2010年 - 新年快乐!

再过几天就是2010年了哦。
你准备好了吗？

哈哈。。有时还觉得这问题真是白问的。
准备好了又怎么样呢？
没准备好，时间不也照样带你跨过2010年？

所以当下最重要。

因为只要开心，白开水也可以喝出蜜糖般的甜蜜滋味。


小明祝你：

新年快乐！天天开心！ ;o)

圣诞节快乐！Merry Christmas

小明祝你

圣诞节快乐！ 天天开心！笑口常开！
Merry Christmas and a Sexy New Year.

（记得吃药哦！哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈）

选择开心度过每一天。

那天经过乌节路不经意的用手机在车里头拍了这一张照片。

又是圣诞节了哦。我要选择开心去欢度这个节日；我也可以选择忧郁的度过这个跟我宗教没有瓜葛的节日。

我还是选择要开心度过！管他属于什么宗教的日子。
开心度过每一天就是小明的日子！

哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈

西餐。。。中餐。。。

那一天，我去了一间靠近坡地的五星级酒店做帮工。

帮工，顾名思义就是帮人家做工的意思。

简单一点来说，就是打杂啦。不需要学历，只要机灵和勤劳。
比如帮忙厨师清理百多条的石斑鱼，金目鲈，红糟鱼，白鲳等等。或者挑几公斤的青葱，洗洗菜切切菜等等宴席前要准备的琐碎工作。

嘿！五星级就是五星级！厨房的清洁程度果然是不一样的。
真的让我打开眼界，当然也让我学了不少东西。
不过最让我纳闷的，反而是西餐帮工和中餐帮工的服饰。

我做中餐的，就去housekeeping部门领了一件普通的Polo Tee。突然我发现做西餐的帮工穿的是厨师制服。奇怪了。难道不能一视同仁？做中餐的总要比人家要低一等吗？

是西餐比较atas? 还是中餐较随便？难道西餐的比较有规格？可是中餐要求也不低啊！
难道是崇洋心理作祟？
西方的就得比较好？

这些问题到今天都没有找到答案。
我不知道要问谁。
哈哈哈。。可能这就是那位总厨跟我说的一样。。。厨房是很现实的地方。

Happy Birthday to ME! ha ha ha!

37岁生日快乐！！哈哈。。
又即将踏入另一个年龄阶段了。
不过幸好四张还有的找！

哇佬。。
怎么那么快又一年了？
去年败家式的庆生活动我还历历在目呢。

今年的我决定在我家，亲自安排菜单和下厨给我家人和要好的朋友吃！哈哈。。虽然没有专业厨房，老式的炉灶也火力不足。不过我希望用我的诚意和贴心来为他们煮出我的拿手小明私方菜！

哇！妈呀！真的超省嘢，比较起去年的花费，今年只是会花掉大约去年1/5的费用！！
不过虽然很省，菜单也不会太随便的啦。嘻嘻嘻嘻。。。来吃，你不就知道lor。

四方式的组屋怎么可能容得下那么多人啊？
当然是分4天来招待啦。
这样一来不会太拥挤，二来我也有机会跟朋友聊天。

我要去开始清理我的房间和厨房了。不要吓倒我的客人嘛。哈哈。。
好兴奋哦！！！

休息时间。

那天刚好经过莱佛士酒店，看到他们已经把这百多年历史的建筑物装饰一番，迎接圣诞节的到来，也顺便展示给APEC的官员们欣赏。

可是不管我怎么看。。都想是长了獠牙的微笑。
诡异。还是我的幻觉？哈哈。。。。

嗯。我真的需要休息了。

好想放假哦！

转眼间又是接近年尾的时候了。
怎么感觉上个月才刚刚过完农历新年嘞！哈哈。。


虽然每天忙忙碌碌懵懵懂懂细细索索的上班下班又上班又下班的过着机械般的生活。
幸好有家人的提醒，我终究还象个人。
原来我也需要休息的。

好想放假哦！：o)

处男秀

毕业后的第一场公开厨艺示范，就在东福坊 EAST ＰＯＩＮＴ MALL，
由Radio1003和AVA农粮局主办的“家庭厨神烹饪比赛”！

哈哈。。我不是去比赛啦！
我是去那里用冰冻鸡肉来示范教煮“蚝油鸡丁”！

有老大文鸿和我的老搭档克敏左右护航，不至于怯场，还让我信心大增！
但临场表现还有待加强。

现场的观众也没有为难我，还很给面子把我现场煮的三盘蚝油鸡丁都给吃的没有剩！！
Pamela还特地从chalet赶过来支持我。
有几位Aunty吃了还竖起拇指跟我说“好吃！”，
我心里是挺感动的。

