tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-137138132024-03-14T05:19:43.964+08:00Jo's ParkA place to share my life happenings, random thoughts, my travel logs, food, cooking, and things that are fun and interesting.firethornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08005135079002213238noreply@blogger.comBlogger359125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713813.post-5697508147235319172011-06-12T14:42:00.001+08:002011-07-04T14:59:54.052+08:00Karaoke @ Neway CherasWe pre-celebrated my brother's birthday this year. It was his 21st birthday, so we did something stupid different. We decided to go for a karaoke session to celebrate the occassion at Neway karaoke in Cheras.So we sang for 3 hours straight, from the evergreen songs to the current pop songs. I'm amazed none of us got sore throat after that. It just sinked in to me that my little brother has turnedfirethornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08005135079002213238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713813.post-57474918985056182342010-11-03T13:30:00.000+08:002010-11-10T13:42:24.980+08:00Baking : Lemon MuffinsIf you want to try making these lemon mufffins, just try to Google on the Internet, because unfortunately I printed the recipe but didn't bookmark the url. This is a simple recipe, with just a handful of easy-to-get ingredients and can be whipped up in a jiffy.fresh out from the ovencooling on the rackwithout icing sugar dustingwith sugar dustingfirethornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08005135079002213238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713813.post-68585142691506174152010-10-27T13:42:00.001+08:002010-10-27T13:53:45.343+08:00Masak-masak : Sambal long beansLong beans has never been a favourite in my cooking menu. But it's good to go with omelette, fried rice, curry etc. It usually sits at the bottom of the fridge until I realise oh-you-are-still-here-and-not-wilted-yet, then I'm forced to think of a way to prepare it.This time I cooked it spicy style. I added some mushrooms since I had some to spare. Ingredientslong beansfew stalks of mushrooms1 firethornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08005135079002213238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713813.post-63274463553318404172010-10-23T22:22:00.005+08:002010-10-26T22:53:12.378+08:00Baking : Lemon CakeI couldn't think of a gift idea for N's birthday. So I told him I will bake a cake for him since I've been doing some baking projects lately. But I had to bake this cake one day late as we were both working on his birthday. And this is the second time I'm baking a birthday cake for him :-) I had lemons in the fridge and I love lemons…so I decided to bake a lemon cake. This is a very simple recipefirethornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08005135079002213238noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713813.post-61588284838027061482010-10-16T11:48:00.000+08:002010-10-22T13:25:29.760+08:00Baking : Apple CrumbleI'd a few leftover apples in the fridge. Can't seem to finish them before they turned soft. And then this recipe caught my attention – Apple Crumble! It looked so simple to make with just a few ingredients. I had too much peanuts and sunflower seeds, so N & I first spent some time to "kopek" the peanuts from their shells. Then I cooked the apples with sugar and water until it turned soft and firethornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08005135079002213238noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713813.post-2948328689145082992010-04-14T17:36:00.003+08:002010-04-14T17:52:48.436+08:00I think Kiko loves me alot, here's the proof...I’ve always believe Kiko loves me as his “mommy”, but I have never thought how much was his love for me. But I think I know, at least he seems to love me more than daddy N. You see, Kiko has this silly behavior whenever he sees me coming down the stairs in the morning and when I come back from work. In the mornings, as I walk down the last flight of stairs, he would be eagerly waiting at the firethornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08005135079002213238noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713813.post-66270484854417995162010-04-13T16:12:00.002+08:002010-04-13T16:21:04.961+08:00Does a dog understand the bedtime concept?N & I have been observing (and some experiments) for some time if Kiko understand the concept of "bedtime". Our routine when it's time to go to bed is to switched off the lights, and calling him to go back to his crate. When he was much younger, a lot of coaxing had to be done, which included carrying him straight into his crate. And on some other nights, he would be reluctant to return to firethornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08005135079002213238noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713813.post-45071157475909399972010-04-12T13:44:00.003+08:002010-04-12T13:57:01.463+08:00Another winner from broI skipped reading the newspaper one day, and then it had to happened on that day that I missed out my brother's winning picture in the Star's thumbnails submission. I was pleasantly surprised when sis shared with me the news during last week's trip back home. I'm pretty sure I would have known it was my brother had I spotted the picture in the newspapers. N said the picture caught his attention firethornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08005135079002213238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713813.post-76294880362096474882010-04-05T13:37:00.005+08:002010-04-05T14:20:12.403+08:00Reading nookI have been eyeing the small living area on the first floor since we moved in. It was not big enough to be a proper living room or a study area. And you couldn't squeeze in bulk furnitures that will block the corridor. It was always an eyesore to look at the empty space.We had earlier fixed up the bamboo panels bought from Ikea to screen off the gap of the staircase railings, so that it will firethornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08005135079002213238noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713813.post-18155124672904102812010-03-31T10:25:00.003+08:002010-03-31T10:34:45.294+08:00The X-mini HappyRead about this X-mini Happy's product review on CNET. This is a portable music player with an all-in-one design. It is small enough to be portable anywhere, measuring a little more than 6cm when expanded.MP3 songs can be loaded in microSD card or SD card (with SD to microSD adapter). It also allow connection via the 3.5mm headphones jacks. The navigation control for the mp3 player is not exactlyfirethornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08005135079002213238noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713813.post-13525305125974139862010-03-25T12:53:00.004+08:002010-03-25T13:09:54.912+08:00First Wedding AnniversaryN & I actually celebrated our first wedding anniversary a day late. Yeah..he actually forgot it on the day itself! Of course I was a bit pissed at that, but my usual self just would not allow me to blow the top. He messaged me the next day confessing his blunder, and promised to bring me out for a nice dinner. I thought probably it's also a blessing as we would not have enjoyed celebrating itfirethornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08005135079002213238noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713813.post-62757184548342817152010-03-11T00:26:00.003+08:002010-03-11T00:34:44.510+08:00Behind the scenes...the sleepy dogI was trying to get a good shot of Kiko in the DIY bib, but he was a reluctant model. Knowing how timid the lil fella is, it then occurred to me put him on the step of the staircase to avoid him moving too much. He hasn't figure out how to descend the staircase.I think all the flashlights made him blurry eye. I caught him on my camera looking tired and getting all droopy eyes... poor thing... Thefirethornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08005135079002213238noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713813.post-42232445061347538862010-03-10T23:59:00.003+08:002010-03-11T00:20:31.565+08:00DIY puppy bibI was randomly surfing on ebay and stumble onto pets apparel, and then one thing led to another, and before I knew it, I was looking at this - How to make a dog sweater from a sock. Yup, you read it right.I was so inspired that I ransacked my clothes drawer and rummaged through to pull out my old pair of old socks which was ages ago since I put them on. I did a few measurements on a reluctant firethornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08005135079002213238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713813.post-6481943976502605732010-03-05T00:48:00.005+08:002010-03-05T00:53:00.246+08:00Kiko's first professional potrait shootHere's a photo my cousin brother took using his DSLR camera during the CNY at his house.A very first "professional potrait" shoot of Kiko. He looks so photogenic, you can see the fur behind his ears are really growing out.N & I love this photo!firethornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08005135079002213238noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713813.post-91154758945526021992010-03-05T00:44:00.004+08:002010-03-05T00:53:18.582+08:00New floral lookIf you have been busy surfing around my blog, you would have notice some changes on the colours, alignment, fonts etc.. It was me playing around with the blogger template, trying to change the look of the blog.I've chosen this simple floral template, and still trying to fix some of the alignments & contents placement. So please scroll abit here and there to hunt for the usual links.firethornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08005135079002213238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713813.post-947359512556494372010-03-01T17:47:00.002+08:002010-03-01T17:49:56.856+08:00Making my first Chicken Glutinous Rice (Lor Mai Kai)This is one of the old draft posts which I never got to it to update and publish it. This was months ago when I bought a new recipe book by Amy Beh. Amy is the featured writer for the cooking conundrums column in The Star newspaper. You can also find her recipes on here.The original recipe was for a vegetarian loh mai kai. However, I preferred the non-vegetarian version, so I added the waxed meatfirethornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08005135079002213238noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713813.post-43210234112608546302010-02-24T17:51:00.000+08:002010-03-01T18:02:57.748+08:00I won a hamper!There was a local event in celebration of the Chinese New Year today. As usual, I try my best to participate, mostly as audience and grab the door gifts :PThe big prize of the day was a big hamper waiting to be won. All that was needed