Live Today for Tomorrow

舍得，我的人生座右铭。。。

2011-11-06T13:34:00.007+08:00

一个月前，我离开了一个我呆了七年的地方。一分工作，做了七年，尽管你不怎么喜欢它，它毕竟占据了你大部份的时间。所以，离开时是不舍的。

不舍得交了很多年的朋友们，不舍得那个舒适的工作环境，不舍得那个我天天享受美味早餐的cafeteria，不舍得那个coffee machine, 很多个不舍得。胡须佬在我从美国回来后，送了我一张从一个残缺人士买回来的对联，里面只写了两个字。他说这两个字carry着很重大的意义，“舍得”。。。。。。

“舍得”。。。。有舍，才有得。我开始了第一步，就是离开我的comfort zone, “舍”了那份可以给我安定生活的工作，哪来的勇气，我也不懂。跨了这个第一步，将来会“得”到什么，没有人会知道。我也没有全盘的计划，只是希望可以做我喜欢做的事，没有遗憾的。。。

离开一个月了。。。这一个月里面，发生了几个“人生第一次”，所以是我心情起伏最大的一个月。

第一次，我离开了我熟悉的工作岗位。

第一次，我结婚了。唯一的一次。

第一次，我开始了自己小小的生意。

舍得，是好的。舍去了一些，才有机会得到另一些。。。像我曾经写过的一段blog,

“How many times we roll the dice in our life? When we "roll the dice", we are taking a chance, and hoping that we will win. If we dare to still dream, we can reach the sky with our wings."

现在，我慢慢开始知道“舍”了之后“得”到的是什么。

明年三月，朝着梦想前进。台湾，我来了。。。。。

胡须佬娶妻日。。。

2011-10-17T16:13:00.035+08:00

十月十五，多了一个纪念日。

人生第一次为一件事情做了那么多的准备，人生第一次让自己和身边的人都累坏了，人生第一次走红地毯，人生第一次在大庭广众流眼泪，还有从此以后多了一个幽默的爸爸，疼我的妈妈，懂我的老公，伟大的姐姐和很能讲的弟弟。

很多的第一次，所以是值得纪念的日子。

美国回来后，开始筹备婚礼。大大小小的事，都是为了这一天。筹备的过程，并不是这样顺利的，因为我们是什么都要简简单单，可是“华人传统”这四个字真的把我们搞到一个头，两个大。所以我觉得，结过婚的人都可以去当wedding planner了。

现在回想起来，我可以明白为什么人人说要享受筹备的过程和enjoy当天的celebration。做了一年的准备，全部都在两天里面，“pooooooofff" 一声释放完出来。所以当天应该要给自己一个机会做一天的King & Queen。而自己一手包办的婚礼，永远都会印在脑海里，一直playback给自己看。所以，要享受那个过程。

只是，我们所谓的筹备过程，真的是到了last last last minute, 才开始发现这个还没做，那个还没买。几忙。。。。。说要早睡保持最好的状态，结果两个人搞到天天两点才睡。

出嫁日，紧张到不行。在一起八年了，我不知道到底在紧张什么。外面在玩，我在里面走来走去，站来站去。结果听到姐妹说。。。"我Hold不住了！" 。最后，就给他娶走了，几容易。。。。

Wedding lunch....我最担心的就是，当我们在enjoy的同时，是不是可以把每个出席的人都招待得好好的。很久不见的朋友，到来给予祝福，我都会很珍惜。很希望可以和每个人说上几句话，可是真的是很难的事。

现在回想起来，wedding lunch........好像发生了很多对我来说很意想不到的事。。。。有感动的，有很糗的，有哭的，有好笑的。这些都不在我的wedding flow里面，可是就是有那29桌的人，我们才有这些种种的情绪在里头。虽然糗，可是在别人心里应该是好笑的。虽然哭，可是在别人眼里应该是感动的。我喜欢我们的婚礼。。。。。还有那首 "分分钟需要你"。。

只是，遗憾的地方。。。有三个朋友，我从头到尾都没有看到他们。

现在，大日子过去了。剩下的就是满满的祝福，我们会慢慢的把他们消化掉。。。

Sometimes You Just Gotta Roll the Dice

2011-07-27T12:54:00.005+08:00

"Sometimes you just gotta roll the dice"...Quoted from the movie "Paul".

How many times we roll the dice in our life? When we "roll the dice", we are taking a chance, and hoping that we will win.

If we dare to still dream, we can reach the sky with our wings.

So.......POP THE LOCK!

30。。30。。

2011-07-01T17:04:00.013+08:00

30062011 minus 30061981 and the answer is 30. An awesome 30.......

这个数字，有在怕吗？应该没有吧！年龄数字从1去到2再到3，并不是想象中那么可怕。人在不同阶段的年龄就享有不同的人生特权。问我30岁的特权，我想应该是人家会把我们当女人看，而不是女孩，女生。。。

什么时候开始，别人的小孩一直在叫你aunty aunty的时候，就是你开始享有这个特权了。哈哈！

说30了，自己做过什么大成就，尝过什么特别的人生经验，想来想去，没有啊！

活得并不苦，也不会太好。

工作。。并不喜欢。

午餐的“饭友”时常都讲一大堆的废话让我们笑到不行。

身边有个无话不谈的胡须佬，天天让我过得开心。

有个又美又笨的朋友，天天让我给她讲很多人生大道理，可是就还是有点笨。

所谓的人生经验，应该就是以上这些，没有了。。。

说我爱现在的生活吗？爱呀！是离我想要的还很远，可是我有在学习把很难达到的拿掉。以前很贪心，现在。。。我应该是变了！这两年，可以说是过着比较不简单的生活。在美国的几个月，日常作息完全改变，是新的尝试。而美国的生活对我最大的影响就是，让我的身体和脸上长出了多余的肉，肥了！所以现在我在学习“自我感觉良好”这门学问。现在的生活，我觉得。。。是够的，开心就够了。。。

2012就来，埋怨也只是多余的。

我相信2012的预言，可是我没有在怕。我时常告诉身边的朋友，吃好一点的，不然预言发生了有很多钱也没有用。朋友说，如果把钱花光了，可是预言不准怎么办。我说再赚过。。。。可是，如果真的这样，我应该会很后悔把钱花光。所以，30岁的女人，还有一个“特权”就是时常把“后悔”挂在嘴边。。。

Cheddar Cheese Bread for Cheese Lover

2011-02-26T17:31:00.008+08:00

I love cheese, I love bread that is made with or served with cheese. I love the outcome, the bread has a soft yet crunchy crust, and I like it when it is hot.

Ingredients (The ingredients produce 2 huge loaves of bread, consider cutting the recipe in half for 1 loaf):

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6 1/2 to 7 1/2 cups flour, unsifted

5 tsp active dry yeast

1 1/2 tsp sugar

4 tsp salt

1 cup plain yogurt

2 1/2 tbsp butter

1/2 cup water

6 eggs, room temperature

1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded

1 egg (to brush over loaves)

1 tbsp milk

Instructions:

1. Combine 1 1/2 cups flour, yeast, sugar and salt in the bowl of electric stand mixer.

2. Combine yogurt, butter and water in a microwavable bowl. Cook on HIGH power until butter melts, about 1 minute. Cool slightly.

3. Slowly add the yogurt mixture to dry ingredients, beat for 2 minutes at medium speed.

4. Add 6 eggs, 1/2 cup cheese and 1 cup flour. Beat for 2 minutes at high speed.

5. Add as much flour as needed to make a stiff dough.

6. Turn onto a floured surface and knead until dough is smooth and elastic, about 8 to 10 minutes.

7. Place dough into a greased bowl, turning it once to grease top.

8. Cover, let rise until double in bulk, about 1 hour.

9. Punch dough down, divide into two equal pieces. Pat dough to form round loaves. Place on greased baking sheets, cover, let rise until double in bulk, about 1 hour.

10. Preheat oven to 350 degress F. Beat remaining egg with milk, brush over loaves. Top with remaining cheese and bake until loaves are golden, about 30 minutes.

11. Remove from oven and cool on wire racks.

Add the yogurt mixture to dry ingredients.

The dough rise to double in bulk.

Ahhhh..that's my fingers.

I like the result....

A Date with Rugelach

2010-11-29T21:54:00.006+08:00

Rugelach, is a type of Jewish pastry. I call it puff pastry, easier to understand. It is pretty easy to make rugelach, but it does take time as the dough needs to be refrigerated and then rolled out. The dough may be prepared days or weeks ahead of time and frozen; you can also shape the rugelach in advance and refrigerate or freeze them. They can then be baked without thawing.

