TORPEDO SCAD fish (Ikan Cencaru)

Here is Torpedo scad fish dish that I learned from last weekend as well. I was exhausted last weekend, other than learned to bake, I also learned to cook.

Whole day I was in the kitchen, busy learning and preparing. My mum was teasing me.."Please, don't come back in the future, each time you are back, you want to learn to cook this, bake there, make me tired. When I was more stronger, you don't want to learn, now I'm weak, you want to learn this dish, that dish". After my mum's comment, I can't stop laughing the whole day... I think it was funny comment :)

Guess how I replied to my mum..."mum, I'm in the difficult position, I don't want to learn to cook, I got scolded from you, I learn, I also got scolded from you, this is like hamburger, stuck in the middle" hahaha

However, this is one of my favor dish, the dish where my mum cook for me.

The blended chili with garlic was stuffed in the fish stomach and fried together with oil. After fried, serve the fish with the oil and soya source.

yummy...yummy

Shortbread

Here is the shortbread I learned to bake last weekend. Very excited, it was quite long time I didn't bake.. I guessed that's more than 10 years I has stopped become mummy's assistant in baking.

And I pick up again last weekend, hope I didn't forget much.

Here is the recipe for the shortbread

4oz Butter
2oz Sugar (if you don't like too sweet like me, you may reduce to 1.5oz sugar)
2oz rice flour
4oz wheat flour
a bit of salt

Just couldn't believe I made it and got the compliments from my family members...
In the end, I baked twice in a day.. cause the demand was too high..hahah

Shortbread was my favor cookie when I was young. I remember once, I injured my leg, and every alternate day I needed to go for wound dressing. Each time I went for dressing, I cried very hard, I can't stand with the pain. Mummy found out after few treatments from aunt who took me to the clinic. Therefore, mum baked the shortbread that I love to cheer me up. So, before I went for the dressing, I picked few shortbread and stuff in my pocket before heading to the clinic. While the General Practitioner was handling my wound, I was eating the shortbread. The shortbread was too delicious till I forgot the pain and no cried...And it was too delicious till I forgot to offer to the GP..hahaah...Start from there, each time I went for wound dressing, the shortbread tagged along till I recovered.

It has been more than 15 years mum didn't bake shortbread for me after that. Mum was too busy with so many stuffs. Last year I received shortbread as gift from my friend, when I tasted, I missed the shortbread that my mum baked, I missed so much.

Therefore, this year I bought the shortbread as a Christmas gift present for my mum. I told her, I miss her shortbread, I miss her so much....With this incident, I want to learn how to bake shortbread. Enjoy ya !!!

Worry

I'm a bit down today. I'm not sure what's wrong with it...I guessed, I'm stunned with another news.

Alvin's beloved granny passed away at 8.30pm today. It was long long time I didn't contact him. Guessed what? This is the 4th bad news I received in this month after my AD.

1st, Keat's father in law passed away
2nd, SE's mother passed away
3rd, an aunt from my hometown, where is my mum's friend
4th, Alvin's granny passed away

I'm sad, why? why so many bad news... I scare..terrified with the news...

I don't know how to express my feeling in this blog, I'm not a good writer, my English is not good...and I'm not a blogger as well...

I just feel sad with all the news, I believed all their family members which to celebrate the Christmas and 2009 New Year with them... and they just didn't make it...They are back to God... will they be the stars far away protect to their family, to see their family from top, to continue to love them?
Are they the stars who are observe here and there?

I'm not sure...Hope the angle will be with them in the heaven, stars in heaven

Merry Christmassss and Belly Good

Christmas presents that I received.. :)

Merry Christmas...Merry Christmas to everybody.

Christmas eve was a rushing day to me. I was working half day, by 2pm I managed to leave the office. Nd picked me up from the train station, we proceed to the shop to do some display and rushed back. By the time I reached home, it was 4pm. We decided to take a short nap before we proceed to the church.

By 6pm, we already reached the church. Our church was having Christmas Eve Celebration. There were performances by the church members and Sunday school children. There were plenty nice food prepared by church members as well. And the church was giving away Christmas presents to all the guests.. Everybody was welcome to attend it.

I was in-charged of usher, and stationed at the welcome counter. I hope I did a good job. Everything was fine and run smoothly. We estimated 500 guests to attend the celebration with us, however, it turned out to be 800 guests. Lucky the food was enough, the program was nice and few of them accepted Jesus as their Christ.

The programmed by 12.30am, after all of us cleaned up the place. Nd and me proceed to another date with a group of friends... We had ice-cream in the midnight and I learned how to play "UNO"...hahah.. I know I was a bit late to pick up this game, hahah.. however, I fall for it. By the time I reached home, it was 2 o'clock in the morning, I was tired.. yet, I was excited!! I was going to open the presents :). Wooo!! Nd bought me a CK's watch...He noticed I don't have watch after I broke my previous watch in last month...So sweet of him :)

Woke up this morning at 10am, after brushed up, we went to Uncle Lawrence's house for Christmas lunch...We stayed and mingled around till 6pm.

We went back home and refreshed up and went to another Christmas dinner with family and friends.

We went to Belly Good.

