Day +1214 : Extraction of a molar tooth

I am fine today.

I had a molar tooth extracted this afternoon. The molar tooth delayed very badly after the bone marrow transplant. It is a great challenge to maintain the teeth due to the lack of saliva.

When a dentist spotted the problem a few months ago, the extent of damage was too great for any possible filling. I decided to keep the tooth for a few more months as it was still functional and didn't give me too much problem:-)

I felt some pain on this tooth this afternoon which made me decided to get rid of it on impromptu basis to prevent further trouble.

The young dentist said that only the root of the molar left and he needed to exercise great care in extracting it else the root might crack. However, I felt no pain at all during the process. In fact I didn't even notice when the tooth was extracted; while we were talking about my Leukaemia experience :-)

I was charged RM80 for the extraction service.

I have one tooth less from today onwards but there are still many good teeth left- sufficient for me to enjoy good food :-)

The extracted molar - view from side that is greatly decayed

The other side - healthy one should at least look like this
See you next post :-)

Day +1213 : Dinner at Bao Bao Restaurant

I am fine today.

Last Tueday, I had dinner with my wife, Rev. Lau and Mrs. Lau at Bao Bao Restaurant (宝宝板面专卖店). As the Chinese name implied, the restaurant specializes in Ban Mee.

The restaurant is located opposite my office at Jalan Kenari 10.

All of us ordered soup Ban Mee. After a short while eating the noodles, a few of us complained that it was very salty. We notified the waitress about it and requested her to add some hot water to dilute the soup.

What surprised us was that the waitress took back all four bowls of Ban Mee and took some time to prepare fresh dishes for us. And this time the soup is just nice.

Though the noodles didn't taste as good as what we had expected, the services rendered were very good. Another good thing about this restaurant is that they offered many flavors of chili. If you like to try different types of chili, perhaps you should give this restaurant a try :-)

The restaurant

The menu

Traditional soup Ban Mee

Special soup Ban Mee

4 different kinds of chili for your taste buds :-)
See you next post :-)

Day +1212 : Update on my sister

I am fine today.

My sister was discharged this morning. Doctor gave her 30 days leave. He has to take care of herself carefully and avoid doing heavy work to prevent the stitches being torn apart.

In fact, the operation removed her entire uterus rather than the tumor only. The doctor who operated her is Dr. Ting Hua Seng. She studied in England and worked in Singapore for six years before coming back to work in Sibu General Hospital.

My sister is very glad that she was operated by an experienced surgeon. Initially, she was a little bit worried that should an inexperienced surgeon operated her, some other organs might be cut as well :-)

I feel that this worry is valid. She is very happy after the operation is completed successfully.

See you next post :-)

Day +1211 : The birthday celebration continues

I am fine today.

We further celebrated my wife birthday on Sunday.

We had Domino Pizzas for lunch and Foochow Mee Sua (长寿面) for dinner. I am still keeping the buy one get one free promotion card. So the total cost of 2 large pizzas cost RM32.80 only :-) This translated to RM16.40 only per large pizza.

Quite cheap, isn’t it? Let me know if you need the card, I can lend it to you. It is perfectly valid for you to purchase with my card :-)

Aloha chicken

Tuna - very nice!

The cake
A family photo
Busy setting up
My wife and Adriel
Eggs
Mee Sua
See you next post :-)

Day +1210: The operation was a success

I am fine today.

I am glad to inform you that the keyhole operation was very successful yesterday. The operation lasted about 4 hours by an experienced surgeon returning from Singapore. Instead of having two tumors as reported earlier, there was in fact only one tumor inside the uterus, but it was quite big - weighing 900g.

My third sister told me that she was very lucky because the surgeon used a just arrived machine in removing the tumor. If she did the operation earlier, the operation might be more complicated without the machine.

My sister requested me to pray for her before the operation. She said that my prayer is more powerful but I believe all of ourprayers are powerful because our God is a powerful God :-)

Thank for your prayer.

See you next post :-)

Day +1209 : Please pray for my third sister

I am fine today.

