I wasted half of my Saturday because of Metalink...

I had some challenging tasks at work this weekend and need to log on to the internet 24x7. Because I need Metalink's support, which did not come as fast as I anticipate. What do you do if you are bounded to the computer. I'm at hour 11 facing my computer.. Freaking out...

Crazy things I did ...

Speed test

77 words

Create your cute photo album

Hour 12:
I made myself a drink.. it's Bragg's apple cider vinegar + honey. Wernn bought it for me sometime back. He said that it was good for health, to support healthy immune system by removing toxins. The taste is awful I have to say, but mixing it with honey, makes it much more bearable.
No honey? Ah.. no no ... It will taste just like raw vinegar and imagine gulping it down. O.. honey is the saviour.

Apple cider vinegar ..

The ' mother' at the bottom of the bottle. Gotta shake well ..

The famous face..

Must add honey to 'tone' down the vinegar taste

My pure apple cider vinegar honey to keep me awake tonight ...

Barisan Nasional wins simple and denied 2/3 majority

After knocking off last night, the first thing when I woke up this morning is to grab The Star Newspaper to see the results. Among the headlines are:

Barisan reels from worst-ever election performance
Barisan lost Kedah, Penang, Perak and Selangor, PAS strengthened grip on Kelantan
MIC in shambles with no leader in the wings
Barisan can form the next government
Sombre mood at Umno headquarters
Blogger Jeff Ooi headed for Parliament

One article that had me in thoughts.. it was an interview with Pak Lah.

Excerpts:

"On the implications to the Barisan of the losses by component parties, Abdullah said the losses had to be accepted.

“Dah kalah, kalahlah (If it’s a loss, it’s a loss),” he replied. "

I let out a "Huh??? What???"
I prefer to hear something roaring back positively.

We'll see in the next 4 years what Malaysia can achieve and will become.. Politics will just never be the same again for Malaysians.

Malaysia's 12th General Election Fever

I was caught by surprise to learn that the Opposition has taken over Penang, Kedah and Kelantan..
I think this election has many ups and downs and disappointments and victories. It's much more 'excited' as far as I can remember...

And much to my own surprises, I kept pressing F5 on the malaysiakini website to get the latest news... and the latest news now is that "Guan Eng to be Penang CM".

It's about my sleeping time, but still I'm excited to know on the rest of the results. Will continue with F5... but most important of all, all I wanted is a democratic, fair, beautiful and peaceful Malaysia.

FRIM Canopy Walk & a little of jungle trekking

Went to Forestry Research Insitute of Malaysia (FRIM) last weekend and spent about 4 hours there. Was looking forward to some exercises after all the CNY munching. Planned for a jog-a-walk at Kelana Jaya Recreational Park, but due to some plan changes, we opt for FRIM instead. Came to mind of FRIM when we saw the Canopy Walk on a book page cover. So, there we are, something to challenge myself too, for a 30m walk above ground and 300 m above sea levels.

After about 20mins drive from home, we reached FRIM. It was just a bit after passing Selayang Mall and Selayang Hospital if you're coming from Jalan Kuching. For details location, you can find it here...

We parked our car right outside the entrance (so we can walk in and saves RM5). We're all pack with towel, food, energy drink and starts our walk. RM1 for citizens, else it's RM5. It was nice scenery and because it wasn't sunny, I truly enjoyed the walk.

Reached the visitor information center, and quickly asked for the availability for Canopy Walk. Read it from Net that says, advanced booking is recommended, as only 250 people a day is allowed on the hanging bridge.. But luckily, we are early and after getting some guidance, we bought the tickets (RM5/person).

More walks and enjoying the forest, we climb up, down, pass some Pokok Kapur (you have to look up to see how beautiful it is). Malau (my team mate) says that they are a bunch of very harmonious trees. Then we reach the part where we start to jungle trek to reach the Canopy Walk. Sweats, rests, lizards, start to eat our food and drink our most needed energy drink and finally we reached a hut.. the start of the Canopy Walk. After a brief guidance, I started off on the bridge. I'm so scared though I knew the bridge won't fall. Malau also helps to steadies me. There are 3 platforms connecting 4 section of bridges. At the platforms, there's where I 'balanced' back myself and start shooting pictures... On the 2nd last part of the bridge, it starts shaking a little because it's a long section. O well, it is fun once I get the hang of it and I was saying to myself 'So beautiful'...

