All storms will pass ...

In every storm, our first instinct is to look for shelter.  When we cannot find shelter, we may just stop where we are, and pray for protection.  Some are prepared to drive right through the storm because they believe they will eventually exit into better weather.

It is the same with our life journeys.  How well prepared are we to weather the storms in our life?  I believe we can better handle the storms in our health, our career, or our relationships, if we are grounded in the real foundations that sustain life.

A tree may take a long time to grow, but if it is planted right, it will have deep roots that anchor it well.

All storms will pass, and that includes the storms of life.

"Adversity is like the period of the rain ...  cold, comfortless, unfriendly to man and animal; yet from that season have their birth the flower, the fruit, the date, the rose and the pomegranate." - Sir Walter Scott.

Hong Kee Bamboo Noodle

The shop speciality is its 'bamboo wantan noodles'. The noodles like all wantan noodles are made from wheat flour but the difference here is that the kneading of the dough is with a long bamboo pole. The dough placed on a counter is pressed down with the bamboo pole, turned over and pressed again. This process is repeated several times. Apparently, this way of kneading makes the noodles more springy for a good bitey experience; in Chinese this is called Q-Q.

Curry Octopus

The shop also offers barbecued pork belly (Char Siew), roast pork (Siu Yuk), pork trotters, chicken leg stew and wantan dumplings.

Handmade Wan Thun Noodle

Other noodles served include Yee Fu Mee, Hokkien Char, Mee Sua Koh, Fried Venison Hor Fun and Oyster Noodles.

Roast Char Siew

Fried HorFun

Water View Restaurant - Dannok, Thailand

A day trip to Dannok by car took us about 90 minutes.  Dannok [aka Sadao] is a small town on the border of Malaysia, in the Songkhla Province, Southern Thailand.

We spend the whole Malaysia Day eating and shopping.

Mooncakes at Mid-Autumn

Piglet

Goldfish and Carp

The Mid-Autumn Festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Han calendar—essentially the night of a full moon—which falls near the Autumnal Equinox (on a day between September 8 and October 7 in the Gregorian calendar).

During the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644 AD) and the Qing Dynasty (1644–1912 AD), the Mid-Autumn Festival was as popular as Chinese New Year.

Dough & Filling

The tradition of eating mooncakes during the festival began in the Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368), a dynasty ruled by the Mongols.

Snow skin

Snow skin

Salted eggyolk