Pi Xiu 貔貅

貔貅。。。听说具有招财的作用哦。
我买了几对。
一对摆在大门前。
一对就摆在我家的财位。
还有一对收着。
明年可以用来安抚太岁。哈哈。。。

对了。
貔貅买回来一定要用海水或盐水清洗干净哦。
因为毕竟它已经被很多人摸过了。
然后拿去晒太阳，
就可以把负能量去除。
摆貔貅记得头要向着大门哦！

I bought a few pairs of bronze Pi xiu.
there are believe to bring in fortune and wealth.

i placed one pair at my door,
another pair at my fortune location.
the last pair i kept for future use.

always perform a cleansing ritual whenever you buy them back home.
simply bathe them in seawater or salt water,
and sun-bathe them under bright sun,
to get rid of the negative energy within.
afterall, you never know how many pairs of hands had touched them in the shop before you bought them home. :o)

remember to face the pi xiu to the main door direction ok?

圣诞节快乐! Merry Christmas 2007!

圣诞节快乐! Merry christmas!!!!

哈哈.....昨晚玩到很夜.
幸好地铁服务延迟到午夜1点半.
所以可以尽情玩了也不担心德士起价.

回到家就看到我的床上摆了几份礼物.
是我家人给的.
一定是我太迟回,她们等不及就去睡觉了.

好温馨.
我好喜欢收礼物的感觉.
谢谢. :o)

i came home very late, last night.
partying out with friends.
lucky enough the train service was extended to 1.30am.
else i will be very heart pain having to folk out additional charges for taxi fares,
since they just increased their fares recently.

i was welcome with presents on my bed when i reach home.
it's from my family.

i really enjoy the feeling of receiving.
i am sure you do too.

thank you. *wink*

笑脸符号.... 苦的都变甜了. The Beauty of Facial Expression

克敏在主持烹任班所做的的笔记.

哈哈.... 有了会笑的苦瓜那里还会苦哦?
学会自我开心也是养身之道.

This is a cooking note taken by Ke Min, when she was hosting the cooking class with a master chef.
i took it with my cybershot phone.
cos i find the facial expression makes the bitter gourd become sweet.

have you smile yet? :o)

吃死猫! Eat Dead Cat!

不是这只啦...... 这只那么可爱!哈哈...

广东话"吃死猫"比喻吃了暗亏,
被人做弄(或无知有意无意加有心的陷害)而被其他人误会等等...反正准没好事!

我今天就吃了一整只!
碍于工钱还没进口袋, 不好吃也要硬塞进嘴巴.
吃完还要脸带微笑谢谢赏赐呐!
被人误会也不要紧!
现在行情坏...还是钱重要!
误会? 哈哈..... 时间会证明的啦.


"eat dead cat", a direct translation from cantonese.
meaning to admit to something which is not meant to....
nothing good of cos!
well.... almost that meaning lar... my english also not that powderful. hahaha

well... i just had one today!
haha... though its not really easy to swallow it.
i managed to swallow it with some plain water.

my pay check is not in my pocket yet
so i really dont mind eating it and i can even give a broad smile and say "thank you!" after i got it all in my stomach!

yeah... times are really bad.
i need the money, for old age. :p

well.... not to worry for being misunderstood.
times will tell.
the balls not at my side yet. *hiak hiak hiak.....

环保圣诞树。。。。"recycled" christmas trees.

很特别的一棵圣诞树哦！
我在新达城的戏院外面看到的。
是所有参赛的环保圣诞树最能吸引我的。
猜猜是用什么来做的吧。

this is a very special christmas tress i discovered at suntec city.
just outside the cinema.
among all the contestants master pieces,
this is the one that catches my attention from far.
make a guess... what is it made of.

here's the answer! 答案揭晓啦！

想象不到吧？这还是出自一位手巧的女生哦！
去给他加油吧！

Can you believe it?
it's a handwork by a lady. do give her your support when you are shopping there!

Re: Tang Yuan

today went back to JB to pay respect to my father and my grandparents.
we brought some vegetarian noodles and glutinous rice ball in sweet soup as offerings.

next saturday is Dong Zhi, a chinese festival for the whole family to get together and make glutinous rice balls in sweet soup and offer to ancesters and deities; not forgetting to have a nice dinner with the whole family too.

i remember my parents told me when i was a young boy. the number of glutinous ball you eat, will tally with your age. eg. if you are 12yo, you'll eat 12 glutinous balls in sweet soup. of cos the balls was all tiny and cute in the olden days. ;o)

you cant expect me to eat 35 balls this year! haha
but i will eat a few, just for the kick of it.
afterall, i am a chinese you know.

Shine!