On the small platforms between the bridge, we can see the whole jungle, and also some part of the cities, as far as Sunway. It was amazing sight. When I'm back on ground, I wish I'm up there again.

Happy as a bee, we make our way down the hill and reached the track again much faster this time. Had a small picnic by the waterfall and had our way back... There are still people coming up at that time (almost 12pm), also some bikers and some uncles and aunties.

Felt so relaxed after sweating and the exercise. The sun is coming out now and then, but that's fine. We almost reached our car when we saw 2 couples taking their wedding photograph there. The background has very tall straight trees with coloured Autumn tree leaves full on the little hill slope. A beautiful scenery on a beautiful Saturday morning.

The spot where we rested

The slope we are going to climb after our rest

The Canopy Walk, built with cooperation with Germany

The view from the tree top Canopy Walk. I'm amazed at how straight the trees can grow

The walk

Long way...

It ain't a pipe, it's a tree

The rope, the planks, the wires that hold the bridges together

Last part of the walk

Looking back...

I'm not going to do this!

I wish to be up there again the next time in FRIM...

Still amazed at this straight tree

Canopy Walk

Looking up at the sky, I saw this...

Retreat Places

Experience a truly different way to relax & being pampered, surrounded by mother nature.

A feeling I will not forget for a long long time, for it is indeed a luxury to have.

Sekeping Serendah

Glass House

Mud House

Seapark Brickhouse

Sharon & Lee happily ever after !

Sharon girl, I'm happy that you are finally tying the knot and spending life together with Lee. Though you are so far la, but I'm happy for you. I miss you! No more kopitiam at night. No more shopping for clothes. No more late night mamaks. Adui~

But I'm happy you found such a good hubby. And must mentioned again, you are so pretty on your wedding day! Muahsssssssssssss... Miss You.

My dear Sharon's wedding favours

Bought the plants on the 17th Nov weekend, about 100 of them at RM2.50 each. Luckily it wasn't raining today. Now, it's kind of a headache to think of how we are going to wrap it decently to give away to Sharon's guests...

After some try, Jacq, Esther, Wei Hoong, Wern Ching, the bride and groom helped out with the wrappings, and we get it done. Boy, aren't we happy... Hehe..

Guests love it too and find it interesting.. Happy for you girl. Go go go Sharon & Lee.

Before ...

After ...

Sungai Buloh Nurseries 1 Day Tour

Went to Sungai Buloh to "view and survey" some plants. For RM3, wanna see if there's anything decent to be given to guest for Sharon's wedding favour. Got some pictures here... take a look of what we can get for RM3 there... Sharon, what you think?

International Fireworks@Putrajaya.

Pictures taken by Yong Wei ... Very nice.. Have a look.

Malaysia Team
Australia Team
Japan Team
Finale

Free Free Free !!!

Welcome to this site... Airmobiles.

Contains free mobile themes, mobile ring tones, mobile graphics for download.

Ugliest?

Elwood, 2007 World's Ugliest Dog

Unknown type of fish... A picture my sister took.
I think this fish is really interesting... Reminds me of Pirates of the Caribbean.

My half day at Subang Terminal 2, Jabatan Imigresen

This article is accurate as of 17 March 2007. . .

I spent one of my loneliest half day at the Imigresen department yesterday... I was there to renew my passport which is going to expire in less than six months time. It's been long since I've been to any government department to settle the important stuffs. Finally I need to face it to go and renew it, so I can smoothly fly to Siem Reap next Friday. It was a blessing I 'suddenly' remembered that my passport will expire soon. That is, after I heard on the radio when the dj mentioned the word 'passport'.

I reached around 7.30am and the queue was like about 100 people. I know that I needed a form. I printed it out from the internet the day before. But I wasn't sure if it can be use or not. So, I queued at the 'Pembelian Borang Permohonan' lane. The office opens around 7.45 surprisingly as it was supposed to open only at 8am. Thumbs up 1.

Then, I queued to buy the RM1 form. I asked if my printed form can be used or not. No.
Cannot. Because the form MUST BE PRINTED ON A PIECE OF A4, DOUBLE SIDED. BACK & FRONT. I had it on 2 piece of A4. So, I'm still at my lane, around 10 people in front of me. Thumbs down 1.

