1. Adakah anda rasa anda hot?
Tentu sekali! Kadang-kadang boleh kedengaran "sssssssssssssssssssss"
2.Upload gambar kegemaran anda
Semuanya Eddie. Biar saya cari gambo dari dulu-dulu dan scan.
3. Cerita pasal gambar?
N/A
4.Bila kali terakhir makan pizza?
3 minggu yang lalu
5. Lagu terakhir yang anda dengar?
Virtual Insanity - dalam program Singapore Idol semalam. Laki yang nyangi lagu tu sangat bangus. Yang lain semua tak leh pakai.
(Disclaimer- Itu kali pertama saya menonton Singapore Idol)
6. Apa yang anda buat selain menyelesaikan tag ini?
Baring di atas katil (7.25am)
7. Selain nama sendiri anda dipanggil nama apa?
Yes dear. (tak tipu! suami tak panggil saya dear, tapi "yes dear")
8. Tag lagi 6 orang
Maaf kena repeat sebab para pembaca saya terhad.
9. Siapakah orang No.1 pada anda?
Kawan baik sejak sekolah.
10.Kata sesuatu mengenai orang no 5
N/A
11. No.3 ada hubungan dengan siapa?
Hubungan menyusu dengan munchkin.
12. Bagaimana pula orang no.4?
Ini komplikated sikit. Saya tak tau kalau dia ingat, tapi kali pertama kita berjumpa adalah masa kita di Darjah 6 main bola jaring. Masa tu, khemy sekolah lain.
13. Pesanan kepada orang no 6.?
Mulakan blog.
(Grated orange and lemon zest)
| Ingredients |
|---|
| 1 lb (450 g) currants |
| 6 oz (175 g) sultanas |
| 6 oz (175 g) raisins |
| 2 oz (50 g) glacé cherries, rinsed, dried and finely chopped |
| 2 oz (50 g) mixed candied peel, finely chopped |
| 3 tablespoons brandy, plus extra for 'feeding' |
| 8 oz (225 g) plain flour |
| ½ level teaspoon salt |
| ¼ level teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg |
| ½ level teaspoon ground mixed spice |
| 8 oz (225 g) unsalted butter |
| 8 oz (225 g) soft brown sugar |
| 4 large eggs |
| 2 oz (50 g) almonds, chopped (the skins can be left on) |
| 1 level dessertspoon black treacle |
| grated zest 1 lemon |
| grated zest 1 orange |
| 4 oz (110 g) whole blanched almonds (only if you don't intend to ice the cake |
You need to begin this cake the night before you want to bake it. All you do is weigh out the dried fruit and mixed peel, place it in a mixing bowl and mix in the brandy as evenly and thoroughly as possible. Cover the bowl with a clean tea cloth and leave the fruit aside to absorb the brandy for 12 hours.
Next day pre-heat the oven to gas mark 1, 275°F (140°C). Then measure out all the rest of the ingredients, ticking them off to make quite sure they're all there. The treacle will be easier to measure if you remove the lid and place the tin in a small pan of barely simmering water. Now begin the cake by sifting the flour, salt and spices into a large mixing bowl, lifting the sieve up high to give the flour a good airing. Next, in a separate large mixing bowl, whisk the butter and sugar together until it's light, pale and fluffy. Now beat the eggs in a separate bowl and add them to the creamed mixture a tablespoonful at a time; keep the whisk running until all the egg is incorporated. If you add the eggs slowly by degrees like this the mixture won't curdle. If it does, don't worry, any cake full of such beautiful things can't fail to taste good!
When all the egg has been added, fold in the flour and spices, using gentle, folding movements and not beating at all (this is to keep all that precious air in). Now fold in the fruit, peel, chopped nuts and treacle and finally the grated lemon and orange zests. Next, using a large kitchen spoon, transfer the cake mixture into the prepared tin, spread it out evenly with the back of a spoon and, if you don't intend to ice the cake, lightly drop the whole blanched almonds in circles or squares all over the surface. Finally cover the top of the cake with a double square of silicone paper with a 50p-size hole in the centre (this gives extra protection during the long slow cooking).
