Sunday, November 30, 2008

bila rasaku ini rasamu

hee. sy tdow pukul 4:20 ++ am semlm.
and sy bangun utk solat subuh pukul 6am.
tp dgn sgt3 liat! cuz i'm sooo sleepy!
then sy tdow blk & woke up at 7:45am! hee.
sy sudah jmpa baju utk pergi pertunangan kwn sy nnt!

owh ye. i'm washing my clothes right now.
just buka ini laptop sbb maw tgk youtube.
lagu kerispatih - bila rasaku ini rasamu!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfjFfeWiHKE



aku memang terlanjur mencintaimu
dan tak pernah ku sesali itu
seluruh jiwa telah ku serahkan
menggenggam janji setiaku

ku mohon jangan jadikan semua ini
alasan kau menyakitiku
meskipun cintamu tak hanya untukku
tapi cobalah sejenak mengerti

bila rasaku ini rasamu
sanggupkah engkau
menahan sakitnya terkhianati cinta yang kau jaga
cuba.. bayangkan kembali
betapa hancurnya hati ini kasih
semua telah terjadi

aku memang terlanjur mencintaimu


Some nice recipes with Korean Ingredients

The Wine in Korea Blog
Gives us some really nice fusion Ideas (mouth watering to be exact )
A Dalk Galbi Pie and some chocolate dipped Asian pears . Think I might be trying these .

http://wine-in-korea.blogspot.com/2008/11/dalk-galbi-pie.html


The real story of Goldilocks and the three bears

Hi there!

When we were small kids, everyone of us listened to the story of GoldiLocks and the three bears... what? you don't? well, click on the link below and then follow reading the blog:

http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-stories-goldilocks-popup.htm


Oh... a great story (it sucks...) ... but it's all FALSE! UNTRUE! LIARS! I know, yes, I KNOW the REAL STORY! Goldelicks' escape was not as easy as in the story above... the truth is that Daddy Bear catched GoldiLocks, Mummy Bear took her scissors out of her pocket, and then Baby Bear could eat well that day... but the question is... what did he eat? and the answer is... this!




Here is the proof. Baby Bear ate Hair and Human Ear that day. His parents told him that he ate Rigatonni with Scallops ( Rigatonni con Vieiras ), but we already know the true story... even Ex-Goldilocks knows it...





Thanks MARTA from Vigo !

from the bottom of my heart!


2:55am : 1 dec sudah! hee.

td sudah mau tdow. seawal 10pm. but then.
msg. call. dgr lagu. pusing sane. pusing sini.
pastu lapar. bangun makan kerepek. & on9! haha.
kerepek keladi. sedap! [sambil mengunyah] hee.
td g ambik dkt dapur. gelap dah rumah. tp. lapar.
so kena la ambik jgk kerepek & then....pecut!!!
n jgn pndng belakang. ye! jgn! sikit pon jgn... =D

anyway.
babe! thanks 4 calling again, away from russia. hee.
now i know the true story bout him. *blink*
and sorry ye bnyk gangguan td. huhu. tp i dgr taw!
sume yg u story. i dgr. i tgk. i nmpk~ haha.
thanks again dear. sgt happy dgr kamu gelak. haha.
n td sy pun gelak dgn beria - ria. "seksiiiiiiiiiiiinyerrr"
haha. x blh blah itu Van. kirim slm same die.

ptg td. duduk luar rumah. hirup udara segar.
dgn cik yg bergayut dgn cucu nya.
mama gardening. n me? hee. ape lg.
main kejar - kejar!!! haha... dgn kucing2! hehe.
sgt seronok melihat mereka lari okay?
hik3 [gelak puas hati]
then abah balik dr main golf. n ade la makhluk2 jd gedik.
kucing - kucing tu la! terus lari terkam abah.
n manje2. haha. nmpk i nak lari lg. hehe... ske kaco mereka!
tp sy syg same itu kucing2. huu...
kitty! jerry! gg! dd! ++ 2 new kittens.

hari ni sy sempat main msg dgn nora,iellyas, hadi & anis.
oh ye. mai & adib pon ade hantar msg sweet dkt sy.
thanks mai & adib!
hari ni. sy sempat ym dgn finaz, afiq,
syafiq bucuk, kema syg, nurul.

tepat pukul 1:11am td plak sy call fatin! haha.
ingtkan die x tdow lg. rupenye dah tdow. t hee.
skali borak lame jgk da... haha.
well. girls. mmg bnyk cite! =]
tp x pe. pas sy kaco fatin tu tdow, die g kaco org lain.
die g call bf kesygan die. then die ckp hadi sombonk. haha.
mane ade. due - due pun baek! hehe.