Ok, I got my form after about 10mins. And moved quickly to the queue to get a number.
Quickly filled up my form, very carefully. Searching my bag for old passport, making sure I had my photocopy of IC and 2 piece of passport size picture. At the queue for another 1 hour or more. Thumbs down 2.


Reached the counter.
Encik : (Flip through my document) Photocopy IC ?
Me: (Search my bag) Ini boleh ar?
Encik : (Flip Flip) Aiya, tak boleh... mana boleh.
Me: Ha, tak boleh ar?
Encik : Mesti satu page. IC depan belakang on one page. You pergi photostat. Nanti datang jumpa saya, tak payah beratur semula. (Put a stamp on my form)
Me: Oh. Ok.
Thumbs down 3.

... Rush to the photostat queue. And waited for another 30 minutes++ to photostat my IC in the NEEDED format. FRONT AND BACK IC on one single page. CANNOT DOUBLE SIDED or ONE TWO PIECE OF A4. While waiting, I overheard a guy saying that his photo was rejected because it didn't look like him now. My last fear... will they reject my photo?
When it's done.. rush back to the counter to meet 'Encik' and successfully get a number.
My number was 1155, and the current number is 1065.

I forgotten to bring my earphone, so I can't listen to music.
I had my laptop and used it for a while. I played with the kids around. The kid accidentally pressed my laptop and it was shutdown. I played with kids again. I on back my laptop and do some work. I read The Sun. I people-watched. I ate my bread. I drank water. I used gmail on my mobile. I people-watched again. A kid came to me and called me 'Auntie' and needed to change some syilling to buy drinks on the vending machine ... and on and on..

It was about 11 and it's near... pretty near.. 1155 on the board. I walked towards the counter to submit my form. My last fear. The photo I brought along was about 4 years back. The girl looked at my photo and then at me. Luck is with me, and pass! Thumbs up 2.
Fingerprint. Tissue. Back to my seat.

And I waited for another 30mins++ to make payment of RM300 now. I people-watched again.

1155 on the board. I make my payments and was very happy by now. All is over. Rushed to an other empty counter.

Me : Encik, nak tanyer. Kalau saya ambil passport hari lain, boleh tak?
Encik : Boleh, asalkan jangan lebih dari 3 bulan.
Me : Oh ok. Thank you ya.
Rush off.
Rush back to the counter.
Me : Encik, er.. saya cuma bawa balik resit untuk ambil passport?
Encik: Ya, dengan IC dan awak sendiri kena bawa la.
Me : Giggle.. (A friendly government staff. I must really be in luck) Kalau saya datang awal pagi pukul 730, kena tunggu lama untuk ambil ar?
Encik: Lebih kurang setengah jam. Datang counter nie.
Me : Oh okok. Terima kasih ya.
Rush off.
Thumbs up 3.

Went back to my car... feeling lucky and happy. Finally I get it done, although half day is gone.
I'm happy because I can go for my trip and meeting friendly government staff.
I have to say, their service really improved. The staff are helpful and wouldn't show faces when you ask them more than 1 question. They give clear information and they really deserve a thumbs up. Thank you guys! Thumbs up 4.


Notes (as far as I know, this is applicable to Subang Terminal 2) :
1. Passport are now ready 2 hours, after you make your payment.
2. The Subang Terminal 2 Imigresen Department closes after lunch on every 3rd Friday.
Please call them to confirm or you may be greeted with disappointment.
3. Make sure your IC are photostated in one single sided page. The photostat queue is long and slow.
4. The vending machine does not take in notes. Get syillings ready if you need a drink.
5. Save on the RM1 form, by printing your form from the Internet, provided its printed double sided on a piece of A4 paper.

Hope this helps and have a good experience during your trip there!

Rock & Republic collection

Vic Beckham's jeans collection label Rock & Republic really got me going Hoo Haa these few days. It all started when I saw it in China last few weeks. It was love at first sight at the jeans. After some bargaining (a must in China at least up to 80%) I walked out of the store. Because of my action at that time of that day, I'm now in a terrible state of mind. Terrible. Man. Duh...

The sales girl asked for RMB100 (about RM50). And I told her No, RMB70. She said No. The rest is history...

Nasi sudah menjadi bubur..
There is no use to regret over what you have decided, for there are always ways to overcome/solve it.

