Today, geography came to life! Saya melawat Tasik Tonle Sap, tasik air tawar terbesar di Asia Tenggara! I saw Captain’s Hook sworn enemy which will soon be turned into handbags… One huge crocodile fetches hundreds of (US) dollars. If I remember correctly, Sodi, our tour guide said that a three feet crocodile can be sold at …
Getting ice lolly worth 50 cents at a foreign night market *** The first night at Siem Reap, we walked to the nearby night market. It was vibrant and busy. I was bewildered with the many new things I haven’t seen before; a Cambodian man was singing Psy’s ‘Gangnam Style’ to attract people to buy …
This morning we dropped a friend at Pudu station in the morning and decided to have breakfast in the city. He found nothing interesting in Foursquare and asked my opinion. “Where shall we eat?” “Let’s go to Imbi market! The Hainan tea and toast is really good!” I jovially suggested. He asked a most epic …
I would like to believe that the last adjective to describe me would be lazy. I hated not doing anything useful so much I forced myself to do brainless but important administrative work over the weekend: sort out photos and upload to Flickr, creating inbox zero, organise folders in my laptop, remove old files in …
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The producers at Bella NTV7 called to invite me to their show to make a dish based on barley, I said “Sure!”. Barley is something I occasionally order at kopitiam as it’s a healthier choice. Recently, I like to alternate between chrysanthemum tea, asam limau boi and barley. But making a meal using barley proves to …
Instead of meeting at a restaurant, I invited Mei Wen and Adeline to my place; we had nasi lemak and satay party! It doesn’t necessary take a long time. Nasi lemak can be made in about half an hour, and Mei Wen offered to help with poking and cooking the satay which meat I’ve marinated …
Bedding my books Lazing and reading in bed on a Sunday morning I dedicate my Sunday doing things I like to do for fun: read, write nothing important at all, playing the uke, experiment in the kitchen and dream. Now that I manage to find time to do ‘frivolous’ things, some people ask “why so …
The boy took this photo while I was serenading him on my ukulele.Unfortunately, the sound of the waves muffles my playing and singing of Moon River. Despite that, I’m quite proud to announce that I manage to learn to play the uke and this song under 20 hours (Read: Learning the ukulele in 20 hours). …
Current obsession: playing, making and serving homemade satay. Since I’ve learned to make an extremely delicious satay at Le Cordon Bleu, I have been making them at home…and I can’t stop. I’ve made these Thai-style satay three times this week! Today, I made them for my mother who is rather picky about food. She loves …
The Boyfan decided to delay the full medical checkup which was agreed upon months ago. I was adamant that he keep to his words and refused any kind of changes. Seeing that he sincerely asked for renegotiation, I relented. That is when I realize one word means different things to different people… “Is there any …
