Today is really freezing in the office. Even my seat is cold. Most of the time, my table is the warmest or at room temperature. Our office seatings is open concept so everyone eats together, including the managers. In the middle and near the main entrance, that's the coldest area. I think people can cool a Coke naturally... but then again it will be too cold to drink.
My spot in at the other corner of the office and there's no centralized air-con on near me. It's a window seat so I get the daily sunshine during the dry season and closest to the lightings and thunders during the raining season. Today it's so cold that I had to make Milo every one or two hours. No more coffee for me or I'll end up a owl during the night.
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
First try in making spring roll
This few days keeps raining and is quite cold at home during the nights. There was a heavy pour yesterday evening and I was soaking wet by the time I reached home. After shower, I took some vitamins so I don't catch cold or fall sick the next day.
With the cold weather, I felt hungry so I ended up making my very first spring roll. The peeling and slicing were no fun. I had to chop lots onions because my mom put that in, as I recalled. Then slicing the carrots, bean curd and sweet turnip (sengkuang). Since I don't cook everyday, so it took me a few minutes to get everything prepared and down to the wok for a stir fried.
Everyone I know normally cook the ingredients separately. The way people usually eats is scope some of each ingredients and put in the spring roll wrapper. Me, I'm just too lazy to do this so I put everything in the wok and cook them together for few minutes. Then I just put the ingredients into the wrap one by one until everything finished.
I ate 2 and some kept in the fridge. It tasted similar likes my mom's but I accidentally put in too much pepper. Arrggh... I can feel the spice in my mouth after eating the spring roll. This weekend I'm going to make again...with less peppers, of course.
Recently, I have learnt to be more patience and relax. Cooking definitely require both because the dish needs to go through all the steps before I can eat, no shortcut. I'm more relax too because I only focus on task in front of me. Sugar is my tester and so far OK. I just have to make sure he's 'alive' after eating my food.
With the cold weather, I felt hungry so I ended up making my very first spring roll. The peeling and slicing were no fun. I had to chop lots onions because my mom put that in, as I recalled. Then slicing the carrots, bean curd and sweet turnip (sengkuang). Since I don't cook everyday, so it took me a few minutes to get everything prepared and down to the wok for a stir fried.
Everyone I know normally cook the ingredients separately. The way people usually eats is scope some of each ingredients and put in the spring roll wrapper. Me, I'm just too lazy to do this so I put everything in the wok and cook them together for few minutes. Then I just put the ingredients into the wrap one by one until everything finished.
I ate 2 and some kept in the fridge. It tasted similar likes my mom's but I accidentally put in too much pepper. Arrggh... I can feel the spice in my mouth after eating the spring roll. This weekend I'm going to make again...with less peppers, of course.
Recently, I have learnt to be more patience and relax. Cooking definitely require both because the dish needs to go through all the steps before I can eat, no shortcut. I'm more relax too because I only focus on task in front of me. Sugar is my tester and so far OK. I just have to make sure he's 'alive' after eating my food.
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Selamat Hari Raya
I hope is not too late to wish all my friends Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Maaf Zahir Batin. Raya started last week and like usual, there are a lot of delicious food. It's all about food and traditional cooking. I'm happy to see that all my friends are still visiting each other and we get to eat a lot. Some of my Chinese friends can't take the spicy but they still love it. I guess all the makcik makcik are happy that their food were the main topic. With my family visiting and Hari Raya, now I have to start focus on loosing weight again before we celebrate Christmas follow by Chinese New Year. I bet all the slimming centers are busy now.
Friendship or Love
This video is just so funny and I got it from my dad. I'm amaze that at over 70+ my dad is very internet savvy. He normally google or go to youtube for his favourite songs... well, oldies or ever-green songs.
This video is about a friendship between a dog and a dolphin, taken from a movie. I wonder why I've never seen this movie before. The dog is just so adorable and the dolphin is so smart.
This video is about a friendship between a dog and a dolphin, taken from a movie. I wonder why I've never seen this movie before. The dog is just so adorable and the dolphin is so smart.