Thursday, 4 July 2013

何苦如此?



何苦如此?  5/7/2013
[生死由命,富贵在天]
[死马不当活马医]
典故[死马当活马医]
真的不必随意浪费资源。
活着互相相互多珍惜和疼爱。
不随意互相伤害。
一个人能活70-80 岁
子孙都整全,福气够重了
生病了,把疼痛减到最低。
大家都尽力了,就好了。
老人家Mendela 94 /5
能受到如此尊重和爱惜,够了,够了
病到没什么知觉了
还要靠仪器来维持生命
做什么? 
放他走吧!放他走吧!
这样活着,尊严在哪里? 
他死了,他那护[民主的精神]永远活着。
这是都么美好的结局啊!。
如果我能有尊严的活到70 岁
我会感谢天,也感谢地
如果我人都70岁了,病倒了
我希望我的病痛是可以被减到最低
不靠呼吸器不灌食
能活着就活着; 不能就好好让我走吧!
我相信我会进入我进修的世界。
怎样的世界就的看我一生的造化了。

Sunday, 28 April 2013

Frogies’ Sense to Appreciate



 Frogies'Sense to Appreciate
So you know,
          Frogs can jump impressively high.
        Frogs can croak loudly enough
       to break the silence at night.
        Frogs with their tongues so long to catch
        insects flying past are fun to watch, too.
        But frogs possess a precious quality
        with skin as sensitive as our eyes,
        how many people see this creature
        with the endowment to feel the environment?
       
        When frogs leaving a place for good are an alarm warning
          But we always take them so lightly to notice anything
         and see them so trivial to the whole environment and our enjoyment.
        They pass us a message for their desperate movement
        but we are just too proud to show any regret
          of their plight and consider them to be of any threat
          to our very survival and enjoyment
         We are just too irrationally indulgent
          in our greed and lust
         for more and more material wealth and enjoyment as such
         at the expense of the environment.
        We insensibly trade our precious air and water
         for many luxurious and fanciful commodities
         serving no particular purpose but our vainglory

        Frogs are our very helpful friends
        To get rid of mosquitoes,
         the bite of which can be very fatal
        But our exploitation and inconsideration
          have forced our precious friends away in desperation
         and let mosquitoes go rampant
        to spread malaria and dengue fever
        We have hence become so adamant
         to prevent and eliminate them than ever

        As time goes by, some day,
         frogs may all disappear totally
        We shall see frogies no more in reality
         though we still have vivid image of them in stories
        We may only recall them at times from memory,
         another legend for remembrance, lah
       
        Frogs’ extinction heralds the calamity
        to befall on human beings sooner or later
        for breaking Nature’s harmony

(Inspiration from the article by a Malay writer – “Frogs, Frogs, where are you?” in See Hua Daily News)

Life and Death



                  Life                           Death

                Life and death but a journey to progress
                And a mission to fulfil
                Life is not born to refuel anybody’s ambition
                To win in the election

                Life and death but a journey to progress
                And a mission to fulfil
                Life is not born to satisfy anybody’s desire
               To go high

                Life is wonderful
                With eyes to see pollution-free land, sky and sea
                With ears to hear melodies of nature far and near
                With nose to smell fresh fragrant air
              With tongue to taste pure organic food
                With heart to feel God everywhere with us
                With mind to sense God’s creation in harmony

                Life is fanciful
                With the sixth sense to remind
                To be graceful and grateful
                To all the living things big and small

                Life is meaningful
                With roles to learn to play well
                With God’s commands to live well

                Life is amazing
                With the law of Nature
               To bind all the creatures big and small
                With the will of God
                To submit and abide
                With the ability each must know so well

                Life is life; death is death
                Life is death; death is life
                Day and night to progress

Friday, 23 November 2012

Dabai / Malaysian Olives


                             Dabai / Malaysian olives                        23/11/12
          Dabai / Malaysian olives are in season and are abundant in supply in Sibu now.  I bet the supply is so much greater than demand as I see the drop of prices of olives in different sizes and qualities as compared with the prices I knew few weeks ago. 
          So dabai, dabai everywhere abundant in supply.  What are the growers, sellers and buyers going to do with so many dabai at their disposal?  I guess the growers have to negotiate with the sellers for a price that is incentive enough for them to sustain.  And the sellers have to think of all ways to find and persuade the buyers and told all the health benefits of eating dabai. 
          Well, well, well for the amateur grower like my husband who has 5 dabai trees and 4 trees are really fruitful.  He has harvested at least 100kg this time.  This is the first time he has collected so many dabai.  What is he going to do with them?   At the time when dabai are in abundant in Sibu.  They are not lucrative enough for him to think of selling them in town. 
          Luckily, they did not ripen at the same time.  Otherwise it would be a tough job for him and his two friends to pick them.   The dabai spaced out to ripen in a period of two weeks.  They went three times to pick.  My husband had to take leave for five days.  He and his another friend, Lu had to go there to look after them more vigilantly  for fear someone who would pick them as our farm has not been fenced up yet.  This friend has been farming with him for the past 12 years.  They go there almost every Saturday afternoon.  This is the first time they have had such a rich harvest.  Three of them each took home 30+kg.
          For our share of 30+kg,   We gave away some to 2 neighbours beside us, my husband’s siblings and friends.  The rest about 15kg+ we kept.  Luckily, I have learnt from relatives and friends different ways to eat them and preserve them.  We find the balai marinate with soya sauce and brown / cane sugar and heated under the sun taste best.  You can also put dabai in warm water to soften them and then marinate with soya sauce and sugar.  I also try to bring water to boil first and turn off the stove.  Then  I steam them in the pot for a few minutes. 
          To preserve them, I pack them in containers and put them in the freezer compartment of the refrigerator.  People told me they can last for a year or more.  I shall find out.  Lately, I have found out an interesting fact about the frozen olives/ dabai which will become soft and ready to serve when you de-froze them.  I have tried them and it proved to be true.  I was overjoyed to realise it.  Hence I can take the loads of olives at ease now as I know how to preserve them.
           For the baked or steamed olives that we cannot finish, I scrap the fresh off the seeds and add in sugar to make olive paste and bottle it.  It is another fun way of eating olives.
          People say olives like durians are heaty .  I think so because they seem to work up my digestive system a bit more and I pass out bad wind every now and then.  I think it is a kind of food with a lot of good enzymes, too.  I think it is tonic as well.
          Dabai are a seasonal fruit.  I see dabai heavenly food we have on earth.  They should have the properties as good as their ‘cousin’ the Mediterranean olives which have been proven to be so good for health. 
          So dabai, dabai everywhere in Sibu, how nice to know we can eat to enjoy them and for our health’s sake.  We can preserve them to prevent them to go rot /waste.  Maybe someone shall process them ………