Wishing y’all a Happy Valentine’s Day !! – Melle
OM…
Had my 1st yoga practice this evening with guru Shammee. I fell asleep at the end of Shava Asana and luckily I did not snore. It was so close. Haha. Let me tell you, CNY is tiring. Seriously. I also got myself overindulged. With what else can it be? With snacks of course. Dum dee dum ~
Nothing much to blog about art & craft recently as I am playing around, hosting (by parents) and attending gatherings and practicing some new yoga movements. I am pretty into Fist of Fire right now. Oh ~ don’t get me wrong. It’s not a movie or something. It’s a yoga technique. 😀 Am also trying to learn more about myself. Have you ever ask yourself “who do you think you really are”? Well… I asked myself uncountable times. I have this doubt in mind since younger till I went to a Buddha meditation by faith few years back and found something that is indescribable. I wanna know what was that, why did it happen, where did the power come from? I wanna know.
“Faith is believing.”
And so I do believe that faith will leads me to the answers of all my questions one day. OM… Namaste.
Lurving it…
I am a fan of oatmeal ever since I tried it back in Kluang. Here’s one of my favourite breakfasts that I often cook.
Ingredients:
• Quaker Oatmeal – 1 cup
• Water – 2 1/2 cups
• Pumpkin – about 3 slices – 1 inch thick each
• Carrot – 1/4
• Egg – 1
• Salt to taste – 1/4 teaspoon
• Optional – Chicken breast
Prep:
• Pumpkin – cut into cubes
• Carrot – cut into cubes
• Chicken breast – mince
Cook – Serving for 2:
• Bring the 2 1/2 cups of water, carrot and pumpkin cubes, minced chicken breast to boil in a medium sized saucepan.
• Add the oatmeal over the boiling water, stirring constantly to keep oatmeal from sticking to the bottom of the saucepan.
• Cook until thickness is to your liking.
• Add salt and lower the heat.
• Beat the egg on the oatmeal, stir, simmer for few seconds and it’s ready to serve.
I ♥ this healthy breakfast. Hope you’ll lurve it too. – Melle
Blueberry
Benefits of Blueberries
1. High in antioxidant (Rank number 1)
2. Improve eyesight
3. Aid in reducing belly fat
4. Helps promote urinary tract health
5. Brain health
6. Fight heart disease
7. Constipation & digestion
8. Cancer
9. Anti-aging and anti-inflammatory
Get yourself a natural yogurt. Add blueberries or any fruits as you love. And here’s my blueberry yogurt for breakfast. 🙂
Whoops… I can feel that my bowel is doing some work now. Ahem ~ Please do excuse me…
By the way, Yogurt or Yoghurt? Happy 2nd Day of Lunar New Year !! – Melle
Origami
Happy Rabbit Lunar New Year !!
10 Babies of A.M.
It’s a nice, sunny afternoon. Mom and I enjoy ourselves sitting by the door and chatted while we admire these plants. They are just so beautiful that we can’t take our eyes off them. Heartache came in the evening when dad and I was washing the porch. Dad accidentally pushed my baby chili onto the floor and it turned upside down with all the soil covering it. I hurried to the rescue and repotted it. It looks a bit wither now. Sobb~ Sobb~ Baby, please be strong !!
I am also not so sure if that’s frangipani. Is it frangipani?
Taking care of these 10 babies is a new hobby of ours. (Abner & Melle = A.M.) We enjoy the progress and look forward to watching them grow everyday. 🙂
Gong Xi Fa Cai 2011
Hop~ hop~ Here’s the t-shirt rabbit that I mentioned before from my previous post – Soft Toy Postcard. Instead of making it a key chain, I ignored the strap and added a magnet into it.
Tada~ now I have a new magnet for my fridge. Yay. 新年新年万万岁. 快乐快乐 everyday !! (A chorus from Astro – CNY song – 2009. There are many more nice CNY songs from MY Astro. Here’s some my favourites. 惜福. 大日子. 天天好天. 福气. Am proud of them !!) 😉
Wishing you all a very Happy Chinese New Year !! Gong Xi Fa Cai from me to you !!
Life is a Blessing – Dragonfly
From my research, a dragonfly represents renewal, positive forces and power of life. In Japanese culture dragonfly represents courage, strength and happiness. A dragonfly lives a very short life and it tries to live to the fullest with what it has.
“Life is a blessing. Enjoy every moment of your journey in life!!”
And here’s my second painting collection of 2011 !! Am moving on to the third one. It’s all gonna be in a series – flora and fauna. Would like to experiment and practice more to improve my painting. – Melle
A Quickie
While I was about to finish my spring cleaning a while ago, I found this box of Faber-Castell 6pc wax crayon. And here’s Willy to say Hi!
Have a nice weekend folks !!
Next…
Happy Friday !!
I am starting with my 2nd painting. Will keep you updated. Stay tuned.