WOW!

great day to sun the laundries today!
breezy wind..... white furry clouds..... beautiful sunshine!

that's how i felt at my workplace..... GREAT!

hahahaha..... too bad my mom not strong enough to bring my laundries out to be sun-dried.
else i will be enjoying all the sun-dried smells coming from my laundries.

sometime i think i took the sun for granted.
and only felt the beauty of the sun when the raining season comes. :p

yupe, i still having slight problem typing mandarin using my laptop.

does anyone knows how to set to chinese typing in window vista?
i need help. :o(

Rain..........

this photo was taken this evening, on the way back in my company bus.

have you notice that it had been raining normally these few days?
( chinese saying "Chang2 Ming4 Yu3" aka "long-life rain" )

i mean, have u ever notice.... this type of rain had been missing for the past few years?

yeah.... the raining season always come late.
but this year it seem to report on time! :p

but it also brings me another problem leh.....
my washed laundries... now very difficult to dry.
no sun-smell for the time being liao... indoor drying sure got that smell one. sigh...

well, i use more perfume now lor! hahahaha

p/s: i'm using my new laptop from starhub. still have not learn to configure typing in chinese.... so please bear with me, until i find a professional to help me solve this problem! :)

rainbow....

today's been raining alot.
rain....stop..... rain again... then stop... then rain again.

so wet.
but this rainbow i saw at my workplace do make my day happier.

they said, only the kind hearted one can see.

can you see it? :)

彩虹...... 你看到了吗?
今天早上, 毛毛雨碰上太阳.....
就形成了彩虹.

刚巧.....被我看到了.
想跟你分享.

越试越爽! char siew stir fry

蒜米叉烧烧肉 Char Siew Stir Fry

我家这道菜是百吃不厌的!
做法很简单. 完全符合我小明简单好吃的要求.

怕肥?
哦...那你不要吃啦!
哈哈.....

去巴刹买叉烧(半肥瘦)和烧肉(全瘦)回来.
反正要炒的. 所以不用花钱买名牌的.
普通就可以了.
记得跟他要多一点叉烧汁.

把蒜米爆香, 加入烧肉爆出油. (爆到烧肉带脆)
加入叉烧和叉烧汁翻炒.
撒葱花即可.

this is one of my family favourite dish.
Char Siew Stir fry.

very nice to go with just some cucumber slices and plain rice.

go to market to buy char siew (50% fatty) and roast pork (lean).
remember to ask for more char siew sweet sauce from the hawker stall.

fry the chopped garlic till fragrance.
add in to fry the roast pork until crispy ( you'll see alot of oil seeping out from the pork)
pour in char siew and the sauce.
fry and mix well; add in chopped spring onion and serve hot! :)

HAPPY MAKAN TIME! yeah....

Happy Birthday生日快乐...永远快乐.

我今年的生日过的很简单.
拿了假在家打扫....洗厕所...换洗床单...吸尘...买菜...做饭...吃蛋糕...

我那个昨晚特地挺着疲倦的身子忍到半夜, 就为了要做第一个给我这个有傻福的胖子生日简讯.
虽然我口头埋怨着那么累了还不睡觉,
心里可是甜到比甘香砂糖还要甜的咯.

当然家人的祝福也很早哦!哈哈...
可我妈就忘了她在三十五年前的今天生下了我.
还硬说我是三十一号生的! OMG!

很意外克敏和坚文今早会特地在空中跟我连线. 真是没的讲!
眼睛湿湿的...害我一点准备也没有.

今天也收到很多国内外朋友的简讯...有的还特地大老远打电话来祝贺....
有泰国, 上海, 新山, 摈城等等.... 谢谢你们! 害你们破费了!

虽然年过三十五的感触很多,
不过感动也是很多很多很多的咯.

今晚自己下厨...煮自己和家人都喜欢吃的.
没有大鱼大虾, 没有鱼翅鲍鱼, 有的也只是家常便饭而已啦....

炸鸡块

香辣茄汁鸡

虾米蒜头爆黄白

快炒冬菇云耳竹笙

外甥女 - 倩雯与舅舅和我的菜刀

外甥女的杰作 - 我的生日蛋糕

咸菜蕃茄肉骨汤

一家之煮 What's Cooking today?

Don't know what to cook? try these..... my family like it. simple and easy!
不知道要煮什么?试试看...很简单的!

无名米粉 Nameless Mi Fen

1) 将泡软的米粉沥干后用少许热油炒香;

2)下少许酱清上色; 捞起.
3) 把鸡蛋炒熟, 摆在米粉上;
4)将蒜头碎用热油爆香, 加入虾仁, 菜心, 少许清水及鸡精粉调味, 最后勾芡就可以淋在米粉上了.

a)mi fen well soaked and drain away excess water;
b) fry it with a little oil, add some light soy sauce to colour, dish up;
c)fry the egg and place it on the mi fen;
d)fry the chopped garlic till fragrance, add in prawn and "choy sum" vegetables, a little water and chicken powder to taste, lastly thicken the gravy with starch powder and pour it over the mi fen.

