Thursday 28 February 2008

地震

昨天大约12:56 凌晨,发生了4.7 度的地震!
第一次感应真的地震,好恐怖哦!

还好没什么大碍。。。

First time experienced the real earthquake, it was really scary! It happened last night at around12:56am and it was rated as 4.7!

Luckily nothing serious happened....

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Thursday 21 February 2008

椰酱饭 *Nasi Lemak/Rice with Coconut Milk

Well, this is a special delicacy from Malaysia. Basically Malaysians love to have Nasi Lemak at all time: morning, lunch or branch, dinner and even as supper. I learn this recipe from a Malay neighbour, who runs a Nasi Lemak restorant. The way of cooking this Kelantanist version of Nasi Lemak might be a bit different from those you could find in KL or other places. Try it! It smells really good and the taste is always thumb up if you are having it with 'Sambal'!




煮椰酱饭的食材:
椰浆...... 适量(当然越多越香,但小心胆固醇)
Pandan 叶..... 2 片
姜................... 1 块 (大概 3' X 3')
米................... 适量 (2-3人吃的分量)

煮椰酱饭的做法:
1. 洗米,然后椰浆和水的比率因人而异,最终要是分量一定要和平常的煮米水一样多。
2. 把pandan 叶卷起来,然后打死结。
3. 姜去皮切片。
4. 把(2) 和 (3) 放到饭锅里和米、水和叶浆一起煮至饭熟为止。


炸鸡的食材:
黄姜粉..... 适量
盐...........适量
咖哩叶..... 适量
油...........大量
鸡.......... 1/2 只

炸鸡的做法:
1. 鸡切块,腌上盐、黄姜粉及咖哩叶。能腌上半天最好。
2. 热油后先用大火炸鸡块,这样先让外皮比里面的肉快熟,再转小火。这样就可以保留鸡肉的甜味。所以我建议鸡肉切大片一些。炸至鸡肉熟了即可。


Sambal 的食材:
江鱼仔...... 1 大碗(去头,去内脏)
大葱.......... 1/2-1 粒(切片)
蒜米.......... 1 汤匙
葱泥.......... 1 汤匙
番茄酱...... 1/2 汤匙
辣椒酱...... 1 汤匙(巴刹里通常卖搅好了的辣椒干酱)
酸梅酱...... 1/2 汤匙
姜蓉.......... 1/4 汤匙
鸡精粉...... 适量
食油.......... 适量
盐.............. 适量
清水.......... 适量

Sambal 的做法:
1. 先炸江鱼仔(别炸得太干).。炸好了取出待用。
2. 再起锅,先爆香姜,后蒜米,再爆香小葱。
3. 加入大葱先炒,再加入番茄酱、酸梅酱及辣椒酱,再加少许水。
4. 把炸好了的江鱼仔放到锅里炒一炒,加入盐及鸡精粉,然后翻两翻即可。

懒人Sambal做法:
1.开YEO's sambal 罐头, 备用。
2.先把一碗的江鱼仔炒香,再炒大葱(切丝), 再把YEO's sambal酱加入一起炒。
3.加入一汤匙的蚝油、一汤匙maggie辣椒酱、一汤匙番茄酱、少许糖。
4.煮匀后可即用。

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Ingredients for cooking nasi lemak - the rice:
coconut milk
2 pandan leaf
ginger in the size of 3'X3'
rice

Directions to cook nasi lemak:
1. Cook the rice with coconut milk.
2. Roll up the pandan leaf, then tie a knot.
3. Skinned the ginger and cut into thin slices.
4. Add (2) and (3) to the rice cooker and cook with the rice.


Ingredients for fried chicken:
ginger powder (the yellow one)
salt
curry leaf
1/2 chicken

Directions for cooking fried chicken:
1. Cut chicken into smaller pieces, marinate with ginger powder, salt and curry leafs. It is recommended to marinate for at least half a day.
2. Heat plenty of oil, firstly use high-heat to fry the chicken. Once the chicken turn into abit brownish, switch to medium-low heat. This will help to lock the natural taste and moisture in the chicken.


Ingredients for sambal:
1 big bowl enchovis (remove head and internal organs)
1/2-1 sliced onion
1 tbsp finely chopped garlic
1 tbsp fine chopped shallot
1/2 tbsp ketchup
1/2 tbsp chilli sauce
1/2 tbsp plum sauce
1/4 tbsp finely chopped ginger
chicken stock
cooking oil
salt
water

Directions of cooking sambal:
1. Fry enchovis until cooked.
2. Heat the wok again, stir ginger, garlic and shallot until they all turn abit brownish.
3. Add onion to stir, then add ketchup, chilli sauce, plum sauce and abit of water.
4. Add fried enchovis to the wok and stir with other ingredients until everthing is evenly mixed. Add salt and chicken stock to add flavour.