owhh. hadi suruh sy tdow skrng tp...jap eh. lapar.
sy bilang same hadi. kawan dgn sherry. sbb same2 study UMT.
hadi sure happy kalau kenal sherry. sbb sherry sgt hyper.
& happy go lucky person. yg english nye mmg superb!
hee. rakan - rakan. mari la kite berkawan - kawan. hehe.
just maw ckp. thank u ye kamu - kamu.
sbb sudi kwn dgn sy. ikhlas. jujur.
n sy harap. kamu ini. akan terus kekalkan sikap baik.
dan mungkin, menjadi lebih baik.
sy happy punyai kawan - kawan seperti kamu semua.
kalau tiada kamu semua, mungkin. gila jadinya gue? huhu.
kalau x ikhlas kawan dgn sy, blahh awal - awal taw?
jgn perbodohkan sy or mainkan sy.
sbb sy tammo sedeyh2 lg.
n sy tammo hilang kawan.
org kate. x penting bape lame kte kenal org tu.
yg penting. mcm mane org tu layan kte.
betol3. tempoh, bukan masalah.
kenangan yang ada, itu yang bermakna. =]
just. stay d same guys... love all of u. thanks.
thanks. 4 always being there 4 me.
thanks. 4 "delighting me always" [canon]
thanks. 4 showing me, that u care.
thanks 4 everything. most of all. thanks,
4 being such a nice friends. =]
love,
aqilah amin
3:38 am

Thanksgiving Recap

The vegetarian Thanksgiving was a success (as was the non-vegetarian Thanksgiving). My mom loved the salad of squash ribbons. The beauty of the salad is the texture of the vegetable. Everyone watched curiously as I used a vegetable peeler to create ribbons of squash and left the core of seeds behind for another use. My dad declared the creamy pasta sauce to be not at all heavy, the result of using reduced fat cream cheese. Everyone enjoyed the roasted broccoli (I love the char myself), and recipes for all dishes were requested.
As for the non-veg Thanksgiving, we had turkey, lamb, mashed potatoes, spinach, cornbread stuffing, homemade cranberry sauce, cookies, cranberry pie, and pumpkin roulade. The pumpkin roulade was from a food network recipe, recreated by my friend Aditee. In addition to great flavor and moist cake, it has a beautiful presentation but if you don't have the right pan or want to take the time to roll up the cake, I think the recipe could be used for cupcakes or a regular cake.

Pumpkin Roulade

For the cake:

* 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
* 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
* 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
* 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* 1 teaspoon ground ginger
* 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
* 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
* 3 extra-large eggs, at room temperature
* 1 cup granulated sugar
* 3/4 cup canned pumpkin (not pie filling)
* 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar, plus extra for dusting

For the filling:

* 12 ounces Italian mascarpone cheese
* 1 1/4 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
* 2 tablespoons heavy cream
* 1/4 cup minced dried crystallized ginger (not in syrup)
* Pinch kosher salt

Directions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Grease a 13 by 18 by 1-inch sheet pan. Line the pan with parchment paper and grease and flour the paper.

In a small bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, and salt and stir to combine. Place the eggs and granulated sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and beat on medium-high speed for 3 minutes, until light yellow and thickened. With the mixer on low, add the pumpkin, then slowly add the flour mixture, mixing just until incorporated. Finish mixing the batter by hand with a rubber spatula. Pour into the prepared pan and spread evenly. Bake the cake for 10 to 12 minutes, until the top springs back when gently touched.

While the cake is baking, lay out a clean, thin cotton dish towel on a flat surface and sift the entire 1/4 cup of confectioners' sugar evenly over it. (This will prevent the cake from sticking to the towel.) As soon as you remove the cake from the oven, loosen it around the edges and invert it squarely onto the prepared towel. Peel away the parchment paper. With a light touch, roll the warm cake and the towel together (don't press!) starting at the short end of the cake. Allow to cool completely on a wire rack.

Meanwhile, make the filling. In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat the mascarpone, confectioners' sugar, and cream together for about a minute, until light and fluffy. Stir in the crystallized ginger, and salt.

To assemble, carefully unroll the cake onto a board with the towel underneath. Spread the cake evenly with the filling. Reroll the cake in a spiral using the towel as a guide. Remove the towel and trim the ends to make a neat edge. Dust with confectioners' sugar and serve sliced.

what's love?

If you love someone bcoz you think that
he/
she is really gorgeous...
then it's not love... it's "Infatuation"

If you love someone bcoz you think that
you shoul
dn't leave him/her bcoz others think that you shouldn't...
then it's not love... it's "Compromise"

If you love someone bcoz you think that
you canno
t live without his/her touch...
then it's not love... it's "Lust"

If you love someone bcoz
you have been kisse
d by him/her...
then it's not love... it's "Inferiority Complex"

If you love someone bcoz
you canno
t leave him/her thinking that
it would
hurt his/her feelings...
then it's not love... it's "Charity"

If you love someone because
you share
everything with him/her...
then it's not love... it's "Friendship"

But...