YES! I will get myself a pair of the Rock & Republic Crown Jeans! HERE itself in KL! or.. wherever!


Prices range from from $125 to $275. That's a lot! But there ain't any stores in KL. Singapore? I don't know. My 'agent' is searching for me.

Well o well, some links for you. I'm drooling over this pictures. I know it wont take any effort to be beautiful in this piece of jeans.
It's already a piece of art just by itself.

http://www.rockandrepublic.com/
http://www.blaec.com/rock-and-republic.shtml
http://www.eluxury.com --> Then points to Rock & Republic

Till I get one, I will be kept busy drooling over this piece of art..

Lovely Pink Roses

These lovely flowers are given to me on my birthday by Ayu Siao...

Aren't they just lovely?

Yea, most of the pictures look alike, but I just can't get my eyes of it!

LOVELY!

Thank you Ayu!

~ Gmail on my phone ~

Tried gmail on my phone recently, a Nokia 6230i.
Just type in http://mail.com/app at your phone web browser.
You will need to download the application for once.

Then, login using ur gmail id and ta dah! done!

I have to say that my phone screen is small, but I am satisfied and impressed that I still can read the mails easily.
Interface is cool, cute.
Accessing emails are easy. Replying is easy. It's fast I have to say.

Way easier than what I expected ~

Today...

1. I found Google Page Creator. It's very cool, with AJAX. 

2. I like how it can autosave my file. But I'm doomed to learn that it has limited undo. 
How can I stop it from auto saving my file?

3. Google Page Creator can't run on Opera. Not for now.

4. I learned that Firefox 2.0 can restore my session after an improper shutdown. Also, Firefox will now without miss, prompt me for themes/extension updates.

5. I tried Caffe Latte and I love it.

Yay!
G'nite...

Red Date Dessert with Lotus Seed

I was browsing the old Jusco's Pearl magazine and found this dessert recipe for Chinese New Year, yup.. the book is almost a year old... but who cares... recipes never go out of style...

O' well, so captivated with the picture that I 'pledged' to make this dessert for my family...

But first, let's see what are the nutritional values behind the main characters.

Red Dates / Red Jujubes (Hong Zhou)


Good for anaemics. Nourish blood. Best for fatigue, hypertension, physical exhaustion and malnutrition.





White Fungus / Snow Fungues (Suet Yee)

Nourishing the lungs, healing dry cough and clearing heat in the lung. Those who often catch cold can eat White Fungus and Red Dates together. If eaten with Hasma / Suet Kap (dried glands of a snow frog), it will give you a smooth complexion.

Sweet Preserved Apricots (Nam Hang) & Bitter Preserved Apricots (Pak Hang)



Target the lungs. Cures cough and constipation.





Dried Lotus Seed



Clear Heat and restore your health. It's always in my mind that this seed works wonders. Used to make the lotus paste (in mooncakes).




Dried longans : Dark Brown in colour. Sweet and nourishing.


Recipes courtesy from Pearl Magazine:
6-8 cups of water
40 gm white fungus (Shuet Yee)
3-5 gm Hasma (Shuet Kap)
3 gm sweet red dates (with seed removed)
1 gm sweet preserved apricots (Nam Hang)
1 gm bitter preserved apricots (Pak Hang)
180-250 gm Rock sugar(Adjust to taste)

As I didn't buy Hasma, I just replaced it with Lotus Seed (100gm or more if you like it, RM3.80/gm), dried longans and also add some Sago (for decorative purposes).

Steps:
1. Soak white fungus & hasma till soft. Blanch both in hot boiling water, rinse and drain again.
2. Rinse sweet dates, sweet and bitter preserved apricots, lotus seed and sago.
3. Put all ingredients in a pot except sago and sugar.
4. Add boiling hot water and leave to cook slowly for 2-3 hours (make sure ingredients are soft by then).
5. Add sago.
6. Then add rock sugar to taste.
7. Serve hot / cold.
8. Yummy..............



Ready to serve

Is this true, men?

I think the Urinal selection part is true, I was told...
I know why you guys are extremely fast now.
Walk in, Pee, Walk Out. Less than 30seconds.

Redwire Jeans ! Gotcha... Have RM1000 to spare?

I saw this jeans appearing on the papers the other day, few weeks back.. can't remember how much it is, but should be close to RM1000... Really, it's not just another pair of jeans.