I am using cream cheese as a base to the dough, and rolled around walnuts and cranberries....So, it is called Cranberry Walnut Puff Pastry...

Ingredients (makes 48 rugelach):

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1 cup butter (2 sticks)

1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, softened (I don't have enough cream cheese, so substitute with some sour cream)

1 tbsp plus 1/2 cup sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon

8 tsp butter, melted

1 cup walnuts, chopped

1 cup cranberries

1 large egg yolk

1 tbsp water

Instructions:

1. In large bowl, with mixer at low speed, beat butter and cream cheese until blended and smooth. Beat in 1 tbsp sugar and vanilla. Beat in flour until blended.

2. Divide dough into 4 equal pieces. Wrap each in waxed paper and refrigerate until firm, at least 2 hours or overnight.

3. Preheat oven to 325 degree Fahrenheit. Line two large cookie sheets with foil; grease foil (I am using non-stick baking mat, so skip this). In small bowl, stir together cinnamon and remaining 1/2 cup sugar.

4. Keeping remaining dough refrigerated, on lightly floured surface, with floured rolling pin, roll 1 piece of chilled dough into 10-inch round. Brush dough with 2 tsp melted butter. Sprinkle a generous 2 tbsp cinnamon-sugar mixture over dough. Sprinkle one-fourth of walnuts and one-fourth of cranberries over top; gently press filling into dough.

5. With pastry wheel or sharp knife, cut dough into 12 wedges. Starting at curved edge, roll up each wedge jelly-rolled fashion. Place, pointed-side down, 1/2 inch apart, on prepared cookie sheets.

6. In cup, stir together egg yolk and water. Lightly brush egg yolk mixture over rugelach.

7. Bake about 40 minutes, until golden. Immediately transfer rugelach to wire racks to cool.

8. Repeat with remaining dough, melted butter, and fillings, one-fourth at a time.

Rugelach ingredients...

The cream cheese based rugelach dough...
Walnuts, cranberries, ground cinnamon and sugar mixture....
Rolled dough, with fillings....
Roll up from the curved edge...
Place 1/2 inch apart, the rugelach will rise to bigger size after baked.
And....this is rugelach....I like them...

轻松的心情写重要的一天。。

2010-09-12T06:55:00.009+08:00

今天是很重要的一天，想说一定要写些东西，酱我就可以记得这一天。。为什么很重要我就不说了，写写我的心情。

老公那里是7.16am，还在睡觉吧！想说提醒他，今天是特别的一天，所以在他的msn留了一个offline message。希望他醒来看到的时候，至少笑一分钟，心情就会好一天。

厨房的oven里面在bake着一个大大个的cheddar cheese bread,刚刚去看了一下，涨到很大个。为什么我酱喜欢baking和cooking，因为当我看到面包涨到很高，食物煮到好吃，我会很开心，很有成就感。如果我不做engineer,你问我喜欢什么工作，那应该是任何与baking或cooking有关的吧！虽然我不一定会煮，可是我就是喜欢花时间在这方面。我在美国六个月了，看电视时四分之三的时间都在看food network channel。Food network channel的节目很好看，“Iron chef America", "The next food network star", "Cupcake wars"很多很多可以看，真希望Malaysia有这个channel。我听过一个厨师说, "I don't need a measuring cup for my recipe, because it is all coming from a school called "This and That". A little bit of this, a little bit of that." 我很喜欢这句话，有多少个人可以像他这样。。

还有三个礼拜就回家了，其实是很兴奋的。在这里呆够了，玩也玩够了，是时候回家啦！最不舍得的就是我的apartment。住了六个月，有感情了，真希望它是mobile apartment,可以ship回Malaysia，哈哈。我走的时候，应该会流下两滴眼泪，然后kiss一下墙壁说bye bye。。。

离开美国，就像把一本写好的日记，写到最后一页关起来，满满的经验，甜甜的回忆，全都装在里面，把它带回家。

回到Malaysia，有很多事情要做，要开始准备人生大事啦！希望一切都顺利，酱才能享受那个过程。。。

知足。。。

2010-09-02T16:38:00.003+08:00

在做puff pastry。。。他等我等到在沙发上睡着了。看着他睡着的样子，心里有两个字。。。“知足”

Chocolate-Filled Russian Tea Cakes

2010-08-08T09:00:00.009+08:00

在美国的生活，假日不出门的时候我就会想做一些自己喜欢吃的饼干或者蛋糕。成功的话就会分享给朋友。如果朋友很喜欢吃，我的自信心会大大增加，然后继续地bake。。。我在baking这方面很没有天分，也没有自信心，找到了一份recipe,我还会去google看别人的recipe是不是一样的，如果不一样，我就开始担心到底哪一个比较accurate。其实这样是很多余的吧，反而会失败呢！

最近买了几本recipe book. 所以今天就做这个 Chocolate-Filled Russian Tea Cakes。Tea Cakes, 通常是在圣诞节的时候吃的。我放的是chocolate filling，它的texture像是融在口里的butter cookies.真正的recipe是趁热时把tea cakes滚进糖粉，给它裹上一层甜甜的糖粉，看起来就像snow balls。可是我不喜欢太甜的dessert，所以我的tea cakes的卖相和真正的tea cakes不一样。

Ingredients:

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1 cup butter (softened)

1/2 cup powdered sugar for tea cakes

1 tsp vanilla

2 cups all-purpose flour

1/4 tsp salt

3/4 cup finely chopped walnuts

1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chip

1/2 cup powdered sugar for coating

Instructions:

1. Heat oven to 400 degree Fahrenheit. In large bowl, beat butter, 1/2 cup powdered sugar and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until well mixed.

2. On low speed, beat in flour, salt and walnuts.

3. For each cookie, shape scant measuring tablespoonfuls dough around chocolate chips (I use 5 chips for one cookie) to make 1-inch ball.

4. Place 1-inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.

5. Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until set and bottoms begin to turn golden brown.

6. Meanwhile, in small bowl, prepare the powdered sugar for coating.

7. Immediately remove cookies from the cookie sheets, roll in sugar coating.

8. Cool completely on cooling rack, about 30 minutes. Roll in sugar coating again.

My tea cakes ingredients...

With mixer, beat the butter, sugar and vanilla extract...
After beat in flour, salt and walnut. The mixture form a sticky dough..
Ghirardelli semi-sweet chocolate chips for filling...
Place each ball 1-inch apart, the tea cakes will rise while baking..

Done baking, remove from oven.
I sprinkle powdered sugar on the tea cakes instead of rolling them into the sugar. The tea cakes will not be too sweet doing this way.

每天都要吃早餐...

2010-08-05T14:46:00.006+08:00

卢广仲有一首很废的早餐歌,可是我却很喜欢...

里头有几句歌词.."我决定每天都要吃早餐,太阳每天依然在. 看到你的同学,请他一定要早睡早起,加上吃早餐,因为身体健康也是一种,也是一种rock'n roll 的 style..."

能够每天吃早餐,真的是一件很棒的事情.

早餐决定我一整天下来的心情,所以我很珍惜吃早餐的时间,特别是加一杯浓浓的coffee....

我很喜欢和他吃早餐. 有他在,我的早餐总是很好吃. 一个人在美国的日子,少了吃早餐的乐趣,所以他在这了,我的早餐又变得好吃了...

芋头...番薯 aka "o....huan zu"

2010-08-04T23:00:00.010+08:00

当你和某个人沟通，而嘴巴不由自主地说出“哦”的时候，就是说你领悟了一件新事物。

你有算过一天里“哦”了多少次吗?

他说: 哦!

我说: 番薯...

他说: 为什么说我番薯?

我说: 因为"哦"(芋头in hokkien)是要配番薯的...

他说: 哦..... 他想: I see

我说: 番薯!......我想: 番薯=笨蛋

Chocolate Dipped Scottish Shortbread

2010-07-25T05:29:00.009+08:00

Shortbread....is one of my favourite cookies..and I am making some melted chocolate as the coating for my shortbread today.

Ingredients:

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2 cups (260g) all purpose flour

1/4 tsp (2g) salt

1 cup (2 sticks or 226g)unsalted butter, room temperature

1/2 cup (60g) confectioners sugar

1 tsp (4g) pure vanilla extract

For chocolate dipped shortbread:

6 ounces (180g) semi sweet or bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped

Instructions:

1.In a large bowl, sieve the flour, mix with salt and set aside.

