2007 is so near...

*gulp*

I start filling my new diary for year 2007 with work today!

OMG!

*thump thump thump*

2007, I can hear you!!!

Arghh...I hope I have time to do the tag from greenleaf before 2006 waves goodbye to me!

On A Half-Day Leave

I took a half-day leave today. Planned to go for dentist, visit bank, and enjoy myself at home, but mama also applied for a half-day leave after knowing me on leave. She went to see doctor and asked me to look after bulat. :( My hard earn half-day unrecorded leave GONE!

Bulat is enjoying himself with my accompanion today. How do I know he is? Hmm...well, he has to be! LOL!
I let him rolling himself on the floor, I mean on the mattress, of course. Guess this is the first time he play on the floor.
I let him taste the guava! He does not like it though!
I bathed him for the very first time! Mama's hand is hurt, so I got the chance to bath him. Erm, if you can imagine how the hands work like legs, that is how it is like.
So, you see, dont you agree bulat has a wonderful day with me?!!
Later, when both papa is doing gardening works and mama is building the shelter for her orchid, I put bulat into his trolley. I bring him around the car porch and show him how his grandparents work for the plants. Oh, bulat has a really busy day, watching the grandparents climbing up and down while his kuku laughing and shouting without offering any help.


Hee...and I cook a dish tonight. YES, I COOK! I named the dish GOLDEN PRAWN. I got the recipe from the TV programme. I told my mama and she got me all the ingredients that I need. I know you wont believe that I am actually COOKING a dish, so i took photos while preparing it. Very simple.

Some prawns:


Some salted-eggs:


Take only the egg yolk. Steam the egg yolk. Mash them.


Finally, some butter:


Since it is still early after preparing the ingredients, I take some photos for my new babe, given by pink cotton! She is so sweet! muacks! I hope the plant wont wither as pc has put them inside the car for hours under the big sun! ;p

I love it.

Hee...finally, it is time to cook! First, throw the butter in. Next, throw the mashed-salted-egg in. Finally, throw the prawns in and cook until the prawns turn red.

Done!

There is no photo to show you all the steps because I am cooking ma!



Anyway, let me present the GOLDEN PRAWNS to you now!



TANG TANG TANG TANG!!!!!





Comments:
Me: I think I have missed out some steps. ROF! However, how do I know how it is suppose to taste like? The TV programme did not tell ma! ;p
SIL: You have put too much butter! But, not bad la!
ccw: Not bad le! I eat alot, you see! (hehehe...he is forced to have dinner at my place)
Bro: Taste 0%, look 0%, healthiness 0%! Just pass with a plate of COOKED dish!
Papa: ... (as usual, he is not dare to eat what I cooked! ROF!)
Mama: EH, not bad ler, the taste is good! (OMG! My mama said it is good! Even my bro has to take another one and try again!!! LOL!!!)

I think I can cook better next time as I know how much I should put for each ingredient instead of putting some of each! WHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH!

Christmas & Me

I found a photo in my camera that describe by A^ben in his post entitled: if CHRIST = X, therefore Xmas = CHRISTmas:

Found it at my friend's house on Christmas Day. It is actually done by the dad. In fact, the house is decorated with all sort of Christmas related stuff. I bet the parents are enjoying themselves when busy decorating the house. There is not only a christmas tree, but there are 3. There are not only the christmas trees but also display of the birth of Jesus. There are also the family photosSS hanging on the wallsS. Everything is just placed with love. Well, I just love the way the parents live their lives. The children are lucky to have them as their parents who are cheerful, humorous, creative, enjoy life, loving etc! Woo...

Now, as a non-Christian, Christmas Day is a day full of joy and love to me. Since 2 years ago, we started to have christmas dinner together. The atmosphere during the dinner is always the best. ^_^ I love to prepare christmas gifts too. It is fun to choose christmas gifts for persons who you care for, especially when you know the gift would bright up their day! LOL! I always choose something that he/she might likes/needs. Therefore when come to buying gift for someone I know very well, it is an easy task.

