Im back from the weekend at Glen's farm at Opal, a small town north of Edmonton. It was a pretty good experience and so different from the city lifestyle! This is the second farmstay that i've done in my entire life. The first one was in Brisbane when went with the BB but it was abit commercialised. Flach's farm is really a chill, laid-back north american farm that just focuses on Cattle.
I did pretty much, helped out abit with the feedling duties, opening the gates for the tractor to deliver the hay to the cows, fed a calf, went shooting and of course, demonstrated S'pore's cuisine and showcasing my culinary skills at the same time..
This is Glen's mum, Carol.
Mrs Flach was making supper for us when we arrived on friday night.
Look at the big kitchen!
We had a simple fare of eggs, pork sausage and buttered toast.Resembling breakfast a little, its tasty!
After supper, we played a game of pictionary with Glen's sister and her boyfriend. Tracy and Corey.
Teaming up for pictionary!
Corey and Tracy were one team!
This is the basement where we slept in! Pretty cold and silly me forgot thatI had a comforter to cover myself with till the middle of the night when i could endure no
more and then i realised i had a comforter below me all along..
Breakfast was cereals with milk!
Heading out to the farm proper and helping out with some farming chores!
Look at the COWS... MOO~
They look startled everytime i turn around or jump!
Glen's Dad, Dean, operating the tractor to deliver the hay to feed the cattle.
Showing me his masterpiece! This plane cost $55k CAD and 7 years to build! Its amazing because he has all the land there to fly around and the fuel can last him for 300miles.Pretty amazing that he can own a plane!
The cockpit looks cool and this plane can seat 2 people!
At the entrance of Flach's Residence.. Nicely arranged rocks were transported in by Mr Geologist himself, Glen.
This is Lucky the sheepdog, no.. or rather.. the cowdog! Employee of the year. A cute and shy dog..
Another of Glen's creations..
Time to go for some shooting! This is Glen's gun. We wanted to go hunt some gophers
Old-school rifle!
Glen also has a paintball marker!
And taking aim for my first few shots! It was gd as there was virtually no recoil and the gun sight could aim as far as 300ft.
Did pretty well, shot some cans and cartons! Marksman in me still alive!
Our targets of the day: Some ball, milk carton, cans on the frozen pond.
Gun and Ammo.
Trying out new positions to shoot to gain better stability
Lunch was prepared by Mrs Flach, we had buttered rice, chilli and meatloaf. This was before heating up the cheese.
It looks gorgeous once the cheese has melted! And the meatloaf is oh-so-good! Especially when u drown it with Hickory sauce!
This is Angel, the siamese cat..
Time to feed the Calf! The calf is only about a week old and is a twin but a mother cow can only feed one so this calf is sort of "orphaned" so needs to be fed synthetic milk! Usually Glen's parents feed it so its didnt recognise me and Glen and was scared of us that it ran away and peed! It was also shivering and pretty afraid of us.. till Glen pacified it and lured it over..
Glen lured it over by squirting some milk periodically and called it over!
And I reaped the benefites by continue feeding it! I also patted its head. Quite cute and docile..
We went to the neighbouring town of Redwater to check out the town and he showed me the largest oil derrick in Alberta.
Glen let me drive his brand new Ford Ranger 4x4 Truck! It is in Manual Transmission and so driving left-hand drive manual is no joke! But this 4Litre truck is truly powerful and a joy to drive especially now that its manual.
This is the sign for Flach Farms at the entrance of the farm.
Pre-coconut adding.
Added coconut milk to make it lemak.
Photo with the Flach's Family at the dinner table. Btw, they call dinner "supper" dont ask me why. Its just the Canadians.
Tracy, Corey, Glen, Aunt Gladys and Mrs Flach loved my curry! Especially Corey and Tracy who kept helping themselves to it. Makes me happy!
Look at the colour of the curry! Looks alluring and tastes equally good!
Mrs Flach made pasta and BBQ chicken
For desserts we had chocolate cake topped with whipped cream and strawberries! IT totally rocked!
And this was my breakfast before I left!
At the entrance of Flach's Residence.. Nicely arranged rocks were transported in by Mr Geologist himself, Glen.
This is Lucky the sheepdog, no.. or rather.. the cowdog! Employee of the year. A cute and shy dog..
Another of Glen's creations..
Time to go for some shooting! This is Glen's gun. We wanted to go hunt some gophersbut the weather was still pretty chilly and so they wouldnt come out and so we decided to
just make some targets to shoot at.
Old-school rifle!
Glen also has a paintball marker!
And taking aim for my first few shots! It was gd as there was virtually no recoil and the gun sight could aim as far as 300ft.
Did pretty well, shot some cans and cartons! Marksman in me still alive!
Our targets of the day: Some ball, milk carton, cans on the frozen pond.
Gun and Ammo.
Trying out new positions to shoot to gain better stability
Lunch was prepared by Mrs Flach, we had buttered rice, chilli and meatloaf. This was before heating up the cheese.
It looks gorgeous once the cheese has melted! And the meatloaf is oh-so-good! Especially when u drown it with Hickory sauce!
This is Angel, the siamese cat..
Time to feed the Calf! The calf is only about a week old and is a twin but a mother cow can only feed one so this calf is sort of "orphaned" so needs to be fed synthetic milk! Usually Glen's parents feed it so its didnt recognise me and Glen and was scared of us that it ran away and peed! It was also shivering and pretty afraid of us.. till Glen pacified it and lured it over..
Glen lured it over by squirting some milk periodically and called it over!
And I reaped the benefites by continue feeding it! I also patted its head. Quite cute and docile..
We went to the neighbouring town of Redwater to check out the town and he showed me the largest oil derrick in Alberta.
Glen let me drive his brand new Ford Ranger 4x4 Truck! It is in Manual Transmission and so driving left-hand drive manual is no joke! But this 4Litre truck is truly powerful and a joy to drive especially now that its manual.
This is the sign for Flach Farms at the entrance of the farm.
Aha! Now its the time to put Singapore on the world map in the Flachs' household. So this is my own cultural exchange programme for the Flachs' and so I cooked Singapore's Curry Chicken for them and they loved the lemak rendition that I made. This had a hint of nyonya curry in it.
Pre-coconut adding.
Added coconut milk to make it lemak.
Photo with the Flach's Family at the dinner table. Btw, they call dinner "supper" dont ask me why. Its just the Canadians.
Tracy, Corey, Glen, Aunt Gladys and Mrs Flach loved my curry! Especially Corey and Tracy who kept helping themselves to it. Makes me happy!
Look at the colour of the curry! Looks alluring and tastes equally good!
Mrs Flach made pasta and BBQ chicken
For desserts we had chocolate cake topped with whipped cream and strawberries! IT totally rocked!
And this was my breakfast before I left!
Waffles with Maple Syrup..
All in all, this was a great experience! Thanks to Glen and family!