Bake the cake on the lowest shelf of the oven for 4½-4¾ hours. Sometimes it can take up to ½-¾ hour longer than this, but in any case don't look till at least 4 hours have passed. Cool the cake for 30 minutes in the tin, then remove it to a wire rack to finish cooling. When it's cold 'feed' it – make small holes in the top and base of the cake with a cocktail stick or small skewer, then spoon over a few teaspoons of brandy, wrap it in double silicone paper secured with an elastic band and either wrap again in foil or store in an airtight container. You can now feed it at odd intervals until you need to ice or eat it.
In my first year of living in England, the Accommodation Office assigned me to an apartment with 5 other Thai postgraduate students. I thought it was rather odd, considering that the whole point of studying abroad is to be exposed to a wider spectrum of culture. Well perhaps the Accommodation Office presumed that we Asians like to stick with our own kind. Or perhaps they wanted to protect me from the wilder side of university life.
Do not get me wrong, I loved my Thai housemates. The assortments of Thai food they used to cook were lovely. Of course not all Thai people like spicy food. Only Fai, whose mother is a Cantonese (there are Thai people who are of Chinese descent, mainly Teochew e.g. Thaksin), loved really spicy food. She used to get shipments of yummy ingredients from her mother. She used to cook one type of Thai southern curry which I found vaguely similar to our Penang Assam Laksa. It was so spicy, fishy and extremely pungent when mixed with bamboo shoots. Each time she cooks that dish, she would always offer me a portion of it. Both of us dug in while everyone else complained about the smell in the kitchen.
Since then, I came across that curry once in Phuket when we were experimenting with the Thai written menu. The one I had in this lovely seafood restaurant in Phuket was SO spicy. I do not think I have ever eaten anything that was so spicy that I just could not eat it! People who know me would know about my high spicy tolerance level. In fact I do not know anyone who could eat anything more spicy than I, except for Sig.Ot. Each mouthful of the curry was followed by huge gulps of water plus the cool condiments that were served with that curry dish; cucumbers, long beans etc.
This time round in Samui, I ordered Country Curry with fish. It tastes vaguely similar to the one Fai used to cook, but a tad too sweet to my liking. That was not the bad bit. There was no fish to be found in the curry except for unidentified bits of stuff inside the curry. I swear I have never ever seen anything like that.
Item A
It was not fish stomach, because it was chewy and very “flowery” in appearance. Reminds me of sotong that have been carved to bloom when cooked, but much more complicated patterns.
Item B
This is the bit I could not get over with. They were a bunch of bubbles, like oversized pearls stuck together. Sig.Ot thought that they may have been the insides of the lungs of something, because of those bubbles. I reminded him that this was supposed to be a fish dish and fish don’t have lungs!
Left (Item B) Right (Item A)
Sig.Ot ate those stuff, and I could not bring myself to eat them. They looked way too gross (some may disagree due to the horseshoe tick eggs!). In the end, I did bring myself to try the bubbles. Sig.Ot described the texture to be similar with the horsecrab eggs; chewy. We decided that the bunch of bubbles were perhaps the eggs of a giant fish. Must be one hell of a fish because they taste nothing like my favourite salmon roe, and I doubt these eggs, if they are indeed eggs, will ever feature in a fine dining menu.
Each trip to Samui is not complete without a trip to our favorite seafood restaurant on Bangpo beach. It is a local joint which we stumbled upon 4 years ago. Our restaurant choices are usually based on the 'local' factor. Obviously the more locals there are, the better it should be in terms of authenticity and price. The restaurant which we still do not know of the name, is on Bangpo beach and there is nothing fancy about it except for the superb priceless view. The restaurant consists of simple attap roofs and they used to make tables out of old doors! I am not joking.
It has various settings for type of food, temperature and volume. Very intelligent indeed.TAG 2
1. Apakah perasaan anda sekarang? Saya terasa lapar
2. Saya nak makan? Assam laksa!!!
3. Saya tak suka? Orang yang tidak beradab, khasnya laki yang tak buka/pegang pintu untuk perempuan mengandung / dgn anak-anak
4. Impian saya? Kereta saya ada pembesar suara:- "Boleh matikah kalau bagi saya lalu dahulu???!!!" / "Jangan ingat u pemandu jantan saya akan takut pada u. Saya tau bertinju ala thai" / "Saya tangkap gambar kereta kau dan paparkan di laman web saya!!!" Tapi masalahnya, mereka tak kan paham bahasa melayu lah...
