Mary - Day 2

Day 2 - Breakfast

I didn't get up for breakfast again... french toast, sausages and beef nuggets

Banana cake and chee cheong fun!

Fresh papaya, with mini buns stuffed with meat floss.

The state of the bananas after Day 2 breakfast.

Day 2 - Lunch

Kay Lee preparing the hot plate for this famous lamb.

Left - fresh bean and green salad. Right - potato salad.

Pan fried salmon head and salmon skin.

Roast chicken.

Super scrumptious crab bee hoon!!!

Kay Lee's sizzling lamb!

2 trays of goreng pisang for dessert.

Day 2 - Special Mid-day Snack

Sashimi

Sashami

Fish 'cream' aka spunk sack! (wasn't brave enough to try but I hear that it's really creamy...)

Day 3 - Dinner

Left = bitter gourd. Right = squid, mushrooms, beans and leeks.

Spicy prawns.

Herbal duck soup.

Super spicy fish curry.

Steamed red fish.

Steamed gray fish.

Fresh mangoes.

Mary - Day 1

We were off to our annual May Day retreat on the Kaleebso. This is our 5th trip with them since 2004! And this is the first time we've combined scuba diving with fishing! 9 budding divers with 1 fisherman.

We begin with that bunch of bananas which has never 

failed to join us for every trip.

Here is a list of the gastronomic adventure which Mary had set up for the super yummy 4 days we were on board. Keep your mouths closed! :-)

Day 1 - Breakfast

I didn't get up early enough for breakfast on any of the 4 days but there was food leftover for my late morning meal. :-)

Egg omelets, 2 types of mini sausages (there was cheese in one type), and maggi mee goreng.

There were also french roast, pandan cake and coconut & red bean buns!

A healthy end to Day 1 - breakfast were melon and oranges :-)

Crab Stash! they ended up in a few dishes over the few days...

Day 1 - Lunch

There was fried tway tiao with clams! 'Sang meen' - the crispy egg noodles in a thick squid and vegetable sauce. And deep fried fish and sweet goreng pisang to finish it all off.

And this large unassuming pot of porridge has super yummy fish and crab!

Day 1 - Dinner

Rice with salmon sashimi (a loyal favorite on all out trips).

Roast duck.

A magic pot of wonders.

Battered fresh fish.

Deep fried large prawns.

Fresh mango dessert.

P.S.

chili always nearby for the spice lovers!

"Because they made you smile!"

These pandas are super cute!

Check out NPR's article and the video clip on these 2-tone creatures.

This little one really packs a punch!

And there are people who get such attacks...

Enjoy!

Check out the shiny shoes!

I think my super shiny shoes are lotsa fun! But it seems like my mom had the same idea over 38 years ago!

*hint - she's the only one with the shiny silver shoes

:-)

здравствулте!

These are the super shiny shoes which were raised on Saturday. :-) Charlie said that if i stood on my head - I may be able to get Russian radio?!?!

*Ouch!*

I feel like I've hit a wall!

:-(

Don't relish this feeling... yuck!

MUST remember... work is a means to the end, NOT the end itself!

:P

Where has the 'jolly green giant' gone?

Was nosing around looking for images of the miamira sinuata to refresh myself before Kaleebso at the end of this month. I'm still holding on to hope (or absolutely NO hope!) of spotting one in Tioman waters... oh well...

In the search I found ceratosoma insuatum... where did my 'jolly green giant' go? :-(

Apparently, some changes were made to the name, and the insuata versus insuatum...

I just want to see this nudi...