My third sister, Sie Chuo, is going for a major operation in Sibu General Hospital tomorrow to remove 2 tumors in her uterus with a combined size of 14.8cm.

She has the tumors for many years. Recently, the tumors grow with an accelerated rate and draining too much nutrient from her; resulting her hemoglobin count dropped to something below 10 g/dl. So it is time to remove them.

She was admitted for preparation work since yesterday. Doctor will try to remove the tumors through keyhole operation. She told me the operation might last from 3 hours to 7 hours.

Sie Chuo was the one who donated her stem cells to me for bone marrow transplant. And the outcome of the transplant is that we shared the same blood :-)

Please pray for a successful operation.

See you next post :-)

Day +1208 : Happy birthday, my beloved wife!

I am fine today.

My wife’s birthday fell on 15 October. I was having flu at that time so we didn’t celebrate on the day.

I was getting better last Friday and thus able to bring her for a dinner, as a compensation of the missed celebration.

We went to Puteri Mart Food Court as my wife wanted something simple. We ordered fried Kuey Teow with duck eggs and also grilled fish.

After the meal, I bought her some clothes :-)

The Fried Kuey Teow - from the stall on the right at the entrance. I was told this stall serves the best fried Kuey Teow in the food court.

The grilled fish - from a stall (怪味烧鱼) on the right side at the end of the food court. Very good one. A Hong Kong visitor brought me to this stall some time ago.
See you next post :-)

Day +1207 : Getting better

I am fine today.

I am getting better, almost return to normal :-) The cough and phlegm are reduced, and the phlegm’s colour has turned from light green to clear now. The appetite also increased. So I should be arriving the end of this flu attack.

The antibiotic – Erythromycin - works this time, and I should say that Dr. Koh had made a correct judgment for not prescribing me Augmentine. I took the 4 days course of antibiotic since Monday and thus it should be completed on Thursday.

However, I continued the antibiotic based on my “not so professional” judgment as I still experienced coughing and felt the “itchiness” in my left lung. This indicates that the problem in the lung has yet fully cleared. Continuing taking the antibiotic is an attempt to prevent the problem from becoming active again like what I experienced before.

Erythromycin - not delicious at all :-(
See you next post :-)

Day +1206 ：Christ is our Healer (4)

I am fine today. Continue from yesterday...

第四：信心的终极是耶稣，不是环境

我们相信神的医治是一件绝对正确的事。每一个基督徒都应该这样的相信。不然，我们不会说耶稣是使我们得医治的主。圣经也叫我们坦然无惧的来到施恩的宝座前，为要得怜恤、蒙恩惠、做随时的帮助。换句话说，我们要敢敢向我们的神求，若敢敢的求，那也要敢敢的相信，对不对？

那我要问，相信什么呢？相信能够得到医治，对不对？这当然对。我们应该这样的相信，因为我们要得到医治。

但是为什么许多人都这样的相信，还是得不到医治呢？我有机会住在医院里百多天，就看到了很多这样的事情。他们信心不够大吗？不是。他们都很有信心。

若是我们的信心的只是停留在神有没有医治我们，神有没有预备泊车位给我，神有没有预备一个好太太给我，神有没有预备一份好工作给我，神有没有让我发达，那你迟早都要失望了。为什么呢？

因为若是这样，我们其实是把我们的焦点放在环境上，而不是耶稣上。我们常常听人说这个人很有信心，很有恩赐，一祷告病就好了。快快去。这个叫信心吗？很多人会觉得这些人是很有信心的。

但是我跟你说，假如一个人非常努力的祷告，不但病没有好，还死掉了，然而，他不因为祷告没有效而离开神，反而跟定了耶稣。这个人的信心才是大的。因为这样的信心已经从相信神能改变环境而进入相信神本身。

耶稣是好的，现在我完全将我的生命，我的问题交托给祂。请祂牵我的手继续前进，不论环境如何，我只要耶稣。正如宣道会的创办人孙信博士在一首诗歌里说到：以前我寻求的是医治，现在我只要的是耶稣自己。

