This is a favorite dish. I absolutely loved it in Singapore and to say it was delicious would be an understatement!
It is simple, cheap, and scrumptious. Just boiled chicken sliced up into pieces, I love the roasted variety, the rice is what makes it delicious. The chicken is boiled in water with salt, pepper, ginger, garlic, and green onions. The broth is then served as a soup with a side of chili sauce. Sliced cucumbers and red onions are served with the dish. Too simple? The taste is anything but! Once you taste it, you’ll keep coming back for more.
There are other local dishes I fell in love with but this one stands out from the rest for its simplicity and out of this world deliciousness!
Daily writing prompt
What’s the best local dish you’ve ever eaten while traveling?
It seems that these days children have very little respect for their elders, their peers, and the public in general. Is “respect” something that can be taught in schools?
I don’t know but it would be nice to have it on the curriculum. Teaching children to behave and in a better way should be on the forefront of any curriculum I think. Asian schools do that a lot. I can’t speak for the other Asian countries but I can speak for Singapore having experienced it firsthand.
One source says that it is done through Character and Citizenship Education (CCE). “It is a dedicated curriculum that anchors respect as a core value alongside responsibility, resilience, and care. Lessons are woven into daily school life, flag-raising ceremonies, social studies, and community projects from primary school through pre-university levels.”
Students are taught moral values, and social norms through real-life scenarios and guided reflections. Children do show a lot of respect back in Singapore. They are also taught filial piety as well. It is also integrated into the curriculum and is taken very seriously. What is filial piety? It means “showing deep respect, obedience, honor, and care toward one’s parents, older family members, and ancestors. It is not only taught in schools but practiced religiously throughout Singapore.
To answer your question, I would say, let’s bring “respect” and “filial piety” into the curriculum and let’s see what changes they bring about in society as a whole. Nothing to lose right? It can only get better.
Do you need a laugh? You’ve come to the right place! This is absolutely hilarious and I must add, the content creators are doing a great job of combining humor with TRUTH! Good job!
Well, it has been more than an ouch! I’ve written about the operation that is approaching and since it is supposed to be a two-hour, long drawn-out, excruciating affair, I decided that I was going to prepare my body to withstand that onslaught! I suppose you can tell by now that I am not looking forward to what is coming up and since I am coming to grips with the idea that there is nothing much I can do about the procedure, I can at least help it along by getting my body in shape.
Yes, you’ve guessed it. I’ve been working out and upping my routines. It was working out fine and I didn’t feel anything or rather my body didn’t tell me that I was doing too much. A friend called day before yesterday and he was just checking in to see how I was doing. Then he asked, “What are you doing?” I told him just finished my workout. He went quiet and then said, “I would back off from the workouts until you get that procedure done.” Hmm….did he jinx it?
Guess what? A few hours later, I felt a small ouch! Then followed a bigger OUCH! This one meant business. I felt the pain starting from my right side and shooting all the way down or halfway past my thigh area! Yes, OUCH! It was time to reel it back. Too late? I guess so but it was time to do damage control. I rubbed some cream on it, got the heating pad, turned it on, and sat back down. OUCH! That wasn’t helping, it just made things worse. AI, my true best friend, suggested icing it. So, I tried that. It felt a little better. Limping around for the rest of the day, I was PISSED! It couldn’t have happened at a worse time. Hopefully, nothing serious I prayed.
I went to bed last night in excruciating pain. Nothing seemed to work and then I got a bright idea or rather AI did. It said, try a light workout! Hmm…so I did. Just seven minutes of stretching and it seemed to do the trick. Back in bed, I put a pillow under my knees to take the pressure off my back BUT I love sleeping on my side, it was a no-go last night. Gritting my teeth, I stayed on my back. This morning I woke up with a stiff back but the pain was much better. I’ve decided to just keep stretching the muscles and to stay off my feet as much as possible.
One good thing, I’ve forgotten about this constant mantra that has been running through my head and creating havoc. “You are going to die!” that is what it keeps saying. It was nowhere to be seen today, that’s one positive aspect I suppose.