幸好终究没有丢了师父的脸。。。这次我勉强过关了。

谢谢XXX。。谢谢YYY。。。再谢谢ZZZ！ ：）

PS:由于要谢的人真的太多了。。只用XXX,YYY,ZZZ来替代是不够的。
要麻烦你自己填上你的大名哦！你一定知道我是在说你啦！ ：）

非一般的体验。

我在楼面打工的日子。。。什么都做。
安排位子。。点菜。。捧菜。。收盘。。清理。。收钱。。只要我有空我什么都来。

什么样的顾客都有。
无理取闹的。。挑剔的。。无礼的。。把你当佣人使唤的都有！
当然可爱的。。善良的。。明理的。。把你当朋友的占大多数！

什么样的员工也有。
不善言辞的。。懒惰的。。手脚慢的。。把你当成假想敌的都有！
当然好玩的。。好心的。。动作快的。。把你当成合作伙伴也有！

虽然一星期好几个晚上下了班就直接去打兼职挺累的。
可是也间接磨练出察言观色的本领。。哈哈哈。。我脸皮比较厚了！
只要不太过分，你怎么“酸”我都可以对你嬉皮笑脸，也不当一回事。
以前？哈哈。。我会耿耿于怀很多天一直放不开。

我变了。。。我瘦了！哈哈哈。。。

毕业考的最后一道。。。

脆皮虾饼 / 姜葱田鸡

你问：可以吃吗？
我答： 尚且可以。

你再问： 及格吗？
我答： 侥幸过关了，仍然感觉心虚。

我问：哪。。。你现在还敢吃我煮的东西吗？
你答： 。 。 。 。 。 。

（2秒后）

我说： 谢谢你哦！我会继续努力的！

我们这一班

同学们在最后一堂课的集体照。

毕业了。何去何从？

有的继续回去教课，有的则回到工作岗位。
有的想要转行，有的已经铁定投入餐饮业。
有的。。还在犹豫。

专业厨房不是我在电视上看到的如此轻松自在，炒炒几个菜就可以美美的摆"普斯" (Pose)。。
背后的压力，努力，汗水和叫骂声却被媒体选择性的delete掉了。
呈现在眼前是如此教人向往的工作。

站在炉子前的那股热气，比你进入三温暖蒸汽房还要热；
而且不是十来分钟的排毒享受，而是好几个小时的煎熬。
为的是能炒出一盘你吃了不会投诉的菜。

有时候付出的和的回报根本就不成比例。
可是，也许有一天当我能熬出个春天来的时候，
或许，我也可以像在电视上看到的那些名厨一样，
笑得可以。

毕业 = 忘记

这个来临的星期天考完试后就象征我的中餐高级证书课程正式结束了。

你问我可以下厨了吗？
我说“有何不可？”

哈哈哈。。口气果然很大！
不过口气大不是因为我的师父是名厨-黄清标，
而是最近燥热火气大，所以口气臭！哈哈哈哈。。。

开玩笑！
在名师的指导下如果不能下厨岂不是坏了师父的名声？

不过，话说回来。
我的能力只能够从打荷或斩板中的最低层开始做起。毕竟，我的经验是严重不足的。
所以我说的“可以下厨”，当然是指我可以在家里下厨！哈哈哈哈。。。

很多人问我什么时候要转行进入专业厨房啊？


。。。天机不可泄漏。

发啊！

今天考试顺利。一考完就回家准备祭拜的用品。

今年农历七月中元节第一次在新加坡拜；前几年都是举家回新山淡杯老家拜的。我们花了几个晚上折金纸，也准备了好多祭品，刚刚我们把所有祭品搬到住家附近的化宝炉，恭请爸爸，阿公阿嘛上来“吃饭喝茶”，顺便把子孙准备的新衣新裤，金银财宝都带回去用。