Hmmm...ya, according to pink cotton, I buy something that is practical most of the time. So, she wont seek for my opinions when she wants to buy something that is erm romantic for someone.
Hmmm...mama always get angry with me when I cant give her any suggestion what to buy for someone she knows better than me. :(

In short, my christmas can be described as below:
Joy comes from the feast.


Love comes from the gift.


Happy!

#6: Feliz Navidad

*GIGGLE*

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU!!!!! MUACKS!

Back to the topic of the post. #6: Feliz Navidad, why #6 and where are the #4 and #5? If you were asking questions like those, then you are asking the right questions. That means you know the existence of the cottonish sponge caroling group!

Well, the lazy sponge is so ... lazy! She has actually prepare 6 songs for this caroling but she only managed to tour around for 3 songs. HMM today is Christmas Day, let's just forgive her, k?!!! ;p

In fact, the other 2 songs are Santa Claus Is Coming To Town and Silent Night. Ya, let's just forget about it. ;p

The last song I prepared is Feliz Navidad. I repeat, I love Spain - the country, without much reason. Hahaa...

Feliz Navidad is the phrase "Merry Christmas" in Spanish.

Found the live movie clip of Jose Feliciano performing Feliz Navidad in YouTube, So let's YouTube now.

In case you wanna sing along, the lyric is here:

Feliz Navidad
Feliz Navidad
Feliz Navidad
Prospero año y Felicidad


I want to wish you a Merry Christmas
I want to wish you a Merry Christmas
I want to wish you a Merry Christmas
From the bottom of my heart

Durian + Cempaedak

Unlce gave us 1 biji of durian + cempedak.

Say thanks to my bro, as the photo was taken by him.

Its appearance is exactly a durian. The taste is 50% of durian and 50% of cempedak. Since I love both durian and cempedak, I think it is quite delicious. SIL does not like it.

This must be a fruit week, I have had a lot of local fruits including cempedak, durian, langsat, mangosteen (muacks 13th panda), starfruit, rambutan, etc.

^_^

没有心情的日子

喝着咖啡
过着没有心情的日子

没有紧张的心情
没有考试
只有工作

没有失落的心情
家人朋友
大家无恙

没有期待的心情
小时候 期待着长大
长大后 期待进大学
毕业后 期待找份工
工作后 期待的心渐渐远去

没有期待的日子
是快乐的吗
是悲伤的吗
是满足的吗
是我曾经向往的吗

应该是快乐的吧
应该是满足的吧
应该是我向往的吧
不然为什么我曾经期待呢

摇一摇手中的咖啡杯
结账吧 老板

看一看桌上的心情
老板递过了单据
总共一个微笑

Sore throat

My throat was burning yesterday morning. I have sore throat. No coughing, flu, fever, diarrhea, just sore throat. I need to see a doctor. However, I am not too sure how a doctor can help.

I had 2 strepsils every 2 hours in the morning and drank lot of water until I had to run to the toilet every half an hour.

Went to see a doctor after lunch and got myself 2 bags of tablets plus 1 bottle of syrup. :(

Big tablets and bitter syrup, arghh! But I am much better after taking the medicine yesterday.

This morning, after taking the medicines, I became sleepy...super sleepy!!! Read through the piece of information come with the bottle of syrup, the most common side effects are drowsiness and dizziness and etc.

I guess my throat is alright already, just that I start to sneeze.

*yawn*

#3: Jingle Bells

We have the snowman, the rudolph...
and now...we hear the bells...

Let's karaoke...


Dashing through the snow
In a one horse open sleigh
O'er the fields we go
Laughing all the way
Bells on bob tails ring
Making spirits bright
What fun it is to laugh and sing
A sleighing song tonight

Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh

A day or two ago
I thought I'd take a ride
And soon Miss Fanny Bright
Was seated by my side
The horse was lean and lank
Misfortune seemed his lot
We got into a drifted bank
And then we got upsot

Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh yeah

Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh
Jingle bells, jingle bells
Jingle all the way
Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh

About the song...

Travilion @ Kuching

Used to think that Travilion @ Kuching is a stylish place. The buildings are modern, unlike other old shop lots. I quite like the place except of the fact that it has very limited shops.

An overview of the place.