蒜香奶白 Stir fry Nai Bai Vegetables

1)将蒜头碎用热油爆香;
2)加入奶白菜翻炒片刻;
3)用少许盐调味即可.

a)fry the garlic with oil till fragrance;
b)add in the "nai bai" vegetables and fry over hight heat;
c) add a bit of salt when the vegetables colour turns crispy green. done.

老曾记参巴辣椒午鱼 Old Chang Kee's Sambal Fish

*买老曾记的东西可以自己拿一些参巴辣椒的哦. 很好用的!
*when you buy Old chang kee's food, there are sambal chilli at the counter for you right? don't waste it! very good to use at home! haha

1)将午鱼块煎熟, 上盘;
2)把老曾记参巴辣椒炒香, 加入洋葱丝及蕃茄丝;
3)用少许糖中和辣椒的咸味;
4)加入少许亚参水炒均匀就可以淋在午鱼上, 加少许芫荽段即可.

a) fry the "Ngoh" fish steak till done; dish up;
b) fry the sambal chilli with big onion strips and tomatoes strips;
c) add in some sugar to balance the salty taste of the chilli;
d)add in some assam water, stir well and pour over the fish steak, add in chinese parsley and serve.

Polar Puff

我的最爱.
尤其是KIWI ROLL!!!!!
很甜很香很好吃一下! :)

SH%$&@#*$

血液报告今天出来.
我中招了.
我从来没有想过我会中的.
我不可能那么倒霉啊!
我的意识没那么差的.我还会教导其他人呢！
我非常小心.
但我还是中了.

为什么是我!!!!!!!!!!! WHY ME??!!

i took every precautions.
i am very careful.
i can't be so lucky!!
but my blood test report stated it very clearly i got it.
no mistake.
.
.
.
我中了．．．i'd got....
.
.
.
.
高胆固醇 (High Cholesterol)
高血压 (High Blood Pressure)

ha ha ha! i am on medication program now. hopefully with proper diet and medication i will be well soon! :o)

Chef Huang Qing Biao 黄清标师傅

电台要出食谱了哦! (不过没有我的份! 哈哈真臭美哦!)
为了要拍下厨师们精彩的菜谱照片,我去了"一品香".....黄师傅的餐馆.
哈哈我既不会拍照, 也不会下厨. 那我去那里干嘛呢?

嘿!当然是跟名厨讨教啦! :)
不过除了讨教以外, 另一个重点是...有很好吃的午餐!

有没有看到我的肚腩突出来呢?
我可是有把肚子吸进去了哦...因为太好吃了,
吃的太撑所以肚子还是很明显....."排写"啦.... 不好意思! 吓到你了 :p

闲聊时发现黄师傅真的很有料. 什么都可以说个由来.... 太强了.
不过当天最让我回味的谈话...竟然跟煮.....没有关系!

(大概啦...我那天没带录音机嘛)

"店大....就可以看到店欺负客人, 弄个假的, 而客人吃了暗亏还会给店赔笑呢."

"店小.....那就是客人欺负店了. 你给他煮真货, 他非但不识货还以为你在骗他呢!"

大师讲话果然就是不一样!
难怪我都不会红!哈哈.... 因为言之无物.

一品香
89 Pasir Pajang Road,
Tel: 64793078

didnt get paid to advertise. just wanna share with you a good eating place. :)

天凉好个"哈秋"!

我这一张照片是在云顶拍的.
那时候我在等回程的巴士.
等了很久才有一片云飘过.
赶紧拍下当下那一刻.

我蛮喜欢去云顶的...
不是去赌啦!
我喜欢那里的气温....够凉的咯! :)

Beary CUTE!

i saw this very nice bear sitting in a whole 'trees' of bears! red bears.... silver bears.. so many of them!

it reminds me of chirstmas.

what do i like about christmas?
Gatherings of all sort of reasons. :o)

炒好了! Hakka Stir Fry Pineapple with Pig Intestine

果然!
这是真的!
炒的时候真的是臭死了!! it's SUPER-STINK!!!!! worst than the HK臭豆腐!
可是炒好后果然是香的咯. hmmm.... yummy..,,yum yum.....

我终于知道为什么外面的没有家里炒的好吃了.
因为外面为了顾客的肤浅都把肠子洗到无异味, 炒出来根本就不道地!
师傅, 你说的真对哦!

谢谢彭师傅! :)

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半生熟黄梨 1 个(切小块), 猪大头肠 2 条 切片(要洗干净请看之前的文章)
蒜头碎 多多, 小辣椒切半 1把. 调味 - 盐糖各1茶匙 水 - 适量.

