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....