5. Haiwan yang saya tak suka? Kuching!
6. Saya harapkan? 2 lelaki sial kurang ajar yang berkulit gelap dengan nombor kereta johor yang menghalang kereta saya tengah hari ini, akan terkentut sambil terberak semasa mengurat perempuan malam ini. Lepas tu bila mereka pergi tandas, takde kertas tandas ataupun paip air.
7. Jika boleh putarkan masa? Saya akan mengulangi semua yang telah saya lakukan sekali lagi.
8. Saya pada 10 tahun akan datang? Berehat di sebuah rumah pantai di Thailand bila-bila saja saya teringin melapangkan hati.
9. Handphone saya adalah sebuah? Sudah HILANG!!!!
10. Saya pernah bercinta sebanyak? Alamak, kan dah cakap. Hanya sekali.
11. Kawan-kawan saya? Berbagai-bagai.
12. Pernah dikhianati? Belum lagi, harap-harap tidak akan dikhianati.
13. Apa yang hendak anda lakukan terhadap orang yang mengkhianati anda? Rasanya saya akan menyumpah orang tu. Kalaunya laki, biasanya sumpah tu berkaitan dengan zakarnya dan penyakit kelamin. Kalau pompuan, hmmmnnn... biar saya pikir
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Red Velvet Cupcakes:
2 1/2 cups (250 grams) sifted cake flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons (15 grams) Dutch-processed cocoa powder
1/2 cup (113 grams) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 1/2 cups (300 grams) granulated white sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 cup (240 ml) buttermilk (I personally find vinegar better than lemon juice)
2 tablespoons liquid red food coloring
1 teaspoon white distilled vinegar
1 teaspoon baking soda (please note baking soda, not powder!!! i made this mistake few weeks ago. it still turned out alright)
Cream Cheese Frosting:
4 ounces (113 grams) cream cheese, room temperature (i didn't bother with the rest, only cream cheese and some lemon juice)
(And the writing in yellow is simply because I ran out of other colors, and the icing ran)
4 ounces (113 grams) Mascarpone cheese, room temperature
1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup (60 grams) confectioners' (icing or powdered) sugar, sifted
3/4 (180 ml) cup heavy whipping cream
Saya telah dicabar oleh Khemy untuk melengkapkan tag yang berikut:-
TAG 1
1. Bekas kekasih saya adalah : Tiada sebab saya suci. Suami saya adalah kekasih saya yang hanya satu.
2. Saya sedang mendengar : Bunyi penyaman udara dalam bilik tidur.
3. Mungkin saya patut: Pergi tandas sebab sakit perut.
4. Saya suka : Berpacaran dengan suami saya setiap hari Jumaat
5. Sahabat-sahabat baik saya : sesiapa yang sudi membaca blog saya, rasanya 3 orang kut.
6. Saya tak paham : cara orang Singapura memandu kereta
7. Saya kehilangan : N85 saya semasa membeli belah di Robinson.
8. Ramai yang berkata : tak sangka saya kahwin dan beranak
9. Makna nama saya : sentiasa muda
10. Cinta itu adalah : untuk remaja-remaja yang gilakan NKOTB, ryan giggs, keanu riggs dll
11. Di suatu tempat, seseorang sedang : cuba meluahkan hati kepada kekasihnya, "Masalahnya bukan anda, tapi saya."
13. Ayat SELAMANYA membawa maksud : kesan-kesan regang perut yang tidak akan pudar
14. Telefon bimbit saya : sudah hilang!!!! (2 bulan yang lalu)
16. Saya paling meluat apabila : berdepan degan orang yang kurang ajar.
17. Pesta/Parti adalah : apabila saya berumur 20han dan menari di atas meja di Rohas Perkasa
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Grease a deep 18cm/7in round tin, and line the base with greaseproof paper.
