we shopped at Tebrau City. Wow…. It was really tired but we had lots of fun. We intended to watch the movie – The Ironman but the queue was just too long – could hardly find the last one in the line! So, we gave up. Fikar brought along a new friend (David) and introduced him to us. David has listening problem but he is friendly and talkative. He used hand sign (some sort of body language) to communicate with us. Niko, Low & I never learned it before, so Fikar was doing all the translation. It was very interesting to know the hand sign which David told us was originated from US. He taught me some simple expression like eating, hungry, thirsty, toilet, how are you, thank you, tire, lazy and …etc. What a memorable day!
We ended our gathering with a visit to David’s house. We stayed there till 11:00pm. His house was so well decorated (Bali’s style – lots of decoratives made of cane). I hope one day in near future I can have a cozy little house which I can design it with my own theme as well! By then, everyone was exhausted so we call it quit. Aliyos…
人小小，胃口大大！
小孩们的偶像－Ultraman来Tebrau City 走走。难道这里有怪物出现吗？！
今天在Yishion大减价购得的-Ms.Boo，可爱吗？！
到＂古早人＂享用我们的晚餐。
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《纳尼亚传奇2:凯斯宾王子》&电影的票根
This painting is a gift from a good friend (TiTan). He got this painting from his friend as a souvenir from a vacation to Egypt. Titan kept the painting for more than five years in his drawer as he had no idea where he should display it. Fortunately he found me! He gave the painting to me as he knows I am fond of unique & historical painting. Thank you so much my dear Titan. On the other hand, I think he made an excellent choice. I hardly find someone who treasures the ancient art as much as I do! *wink* It is gonna be one of the most eye-catching piece of art in my living room.
The second piece of art which I would like to introduce is the painting that I got for myself when I travelled to Sydney for vacation last year. It is authentic aboriginal art from Australia. “Two Lovers Meet” is the theme of this lovely painting.