to win was to name the 12 chinese zodiac animals in sequence. The first time the question was asked, I had not raise my hand. I hesitated. But when the question firethornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08005135079002213238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713813.post-62058224893264745182009-12-31T21:31:00.002+08:002009-12-31T22:11:20.794+08:00Goodbye 2009 ....I realised I've slacked on my blogging...a lot. Have not been posting anything since the last 2 months. But it's ok, I've done many things outside of blogging world :PSince this is the last day of 2009, I shall look back over the year that had passed...Jan - Feb: still busy into wedding preparations and invitations RSVPs, busy on my new house renovations. and alot of cleaning, tidying and firethornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08005135079002213238noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713813.post-84915961842006109742009-10-21T11:58:00.005+08:002009-10-21T14:06:29.442+08:00Steam Prawns with CucumbersThis is one of my favourite dishes and it’s so easy to prepare especially if you are already planning to cook rice using your rice cooker. I called it steam prawns with cucumbers.Ingredients (serves 2 to 3 persons):- De-shelled prawns (10-15 middle size)- 1 cucumber, cut into wedges- 1 tomato, cut into wedges- 1 tsp of oil - chopped garlic- Sprinkle of salt- Dashes of white pepper (optional)Stepsfirethornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08005135079002213238noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713813.post-87509412816144671072009-10-20T13:07:00.004+08:002009-10-20T13:27:09.137+08:00The RM50 cheque is here!!!The smell of money can't be wrong... I was eyeing the mail delivery man making his rounds in the office, and then he stopped at my cubicle. There's a mail for me, one that I was looking forward to.Yes, the RM50 cheque from the Star has arrived. Finally I got my cash prize for the candid photo I submitted weeks ago. And here's how the cheque looks like, proving to you it's not fake ok? (of course firethornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08005135079002213238noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713813.post-39186863638379802032009-10-12T14:54:00.007+08:002009-10-13T11:09:52.160+08:00"Kiasu"-ism & me at IkeaIt was a beautiful Saturday, and like any kiasu people out there, I wanted to be the first 100 early birds to register for a free gift at Ikea, and oh my, I got it. Yeah sweet! A limited edition yellow-colour book ends (those that you "kepit" at the end of your books to prevent it from tilting forward). And the day was also the 5th anniversary of N & I being together as a couple (not as firethornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08005135079002213238noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713813.post-43297046379855681002009-10-09T15:12:00.005+08:002009-10-09T15:33:37.171+08:00Chihuahua spotted at the morning marketA colleague told me about some stalls in the local morning market in my neighbourhood, so I decided to check it out two weekends ago. I told N that we shall wake up earlier on that fine Saturday, have dim sum for breakfast then head to the morning market. And we decided to bring Kiko along. We were sure the dim sum place would allow us to sit outdoor with our pet.Hah! How wrong were we. We told firethornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08005135079002213238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713813.post-87916013524252122382009-09-28T16:21:00.005+08:002009-09-28T16:31:46.484+08:00Weather talk of ArizonaApart from the Grand Canyon, I do not have much knowledge about Arizona. So I looked up abit on the Internet on Arizona.Arizona is actually located in the western United States, and best known for its desert landscape, also has primarily very hot summers and mild winters.Since I have not stepped foot in any dessert location, I have always thought dessert landscape primarily has only scorching firethornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08005135079002213238noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713813.post-14117728181842641792009-09-24T23:25:00.006+08:002009-09-24T23:41:48.862+08:00The RM50 winning photo that I tookI took this candid photo of dad feeding the monkeys at Bukit Malawati at Kuala Selangor, but the monkey got the better of him, clutching him from the back trying to get the whole pack of food for himself.And this candid photo won me RM50! yeah..you read it right. I submitted the photo to The Star daily thumbnails with a funny title and caption: Piggyback monkey - Hey mister, I actually prefer a firethornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08005135079002213238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13713813.post-82437647755771054162009-09-24T23:12:00.007+08:002009-09-24T23:22:41.618+08:00Crunchy Sesame ChickenI wanted to cook chicken today, however I'm running out of ideas for chicken dishes.I guess God heard me, so when my MSN homepage came out on my IE browser, this caught my eye "Simple chicken dishes". Immediately I clicked on the link and a whole long list of chicken dishes were displayed for my choosing. I thought this Crunchy Sesame Chicken sounded like a simple dish to prepare.I printed out firethornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08005135079002213238noreply@blogger.com0