2. Put the flour, baking powder, sugar, butter and eggs into a large bowl and beat with an electric mixer on slow speed until everything is mixed together. Increase the speed and whisk for 2 minutes. Stir in the milk. I thought this step was a joke. What's with all the creaming stage we've learnt from baking 101???
3. Spoon the mixture into the tin and level the top, bake for 50-60 minutes, or until the centre of the cake springs back when lightly pressed, and the mixture is starting to come away from the sides of the tin. To avoid dome-like appearance, I should've separated batter into 2 separate tins. Domes are so amateurish!
4. Leave the cake in the tin for 5 minutes, then turn out on to a wire rack and leave to cool before decorating. This cake keeps in an airtight tin for 2-3 days.
5. To decorate, split into three layers.
6. Beat the cheese until soft, then beat in the lime zest, juice and icing sugar. Sandwich the cake back together with two thirds of the cheese mixture, and spread the rest on the top.
7. Arrange the blueberries in tight circles around the top of the cake, starting in the centre. Keeps for one day in the fridge. I left it under the aircon for few hours and ate it.
Children are brutally honest. Yesterday I baked red velvet muffins, topped with mascarpone cream cheese. They were very delicious, at least in my opinion. I usually bake muffins in a batch of precious 12. So for each muffin I give out, I first contemplate the recipient before deciding whether he/she is muffin worthy.
udacity, but he is only 3 years old.
IPOH: Firefly, which billed itself as “your community airline”, will take off from Ipoh to Singapore route starting July 12.
The all-inclusive promotional fare is RM88 one way, going up to RM300 depending on the time of booking.
FlyFirefly Sdn Bhd managing director Eddy Leong said the route would “open up Ipoh to the world.”
The one-hour-and-20 minute flight will be available on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays It departs here at 4.45pm, arriving at the Changi budget terminal at 6.05pm.
From Singapore, the new 72-seater aircraft takes off at 2.50pm and lands at the Sultan Azlan Shah airport here at 4.10pm.
”We have been in discussion with the Perak government since 2007 to provide accessibility to exploit the untapped and hidden treasures of Perak,” Leong said after a briefing with the state, tour agents and hotel operators at the state secretariat here Monday.
He said Firefly would provide free refreshments and snacks, assigned seats and free 20kg baggage allowance for check-in baggage.
To a question, Leong said Singapore was the only destination from Ipoh for now, but added that one possibility was an Ipoh to KLIA route in the future.
The RM88 promotion is available for booking (www.fireflyz.com.my or call 03-7845 4543) from now until Oct 24.
Other Singapore destinations that Firefly would be flying are Subang (July 1), Kuala Terengganu (July 14), Kuantan (July 22) and Malacca (Sept 1).
By Sam Greenhill, Julie Moult and Luke Salkeld
Last updated at 1:46 PM on 03rd June 2009
Tragic five-year-old Sam Puttick's website has been flooded with messages of sympathy after his parents leapt off Beachy Head clutching his body.
Hundreds of stunned parents from around the world have posted comments, many of whom have lost children themselves.
Sam's parents Neil and Kazumi Puttick committed suicide consumed with grief after their little boy - who was crippled since a car crash in 2005 - died of meningitis last week.
The cheery youngster was their world, and the devoted couple simply could not bear to live without him.
Sam Puttick before he was paralysed from the neck down after he was hit by a car and, right, after returning home from hospital following the accident
Sam was just 18 months old when he was the victim of a car crash which left him paralysed from the neck down and confined to a wheelchair.
Mr and Mrs Puttick gave up their careers to devote themselves to the care of their fragile little boy.But last week Sam lost a brief battle against pneumococcal meningitis, contracting the disease on Tuesday and dying peacefully at home on Friday evening, with his devastated father, 34, and Japanese-born mother, 44, at his bedside.
They simply could not face life without him and, last Saturday, left an 'extremely emotional' typewritten note and drove 150 miles to the East Sussex cliffs and flung themselves to their death.
By lunchtime today there were almost 500 heartfelt messages of condolence on Stuff4Sam, the website set up by his parents after the car crash left him a quadriplegic when he was only 16 months old.
