My humble house

  • 4 days in Muar

    I thought I would write what I did in Muar for this 4 days to make myself feel productive . Hitched a ride with my Muar neighbor’s daughter Wei Wei late Friday night . Had to drive to her condo , which is in Bandar Tun Hussein Onn and had no idea where that was…

  • Mata Kuching Trees in front of the house

    There were originally 4 Mata Kuching ( or local lychees but smaller fruits and brown in color ) trees in the front of the garden . When the house was renovated , there was a need to cut down two trees as the roots of the trees were invasive spilling into the drains and might…

  • SHOWTECH MARDI 2025

    Went with 2 friends to visit MARDI Show Tech at Serdang on Sunday 2, 2025 . Mainly it was to look and see and maybe, get ideas . It was a very hot Sunday ! Information overload going to this Show Tech but most interesting . Except it was a very hot day so seeing…

  • May 10 , Saturday 2025

    I did not realize that my last posting was in Jan 2025 , 3 months ago ! Since this coming Monday 12 May, 2025  is Vesak Day which is a national public holiday , and I had a Thursday off then I decided to drive off to Muar on my own. I was given a…

  • Fruits at the kebun at the back of the house

    It’s just too hot to move today . I am in my room because it’s got AC haha . I need to pack but I am just too lazy to even move. Gave some duku langsat & belimbing to the carpenter’s wife. She knows how to cook them masak lemak . The carpenter & his…

  • Restored Furniture

    Got a local carpenter at Parit Sakai Tengah to restore my late aunt’s garden benches . Two benches done . Carpenter was able to get the original white color of the garden benches . He had to replace a few pieces of wood on the seats . Now, I have bought canvass to cover the…

  • Last day in Muar-Kebun at Sg.Sudah

    I should be blogging but I have been very ,very lazy . Today , we went to have breakfast at a kind of run-down coffee shop or local kopitiam . We ordered the usual toast with kaya & 2 soft-boiled eggs with black coffee (kopi-o) . I had nescafe ice as it was a hot…

  • Arranging Furniture in the house -1st Nov 2024

    Got 2 Cleaners  to come to the house . I could ask for these 2 girls to arrange the furniture & carpets after the house was clean . I could not manage to do this on my own . Able to get some order in the living room but not quite done. The living room…

  • Last lorry load of furniture – 31st October , 2024 , Deepavalli

    Got the lorry to come on Thursday , 31st October , Deepavalli to take ( I hope ) the last load of furniture from the PJ house . This is the 3rd load of furniture to be transferred to the Muar house. Why I did not transfer everything at one go is because the restorer…

  • Fruit Trees

    Since I have the time now to blog while waiting , I might as well blog about the fruit trees at the Muar house and the kebun , which is at the back of the house . The mata kuchings were sweet but the skin is thin unlike the commercial grown ones that I buy…