Nice restaurant where their specialty is pork dishes....pork sausage, pork ribs..I found the meats was tender and nicer compare to beef. And I love the mashed potato, it was delicious... I love it...Check out some photos that I'm going to share.


The shop's sign board







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SE's mum passed away

I received text message from SE this 5.52am this morning. She told me her mum passed away yesterday, she was tired and sad.

When I saw the text message from the phone, I was stunned. I was speechless, I was sad, I was frust, I was sorry for her... I don't know what I shall do.

While I was bathing in the bathroom, I cried...I just can't stop crying. I don't understand why I was so emotion. I looked horrible in front of the mirror, my eyes were red, my nose was red, and how will I went to work with this look.

HB was laughing at me... I guessed he tried to cheer me up... He said I looked like rain deers...cause my nose was very red...

Thank you everyone for the prayers, really appreciated!!

I hope SE's will rest peacefully in God's arm, the angle will take care of her. And I do hope God will comfort SE's and her family.

Pray for my colleague's mum

I got to know my colleague's mum is suffering cancer 3 months ago. Her mum has been suffering cancer since 2 years ago. My colleague -SE is so strong to handle the situation. I never know, she had been hiding her feeling, sadness and etc. I was not aware at all till she told me.

I was surprised to hear the news and amazed the stronger she has. From that day onward, I tried my best to put this item in my prayer list. I know is difficult to get any miracle from this sickness, but I do hope her mum can recover or suffer lesser from this sickness.

She was on emergency leave since Wednesday, heard her mum was not stable. Morning, when I called her again, she told me her mum is in critical situation. In the evening, I rang her up again, she told me they brought her mum back to home.

I feel so sad, I worry her and I don't know how she can handle the situation. I just can't stop shred tears when think her situation, her mum's pain.

I don't know how to extend my help to her. I only managed to sms to my Christian friends requested them to pray for her mum, help her to do her job and pray for her... I really have no idea what I can do, to help her burden, her tiredness, her sadness...

I know is difficult to have miracle, but I do hope miracle will come to help her mum and her.

House reno

Last Sunday, went to my friend's house. His neighborer was doing some renovation to the house.

A very nice house with 3 storeys-link house. Took some photos of the house, I love the dry kitchen design, the wardrobe, the bathtub and the floor design...Check out ya


Floor design


Bathtub...I dream to have one!!!

Dry kitchen

Braised Duck in Balakong

On Saturday, our friend invited us to have lunch at Balakong. We are going to have braised duck, yummy yummy... Normally, you will only get to eat roaster duck, braised duck is something new to me.

I was excited from morning till we reached the place. From town to the place, it took around 1 hours or 45 minutes.

Here is the shop, the food that we ordered.. The braised duck cost USD12. The duck was tender, very nice.... We also ordered Chinese sausages, bean sprout, roaster sweet sauce pork belly and crispy pork.

Share the photos with you


The shop name


The rice..very nice...


Braised duck


Bean sprout


Roaster sweet sauce pork belly and crispy pork


Chinese sausages


The contact

If you don't want to miss the braised duck, please call up and order for the braised duck. However, don't go on Monday, they are close on Monday.

Enjoy!!!

Raining Monday

It was raining Monday. The whole day, it was raining, non-stop....
I guessed it nice to sleep, cooling weather.
But it was a bit cool for me...guess what? Yup, I got flu...so going to take medicine and sleep later...

Didn't do much.. Just chit-chat with mum, playing with my lovely niece...

Oh well, I did some ironing..so I have cloths to wear for working hahaha..

Take care

Outfit for Saturday

It was like ages that I didn't go out on Saturday.
Was so busy with the preparation.

Yup, finally I have time.. This is the outfit for today...
My instinct told me I should dress up like this..

Well, I love it!!! and I feel good :)

Christmas presents

Present for Wandee





Oh, Christmas coming soon...

I can't wait it !! Bought some Christmas presents for my friends who are dessert lover...

So, I bought them chocolates..hope they are happy to received :)

And I also bought some high school musical watches for Andy's cousins and mouse hand rest for Wandee...

Biscuit for Mum

This is the biscuits that I bought for my mum.
I'm going back to visit her this Sunday after church service...

Want to give her pressie... hope she like it :)

Present from my best friend :)

It the lovely gift.. lovely earring.
It looks gorgeous... :)

It's lovely gift from my friend -Vengie :)

Short holiday

Went for a short holiday near the beach side.
The apartment was free to stay, invited by my friend.
Me and my friend occupied the whole apartment near the beach side.

It was very nice view... and relax holiday

Noodle that I cooked on last Sunday

Noodle that I cooked for my mum :)
The lunch on Sunday :)

I made the noodle from flour by myself and the minced pork to add up with the noodle :)

Bad news from my mum

Yesterday, I met up my mum for dinner.. We went to one hotel to try out the food... On the journey to the hotel, my mum told me after this event, she is going for operation. I was shocked with the statement, I don't know that she is suffering from stomach problem... She said doctor advice her that the risk of doing the operation, especially worry she might not strong enough to take the anesthetic's. All this while, my mum has heart problem, diabetes, high blood pressure, knee problem...