1) 开大火, 把蒜头辣椒爆出香味; 下大肠煎片刻.
(可以的话,煎到肠的边缘开始一点点焦黄)

2) 加入黄梨翻炒, 加入少许清水(因为需要焖煮)

3) 加盖焖到黄梨口感适中.

4) 下调味即可. (当然你要的话也可以勾个芡啦)

客家菜 - 黄梨炒大肠

我很喜欢这到客家菜. 也跟同样是客家人的金牌厨师 - 彭玉云老师学怎么样做.

猪大肠的清洗步骤可真是难倒我了.
洗了猪肠后, 我这手还是有异味. 苦啊! :(

先用酸肝猛搓里里外外!
还得把肠子反复翻过来搓哦!

肥脂肪也要清楚干净.
冲过清水就用滚水煮过; 然后才用水搓洗.
就可以清除大部分的异味了.
可是彭老师有提醒哦. 不能洗到完全没有异味, 不然等焖煮好了, 这大肠已经没有大肠独有的味道了.

不过真的很臭咯 :(

我今晚煮了才给你看哦.

家常菜 - 给家人吃的菜.

乌龟豆陪干煎虾 (食谱请往下看)

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乌龟豆陪干煎虾 (份量? 随你的便啦!)

乌龟豆(1包)掰成小段, 洗干净.
用油来爆香蒜头碎和小辣椒碎.
加入乌龟豆和少许清水(或花雕酒)翻炒片刻.
(因为豆类的种子含有微毒性, 一定要炒熟才可以安全食用)
用少许盐及味精调味即可.

把中型虾(400克)稍微修剪, 冲自来水大约5分钟(要搅动哦!)
[这方法是不必用到化学物也可以让虾仁更爽脆而且不矢虾仁的鲜味! 本地红山的自然酒家名厨 - 霍铭田师傅教的哦!]

用油把虾的一面煎出香味才翻过来煎另一面.
(用大火才能把焦香味给逼出来哦! 记住! 是焦香...不是烧焦!)

把虾推到镬边, 在镬中下少许油来爆香姜茸.
[姜茸可以多点哦.]

等姜茸出味了就可以跟虾一起翻炒.

倒入少许红糟酒, 一点糖来调味; 再勾个芡即可.

生日快乐 12th November 2007

在我身旁的云南姑娘就是今天生日的克敏啦!
她就是我的节目partner!
很喜欢跟她搭 ... 很有beauty and the beast 的 feel!

今年没有budget买好的礼物给她.
只为她亲手做个爱心午餐 - 全麦酸辣Tuna Sandwich和泰式酸辣虾仁冬粉.
看着她眼眶湿湿开心的吃.
(不知道是辣椒太辣还是酸柑太酸?)
(是吃到很委屈吗? 还是太感动了?)

不过她能吃完也不枉我费心费力费心思给她做的爱心餐!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KEMIN! :)

Vans - Casual pink and brown.

one of my favourite shoes i'd ever bought with my own hard-earned money!

i got attracted the very first time i saw this pair of shoes at WORLD of SPORT. among all the other branded shoes and designs, my eyes was caught by it and i knew... i got to have it or i will regret the moment i left the shop.

well..... its mine now. and i got it at a 30% off too!

弓

可怜的大提琴.
琴弓不见了踪影而且演出就要开始了.

它还是静静的靠着椅子等.
因为它相信, 琴弓在外面玩够了,
就会回来它身边的.

它们天生是一对的.
至少人类是这么认为啊.

琴弦有了琴弓的抚摸
才会发出感动人类的音符.

演出结束了, 琴弓也没有回来... ...

今天,
少了琴弓的抚摸, 却多了手指头的挑逗.

*注解: 大提琴可以用弓来拉弦, 也可以用手指拨弦演奏.

喜欢耐奇

很奇怪.
老是对耐奇的鞋很有感觉.
走起路来都特别有风.

喜欢它的系列产品.
颜色也不错.
蛮喜欢它那个的勾勾的.
当然, 更喜欢的是...
穿上它所带来的虚荣心... ...

我要肥

喜欢FIR的歌哦!
好象是这么唱的...

"
我要肥　肥越傷悲　一種接近光的感覺
自由是夢想　無邊無際的能源
我敢肥　有夢就追　一種驕傲尊嚴的美
巨大的考驗　現在就要跨越
　
肥　肥　肥　肥　肥　肥我想肥
追　追　追　追　追　絕不後退
肥 肥　肥　肥　肥　肥我想肥

我要用力肥　不管有多遠
超越了極限　挑戰的冒險
我要勇敢追　奔向到終點
痛過的淚水　換來是甜美

我要肥!! "

哈哈.....多么有力!