If you feel the pain of the other person
more than him/her even when he/she is stable
and you cry for him/her...

that's "LOVE"

If you get attracted to other people but
stay with him/her without any regrets...
that's "LOVE"

If you let him/her go knowing that
he/she has to go but he/she doesn't want to...
that's "LOVE"

Saturday, November 29, 2008

PS2 ON YOUR PC

sebelum kita masuk ke tutorial, saya mau ngasih tau spek kompie saya dulu. Yah, sekalian narsis dan pamer, siapa tahu ada donatur yang rela ngupgrade kompie aye yg dibeli 3 tahun lalu itu. Tapi sebenarnya buat perbandingan juga si. Siapa tau komputermu lebih canggih dan jalannya game bisa jadi jauh lebih smooth. Ini dia komputer aye:
  • Processor : AMD Athlon 3000+ @ 1,86 GHz
  • Mobo ECS NForce4 (Chipset NVidia)
  • RAM 768 Mb (3 x 256 Mb)
  • VGA ATI Radeon X300 SE 128 Mb
  • OS: Windows XP SP 2

Langkah pertama, kamu harus punya perlengkapannya dulu. At least you must have:

  • Emulator dan pluginnya. Saya pake Emulator PCSX2 versi 0.92. kamu bisa download di situsnya, gratis ini ko. Pluginnya juga bisa didownload di sana sekalian.
  • DVD PS2. Saya memainkan Final Fantasy X. Untuk percobaan, kamu harus punya FF X, karena semua FFX playable di Emulator PC, apapun region-nya.
  • BIOS PS2!! Ini yang susah, karena BIOS PS2 copyright punya sony. Jadi ga bisa sembarangan disebarluaskan dan dimiliki, kecuali kamu punya konsol PS2-nya. Cari aja di google, pasti dapet ko.
  • Software kompresi: WinZip/WinRar/TugZip/7Zip
  • Beberapa perlengkapan tambahan seperti Alcohol 120% mungkin membantu.

Pertama, kamu extract emulator kamu di suatu directory. Tempatkan plugin-pluginnya di folder plugin, dan tempatkan BIOS PS2 kamu di folder bios. Jalankan emulator kamu lalu configure. Secara umum, konfigurasi emulator PS2 di PC-ku bisa dilihat di gambar. Pertama kali kamu harus menseting plugin dan bios directory, arahkan ke folder tempat mereka berada. Kemudian, Yang paling penting adalah mengconfigure Graphics, karena akan sangat menentukan kecepatan game saat dimainkan (bisa tradeoff antara kecepatan dan kualitas grafis). Yang kedua adalah mengkonfigurasi DVD Drive plugin. Saya memakai Peops CDVD Driver. Ada baiknya kamu membuat image file dari DVD PS2 kamu misalnya dengan alcohol 120%, lalu meng-amount-nya biar jalannya game lebih cepat dan tidak merusak DVD Drive kamu. Langkah selanjutnya adalah mengkonfigurasi plugin lainnya. Misalnya controller, apakah kamu pake keyboard atau joistick, up to you lah. Jangan takut mencoba.


Langkah selanjutnya, kamu harus mengkonfigurasi CPU kamu. Ada optimasi di sana. Akan sangat menguntungkan kalo prosesor kamu mendukung instruksi MMX dan SSE. Kalo prosesor baru sepertinya sudah punya fitur2 tersebut. Kalo CPU kamu bisa Hyper Threading atau punya inti lebih dari satu (Core Duo, Core2 Duo, Athlon X2, Athlon FX, Athlon Quad FX, dll) berarti kamu sangat beruntung, bisa jadi emulator kamu jalannya bagus banget.

Setelah semua selesai, kamu tinggal maenin deh game-nya. Klik File>Run CD/DVD. Kalo saya hasilnya ga terlalu jelek tapi ga terlalu bagus juga. Tapi playable, bisa maen dengan frame rate 17-22fps, kadang bisa lebih cepat sampai 60fps. Perlu diingat bahwa tidak semua game PS2 bisa dijalankan pake emulator. Ada isu tentang compatibility di sini. Ada game yang cuman bisa sampai menu doang, intro doang, in game doang tapi abis itu ga bisa dimaenin, tapi yang playable banyak juga. Kamu bisa kunjungi situs PCSX2 untuk melihat game-game PS2 mana saja yang playable di emulator PCSX2. Dari yang saya baca yang bisa dimaenin di emulator seperti: Final Fantasy X (Semua region), Final Fantasy X-2 (beberapa region), Final Fantasy XII (beberapa region), Wild Arm (Lupa Versinya), Suikoden (lupa versinya), dan masih banyak lagi. Have Fun! :D




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Ojo de tigre.

Calíope observa cómo el agua aporrea el cristal de su ventana mientras el resplandor de los relámpagos iluminan el negro cielo de octubre y el ojo de tigre que sostiente en su mano. Semidesnuda, tumbada en la cama, tapada con su edredón, con el pelo revuelto y sintiendo arder su estómago de rabia. La rabia.

Al fin de cuentas, ¿qué es la rabia a nivel fisiológico? El sentir arder tu cuerpo, la dilatación pupilar, la liberación de hormonas que nos generan violaciones sinápticas de nuestro cerebro... esas descargas eléctricas que provocan el desear arrancar la faringe de cuajo a más de una persona, ver brotar la sangre roja sin udor alguno, sin avergonzarse de mostrarse al mundo. Sentir el calor del otro cuerpo en tus manos, observar cómo se escapa el último aliento de vida antes de que los ojos se vuelvan vidriosos y cristalinos.

Se imaginó que éso es lo que había sentido quien había cometido tan atroz ferocidad, provocando el despertar de su rabia. Había escapado con las manos manchadas de sangre de gente querida, pero no iba a poder huir con tanta facilidad. No.
Ahora Calíope quería sentir su sangre correr por sus brazos mientras anudaba su interior.