The risk of this operation is my mum might not strong enough with the anesthetic that doctor is going to use for the operation. She might die because of that...

I can't think much when she told me the news, we were on the way to food tasting... and I'm tired, my mind couldn't really digest it...By the time we finished the food tasting, it was so late...By the time I reached home, it was 12 midnight. I bathed and jumped on the bed, can't really think much...

I had a bad dream, I still remember very well the bad dream after I woke up this morning...I dream of one of my family member passed away during the event.. I was crying in the dream, meanwhile, I tried not to show the sadness...It was horrible dream...Because of the event, we can't enough the funeral, need to hide it.. The feeling was horrible.

Then I can't stop crying after that... whole day, I can't stop my tears... I was sobbing while doing my work. My eye were red and dry, my nose were red, I can't really focus on my work...I'm scare, I don't want it to happen on me, I can't lose my mum...I'm worry about my mum...I worry my mum can't celebrate the event with me...

I need my mum, I have many things to do with her, I haven't have chance to bring her for oversea vacation, I haven't finished share all my stories, I yet learn all the delicious cooking from her, I wish I have the chance to cook for her... There are so many things, hundred things, thousand things I haven't done for her yet... The most important, I can't picture my life without her. While I'm writing, again I can't stop my tears from dropping...

I will continue to pray for her, her health... I hope she will take my advise to take second doctor opinion.. I will request brothers and sisters to pray for her as well....I do hope God hear my prayer and send an angle to my mum...

My mum has been scarified a lot for her family, including me... She haven't had the chance to indulgence herself, to enjoy herself, to pamper herself... I wish I can do all these for her, I want her to pamper herself, I hope she will enjoy whatever she had missed or scarified for us...

Mum, I love you..please be strong and stay for me...

Lunch on Sunday

I woke up early in the morning. Around 7.45am I was out of my bed, heading to the bathroom. Get myself ready for Sunday morning service. I reached the church around 8.35am, I know I was late. After the serviced, I had breakfast with brothers and sisters. We did some catch up, exchanged of info, updated some news...

By 11.30pm, I was heading to my friend's house. I reached there around 12pm, the uncle was still preparing for the lunch... After said Hi to the family members, I snail back to my friend's room to do some other stuffs.

By 2pm, the lunch was ready. I was looking forward, I was wonder, what uncle might prepared.
When I reached the dining room, I saw, that's noodle with ice, some dishes like vege, slices ham, slices mushroom, fried chicken and etc.. And I saw a bowl of soup with ice cube as well... Then I realized, we are having 'cold noodle'...hmmm....interesting, I knew 'cold noodle' from Korea, but I never know that Japan also have 'cold noodle'.

Wah! the cold noodle was nice, delicious, gorgeous... I told the my friend's father in law "Otosan, kore, totemo oishi desu yo" hahah.. I believe Otosan must be very happy to hear the compliment... I had 2 serves, where I shouldn't be... Because I'm on diet plan... I plan to shred a few pounds hahah... But the noodle was too nice, too delicious, where I can't resisted myself for 2nd bowl of noodle...

Regretted I was in the hurry, I forget to bring my camera... Should captured the nice dishes...

Sunday Lunch

I'm looking forward tomorrow lunch. I was invited by my best friend's father in law for lunch tomorrow. At first I was a bit stunt with the invitation, I thought I heard wrongly... Couldn't be her father in law invited me for lunch on Sunday... What made me doubt, because he is Japanese. From my understanding, Japanese don't simply invite a friend, should I be precisely - daughter in law's friend for lunch, and only met me for twice only...

After he mentioned for second time, my doubt gone... Yes, I did hear correctly...hahah.. And he said he will cook for me... I was so touched with it. He said just simple Japanese home cook food... I was so happy to hear that, cause I love home cook food... Therefore, I'm looking forward for it....

Well, I shall go to bed now... and prepare myself to enjoy the Japanese home cook food... Maybe I could 'steal' some recipe from him...hahahaha

Social Dance class

29 Oct 2008 was the first social dancing class for me. I was very excited... From morning i woke up, I had been waiting till finished work, so I can attend the dancing class. The class started at 8 pm, but we reached there earlier, 7.15pm. We registered and paid for the fees, then proceeded for dinner...

We found that's vegetarian shop near the dancing studio... We had a quick dinner then proceeded for the dancing class.

The teacher was an elderly male, he is very friend. I was really amazing with his dancing movements, it was gorgeous, so smooth, nice, elegant....I do hope one day I can become like that.. hahaha... I know, I'm too ambitious...

The first danced class was Latin Cha-cha... It was like awkward to me.... with the steps counting, match with the music, the body movements...Wah! So many things to concern just in 1 dance...
There are around 8 persons in the class. All of us enjoy end of the class....

Can't wait looking forward to the next class... This class will last for 3 months, well, after that I will consider whether I should continue...

However, I need to source for my dancing shoes...hmmm... I still consider what kind of style I shall get hahaha...

star-in-heaven

I love to see stars... I wonder how many billion or should i said how many trillion stars are there in the universal....

Will there any space available for me... am i belong to one of the star !! I wonder