It's been awhile.

Yes, it has been awhile since I updated my blog and I have only myself to blame. Maybe I'll write about it in my next blog? This one will be a really short one, please bear with me?

Today is the first time I started cooking again after I had a little accident. Can't do any heavy work after that. Well, not that cooking is a heavy job but I just can't do it or maybe I'm just plain lazy? Okay, back to cooking...so, I decided to make Swedish meatballs as it needs the least preparation work and with the help of my angels it was a success!



These meatballs are made from 3 types of meat, pork, beef and mutton. Add some chopped onion, garlic, 1 egg and breadcrumbs that has been soaked in milk. Season with salt, pepper and all spice. Mixed them all up and shape into balls. Shallow fry them with olive oil till golden brown and served with salad of your choice. Yes, just that easy! Try it!

My Name Is Khan

Long weekend means time for a break? From your usual routines, yes? Maybe not for some? For me....it's a time for a few good movies (if there's any).

Well, I watched a few and yes, there's this movie that I like and I think everyone should go watch it!

...."My Name Is Khan"....

A Bollywood movie by Karan Johar starring Datuk Shahrukh Khan and Kajol. A very emotional movie that touches you in many ways. The writer, Shibani Bathija has evokes emotions and humor from culture and people, with strong overtones of racism and love. I just love this, "...all people are the same, their only difference is 'good' and 'bad'..." And I fully agree!

Hmmm....Najib and Tun M and all you racist people out there MUST watch this movie!

Although Shahrukh may not have acted his best, (hard to imagine a handsome hunk with Asperger's syndrome) I still like him. Kajol is so pretty, such a perfect match! Don't you just love pretty things!

"My name is NOT Khan and I am not a terrorist!"

The Impossible Dream does come true after all.

I haven't been following figure skating as I used to few years ago. That's because Edmund has more or less stopped skating due to interest diversification, time and studies. I've lost touch with most of the events for like since the last winter Olympics in Torino?

Didn't know who are the upcoming skaters and who are the reigning champs. But with the ongoing Winter Olympics Games now showing on Astro it has brought me back to those time when I used to be quite crazy about figure skating. Well I have to admit that I went a bit over board those days! Okay those were the days!

Coming back to present, I must say that things are getting more and more interesting with this sport. Looking at the young girls doing their spins and jumps so effortlessly and confidently, I would say the impossible are not so impossible anymore. Those days doing a double axel or a combination jump of triple double is considered outstanding. Triple axel and quadruple jumps seem IMPOSSIBLE?

Oh, for those of you who are not figure skating fans, an axel jump means to jump up and make a full rotation on air before you land on the ice on one foot. So a double axel means two rotation on air, triple is three and so on.

Now these girls are doing triple axel, and a combination jump of triple triple! And they make them look so easy. Out of this world! I'm sure very soon they will be doing quads jumps just like the men and that will push the men to doing combination of quads and quads? Wow! I can't wait to see that!

So, dreaming the impossible dream is not a crazy thing to do after all. My hats off to all the winners who have done so well and those who dare to dream the impossible dream....

Women Gold Medalist Kim Yu Na, 19, South Korea.

Silver Medalist Mao Asada, 19, Japan.

Bronze Medalist Joannie Rochette, 24, Canada.

Men Gold Medalist Evan Lysacek, USA.

Evgeni Plushenko, silver medalist, Russia.

Daisuke Takahashi, bronze medalist, Japan.




And...???



Oops! Wrong click...it's Edmund :P

Cheers!

I Know What You Did Last Summer...You Know What I Did This Spring???.

Chinese New Year is a time we, Chinese people celebrate the arrival of spring...the beginning of a new cycle of another year.

Well, this is what I did this early spring...

Eat...

Eat and eat...

Of course, lou sang is a must! Tossing the Chinese colourful raw fish salad, also known as the 'Wishing Salad' to me.

Catching up with family & friends....

also....er few gaming sessions (is there such a word, gaming?)

watched a few movies...just for laugh

This is funny...

This is even funnier...

and sleep....zzzz

Gong Xi Fa Cai! Happy Tiger Year!

Firstly, I'd like to wish everyone who celebrates this New Year of The Tiger a year filled with all the best things you'd wished for! And of course that goes to me as well!

This year is almost the same as any other year except that I need not "Balik Kampung" (going back hometown). My mom came to KL for a change.

And...what else? An extremely high possibility of committing one of the seven sins, 'gluttony' (as my friend quoted...). Yes, FOOD MARATHON! Starting from New Year's eve till....I wonder if there's an end?

I tried something different this new year eve, I prepared the 'Poon Choi' or 'Pen Chai'. Direct translation means 'Basin Vegetable'. Some called it 'The Big Bowl Feast' or 'Basin Feast'.

Okay, a little bit about 'Poon Choi'...it's a traditional Hakka dish served on special occasions and festive season. It's a combination of several dishes (about 6 - 8 types of food, could be more) being cooked separately and then laid out layer by layer in a single bowl. That's why you need a very big bowl! Right, if you want to know more read here.

There is no actual ingredient or way to prepare Poon Choi. Just follow your own needs and creation.

And this is Poon Choi my way...


First layer
- Chinese cabbage stir fried with dried shrimp.











2nd layer

- Braised gluten puff with roast pork









3rd layer

- smooth steamed white chicken











4th layer
- roast duck








5th layer

- braised black moss (fatt choy) with dried oysters and scallops









6th layer
- braised chinese mushroom in special sauce.









7th layer

- prawns, steamed with ginger, garlic and chinese wine.








8th layer

- the main ingredient of the day, abalone!
braised in special sauce.

This is the final outlook of my 8 layers Poon Choi (Fatt Choy Poon Choi)!

And how you eat it? Just dig in and enjoy!

yumm.....

Did I Miss Something?

The Golden Globe Award 2010.

I watched it recently and as usual I was dazzled by all the beautiful people and their gorgeous attires. It is event like this that almost always send a girl dreaming away!

All those dashing guys...young and old. The young ones are so handsome and fit while the older ones are just so MAN! Damn men!

Not to mention the gorgeous lovely ladies and their gowns...fuyoh! So beautiful, sexy, hot even as they aged so elegantly! My my, how did they do that?

I'll let the photos do a bit of the talking here...feast your eyes!

Aaww...that's all folks! If you want to see more, google it? But did you notice something? The ladies? They are so elegantly dressed but none of them (above) has got a necklace on? In fact most of the stars did not have one on during that evening. Earrings, rings, bangles, bracelets but not necklaces. Has it got anything to do with fashion? Is it the in-thing? Or does wearing a necklace make your dress look any less? And all these years I thought jewellery and accessories are a must to go with your lovely dress, no? Or did I miss something?

Well, what do I know...