Un nuevo relámpago, un trueno. El ojo de tigre cae y rueda por el suelo. Se detiene, rueda un poco más... y muestra los secretos del mundo.

"Ahí estás", se dice a ella misma, regalándose una sonrisa.

La lluvia la va a empapar, pero no importa. Ni esa fría agua podrá calmar la rabia de su estómago, de su interior. Se adentra en la noche, colgando del cuello la piedra de la libertad.

5 in the morning

woke up at 5++ am in the morning.
kambink. he sms me at 5 o'clock in the morning.
so mcm dah terjage. and main sms kejap.
but yesterday tidow sgt awal okay! haha.
b4 11 pm x silap. really sleepy.
sekarang pun same. x cukup tdow.
tp bgn jgak! nnt lmbt mama bising. hee.

then. bgn. solat subuh. hee.
sini kan awal. kalau after 6, dah lmbt!
then. terpakse mandi early in da morning.
ikut hati x nak mandi! but, nnt x selesa.
so i mandi la pagi2 even sgt3 sejuk!
then breakfast. mkn 3 keping roti dgn sup.
best3. panas3. oh yer. i'm addicted to soup!

gerak pergi serikin! yeah yeah!
about, 7am in the morning.
b4 that pergi pasar pagi dulu.
belikan cik breakfast, takot cik lapar nanti.
then gerak. lame sungguh rase.
bout 40km from my house.
it's in Bau. not Kuching.


cik sayangku yg tomey! =D

mama dgn topi cowboy & crystal


sane sgt panas okay?
td i pun pakai sunglasses. huhu.
that's y mama & cik jd cowboy. =D
start gerak blk bout 10 am.
n org ramai baru nak gerak dtg.
mmg full lah td. kate school holiday? huhu.
lucky kte org gerak dtg awal taw.

dkt sane td. i beli bju tidur je.
which tgh pakai pun skrng. hee. black n white.
stop2! dah bnyk sgt bju tdow. ish3...
mama borong langsir & buah. so do cik.
sgt bnyk buah. huhu. best3!!!
ciku. salak. limau. manggis. rambai. jagung. etc.
tp. i hantoo buah. sure jap lg habis. haha.

owh ye. abah sgt bz skrng. hurm...
rite now pun mama n abah ade dinner.
anniversary mama n abah on 3rd of dec.
ajak abah pergi beli present utk mama.
should b tomorrow. but dunno yet.
or else, 4th dec baru celebrate. huu...
mama xtaw pape lg! =D


Friday, November 28, 2008

silent

letih! hee. badanku letih ini hari. nape? entah. nak kate buat keje berat. idak plak. siap kene urut lg tadi. haha... well. hari ni, tanpa dirancang. mama, qila & cik gi saloon rambut~~~ wawawa. cik nak potong rambut. then inai sekali... i mean, jdkan hitam. mmg mude habis la. stylo la cik! hehe. mcm lg mude dr qila dah. then sementare tnggu, i decided to wash my hair & buat treatment. haha... best la kene urut lg kepale & tgn & bhgn leher, bahu pe sume. rase maw tetdow sudah. ku tahan je mate nih. hee...

then b4 that, tgk tv & mama buat kuih 'cek mek molek'. taw x? kuih yg dlm die ade air gule. actually just letak gule dkt dalam, then bile goreng, jd la gule tu cair. td mase mule2 masak panas2, i terus g gigit...so mmg melecur la lidah kene gule cair tu! huhu... mkn sgt bnyk hari ni okayh! let see... nasi sepinggan time kul 11am. then makan 3 keping roti dgn serunding. hee... then kuih cek mek molek ni lebih dr 3. ingt nak mkn sup 4 dinner, but then. haha. cancel bile pk bnyk dah mkn. =D

owh yer. nora! haha. thanks sbb save due2 no aku. haha. and thanks sbb comment n bace blog ni dr awal sampai la da latest one. hee. kesian ye x dpt on9 mlm nie! =P anyway, akid pun thanks... haha.

then td. sempat berborak dgn mama. bout my life. mama tanye, "bape ramai dah yg dtg & pergi dlm hidup qila? " and i just, "silent" huhu... then she was talking bout afiq, ielyas and dean. haha. dean, x bersalah. itu mmg cinta monyet la mama. qila skrng ni pon single mingle. x jmpe lg yg seswai kot? kalo jmpe, x tau plak die org jujur ke x. ikhlas ke x. hurm... malas dah nak ckp sume ni ma kdng2. takot nnt mama pon boring. haha. tp bile senyap, mama tanye blk. haha. mama... mama... mcm2 la hidup ni ek mama? erm...

anyway. thats all 4 now kot. mau tdow sudah. kot la~ huhu. letih. and esok kene bgn awal lg. pas subuh x leh tdow blk. mau pergi jalan. hee... going 2 serikin! serikin ni mcm...erm. uptown versi siang dkt sarawak la. tp dah dkt sempadan sarawak-indonesia. just pergi ber3 jugak sbb abah ade exercise. bukan exercise yg bersenam tu, tp latihan peperangan tentera! =P just so u know. hee. anyway. ok larh. nite. hope 2morrow would b a better day. insya allah. amin~ =]