Levi's Redwire Jeans

According to Levi's, it's the next big thing in the music and fashion industry :)
O well, i gotta agree. It's cool. Quite cool. So cool... Something new.

I would like wear it when I'm going travelling. It will be hassle free as I do not need to carry ipod separately. I can now push the joystick to control the songs, very handy indeed. The retractable headphone means no more wires dangling around...

Once you remove the retractable earphones and obviously your ipod, then you can wash your jeans (that's if you believe in washing your jeans) ;o)

But, since I'm a sane and low income fella, I really can't afford to have this jeans! My brain will kill my heart if I go and buy this.

But, it's nice to see Levi's coming out with this jean. Hey, it's cool!

And, please check out the Levi's Redwire Jeans website. I love it as much as the Redwire jeans.

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Do You Know?

In East Turkey, a land where wood is scarce, dried cow dungs are so important because the dungs can provide fuel. Two cows can provide fuel for an entire family - for cooking, heating everything!

My joke of the day:
If someone scolds "You are a piece of shit!"
it means
You are a piece of lovely thing coz you are important!

My philosophy of the day:
If you somehow found yourself in a 'dung', try to look around, it might not be a bad thing afterall.

Alan is going to UK afterall..........

Yet another farewell, I lost count of how many farewells being thrown for friends.. leaving for UK to studies, or colleagues leaving the company. Anyway, all these farewells, make me treasure them more. Not to take things for granted. And appreciate everyday we can spend time together...

Back to last Sunday, went out with Alan and Debbie to Mid Valley for lunch at Little Vietnam. Took some pictures for remembrance. Alan! Must study hard and play hard too!

Walk around Mid Valley, and yet another stop over at Starbucks. Coz I want to explore and see and touch the precious MacbookMacbook! ! Yes,it belongs to Alan...
How I wish I can own one too..

Played with built in Isight camera and took more silly pictures..
And I learn that they there's a downloadable software called Quick Silver (equivalent as Google Desktop) for Mac.

Let me end my post today with a silent prayer...
May GOD bless my friends who are near or far, to live life to the fullest and be safe all the time.

Time to blog...

I'm back with blogging, and with this, I am back to my self.. I found back "my" self ! For my beloved friends who wish me well and concern during the bad times, thank you so much! Yes, it's you.

I really appreciate you all and im so lucky to have you around me !

Last week, my ex-colleague Shirley left Malaysia for Germany to pursue her Masters in IT.. and since arriving, I'm pretty sure she is enjoying life now in UK ;) Girl, wish you all the best yea, and always miss your blurness here at home! And I will always check out your blog.. i lurve all the pics in it.. wow.. A picture sure means a thousand words!

I gotta go off now for a haircut...
But I'll be back, coz I have more to write.. yooooo

Expect the Unexpected

I have some really bad problems at home starting from 2 weeks back. I got really dissapointed and sad and it struck me how some things does not and will not happen as we expected.

Too many things in the world are beyond our expectations. The optimist will love it and the pessimist will curse it. I thought I was an optimistic person all this while, trying to put aside all the bad things, and focus on the 'good things of life'. Well, we cant control when the bad things will happen... "Since we have to live each day, why not go through each day with a smile... And I do learn something from the heaps of powerpoint files in my mailbox on how to be a high EQ person.

Until this situation struck me. And I "lost" my optimist self.

For a while.

I really wish to get back my optimist self.

tiring day

im so tired.. body is tired.. so restless.. just want to relax .

but mentally im still very active. that's why im blogging. Though my hand is moving at a much slower rate than my mind. By the time my hand stops, I need to rewind my brain to what Im suppose to continue the line with...

so tired, of everything...

Happy Sunday!

It's already July, second half of 2006. Phew... Time flies.

Did you make any resolutions early this year? What have you achieve? Something happy, new or sad things happened in your life the past 6 months? That could have change your life?

I hope whatever happens, it will be for good and the brighter days will come and stay with you for this coming 6 months and many more months to come... For things you wished it had happen but didn't, well it's ok. Maybe it's not meant to be. Or maybe it's meant to be, but you were not working hard enough, then you still have 6 months to accomplished it in this year.
Ganbatte dudee!~

I happen to see a phrase as I was flipping the calendar. It says

"Success is getting what you want,
Happiness is liking what you get "


Pretty meaningful? Wishing you all happiness and success !