2. In the bowl of electric mixer, beat the butter until smooth and creamy (about 1 minute).

3. Add the sugar and beat until smooth (about 2 minutes).

4. Beat in the vanilla extract.

5. Gently stir in the flour mixture just until incorporated.

6. Shape the dough into two logs, and wrap them in wax paper.

7. Chill the dough for at least one hour.

8. When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (177 degrees C) with the rack in the middle of the oven.

9. If logs are frozen, let stand at room temperature for 10 minutes. Slice the logs into thin slice cookies. Place cookies 1 inch apart on parchment paper-lined cookie sheets (I am using nonstick silicone baking mat).

10. Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until cookies are very lightly browned. Cool on a wire rack.

For chocolate dipped shortbread:

1. Place 3 ounces (90g) of the finely chopped chocolate in a heatproof bowl and place it over a saucepan of simmering water.

2. Once the chocolate has melted, remove it from the heat. Add the remaining chocolate and stir with a spoon until it has completely melted and is smooth and glossy.

3. Taking one cookie at a time, dip one end of each cookies in the melted chocolate and place it on a parchment lined baking sheet.

4. Once all the cookies have been dipped into the chocolate, place the baking sheets n the refrigerator for about 10minutes, or until the chocolate has hardened.

Bought a new kitchen scale...

The dough..

Dough is frozen in the freezer, for easier cutting...

Baking..

Melted Ghirardelli chocolate...

Shortbread goes well with a cup of hot coffee...

Dear John....

2010-07-16T01:40:00.006+08:00

Dear John, tell me everything. Write it all down, scribble it in a notebook. Type it out, email it to me... I don't care, but I wanna know everything. Then we'll be with each other all the time, even if we're not with each other at all..

I love this quote, simple yet meaningful...I love the movie, it is so touching....and I love this song...

I love this place

But it's haunted without you

My tired heart

Is beating so slow

Our hearts sing less

Than we wanted

We wanted

Our hearts sing 'cause

We do not know

we do not know

To light the night

To help us grow

It is not said

I always know

You can catch me

Don't you run

If you live another day

In this happy little house

The fire's here to stay

To light the night

To help us grow

It is not said

I always know

Please don't make a fuss

It won't go away

The wonder of it all

The wonder that I made

I am here to stay

Stay

Vanilla CuppyCakes with Frosting

2010-07-11T03:26:00.011+08:00

It is weekend, and the gang will gather for board game and wiiiiii...

So, thought of making some cupcakes for the tea break.

I like cupcakes, but just cupcake, without topping...I always think the topping/frosting is too sweet. Today I am making vanilla cupcakes with vanilla butter cream frosting, because I thought other people might prefer some toppings on top. So I reduce the amount of sugar, for both the cupcakes and the frosting, just want to make sure it is not too sweet....

Ingredients:

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Vanilla Cupcake

1 3/4 cup flour

1 tbsp baking powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 cup unsalted butter (room temperature but not too soft)

1 cup sugar (I use 3/4 cup)

2 eggs

1 tsp vanilla

3/4 cup milk

Vanilla Butter Cream Frosting

1/4 cup butter

Pinch of salt

2 1/2 cups icing sugar (I use 1 3/4 cups)

4 tbsp milk

1/2 tsp vanilla

Instructions:

Vanilla Cupcake

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

2. Beat sugar and butter at medium speed with stand mixer until creamy and fluffy, about 5 minutes.

3. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until yellow disappears after each addition.

4. Beat in vanilla extract.

5. Whisk together flour, baking powder and salt in a bowl, add to butter mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.

6. Beat at medium-low speed just until blended after each addition. The batter will be thick (do not over mix).

7. Line a 12-cupcakes pan with paper cupcakes liners. Fill the liners until 2/3 full.

8. Bake for about 20minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean. Cool on rack before frosting.

Vanilla Butter Cream Frosting

1. Beat butter, vanilla extract and salt at medium speed with electric mixer until creamy.

2. Gradually add icing sugar and milk, beating at low speed until smooth, creamy and spreadable.

Ingredients for cupcake...

Ingredients for frosting...

And....I am really not good in decorating...

English Muffin Bread

2010-06-24T16:28:00.007+08:00

One of the checklist to get in US....The kitchenaid...and currently it is sitting handsome-ly on my kitchen...

我叫它黑马，一直都很想买，可是malaysia实在卖得太贵了，而且也没有pro到有必要买这么high end的mixer...只是在这里呆了一阵子，时常看food network，每个人都在用它。。所以就把它抱回家了。。

我比较喜欢做面包，因为面包可以有很多种吃法，不会腻。。

所以就选了english muffin bread...

Ingredients:

6 cups of flour

2 1/4 tsp active dry yeast

1/4 tsp baking soda

2 cups of milk

1/2 cup of water

1 tbsp sugar

1 tsp salt

Instructions:

1. Grease two load pans and sprinkle with a little cornmeal to coat the bottom and sides (I didn't put cornmeal).

2. Combine 3 cups of flour, yeast and baking soda and set aside.

3. Warm the milk, water, sugar and salt until just warmed.

4. Combine the milk and flour in mixer, add the remaining 3 cups of flour and mix.

5. The dough will be very sticky, scoop it out and put evenly into bread pans.

6. Let rise in a warm place until doubled, about 45 minutes.

7. Cook in 400 degress oven for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Take out pans immediately and cool on a wire rack.

This type of bread is good to grill in a pan. Put some toppings and make it a meal...

And..he is leaving on a jetplane...

2010-06-08T02:59:00.003+08:00

He is leaving on a jetplane...

送他到机场，那段路程并不遥远，可是我驾得很慢，希望可以再多说几句话....

载着你很舍不得的人到机场，看着他的背影越来越远，是什么感觉？我很不喜欢这种感觉，对送行和离开的人都很残忍..只是我还是把眼泪忍住了.

回家的路上，下起毛毛雨...看着雨打在挡风镜上，真的很想哭....可是要张大眼睛看GPS，所以又忍住了...

他回去了，把冬天也带走了...

Miss you...

我。。在他乡的日子

2010-05-07T01:25:00.006+08:00

在美国两个月了。。。
一个月前，我下定决心要写一些我在美国第一个月的生活，因为有好多话要说，好多心情要写。只是，一个月过去了，部落格还是空空的。。。
当工作开始忙的时候，不知不觉已经过了两个月。明天，他来了。。。分开了两个月，终于等到了。
曾经日子很难过的时候，躺在床上摆个“大”字，还是觉得那张床很大。所以我不常进房间，除了睡觉。虽然很想念，可是我觉得短暂分开可以让两个人更了解自己和对方。换句话说，让他可以“放假”，没有人天天在耳边唠唠叨叨。。嘻嘻！
离开家里8883 miles，一切都不一样。驾驶方向不一样，见的人不一样，吃的东西不一样，看的电视节目不一样，天空的颜色不一样，而自己好像会为了适应这些不一样而改变一点点。。。想家的时候，泡一杯浓浓的milo,很有家里的味道，而我还是原来的我。一个人的生活简单明了，一个人的生活是宁静的，但一个人的生活不够充实，就像一双在墙角的拖鞋，有点孤单。。
他在Changi airport等待转机，我就在家里等待明晚的到来，迫不及待。。。

机场的"魅力"

2010-03-11T22:48:00.002+08:00

07:20pm, 在KLIA等飞机回槟城。

Departure hall的人大多数都是来送机的。而即将飞的人,沉重的心情都写在脸上。三天后的我，恐怕也是这样的嘴脸。

Status Change....."Single 2 Married"

2010-03-11T18:53:00.007+08:00

我嫁人啦！！Hmmm, this is supposed to be my 台词。。but my hubby used it...
对于ROM，我没有太多的expectation.我以为是一个很快的仪式，签了名，大家一起吃顿饭，就搞定了。
可是原来身在其中，那个过程并不是这样快的。
我觉得。。。。我们的ROM是开心，好笑，感动的。。可是因为parents in law在那个时候不能过来，有少少自责。。只能说，好赶哦！

一个月过去了，现在才有空给这个特别的日子留下笔记。这两个月都好忙，说不出忙什么，可是头脑就是很忙。

踏入人生的另一个阶段，升职变成“人妻”，其中的差别就是，右手的无名指上多了个戒指；填写表格时不再填"single"；还有就是可以大庭广众叫“老公”。而最不习惯的就是在谈话中不再称他为“我的男朋友”，而是“我的lougong”。

分享一下我们ROM的片断..并不怎么精彩,可是却是给我们自己一份很好的礼物,一个值得收藏的记忆...

*Special thanks to my dearest lil' sister who helped to record the funny scene with Harinezumi 2...The video got a bit lomo feel, I quite like the effect..

