A New Year!

Monday, 31 December 2007

In about 15 minutes or so, local time, it'll be 2008. A brand new Year!

It is at this time of the year that we look back at what we have achieved and experienced, and plan for the new year.

So, Looking back at some of the important events of 2007:


1) During my summer holidays, I've had a few trips with my family. The most memorable would be the trip to the port in my dad's car; it's something very special to me. Time here has made me feel closer to my family
2) Experienced a lot of stress due to final year project and studies, and consequently, learned how to better manage stress
3) Had a placement with Technip, experienced different working conditions and many things
4) Realised the importance of focusing my almost non-existant concentration, the beginning is always the hardest, and never think about other things when doing work
5) Played Final Fantasy 8
6) Got to know 3 very good friends


Allright, I have to move on because there ain't no more time haha!

Things to look forward to in the new year:

1)Graduate from University of Sheffield, with first class
2)Get a job in the UK
3)Travel Europe
4)Learn about life, live my life responsibily


That's all, short and nice. I can already hear the fireworks going off ^^

Goodbye.


And HELLO 2008!!!!

New Year!

Soon, it's gonna be a New Year in Malaysia.

Time flies really. This year, I somehow feel sad that 2007 is over. It's so fast, holidays over, exams coming, project dateline...

What have I achieved this year? I feel ashamed to look back to my past. I can only look forward, to make next year better than this!

Next year, at this time, I would be working somewhere already. I wonder what my life would be.

Right now, I feel like I am in the middle of a transition state. After feeling so stressed and kinda depressed not too long ago, now, I am slowly changing.

I have learnt not to think too much. Not to worry about the past too much. Concentrate on the moment now, and what I want to be in the distant future.
Think Positive! It's a New Year!



Nevermind the crap, I wish all of you readers a Happy New Year!
A new beginning! Hope!





p/s: There seems to be no plan for tonight. No reply from friends. Leftover Bah Kut teh for new year dinner....LOL

Christmas dinner

Saturday, 29 December 2007

Hello People!

I know this update is long overdue, but nvm. Basically we had a dinner to 'celebrate' christmas but I just wanna boast about my turkey wtf lol!

Anyway, enough of the lame shit. Well well we had the christmas dinner. That's it. With Barry's brother and Joshua. And ugh.. we talked lots of crap till 12 midnight. err.. sounds boring.

I've learned a lot of stuff cooking the turkey. Actually, most of the work came from preparing the gravy. Anyways, as they say, a picture is worth a thousand words, so here you go, four thousand words!

The turkey broth made from gibblets(neck and internal organs T__T) and the juice from the cooked turkey
The Roux. It was supposed to be whitish and then turn dark and have the aroma of toasted bread or nut. I did not use pure butter, but some cheapskate Sainsbury stuff so this is the akibat. It took me twice the instruction's cooking time to get the aroma and change of texture. Maybe I stared at it too long that my mind started imagining things when actually it did not change at all. hahah!
Za Turrrkey! Big, Fat Juicy, with stuffing and lemon up it's ass. The bacon was used to cover the breasts.. supposed to keep it juicy wor..
Do you notice that there are two colours of the meat? The inner meat is yellowish.. dunno why

I ate the thigh the day after, and it was tougher than the breast meat T__T. The leftover turkey is still left downstairs, no one disposed of it. hahah I shall do it tmrw.

Fortunately, no one died or got food poisoning from the food (or else I won't be here blogging). Oh I tried to took a picture of all the dishes together (salad, mashed potatoes, yorkshire

pudding, cocktail sausages, bacon, and leek & potato soup) but it turned out so blurry I decided not to post here. We had guests, so I also pai seh wanna take so many photos like a maniac

Anyways, the day after that we had Barry's famous Sarawak laksa. Yummy yummy! So much good food.. I think that was my only meal of the day.. lol

Yesterday, Tad Song left for London. Now, there's only me and James.. the house is quieter than ever. Heck I haven't seen James for four days liow. WTF we both in the house never meet. So quiet.. sometimes feel a bit lonely lar, despite chatting with people on the net. No face to face interaction.. Lol.

Anyway, now Yein Shiang is back so I got some one to talk crap with.

The New Year is coming, but I haven't planned anything for that yet. Lazy lazy lazy. No one contact me also, so I also lazy wanna initiate. lor.

Ok, that's all this time.

Ja!

Turkey Mania!

Tuesday, 25 December 2007

Hello people!

This is just a story of me and turkey. As you all know, I took bath with a frozen turkey last year. Hahha! Fortunately, this year, that did not repeat. Instead, I got to defrost it in the plastic box I use to soak my clothes. I considered putting it in my room, but the tought of waking up in the middle of the night with the turkey missing is a bit scary... NNOOO!