Thursday, November 27, 2008

let me

aiyoo. dunno where to start. ishhh... should i say assalamualaikum wbt or salam? or hello or holla? aih. small matter. n i still keep on mumbling. huhu. let see... it's Friday? eh? it is Friday. cepatnye mase berlalu. aiyooo.

my result 4 this 3rd sem. it should b better, but i guess, mine would b worse. cuz x study & x dpt nak focus! i know it's a stupid reason, but that's da truth. oh men, jgnla ade ygteruk or failed or repeat! i dont want to. that would b da worst nightmare ever!!! haha. should maintain my 3 pointer n above... or mama n abah would be very disappointed. so do i. hurm...

owh, yesterday. thursday huh? well. woke up early. as if breakfast pagi2 bute with fmly. not la pagi2 bute. kul 7 lebeyh. haha. makan bee hun goreng panas2. ade banyak udang n lauk2 dlm bee hun. mama mmg suke masak bnyk lauk... rumah kami mmg mewah dgn mknan. sape duk sini seminggu sure gemuk! haha. =D

then, on9. on9 til 12pm if i'm not mistaken & take a nap. haha... baru kejap mama sudeh bising. t hee. mama kate boring! hehe...then siap2 pas zohor & we went to oasis spa. uh-huh... sgt best. it's a small spa but, layanannye best. as usual, gi buat facial resdung. oh my, facial mmg best. tp i plg x suke time stim muke sbb panas & time buang black/white head. wahlaa... pedih! sampai mengalir air mate. hee...

n da best thing is, tgh promotion. so mcm murah skit. eh...murah bnyk! thats 1 of the reason y we went there. me, mama & cik [my grandma]. haha. cik pun buat facial taw!!!

normal facial - rm 35, now rm 19 [cik buat nie...]
resdung facial - rm 55, now rm 35 [i did this!!!]
whitening facial - rm 55, now rm 45 [mama nak putih lg...huhu]

then nnt ingt nak buat manicure & pedicure. t hee... next week maybe. depends dulu la kot.


the jakuzi

tmpt rehat & waiting room

manicure & pedicure dkt dlm

then balik rumah dah isya'. haha. but semua dah solat dkt spa ni... ok jerh. comfortable & puas hati. tp time mama nak solat maghrib, mama jatuh & almost pengsan. sbb dah penink & gelap mate. mama mmg x blh baring lame2 sambil tutup mate except time tidow. huu... then blk rumah, tgk tv beramai2 sambil makan roti. i makan roti dgn serunding [menu fav dkt asrama] haha... then sume pon dah tidow dkt ruang tamu. kejut mama, abah n cik suruh tidow dlm bilik & i pon on9. haha. tu je la keje. lately bnyk g youtube dgr lagu2 yg i ske. haih~ tp sume lagu cinta. haha. i tgh mengong. dont bother. okay? =D

happy birthday my dearest nadia izzah!!!!!

babe. thank god u x merajuk! huhu...

ingt. i mmg gurau je. t hee ...

owh yar. i did main comment dgn amirul, ur brother babe~~~ oh my. die reply. tp skali je la. haha. i asked him bout spm. n he called me 'akak'! hahahaha... =D

n then sempat ym with few unexpected ppl. let see, hadi. owh. but just 4 a while. he's bz with his korean girls. haha... then, kambink. less than 5 minutes. used to it~

and then... afiq! t hee. i could say, he's 1 of my close boy friend. and he knows me well. and die sgt baek okayh...die lelaki, bukan jantan! sume bnde pon die taw. x de sorok2! cuz i trust him. muh families pon sume suke & ingt die. eheh... thanks 4 being such a nice listener & friend!

then...shahli! waaaaaaaaaaaaa... shahli. ym~ finally. actually yesterday, tibe2 rase nak tgk profile die. then hantar comment ckp die sombonk! pastu x lame, shahli muncul dkt ym. waaaaa... mmg sedeyh la! huhu. die baru on9 kot time tu sbb die tataw pon ttg comment tu. then chatting mmg sgt sekejap, out of sudden je senyap. internet die dkt indon problem!!! huu... jaat pnye internet. tp die sempat ckp, hp die kene rembat. tu lame x contact. ye ke? hurm. anyway, hope 2 chat with u again. ;[

then start bz cuz buat keje skit. time tu baru babe on9. x sempat nak chatting. huu... syafiq hakim, sorry ye bucuk. bz semlm. shakir, sherry, jai, ili, semua. sorry. huu... nnt kte chatting lg okayh! i bukan sombonk. t hee... sherry! thanks sbb buat webcam. haha =D

eh. mcm pnjng je blog i? aiyoo. haa. akid!!! ngade2 x jd follower aa... =P hehe. this guy pun satu. sgt diam bile jmpe face2face. sampai i pun tataw mau ckp ape jgk. haha. tp dlm ym n myspace ok je. haha. siap kamoo kalau sombonk2 lg. haha...

erm. then kambink muncul blk. that girl, masuk icu. cuz of him. OMG. i'm speechless. i ade bace blog die, she really3 loves kambink. but, plz girl, dont do something stupid just because u love him. we shouldnt do, cuz it hurt us more. he dont even bother. hurm... but i guess kambink x blh nak dipersalahkan jgk cuz die x buat pape. hey girl... b strong. dont harm urself. kambink, i hope u do really jujur sejujurnya dgn i okayh? i dunno. seriously, couldnt c da truth between this situation. just, trying not think of this anymore. cuz...


mama said. everyone said. i deserved to be happy.

and i guess, i am.
so, just let me be. happy.



i can see rainbow! No.... rainbow don't go...

