A beautiful sunday morning~ ;)

despite the fact that i only wake up at noon. xP [i'm seriuos, it was 1200]
but anyhow, i love that i woke up to a cloudy sky, it was so cool [as in cold, not "you're the bomb"],
and the birds are still chirping [seriously did you ever notice that birds NEVER chirp after 10am on a warm day? i did.]
with a mug of warm nescafe, still in my jammies, i sat in the verandah, smiling. It just felt like MORNING! it would be a wonderful day despite that i dont go out on weekends, but its still good, because i just know that i'll be in an extremely good mood today. x) *sings~*

btw, i had the glutinous rice dumplings i made yesterday for brunch.
it was all good, except the too lean meat, seriuosly bak zhangs NEED FATS.
thats when it (fatty pork peices) will make them (bakzhangs) more moisture with a stronger kick of aroma. how can anyone ignore the smell of fatty bakzhangs? x)
yumm..














Arent they beautiful?? *beams* xD
this is my FIRST time making them!! be proud would you? hahaha..














TA-DAA!!
i know its rather small for a bak zhang, but come on will you? i'm a noob and i must admit its quite hard to do it with small hands. salutes to my grandma, eventho she only made them once for us, years ago when i was still in primary, but that was the most heavenly bak-zhang i had in my memory~ x)














Thats not all!
remember, i said i had a rather progressive week yesterday. *beams*

On thursday, I made OMURICE~!!!

*Jeng-JJeng~













btw, omurice + ketchup, DOES = PERFECT COMBINATION!
mwahahahahha.. i'm damn proud loh seriously. despite the "packaging". hahahahahahahha.
this IS my FIRST time making them & I made three in total :)
and yes of course this is the most presentable one. why would i want to show you my more failure example?

if your reaction now something like:
"huh? isnt that like. NORMAL fried rice with egg on top? meh, the egg not mata-kerbau somemore, cheh."
I STILL DONT CARE! mwahahahhaha.. [told you i'm in an extremely good mood today]

It IS my first time frying rice, and I dont like fried rice, because they're usually too dry and tasteless eventhough they have good chillies and ikan bilis and dried prawns. but let me tell you what i put in MY FIRST FRY RICE!! :D :D :D

- lotsa lotsa garlic.
[you know they always say, "fry your garlics till they gives out that awesome beautiful garlicy smell then only add...." i never gets this, i never smell the awesome beautiful garlicy smell, they still just smell garlic, fry any longer and i smell "overcook". *swt* but anyhow its best RAW with black kicap for bak kut teh! mwahahahaha]
- carrot cubes
- mushroom cubes
- fresh little prawns <33
and
- SMOKED SALMON! <333
and of course .RICE. =) [which i actually cooked it with pandan leave, but it doesnt smell pandan at all. booo.]

i swear the last two ingredients is the loviest of the love! haha. x)
see, i really DONT LIKE fried rice, and according to the list in order is how i cooked it.
As it progressed - garlics... carrots... mushrooms... i was so nervously awaiting that nice food-smell; because i hate bad food and for ME to produce one is an ultimate disgrace, plus i'm cooking TWO cups of rice, thats like too much to waste.
Then it finally came when i added the prawns, and let out a breath of relieve. [HAHA. i really did!]
Next step was tough! because i really ponder whether to "ruin" the now good meal with that package of smoked salmon. see i never tried cooked smoked salmon and raw smoked salmon are yuck. so yea. it took me quite a few minutes to finally decide to add it in!

and I SWEAR i am not exagerating, it REALLY IS HEAVENLY!
try it yourself, then you would understand what i mean by this "goddamnomgoodnesswthellisthatAWESOMELYBEAUTIFULsmell?!?!"
hahahaha. x)

all in all, i would say its the BEST fried rice i've ever had and to proudly declare that it is my first time cooking it. wahahahahahah.. i AM seriously damn proud. :D

BAK JJANG-IAEYO!!

we (mom and i) have finally make those glutinous rice dumplings TODAY!
gosh, its so troublesome my hands are sore now.

i'll be back later.
but overall i'd it've been a very progressive week x)
me likey!!

A beautiful soul.

I'm gonna talk about my going-to-be-former young maid.

For those who did not know, she's only 17 years of age, yeap, the same as my younger sister. how did she fool the kastam, i do not know, but i am absolutely sure the one who approved her is either blind or blind. haha. because, really she looks very young. and there's just the "aura of innocence" that's going about her.. i dont know how to explain, but anyways, let me tell you a story about this young girl.

