遛狗·walking our dog

据说养宠物者，患上老人痴呆症的风险比较低。我需要补上养狗也能促进长者的健康体质。因为拥有宠物，就难免得带它出外透透气。

我会在傍晚时分，牵着我家的毛孩往附近的河道绕一圈；那短短的二公里路程，往往得费时一个多小时才能完成。因为我家毛孩往往会耍脾气，赖在某处，不论如何劝说，就是动也不动。

赖着不动

索性把脸往后一瞥，懒得理我

往往我得放下身段，把它抱起，再往前迈进20-30 米左右，然后缓缓把它放下，它才乐意继续走动！

Walking a dog needs some patience. 

Our dog, Mantis, would take more than one hour to complete a 2km walk around the river walk near our apartment. He would show some "attitude" and refuse to budge....About 15 minutes or so is spent on waiting for him to move from a stationary position.

The daily afternoon walk with our pet dog is a form of exercise for elder individual like me! INDEED!

就是那么平凡的一天 A mundane walk in the afternoon

已经好久没有动用我的相机了。周末下午，终于带上相机，往附近的饶河运动走道"捉拍“日常的景象。

再过两个月，即将往日本熊野附近游玩；也该把玩相机以下，以免因为相机零件的失灵，到时手忙脚乱。

Took a brief walk round the river exercise path next to our condominium. It was around 4pm - still rather warm and hot. Nevertheless, there were still some diehard exercise fanatics who were jogging under the heat! I tried to walk under the shades of the trees as much as possible. 

Took some random photos along the way...

JB venture... Taman Jaya Morning Market 柔佛新山再也花园早市，万孚新村。

Decided to visit another morning market in JB - this time round, it is Taman Jaya Morning Market.

前几个星期，决定在学校假期过后，驾车入新山探寻当地的早市场。主要是品尝当地美食，及购买廉价的甘榜鸡蛋， 也顺道给靖捷庆生。

Apart from stocking up on our depleted eggs at home, we would also like to celebrate CJ's pending birthday next week.

We left home early around 6am. I had to go for my morning ward round - managed to left hospital by 7am, and clear Singapore custom @ causeway around 7.35am. 

cleared custom @ singapore side

driving on the causeway to Malaysian's immigration booth

Followed GPS guidance, driving passed Mid-Valley Mall before reaching Taman Jaya Morning Market.

reached Taman Jaya

Walking to the morning market

Chanced upon a noodle stall which was packed with customers. Since we were quite hungry by then, we decided to take our breakfast before visiting the morning market ( which was very nearby). The noodles, coffee and tea and bean curds were simply delicious.

After breakfast, we visited the morning market... bought some kueh, mee siam, corns, before wrapping up with trays of Kampung eggs from the wholesale store nearby.

Then we visited 99 Speed Mart, Ninso Outlet stores, Eco shop ... didn't buy much from those shops though.

We decided to visit a "new town" 新村 nearby - the new town Ban Foo 万孚came out from our Google AI search. It was indeed a very small old town - but the local store selling Fried Chicken was not open for business on Sunday...We drove to Mt Austin for dim sum instead.

这次的旅程，额外的添加往附件的华人新村一游。谷歌网站提议几个临近的新村。我们最后决定到万孚去。

华人新村是马来西亚华人聚居的村落，形成于1950年代，是马来亚英国殖民地政府在长达12年的紧急状态中设立的一系列华人集中定居点。当时英殖民政府为了阻止郊区的华人与森林中的马来亚共产党游击队接触，便将原本散居在郊外华人集中起来，这些集中点后来就变成了华人聚居的新村落。(摘自wilkipedia)

Ban Foo New Town, parking lots for parents near a school

The house selling Fried Chicken 

Dim Sum before going to NSK and mid Valley mall 

We drove to NSK nearby to buy groceries (fruits, vegetables, detergents) -the mall was teeming with crowds (as if all items were free for grab!)... the variety of vegetables, fruits, fish etc there was an eye opener!

Then we drove to Mid Valley Southkey Mall for late lunch ( @ 汤师父）。

We managed to clear causeway custom and reached home around 6.30pm.

There was some Jam before/after immigration near both ends of causeway when making our way back to Singapore - but it was nothing major - within acceptable limits. The vehicles were at least moving forward bits by bits....

Thick glass = Learned? 别被片面的印象误导。

 

The photo of a thick glass lying on top of a wooden table that has seen better days evoked an emotion of being "learned" and "studious".

But it may be far off from the truth instead. Perhaps profound shortsightedness runs in the family. Perhaps it may be constant strain of eye under dim lights or constant exposure to blue ray from computer screen that may have caused deterioration in visual acuity.

In short, don't take things from face value alone.

厚厚的镜片，再加上棕褐色的镜框，摆在古色古香的旧木桌上，不免让人联想起拥有高超文化底蕴且修养的文人。但事实是否如此,可能要再旁敲侧论后才能确定。

I Light 2026 灯饰

The annual I Light festival commenced two weeks ago. Went for a stroll around Marina Bay to have a look at the I Light decors last week, and snapped some photos at the same time.

I went during weekdays - there were not many people there.

There are more interactive exhibits this year. But, personally I felt that they appealed more to those young at heart, and not "oldies" like me. Any overwhelming surprise this year -- not quite. The "campfire" display was a "wow" factor last year - but the wave display occupying the same location as the former "campfire" site was a let down.... so much so I didn't bother to take any photos of the exhibit.

一年一度的灯饰在俩个星期前粉末上场，为期三周。上周四到滨海湾附近逛逛，一睹今年灯饰的风采。也许是周日晚上，行人并不多。

灯饰要吸引人的眼珠，并引起共鸣，不是件易事。尤其在连续几年登场后，新鲜感已不复存在。

这次的灯饰，中规中矩；有几项展示作品，需要些互动，比较符合年轻人的口味。

沿途的滨海湾灿烂及五彩缤纷的夜景，还是那么迷人。