Any Key

Have you noticed that the English word key has multiple definitions/meanings? I found at least 7 in my Little Oxford Dictionary and more than that in other dictionaries.

I suppose the common kinds of keys would be house keys, car keys, piano keys and keys on the computer keyboard.

But have you ever wished there is this thing called Any key?



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New Favourite Sushi Outlet

My daughter and I (the self-proclaimed sushi queens) have found a new place to go for our Sushi fix besides Sushi King...Sushi Zanmai on the 3rd floor at The Gardens. Went there for the first time with my friend MK and her very adorable 2 year old daughter.



The sushi on the conveyor belt looks quite appealing and the price starts from RM1.80...not too hard on the wallet. My daughter used to like Sakae Sushi because she gets to fiddle with the touch-screen computer provided at each table, but even she admits that the food at Sushi Zanmai is better...she even brought Daddy to try it out when I had a lunch appointment with some old friends during Chinese New Year 2 weeks ago.



Not being a fan of Japanese noodles, I was hooked when I tasted this.

The downside is that the air-conditioning could be cooler...no fun having a meal while busy wiping sweat from my forehead (I remember my English teacher used to tell us, "Boys sweat, but girls perspire"....haha)

Now if only there were more Sushi Zanmai outlets...The Gardens is rather far from my home :(

Tick Tock

Been trying to find a nice clock to replace our very gigantic office-like clock in the living room. That clock was a wedding present and it has served us well for the past 16 years (wow, have I been married that long already?!) but I thought our living room needed something quirky that reflected more of my personality(haha!) Finally found one at the Pavillion while window shopping with my family the other day. A 'designer clock' for just RM49 :)

Sunbirds Have Flown Away

This morning, after many, many attempts to leave the nest, the baby sunbirds have finally flown away. It was rather amusing seeing them perch at the edge of the nest opening, flap their wings, then chicken out and hop back in...despite both the daddy bird and mommy bird trying their best to coax them out.



The first to leave the nest...





The one that was left behind...tried many times to fly.





But sadly, I ran out of tape and didn't record the second bird flying away. Now the nest is quiet and empty :(



But after lunch, a new female bird came to inspect the empty nest... so it looks like there will be more bird-watching in the coming weeks :)

Sunbirds In Our Garden Part 3

A few weeks ago another pair of sunbirds came and repaired the empty nest hanging at our pergola. As soon as we saw the female bird sitting in the nest day and night, we knew that there were eggs in the nest and we would be able to watch another pair of baby sunbirds hatch, grow up and fly away.



I was pretty determined not to miss the 'flying away' part of the cycle, as I had missed it twice before, so hubby set up the video camera again and we recorded the daily goings-on at the nest as soon as the baby birds began popping their heads out of it.



The babies had grown quite big and we were sure that they would be flying away very soon. But on Saturday there was a little accident at the nest...one of the baby birds had come a little too far out of the nest while feeding and got its little leg entangled outside the nest. I was out, but fortunately, hubby was home and he saw all the commotion. He managed to untangle the baby bird while the father and mother sunbirds flew around him, fiercely protective of their offspring.


Hubby even managed to snap a photo...





Poor birds...now they don't seem to want to fly. Every time they come out of the nest to flap their wings, they will chicken out and hop right back in....even though the parents will be trying to get them to come out by feeding them from further and further away.