She's from a small village on the hills of Cambodia, who lives with her grandmother. Her dad died of old age when she was just 11 if i remember correctly, and her mother is currently working in thailand. Now i know the introduction is nothing great, it could have been any other "immigrant maid's story" but the point is she's just that young innocent. She's this innocent soul who would have been everyone's little sister because she's just so obedient, sweet, and curious about everything that to be frank, she's really quite adorable. but there's also part of "every other maid's story" where she'd lie to get out of trouble, and break some stuff at home. haha. to be frank she'd be the first maid to have broken so many household stuff in such short period. btw, if i got the dates right, think her service period for our house was only 3 months or less. =)

anyways, "obey-ing" mom's request, i bought the young girl for some shopping at carrefour just now.
She was so happy about it, you could actually feel her beam. cute isnt it? =)
and her shopping list is so short, she only wants a long sleeve t-shirt and a pair of socks. why am i talking about her simple shopping list? well, see where she's coming from made her this really simple girl that she wouldnt ask for more, you get me? she really just look for a t-shirt, and a pair of socks. and then she's good to go.

unlike us - the lucky ones, honestly we'd NEVER have a "i'm gonna get ONLY an item to treat myself for doing so well this sem" idea, in situationa like this we'd actually be like....
"okay, i'm gonna get a top... and a bracelet, and a bangle, and a slipper, and K-session, clubbing tonight, and buffet on sunday!"
or a rather simpler example "ma, can i have both/all?" and then when mom says no then we'd be grumpy for the rest of the day.

what i'm trying to say is as tin would have prefered of the outskirt areas, simple ppl like them makes life more simple, less stressful, and in all, more beautiful.
Cities ppl, admit that you actually do take advantage over someone direct or indirectly. i know a number of ppl who could do that without even feeling guilty. because its part of the "chain" of living out here. I'd admit that i take the most advantage of my family, that i could do all mean stuff like cussing and raising voices etc when i'm not in the mood of entertaining, i'm just that uglily rude if that's the way you'd put it, i admit it.

now how do i conclude this?
i know its a different culture, lifestyle, bought up situation etc to start off with. But really, why cant we learn to satisfy ourself with more simple things? I, for one would need a MEGA upturn to reach that level, but it would be a great achievement i believe if i ever reach there =)

In approx 5 hous,...

...




I'd be maid-free again!




its time to get my hands rough again.


boohoo. =(

meetoto.com - let's sing! ;)

For those ppl who absolutely love singing, and is not shy to show off their skills, please visit:
MEETOTO!! =)

Its this site which XH introduced to me two days ago. Its something like habbo hotel, where you interact by you avvie character, same old: walk walk, sit sit, talk talk. BUT! with the addition of earnin meemoneys (idk whats it rightful name, i just named that up. haha.) by SINGING.



yeap, i mean singing for real, through your very own microphone. =D
[ shufei says are you tempted liyin??? ;D ]


and its really, pretty cute.
you will get to encounter listen to so many types of "singers".
potential ones, average ones and not so potential ones.

well, i only played it the night before, then my line got a little coo-koo yesterday. anyways on that night alone, only ONE managed to be printed onto my very limited memory. He's a guy who goes by the nick" 猪肉包", literally translated as pork-pao. very cute nick, haha this behpaiseh fella owns a very soothing voice, and his "professional level" made his perf. period actually sounded like something off radio, and he is also quite funny. he actually read out a comment some other players wrote "you sound handsome, i mean you dont seem like an ugly person" in chinese out of every other normal nice comments he recieved. **main point: after he read that out, he summore laugh damn paiseh-ly. damn wtf *falls* loh. HAHAHAHAHHAHA. behpaiseh.

oh ya, btw, the way you earn your meemoneys here is by recieving votes from the other players throughout your 8-minutes performing period. the more votes you get, the more meemoneys! then you can go buy your cloths, furnitures etc. not like habbo where you'd have to exchange by real credits. so yea, this is another plus point. btw, the furnitures here DO COME WITH YOUR ROOM. so you'd never start off with an empty room [habbo's room are very depressing to start with]

Also, for those shy ppl like me, there's also other working areas to earn your meemoneys! this i have not figure out how to play. but the fastest way to earn your meemoneys is of course SINGING. so SING babehs! ;)

nevertheless, there are also those behpaiseh ppl who sings so horribly, where you'd REALLY suspect if he/she IS "KILLING A PIG". sorry if offend the malays, but thats how we put it in chinese =). but you would still have to salute their courage. because i for one, eventhough understand i might not sound as bad as they are, still is a chicken to sing through a electronic device. cause yea, i absolutely hate my voice through phone, they usually sound much more squeeky than i can accept.