终于。鸡蛋糕。

2009-11-21T01:59:00.010+08:00

失败的鸡蛋糕，终于涨起来了！

z打开锅盖的那一刻，看见它有两寸高，开心死了。。

曾经失败的它http://livetoday4tomorrow.blogspot.com/2009/11/blog-post.html。。。

鸡蛋糕，是参考了http://juliencl1002.multiply.com/的recipe做的。。

请教了大师后，觉得上次失败的原因应该是鸡蛋不够新鲜，蛋打得不够发，或者放面粉过后搅拌太久，让气泡全跑掉了。。。这三个都是很重要的因素。

我的鸡蛋糕，蛮好吃啦！可是妈妈说：“还是涨得不够高！”。。很严格的妈妈。

Ingredients:

四粒鸡蛋

150g 细砂糖

180g 自发面粉

50ml 7-up

2tbsp 柠檬汁

1tbsp 柠檬皮屑

Instructions:

1. 准备柠檬汁和柠檬皮屑。

2. 用打蛋器将鸡蛋打成泡沫状。

3. 加入糖，继续打至呈浓稠状，或者发到两倍为止。

4. 加入柠檬汁和柠檬皮屑，再打一分钟。

5. 把自发面粉分三次筛进去打发的蛋。

6. 顺着一个方向轻轻搅拌。不可以太用力，不然会把蛋里的气泡释放出来，这样蛋糕可能会涨不起来。

7. 最后加入7-up再轻轻搅拌。

8. 搅完面粉后，蛋液会往下沉一些。面粉重，所以会往下沉。

9. 倒入抹上一层油的盘子里(我有放一层parchment paper，比较好脱盘)。

10. 放入锅内，以大火蒸25分钟。

11. 蒸了25分钟开盖,用筷子检查看有熟吗，不沾筷子就代表蒸熟了。

12. 大功告成，涨起来喽。

鸡蛋糕的材料。。

柠檬汁和柠檬皮屑。。

要打蛋了。。

把蛋打至两或三倍。。

打开盖子，有两寸啦。。

Scottish ShortBread

2009-11-14T17:12:00.005+08:00

很多年前二姐从UK买了一些shortbread回来，那是第一次吃shortbread。。

很喜欢它的口感，因为很细腻，不会像一般的cookies一样硬，而且牛油味很香。

Scottish shortbread，就是典型的苏格兰传统点心。。通常是在圣诞节的时候吃的。。

我找了最简单的recipe，发现它最主要的材料只是面粉和糖，可是我不明白为什么外面卖的shortbread比一般的饼干贵那么多。

我的shortbread，我蛮喜欢的。。。

Ingredients:

200g all purpose flour

60g cornstarch (cornstarch can give a more delicate tasting shortbread, with melt-in-your-mouth texture)

1/4 teaspoon salt

226g unsalted butter, room temperature

60g powdered sugar

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Instructions:

1. In a large bowl, sieve the flour and cornstarch, mix with salt and set aside.

2. In a separate bowl, cream together the butter and sugar, beat until light and fluffy.

3. Beat in the vanilla extract.

4. Gently stir in the flour mixture and mix thoroughly until all the ingredients are incorporated.

5. Flatten the dough into a square shape, wrap in the plastic wrap, and chill the dough for at least an hour.

6. Preheat oven to 170 degreesC.

7. Line baking rack with parchment paper.

8. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to 1/4 inch(0.5cm) thick. Cut into rounds or whatever shapes you wish using lightly floured cookie cutter.

9. Place the cookies on the prepared parchment paper and place in the refrigerator for about 15minutes. This will firm up the dough so the cookies will maintain their shape when bake.

10. Bake for 8-10 minutes, or until cookies are lightly brown. Cool on rack.

The ingredients...

Beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy...

Wrap the dough to chill in the fridge..

Roll the dough to 0.5cm thick.

The love shape cookie cutter made this..

The baked shortbread...

Love is in the air!

活在当下

2009-11-07T11:58:00.008+08:00

星期六，在工作。。

早上被他从床上挖起来，因为闹钟响过了好久，再不起床就来不及去吃subway的早餐了。。

结果，是来得及在11点之前赶到的，可是我们却没点早餐，而是吃了Saturday special的Seafood & Crab。

今天本来是要加班做一些平时偷懒剩下的工作。。头顶上的灯灭了，有少少浪漫的感觉，听着陶喆的流沙。就是现在，一边写这篇日记，一边在看别人的blog...

我曾经写过很喜欢她的部落格http://fishneverland.spaces.live.com/。看她的日记会很舒服，很羡慕她的生活，她去的地方，她拍的照片。。

有时会觉得现在的生活好像离我响往的生活好远，可能要顾虑的事情太多了，所以很多时候是事与愿违的。

和他一起后，我学了很多别人不会告诉我的东西，他改变了我很多的想法和态度。在一起的两个人，天天都在影响着对方。当有个人莫名其妙地心存欲望，另一个人会把他拉回现实。这样两个人都会一起改变，一直到拥有同样的目标。我想这样的生活才算complete吧! 就是说，人要活在当下。。

心若改变，态度跟着改变；

态度改变，习惯跟着改变；

习惯改变，性格跟着改变；

性格改变，人生跟着改变。

好了，继续工作，回到现实。。

鸡蛋糕。。失败了！

2009-11-02T23:02:00.004+08:00

失败了的朱古力鸡蛋糕。。。。涨不起来啦！

成功了再post上来。。。

Crepe again!

2009-11-02T21:36:00.007+08:00

上次做过了custard cream的crepe, 这次去找了vanilla cream的recipe,开始做起来了。

Crepe的recipe还是和上次一样 http://livetoday4tomorrow.blogspot.com/2009/10/crepe-crepe.html

Ingredients:

Vanilla cream

1/2 cup milk

1/2 cup whipping cream

1 teaspoon vanilla

3 large egg yolks

2 1/2 tablespoons sugar

1 tablespoon flour

Instructions (for vanilla cream):

1. In a small saucepan over medium heat, scald milk and cream by bringing it just to a boil. Remove from heat.

2. In a small bowl, whisk together egg yolks and sugar until light and fluffy. About 2 minutes. Add flour and continue mixing until smooth.

3. Slowly pour the hot milk mixture, one tablespoon at a time into the egg mixture (to temper the eggs, otherwise you'll end up with scrambled eggs). Whisk until smooth and completely free of lumps. 2-3 minutes.

4. Return mixture to the saucepan, and place over medium heat, bring mixture to a boil whisking constantly and cook for another 2 minutes. Add vanilla then whisk to incorporate and remove from heat immediately.

5. Transfer the pastry cream to a bowl. Place a sheet of plastic wrap directly on top of the pastry cream to prevent skin from forming. Make sure there are no air pockets.

6. Refrigerate until ready to use.

Take a layer of crepe, and put on flat surface.

Using a spatula, spread vanilla cream on a crepe.

Top with another crepe and repeat until use up all the crepes except the very last one on top.

My Vanilla Crepe!

A big piece to hubby for supper...

我的“饭”友

2009-10-13T16:08:00.005+08:00

今天写。。。我的“饭”友！

我天天都要吃饭，所以“饭”友很重要。

我的“饭”友们都很有自己的“特色”。。

我有一个：

1) 很喜欢“吹水”的饭友

2) 刚考到潜水牌的饭友

3) 我吃lunch时常忘记叫他的饭友

4) 婚前婚后一样幸福的饭友

5) 头很大的饭友

6) 很有钱的饭友

7) 有异性没人性的饭友

8) 时常在我吃lunch吃不完而帮我吃一点的饭友

9) 第一时间supply我连续剧和电影的饭友

10) 很像老板可是不是老板的饭友

11) 当我们吃贵一点而他就不join的饭友

12) 很乖的饭友

13) 最后是，和他一起吃饭就很开心的饭友。。我的终生饭友。。

而对我的朋友来说，我应该是一个很喜欢organize birthday celebration的饭友。。。

我的镇"cube"之宝

2009-10-13T10:47:00.007+08:00

Today is my first day work in new office....say bye bye to my old cubicle..

Hubby bought me the Japanese Lucky Cat called "Maneki Neko" to put in my new cubicle.

Japanese lucky cat, can be found in most of the shops or restaurants, it is believed will beckon in new customers.

I just realized the variations of the colors and poses of lucky cat actually carry different meanings.

