Saturday, December 31, 2011

Christmas Lunch


Continuously for two years, I was given the opportunity to experience couple X'mas overseas. When I was still in Penang, my small aunty will always organize an X'mas party. 
I think we can be considered as a big family. Even though we're not Christian, we celebrate X'mas. 
haha.... who cares? as long as you get to gather with friends and family, eat, drink and enjoy~!


This year, my boss asked me to go over to the restaurant for an X'mas lunch. He's originally from the United States and been in Tassie for around 9 years. He first came here with his ex-wife (he REALLY mind the 'EX'!), first in Melbourne, then Tasmania (after they got on a different way).

Well, I was not told to bring anything for the gathering, but, common sense....duh~
I made a supposed-to-be-a-moist-chocolate-mud-cake, but I sieved the mixture after I have mixed them..... which led it becoming a SUPER rich brownie! =____= A HUGE DISAPPOINMENT!!! =(


Well, despite the cake-into-brownies incident, she still deserve a photo
Say "Cho-ko-latt-teh" XP

The signboard which made almost everyone think that my boss' name is Joe...haha


The interior, viewing from the cashier.

When he first opened the restaurant, which was located at a different location.


Viewing towards the kitchen through a bottle of Tequila *
that's my boss*

Hunter, my boss' son and the kitchen chef&helper.

We sell mainly 'Creole' food, which refers to a variety of mixed cuisine developed by the 'white descendants who settle in Carribean or Central/South of America'. My boss' from Missouri, which is central western of America.
And THEY LOVE SPICES!!!
If you say South East Asians love 'cili padi' a.k.a small hot baby chillies 
I think Jalapeno chillies can be said to be part of Creole food.


Creole...loh lee loh

Mix of Mac-hee-co as well *Mexico*

Enough of crap, LET'S CHECK ON THE FOOD!

flash head!

 The turkey.... with the excess stuffing sitting out there. 


I made this REAL big cause it's my favourite of the whole X'mas lunch!!!
Home made ham!!! Smoked and slow grilled! with brushes of orange juice + brown sugar.
YUM!!! totally divine!

This is called....ermm...erm....
FORGOT!!! hahahaha....
Recipe of this unknown side dish:
A bed of sweet potato,
Sprinkled with brown sugar,
Topped with a few pieces of butter,
Layered with sufficient marshmallow
and
BAKE!


Oh ya! don't forget to sprinkle some Pecan nuts yea!


I CAN'T BELIVE IT IS NOT A DESSERT!!!
It's a side dish! A God-damn side dish! *pardon me~lalala*

It scored 6 out of 10 as a side dish,
but would have made it to 9 if it's a dessert. *persistent*


My boss' daily mood-board, which 's supposed to reflect how he's feeling.
(Act cute~ layan je lah)

Another unique dish below *cough-cough* is called white salad... 
which is quite racist.... ={D

Boss: "Only the whites can eat this,
you honey-coloured asians and 
those charcoal-covered people can't"
*Obviously pulling my leg*
t(=_____ = lll)t hahaha....


I made this large as well not because I love it.... just for you to guess what's inside...

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- Orange flavoured jelly (smashed)
- Tiny marshmallows
- Cream (beaten up)
- Carrot strips

The first moment you placed it into your mouth,
you will feel...
!~THE AWKWARD MOMENT~!
haha... quite.... 

unforgettably sweet
 unique and diversified
 quirky and fanciful
 flamboyant for the colour, esp. for a X'mas salad

and

refreshing~! just like coming out from a hot steamy bath 
(have to use orange-flavoured soap/shampoo though!)


















It's a pleasant day... 
if there's no brownies...haha

HAPPY NEW YEAR guys!

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Soothing...

Love to 'lepak' on youtube recently, clicking on stuffs that sounds appealing to me.
Tripped over this - a duo-group cover by Wanting and SeanZ.
Feel that among all their covers, this is the most interesting one.

I think it's an old song, if not mistaken, it's from “琼瑶”电影, which was an era totally out of my media antenna. XP
However, the 'old and conservative' way of singing this song is reinterpreted in a younger style which is more towards sofa-music  沙发音乐。

It's called "千年等一回” Waiting for the once in a million years"




听完了,很适合睡觉
XO

Sunday, December 25, 2011

給小的你们

陈奕迅-Baby Song, 总是喜欢在写部落格时播些歌。



昨天,听见了家里的小瓜讲话!


“ 术叔! 素漱!”

