Kedahan-Malaysian @ Japan

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April in Japan is quite a lovely sight... This is a scene that we can enjoy from our property... Each spring, we wait with anticipation, the wild sakuras on the hillsides... The pond i...

http://lronglim.blogspot.com/2013/04/sakura-scenes-in-aji-neighborhood-2013.html

I feel rather weak today...  Yesterday, we had the pleasure and honor to welcome 50 over new international students...  As with all previous occasions, we have lined up a series of orient...

http://lronglim.blogspot.com/2013/04/lunch-invitation-from-two-senior.html

Did a trip to Tokyo some time ago... Decided to stay at a hotel near the Tokyo Skytree... Just as I entered the hotel room, I was greeted by this scene... Hmmm, nice... Standing ...

http://lronglim.blogspot.com/2013/03/tokyo-skytree-chanko-nabe-and-fuji-san.html

Was inspecting my garden one day when I saw this snake creeping out... It moved very slowly... So slow that I had more than enough time to go inside the house to get my camera... The Japanes...

http://lronglim.blogspot.com/2013/03/japanese-four-lined-snake-or-japanese.html

Have been dreaming about keeping chickens...  For the last few weeks, was busy trying to hammer out a mini-mini chicken coop... The re-cycled wood is sourced from the stone masons in the ne...

http://lronglim.blogspot.com/2013/03/chicken-coop-to-cold-frame-using.html

My missus recently started to put out cut Mandarin oranges in the garden... In no time, came a couple of Japanese white eyes... Native to the Japanese islands... and the local name is meji...

http://lronglim.blogspot.com/2013/02/japanese-white-eye-or-mejiro.html

Spent all morning this day chopping firewood...  Had to stop after my muscles began to ache...  Did something less strenuous thereafter... that is, to construct a chicken coop...   ...

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For the past few weeks, had been spending time to construct 'sheds' to store firewood for our wood stove... I use recycled wood sourced from wholesalers who import huge stones from abroad... ...

http://lronglim.blogspot.com/2013/01/recycling-wood-to-make-sheds.html

Returned to Japan from Malaysia on the last day of 2012... Back to freezing temperatures, compared to those of Malaysia's...  Spent some time diving the seas of Sulu...  Nudibranches...

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Was out of Japan for about 10 days... Returned home to see the temperatures dipping to the mid-teens...  And the trees in the hills taking on hues of red and orange...  This Japane...

http://lronglim.blogspot.com/2012/11/fall-colors-in-hills.html

Did a check on the history of this blog and found out that today is actually the 8th anniversary of my blog... Hosted a garden lunch party for fifteen of our neighbors last Saturday... That ...

http://lronglim.blogspot.com/2012/10/garden-lunch-party-with-neighbors.html

Joined my suweeto haato for a walk last weekend...  Five minutes from our place lies the beach...  A fisherman or two trying out their luck on the Japanese 'needle-fish'... A fe...

http://lronglim.blogspot.com/2012/10/fishermen-in-autumn-wood-collecting.html

Every autumn, the residents of Aji hamlet get together for a clean-up of the neighborhood... Precisely, it means cutting the grass and clearing up the roadways... Took time out to snap a sho...

http://lronglim.blogspot.com/2012/10/autumn-cleaning-at-aji-hamlet.html

Had been very busy lately... while traveling quite a bit since August... Took a handful of students to Chiang Mai as part of a class... Besides the classrooms, we took time out for a bit ...

http://lronglim.blogspot.com/2012/09/chiang-mai-and-beijing-back-to-back.html

Had not been walking the hills recently... Reason is, there are tons of chores to do in the potager during the weekends, and like all things, it is a matter of priority... Anyway, though...

http://lronglim.blogspot.com/2012/08/more-gifts-from-neighbor-in-midsummer.html

Summer is in full swing here in Japan... Temperatures hover around 35 degrees and it is quite stifling, actually... The vegetable gardens in the neighborhood are thriving... And, my swe...

http://lronglim.blogspot.com/2012/07/gifts-in-deep-of-summer-2012.html

These are not very exciting pictures, so to say... But just for the sake of recording the happenings with the wood stove...     Yes, we called in the professionals to do a cleanup so...

http://lronglim.blogspot.com/2012/06/wood-stove-cleaning.html

I am really poor at throwing away old stuff... Especially stuff that I have grown to love... to cherish... And this pair of hiking boots is certainly one of those 'difficult-to-throw-away' s...

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Once or twice a year, my sweeto haato visits her mum and stay for a few days... I am always happy to see that they enjoy each others' company during such occasions... For those few days, I am l...

http://lronglim.blogspot.com/2012/06/mans-cooking.html

Heard quite a bit about the scuba diving in Pulau (island) Tenggol, off the coast of the state of Trengganu on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia... Made a trip there in 2009... and found o...

http://lronglim.blogspot.com/2012/06/trip-to-pulau-tenggol.html

Was chopping wood when my suweeto haato called out happily, pointing to a log that I had used as a stool for our guests in our outdoor gatherings... Baby mantises, looking quite a bit like ants...

http://lronglim.blogspot.com/2012/05/praying-mantis-hatching.html

Lovely weather these few days with early morning temperatures in the low teens and afternoon temperatures in the low twenties...  And spring is such a lovely time to walk the hills to enjo...

http://lronglim.blogspot.com/2012/05/walking-hills-in-early-may-2012.html

'Freesia is a genus of about 14 species. All the 14 species of Freesia are African in origin. Of The 14 Freesia species, 12 are native to Cape Province, South Africa, the remaining two to tro...

http://lronglim.blogspot.com/2012/04/going-yellow-in-japan-for-bersih-30.html

Sakuras again?? Thanks to the previous owner for the 'strategic' positioning of our house, we are privileged to view wild sakuras blooming on the hillsides, without having to do much of a wal...

http://lronglim.blogspot.com/2012/04/sakuras-at-hillsides.html