我想，有这只招财猫助阵，我应该会招福，步步高升，有福相伴，如意吉祥，好运连连，愿望实现，健健康康。。托他的福。。。嘻嘻！

Colors:

黑色 - 避邪消灾

绿色 - 金榜题名

蓝色 - 事业兴旺

紫色 - 好运健康

粉色 - 爱情顺利

红色 - 喜庆热情

金色 - 财运亨通

黄色 - 欣欣向荣

白色 - 纯洁吉祥

Poses:

左手 - 招福

右手 - 招财

双手 - 财富双招

茄子 - 好运连连，实现愿望

松竹梅 - 吉祥，步步高升

樱花 - 恋爱顺利

宝船 - 一帆风顺，金银满仓

四季花开 - 富贵

金铃 - 开运，缘起

达摩 - 有福相伴

龟鹤 - 健康长寿

富士山 - 富贵，财运兼得

锣鼓 - 平安健康

葫芦 - 福绿

宝扇 - 开运

鲤鱼 - 年年有余

凡走过必留下“鞋底”

2009-10-08T15:17:00.004+08:00

同样的人，同样的工作，五年了。离开，是一种解脱。

新的环境，新的心情，新的人，新的自己。。

那旧的呢？对他们来说是残酷，对我来说是不舍。

走，是为了改变。改变是好是坏，等着瞧！

是好，就最好；是坏，自己选的。

真希望我并没有留下很多“手尾”，如果有的话，对不起。。。

还有。。。。鞋底，我留下了。。

泰式糯米饭

2009-10-07T10:36:00.006+08:00

很喜欢这个泰式的小吃，也不难做，只是糯米不可以吃太多，不然会消化不良。。。

我想，做这个糯米饭最关键的步骤应该是要把料炒到香味出来，蒸了才好吃吧！

Recipe from juliencl1002.

Ingredients:

糯米 1/2kg

小葱头 6粒

香茅两枝

虾米 100g

麻风柑叶 10片

姜花半朵

鱼露

浓椰浆 10汤匙

白芝麻

盐，糖，胡椒粉

Instructions:

糯米半公斤，浸泡过夜。
剁碎小葱头，香茅，虾米，麻风柑叶，姜花。
油锅内先爆香虾米。
加入小葱头和香茅。
炒香后加入姜花和麻风柑叶，炒至材料溢出香味。
将糯米倒入翻炒，加入调味料（盐一小匙，糖一小匙，胡椒粉少许，鱼露半汤匙）。
熄火后倒入200ml（20汤匙）的水，搅拌均匀。
将糯米盛在圆盘里，蒸25分钟。
取出，淋上100ml（10汤匙）的浓椰浆。
将糯米和椰浆搅拌均匀，再蒸5分钟。
另取一个锅，炒香芝麻。
取出蒸好的糯米，拌入芝麻，把糯米搅拌均匀，再将它压好定型。
待冷却后才可以切。

Crepe Crepe!

2009-10-05T10:15:00.006+08:00

六月的时候，大伙儿买了Humble Beginnings的Mille Crepe为我庆祝生日。Mille Crepe是一种源自法国，再传到日本的dessert,千层蛋糕。现在这里应该很多地方也吃得到。而Humble Beginnings是专做homemade Mille Crepe的，你可以上网或者播电订购，只供外送...

身边的朋友好像都蛮喜欢他家的Mille Crepe. 所以就上网找了Crepe的recipe.我怕失败,所以先做小小个的来试吃，而它的filling是custard cream...可以吃，不会太甜(妈妈可以吃)，可是面皮太厚了。下次要做很薄很薄的，而且把custard cream改成vanilla cream或者caramel apple.

Ingredients:

Custard

蛋黄 1个

牛奶 125ml

糖 30g

面粉 1大匙 (约10g)

玉米粉 1大匙 (约10g)

香草精一些

Crepe (double up the ingredients to make more layers)

低筋面粉 60g

玉米粉 5g

鸡蛋 1个

糖 15g

牛奶 225g

Instructions:

1. 先做custard。把玉米粉和面粉放入耐热容器内，放入微波炉转30秒加热后，加入糖粉混合均匀。

2. 加入牛奶(先微波加热20秒)后搅拌均匀。

3. 加入蛋黄搅拌均匀后，放入微波炉里微波加热约五分钟。其中拿出来搅拌2,3次成浓稠状就ok!

4. 放一旁代凉后放入冰箱。

5. 接下来做crepe。把面粉与玉米粉过筛，加入牛奶，鸡蛋和糖。

6. 搅拌均匀后，以滤网过筛两次(去掉粗质如蛋脐带或搅不散的面粉)。

7. 热锅，放入些许油(奶油或沙拉油)。

8. 热锅后，先用厨房纸巾把多余的油吸掉，放一旁(不要丢，每做一个面皮要放些油再吸掉)。

9. 先熄火，倒入面粉液，摇动锅子让面粉液均匀分布在锅里。

10. 再开小火烤，待边边翘起可以拿起，熄火后翻面，用余温烘烤另一面(因为面皮很薄，熄火后翻面是不烧焦的重点)。

11. 烤好的饼皮置一旁待凉。

12. 接着，把烤好的饼皮，以一张饼皮抹上custard的方式，层层叠上，就完成咯！

糯米鸡

2009-10-04T17:20:00.008+08:00

很喜欢juliencl1002的food blog,每个星期都会追着updates.
她煮的食物看起来很好吃, 所以这次参考了她的糯米鸡recipe,开始做起来咯!

Ingredients:
糯米 3杯
花腩肉
鸡肉
小葱头
姜
香菇
干贝
腊肠
酱油，黑酱油，胡椒粉，麻油，生粉，盐，糖

Instructions:
1. 糯米3杯，浸泡过夜.
2. 花腩肉和鸡肉，切块.
3. 香菇和干贝泡水，切开.
4. 腊肠，切片.
5. 小葱头和姜，打成汁.取它的汁来腌鸡肉.
6. 鸡肉加入调味料.（酱油，黑酱油，胡椒粉，麻油，生粉，盐）
7. 猪肉加入调味料.（酱油，黑酱油，糖，盐）
8. 糯米滤干水后，放在铺上棉布的蒸笼内蒸40分钟.蒸好后，纳凉.
9. 把酱油，黑酱油，盐和水搅拌均匀,用手给糯米饭上色.
10. 碗内摆入鸡肉，猪肉，香菇，干贝和腊肠.放入糯米饭，用汤匙按压.
11. 把腌肉的酱汁平均倒入糯米饭上,在饭上再加入少许水.
12. 放入蒸笼内，蒸30分钟.
13. 蒸一半时，要开盖撒入少许水.
14. 蒸好了，可以吃啦.

日式乳酪蛋糕

2009-09-15T11:02:00.007+08:00

人生第二次bake cheesecake...

第一次献给了oreo cheesecake, 可是太甜，不是很喜欢。。

这次参考了PEPSAKOY的recipe,试着做Japanese Souffle Cheesecake...

I choose to bake japanese cheesecake because。。。1) it is not as fattening as western cheesecake, 2) it is fluffy, and still it is a cheesecake, 3) it has a rich, full flavour without being too rich....

But I am not so sure I should call it a success or fail this time, because it left me upset about the texture and appearance. But taste-wise, I still love the cream cheese without being overly cheesy. And my hubby and friends are so supportive that they "only leave a very small piece" on the table, still happy though...

Japanese Souffle Cheesecake Recipe:

Ingredients:

125g cream cheese at room temperature

20g butter, soften

40ml milk

65g caster sugar

3 eggs, white and yolk separated

1/4 tsp cream of tartar

40g self raising flour (or cake flour)

1/4 tsp salt

1 scant tbsp orange juice

1 tbsp orange zest

Instructions:

1. Add 500 ml water into a big baking tray ( that the tin you use for the cheesecake can fit in) and place the tray in the oven then preheat the oven to 160c.Line the base and side of a 18-20 cm springform/cake tin with parchment paper. Then use a big piece of foil to wrap the tin around from the bottom upto top of the tin side.

2. Place the butter, creamcheese and milk in a bowl set over a saucepan of barely simmering water, being careful not to let the bowl touch the water, then wait until the butter has melted, remove the bowl from the heat and give it a really good stir until the mixture is smooth, set aside and leave it cool to the room

temperature.

3. Add the orange juice and zest to the creamcheese mixture, stir to blend then add the yolks and mix them until incorperated. Sift the flour and salt into another mixing bowl,pour over the cream cheese and egg mixture in the center of thr flour. Quickly whisk or stir everything until just blended ( don't overmix or the cake will be tough)

4. In a seperate mixing bowl , beat the egg white with cream of tartar until foamy, then gradually add the sugar ,few tablespoons at a time, and continue to beat at high speed until reach the soft-medium peak ( more than soft but not hard peak). Gently fold the white into the creamcheese mixture until blended.

5. Pour the batter into the prepared tin. Place the tin in the preheated baking tray and bake for 50-60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted from center comes out clean. Turn the cake out on to a wire rack once taken from the oven ( the cake will shrink if left too long in the tin!). Leave to cool at room temperature, then let it set in the fridge for another hour or so before slicing and serve.