Meanwhile, there will be a Football Fever Street Party at Bukit Bintang this Sunday till late Monday, so, for those who are taking leave from work on Monday, maybe you should go and support your favourite team!

Go go go Germany!!! I still love you Kahn!

Thieves o thieves Part II

This is Part II of thieves o thieves. Yes, I have a new story here, but I really don't want to continue doing Part III or IV or on and on..

Today, my colleague's handbag was snatched by a lone biker. We were walking back to the car after having lunch at Glenmarie Shah Alam. Suddenly this biker was turning in from a junction, very close to us and so close that we thought he were about to fall off from his bike. Then he snatched my colleague's handbag which she was holding at the strap. But thank GOD she was fine. Not hurt, but just scared. We all are.

It just happens everywhere. Not sure if the biker was stalking or just passing by and grab on this opportunity. It just happens. Daylight or night time. They just take the opportunity when it arrives.

Why do snatch thieves have to take away our freedom to walk and enjoy the time? Is it our mistake to walk in public?

I was sort of angry at myself for unable to do anything even though witnessing it.
I was stunned myself, can't even see the motorbike plate number. Just remembering his shirt. What use is that?

Hmm, I am very saddened with this and I just hope the thief (and others out there) will be caught soon. Caught and not released after bail. It's caught and sentenced!!!

Ladies, maybe you can just bring your purse out instead of a sling bag which may contain more things than you need to bring around during lunch.

Be extra careful during the start and end of the month as people get their salary and will have an amount of cash in the bag.

Try to recognise the snatch thief helmet colour / any stickers / unique identifiers (They will change their clothes / number plates, but most probably wear the same helmet)

If you really need to use a handbag, buy those bag with detachable straps. If the thief gets the bag, at least we won't get drag away when he pull the bag.

Carry your bag in the opposite direction from the road. If the cars are on your left, then hold it to your right and vice versa.

Always have duplicates for important accessories, for example your car keys or any keys you may have.

Please make a snatch thief police report. Ex-policeman use to tell us that some people will say they drop it, in order to simplify it. But please don't. Only when we report, then the police will know and they have a record. The police DO works. If we didn't report, the police will have the impression that our place is sooo safe, not roundings are required. So, please please, the least you could do is, report the case as a snatch thief case.

Takecare all...

Thieves o thieves

It was a late Saturday night, I reached home after supper around 12pm... My brother also went out for supper&watching footie at mamak and reached home around 1am.

An hour pass.

It was 2pm. I heard a woman's voice. Shouting "No, No" and then a speeding motorcycle's sound.

Gosh, I jump out from my bed and rush down and open the door and true to my beliefs, another snatch thief case. It's just 4 doors away from my house and I can feel the situation as if I'm in her shoe's, from her shriek and narrowly being a possible victim times before.

Another case. With my pillow still in my hand, I can see all my surrounding neighbours coming out for her and talking and comforting her. She just reached home and about to open the main gate when the thieves took opportunity.

I silently thank GOD that only her belongings are stolen and not a life is stolen.
What a world I am in.

Prevention is better than cure.

If Im the king of the king of the king of world, I would ask that all the snatch thieves, and rapers be punished with life sentence.
Why so harsh?
Because, with these people around, we will live in fear, everyday. Worst still, we will lost our lives because of their action. GOD will punish them, I know for sure. But for now, what should we do?

I can't sentenced them for life. Till, the day I asked GOD, please take good precaution everyday.

From my experience,

1. Please lock your car door the moment you are in it. Be it in parking lot, outside your house, just drop your friend off or in Sahara. Even if you didn't see a single human. Just lock the door!
(I was in my car outside my house, about to go to work. Waving bye bye to my sis. A motorcycle suddenly stop few steps in front of my car and the pillion rider runs towards my car. I quickly lock my car door. He tried to open it and I looked at him. Thank GOD he run away when he cant open it. I was stunned & shocked like h**)

2. If you reached home and need to open the main gate, look at your surrounding. If you see any suspicious people especially two people on a bike, drive another round or call someone out in your house to open the door for you. They are very much in the category of thieves (Sorry for those who sincerely loves to ride in pairs). These people mainly hides near a car / park next to trees, switch on the high head lights and drive slower to see any suspects hiding nearby.