在我血癌医治的漫长日子里，我把大部分焦点都放在耶稣身上，不是会不会死，得不得到医治。我让神牵着我的手一天一天的前进，我得到极大的平安和安慰。

结论

许多人会说基督徒不可思议，为什么呢？

在风平浪静之中，我们感谢神。

生病了，我们祷告祈求神，病好了，我们感谢神。

生病了，我们祷告祈求神，但是这一次死了，我们还是感谢神。

若是我们能够从今生的医治看到终极的医治，从相信神改变环境到相信神自己，以上的事就绝对正常了。

See you next post :-)

Day +1205 ：Christ is our Healer (3)

I am fine today. Continue from yesterday...

第三：神终极的医治是最终的希望

我们对医治的观念要从今生的医治开始发展到永恒的医治。这是什么意思呢？我生病时常常背一句经文：「我的心哪！你要称颂耶和华，不可忘记祂的一切恩惠。祂赦免你的一切罪孽，医治你的一切疾病。祂救赎你的命脱离死亡，以仁爱和慈悲为你的冠冕。」

这是神的应许。既然圣经说我们的神是一个信实可靠的神，那祂所说的话就应该要算数，对不对？「祂救赎你的命脱离死亡。。。」这一句话真是太好了。因为当我要死的时候，我就说：「袮救赎我的命脱离死亡。。。」，然后就活过来，因为神说了就要算数吗？对不对？这样我就可以用这个方法一直活下去，直到我跟神说：「够了！够了！我不想活了。预备回天家了。」有没有道理？

但是为什么这么多相信耶稣的人还是要活活不了呢？

我在病房里认识了一个20多岁的女病人叫做秀莲。她患上了淋巴癌。肿瘤压住她的神经线使她不能起身。她的母亲在病房里24小时不停的照顾她，吃住，冲凉也在那里。她很肥，头发剩下几根，非常苍老。我起初以为她是妈妈，床边的那个是她的女儿。

他们在医院里信了耶稣。大家都祷告，希望秀莲能够得到医治。

但是医到最后，医生也没有办法了。于是她们就回去怡保医院做一些基础的治疗。要回去的时候，在医院里跟他们道别。那时的情况差不多就等于是「见她最后一面。」我塞了一点钱给她的母亲。她的母亲哭着说：「信耶稣真好！认识你们这帮基督徒朋友实在是太好了。」

过了不久，我就收到她母亲的电话，很兴奋的告诉我说，她的女儿去世了。她说她的女儿去世的时候非常美丽，非常安详，像天使一般，从来没有这么美丽过。不只是她说，她的亲戚朋友也这样说。

她的女儿是在听一首描述天堂情景的诗歌中去世。这首歌收录在「耶和华是我的亮光」同一个专辑里。她在医院时，我给了他一片，她很喜欢。每天都听。

我们也许会觉得奇怪，心爱的女儿去世有什么好高兴的？又不是结婚？但我跟你说，事实就是如此。

原来她的母亲这么兴奋是因为她看到女儿死得非常安详，非常美丽，像天使一般。不只这样，她也知道相信耶稣的人死了之后要去的地方是天堂。一个非常美丽的地方。在那里：「神要擦去他们一切的眼泪。不再有死亡，也不再有悲哀，哭号，疼痛。。。」

秀莲得到了神绝对、终极、永恒的医治，从此不会再有眼泪，从此不需要再面对死亡，不再有悲哀，哭号，疼痛。她正在天堂里享受神完全的同在。

所以神的话从来没有落空的 - 「祂赦免你的一切罪孽，医治你的一切疾病。祂救赎袮的命脱离死亡。。。」原来是这么的真实。

今天，秀莲不能对你说她的经历。神既然让我活在这世上，我就要替她说。所以我说了又说这个故事。

我们相信神的人是大有希望的，不只今生有希望，来生也有希望。不只今生得医治，来生也得医治，而且是绝对的医治。

To be continued and see you next post :-)

Day +1204 ：Christ is our Healer (2)

I am fine today. Continued from yesterday...