Another simple way to make sambal:
1. Fry anchovis until cooked, then add sliced onion to cook until it is soften.
2. Open and pour YEO's can sambal to stir with (1).
3. Add 1 tbsp of oyster sauce, 1 tbsp of maggie chilli sauce, 1 tbsp of ketchup and abit of sugar.
4. Stir evenly and it is ready to serve.

Sunday 17 February 2008

New Castle (16 Feb 08)

Gateshead Millenium Bridge was built across River Tyne. The total value spending to build this bridge is 22 millions pounds sterling. This bridge has a 'shark jaw' that could open to allow cruises and ships to go through. It takes about 5 minutes to open up to 40 degree, sometimes wind speed may slow down the process.





On our way crossing the bridge.



The one at the far end of this photo is Tyne Bridge.



Behind me is Sage Gateshead. It is a centre for musical education, performance and conference.









St.Andrew Church






Street performance.



Grey's Monument stands in the town centre. It's about 40m in height.



' Ever Changing' is a street art work.






Arch of China Town in New Castle.



Someone placed a skeleton in the car and park the car beside a busy road. I thought I saw soemething I shouldn't see.... hahaha!!



Discovery Museum in New Castle. Basically it is a science and eduational centre for children. Nothing is atrtactive there.



Behind me is the whole stretch of China Town. It was very quite.....



Saw this statue some where in the town.



'Hi! Could you please show me how to go to this place?'



'What? You ask me to go off? Take this!'



'Yiiaa... '


'...Huu!!' (Haha... that's a series of selfmade stories. We have nothing much to do while loituring on the street! )






Gateshead Millenium Bridge



Tyne Bridge is also built to connect two lands in between River Tyne. Previously it was a stonebridge (year 1270), but then it was washed away by a big flood in 1771. 10 years after that, a new stonebridge was built. After almost a century, then only this bridge turned to be the Swing Bridge that we see today. It was operated in 1876.


Tuesday 12 February 2008

爱,要爱得刚好

基本的经济学有提过,当供应超于需求时,市场上的产品就会出现泛滥的情况,产品也因此跌烂价。

同样的,爱只能给到恰到好。爱得太多,爱会泛滥,爱会失去它可贵的价值。

今天陆续开了两个会议,给这些抄袭作文的学生们一个自辩的机会。其中一个会议来了一位家长。还以为这位家长只会在现场做个旁听,会静静的坐在一个角落给孩子一个精神上的支持。今天,终于给了我一个大开眼界的机会。不懂是不是文化上的差别,我倒是接受不来这位家长在场的表现和反映。很明显的,学生的痛脚给我们抓了个正着,但因为爱女心切,爱蒙住了这位老外爸爸的慧眼。为了辩护及保护自己的女儿,老外爸爸撕破了脸皮, 最后看到的只是一个赤裸裸的丑陋行为。

为了爱她而保护她,也因为爱她而害了她。

她。。。也许永远就学不会怎麽样自己站起来,自己怎么样为自己辩护。有一天当靠山不在了,学习独立也太迟了。

她。。。也许会从此认为真爱就是纵容,盲目的爱从此就成了她的信仰。

她。。。也许会从此认为只有世界亏她,她不会欠这世界。只有她是对的,社会永远是错的。

爱得太少,社会会出现问题;爱得太多,社会也会病。爱,真的不容易给。

给爱被爱,是一种学问。

Monday 11 February 2008

肺腑感言

人生的意义不在于形体上,而是你曾经作了什么。(code恶作剧2吻,植树的旁白)

没办法,最近感觉到自己变更胖了,只有这样才感觉到一丝丝安慰。。。(哈哈哈!)

Friday 8 February 2008

新年。。。还不是这么过!


自己拿假放大假三天,加上礼拜六礼拜日一共有五天。想说新年吗,应该放一放假感应一下新年的气氛。说真的,这几天蹲在家里呆到快要发霉了。还好带了一些工作回家,要不然日子一定很难过。

昨天打了好几通电话回家,还好,今年想回家的心情没比去年来得强。除了家人,也打了及通电话给几位死党,接下来的明天才打吧!每一通电话都打得那么长,一次要打完给全部的家乡朋友,应该不可能吧?

新年除了拜年,还有什么好做的呢?Errrrr.....

两天没回去office, mailbox就快要爆了!每天单单回email 都快花掉我半天的时间,妈呀,虽然放大假,但我想还是把mailbox 里的emails 处理完吧!要不然拜一回去工作的时候就有我好受!
明天该做些什么好呢?该去那里散散心呢?

睡醒了才决定吧!