突然发现。。。我好传统哦。哈哈。。

祖先保佑！我们一家大小都健康快乐！发啊！

我瘦了。。。

哗！

一定是那个秤坏了。
怎么可能？
我又瘦了2公斤。。。

从115公斤到105公斤到现在的103公斤！

每天早上一包加饭双蛋的特大包nasi lemak。
午餐晚餐也没有少吃。
星期四至六，还有泰式青咖喱配饭当宵夜呐！

啊！！我怎么啦？？？？

肚子还是圆鼓鼓的。。难道我真的有了？！


*Zzzzzzzzz......*

塞？还是赛？

看到了吗？

这则广告出现在今天的早报。
联合早报是本地数一数二，很有权威性的报刊。

是应该打广告商的屁股？还是一笑置之呢？
还是我根本就不懂。。其实那个字是正确的？

你呢？

你会用赛还是塞呢？

老冬瓜

老冬瓜。。清热解暑。。。

最近天气非常炎热。热热热热。。。。救命啊！

我的皮下脂肪正在疾速溶解当中！！！！！

得心应手

越来越顺手了。。。我是说炒菜啦。

练习多了，手感自然形成。
我不敢说我可以自成一家成为厨师，但在看材料来下调味的时候，比较有把握。
当然肯定没有师父抓得准；至少。。。没有开始的时候那么沮丧。

熟能生巧 - 这句话最适合用在厨房工作的人了。
想象每一天都炒宫保鸡丁；久了自然会越炒越好吃，越炒越顺手。甚至不用转头去看酱罐，也能顺手抓到理想的调味分量。

加油！

第二民族交响...他她的!

我很懊恼为什么会答应回去帮忙!!

他们现在演奏的曲子越来越有挑战性了...
我不止对我自己熟悉的中阮生疏了...还老眼昏花!
看谱子也越看越近! 哈哈..

我一定是疯了才会答应回去帮忙.
工作...上课...兼职...家庭...饭局... 时间已经不够分了,现在还要加多一个...乐队演出!

上个礼拜天抽空回去参与排练才发现一件事.
原本会弹琴的小明早在几年前已经死在维多利亚音乐厅的舞台上了.
现在手中拿着中阮却一个音也弹不出....
眼看 (应该是耳听)隔壁的小妹弹得淅淅刷刷的。。而我却还在那里努力回想G调的指法。
可当我已经准备弹琴的时候，他们已经从降B调转去C调了！哎哟我的妈呀！！！！

感冒。感到。

感冒。感到。

礼拜天从新山赶回新加坡后就开始就觉得不对劲了。。
老是提不起劲，很容易疲倦。。
虽然没有发烧，可是喉咙还是在酝酿发炎的不舒服感觉。

我的身体在告诉我是时候要休息了哦。
可惜一切都太迟了。

果然。。。流鼻涕了！
我感冒了哦。哈哈。

讨厌！怎么我会在猪流感“流行”的时候感冒呢？
真的不是时候啦。

几天后去诊疗所接受例常验血时候，因为喉咙发炎而被告知需要带口罩才可以进去。

没办法啊！好啦。。就带啦。
还好能暂时把我这猪脸遮去一半，看起来还真是帅！哈哈。。。


可是里头的看诊人士都对我投以奇怪的表情。
我一坐下来，隔壁的老伯就突然起身。。。。。。。。。。。走去不远处的柜台去付费！哈哈。。

还好啦。。感觉本地人还不至于杯弓蛇影，小题大做啦。
看来，大家都习以为常了（还是大家都bo chup?）。

只要紧记保持个人卫生等等，猪大哥也不会对新加坡怎么样，对吧？

:o)

30th June....

today is 30th June 2009, i'd lived through 6 months in 2009 already.

it's hot and humid during this period of time in Singapore. in 2006, i was admited to hospital for dengue fever. 2007? i forgot.... 2008? the first time in my life i receive my utilities bills hitting S$250!! 2009? haha.. utilities bill is S$197, slightly lower but still a pain in my heart.

seem like June always have things to remember. what about you? do you have anything to share?