第二：神医治我的身体

当我在古晋的医院接受化疗的那段时间，有一位Uncle，我们叫他欧老师，七十多岁，常常来替我祷告。若是那天没有来，他也会透过电话跟我一起祷告。欧老师曾经患上前列腺癌，经过很辛苦的治疗，得到医治后，就非常热心探访病人和为病人祷告。之后，她的太太也患上癌症，是肠癌，经过几轮化疗，实在顶不住，不能继续，放弃治疗。但是，靠着神的恩典，竟然也得了医治。她的太太有时也来探望我。

欧老师祷告的时候都不忘了讲一句话，就是：「透过医生加上神的恩典，世久弟兄必定得到医治。」

今天我能够站在这里，就是神的恩典。医生可以很好，稍微一点差错，可能就要你的命。唯有神在当中保守和引导，我们才有希望。有人跟我说，那个替我插管的放射科医生是一位很好的医生，但还是一时糊涂，把我弄的20天起不了床。

所以医治可以透过医生的手加上神的恩典得以完成。除此之外，神也会透过祂的大能，在完全没有医生和医药的治疗之下，使人得到医治。

To be continued and see you next post :-)

Day +1203 ：Christ is our Healer (1)

I am fine today.

I would like to share with you what I had shared last Sunday in the church.

第一：神医治我的心灵

我要唱一首诗歌给大家听。在大家面前唱了很多次，但不知道你已经听了几次。我太太对我说又是唱这首，为什么不唱跟医治有关联的？但是我觉得这首歌跟医治也有关联。

耶和华是我的亮光

（诗篇27：1，3，6）

耶和华是我的亮光，

我还惧怕谁呢？

耶和华是我的保障，

我还倚靠谁呢？

虽有军兵安营攻打，

我的心也不害怕。

虽有刀剑向我出击，

我的心仍然安定。

如今我得以昂首，

高过四面的仇敌，

我要在他面前献祭，

唱诗歌颂他名。

这首歌收录在天韵的一张专辑里 - 与信心有约。当我患上血癌在古晋做第一次化疗的时候，我大姐夫送一张给我。

开始的时侯是在政府医院做化疗，但是那里的环境实在太差，三天之后转去私人医院。到那边的时候，主治医生说隔天要安排我插一支管，从手臂顺着静脉绕过肩膀进入心脏附近。有了这条可以说是多用途的管子；抽血、输药就免了皮肉痛苦。通过平常的针头输入化疗的药物是非常疼痛的，血管有点像被火烧的感觉。

我当然很兴奋。这样至少就不用担心每天抽血和输药之痛。第二天，躺在冰冷的手术台上，放射科医生就开始用超音波仪器测量，麻醉师就来做局部麻醉的功夫；然后一条很长的管子就从包装中被抽出来。

放射科医生就开始插管，越插越不对劲，不只我紧张，他也紧张，一直说：为什么是这样的呢？之后才发觉插进了动脉，赶紧抽出来，血流如注。他的助手按着我的伤口足足20分钟。然后将我整个瘀青发肿的手臂紧紧的包裹。

之后，又开始重复同样的手术，在另外一边。感谢主！这次非常顺利。但手术之后，医生发觉我的衣服不知何故没有办法脱下来。于是就用剪刀剪开衣服，让我出来。我一生还是第一回是这样脱衣服的。

