New Shoots!!!! *exited*

"Mother" of the two young shoots....looking forward to the new buds....makes me happy just looking at this picture!! ^v^

while taking a walk in the garden today doing my routine checks on my lovely Orchids, I stumbled upon two (not one, ok?) spikes on a single plant. it's a miniature Cattleya!!!! Can u imagine the happiness i got, not one, double happiness.... hahahahaha....yuhoo!!!! la la la la la....will upload once it blooms!

can't trust myself anymore

some of the Cattleyas gotten today. Just couldn't get enough of it. They are all so gorgeous! to tell the truth, I could have gotten more if i have brought more cash! kekekeke!
Everytime after a nursery visit, I would tell myself, this will be the last time i buy plants or Orchid. And, i've never keep that promise. sigh...let's see how long i can keep the last promise for, wish me luck, guys! @.@

Crispin Rosales 'Carmela'

Mahina Yahiro 'Mishima'

White Spark "Panda"

Yes, i bought this at Sg Buloh Nurseries..

After the sinseh prescription, gave myself an excuse that i need more wires for hanging Orchids, so hubby and i adjourn to Sg Buloh nurseries.. sometimes, i really cannot forgive myself anymore. i have been buying too many don't you think? bought another 13 Cattleyas today alone. Can u believe it?! neither can i!

Chinese sinseh

my prescription~~~ yucks!!! haven't got a choice *~* pinch your nose and swallow! you like some?

taadam, here the Chinese sinseh that has been taking my pulse rate...I was told some come from far neighboring state just to let him feel the pulse rate. consider myself lucky not having to travel cross border just to see him ^-^
From just feeling one's pulse, he is able to know if one's liver, lungs, kidneys, stomach etc is functioning properly, whether is it too heaty, cold, wet etc. Amazing i always thought.

very typical in a Chinese medical store, isn't it? chest and chest of herbs

this look horribly bitter to me
jars and jars of herbs

some displayed in the showcase

After being diagnose for having a large fibroid in the uterus and being told by doctor that i have to remove it. Being 1 who is so terrified with the thought of going to hospital, op will be the last resort so i was recommended to see a Chinese sinseh at the neighbourhood. Have been visiting him since end May and been diligently taking his precription EVERYDAY. almost 3 monts now. He does different combination of herbs every 2 to 3 days. Whatever the combinatin is, it always taste horrible! But i guess this definitely is a better alternative to op. ^-^

Mad about Orchid

So super crazy about for some reason, so i got up really early one morning after a sleepless night and go hunting for Orchids *O* Rows and rows of Orchids

almost flipped when i saw this... i was like i want these, i want that, if possible i want them ALL.. lolol...takes one to know another Orchid lover i guess...mum would be like: aiyo.. buy so many, where do u find time to take care of them?? I guess, when 1 has so much enthusiasm for something, time is not an issue anymore... ^-^ mummy, don't worry la, everyone say i have green finger... kekeke... *proud to announce*

This is so much like the Keukenhof in Amsterdam we went! almost...i mean... smaller scale only ma! *v^

Back to my blogging bizness

will be back after my gardening... stay tune... ^-^

Retreat in Langkawi

The finished painted "tiles"

Chow Soon working with intense focus on the "tiles"

a piece of tiles i saw lying on the floor and i asked if i can bring home and place in the garden and the reply from Luang Poo "ok!" yay yay yay.... and the guess what? one of his deciples offered to have it painted before letting me bring home... how thrilled of me!!! thank you thank you thank you, Chow Soon! And after that, Luang Poo written some prayers verses at the back of the tiles! thank you so so much, Luang Poo Tong Pao!

Luang Poo Tong Pao and his birth father

The finished product

Offerings made by banana leaves that symbolise 9 heavens

found a red frog in Caves

One of the old monk from Thailand

i love this parasite plants... don't know its name

i love trees... ^-^

little hut for the chicken run?

sky is sea blue at the jungle

Path leading to the caves temple

hubby and Chow Soon strolling outside the caves.

one of my favourite pics

me taking a walk in the wee hours in the morning. Normally still snoring away back home... kekekeeke...

This is his "room"

heheheeh.... me action only! don't have the courage to meditate in caves this dark! hahaaha...only good enough for picture taking @.@

one of his deciples (Chow Soon) getting ready with the oil lamp for meditation

This our master Luang Poo Tong Pao. Hey, don't judge him by the amount of tatoos on him,k? Well, i did too(initially). he's one of the kindest being i've met in the world! We (family+family friends) have known him more than 10 years now. He speaks only Thai while none of us speaks so can you imagine the way we communicate? with drawings, pointing... Tho we don't speak the same language but we have so much fun together.

Mahsuri's little memorial hut

One of the helpers there got very annoyed by this dog so she painted it with markers..lolololol

little kitten who lives in the caves.

Tadaaa... see the hard flooring? there's where we slept (in a sleeping bag of course). the ceiling height's about 2 to 3 feet. hey, is icy cold in the caves at night, k?!

Isn't this like the real person?

This is not real person, k! it's my favourite statue hand made in Thailand given to the monk by some devotees.

looking up from caves

Just came back from a retreat in 1 of the caves in Langkawi. We had to wear white clothes, sleep on the floor in a sleeping bag in caves, eat very simply, shower in toilets that don't even have flushing system etc. somehow i manage to live thru that 4 days without a fuss. For 1 that had been sleeping in a aircon room, on a Simmon king size bed with Hallmark Satin sheets of 700 thread counts for more than a decade and yes, for the 1st time in a longest time, i felt my spine and bones again for sleeping on a concrete cave floor.

In the day, we'd do some housekeeping, cooking, running errands, meditation, practising etc. With all these it pretty much filled up the whole day already.
I'm just really amaze that, i can actually live this simply without thinking about my bed back home.. ^-^