Hello, miss me?

I am now free as a bird. I feel so liberated now that the exam has ended. I have marked the papers, keyed in and validated the marks. Now I am waiting for the validation meeting to check and compare marks with the rest of the lecturers for different subjects. Mostly validation meetings are held to formally confirming the marks as a faculty's decision before it is brought to the discussion of the university’s board of director or otherwise called the senate meeting.

But it wasn’t an easy task. In one of the code, the paper was supposed to be marked by 3 lecturers. One of them flew to Australia to pursue her PhD right before the exam. The other markers is one of the very-very senior officer, i.e the vice dean who is always busy and on the run. Since the july-november semester is rather short, we were only given a very short time before the deadline to finish all the markings.

Before i continue, i want to introduce my nephew.



This is azmir, we call him amir. He likes talcum powder very much. He use it everywhere, on his face, the body, hands, leg, under the table, on the carpet, at the sofa. That is his picture before my mom (his grandma) found out and wallop him.

Hik.


this is one of the exam hall. Unlike other universities where they have exam building, we don’t. Each faculty have to be creative and try to find own ways to do the exam. Sometimes we wonder what is the function of the exam department, when the faculty has to do everything on its own.

This is actually a moot court where we rearrange the room and put table in it. Other than that, the exams are held all over the place. Smaller groups are very lucky because they get to do it in an airconditioned room, such as this one. A larger group, such as my students had to do it in the lounge or the dewan makan in the student dormitory, were it is hot and stuffy and you will feel hungry the entire course of exam because you can smell chicken being fried in the kitchen.

That is why this university is said to produce very strong graduate because they are always being tested, and they are being tested while they are being tested.




Understand?




The lecturers are also being tested all the time.




like for example....





Do you know what this is?


This is the last paper from the bunch of papers that I need to mark. It took me almost 11 days to mark all the papers. When you reach the last one you will feel so bliss you almost cry. And I did cry, because mind you I feel very tired marking the papers this semester since I am taking over the bunch from the other lecturer that managed to get away. Lucky bitch.



And when you finally finished the last paper you feel a rush of joy, and stars and sun suddenly appears out of nowhere and you feel like dancing and singing, and if its rain, you would just run out the field and sing a song from the sound of music.

Do a dear, a female dear

Re, a drop of golden sun

Me, a name I called my self….

Bla bla bla.

You feel like rainbow suddenly come out of nowhere celebrating the gush of blood through your head and feel high. Somewhat like what drug addict gets when they take heroin I think. I swear on the way back home, I saw rainbow. I even took picture of it.



Lets take a closer look.




Do you see it? or i am going loco and imagining seeing a rainbow.



But, suddenly....



Not all movies, end up with happy ending. And you realised then, there isnt a pile of gold at the end of the rainbow, but a pile of dung.




Do you know what these are?



These are few (i wouldn't say a few) papers that i need to mark again, because one of the very-very senior person could not finish it.



While attending a train the trainer (tot) training (yes, i need to go to a 3 days training while marking my papers), i got an sms.



"can you continue marking on one of the question because i could not make it, i have another paper to mark"



I just said oke, because i thought how hard could it be. Only one isnt it.

But when i took the bundle from the exam strong room, it was actually one the most famous and easiest question of all. Meaning to say, everyone answered that question, meaning to say, i need to remarks the whole bundle of answer scripts.



Well again, i am not complaining, just sharing stories. It is better to be stressed because you have a job, rather than being stressed unemployed, and since this particular person have enough authority and can elevate my stress level to another stage, i just keep quiet and do my job.




Kacang putih lah...







So with a lots of packets of kacang putih, i continued marking and marking and marking, counting the overall marks, keyed in the marks, validated the marks, and now i am as free as a bird until early January when the new semester starts.



Well, it may sound stressful but a lecturer's work is actually is not stressful at all. We are only busy at the early and at the end week of each semester. while the rest of the 4 months period we are basically talking and making sure the students get hell and sore ass and being a pain in the neck to the student and get paid for it. But of course there is also research that you need to do and some reading just to make sure that you know a little bit more from the students.



If you are lazy, but you have the credentials, and wanted something easy, be a lecturer. Trust me, i am one of them.

the one with credentials, not lazy oke!





anyway, the day i finished all the works, i called Za and Raz and we went to celebrate. We had steamboat for dinner last night.



This is the cheapest steamboat restaurant you will ever find. Only RM19.90 per person, this Flaming Restaurant in Sunway Pyramid served the best affordable steamboat in town. Do not expect lobsters and soft shell crab, but they have almost everything.

And they a lots of dessert too, like ice cream, those marshmellow dipped in chocolate sauce, ice kacang and bottomless drinks.

I just love buffet. Although you know, buffet keep you closer to the heart doctors, but because it is cheap and since you can eat like a cow, you dont really mind about heart attack. Really...