Just check it out ppl!
its really quite interesting, WE NEED MORE TALENTED PPL FOR ENTERTAINMENT!!
http://meetoto.goplayplay.com/v2/

;) enjoy~

为你写诗.

I've got to admit i absolutely fancy guys who CAN sing, double bonus for them with an extremely inexplainable voice that would make one fall/melt/fly/whatever you like. triple bonus for eyecandy level! haha.

First of all, Kenji Wu. I never knew who he was, the first time listening his song, namely "poem for you" was sung from a different mouth, one that i extremely enjoy singing K with, because her voice is forever so soothing and mesmerizing. I swear! btw, the one i'm talking about is my dear friend chze yoon~ She can do duets, back up, anything, and you would go silent without noticing(at least i did for a good number of times) because you'd just want to listen to that clean sweet voice better. :)
anyhow, i finally heard the original version by kenji wu, after recieving from leiyan. through hotmail. [yes! mp3 (no "+s") may be sent through hotmail! hahahahaha.]
and hah. i must say, he have an awesome voice. very manly, yet still a little teasingly femenine. told you its inexplainable. xP
but anyhow its extremely loveable. i'd give him a 4 out of 5 for singing in a language i understand. HAHAHAHAH. bias i know i dont care :P
Plus, he's quite good looking to be frank. eventhough he looks a little BadBoy type but still overall an agreeable eye candy. :D

Second Kim RyeoWook. little ryeowookie~~~ gosh he's a year older but i really can NOT stop calling him "little wookie" because really, as everyone puts it. he's just too adorable! his baby voice gosh. smexy. and his innocent smile. gosh! *melts* hahahaha..
I already admit i'm bias on language i know. thus, I only got REALLY attracted to him even more after listening to suju-M songs. no, dont bash me yet! I am still pro-13, i do not know anything about the other two extra, well i know one's name is fluffy(?) thats all. i'm not a suju fan. and the only voices i CAN recognize from that group[M] is only ryeowook's and kyuhyun's (the first suju member i took notice in; and whose voice i think outrated both pumpkin's and wookie's during their K.R.Y. days.). other's appear quite similar thus hard to differentiate for a noob ear like me. *shrugs*
anyhow, why was i extremely attracted to his suju-M songs? because you can actually hear the effort he implied. you can really hear those precise, clear chinese words, definately not mumbling. and please remember he's korean. thus such hardwork and achievement is totally to melt for. ;) heehee.

Third and my utmost favourite person, doihavetosaymore? SHIM CHANGMIN!. teehee. *haha. i know you guys can already imagine my current expression x)*
well i know maybe his voice isnt that "out-shining". but i was extremely blown away by some GUY who could sing high notes. and doihavetosaymore? he's just so cute!.
okay cut the crap. i'm boycotting SM still. :(
gosh i really miss this hotlyretardedbutactuallyamazinglysmartandsexycutie :(

well among the other guy artist, i also admire jay chou & khalil fong. :P
anyways, yea, those are my current fav so far. its kinda a pity as to i dont have a certain english guy to fancy no? hah. :)



"changminah~~~~"...

야!! me no likey school holidays!

i dont mean sem break. cause i'm totally enjoying it without any progression still. *evil laughter*
but little boys and little girls's school break. like wtf. small kids, go home and study, or rot infront of your computer... i dont care, just please. dont. "over-populate". the. malls. please. i beg you.

why am i complaining when its already tuesday of the latter phrase of their TWO weeks hols? =)

because. babified REDBOX [shufei says fuckyou.] bloody cut/close my room acc at 1.50pm, when i only went in at 11.53am. did you realise how wtf this is? that was only TWO hours of singing session. wtheck? seriously loh i very very very very beh syok. I just only finish warming up and was beginning to sound good when they fucking closed my acc. wtf. on NORMAL days i masuk 11+ am keluar pukul tiga also got. but whatthefuck? this is only TWO hours, and we have to finish our lunch, and our soups, and i didnt even get to the verge where i need water thus my enlarged drink was only taken a sip when they closed the acc. =.= damn lame loh. wtf. damn not syok loh. wtf.
oh yes, qing even comprehend till the stage where she only sang HALF of EVERY songs she pick because she wants to sing more. damn not syok loh =.= celaka. HEMP!

