207. Sayur Paku

This is the vegetable we called 'Paku'. I talked about another vegetable of the same family the other day which was called 'Midin' the other day. Well, today I cooked this the same way that I cooked the 'Sayur Midin'.

And it was delicious!

The 'Paku' after I cut them, ready to be washed and cooked.


Saute grounded chillies, belacan paste, 2 shallots and 2 garlic in some oil. When cooked, just add the washed 'Paku', stir well and when soft add salt to taste.


Today I added some small fresh prawns to these 'Paku'. And it even more delicious!


Cheerio.

206. Sweet Corns

Today I had some sweet corns for desert. I prefer them skinned and boiled with a little salt. When the water boiled 15 - 20 minutes later, just take them off from the boiling water and let them cool in a siever.

I love sweet corns.

The sweet corns skinned and ready to be boiled in water.
 

Cheerio.

205. Long Wait

I got sick as soon as after sending my youngest daughter to the MGH the other day. And I am sure it was because due to me not consuming enough fluids and not eating when I was hungry at that time.

What happened that day was Noormy was supposed to be on duty at 11am that Sunday. But she got up from bed still feeling nauseated and when she was about to go to work she said she couldn't stand properly as she was feeling giddy. She has vomitted during the night, I thought she would feel better in the morning but she was not.

It was Sunday. We rushed to see her one of her panel doctors, Dr Dorothy but we missed, she was closed for the Sunday at 12noon. Then I rushed her to see Dr Arif but it was after 12noon they said he was rushing for his meeting and they were closed for the day too.

So no where else to go I brought her to the General Hospital A & E (Accident & Emergency).



















After registering and paying a dollar, we were told to go and placed her particulars at the basket near ROOM 3. Did you see the trolley beside the door? Yep that's where the paper was placed...soon there were others too on top of it.























There were many people and there weren't enough chairs to sit. I got to sit in one chair and Noormy said she will sit on the floor and wait.























Oh yes, we waited for 2 whole hours before we could see a male nurse. He prescribed her a bottle of Magnesium Trisilicate and when I asked Noormy to be given a sick leave for the day, she was told to wait outside ROOM 1 (patients are seen by a medical doctor in this room).
An hour passed, still Noormy's name wasn't called yet until Noormy said she couldn't wait any longer as she feels nauseated again and would feel better if she can lie down. So after taking the Magnesium Trisilicate we just head for home.

During the 3 hours wait, there was this tv on but showing this Tamil Talk. Hmm...how many of us can understand Tamil?



















It was during that 3 hours wait that I forgot to drink and missed my lunch. I was too worried for Noormy.

Hence I got sick too.

That long wait and getting sick were not a good experience at all.

Cheerio.

204. Not Well

Sorry for the long absence folks, I had not been well for the whole week. The last time I had this sort of 'down with bad cough & flu' was in April. For the whole week, each day I slept so early and like a log the whole night through.