Anyway, it is a steamboat dinner, it is supposed to be healthy.





This is the TOT training session.

As usual, the rule stay, sit as far as possible from the trainer so he won't ask you question or ask you to participate in the activity.

hik.

The one standing is the trainer.
the fat one looking rather bored is me.



These are some of the pictures of the porridge i cook last week while having flu. Since mom was not around that time and since a friend of mine was also sick, so i cook some porridge and fried some anchovies, shallots and grounded some black peppers.

Nice.

Just put 1 cup of rice, and 6 cups of water. Bring it to boil, put some coconut milk, and throws in some slice ginger and simmer it until the rice all lembik already. Put in some salt to taste. Eat with fried anchovies and what ever lah you have in the fridge.

Of course, i went down to buy Nasik Goreng Kampung a couple of hours later.

I am sick, not on a diet.


This is a picture of a half day round table discussion with the Ministry of Youth and Sports which i attended while busy invigilating exams and marking papers to discuss the political issues among youth. That is the life of a public servant, you have to make time when duty call. The discussion focuses a lot on the voting trend in the last election, where one of the reason said for the very interesting election result was because of the youth voting.

They are easily manipulated, they like shiny things, and they like drama and excitement, but they don't really care about politics.

sad.

But, then again it is a good thing because it shows our political thinking are getting more mature each day, and the political partisans are getting bigger, which is good for democracy, as long as they know what they are doing and where they are heading.

I was not intrigue so much on the discussion, but rather was looking forward for what will be served for lunch.



Oke that is about it, for today.

daaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

Sup Hakusai sosis


28 November 2008, jumat

Punya daun sawi, bingung juga mo bkin menu apa ya...biasa deh, ngebrowse dulu di inet, ketemu bkin sup ini...kayaknya lumayan enak...so pengen nyobain juga..
bisa liat resepnya disini.

Game on...

It’s only recently that I’ve been aware of game. Not in a completely blinkered way where I was totally blind to its existence but in a more immediate fashion. I’ve always known that pheasants and rabbits and venison were available but rarely did they feature on the menu at home and even when they did, they invariably came pre-packaged in neat little portions, in no discernable pattern at various points in the year.

And whenever we ate it, I enjoyed it. Venison steaks are an absolute joy, especially when served achingly rare with a sweet sauce. Game casserole was also a favourite although it never made it onto the table more than two or three times a year.

It was only when I started writing about food and in turn reading more about the joys of cooking, seasonality and provenance that I became more aware of the importance and pleasure inherent in game.

Seasonality, an aspect of cooking that is of paramount importance to me, is perhaps most prominent with game. Fruit and vegetables exist at the fickle whim of the weather – too much rain, too little sun or a late frost can push back or bring forward the first potatoes of the year or halt the rise of the young and tender asparagus stems. We know broadly when spring lamb is going to be ready or the time of year when trout is at its best. But there are no absolutes.

The appearance of game, on the other hand, is so firmly set in the calendar that you could set an atomic clock to it. It is not just certain months or weeks when you can expect to see the first few partridges or pheasants – you can be sure of the exact day, days that are set in stone in The Calendar and are as important to some as Royal Ascot, The Henley Regattta or The Wimbledon Final.

‘The Season’ kicks off on August 12th, the Glorious Twelfth as it is known, which marks the first day you are able to shoot grouse. Duck, goose and partridge follow on September 1st and pheasants are fair game a month later.



By the end of February many of these are once again off the menu until the months roll around and the whole thing starts again.

For an enthusiastic cook, this is indeed a glorious time of year. Game is everything food should be – slow bred, wild, able to wander around the countryside and free from any insidious hormones and growth promoters. It is a world away from the intensively farmed, pre-packaged meats that have come to dominate the supermarket shelves and now form most people’s idea of what meat is.

With game, even if you buy it ‘oven-ready’ there is a connection to the land and an awareness that what you are about to consume was, until recently, running or flying round rural Britain. There is a purity to it and an almost unfathomable desire to treat it with respect.

This desire is only accentuated when you get hold of something only recently dispatched – head, feathers and guts in tact. This is hands-on food that offers an experience that every meat eater should consider trying if only to appreciate the moral implications of consuming the flesh of another animal.



I’m not going to pretend I am an expert at this. The only time I have been shooting was with an air rifle whilst in the Cub Scouts and then the target was round, paper and lifeless rather than bird-shaped, fleshy and living. Nor am I going to moralise on the rights and wrongs of being a carnivore. My personal belief is that eating meat does come with a necessary need to think about animal welfare and the connection between a burger and a cow or a pork chop and a pig but that is for another day.

What I would suggest is trying to get hold of a complete bird, just once, to experience what it is like to turn something that looks like it was once alive into something resembling a meal. Because it is a great experience that only gets easier with time and practice.

The first time I did the necessary prep work on a pheasant was a few months back (you can read about it here) and, I am happy to admit, it was not an easy process. Like Lady Macbeth frantically and desperately washing her hands, I tried for two days to remove the smell from my fingers although I am sure that it was almost certainly psychological. The mental images, too, are still strong and I approached the whole process with a degree of some fear and trepidation.

