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 shouldn'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 cannot live without his/her touch...
then it's not love... it's "Lust"

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

If you love someone bcoz
you cannot 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"

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