My Sunday morning Plumeria

I woke up rather late today having gone to bed late too watching a soppy Ida Nerina telemovie. She was really good next to a rather stiff and deadpan Eman Manan - and the story had an unconvincing ending. And not a single female cast wore a tudung!!

Anyway it had been weeks or months since I watched tv, and when I switched it on last night caught myself with minister Ng Yen Yen at the Contemporary Malaysian Art and Tourism launch yesterday in the news. Gosh my hair has turned even more silvery (as opposed to grey, hehe)!

Breakfast of the most delicious naturally-ripened mangoes from my Putrajaya house (bless the previous tenant who planted the trees and my brother Wes who lovingly tended to the fruits) and wonderful pure Nespresso coffee (eat your heart out George Clooney!). The coffee can only be made with its own special machine and coffee pellets and both are not yet available in Malaysia. It's big thing in Europe these days with Nespresso coffee 'boutiques' sprouting everywhere, and Mr Clooney giving his most dazzling smile as its spokesperson. I was presented with the machine by Nestle's Vice-Chairman who is a huge fan of Malaysia, before I left Switzerland. And for a long time it had been lying in my kitchen as I was simply too lazy to read the instruction how to work it (and endlessly waiting for Nina and Ayob to teach me how). It was a month ago when dear Hoong Po visited from JB and figured out the whole thing for me. God knows how long before my stock of 400 pellets will run out and then I'll have to order them from overseas.

Since working I had hardly ventured into my garden, and especially since I will be moving out anyway, and Ayu had kept it immaculately tidy. I took a peak today before breakfast and lo, my crimson frangipani (I prefer the Hawaiian name PLUMERIA)had bloomed beautifully again. When I moved back into the house five months ago, all that was left of the once blossoming tree I planted some 7 years back was a dead-looking stump overwhelmed by zealous bamboo ferns. I tended it back and now the beautiful results.

While admiring the plumeria I heard loud banging and I looked down below at the two houses being renovated for endless months now - one is putting up a swimming pool and the other another floor blocking all views from my two guests rooms and saw a worker banging away with a hammer. A sharp rebuke that it was Sunday got him walking away head down! Thank God I no longer have to put up with the noise during week days since working again, except Saturday. And thank God I am moving house anyway, and you can be sure I will dig up my plumeria tree and plant it in my new house.

Have a nice Sunday all, God bless.