I'm quite a fan of Adam Lambert, one of this season's American Idol finalist...he's kinda weird but what a cool talent! I think he will be the next American Idol.
More from Mama Rock later....love ya!
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Life is Long
Just a quickie....to give me-self and you a another crazy but happy thought:
I'm quite a fan of Adam Lambert, one of this season's American Idol finalist...he's kinda weird but what a cool talent! I think he will be the next American Idol.
More from Mama Rock later....love ya!
I'm quite a fan of Adam Lambert, one of this season's American Idol finalist...he's kinda weird but what a cool talent! I think he will be the next American Idol.
More from Mama Rock later....love ya!
Friday, March 27, 2009
Boom De Ya Da.....Have a unique weekend!
TGIF! Weekend is here...enjoy it and do something different and unusual than all your previous weekends spent.
This world we live in is just awesome...don't you think so?
Old posts on my art projects and day dreaming in the Valley of Dreams (Lembah Impian) is coming up soon...no time to finish writing about it just yet. Check me out soon ya...
This world we live in is just awesome...don't you think so?
Old posts on my art projects and day dreaming in the Valley of Dreams (Lembah Impian) is coming up soon...no time to finish writing about it just yet. Check me out soon ya...
Thursday, March 26, 2009
The Story of Pao / Beautiful Vietnam
Last night I watched a very warm and sophisticated Vietnamese movie "The Story of Pao" at Astro's Kirana Channel, about a young ethnic Hmong woman named Pao who sets off to find her mother. The story develops the concept of love from different points of view, both traditional and modern, and seeks to share an intimate look at Vietnam and the Hmong people. The magnificent mountain ranges of Northwest Vietnam, engulfed year-round in an immense veil of fog, provide a rich cinematic setting for this vivid and moving film. This movie won a few film awards such as the Special Jury Award at the Asia Film Festival in 2006 and suppose to be nominated in the 2007 Annual Academy Awards (Oscars) in the Best Foreign Film category (if I'm not mistaken lah). The music in the film is uniquely great. Check out the trailer here:
What interest me most about this movie is that it shows the beautiful part of Vietnam - the highlands of Sapa and the culture of the Hmong Tribes...just fascinates me! I would really love to go there and live with the locals for a few days..I can already imagine the adventure...glad that my sister Deb might organise a trip to Sapa someday/sometime soon.
The magnificient scenery of Sapa
The Hmong people in their colorful costumes...I like...I want!
Anyways, I'm still recuperating from this irritating cough (it's been two weeks) but I still have the heart to eat ice-cream from Karamell Almondo, the newest soft ice cream concept bar in town. Strange that I'm recovering already after eating them...and then I'm off to buy Slumdog Millionaire's movie soundtrack and probably buy a Korean movie or drama to watch for the weekend.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Need a good nap & happy smiles
I barely have enough sleep or simply could'nt sleep well this week....CJ is back to her old self again....waking up in the wee hours of the night/day. She's full of imagination...so I think she dreams alot and it happens almost every night. So what I really need now (how I wish) is to have a good/wonderful/satisfying nap and then smiling all day long (ha!) I wish they had a Japanese style relaxation space for people to take a short nap during the lunch hour here in KK.
Anyways...that's just some bla-bla to update people a little bit. To put happy smiles on mine and probably your face...here's an interesting fish gadget by Adam Bowman (aBowman). I think this is really cool stuffs. If you lurve IT or gadget stuffs, check him out.
These are hungry little fishes....click on to the screen to feed them. They will even follow your cursor waiting for you to feed them (only on the screen).
Or if you want a pet hamster to keep you company, you may click here to get one. Don't you think abowman is genius?
Well, I'll also will leave you with some lovely and maybe ridiculously silly quotes that I took from my fav blog (Creature Comforts) to have a happy day today. It's great to have happy thoughts always even if you have some depressing or stressful times at work or in life...brings out more of the positive side of you.
More from me later....
Anyways...that's just some bla-bla to update people a little bit. To put happy smiles on mine and probably your face...here's an interesting fish gadget by Adam Bowman (aBowman). I think this is really cool stuffs. If you lurve IT or gadget stuffs, check him out.
These are hungry little fishes....click on to the screen to feed them. They will even follow your cursor waiting for you to feed them (only on the screen).
Or if you want a pet hamster to keep you company, you may click here to get one. Don't you think abowman is genius?