ANyways, I left it outside my room, outside the toilet. Maybe that's the secret ingredient to make it tasty. Anyhow, I have buttered it (dunno if that's the correct term) and filled it with stuffing and lemon and tossed it into the oven (with Barry's help). I couldnt' take any pictures as my hands were oily and messy. There were blood and water dripping everywhere... not a nice sight. I did not really follow any recipe, just mix and match.. hopefull it'll come out alright. haha!
I did not do a proper job of stuffing it too.. lol! Scared no time ar...

Now, I'm boiling the neck and internal organs to make the turkey broth, for the gravy. I hope I'll remember to turn the turkey around later.. lol i don't want the turkey to be cooked on one side and raw on the other.. haha!

Anyways, I shall post pictures of the dinner later. I think i'd better go check on it now
Ja ne!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone!

This post is just to wish everyone a happy christmas! It's just 12 midnight here in the UK, but when I wake up it'll already be night time in Malaysia. So I'd better wish before it's too late!

I hope everyone enjoyed his/her holiday!

Cheers!

Moon, Dinner, Tekken

Sunday, 23 December 2007

Yesterday night, I just realised that I can still see the moon from my room! Wow.. the light shinning into the room was so bright.. so nice! I missed the moon by just a bit if I were on the bed.. but still nice to see the ray of light.

Anyways, I found out that everyone slept at 5 a.m. yesterday. Hhaha! We all heard the neighbour's noisy party, and fire alarm T__T.

Ohh we cooked for Barry tonight, and while coming back, I saw the moon again, which was so damn big! I tried taking photos with my phone but failed miserably. Dang. Anyways, I cooked beef with pepper.. using packet powder of course! I've gotta start using them.. so many of them hiding in the cupboard. This time, I read the instructions clearly. The last time i tried using a packet sauce for fried rice, I added the sauce after I finish frying. It was when I threw away the packaging that I read the instructions: Stir fry the sauce with oil, then add meat. After that, add rice. T__T"

Oh, we'll be going shopping tmrw for our christmas dinner. I'll be in charge of the darn turkey. We'll be making salad, mashed potatoes, and leek with some white unidentified sauce. (Me and James tried this before.. we'll find out the ingredients tonight on the net.. then go get the ingredients tmrw). The dessert will be apple (something.. pie?), soft drinks, and ice cream (cuz Yvonne took back the weighing scales.. so I can't make pudding this time.. but I ain't complaining.. one dish is enough for me!) Waahhh so many nice dishes... I hope it'll turn out fine!
Barry's brother and friend will be joining us too. ohohohoho!

ANYWAYS, I lumped all the photos togeher cuz I am too lazy to sort them out. After this, we'll be going to Barry's place for some tekken. wahahahah!

YEOSH! GAMBATE! FIGHT TILL THE END!

View from my room.. that's the moon. Damn bright right! (although you can't see it clearly)
Blur photo.
Wahh look so delicious
Wahhh bah kut teh and vege!
UWAAHHH GOT SMOKE COMING OUT SOME MORE!

Holidays have started!

Saturday, 22 December 2007

Hello people! This bloody blooger picture update screwed up so I had start all over again. Anyways, The holidays have started! There are many things that happened, but I hadn't the mood to blog. I'll try now!

Anyways, last Sunday and Thursday, Barry invited us to his place for dinner! Very delicious! Here are the photos!

Wahh Stir fried pork with curry powder!

CHICKEN RICE! The rice was so nice I could eat it on it's own!

Shifu at work.

Wahhh so many nice dishes! WOOOO

Yea.. so many nice dishes.. I am feeling hungry as I write this T__T. We got to play Tekken at his place too! Wah nice game... no super power and all that, just fighting. THe moves are pretty realistic too! Nice game nice game

Well, moving on, yesterday, my supervisor called me early in the morning to inform me that the manuals for the FTIR is ready for collection at Beighton (which turned out to be a part of Sheffield.. Sheffield is really big!). So I rushed off, printing off the map from Google Map, I went to the bus station to enquire about how to get there. The guy at the information center gave me the information booklet of the correct bus, but told me to wait at the wrong bus stop.

I realised that as I read the information booklet at the bus stop..T__T. I was a bit puzzled... who should I trust? Luckily, an kind lady at the bus stop gave me the directions to the correct bus stop (although I did got lost and had to run around like a headless chicken before finding the correct bus stop)

Anyways, to cut the long story short ( I bet you guys are already bored by now) I managed to get there. And, here are the pictures!

That's Veolia's Material Recovery Centre! Cool.. I finally know where it is!

Some.. river/long kang.. probably river.. I've seen a few small streams (with name!) in Sheffield which looks like huge long kang in malaysia

This looked real nice in real life.

Woo I like these kinda views! Long straight road....

The branches of these trees were so thin they look like bulu.. here, you can't really see it... aih

Another picture.. but this sucks

I have learned that I have to squat down and take a horizontal picture in order to make it nice.. wuwuuwuwuw note to self.

Anyway, from one of the journeys back from Barry's place, I took this last photo. It was foggy that night, and the lights from the hospital made it look beautiful. In this picture it's just all foggy:

Anyways, that's the end of this post. See you next time!