But nevertheless I was ball-bouncingly excited when I heard that a colleague of my girlfriend’s was going shooting last weekend because I knew what the result would be.

Sure enough, on Monday evening she arrived home with a heavy bag containing two freshly despatched pheasants: one young hen and one hefty cock whose large spurs and considerable size suggested he was something of a battle weary veteran.



They hung in the garage for two days before I decided to settle down and ‘do the deed’. Fortified with nothing more than strong coffee (last time required wine, much wine) I settled down and started plucking, a process that is almost therapeutic and quickly transforms a recognisable bird into something that resembles meat.

Once naked and the head has been removed, the gutting is a grim inevitability but, honestly, after the first time it presents little problem and within moments I had two birds ready to be washed and butchered as well as a plate of giblets, perfect for making a rich stock along with the bones.

The whole process from start to finish took close to an hour, not bad considering that I managed to prevaricate for almost two the first time I was presented with a complete pheasant. At the end of it I had four sizeable breast portions and a large handful of meat, ideal for creating a rich winter pie to eat in front of a crackling fire with a large glass of something red and warming. Game on indeed.

Radish Wraps



I got this idea from here
http://mykoreankitchen.com/tag/radish-wrap
These are great and I also Marinated some in Pomegranate vinegar they are so fresh.

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Happy Thanksgiven

Image from here
No oven try this how-to-deep-fry-turkey
Video Jug Really makes me laugh

Guacamole Dip


Korea not so good when it come to dip, well not in Suncheon. But we can get Avocados (which always go on sale in Homeplus before they are ripe) So here is what I do for my Guacamole.
  • Avocado
  • Onion
  • Tomato
  • Lime Juice
  • Salt
  • Splash Hot sauce
Mash the avocado you can chop it if you want you guacamole chunky. Chop your small onion finely. De seed your tomato and chop mix all together add you lime salt and hot sauce . You can also add garlic or jalapenos.

Hot Brie Dip made in toaster oven


  • 2 tablespoons of butter
  • 1 small chopped onion
  • 2 teaspoon chopped garlic
  • 1 cup of Brie
  • 1 cup of cream cheese
  • 2 teaspoon of brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoon lemon juice
  • splash of Worcestershire sauce
  • some chopped rosemary
  • 2 tablespoons of Mayo
  • salt and pepper


Mix together put in oven proof bowl and cook at 160-180 with tin foil cover for 40 mins

I was really happy with this . I suggest you also use Dill, Thyme or Paprika instead of rosemary.
And 3/4 cup of sour cream instead of mayo (we cant get sour cream here very easy)

Irish Apple Tart


Pastry
2 cups plain flour
1 cup butter
3/4 cup white sugar
2 eggs
A pinch of salt

  • For the pastry, mix the flour,salt and butter together until you have the texture of breadcrumbs. Add the sugar and eggs and mix until everything comes together. Wrap the pastry with cling film and chill.
For Filling
Cinnamon,
Cloves ,
Apples,
Brown Sugar
Whipped Cream
You could also Tip raisins into a pan with the whisky, and add 1 tsp of the sugar. Bring to a simmer, then leave to one side. Like in this recipe
Chop the apples and toss in some cinnamon ,cloves and sugar .
Brush the top of the tart with egg mixture.
Place in preheated oven 180C for 30-40 mins
Serve hot with Ice cream or whipped cream.

Noodles



I Love this site
http://www.foodsubs.com/NoodlesWheat.html
Here is lots of info on noodles

PR XV ふわふわ豆腐ハンバグ/ fuwa fuwa toufu hambagu

26 november 2008, rabu,

Buat menu malam sekalian bikin PR nih...
Resepnya
1 bh tahu
1 bh telur
1/2 cup tepung panir
1 sdt kecap asin
garam lada secukupnya
1 sdt air jahe parut
1/2 btg daun bawang, iris tipis

Saos
1 cup kaldu
2 sdt kecap asin
2 sdt mirin
garam sedikit
sagu n air utk mengentalkan

Cara
- tiriskan tahu, sampai tidak ada air
- Buat saos, masukkan semua bahan dlm panci, masak, kentalkan dgn sagu n air
- Masukkan semua bahan dalam wadah, campur rata, aduk2 dengan tangan
- Buat bulatan spt burger, tepuk tepuk agar keluar anginnya
- Masak dalam ferifan dengan minyak, masukkan tahu burger
- sajikan dengan saos

Lumayan lah, kalo lagi bosen dengan menu lain, boleh masak menu tahu...sehat n bergizi...

Butter Cake

26 november 2008, rabu

Abis Mei pulang, kita sama sama bikin kue nih...ngeliat si LIz bikin, jadi kepingin nyobain, soalnya pake telurnya cuman 2 biji...hehhee...
buat resepnya, bisa liat disini.





Pas uda jadi, Mei da ga sabar pengen makan, tapi die bilang sebelumnya mesti tiup lilin n nunggu papanya pulang....wak wak, gw da kepingin nyobain, tapiii...
Tunggu punya tunggu, papanya blom pulang2, ya uda deh dipotong aja trus dimakan...but, seblomnya eksyen dulu donk, fotoooo...hihi
menurut gw si kayak kue castella ya...btw, enak...