当手术出状况的时候，我一直发抖；一方面太冷、另外一方面太紧张。你应该可以理解，只要你想一想，医生都紧张，我怎么不紧张。

我一边发抖，一边背诗篇23篇；

耶和华是我的牧者。我必不至缺乏。

他使我躺卧在青草地上，领我在可安歇的水边。

他使我的灵魂苏醒，为自己的名引导我走义路。

我虽然行过死荫的幽谷，也不怕遭害。因为你与我同在。你的杖，你的竿，都安慰我。

在我敌人面前，你为我摆设筵席。你用油膏了我的头，使我的福杯满溢。

我一生一世必有恩惠慈爱随着我。我且要住在耶和华的殿中，直到永远。

上帝的能力，透过祂的话语，给我极大的安慰。冰冷的手术台，黑青发肿的手，手术台上的血液不再影响我。我闭上眼睛透过神的话觉得自己正在躺在青草地上，在可安歇的水边。

之后的20多天，黑青发肿的手消退的非常慢。手臂不能弯曲，另外一边手又要输药，所以真是所谓的动弹不得，不能自己起身。家人轮流24小时守候，吃东西，上厕所都需要人帮助。

我每天就是这样的躺在床上，天天听这张专辑，超过一百次了。很常时候，当我闭起眼睛，我就看到一幅图画，我站在大家面前唱这一首诗歌。

我的神是我的亮光，我还惧怕谁呢？我的神是我的保障，我还依靠谁能？虽有军兵安营攻打，我的心也不害怕。虽有刀剑向我出击，我的心仍然安定。

亲爱的朋友们，你今天的日子过得如何呢？问题一大堆、没有平安、害怕吗？来信靠这位信实可靠的神。我深深的经历到了神大能的医治和同在，我相信你也能够。

神一开始就透过祂大能的话语，医治我惧怕的心灵。神不只医治我们的肉体，祂也医治我们心灵。没有任何一件事我们的神会感到棘手，处理不到。没有任何一件事，不论是肉体的，心灵的，能够难倒祂。我们只要相信耶稣，承认我们是个罪人，没有办法自己救自己，接受耶稣成为我们生命的主，然后完全的信靠祂的带领。这样耶和华就成为你的亮光，耶和华就成为你的保障。

To be continued and see you next post :-)

Day +1202 : Seeing doctor

I am fine today.

I am quite tired due to the flu. So I take a day off from work today.

In order to stop the flu and cough from progressing, I went to see Dr. Koh this afternoon. He prescribed me Erythromycin (antibiotic), flu medicine, cough syrup and also Panadol. He said that I had mild fever after measuring my body temperature, so the Panadol.

In fact I have plenty of Erythromycin at home which was prescribed by a lung specialist in UH as a treatment to Bronchiolitis obliteran (BO), but I stopped taking it as later investigation showed no evidence of BO.

I am expecting Doctor to prescribe me Augmentine but doctor said that I should try the less powerful Erythromycin first. The reason is that the flu is not that serious. We should reserve the more power “weapon” for a condition that is worse than this.

Hopefully, Erythromycin will be sufficient this time.

See you next post :-)

Day +1201 : Sharing in the church

I am fine today.

Our church is preaching the FourFold Gospel since a few weeks ago.

In fact there is one gospel only; that is salvation in Jesus Christ. The FouldFold Gospel is an emphasis of certain aspects of gospel which includes the following:

1. Christ is our Saviour
2. Christ is our Sanctifier
3. Christ is our Healer
4. Christ is the Coming King

Mrs. Rev Lau is preaching the topic of Christ is our Healer today and I was invited to share about my experience to compliment her teaching.

With the flu escalating and the setting in of cough, I thank God that I managed to finish the 20 minutes sharing without being interrupted by cough. But I was exhausted after the sharing.

This is flu season again. Many family members are hit. I might need Augmentine again.

See you next post :-)

Day +1200 : Baked potatoes

I am fine today.

We hosted the cell group meeting this evening.

My wife made baked potatoes for the cell group members. This is the second time she tried this recipe and I should said that she did it very successfully :-)

May cell group members said that the baked potatoes were very nice :-)

Baked potatoes; ready to sever after baking in the oven for 15 minutes
A zoom in view
Cell group members are enjoying it
See you next post :-)

Day +1199 : Always number one

I am fine today.

Influenced by parents, most children, including Adriel, always want to be number one. In order to prevent her and Aaron from playing water in the bathroom for too long, I always tell them those who come out from the bathroom first will be the winner.