Family friend Hugh Huddy said: 'They were an amazing family and we are so devastated by the news. The response to the Stuff4Sam website has been incredible.
'The number of posts that have come in from fathers and mothers and parents of children who have lost their children, and who wanted to share their condolences, has totally stunned us.'
An update on the website reads: 'Thank you all for your overwhelming love and support, all your kind words are greatly appreciated. People always say how messages of support are a comfort and they truly are.
'Many of you have also asked where you can make donations and we know of no better place than Spinal Research. We will update the site in due course with details of how we wish to remember the Puttick family.'
Sam, pictured with mother Kazumi, 44, and father Neil, 34, was discharged from hospital and died at home after contracting meningitis
Sam, whose brain worked normally despite his body being confined to a wheelchair, was the 'happiest boy in the world', according to his parents who were immensely proud of his bravery.
He always wore a smile on his face and they were optimistic that a 'miracle' scientific breakthrough would one day allow Sam to walk again.
In the meantime, they used Stuff4Sam to raise money for their little boy and keep him cheerful. A 'Hi Sam!' page on his website featured dozens of friends and supporters posing in pictures of themselves wherever they travelled, holding the greeting on a piece of paper.
The cheery five-year-old was physically disabled but there was nothing wrong with his brain, and he derived enormous pleasure from seeing his name in all the pictures.
The 'Hi Sam' photographs were snapped in places including the Arctic, Antarctica, Afghanistan, Borneo and Newfoundland.
Another part of the site is dedicated to the legions of Sam's fans who rowed, ran and cycled to raise ?30,000 to buy him special equipment to stimulate and help him develop. The website also has links to the Christopher Reeve Foundation.
In a post in 2006, Mr Puttick explained: 'Ever since the injury last year we have been trying to get Sam assessed to use a Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) bicycle.
'It was pioneered in America with Christopher Reeve and his physician Dr McDonald and basically stimulates Sam's legs with electric currents to rotate the cycle legs and provide Sam with the only "exercise" he will be able to get. Basically no child in the UK does this and in America there are only a handful.'
The Puttick family home in Brokerswood, above and below, was specially adapted to meet Sam's care needs
In another post, Sam's father wrote: 'Sam is quadriplegic and can't breathe as a result of the car accident. He was a normal, healthy, active boy before but because of someone's careless driving, he is now as he is.
'We are so very proud of how he has survived, who he now is and how he continues to smile and be so damn strong in spite of everything. He is simply amazing.'
A friend of the Putticks, Alex Knott, wrote a few months ago: 'Most importantly Sam is living life to the full. He has grown into a happy, intelligent, strong three-and-a-half-year-old that has survived a devastating injury and is amongst the few people in the world that are truly extraordinary.'
Sam's little body was found in a zipped-up rucksack alongside his parents' bodies.
A second rucksack nearby was filled with his toys.
Yesterday, as police said the couple had committed suicide consumed with grief, horrified friends told the unbearably sad story of how the family's once-perfect life was torn apart.
After meeting at university in the UK and marrying 12 years ago, Mr and Mrs Puttick moved into a cottage in the chocolate-box village of Bratton in Wiltshire.
With a trout stream flowing through the back gardens, the row of cottages was once named by a national newspaper as one of the most idyllic places to live in Britain.
A neighbour said: 'They were the perfect neighbours, they really were. They were deeply in love with each other and when Sam came along, they lived for him. When he was born they were so happy and brought cookies round to all the neighbours.
'Neil used to walk around the garden showing Sam the wild ducks and rabbits. Sam was such a sweetheart and he loved it. He was so cute, he used to giggle with delight, and never seemed to cry.
'I never once heard them have an argument either. They did everything together. They loved the garden and spent years doing up their house, converting the loft, to make it the perfect family home.
This people carrier was towed away from the scene
'Neil was caring, calm, gentle and loving, and his voice was soft. He used to work long hours in London but came home every night at 7pm to his family. Kazumi was petite and shy, but utterly devoted to Neil and Sam.
'She used to take him to mother-and-toddler singing sessions at the church. If you could imagine bottling up the perfect, dream marriage, that was what they had.'