The cake actually shrink upon removal from the oven, I think I should have left it long enough in the oven, so that's probably where I went wrong...

Share it to my friends...

And finally 这边剩一点，那边剩一点。。probably they scared who eat the last piece gonna wash the dishes..

饿从“一”本来的!!

2009-09-12T17:59:00.011+08:00

我有一个小白；不过不是那个小白。

他和朋友去踢球时，传了个简讯给我，说买了个小礼物给我，叫我去寻宝。。

我以为小礼物就是很小个儿的，挖遍房间的各个角落都找不到，最后终于在隔壁房找到了。。

一个很日式的便当包裹。。打开打开再打开，看到了它。一个我从来没有见过却听说过的东西。。。。Ahhhhhh, 拍立得!!

最后，我才搞清楚这个blog title的意思。。“我从日本来的!!”

拍立得是一种随拍随见的相机，它最奥妙的地方在于它即时显影的底片，而拍出来的照片也是仅此一张。按下快门时，就会听到相机吐出底片那个怀念的声音，而底片的处理速度是慢慢的，至少要三五分钟才完全显影。如果要加快显影的速度，可以把握在手上的底片来回摇晃，看他慢慢成形。

拍立得，它让“等待”充满趣味与期待，它这么的独一无二，不可复制。。喜欢它！

我叫它小白，因为它是纯白色的，是Fujifilm十周年纪念版推出的Mini7S。。

一份很意外的礼物。。而那块便当包裹的布是大有来头的，要拿来做拍立得的袋。。

谢谢你！

冬虫草..你好吗?

2009-09-09T21:52:00.019+08:00

四川大地震时，透过电视看到人的生命是多么的脆弱。

天，可以用很多方法带你走，几分钟的天旋地转，很多生命从此就从地球上消失了。。

我们悠闲的活着，却每天怨天忧人，怨政府，怨国家。而地震后的幸存者，每天是过着痛不欲生的生活，他们可以怨谁？

看了严重天灾带来的惨剧后，刺激了“爱心”的神经。。很希望可以做些什么的。可是我的力量是很微不足道的。。捐钱，可以捐多少，不知道到底捐了是用在哪里，也不知道有谁的生活会因为我那区区的几十块钱而有所改变。

然后我在 http://www.worldvision.com.my/ 发现了“儿童助养” 这东东。“儿童助养”可以让你帮忙世界各地需要帮忙的小孩。很久以前听过了，可是“爱心”神经没被刺激到，总觉得助养不是普通人能做到的，好像只有有钱人或艺人做得到。

搜寻了儿童助养的资料，决定助养一个中国小孩。手续很简单，而助养小孩让我觉得安慰的是，有一个人的生活因为我小小的贡献而有所改变。而且实实在在的，我可以知道遥远的他，生活得怎么样。而他也知道，有一个人在遥远的地方，一点一点的帮助他过生活，让他有寄托。。

他，是中国黎平的小孩...我们叫他冬虫草，因为它的名字听起来很像冬虫草。。

冬虫草刚上幼儿园，他的父母都在外地工作，生活困苦，而他就和祖父母同住。

当我收到他的资料时，是很紧张的，因为不知道他长得怎么样。。Errrr,他小小就剪兵头了，鼻子扁扁的，照片里的他不是很开心，看了有点心疼。

他刚上幼儿园，不会写信吧。可是在不久后，我收到了他爸爸的来信。。。

亲爱的资助人：

您好！

我的孩子叫“冬虫草”，很高兴能和您交朋友！我们住在贵州的一个小山村，这里山很大，交通很不方便，山上树很多，空气新鲜。我们住木头房子，以种地为生，主要是种水稻，黄豆，玉米，田地很少，收成不多。

孩子很乖，现在刚上学，平时和其他孩子一起玩。等他再大些，读书认字了，就让他亲自给您写信。

希望我们常联系!

这就是我所说的一种实在的感觉!

冬虫草。。你好吗?

交叉我的手指

2009-08-28T11:01:00.005+08:00

做了决定，就要坚持，才不会后悔。。。

今天，蛮重要的一天。等待别人认同我的决定，才能计划下一步要怎样走。

希望结果如我所愿，交叉我的手指。Cross my fingers!

D.U.N.G.E.O.N.

2009-07-02T16:28:00.004+08:00

Dungeon...I learn this word after I work in Intel.

Is it a special term used by Intel?? Not sure....

I get the meaning of this word from the online dictionary:

dungeon - a dark cell (usually underground) where prisoners can be confined. Jail cell.

In Intel, dungeon means:- During project peak time, all members in the same team will work in a meeting room from 9am to 6pm instead of working in their own cubicle. The purpose to go dungeon is to ease face to face discussion whenever there is issue, and the key person in the room can help to resolve the problem immediately.

Lunch and tea break will be provided by company to save the time walking to cafeteria and take a 1hour lunch. This will enable you to work while eating lunch.....so efficient!!!..??

But I think I get more other than these....

The outcome from dungeon:

1) Can focus in work

2) Increase productivity

3) Can talk a lot because your peers is sitting so near to you

4) Have free breakfast/lunch/tea break

5) The biggest ROI (return of investment) --------> Put on weight easily....

When people ask where am I.......I will say "In jail lo"...

Subset and Superset

2009-06-16T20:12:00.008+08:00

Back to school time, we study about the set, subset, superset and intersection thingy in mathematics.

I just realized this mathematics theory can be used to describe a relationship between two person.

Hubby told me, guy A (setA) likes girl B (setB)...But it is hard for the relationship to be happened if they have no "intersection" at all. As shown below:

Then I ask him, how about us? He told me, I am a "subset" of him, and he is a "superset" of me.

Subset means, 我有的他也有。。。

Superset means, 他有的我未必有。。。

How can this be true leh...?? Confusing...

一起加班的日子

2009-06-14T23:02:00.009+08:00

好累,不过是快乐的。。连续加班加了多少个星期，我算不清了！

是忙吧，是要陪他加班吧！我开始爱上了加班的日子，原来OT也可以很开心的.

加班的日子:-

我不喜欢在我所谓的工作箱 "cubicle" 里工作,因为对着四面墙很没有空间. 所以每次我在off hours加班的时候都会收拾所有东西到三楼的conference room工作. Conference room 够大了吧,一方面是为了空间,另一方面是要在加班的时候离他近一点.他也忙,天天都和一班同事"dungeon" (Intel term?) 到十一点晚上..所以我就会在他隔壁的room加班啦,有个照应咯!

今天9.30am起床, rush rush rush....为了要打包subway的早餐去office..

Mmm,很满足的早餐. 我很享受吃早餐的时段,尤其有一杯香浓的咖啡,还有一个吃早餐的伴侣..所以我最喜欢和他吃早餐..

接下来就展开加班的一天啦!

做着做着,期待午餐的到来...吃鸡饭..

再做......tea break时间到,老公的team lead order Domino's delivery,又吃一点..(应该很快就会胖了!)

而我加班时的小小entertainment就是蜡笔小新和Facebook...

哦,公司恋情..哈哈!

我的铁饭碗和tumbler..

我今天的早餐,好吃!

I am learning to be a supportive gf/wife for him in his career. He is loving his career so much..:p

蒼蠅是怎麼飛進來的

2009-06-14T17:10:00.003+08:00

她的部落格，是我读过最感人，最温馨，最有画面的blog。。

曾经看过一篇很有趣的，她说：“

那天讀到一個有趣的小故事解釋男人和女人兩種不同的思想觀

男女各自躺在床的左右邊望著天花板有兩只不知從何飛進來的蒼蠅在盤旋著

女的難過的想他都不和我說話不抱我了我想他一定沒以前那麼愛我了

男的望著蒼蠅們卻在想奇怪它們是怎麼飛進來的是我忘了關窗嗎

一讀完這故事後我笑了原來男女的想法能這麼的不同女的想太多男的想太少

或許我該說男的想法比女的簡單多了誰都沒有錯是男人和女人的不同

有個朋友對我埋怨說女友說他不關心她他說她總是太敏感愛胡思亂想

我和他說了這個故事後對他說 1 - 接受女人會一直這樣子 2 - 和男人在一起”

我看了偷笑。。这篇文章很有趣，它道出了很多女人的心声吧！

有些时候，我还真的想太多了。可是。。男人真的对蒼蠅那么有兴趣吗?