3. If you see someone following you (yes, please be observant) don't drive back home and thought you can rush into your house faster than them. Drive to the nearest police station. Yes I did that myself, I don't want to be sorry. I even make a police report. I'm glad the police entertain me and kudos for them! Please ladies & men, don't drive home. Just go to the police station.

Hope these reminders are useful for you and till then, I prayed for justice and hope everyone live in peace and harmony.

Take care all, see ya!

A cake for my dear friend...

It was my friend, Cherlyn's birthday... I was cracking my head to get her something nice as a present... i've bought her bag, earrings, bracelets, skirt, books ... hmm.. i dunno what to buy!

So, i have a 'brilliant' or maybe 'not so brilliant' idea!

Bake a cake for her? Something personal?

So, the week before, I 'practise' by making a biscuit cake. I got the recipe, courtesy of Kenson and I'll share the recipe here.

250g butter
200g castor sugar (gula halus)
7 eggs
28 pieces of non creamer crackers (no flavours)

1. Beat the butter and sugar together until it is creamy and hard. After that, put it aside.

2. Take the 7 eggs and one by one put into a bowl (A) and hit for 10 - 15mins. (No need to separate egg whites and egg yolk)

3. Crush the biscuits into small pieces and put it into the bowl (A). Then, slowly put in the butter&sugar mixture. Beat it for about 5 minutes.

4. Pour the mixture into a pan/clean bowl and steam it for 35 - 40mins.

5. Ta daaaa, a nice biscuit cake. Enjoy it!


So, i make the biscuit cake... and it turns out looking and tasting more like a kuih keras rather than a biscuit cake? Fine, I post mortem and found out that's because I accidentally mix the egg and the flour and beat them together! wrong! should have beat them separately and then only mix them together. duh, try to be creative and that's what i got..

so, the very next day, i buy the ingredients again, and try my luck for the second time. This time, it turns out cool! (that's because i follow instructions this time)
Very nice looking, but a little bit oily (haven't figure out why yet) maybe i should put lesser butter the next time around (trying to be creative again....)

So, my job is done? No, i still feel something amiss and need to bake a nicer cake for my dear friend here. So, I decided to bake a chocolate cake. chipsmore, chocolate syrups.. yummy

So, the following weekend, I went to buy the ingredients (after much searching in Google; looking for 'simple and easy chocolate cake')
I make my first chocolate cake, complete with chipsmore..
Again, I share my recipe here...

A box of Pillsbury Moist Supreme Cake Mix (Devils Food)
1 and 1/4 cup of water
1/2 cup of oil
3 eggs

You can buy the Pillsbury Cake Mix at most supermarkets, I bought it from Jusco.

1. Heat oven to 350F. Grease pan with some oil.

2. Mix the cake mix, water, oil and eggs together. Beat at low speed until the mixture is moistened.

3. Then beat at high speed for 2 minutes.

4. Then beat slowly with hand (using the spatula) for 2 minutes.

5. Pour the mixture into a pan.

6. Bake around 35-40 minutes. If you want cupcakes, then bake around 20-30 minutes.
You can try to put in a toothpick and if it comes out clean, then its done!


I manage to come out with a decent cake here, and I have to say it's pretty simple for a beginner... Personally, I do love it, and i scatter some chipsmores on top of it...

And my output?? ta daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

the cake

the muffin (:p)

I made some simple wordings and presented the muffins to Cherlyn, wishing her a Happy Birthday and I hope she likes it! Personally, I was happy that the cake is 'edible' (and not hard anymore)

For next year, of course I hope to do better and maybe I can prepare her a meal complete with cakes & desserts? Meg, ganbatte.......................


See ya guys, and do try the recipe out when you have time! Ciao~

Weekends in the kitchen

hmm, i had a nice and relaxing weekend.. having fun baking cakes! suddenly there's this urge to bake cake and cook! so i opened up mum's recipe book and i found recipe's dated back to the time before i was born! precious, really precious... flipping through the book till the last page (i have to say there's hundreds of recipe there).. then i go back to the first page. I guess it's the easiest cake to bake. its called the magnificent swiss roll.

Yes, i bake that.. pictures worth a thousand words.


i know it doesnt really looks like swiss roll, but but.. it taste ok... if i didnt overcooked it.
the picture looks more like a sandwich doesnt it?