Well, I'll also will leave you with some lovely and maybe ridiculously silly quotes that I took from my fav blog (Creature Comforts) to have a happy day today. It's great to have happy thoughts always even if you have some depressing or stressful times at work or in life...brings out more of the positive side of you.
More from me later....
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Quite back on track
Felt so dead boring last week...our internet line was down for a few days (not sure if it's because of our very old-fashioned modem or the server was badly affected due to some upgrading works going on?????) After tired of complaining to TM...our office finally decided to change/upgrade our modem & router to the latest brand there is that's in the market right now...going wireless lah konon...it's time for a change...we should have done it before.
I had a very bad cold last Thursday...stuck in bed with high fever and now with a terrible dry cough...just hope my Carmen will not catch this virus bug....thank God right now, she's still ok.
Anyways, I bought Stacy's debut album "Aku Stacy" to get myself back on track...I need to listen to some upbeat music at the moment...to be inspired to write some songs. The album has 7 tracks and I think 'Gagap' is a cool song...I like! Another Sabahan talent to be proud of!
I had a very bad cold last Thursday...stuck in bed with high fever and now with a terrible dry cough...just hope my Carmen will not catch this virus bug....thank God right now, she's still ok.
Anyways, I bought Stacy's debut album "Aku Stacy" to get myself back on track...I need to listen to some upbeat music at the moment...to be inspired to write some songs. The album has 7 tracks and I think 'Gagap' is a cool song...I like! Another Sabahan talent to be proud of!
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Art Project #3 & some inspiration
I've motivated my mood to be inspired and to work on some creative art projects these past two weeks such as these simple junkies. This is my real passion - I LOVE DOING THIS! Although I did this for fun and it feels great seeing & knowing what you have done after that - either its pretty or ugly...the most important is just being plain creative. Everyone can be creative!
No. 1 project: Handmade Notebooks
The 1st notebook I did is a "Love Urself Mini Book" (haha) (see pics: front, inside and back cover)...a little bit cincai because I memang cincai while doing it (ha)...so i guess it didn't turn out good....but good enough for scribbling and as 'buku rojak' lah.
Later...I did another two notebooks that looks better. I used recycled and leftover blank coloured papers from the office...instead of throwing, recycling is even better.
No. 2 Project: Mini art boxes / candy boxes (made out of matchbox/kotak macis)
I also love this so called tiny 'mint tin' which is very useful to keep little stuffs like paper clips, paper tacks and even staples. What a cutie!
I also adores this colourful paper tacks. I've got to buy more of this and they have few other cool designs. Got them from Mini Toons shop at 1Borneo Hypermall.
For my daily INSPIRATION, I got it from two of my fav creative blogs - decor8 & Creative Comfort. They just lashed out the creativity in me.
No. 1 project: Handmade Notebooks
The 1st notebook I did is a "Love Urself Mini Book" (haha) (see pics: front, inside and back cover)...a little bit cincai because I memang cincai while doing it (ha)...so i guess it didn't turn out good....but good enough for scribbling and as 'buku rojak' lah.
Later...I did another two notebooks that looks better. I used recycled and leftover blank coloured papers from the office...instead of throwing, recycling is even better.
No. 2 Project: Mini art boxes / candy boxes (made out of matchbox/kotak macis)
I also love this so called tiny 'mint tin' which is very useful to keep little stuffs like paper clips, paper tacks and even staples. What a cutie!
I also adores this colourful paper tacks. I've got to buy more of this and they have few other cool designs. Got them from Mini Toons shop at 1Borneo Hypermall.
For my daily INSPIRATION, I got it from two of my fav creative blogs - decor8 & Creative Comfort. They just lashed out the creativity in me.
What's cooking....
Just recently and 'suddenly' my husby Zo loves to cook and been testing his cooking skills and then kind of showing off to me about it. I think and admit that he cooks better than me (muahaaha). I prefer eating his cooking than mine. I became the so called 'food taster' of these 2 dishes he cooked (of course he pakai recipe orang that he took from the net & newspaperlah) a few weeks ago.
1st dish is 'Fortune Fish Melody':
Method:
Wash the red dates and shred into small pieces, soak dried day lily in water for two hours and wash. Tie dried day lily into knobs and rinse. Soak ear fungus for 30 minutes, wash and cut into small pieces.