男人啊，你还是接受女人會一直這樣子吧！

寻找蜡笔小新的一天

2009-06-14T17:05:00.008+08:00

吃了晚餐后经过一间小小间的书店，看到桌上有一本“蜡笔小新“漫画。。不经意的翻开里面的内容，突然发现。。诶，很久没看蜡笔小新漫画了！再看下去，iishh,马来文的。。。

我曾经很喜欢看蜡笔小新，尤其是当小新用低沉的声音叫“妈妈，妈妈“。。漫画，很久没看了，突然很想买本蜡笔小新漫画看，他说：”走，我们去找！“ Yiiii，好开心。。。

可是，原来蜡笔小新那么难找喔。

我们去 Tesco 的 Popular，找不到哦，只有 Doraemon...

然后去 Teluk Bayan food court，以为有报摊，会卖呢！也没有啦。。

想想想。。他说：“我知道哪里一定有。。Queensbay GSC 隔壁的漫画店，今

天一定要买到它。如果没有，我就上网从日本空运一本过来，然后去学日文，才看得懂日版的蜡笔小新。“ Mmmm,很冷，可是还是好笑。

结果，我们就拼到了Queensbay去。果然不出他所料，有卖啦，还很多呢！

最后，买了两本。。。Tadaaaa...

买贵了呢! 车油都不知多少钱啦，还有 Queensbay 的 RM1 parking...谢啦,老公!

李家二小姐要出嫁啦！

2009-06-14T17:00:00.005+08:00

二姐和KahFai 拉埋天窗啦，二月二十八日，他们的纪念日。。ROM

注册仪式看起来好像很简单。。说几句话，签个名，交换戒指，最后,kissing。。

祝他们..living happily ever after la..

紧张吧！
李家小姐们..

这样的我

2009-01-20T03:28:00.004+08:00

老板说我是个逆来顺受的人, 会让人欺负。。我想: I must start to learn how to say NO!!

我最爱做的事。。。

2008-12-30T17:30:00.002+08:00

I love to do that with him..

Enjoying meals with him become one of the most important daily routine in my life...

Tried the 大炒 at Gurney drive (Song River??) during breakfast time. Nobody recommend there, but we saw many people eating there, so drop by to check it out..Quite nice the noodle..

我们也喜欢叹茶。。

蚝面。。(looks like 福建炒)

广府炒米粉面。。(looks like 蚝面)

Looks so yummy de!!

So many people eating their Bak Kut Teh also..Will give it a try next time!!

一年一度的冬至节

2008-12-30T11:38:00.004+08:00

冬至到了!!

大家都在忙着搓汤圆。。在那么有意义的日子里，当然要和家人热热闹闹一起搓汤圆吧。今年特地提早回家帮妈妈，可是并不是一家人，老爸和姐姐都在忙，只有我和妹妹。。当然，也不会少了我的 "photographer"。。。

开始啦!!

妈妈的手

妹妹

我不懂冬至的由来，只知道吃了汤圆就老一岁。

冬至是.......

“冬至，是华人农历中一个非常重要的节气，也是一个传统节日，至今仍有不少地方有过冬至节的习俗。冬至俗称“冬节”、“长至节”、“亚岁”等。早在二千五百多年前的春秋时代，华人已经用土圭观测太阳测定出冬至来了，它是二十四节气中最早制订出的一个。时间在每年的阳历12月22日或者23日之间。
冬至是北半球全年中白天最短、黑夜最长的一天，过了冬至，白天就会一天天变长。古人对冬至的说法是：阴极之至，阳气始生，日南至，日短之至，日影长之至，故曰“冬至”。冬至过后，各地气候都进入一个最寒冷的阶段，也就是人们常说的“进九”，我国民间有“冷在三九，热在三伏”的说法。
现代天文科学测定，冬至日太阳直射南回归线，阳光对北半球最倾斜，北半球白天最短，黑夜最长，这天之后，太阳又逐渐北移。
在中国古代对冬至很重视，冬至被当作一个较大节日，曾有“冬至大如年”的说法，而且有庆贺冬至的习俗。《汉书》中说：“冬至阳气起，君道长，故贺。”人们认为：过了冬至，白昼一天比一天长，阳气回升，是一个节气循环的开始，也是一个吉日，应该庆贺....”

Eiffel Tower, I Didn't Know It Looks Like This!

2008-11-30T14:19:00.001+08:00

Addicted to Facebook's "Guess the Sketch" game recently...

It is a game of drawing and guessing. Guess what other people are drawing and win the match. I like the game because I can find out how good is my vocabulary and drawing skills....And....it is very interesting to see how people draw out the meaning of the words.

But, sometimes the drawing is so "creative" and makes me laugh till I burst.

Can you tell the answer for this is "Paris"?? I didn't know Eiffel Tower looks like this...But I still get it right finally because the "drawer" cheating by giving the words hint.

I can't draw well also, but really love this game...

LeeLee, the Lady of the Night

2008-11-17T09:00:00.001+08:00

Attended LeeLee's wedding last weekend, the first one who get married among the few good friends of mine. Happy for her and wish her and her hubby will have a very beautiful life ahead.

And also a good chance to get everybody meet together for the celebration. Love them so much. Hope the next one coming faster, then we can meet again since everybody is busying with work and hubby!! Ngek ngek...

Ladies and gentlemen,

Please raise your glass with me and wish for the newly wed a happily every after!!

~辣使你~

2008-11-16T16:51:00.001+08:00

Have you ever tried any chilli sauce that makes you sweating and 脑袋发麻...and say "辣使我咩"?

I bought this Taste-Me 辣使你 Chilli sauce for the steamboat in Cameron highlands. So excited to try it. And finally.....

OK, nobody likes it...really 麻 !!

My Multiply Have BUG!!!

2008-11-10T10:29:00.001+08:00

I need to delete my http://kathypy.multiply.com multiply account due to lots of bugs found in my old multiply account.

The photos page is showing wrong images when try to preview the images by clicking on the thumbnail. I am getting disappointed because I didn't get any reply after so long I sent a request to multiply customer service to fix the issue that I am facing.

So.....this is my new account, everything is still the same as previous except all the comments posted by others are gone. sob* sob*.

Also my contacts are empty, so I need to re-add all my friends to my new account.

"Hey, it's me again, please add me!!"

New multiply account...

http://kathyyun.multiply.com

Marks & Spencer Cappuccino

2008-10-16T00:43:00.005+08:00

My sister is sick at home today. I walked pass her cubicle around tea break and saw something nice. And I realized the easiest way to get something from her is ......

Nice one... Great coffee make a great day!!

Fishing at Teluk Bahang

2008-09-30T14:19:00.009+08:00

Ah Lok, the pancing guru dated us fishing at Teluk Bahang during the weekend.

Wake up 7 in the morning, and meet up at Gurney tower for breakfast. First time trying Subway breakfast, the burger 卖相 not so good, but still taste nice.

Hubby driving and we reached Teluk Bahang around 10am... Ahhhhhhhhhhh...How can I forgot to bring my sun block, and it is damn hot outside. Luckily Ah Lok brought a very small bottle and he shared to me.

There is a long "bridge" to walk, until we reach the fishing place which is sheltered. The view is so nice and no one is there to share the place with us, just 3 of us. We can see a lot of fishing boats parking near there, and see the fisherman bathing on the fishing boat with only 三角裤. So funny!!

Ah Lok helped to get the fishing rod ready with sotong as bait, and set nicely waiting fishes to rise to bait.
It has been a hard time for first 1 1/2 hours, and we started to play "chor dai di" while waiting for fishes.

Finally, 11 something....We started to feel some movement on the fishing rod....and the hard time is over. However, 1st fish not eatable according to guru...Sigh++

And my bait is gone, but where's the fish....

Me, lonely waiting for fish to grab my bait.

But still we able to catch around 7 fishes "only" and a mini 濑尿虾 before we leave Teluk Bahang. Also caught a weird organism as shown in photo, we named it 海蜈蚣.

We fried everything we caught as our dinner. Yummy!!
And thanks Ah Lok to bring us there, a nice place for relaxing and photo shoot. But I got sun burned again because walking out from the shelter to take photos. The sun block not so effective.

Sync My Blogs Between Multiply and Blogger

2008-09-24T16:35:00.002+08:00

Going to upload some new photos taken using the DSLR to my long lost multiply.com. I didn't touch it since January2007, and it is empty until I realized multiply actually capable to sync any blog to/from blogger.com....and I just did it.

Please visit my photos at http://kathypy.multiply.com/photos and leave a comment if you think they are nice or can be improved. Hehe.

The Beginner of DSLR

2008-09-21T21:21:00.010+08:00

Started to play around with the brand new Canon 450d DSLR from hubby. Thanks for investing this new hobby and I know he likes it very much too. He feels glad whenever I am willing to spend time learning new things.

Has been very hardworking during the weekend to drive around and see which place is suitable for our first time shooting with the new DSLR. Hubby let me try out the new toy and he shoot with the S3IS semipro so that we can compare the different quality of photos between the two machines.