One day, Aaron came out from the bathroom first and I declared him the winner because he was number one.

Adriel came out from the bathroom a little bit later. She didn’t agree and interpreted the result differently.

“Aaron is number 0. I am number one,” she said :-(

See you next post :-)

Day +1198 : You never wear also eat ma!

I am fine today.

One day, I came out from the bathroom after taking bath and spotted an opened pack of peanuts on the dresser.

It was purchased by my wife for me as she knew that I liked peanuts very much. One of the children opened the pack, ate some of them, and left it on the dresser.

I picked up a few peanuts and drop them into my mouth.

Adriel came out from the bathroom at this time. Seeing me eating peanuts, she quickly picked up some peanuts.

“Don’t eat now Adriel! Dress first!” I told her when she just about to put the peanuts into her mouth.

“Your never wear also eat ma!” she protested in no time.

“OK, OK. Eat, eat,” I replied.

See you next post :-)

Day +1197 : My pastor is a good cook

I am fine today.

Our pastor is a good cook. He can cook many delicious dishes. Not only this, he is also skillful in baking cakes and making desserts.

We have weekly church management meeting every Tuesday evening and we normally went for dinner after that.

One day, my pastor prepared Foochow eight treasures duck soup (八珍鸭). He spotted a very attractive duck in the market in the morning. He purchased it without hesitation and there we had the delicious herbal soup :-)

Apart from the soup, he also fried bitter gourd with eggs and preserved radish with eggs. All of them were delicious.

We enjoyed the dinner very much. Five of us almost finished everything.

Eight treasures soup
Bitter gourd fried with eggs

Pineapple

Preserved radish fried with eggs

The team (1)
The team (2)
4 + 4 = 5, do you agree?

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Day +1196 : I can answer any question

I am fine today.

We were on the way to Summit Tower, Subang Jaya to attend Aaron and Adriel’s kindergarten annual concert. There was not much traffic on Kesas Highway. However, we experienced heavy traffic jam when we turned into Persiaran Kewajipan.

“I wonder why there is so much traffic even on Saturday,” I said to my wife.

“Because this is like that lah…” Aaron answered spontaneously and we considered the question answered. But whether it was reasonable is another matter.

Aaron is three and a half years old now. He could answer almost all questions we ask :-)

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Day +1195 : Follow-up at BMT Clinic

My Blood Count Today: - Readings in square bracket [] are result from previous test.

Red Blood Count (HB) = 145[141] (Normal 130-180)
Platelet = 185[205] (Normal 150-450)
White Blood Count (WBC) = 10[7.3] (Normal 4 - 11)
Absolute Neutrophil Count (ANC) = 5.3[2.263] (Normal 1.5 - 8.0)

I am fine today.

The blood count results today are within normal range. The elevated white blood count might be due to mild flu that started yesterday. Hopefully, the flu won't develop as bad as before. I asked doctor if there is anything that we can do to prevent the flu from getting worse, he just ignored it :-(

Doctor reviewed the result of my respiratory function test done earlier. He didn’t see any problem with the result. Indeed, he commented that one of the result indicated that my lung is less obstructed than before :-)

Since the doctor didn’t order liver function test during my last visit, I didn’t visit UH twice for this follow-up. I went to UH at 12:30pm and took blood in the BMT clinic at about 1:30pm.

The doctors only came very late today. They supposed to start seeing patients at 2:00pm but they managed to come at 3:30pm only.

When the nurse didn’t see any doctor coming, she started to become impatient and called one of the doctors, saying that the patients were impatient. In fact, I was very patient. Though I wish the doctors come early, it is definitely not a problem to wait a little bit longer. I believed they were busy attending patients in the ward.

“Comparing to living in the hospital for more than 160 days throughout the treatment, this amount of waiting time means nothing to me,” I always tell myself while waiting. And with this thinking, I am very happy :-)

There were many patients in the hospital today. I waited for another one and half hour to get the medicine.

I reached home at 6:00pm.This is one of the longest follow-up that I experienced so far :-( Hopefully, the situation will be better next follow-up.

