My Corridor Garden

 

My Corridor Garden

This is my corridor garden.  I grow plants like Chilli, Wrightia religiosa (Water Jasmine), curry leaves, ferns, bougainvillea, xiao baicai, rose cactus, papaya and so on...

Whenever I go garden, Taco wants to follow.  He loves to explore in the garden, biting the plants.  Sometimes there are guests coming to my garden.  There are all in total of about 3 times the sunbirds have come to make their nests in my garden.

Taco in the garden

 I stayed in a 4-room flat.  I think the age of the flat now is 26 years, probably time for home improvement soon.  I don't wish for toilet improvement work because I had already renovated my own toilet.  My only wish is to have a living room extension, a balcony to be added to it.  So far there is no balcony in 4 room flat, I wonder why can't it be done.  I hope that my wish will come true one day, to have a balcony in my flat, so that I can put plants in my house.  

I even told the MP that I wanted a roof (something like a shelter) to be done to my flat because my house don't have a ledge, but other house have a ledge so during rainy days rain will not splash into the house.  For many years since move in, nothing was done to this problem.  With a balcony, living room extension (If this can be done during home improvement plan) then it also helps to solve rain splashing into the living room.  I really hope to have a balcony...

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Bye Bye Birdie

 

Final view of birdie in the nest on 30 April 2022, 9.43am

The previous day, I thought that the birdie had flew off already as I saw an empty nest.  Then at night when I was about to water the plants, I saw the birdie on the floor!  I quickly picked up the poor thing. I hold it in my hands and took video of it -- to remember it.  Next, I put it back in the nest.  The nest was very out of shape and not in very good condition, that's why it had fallen down.  (Just like last year, the egg had dropped out from the nest.)

Yesterday the parents were chirping and flying about at my corridor, trying to tell me something.  At first it was both parents chirping and flying outside the corridor.  But when I was about to take video of it, one of the bird flew off.  So only 1 sunbird left in the corridor which I had recorded the loud chirp.  I did not understand what they wanted.  They were chirping loudly at the papaya plant, and then flew towards me, chirping loudly.  I did not know what they want.  Before that, birdie dropped on the ground again.  I picked it up and put back at the out of shape, spoilt nest.  I used my hand to pull the nest a bit, mending the nest for the birds.  Then I went back in to the house.  

The yellow sunbird perching at the papaya tree on 30 April 2022, 16.42pm

Today I walked in the garden, the birdie was gone.  Later in the late morning like 11am, a surprise door bell rang.  I opened the door and it was Richard!  He gave us a surprise visit!  

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Treasures In Heaven

 

A cottage that I made during my childhood day

I am clearing my old stuff.  Last time I displayed them but later on I put inside storage box...  So for many years it had been in the storage boxes.  Recently I cleared a box and threw away my hand-made cottages and also cottages that I had purchased at shops and departmental stores.  The above picture showed one of the cottages that I made. Below, the photo showed some of the houses that I had bought over the years.  

My Collection of Cottages 

“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moths and vermin destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.  But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moths and vermin do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.  For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.  (Matthew 6:19-21)

This is what Jesus taught his disciples.  These things are not going to be brought with me when I leave earth one day.  So I am tidying up my house, throwing and selling my collection of cottages.  

It has always been my hobbies and interest to look at nice cottages like Liliput Lanes cottages and David winter cottages.  I went shopping, looked at cottages and then I bought them.  But now I am going to part with them.  It is better to store treasures in heaven than on earth...

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Pooh Bear Day

Photograph of what I had seen in the sky from my window @ 6.56am on 29 April 2022

This morning I woke up when the alarm rang.  I was supposed to wake Isaac up.  I went to the window to open the curtain.  Then I saw the amazing sky.  In my heart was simultaneously input with 'Pooh Bear Day', and indeed I saw a Pooh Bear figure in the cloud holding the honey stick... There were rays of radiance sunshine shining brightly.  How amazing it was!  

I did not understand what this sight means.  What is Pooh Bear Day?  I had loved Pooh Bear before, even bought the key chain, and had the soft toy and Lego toys.  I did not really watch Pooh Bear shows.  So I searched on Google and this was what I found:

What did Winnie-the-Pooh teach us? The overall theme of Winnie the Pooh is the importance of forming solid, lasting friendships. With good friends, you will always have someone there to lean on, someone who will go on adventures and expeditions with you, and even someone who might invite you over for tea and a mouthful of something. 

Who is my Pooh Bear?  Yesterday evening, I received a phone call, a follow-up on my job application.  That same night, I again received for the first time, a heartwarming comment, email, praising me for my blog posts.  I was feeling rather bad in the morning and usually because I did not know if I am working on the right direction, revealing all about me and my stuff.  But I thought that if I know something, I ought to share it and not keep it to myself.  

Also yesterday, it was an unusual day.  After our divorce for 2 years, Richard came to the house again...  

I carried the pooh bear that Richard had won at the Games Gallery

I suddenly recalled that I had pooh bear before!  Some more, it was such a wonderful gift from Richard because he won it and gave it to me.  That was when we went to California Great America.  At that time I was about 4-5 months pregnant -- my first pregnancy.  Today I looked at the photographs and happy memories with Richard came back.  I like those days -- I had not given up my faith yet at that time...

So what is Jesus or God trying to tell me today?  We are building a solid friendship, and my friendship with Richard.  But I do not know how to be a good friend...  

Anyway, I just received the phone call again, saying I am being shortlisted for the job and I will be going interview tomorrow!  What a good timing...

Jesus is my good friend...my best friend...

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