First time facing the difficulty to capture a proper photo with the manual setting. Wrong settings make the quality even worse than auto mode. And photography is not just taking photo with the correct mode, but also depends on angle of shooting, which I am still weak in this. Still a lot to learn , will spend more time attending photography sharing classes. We are so excited to explore this new hobby......

Just me and the new toy...

My New Toy

2008-09-18T09:33:00.008+08:00

Get my new toy last night, so happy and excited!!
Waiting for toy opening ceremony, stay tuned..

Cute Lil' G

2008-09-16T22:45:00.006+08:00

Grab these few photos from sister's hubby multiply http://wongikbing.multiply.com/photos/album/30/Balik_Kampung .
The photos are taken when my family went back to my granma house. Really nice photos, and the cute'est lil' princess of the family.

BIG APPLE Donuts & Coffee

2008-09-15T22:27:00.009+08:00

Went to BIG APPLE Donuts & Coffee during the weekend, waiting behind long queue and finally bought a box of 6 pieces. Yummy yummy!!
Green Teaser...

Californian Almond...My favourite!!Choreo...
Kimochi... Iceberg...
Say Cheese...Hubby loves it!!

And the BIG APPLE cappuccino with plain donut...
Can't wait to eat...

No Project Schedule Pressure

2008-09-15T21:31:00.007+08:00

Heard that we are going to be really free after ramping down from the current project. First time since I joined Intel, what a good news to me.
It's time to think about what can be done during the few weeks/months without project schedule pressure.
Don't know since when, I have started to put down a lot of things that I used to do, non-stop working make everything else progress slower and finally stop doing it.

My plan.....
Taking one week off not doing anything but really rest at home. And arrange my to-do list below:

"Wash" my keyboard and dig out all my piano books, hubby gonna sell it away if I leave it there for another month...
Attending class on DSLR sharing...
Finish "Where do all the paperclips go" and "Letters to Sam"...
Finish "Hero" Season1 and Season2...
Back-up all my photos...
Plan for next year family trip...
Change hair style...
Date my girlfriends...

Hope to do at least the above few things during the few weeks/months free time.

MEA folks "once a while" Weekend Gathering

2008-09-11T19:09:00.013+08:00

Recently dating with the coursemates during the weekends. It is a meaningful gathering to get everybody out together.

"Friendly" bowling match at Penang.....Haha, so friendly!!

Someone edited the photo and post all the marks....

So so so lousy, see how much I get in the first game. Good, the photo is blurred. Come on, I am not that bad lah...But really really bad this time, paiseh!

It's my turn lah..

The most cacat post. Don't misunderstood, I am not kicking the ball, just so ngam ngam the left foot is there....

A Day at IKEA

2008-09-03T22:40:00.009+08:00

Went to Ikea during the weekend to window shop for my yet to be ready new house...Never feel boring to shop in Ikea, to see how interior designer mix and match the furnitures for a bedroom, kitchen, living room and etc...

An artistic painting captured from one of the room settings....so cute hor..

Another purpose to go there is to dine in the Ikea restaurant for the yummy Swedish food and relax with a cup of coffee...but not for this time!!

After finished the first floor, thought of having a nice dinner in Ikea restaurant and sipping a cup of coffee while planning what to buy. We swipe the Ikea friends card for the free coffee, and while walking to the restaurant entrance, feel weird to see a lot of prawns on others table and wondering why everybody eating prawns.

And we realized.....the entrance is closed.It is Buka Puasa time and the restaurant only offer Buka Puasa buffet dinner with rm15++ per head. So we decided to give it a try. Not bad lah, the food....but no coffee, so sad...

Need to put on a sticker
after paying for the buffet.

"I had Buka Puasa"....

Family Day Out

2008-09-03T20:13:00.022+08:00

Taking Tuesday off for a longer holiday in KL. Went picnic with Damien's family at a park near Bukit Jalil, a nice place for family outing. Long time didn't go jogging already, it was a great morning, and so happy to spend time together at the park.

The kids are so excited with the so called "sut sut" and "kok kok meh" (kids' term) at the playground and we are busying taking care of them.

Xuan Xuan with the "sut sut" and Damien "bringing" her down from the top. And she says "我还要".

Damien's mum and sis prepare the food for picnic...sandwiches, nasi lemak and last but not least, my favourite coffee...

XuanXuan so happy and keep saying "我要去公园" after back home...cute lil' XuanXuan.

Take a family photo before leaving the park.

And the photo of the day.....

Friendship

2008-08-22T14:59:00.006+08:00

I have lots of friends, but maybe one or two close friends....

After few years of working life, when trying to look back to the past, I realized I left something behind, and I forgot to bring it over.....Friendship!!

Friendship takes time, time to get to know each other, time to build shared memories, time to invest in each other's growth. Friendship ends when friends stop sharing...

But I am very happy today, I pick up a friendship I lost few years ago. Don't know since when, we stop sharing experiences, stop sharing intimate life details. And today, we dig a lot of each other's recent life, and I realized I did not participate in any of her experiences in life these few years. Few months ago, I saw her updated friendster featured friends and I am not in it, I feel sad....But I realized, she is not in mine too. She told me she has the same feeling when she knew that she is not in my list. That means both of us still care, but we didn't work it out. I talk until tear drop, and finally we feel sorry for each other...

I am very happy, because we did it today....

Where is the Caterpillar??

2008-08-20T09:41:00.001+08:00

Someone steals my sister's caterpillar from her cubicle.

It has been 7 days, not knowing whether it is still alive....

Now you see..

Now you don't...

Please let me know if you happen to see it crawling somewhere.

YinChing's Last Day

2008-08-16T14:29:00.001+08:00

YinChing's last day in PDC.....

She is my closest friend in Intel, and also my secret-sharing soulmate......We used to "blow water" alot during breakfast and lunch time. Her so called "asthma" laugh is a sign telling us that she is in the office.

But we gonna miss her "asthma" sound after her leaving. Sigh....Joyce left to KL last year, and now she is leaving. But why am I still here?? I don't know...

Having farewell lunch with her in Tsuruya yesterday, she likes Japanese food....but Tsuruya's food so so, I prefer Ajinoren near Island Plaza....

Oh, our fringe look the same, "cut" in between. Now only I know we have this similarity after knowing you for 3 years. Haha!!

So sad that she gonna leave us, but she is so happy to leave us...Too bad!! Hope she will have a better future there lah, since she "upgraded" from level2 to level3, and everyday steps onto our head, keke..

Hope you still call me for breakfast in the future lah, no more breakfast kaki already..I am going to eat breakfast together with "table kaki" very soon..sob sob*
Take care girl. Muacks!!

ECG Charity Day

2008-08-14T21:25:00.002+08:00

The ECG team is organizing a charity event to raise fund for the needy by setting up food fair, jumble sales, games and anything that can help to collect money.

Damien and I set up a booth called "My Clay House" by selling clays in boxes and some clay models handmade by ourselves.....

Reach office 7 in the morning to setup our booth..."My Clay House".Bigger view of the booth, there are seats for kids who join the clay modeling competition.

The "Bring Me Home" items, we sold them for $3 each... and all sold out ahhhhh!!

And finally, the event started at 8.15am.

There are food stalls...

Jumble sales...Sponge painting...

Wii....

And a lot more...

Kids love clay arts, so do I....

Not knowing myself interested in clay modeling, and I fall in love with it after I did my first clay sample.

Our creations....

"The happy family"

"Brown bear"

"Incredible HULK""Kitty" "Dinosaur""008"
First time selling things made by ourselves.
Guiding the kids how to make an animal with the clay, she told me "JieJie, I want grey color for the head, green for the body and pink for the tail." Creative, huh!! But I am teaching her to make a DINOSAUR.
Another dinosaur for the DiDi, kids like dinosaur....

Focusing!!

And this is for the competition....
The supporter...Cannas my sista..

Damien and I..

Event ends at 1pm, and I keep this whole family as "Not for sale".....

Start My BLOG with a Diamond Ring

2008-08-12T23:33:00.003+08:00

- 12 Aug 2008 became a historical day in my life -

A surprised proposal from him....

I started my first blog with my proposal ring....

I hope to get a surprise and unique proposal from him, without asking when, where or how. Everybody keep asking how if he propose after 3...5...7 years, or never if we didn't discuss about the marriage. And finally, the day has come.

Him, with the ring....in GoldHeart Jewelry, and down on one knee.....That's the time when I know I am going to be Mrs. Fong.

His quote "Will you marry me, and TAKE CARE OF ME for the rest of your life?"

Unique huh!!