Life is always simple and beautiful

咸鱼炒豆亚
Stir Fry Salted Fish and Bean Sprouts

This is one simple dish i'd learn in school.

i say its simple that's because i knew the secrets to this dish - how to serve this dish with the bean sprouts just cooked, how to prepare the salted fish and what other ingredients to match this 2 main ingredients etc etc...

every ingredients looks simple and non expensive, yet this is one very popular stir fry dish in Singapore. to make this dish with standard, you really needs a lot of practice and a passion to serve good food to others. :o)

from Batam!

this kueh lapis was ordered from Batam; brought over to Singapore by a friend.

it's so delicious! yum yum!

rich buttery aroma, not too dry, not too sweet, just nice for me and my family. :o)

两年了。。

时常安慰人的话：时间是可以冲淡一切。。。

可是有些人需要的时间比较长。。。
有些人需要的时间却比较短。。。。。。。。。。。。


放开，也许是对自己的一种心灵上释放能量的途经。







（语无伦次）

我又。。。

胖了！哈哈哈。。。。

oh no! i'd put on weight again!
jia lat.... my routine checkup is just around the corner.... how huh? :S

Awfully Chocolate Cake!! yummy!

today is my nephew's 22nd birthday!

Happy Birthday To YOU~~~~~~~~


am so happy to be able to have a taste of his birthday cake.
its so soft, moist and rich in thick chocolate coating~~~~~

Aroy-mak! :o)

Thank you very much~~~~~ :o)

Different point of view...

i took this picture of the Lotus flower some time back, in a little pond at my workplace.

when i took notice of this, the flower has already bloom to its best and the petals were almost falling off.

i missed the most beautiful part of the blooming flower period, but i also witness the forming of the lotus pod, where there are little seeds waiting to fall into the pond and grow new lotus flower.

it's one of the natural living cycle, happening by itself in the man-made little pond.

Musical - CATS

i went to watch the musical - CATS at Esplanade the other day.
this is my second western musical i'd watched. the first is of cos - Phamtom of the Opera.

Thanks to my friend who sold me the tickets as they couldn't make it to the show.

i was sitting in Circle 1, though it is near to the sides, a little minor bit bit bit of obstructing view but its quite near to the stage too, i can see clearly even their facial expression and the whole stage effect too.

yeah, the only song i am familiar is... "memory". that's all.
cos i find she sangs it very well and all my hair on my arms were standing!

of cos, i find the others songs are not bad too.

i personally like the "Rock" cat - he is simply funny and sexy!

and there was a black out scene, the other cat shine a torch light over him as he sings and dance, his shadow was thrown to the back of the stage and you can see a silhouette of a cat dancing! and i find that really cool! :o)

Big Bird

Big Bird...

Big Bird...

Big...

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..

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ok! i admit!
nothing to write today :o(

惜福

guess how much this pair of tomato?
or how much is the cucumber?

not cheap.... really not cheap.

5-6 stalks of spring onion? S$2 plus.

Cucumber? S$1.20 each

Pineapple? S$7-$8 each.

Crazy? no... it's really happening there, and it's normal.

i come from Singapore where i have the liberty of buying fresh groceries with reasonable price.
or maybe i'd not stayed long enough in Yellowknife so i am not too sure how the price is worked out.

It's too cold to grow anything there. Almost every veggies you see here are brought from the South, which is warmer to grow these.

i should say i am quite fortunate to be able to eat fresh and cheap veggie here.

sorry... i forgot i am back in Singapore.

opps! please don't tell me mom i'd been drinking!

hahahahaha.....

it's raining heavily outside now.
wet wet Sunday in Singapore.

i think i'd overcome the jet lag.
feeling much better and coping with the time change.

i took over thousands digital photos for this trip!
thanks to the digital technology! i can snap any pictures without limitations!
(err... well... at least)

developed about 580 copies and got them into the album book yesterday only.
need to label a few of them now.

it's really a memorable trip. :)
cannot forget the feeling of riding the ski-doo (snowmobile) on the snow, frozen Walsh Lake, and getting up to Berry Creek!

aawww.........

from -25 to 31

i'm back to Singapore's Changi International Airport on Wednesday, landing at 12.45pm.

my luggage was stuck at HK airport, which the airline will sent it over to Sg on the next flight. yeah, they were sent to my home at about 5.30pm, free of charge! :p

i almost cant get back to Sg on time. the flight from Vancouver to HK was delayed about 40mins; which left me less than 1hr when i reach HK airport. Lucky there are kind people who let me go off first cos they knew i got a connecting flight to catch!

me and my friends we rush to the other gate to board the plane just in time! Thanks to the airport staff giving us correct directions and giving us priority to access the quick lane to get clearance! yippie!