Then one day in 2005, their lives were shattered in a split second. Mrs Puttick, who worked as a Japanese translator at the Honda plant in Swindon, was driving Sam through the Somerset lanes to visit friends when a Volvo coming the other way careered into their path.
According to one report, the Volvo driver was distracted by her dogs in the back.
In the resulting smash, Mrs Puttick broke her legs and her pelvis, while her son suffered devastating injuries.
Two passing doctors, both anaesthetists, stopped to help, bringing Sam back from the brink of death twice.
Sue Capon, centre, who runs a park near the Puttick's home, is consoled by two colleagues as they place flowers outside the house
But he had a catastrophic spinal injury akin to the one that paralysed Superman actor Christopher Reeve, and then contracted MRSA while being treated in hospital.
The family moved from their cottage, which is down a narrow sloped path, to a more suitable house seven miles away, the ?1m Wishing Well Farm, in the village of Brokerswood.
They fitted it out with a hospital suite and physiotherapy equipment using insurance money, Mr Puttick gave up his job working for a charity in London and a small army of carers was hired to work shifts around the clock.
Sam was unable to breathe by himself and was fed with oxygen but had a specially adapted wheelchair that he steered by blowing through an air tube. Although he was physically disabled, there was nothing wrong with his brain.
One charity site devoted to the cheery youngster even featured a 'Hi Sam' page on which supporters posted pictures of them greeting him, from Antarctica and Afghanistan to Borneo and Newfoundland.
A video of Sam playing a Lego computer game was also posted on the internet just three weeks ago.
The toddler's infectious smile appears in a series of heartbreaking family photos.
One shows him window shopping with his mother, and in another his proud parents flank his wheelchair with all three grinning.
The bodies of Neil, Kazumi and Sam Puttick are taken away after being found at the bottom of cliffs at Beachy Head, Sussex
Sue Capon, 51, whose home in Brokerswood Country Park is opposite the Putticks' house, said: 'They were totally, totally devoted to Sam, who was adorable. Sam would often come over to the park in his wheelchair.
'He was a very happy child despite everything. His favourite thing would be to come and eat chocolate cake in our cafe.'
She added: 'I can only assume that losing Sam was just too much for them. All of us here are just shattered. We feel very honoured that we were friends with them.'
Another neighbour, Sue Hawkins, 41, said: 'Sam would visit our orphaned lambs and he used to name them, bless him. His parents adored Sam and he was all they ever talked about.'
A spokesman for the Bath and North East Somerset NHS Trust said: 'Samuel Puttick had been receiving treatment for pneumococcal meningitis at the Paediatric Intensive Children's Unit at Bristol Royal Hospital for Children.
'When it became clear that Sam had no hope of recovery from his severe infection, he was discharged to his family home on Friday, May 29, at his parents request to die peacefully.
Rescue services at the scene recovered the three bodies, including Sam's found inside a rucksack
'He was certified dead at his home by a doctor at approximately 8pm that evening. We offer our sincere condolences to the relatives and friends of this family.'
Mr Puttick, from Frome in Somerset, has elderly parents whom police were yesterday believed to be trying to reach on holiday abroad.
Detective Inspector Ian Williams, of Sussex Police, said: 'I am satisfied that Samuel's grieving parents Neil and Kazumi appear to have taken their own lives. This is a tragic incident and we extend our sympathies to their family and to the large number of friends and carers affected.'
The 600ft cliffs are popular with walkers - but are also a notorious suicide spot
A spokesman for Dover Coastguard said: 'It is really horrific and incredibly sad. In my four years with the Coastguard, I have never known anything like this.'
On Monday forensic experts were lowered by a helicopter winch to examine the scene, before the bodies were taken up on Coastguard stretchers.
A recovery truck towed away the family's caravanette away.
The suicide spot lies close to Belle Tout lighthouse. The clifftop at Beachy Head is lined by small crosses placed where others have fallen or jumped.
In 1997 a man took his children, aged three and nine months, over the cliffs to their deaths after he had attacked his wife.
In 1990, Elizabeth Kentish drove her two children over the cliffs.
The body of her daughter Emma, two, was found strapped in the car. Her other daughter, five-year-old Kate, was found in the sea.