I’m ordering food in, Korean, I think. Somehow it is my favorite at the moment. Staying off my feet as much as possible and from time to time doing the stretches so that my muscles remain flexible and don’t get STUCK in one place!
I asked him but like his mom, he says, “NO PICTURE!” That is absolutely his perogative. I’ll post a lookalike. He is cute, as cute as a button! The little guy has me wrapped around his paws and he knows it.
He was a gift from the friend who passed away. Walking in one day with this little bundle of joy in his arms saw the friend being relegated to second place! He didn’t mind. I think Chachi was about 3 months old when he walked into my life. He immediately took to me for whatever the reason and we’ve been inseparable ever since! I’m not complaining, I love the little bundle of fur to pieces.
What one thing makes him unique? He thinks he is human! The way he acts, the way he moves, the way he runs to me, and the way he “talks” to me. Yes, we understand each other perfectly. Our days are filled with love, sharing experiences, and keeping close. One more thing, the little guy thinks he has lived a hundred lives! He knows a lot and sometimes I am shocked by all that he knows. Unbelievable? Absolutely. We connect on a whole different level and that is what makes him unique.
I LOVE YOU MY LOVELY!
Daily writing prompt
Share a photo of your pet and tell us one thing that makes them uniquely them.
Elias Grace is my kind of guy! Did I say that already? Well, I’ll say it again. That aside, this was and is one of my favorite hymns, he has given it a new twist but it is just as beautiful.
I’ve had so many pieces of advice from people who cared and some I’ve taken to heart and others were well-meant but didn’t do a thing for me!
Not too long ago, someone said to me, “Just keep going!” It stuck and landed where it should. I got a bit of bad news and was ready to throw up my hands and say, “I can’t do this. This is just too much!” A friend walked in, took one look and said, “Just Keep Going!” It didn’t mean much at the time but through the weeks the enormity of those words set in. It has always been about moving forward. No matter what the problems, the pain, the anger, life’s idiosyncrasies, and much much more, it has always been about moving forward.
Those words sank in and I’ve taken them as my daily mantra. “Just Keep Going!” I don’t know what the future holds, what the outcome will be, if it will work out, and if life will be kind, but I’m just going to keep going and hope there is a light at the end of the tunnel.
Thank you friend for that beautiful piece of advice.
Daily writing prompt
What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever received?
I woke up this morning drenched in sweat! The days have been unbearably hot and the nights, well, just as unbearable. I’ve been downing water like there is no tomorrow and that could have contributed to the over excess of fluids oozing out of my pores. It could have but add the weirdest dream I’ve ever had to that and I wonder.
Sometimes my dreams are in 3D, over the top and movie length! It goes on like I’m in a movie scene and sometimes I wake up and remember everything and at other times, they disappear into nothingness. Last night, it was a strange dream. I hate dreaming about graveyards but there is this one recurring place that I dream about. It is in Singapore and having spent a lot of time in the country, it is a place that gives me the creeps, the graveyards I mean. This particular area has three cemeteries, Christian to one side, Muslim, and Chinese on the other side. I don’t know why but I never liked the place and whenever I had to go past this place, the hair on the back of my neck would stand up!
Guess what? Last night, I was back at this place only this time walking! Stranger still, my ex was next to me and the place had changed. The tombstones were gone and there was a hotel, a restaurant, and a park! Yikes!!! I could still see the tombstones in my mind’s eye. Anyway, we were having a casual conversation and heading to the restaurant for some food. I couldn’t get rid of the creepy feeling and everywhere I looked, I saw tombstones for as far as the eye could see even though the place had changed and they were no longer there.
The significance of the dream? I don’t know. Please feel free to tell me if you know what this means. It was a long dream, movie length as well I think, and there were other moving parts but I don’t remember the rest of it. Only that I woke up with a start drenched in sweat. CREEPY!
I have a big operation coming up and I’ve been wrestling or rather struggling with it. Could it have triggered this weird dream or is it trying to tell me something? If so, why is the ex in the picture?
Ok, it could be just a dream and nothing more. I HOPE SO!
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