:p

oh yes sure it's hot in Singapore.... 31 degree C!!!!
i just came back from -25 degree C Country leh~~~~~

but still...... i gonna meet my old friends in Sg.

nasi lemak! chicken rice! char kueh teow!!
i am coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Canadian things i did.....

well, i did alot of Canadian things from Saturday to Sunday!

i really really love to share with you now, but i have a flight to catch at 8am, leaving this beautiful lovely memorable homestay at 6am?!

oh gosh i need to go to the backyard to pack all the snow into my luggage now!!!!!

i will share with you more photos upload when i got back to Singapore ok?
well, provided i will overcome the jetlag soon enough.

yes, i'm flying to Edmonton, then Vancouver then Hong Kong then Singapore.

i leave Yellowknife on Monday,willreach Singapore on Wednesday!!!!!!!!
so scary! hahahahahaha........

I'm starting to miss Yellowknife already......
:S

it's getting warmer....snow is melting....

it's -3 degree C this morning, kind of warm today, and most of the road starts to get really wet, slushy and dirty now. :S

but still, we have to go to the annual Caribou Carnival, a 3days fun-filled activities in Yellowknife.
with aboriginals (natives) item, hot food and drinks tentage, little games tentages for the young ones, a small performing stage where i saw 3 guys doing the country rock thing!


oh! the dog race is going on at another venue too! it's a event where it gets everyone in the city involve.

it held on Frame Lake this year. No worry, it's frozen and strong enough to hold the whole community there! :p


just a reminder. you need to get a button (CA $3, pin up) on you else you will be lock up in a real cell!!! :p

hey i am serious hor~~~ dont ever think of gate crashing or thought nobody will notice you had walk in for free. there are marshals patrolling the area.

There are several tentages aound the lake, but this big white tent? it's the performing ground for the Aboriginal, or natives of northern Canada, or you can also know them as the first community to live here first.

this is a very native form of activity, whereby they will get in two rows, facing each other, with the help of the strong rythem of vocal and drumming. the heat is on!

With hand gestures, facial expression, no verbal interaction; they take turn to guess who has the coin in their hand in the opposite team. they uses wooden sticks as betting token. and the team with the most sticks,wins.

it's kind of fun to watch there.

my horrible photogrphy skills cannot express the strong music beat and vocal echoing inside the tentage. but, it's really an wonderful experience to see.

this white tentage is the most packed among the rest, and i also discovered one thing; there's a hot air machine outside the tentage, blowing hot air into the tentage, to ventilate the tentage.

oh yeah! it's always a wonderful thing to have a cup of hot drinks in the middle of freezing condition. this latte (small) cost me CA $3.35 plus tax.

yes, i know i wear like i am inSingapore.... hello!? i AM a tourist here leh~~~~ :p

tonight's dinner were some miscommunication.

We were sort of coming back late to make dinner, Ginny's parents thought we will be making dinner again. so....

Ginny's mom makes a pasta quickie! with ready-frozen meat sauce and she just need to cook the pasta and defrost/heat up the gralic bread.

and me? i quickly marinate the chicken wings and deep fry them to a nicely done texture to go with the meat sauce pasta.

yeah....you can say it's the west-meet-east dinner again! :p

ha ha ha ha .....

Bullock's Bristo @ Yellowknife

this is just a portion/part of the ceiling only.... this whole place is basically written all over! err... well, not the kitchen stove...yet! hahaha
Client brings their own felt-marker to leave a trace here. Some even stick their namecard on the walls! some even had their lovely pictures pin onto the walls too. :)

they made these soft bread themself! it has a slight hint of "yeast" smell, but it's sure soft n nice. Limited to 1 per customer. Late-comer don't gets it. and this bread actually meant to give you something to munch while waiting for your fish to come.

They cook orders table by table. so we waited for quite some time.... i am hungry! :p

i can assure you that this bread is really good to suck up all the sauces on your plate when you finish your fish! they become even more delicious! and you get your plate wipe clean! :p

Voted the best Fish n' Chips by Reader Digest!

with lots of fresh lettuce and fresh deep-fried fries!

a bit of chopped garlic and parsley on top.

i had the "Pikalor" fish from the lake beside this bristo.

its fresh...taste n texture like our "Kuning" Fish in Sg.

For pan-fried, they pour a salty-sweet sauce over the fish.

it somehow taste like the "HK-steam fish" sauce kind of thing, but cooler version.

a small eating place with just few tables. Full house just when we were seated at about 5.30pm!

1 lady-chef cooking right in front of you, and 1 lady-server running the rest of the show!