Clean the Garoupa and dry it with a towel. Place the fish on a plate, steam it with boiling water for five minutes.
Ingredients:
Grand Garoupa – 1 kg
Red dates – 20g
Dried Day Lily – 20g
Ear Fungus – 10g
Take it out, drain away the gravy, then add pieces of red dates and dried day lily on top of the fish. Continue to steam for another 8 to 10 minutes
Seasoning:
Oyster Sauce – 2 tbsp
Cooking Oil – 1 tbsp
Honey – 1 tbsp
Water – ½ Cup
Heat the wok, add seasoning sauce with low heat. When the mixture boils, pour it onto the fish. Serve hot.
And 2nd dish is 'Fried Bangus Fritters'....hahaha....saja-saja bagi nama...actually we both don't know the exact name of it...but for sure we know that it is a Philipino Cuisine. I did the creamy mayo sauce only.
Ingredients:
1 whole bangus (white fish), about ¾ kilo
1 tbsp. of finely minced garlic
2 onions, finely chopped
2 skinless sweet pimiento (canned), finely chopped
1 tsp. of finely chopped parsley
3 slices of bread
1/8 c. of milk
1 egg beaten
Salt and pepper to taste
½ c. of cooking oil
How to :
Steam or boil bangus. Cool. Pick the bones. Flake the meat.
Tear bread slices into very small pieces or grate in the blender. Pour milk over bread and mash. Mix all of the ingredients together. Form into small logs, about 3” in length and 1” in diameter.
Heat skillet (frying pan). Pour in cooking oil. Heat until it starts to smoke. Set heat to medium-high. Fry fish logs in batches. Make sure that there is enough room in the skillet to roll them while cooking. Cook fish logs until golden brown. Drain on paper towels and serve with Creamy Garlic Mayo.
To make Creamy Garlic Mayo: Mix together ½ tsp. finely minced garlic, ½ c. or mayonnaise, ½ c. of milk, ¼ tsp. of finely chopped parsley, salt and pepper.
Both dishes tasted really good....keep up with the cooking dear!
1st dish is 'Fortune Fish Melody':
Method:
Wash the red dates and shred into small pieces, soak dried day lily in water for two hours and wash. Tie dried day lily into knobs and rinse. Soak ear fungus for 30 minutes, wash and cut into small pieces.
Clean the Garoupa and dry it with a towel. Place the fish on a plate, steam it with boiling water for five minutes.
Ingredients:
Grand Garoupa – 1 kg
Red dates – 20g
Dried Day Lily – 20g
Ear Fungus – 10g
Take it out, drain away the gravy, then add pieces of red dates and dried day lily on top of the fish. Continue to steam for another 8 to 10 minutes
Seasoning:
Oyster Sauce – 2 tbsp
Cooking Oil – 1 tbsp
Honey – 1 tbsp
Water – ½ Cup
Heat the wok, add seasoning sauce with low heat. When the mixture boils, pour it onto the fish. Serve hot.
And 2nd dish is 'Fried Bangus Fritters'....hahaha....saja-saja bagi nama...actually we both don't know the exact name of it...but for sure we know that it is a Philipino Cuisine. I did the creamy mayo sauce only.
Ingredients:
1 whole bangus (white fish), about ¾ kilo
1 tbsp. of finely minced garlic
2 onions, finely chopped
2 skinless sweet pimiento (canned), finely chopped
1 tsp. of finely chopped parsley
3 slices of bread
1/8 c. of milk
1 egg beaten
Salt and pepper to taste
½ c. of cooking oil
How to :
Steam or boil bangus. Cool. Pick the bones. Flake the meat.
Tear bread slices into very small pieces or grate in the blender. Pour milk over bread and mash. Mix all of the ingredients together. Form into small logs, about 3” in length and 1” in diameter.
Heat skillet (frying pan). Pour in cooking oil. Heat until it starts to smoke. Set heat to medium-high. Fry fish logs in batches. Make sure that there is enough room in the skillet to roll them while cooking. Cook fish logs until golden brown. Drain on paper towels and serve with Creamy Garlic Mayo.
To make Creamy Garlic Mayo: Mix together ½ tsp. finely minced garlic, ½ c. or mayonnaise, ½ c. of milk, ¼ tsp. of finely chopped parsley, salt and pepper.
Both dishes tasted really good....keep up with the cooking dear!
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