CIS!!!
no wonder i dont use to love redbox.
fuck you red box. i damn fucking beh syok you. CON MAN!
stupid-chinese-greedy-never-follow-game-plan-ppl. MA-DE!

Bye Bye.

This is for my peoples
Who just lost somebody
Your best friend, your baby
Your man or your lady
Put your hand way up high
We will never say bye
No, no, no

Mamas, daddys, sisters, brothers
Friends and cousins
This is for my peoples
Who lost their grandmothers
Lift your head to the sky
Cause we will never say bye

As a child there were them times
I didn't get it
But you kept me in line
I didn't know why
You didn't show up sometimes
On Sunday mornings and I missed you
But I'm glad we talked through

All them grown folk things
Separation brings
You never let me know it
You never let it show
Because you loved me and obviously
There's so much more left to say
If you were with me today
Face to face

I never knew I could hurt like this
And everyday life goes on I wish
I could talk to you for a while
Miss you but I try not to cry
As time goes by

And it's true that you've
Reached a better place
Still I'd give the world to see your face
And be right here next to you
But it's like you're gone too soon
Now the hardest thing to do is say

Bye bye
Bye bye, bye bye, bye bye
Bye bye, bye bye, bye bye
Bye bye, bye bye, bye bye
Bye bye

You never got a chance to see
How good I've done
And you never got to
See me back at number one
I wish that you were here
To celebrate together
I wish that we could
Spend the holidays together

I remember when you used to
Tuck me in at night
With the teddy bear you gave me
That I held so tight
I thought you were so strong
You'd make it through whatever
It's so hard to accept the fact
You're gone forever

I never knew I could hurt like this
And everyday life goes on I wish
I could talk to you for a while
Miss you but I try not to cry
As time goes by

And it's true that you've
Reached a better place
Still I'd give the world to see your face
And be right here next to you
But it's like you're gone too soon
Now the hardest thing to do is say

Bye bye
Bye bye, bye bye, bye bye
Bye bye, bye bye, bye bye
Bye bye, bye bye, bye bye
Bye bye

This is for my peoples
Who just lost somebody
Your best friend, your baby
Your man or your lady
Put your hand way up high
We will never say bye

Mamas, daddys, sisters, brothers
Friends and cousins
This is for my peoples
Who lost their grandmothers
Lift your head to the sky
Cause we will never say bye, bye.

I never knew I could hurt like this
And everyday life goes on I wish
I could talk to you for a while
Miss you but I try not to cry
As time goes by

And it's true that you've
Reached a better place
Still I'd give the world to see your face
And be right here next to you
But it's like you're gone too soon
Now the hardest thing to do is say

Bye bye
Bye bye, bye bye, bye bye
Bye bye, bye bye, bye bye
Bye bye, bye bye, bye bye
Bye bye



I have always hated death.
I also dont like saperation.
I don't like watchin the news because there's always more death/murders/wrongness in life.
this morning, i switched on astro to this old hongkong movie, i dont know the title. The synopsis is about this dad, who i believe as every other person would be when they reach a certain age: being paranoid, thus when he found out that he had abdomen cancer, no one in his family believed, thinking he's just being paranoid and everything is just fine as they were. So being the optimist that he is, he decided to just go along the game to remain the happiness throughout his final phrase of days. Until eventually the lie is broken when his eldest daughter found the report. Its just so sad, because you know this person's gonna leave but there's nothing much you can do, the dad refuse to do the operation because there's only 50% of sucessful operation -meaning if it fails, its rightaway byebye, something that he is not ready to do; he'd rather spend these remaining days he have doing things than betting it on the operation table. Its just so sad isnt it? why does saperation always have to be so sad? no. why do we have saperation?
anyways, i dont really know what i'm talking right now.
but after that show, mariah carey's Byebye came playing into my mind - a song that i've only heard once full on mtv, and another time only the very final verse on radio.
It beats whatever songs the chinese artistes sang for sichuan.
however i have to admit i got amazingly touched at a mother's poem, titled "child, hold my hand". the poem covers something like a mother asking her child to hold her hand in the darkness, as a guide to the other side, and not be afraid.
Its just so heart-wrenching to learn this poem is written by a mother who's forced to let go on her precious one. A great step for anyone to take, especially when it is by a cause of disaster/accident rather than sickness.
Mariah Carey's song is the best ever. i know it is not directly for sichuan, but the melody and meaning of it beats every other song available.
四川 加油.