I thought by baking it longer, it will turns out nicer (but NO! its proven wrong)

A cake might not puff up / raise / 'kembang' because there is not enough air in it, or the mixture is beaten too long / too short.

Lesson of the day: Trying to bake a cake longer will not make it nicer & fluffier (both outlook or taste) now i see...

I will try again the coming weeks, making sure
1. swiss roll are cylinder looking, mine looks more like a flatten sphere?
2. don't overcooked it.

hope to share more 'edible' pictures later on... see ya :)

杨千嬅 - 有过去的女人

slow ? or undecided ?

I dread the morning when I have to drive to work, along with some bad / plain #&^(@* drivers.

I dread it even more when I meet slow and undecided men drivers. It's not like i have discriminations towards men but, as of today, I have made that decision.

SLOW, UNDECIDED drivers are mostly men.
To be fair, men make good F1 drivers too. So men, please keep reading...

I doesn't know why, but I always drive alongside some slow undecided drivers.

SLOW in my definition is driving on the fast lane at 60kmph.
UNDECIDED is when the driver doesnt know where to go, which is turning left / going straight / turning right. So they will swerve from left to right, right to left and so on and so forth for times I lost count. Doing all this on the fast lane.

If that's not enough to drive my blood pressure high up, they will just cruise leisurely in between the middle and fast lane. Their car is just right in the middle of the white lines that was meant to say, the DIVIDER. Please dont stay on top of the divider...

duh... Humpty Dumpty...

Their act are really hazardous to the other road users, like me and the motorcylist. Most of the time, the motorcyclist will do justice by honking them, or giving the famous hand sign.

Hope that people can get more considerate, alert, selfless and please, just make a decision on where you want to move on...

Im waiting patiently, for the best things are here to come, very soon...

Ya, I am counting the days.. I have to say never in my life I had this feeling... Im counting to the days till I'm heading to the cinema for The Da Vinci Code ! Wow... its been a year since we waited for this movie... and yes, its finally coming... but I hope the movie is just as good as the book! Though through years, I learn not to expect to much from movies, for the bigger the expectation, the bigger the dissapointment.. However it is, I hope to spend a good 2 hours in my life on this !

YES YES YES!

Today, I was checking my old interesting mails, those that I kept for pleasure reading and found this interesting.. Share with you here..

Leonardo da Vinci could actually write with one hand and draw with the other hand at the SAME time.
Leonardo da Vinci invented the scissors
Leonardo da Vinci was a vegetarian
Leonardo da Vinci was dyslexic and he often wrote backward

interesting...

He himself is a piece of art, that creates a lot of other interesting arts for us. Arts after so many hundreds of years for us to admire... I am not a true art expert / die-hard art lover but I've seen his beautiful Mona Lisa piece at the Louvre. If my memory does not fails me, the home of Mona Lisa was in the first floor of the Denon Gallery. I was pacing towards the painting and was eager to see the painting in such a close distance. I want to know how the painting can captured the heart of so many people, and soon, my heart...

The sight truly beholds me. There are throngs of people surrounding the painting unlike some other also beautifully painted ones. There is a bullet proof glass cabinet that protects the painting. And surprisingly, the small size of the painting. Mona Lisa greeted me with her smile. The smile I long for. The smile that comes from a woman who is sincere, but seems to be hideous. The eyes that look at me from left to right and as if she can see through me and talking to me. She seems to know something, but she is not telling me. That's my feeling. That's what I can feel from Mona Lisa. What can you feel?

Different people will have different views, but do you all think that Leonardo is trying to give some messages in his works? Well, not trying to speculate / investigate into some mysteries few hundred years back, but oh well, its just interesting to think creatively. Leave me a comment...

Till then, another week to go for the opening of The Da Vinci Code :)

Have you ever ...

been pissed, angry, frustrated, dissapointed and felt like crying when u type a whole long paragraph and then the browser failed on u and suddenly closes and the whole paragraph is gone? And you can't find it even if you open up the whole MON / CPU!

I HAVE! Few days back, I wanted to put up a post here, typing it wholeheartedly with emotions, my browser suddenly went off to thin air.. I don't know why. Maybe it just can't accept my loooooonnng, really loooooooooooong post.

So, forget about it. I off my PC and go to bed. I will not post what I plan to post that day!
Not until I can forgive my browser..

See you tomorrow...