Fries are cut into strips with a press-tool, just before deep-frying.

yupe! they put a whole potato in and press! and thick potatoes strips we have!

for 5 of us, we spent about CA$180 for 5 plates of pan-fried Fish n' Chips, with soft drinks and Tax included.

Northern Lights! Aurora Borealis! @Yellowknife

how lucky are we to see Northern Lights in our 1week-homestay in Yellowknife!

it's our 4th day of stay here and we finally get to see it! :) [the past few nights were cloudy]

even Ginny Parents said its not so common to see them now in Yellowknife. Although they use to see it every night when the sky is clear. Sometimes when it happen and will be gone within minutes you notice it.

but we sure watched for more than 15mins of tax free, admission free, best performance from the sky before we went to bed.

kenny took a few pic with his camera and here i share with you.

little facts:

Aurora Borealis (northernlights); are a phenomenon happening far above the Earth. The lights are born out of the solar winds flowing across the upper atmosphere and hitting gas molecules, which light up like a neon sign.

when it happen in the North, it also happen at the South at the same time, like mirror effect.

they moves, splits up, combines, changes every seconds, like they are dancing in the sky. and the Colours changes too. though i saw mostly green, but there's a faint red colour at the base of it.

it's like a wavvy, "foggy" kind of river, right above your head!

it's really beautiful.

an masterpiece by Mother Nature. :)

Video short clip to share! live from Canada.

This clip was taken on 25th march, between 1pm-2pm (Canada, Yellowknife Timing). Walking downhill and gtting back to the car.

Location: Prelude Lake (along Ingraham Trail, 30km from Yellowknife)

Reason: to snow picnic and visit the place where my childhood friend, Kenny, who had a wedding ceremony there, to marry Ginny; almost 2yrs ago during Summer. i couldn't make it then when my father had just passed away.

Inside Hot, Outside Cold!

here i am. cooking dinner for them. i am making sweet sour chicken and stir fry Pak Choy for them to go with plain rice.

i have difficulty using the electricity stove. everything seem so difficult to get heat up.
lucky i started to cook earlier so dinner still gets on time at 6pm! yummy......


here is CO-OP, where we can find limited "fresh" products...err.... actually they had been travelling for the past 24hrs before they can reach here.



everything was so expensive. i cannot find my Choy Sum or Kai Lan :(
i did saw some miserable soft Bean sprouts... nope, not the fresh crunchy type.....

guess what? a pineapple cost about S$8 plus??!?!?!?!?!?!

a Buang kwang (turnip) cost me about S$7 plus, which i can get in Singapore for ...say.... S$1.50?? but i need them to make spring roll for them.
they love deep fried spring rolls and sweet sour pork!

it's my very first experience to shovel snow on walkways.
it was snowing the night before, the snow is soft and fluffy. when i threw it out it actually flew like it was snowing.

but the moment i move it or stepped on it, it become compact, heavy and harder to shovel.

last saturday, just one day before i arrive in Yellowknife, the temperature was -35degree C, with a windchill of -46 degree C!!! (windchill = windy and temperature drops even lower)

as this place started off as a Gold Mines, now a diamond mines plus a exotic travlling place for tourist who wanted to explore the north icy climate and also to view the Northern Lights.

:o)

Canada photos....just a few....

me, at Calgary Farmer's market. winter period it only opens friday to sun.

lots of beautiful fruits and veggies!

outside of Ben & Linda house in Calgary.

only 8 degree C. so warm....

I'm at Yellowknife, Ginny's parent home.

it was -25 degree C when we touch down

now, about -17 degree C when i took this pic.

look at how i am wrapped up !

hahahaha........

Yellowknife @ Canada -25 degree C

good night from Yellowknife, Canada. :)

it's 9.20pm, 22nd march, sunday here.
i am 15hrs behind you in singapore.

i arrived yellowknife airport this morning about 10am, no aerobridge so have to come down of the plane and walk to the airport. and it was -25 degree C!

actually there's not much of a difference from -1 degree C lastnight at Edmonton, the capital of Alberta.

Alberta is one of the province of Canada. freezing!hahahaha...

lucky Ginny parents lent me the thick winter clothings. at least to keep abit warm.
it get warmer in the afternoon, about -15 degree C. now it drop lower at night time again. well....the sky only start to get dark around 8 plus just now only.

i'd good home meals here. and Ginny's Mom - Hazel, she actually drive us around to get to know of this town who was once popular of gold mines, now? even better.....diamond mines! :p

the lakes here mostly are so frozen that they can drive truckers on it.

