Mealtime

Hello all

To some people cooking is a chore.To some it is an activity they enjoy very much one which can brings out the creativity in them. Of course then you get to enjoy what you have cooked.

Eat to live or live to eat. I suppose both apply to me. You have to eat when hungry. One way of entertaining yourself when bored you . . .  eat.

You can act like a lady of leisure if you can pay somebody else to do the cooking and then dutifully she will serve the food to you.  How very nice. Its so much better than you yourself having to toil in the kitchen.

You can buy food from the many vendors and eateries but their food is not to your standard or taste despite being quite pricy.

Or you could have a culinary spread on the dining table at a famous restaurant that can make you forget you're dieting. But then the cash you have to fork out will make your eyes roll.

So do it yourself. Cooking for yourself it is. Cheap. I don't mean be a cheapskate. Have all the best ingredients. Cook with love even if you have to cook not only for yourself.

As for the retired person who is not having much, trifty is the word. Things got to be culculated to avoid wastage. Budgeting is the way to go. Portioning the food will avoid overeating. Good for the pocket and good for health too. Do I sound miserly. I am just cutting the coat to suit the cloth.

Below is one simple menu for a trifty person.

Cook once keep half for next meal save time cooking gas and water 

Fresh ingredient

No cost

Combine the two add salt

Puree them

Tasty simple sambal

A stir fry vege to complete a trifty and  simple healthy menu

The fact is everyday cooking can be quite boring.

Cooking everyday dishes don't really give you the joy as in baking.

Regard cooking as a hobby just as baking is then it won't be a chore though it is quite difficult to come to terms with the fact that most of the time you have to cook. In a situation where you force yourself all that you cook seems tasteless. Don't throw that pot of curry away.

Forget it . Go out and have fun.

Come mealtime the hunger will make you savour everything regardless the taste.

My tennis kakis enjoying their game

Go here enjoy the beautiful day 

Be a little adventurous

Or just watch the shrike having a meal . . .

First look around 

Choose one

And aim for it

Go!

The catch

Mmmmm . . . 

Eat wisely be healthy.


Bye . . .

Go Swim

Hello again

Few days back there was a metereological warning that there would be a high tide phenomenon heavy rain and strong winds and high waves. Avoid beaches.

The rain came hard and heavy but only a short while and when everybody was still sleeping.

Came morning there was no more rain except for some dark clouds which also was moving away.

 7.00 am sky

Responsible for rising tide

I decided that I should not miss swimming .

Of late since I have this nagging shoulder pain my trip to the pool has become less frequent. Now that it feels better I should swim as often as before . Don't I want to swim as well as this guy? Stealth quiet and efficient.

I am always imagining that I swim just as graceful heheheh. In reality of course I don't. Anyway I try to improve. One way of doing it is to go to the pool often and try to practise the correct technique as shown in the many swimming videos from reliable sites on the youtube. 

Swimming without stress can make me feel refreshed and light. It helps to relieve the aches and pain of old age.

Swimming is a recreation which I never regret taking up. I don't have to sit at the pool side watching swimmers like a life guard does. I jump in there at the slightest chance.

Most people like to go to the beach. And when at the beach why should you busy yourself cooking and then eat and then snooze or just watch the sea water . You can go in there and have fun swimming because you can swim.

One of the many makeshift barbeque pits found on the beach

Dozing off?

Pigeon gracing the beach in fine weather

I strongly recommend recreational swimming as an activity because it has healthy benefits and can make you feel good.

As for us the older ones, how long more can we go on jogging or brisk walking, badminton or tennis? On land exercise gives impact on our failing joints. What's best?  Swimming it is. Never too late to learn. 

So go get your swim wear and head for the water!

Keep swimming and be happy.

Bye . . .