Futhermore, most of the shops are decorated uniquely. You will seldom find shops here that really care about their image except for cafe and restaurant. Too bad, I was there too early and the shops are not open yet.


As I was trying to capture more photos, I found this...


My bf took the photo. He said it is another kind of beauty found in Kuching, the art of vandalisme. I looked around, there should be a party last night. The place is in a mess.

Haih...

RM9.90 breakfast

Wake up at 7:30am on a sunday morning to enjoy the dim-sum breakfast with friends. Since one of our friend is in KK and not be able to join us, I am here to post the photos of each and every dish that we have had. Thank to sandbox and the rest for reminding me to take photo before the food reached my mouth.

Hong Kong style dim-sum breakfast = sek ko pao, yam tam cha!


A small bowl of porridge.


A piece of this:


Chicken claws...


har kao, siew mai and the another type of dim-sum...and you can have 2 pieces for each.


Fried dim-sums...;p There are 2 types.


LAST ONE, the lek tau suan without yiu cha kueh :(

That's how the RM9.90 breakfast is.

#2: Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer

Let's karaoke...


Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer
had a very shiny nose.
And if you ever saw him,
you would even say it glows.

All of the other reindeer
used to laugh and call him names.
They never let poor Rudolph
join in any reindeer games.

Then one foggy Christmas Eve
Santa came to say:
"Rudolph with your nose so bright,
won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"

Then all the reindeer loved him
as they shouted out with glee,
Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer,
you'll go down in history!


Something about Rudolph and other carols

Papa and Myna

Last week, while papa was sitting outside the house, a bird flew by and stopped next to him. The naughty papa tried to catch it. Without struggling, the obedient bird was in papa's hand.

Bro ran excitedly upstair telling mama that papa caught a bird. Mama who was doing laundry, shouted back to set the bird free. Bro ignored her and brought a basket downstair to kidnap the bird. Heheheehee...

Hmm...to the people who is wondering where was I when this incident taking place, hehe..i was still in bed! I continued to sleep.

After a while, I think that is most probably after the bird was put into the basket, papa came upstair to wake me up. He said:"Go downstair, papa caught a bird!" Mwhehehee...well, this is not the first time he caught a bird. But being a good daughter, *grin*, i decided to get up. I went to meet papa's new pet. Woo...a black bird, it is a Myna but I am not too sure which species it belongs to. It could be a Hill Myna as it can imitate human voice. After knowing how precious it is, mama allowed papa to keep it.

Neighbour borrowed papa a cage. Papa was busy repairing the cage so that the bird got a home. Papa also installed the water and food containers for the bird.



After a week, mama found that the sight of the bird shit all over the floor is really sickening. Thus, the bird is going to be give away!

This reminds me of the several puppies that my cousin and parents' friends gave to us (my bros and I when we were still little kids) were being giving to others after a short stay at our place, as short as 2 days 1 night. Weird that none of the 3 of us ever begged mama to let the puppies stay longer.

#1: Frosty the Snowman

Let's karaoke...


Frosty the snowman
was a jolly happy soul,
With a corncob pipe and a button nose
and two eyes made out of coal.
Frosty the snowman
is a fairy tale, they say,
He was made of snow but the children
know how he came to life one day.
There must have been some magic in that
old silk hat they found.
For when they placed it on his head
he began to dance around.
O, Frosty the snowman
was alive as he could be,
And the children say he could laugh
and play just the same as you and me.
Thumpetty thump thump,
thumpety thump thump,
Look at Frosty go.
Thumpetty thump thump,
thumpety thump thump,
Over the hills of snow.

Frosty the snowman knew
the sun was hot that day,
So he said, "Let's run and
we'll have some fun
now before I melt away."
Down to the village,
with a broomstick in his hand,
Running here and there all
around the square saying,
Catch me if you can.
He led them down the streets of town
right to the traffic cop.
And he only paused a moment when
he heard him holler "Stop!"
For Frosty the snow man
had to hurry on his way,
But he waved goodbye saying,
"Don't you cry,
I'll be back again some day."
Thumpetty thump thump,
thumpety thump thump,
Look at Frosty go.
Thumpetty thump thump,
thumpety thump thump,
Over the hills of snow.

What does Wikipedia say?