:)

Edmonton -1 degree C now!

i'm at Edmonton now. it's a 30mins flight from Calgary.

Edmonton is the captital city of Alberta. and Alberta is one of the province of Canada.

freezing cold here. abt -1 degree C now.
homestay at Ginny friends.
cos i am flying to Yellowknife at 8am later.

:o)

its 6.40am (Calgary time)
slept at 9.30pm, but still woke up at 2am to pee! hahaha
then continue to sleep for another 2 hrs before i woke up feeling hot n headache.
guess i kena fever liao hahaha...

took panadol just now, so i felt much better now.

lastnight i managed to call back my family using the calling card.

today whats our plan?
go skiing! hahaha

will go and take photos too.
hmmm miss home liao
hahahaha

:p

Greetings from Calgary-Canada

Good morning!

it's about 8am here. its Thursday here.
i am 15 hours behind Singapore time. so your side is Friday la.

i am home staying at friend's place. we sleep at the basement, the owner sleeps in the 2nd floor.
nice bed and thick warm blankets! so shiok!!!!

i slept at 10.30pm but woke up at 2am. jet lag la... cannot sleep liao.
then i use my mobile phone to search for radio to listen. guess what?

i managed to hunt down a chinese radio station, mainly playing cantonese pops, some chinese pop and cantonese opera!!!! hahahaha....

had a nice breakfast made by Ben and Linda.
we had toast bread with egg and cheese. cinamone bun, cranberries juice and green tea!
so shiok!

it's 8am but outside it look like Sg's 6am??? dark dark....

okok the sun is coming in... am getting ready to go out to walk a natural trail behind the house.

yes its freezing cold outside and walking on snow is what i'd been wishing for!

yeah!!! see you later!

:o)

马蹄糕+加拿大

奇怪？马蹄糕和加拿大有什么关系呢？

答案是。。。

没有关系。

哈哈哈哈。。。。。马蹄糕是我去加拿大之前跟家人吃饭，为家人特别做来当甜品的啦。

我自己亲手做的马蹄糕特别加料！马蹄特别多！
每一口都是马蹄的鲜甜味道。
吃了满嘴都甜到说不出话来了。。。。

哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈


今天趁下了班赶快去换了一些加币。
我后天就要飞了。去加拿大北部 - YellowKnife。

没有听过吧？我也是。

听我这位认识了近30年的同学的加拿大太太说，
她的家乡可以看到北极光的。那里现在温度零下30多。
还可以体验冰上钓鱼的乐趣。等等等。。。。

很期待。很担心。
长那么大从来就没有飞过那么远的地方。

如果有机会，我一定跟你分享我这次的旅程的心情。

我会和他们夫妇俩一起回去。
搭国泰去温哥华，中途在香港转机。
17个小时后抵达温哥华后就必须赶紧出关，
再赶往内陆机场转搭另一班在2个小时后起飞前往Calgary的内陆航班。

到了Calgary会暂住两晚，然后搭飞机到Edmunton；
然后从Edmunton直接转机去YellowKnife，Ginny的家乡。
行程是相当紧凑，不过也是我的另一种体验。
感觉会怎么样我也不知道。




只能说。。。原来世界真的那么大。

雪菜DIY

要怎么做呢？其实用料很简单。

去巴刹买小芥菜和粗盐。

记得！不要早上去买哦！
原因？

早上的新鲜所以价格会比较贵！
等到下班时后去买可以省下一半的钱哦！

买回来后把根部切掉；冲一冲水把泥沙冲洗掉。
吊起来把表面上的水份风干。
如果能够直接拿到太阳底下晒还可以缩短风干的时间哦！

风干后就用粗盐和姜片一起搓揉。
盐不用太多，感觉够咸味就好了！
不然发现太过咸的时候，还要浸泡在水里，是会把菜味也洗掉的。

记住： 先搓揉然后搁置15分钟。用重物压着。
回头再搓揉然后搁置15分钟。
最后把菜和菜汁一起收进塑料盒，盖紧。收冰箱里头冷藏。
腌2-3天就可以用来炒雪菜肉丝了！

腌好后的样子！
你还可以闻到菜香哦！

炒好后的雪菜肉丝！
（哦！湃写啦！给你们看到我用那么多的肥猪肉来炒！）

配白粥就特别好吃！