哈哈。。。*傻笑-ING*》___《

原来,两年是那么快的,
好像瞬间老了。。呵呵

想把这首歌献给那些比我年幼的:

总有一天,
当你们发现黑白
不再是那么分明,
梦想总会有个灰灰的角落,

别太失落。。。

因为我讲的只是个梦想,
梦想与事实是永分不开的。

但它们绝对不是同一件事。
这。。。要牢牢记住。

小时候,要听话。
长大了,不用太听我们的话,
因为我们相信,
相信你们会用心。

世界会不停地转动,
时间会不停地流走,
你们也会渐渐长大,
并且慢慢地了解。


总有一天,
你们会走入无穷无尽的事实,
发现原来梦想
可以是风,
可以是雨,
时而艳阳顶天,
时而秋风落叶。

没人能告诉你,
世界能给你们什么,
我们能给你们什么,
他们该给你们什么。

只有你们,
能决定自己该给或能给自己些什么。
我们与他们能给你鼓励,加油,
但,只有你能给自己决心。

Eason的这首歌很不错,
唱出了他对他女儿的爱。
听着这首歌,让我想起在城市甘邦的老家。
XP

Saturday, December 24, 2011

雪圆。鰻丼

Finally,made the Unagi Dong and Tang yuan as well.

It's Christmas eve and just getting more rest before work recommences.
Well, below are the photos.

The sweet and sour fish were cooked by my housemate. =P
Yum yum~

Unagi Dong.... by me.
Maybe I'm not a huge fan of fishy smell, this unagi still has some of the stench.
But at least it's less than last time. 



After that, I made a 'tang yuan' with redbean filling..... arhhh... 
took me ages to find the red bean paste  

Big red daddy 'tang yuan'...hohoho

This one is the greedy one, too much filling and busted!


A few small ones hanging around the big ones.

and served with milk and brown sugar or gula malacca.

Merry Christmas!
HOHOHO!

Friday, December 23, 2011

Summer solstice 夏至

Yesterday was called 'Winter Solstice" in Lunar calendar,
which small glutinous balls are served with sweet syrup.



In Mandarin, we call it "tang yuan", while we call it 'xiak yen' in Hakka. 
Probably going to make it during weekend.... if not too lazy。。。haha



Also miss muachi or 糍粑'qi bah'..... springy texture of the glutinous rice, covered with roasted peanuts, icing sugar...oh DAMN!  *drooling all over the keyboard* XP

It's winter solstice for the northern hemisphere, but in Aus, it's FREAKING HOT! haha... not a bad thing at all though. LOVE YOU SUNSHINE!

By the way, I went fishing with a few friends at a creek during last weekend, and I got an EEL!
Planning to do an 'Unagi Don' or 鳗鱼饭 whenever I'm free. *hopefully*



Used to order them whenever I got the chance to dine in a Japanese restaurant...which is rare~
My housemate cooked half of it yesterday night as dinner..... and he made them into a pot of soup bunjut (Malay spriced soup) However, he added nothing to get rid of the muddy flavour (cause it's a freshwater eel). The result was... erhm.... after 12 hours eating the eel, the muddy smells still lingering around my mouth... >  < !!!

till here then.
Life's always about food.... chao!

Monday, December 12, 2011

九號球

五月天很多的歌都是满写实的。。。
就像是这首《九号球》,
个人比较喜欢怪兽版,
普通,写实...很适合深思时听的一首歌。






Today, I asked my friend who's working together with me

"What's your greatest dream?"

"ermm...."

"Let's make it easy...... here're 2 and ONLY 2 options... - An ordinary people or a very very successful people"

"ermmmm..... between, can?"

"oh mannnn.... I mean GREATEST!! Helloo~ Greatest means one and only one."

"........ *can't decide but still deciding*......"

"By the way, it's just your greatest dream, not your life"

"duh...."

v(=_____ =    lll)/

“從前 書包很滿 
裝不下的夢 就丟了一些
未來我們 要怎麼活 
凝視著白球 暫時我不去想"


Sunday, December 11, 2011

观后感

果园的工作果然累人。。。
每天五点多就得起床~ 累~!

