Transfiguration clouds

Old City practically invisible

An extremely foggy morning. Most of the Old City was fogged over, as was the Mt. of Olives and the surrounding region. Nice though because today's Gospel reading was the Transfiguration ... "and a cloud overshadowed them".

Rains returned sporadically throughout the day and it was very very cold. Everyone was well wrapped up ... except for the crazy tourists who meander through the wet and slippery streets, trying to squeeze their money's worth of their trip, almost everyone stayed indoors. In fact, many shops didn't even open.

Mt. Scopus disappears

I stayed most of the morning at home cleaning up the room that was terribly untidied and muddied because of my trips outdoors. Didn't manage to do everything as I was feeling terribly weak. Gave Mr. Fish fresh water in his tank ... he's getting very playful. Swims up to the surface whenever I'm near his tank. I usually whistle and tap his tank ... and today he stuck his head out of the water and made a jump towards me. Good thing the glass lid was on. He's behaving like a dog ... hmmmm like Rex. Miss him lots.

Har Gau, Siu Mai - my brunch

I think I was very hungry - that's why I felt weak. So lucky me .. I found in the sisters' freezer a pack of frozen Har Gau and Siu Mai that I bought some time ago but forgot about it. Steamed them up and ate them for brunch. Yummy. They're made in Vietnam and don't contain pork because of the country's kosher laws. I think it was mainly fish meat inside. Anyway it was good to have some warm food in the tummy.

Later in the afternoon I had to go and do some shopping - groceries, medicine and stationary. Met Hidri at the supermarket and we walked and chatted for a while. He was sick last week because of the cold, and I bought him a radiator. He's much better now. And he gets pretty cheeky now as well. I'll have to keep him in check.