Doctor scheduled the next follow-up 8 weeks later but the date clashes with my trip to Sarawak. I requested to postpone it a week later.

See you next post :-)

Day +1194 : Dinner at Gao Ren Restaurant (高人馆)

I am fine today.

My wife and I had dinner with a few cell group members at Gao Ren Restaurant last evening. My company just had a lunch here on Monday.

A quote from Super Pages about the restaurant:

Restaurant Gao Ren Guan is serving Gao Chow dishes which is simple but tastefully done deco with aircond and large black and white images of people in the good old days getting together. There are some uncommon dishes served here. The Gaozhou Bitter Gourd is made by insertig stuffings through an opening on top of the gourd and simmered for an hour with soup. It taste is simply marvellous. Golden Beancurd is prepared by stuffing fried minced pork and markcerel in beancurd before cooking for two hours in soup which resulting in an exceptionally fresh and srumptious taste. The other signature dishes may be the appetising Hometown Braised Pork Belly and fragrant Hometown Salted Chicken.

Its signature dishes are:

1. Gaozhou Golden Beancurd
2. Gaozhou Bitter Gourd
3. Hometown Braised Pork Belly
4. Hometown Salted Chicken

We didn’t try any of the signature dishes this time. The Golden Beancurd was not so nice as I tried it before; nobody likes Bitter Gourd; Pork Belly is too fat, especially for ladies; Salted Chicken should be nice, but we ordered another type of chicken.

Anyway, the dishes that we ordered were all delicious :-)

Just in case you would like to visit the restaurant, it is located at 7-01, Jalan Kenari 18B, Bandar Puchong Jaya, Puchong. Tel : 03-8076 8766

The restaurant

Ginger chicken -特色醉香鸡 (Half - RM27)

Fried eggs - 芙蓉蛋 (Small - RM10)
Beans - 四大天王 (Big - RM18)
Homemade bean curd - 家乡豆腐 (Small - RM10)
Curry spare ribs - 咖喱排骨 (Big - RM18)
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Day +1193 : Raja Musang, king of durians

I am fine today.

Finally, I purchased Raja Musang and Thraka, one piece each from the stall, with a combined cost of RM44.

Raja Musang (猫山王) is really good; with strong taste, fleshy, smooth and creamy texture. Its position as king of durians is indisputable. I asked the durian seller whether there is any durian better than Raja Musang; the answer is negative. Raja Musang’s price could go up as high as RM28/kg and its lowest price so far was RM13/kg. The current price of RM15/kg is considered to be on the lower side. And I was told that the price won’t drop anymore for this season. That means this is a good time to try the durian.

Thraka (竹脚) is very fleshy. It tastes a little bit better than D24 for me. I would say that it is the most economical durian due to its abundant flesh. Its seeds are extremely small.

We like all the three types that we tried so far; D24, Thraka and of course, Raja Musang. However, we might go for Thraka more frequently in future, while getting Raja Musang and D24 occasionally.

I had been warned by Pure Faith that this durian eating adventure can be costly. I have burned more than RM100 this week for far, but I feel that what I and my family enjoyed is worth the money :-)

So that is not much a trouble to me :-)

Raja Musang Fruits



Thraka



D24
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Day +1192 : Dinning at Little Taiwan

I am fine today.

My wife and I had dinner at Little Taiwan which is located in the new wing of IOI Mall.

The restaurant offered quite a variety of dishes of which the beef noodles attracted us quite a lot. So I ordered spicy beef noodles (麻辣牛肉面) while my wife ordered braised beef noodles (红烧牛肉面).

We were not really impressed with the noodles. This might be due the fact that we were not so used to eating beef.

If you like beef noodles, this might be a restaurant to visit.

The restaurant maintained a website here with menu posted online. So you can decide what do order even beforehand.

The restaurant

Braised beef noodles (红烧牛肉面)
Spicy beef noodles (麻辣牛肉面)
"Branded" tissue
Some of the menu - click to have a larger view



See you next post :-)