#chrysanthemum miri

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The Enchanting Miri Mums

Chrysanthemum Miri being introduced at Chrysanthemum Charm last year. Photo credit: Eleanor Chua.

This was taken when they were just introduced into the conservatory and were still looking fresh. The mums had seemed to be fading exceptionally fast that time.

Those might’ve been “forced mums”. That is, according to some gardeners, they had probably been manipulated to bloom fast to meet delivery, and thus would most likely be in their last legs of life. However, they could’ve probably been able to last longer if sun screens in the conservatory had been deployed.

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books i read in 2023

my goal was to read a book a week and while the timeline wasn't perfectly even, i did manage to get it to add up (and then some!). this year i focused on religion and philosophy as well as classics (of which im counting both as traditional "ancient or pre-modern famous and outstanding" types of books, but also famous more modern books). i also bolded some books that were really good in my opinion that have really stuck with me so if you are interested in the genre i'd suggest those

st joan by bernard shaw (play)

mary and your everyday life by bernard haring (theology)

theology of liberation by gustavo gutierrez (theology)

magnificat by elizabeth ruth obbard (theology)

piedras labradas by victor montejo (poetry)

the boy who was raised as a dog by bruce perry and maia szalavitz (psychology)

4 great plays by ibsen - the dollhouse, ghosts, the wild duck, and an enemy of the people by henry ibsen (plays obvi)

the night of the iguanas by tennessee williams (play)

being logical by dq mcinerny (idk sociology maybe? it was about recognizing and avoiding bad-faith arguments and logical fallacies)

the alchemist by paolo coelho (classics)

frankenstein by mary shelly (classics)

an american tragedy by theodore dreiser (classics)

is this wifi organic? by dave farina (idk how to classify this one either but it was also about recognizing bad-faith arguments, specifically when it comes to pseudoscience)

the nicaraguan church and the revolution by joseph muligan (theology, history)

catholic social teaching: our best kept secret by peter henriot, edward deberri, and michael schultheis (theology)

beowulf (classics)

sapiens by yuval noah harari (anthropology)

the church and the second sex by mary daly (theology)

mary in the new testament edited by raymond brown, karl donfried, joseph fitzmyer, and john reumann (theology)

a catholic devotion to mary by oscar lukefahr (theology)

1001 nights / arabian nights trans. sir richard burton (classics)

a house on mango street by sandra cisneros (poetry)

primary source readings in catholic church history edited by robert feduccia and nick wagner (theology)

doing faithjustice by fred kammer, sj (theology)

winds of change by isaac asimov (sci-fi)

the sound and the fury by william faulkner (classics)

una ciudad de la españa cristiana hace mil años by claudio sanchez-albornoz (history)

the glass menajerie by tennessee williams (play)

reinventing the enemy's language by joy harjo and gloria bird (indigenous women writers anthology)

the great gatsby by f scott fitzgerald *reread* (classics)

the bell jar by sylvia plath (classics)

the kite runner by khaled hosseini (classics)

one nation, under gods by peter manseau (history)

development as freedom by amartya sen (economic / political philosophy)

women in ministry: four views edited by bonnidell and robert g clouse (practical theology)

mother of god: a history of the virgin mary by miri rubin (theology / history)

a study in scarlet and the sign of four by sir arthur conan doyle (classics)

adventures of sherlock holmes by sir arthur conan doyle (classics)

the casebook of sherlock holmes by sir arthur conan doyle (classics)

the valley of fear by sir arthur conan doyle (classics)

the memoirs of sherlock holmes by sir arthur conan doyle (classics)

the return of sherlock holmes by sir arthur conan doyle (classics)

the hound of the baskervilles by sir arthur conan doyle (classics)

his last bow by sir arthur conan doyle (classics)

the fundamentals of ethics, fourth edition by russ shafer landau (philosophy)

dracula by bram stoker (classics) (yes i'm counting dracula daily)

desde mi silencio by carmen gomez (poetry)

happiness in this life, excerpts from the homilies of pope francis (theology)

the vigilante / the snake / the chrysanthemums by john steinbeck (classics)

quest for the living god by sister beth johnson *reread* (theology)

the adventures of tom sawyer by mark twain (classics)

the adventures of huckleberry finn by mark twain (classics)

the boys in the boat by daniel james brown (history)

and that's all folks, ending the year with some classics, plus my mom insisted i read the boys in the boat while im home for christmas because she wanted to see the movie lol. i got so many books for christmas so i'll be startin off strong next year too, and my goal is finishing my collection of john steinbeck, by which i mean obtaining as well as reading everything i can find by him. here's my list from 2022 and i'll see you next year

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Yi-Hah-Hai Seafood (Part 1)

Last few weeks in 2010 I went down to Miri to go studio-hunting with my hubby, and our trip seemed to have ended up upgrading into a semi-company trip when everyone wanted to join in (well, almost everyone). We reached Miri at about 5, 6pm and we definitely needed to go have a chow down after such a long trip and making it safely to our hotel. So we followed my hubby's colleague's boyfriend (who is a Miri-an) and he took us to a seafood restaurant called Yi-Hah-Hai Seafood.

This be the signboard of the restaurant. It's situated right opposite the riverside which you have to pass by this huge fish monument in the middle of the roundabout that signifies that you are now at Riverview, or something like that, if I'm not mistaken.

This be the outside neon lights for those who have a thing for dining outdoors. Surprisingly this is actually a halal restaurant that serves no pork, which is good for my hubby's colleagues because some of them are Muslim.

This be the downstairs dining. It was almost a huge full-house downstairs, but of course, we were a big group and typical Bruneians cannot stand anywhere without air-conditioning so we were going to eat upstairs instead of dining outdoors

All of us trying to get some good seats. You can see how a trip for just me and my hubby turn into a whole company affair. LOL!

Our weapon of choice for dining

Miri time is beer time! So I definitely didn't hesitate to order beer along with some colleagues of my hubby's.

Drinks for those who wants to stay sober and saving it for the partying later on, so it's iced lemon tea for my hubby, and herb tea, chrysanthemum and soya bean drink for the others

Stay tuned for Part 2...

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The Enchanting Miri Mums

Chrysanthemum Miri being introduced at Chrysanthemum Charm. Photo credit: Eleanor Chua.

This was taken when they were just introduced into the conservatory and still looking fresh. The mums seemed to be fading exceptionally fast this time round. 

These might’ve been “forced mums”. That is, according to some gardeners, they had probably been manipulated to bloom fast to meet delivery, and would most likely be in their last legs of life. They could’ve probably been made to last longer if sun screens had been deployed.