Ramblings of one who has nothing better to do...

Hi...

Since nothing of significance had happened since my last entry, I thought that this would be a good time to look around at whatever greenery is left in our "garden"...now more of a porch than a garden...

So, do join me for a short tour of our little "garden"...

When we renovated the front portion of our house in 2004, we had decided to resurface the floor of the front porch. Although many areas of the garden we had then could be done away with, we had very deep sentimental feelings for the old guava (Jambu Batu) tree. It is actually as old as our house!

It still is...cos we kept the area where it was while the rest of the porch was tiled up.

Out of fear that the old tree might die on us, leaving us without our favourite guava fruits, a recently marcotted branch of it was planted next to an old dead branch of the parent tree.
That was on June 2. Today I could see new buds sprouting...hopefully it will continue in its parent's tradition of providing nice & tasty juicy guava fruits for us...soon.

Well, that square is the only "open" soil area in our compound. See?

And a no. of plants, mainly orchids, have shared the plot.

Below is pic of one orchid plant that flowered for the first time. In January 2007. A rare sight for this particular plant.

However, it's a different story here.

The orchid plants below started as one solitary plant in a pot. And, believe it or not, there are now THREE big ones...cultivated from that one that we brought back from Sungei Petani years ago. However, not a clue as to what species they are though...

This pic (taken only today) show all the orchid plants flowering profusely...at least 2 stalks of flowers each! And they have been doing so almost continuously. My other half says maybe it's becoz of the special "food" I've been feeding them...haha...

The other "wonderful" orchid we are so happy about is one my other half bought in Taiping. 25 Dec 2005 to be exact. Only RM15. Supposedly to be the "Sufon Beauty" species. This plant has been also flowering once every few months. ..ever since the day it was brought home.

Here it is, flowering again :

Above: Pic of Sufon Beauty taken today.

Some time back, a Thai cactus plant was added to the scene. It has grown well and has had many offsprings! Pic shows the "parent"...

Besides these, a few pots of bamboo plants are placed here and there so as not to have a barren porch area. A little bit of green here & there...

Well, thanks for taking the tour....if you can call it one...hehe...Bye!

A New Day...a new entry...

Good morning! The day has just begun for me. Abt to have late breakfast. Nowadays I am getting the feeling that I've read abt from time to time, namely that feeling of being grateful & happy to be alive!!

Life is short...shorter than we may think or feel. Every day that we are blessed with is indeed a BONUS!

And to me, a happy moment is when I get to hear abt how my youngest grandaughter is doing...esp when I can see a pic of her when she is not here.

But first...A step back into the recent past.

Father's Day 2007. Actually 1 day earlier. 16 June. Little KL, my grandaughter, and her fmly came to celebrate that event here with her ole grandaddy. Me took a few short vids of her...walking! First time me saw her walking on her own steam, right b4 my very eyes!

See for yourself!



And this is the latest pic that I received just this morning via MSN from my daughter :
( Pic is a bit blurry cos taken with a low-res HP cam. Apologies. )

This is 17-month old KL...caught in one of her cute poses. Yesterday. What could be going thru her mind at this young & tender age? Your guess is as good as anyone's...haha!

Another issue affecting my present life is the advent of development. As has been happening in the past few months, lorryloads of earth have been brought in for a landfill right in front of my house. A new "Taman" in the making...supposedly of double-storey bungalows and semi-D's. In such situations, dirt & dust is everywhere.

The bad part of development :
View from our roof terrace. All greenery gone! Only mounds of earth! In time another area filled with concrete jungle! And the clear open view would be gone. A view...on a clear day...which includes Gunung Jerai...the highest mountain in Kedah.

The temporary good aspect of this development :
A very recent lucky snapshot me took of a rare sight! Actually almost a FULL rainbow. 180 deg...a semi-circle. View would not have been so if not for the clearing of trees in area for development!

One last incident before I close this entry. We had a long, long power failure in our area! From abt 10am to almost 5pm. Almost 7 hrs. No joke. BAD.
When I called up 15454, I was told it was a transformer failure at the Sub-station & they were replacing it.

So, as you can see, this is actually a very long, long entry...started creating b4 10am and could only complete it now...after 5pm! Phew...

Well, at least life is back to normal and I can finish my Blog entry. That's great, isn't it?
Have a great evening...

Back a little in time...June 21

June 21 : Altho that day started normally, it was not to end normally...

Day was planned to kill many birds with the fabled one stone!

Started with a trip to Bukit Minyak in BM to collect some medication for my other half from her nephew who had bought it & brought it back from Melbourne, Australia. Tks a meg, CB!

Had lunch with her bro & fmly at Manhattan Fish Shop in Auto City. Tks for the nice Fish&Chips, KY!

Lots of nice restaurants / eateries in that area.

After lunch we crossed over the Penang Bridge to the island to visit another nephew whose wife who had been the lucky recipient of her very first bundle of Joy! Visited her at a private confinement home, an apartment block. Congrats, J...

<== A truly lovely bundle of joy!

Had dinner at Lemon Grass, a nice cosy eatery. Great special dishes were served. Our thanks to Amy.

Then it was a dropover at a cousin's place at Minden Heights to keep in touch with latest news abt their son's ailment & progress in treatment. Good news there cos he appears to be responding well to treatment.

After collecting our car at Amy's place, we left for home...Alor Star.

On the way, misfortune struck! At abt 113 km, some distance after the Sg Dua Toll Plaza, a loud clattering sound came from the right rear of our car. On checking, I saw a 4in or so long thick bolt sticking out of that wheel tyre!! Pl see attached pic.Phew...

See the bolt sticking out in the middle of the sidewall? Now how did that happen?

Luckily for us, we were very near a Rest Area & I could drive the car there to a well-lit spot to begin the tedious process of changing to a spare wheel & tyre.

What transpired after was a clear case that proves that good kind souls/samaritans still do exist!!

After abt an hour's delay, we were well on our way home...after conveying our gracious thanks to our kind & helpful "volunteers".

We reached home just b4 midnight...a truly eventful end to a great day! Zzzz ....

A little note...from me to you...

Welcome, my friends, to my humble Blog...

Do allow me to intro myself...

For the most part of my life, I've always tried to clarify that everyone has an upper lip and a lower lip. But me? I am the only Middle Lip! So that kinda explains the NEW "official" name of this Blog...

However, if that leaves you confused, then know me as zeone, aka ze1 @ http://mykpt.net/ ... or simply appearing as . My nick was originally supposed to be Ze One but a typho, namely leaving out the space inbetween the Ze and the One, made it as it is now, ie zeone!! In short it is ze and the numerical "One" ie ze + 1 = ze1 or zeone!

Still confused? Not really matter lo...me am me no matter what you know me by...he he...

Being new in this Blogging thing, I'm still feeling my way around.
My sincere apologies...

However, since you are already here, do allow me to Welcome you to my cosy little nest, somewhere up North in a tiny little city called Alor Star, in what is known as the "Rice Bowl" of Malaysia...the State of Kedah.

Note : This is a shift-over from my earlier webpages & Blog at http://www.freewebs.com/zeo1/

Background info & earlier pics & Blog entries may be viewed there. TQ.