上个周末看了两部台湾电影
《艋舺》《那年,我们一起追的女孩》

先讲讲《艋舺》吧。。。

台湾唸法为“Mang-kah!",
源于台湾原住民语,意指 “陆地与河口连接的地方,且贸易繁忙之地”
故事大纲围绕于一个羞涩的男生怎么与艋舺帮派结下不解之缘。

新一代帮派的纠纷,年轻人对"oh xiakh huey" (黑社会)改头换面的观念。
从出生入死的友谊到关公面前结拜的兄弟关系,
到最后的两败俱伤。。。。。。

故事情节ok ok啦,
单亲妈妈,辍学儿子,同性恋的阮经天。。。*汗*
但原声带配得还蛮成功的,尤其是男主角和小宁(戏中的妓女)暧昧的那一幕。。。
哈哈。。。。没有一丝龌龊的感觉,反而意外的浪漫~phew phitt!!!
整部电影大多以台语呈现,又没有字幕,确实看到有点辛苦。哈哈~
戏中的服装时尚,不是红红绿绿,就是黄黄紫紫的;不是花花纹纹,就是pattern多多的。。。
哈哈。。。彩虹!



《那年,我们一起追的女孩》,
预告片未免也打得太强了吧!
搞到看完过后没预期的满足。。。哈哈~

(也许看过的人才懂得我在讲什么)

把柯腾的“十五月亮”照入镜头,还有课堂中的电吉他班。。。九把刀也太屌了吧!
哈哈。。。没什么反对,只是不知道九把刀的出发点在哪?XP
听说被大马政府列为三级片。。。oh oh!

我的高中,没有女生,更没有“沈佳宜”,
"停经老姨","装年轻老姨”却偶尔会遇上一两个。
倒霉的话,耳朵就得受苦了。。。哈哈...shhhh....
还好我一路以来都是以好好学生的样子来面对她们的,不然。。。肯定没剩!

故事中所说的:追用工读书的女生的好处就是你也会用工起来。
非常赞同!哈哈。。。
因为不管你(指男生)的梦想是什么,总希望能超越女生吧?!
*男性荷尔蒙超标!!*   t(=____=)t
即使你的梦想是成为“家庭主夫”,也要成为个万能的吧?哈哈。。。
想当年。。。我竟然也有那么"拼”的!haha...说成绩啦~

有一幕。。。
坐在操场旁的光头柯腾,在绑马尾的佳宜走过时,满足的笑了一下。。。
哈哈!靠腰啊!!我竟然也跟着傻笑起来。。。哈哈。。。*失控地傻笑中*

如果问我看完这部电影有什么特别的感想,我会说:
”我。。。我。。。。我。。。。。。
我终于学会了怎么运用‘臭鸡八’”!!”哈哈。。。
学好三年,学坏?。。。。三秒不到!

找天,我也想拍这么一部电影。。。
里头的原声带都是

王力宏-《爱的就是你》,《唯一》
庾澄庆《情非得以》,
SHE《爱呢》
F4 《绝不能失去你》
梁静如《分手快乐》
再来个  戴佩妮《街角的祝福》《怎样》做ending

COMPLETE!!! 
呵呵~等有钱了再说吧!哈哈。。。

以上两部电影都属于热血之作,比TWILIGHT 来得好多多!!
No offence to Twilight fans out there! This is just how I feel, and I know it.

P/S:谢谢Vachel贴了youtube link 才能够顺利地看完《那年》,送你JJ-《学不会》



J杰:“我发现。。。要喜欢上一个人,并不难。
但,要爱上这个人,维持这个爱。。。。
我还是学不会。”

Saturday, December 3, 2011

random

Having a free Saturday morning, nothing much to do (besides tidying up my long deserted room).

Got overall result last week.... hmm.... what can I say?
Definitely not satisfied, but I'm not complaining either.
The subject that I put in most effort showed the most pathetic outcome... oh WTH!
but at least the worst subject still cukup cukup makan. *感动* haha...
The rest of the subjects not too bad, but not awesomely awesome.

Surprisingly, the subject that I loath the most - HISTORY got a DN (distinction)....

SERIOUSLY WHAT THE HECK!?!?!?@#$@#%#$

haha... well, life's not always the way you wanted.
Overall comment : Heaps of room to improve. =P

saw this advert on FB, the filming is awesome!
and it's made by Malaysian! =D




Thursday, December 1, 2011

different yet so familiar

Got a 20 cents change from the supermarket lady few days ago.
It should be an Aussie coin, but after feeling the carving treads at the back of the coin...
it's Ringgit, Ringgit Malaysia...haha

Still remember how not used I am to the small Aussie 2 dollar coin when I first arrived..

Well, those days.
 =D