Positive Note #49

"Make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks"

A Little Sharing... August 2010

Positive Note #48

"To be Happy, Drop the words 'If only' and substitute instead the words 'Next time'"

Positive Note #47

"There are many things in life that will catch your eye, only few will catch your Heart......pursue those"

Positive Note #46

"Dream, Make plans, Believe in yourself. Go for what you want"

A Positive note #45

"By Perseverance, the snail reached the Ark" - Charles Spurgeon

A Positive note #44

"The race is not only for the swift, but for those who keep on running"

Day 43

A Positive note #43

For some reason I have not been able to upload images in this blog whilst in Singapore! Anyway, here is the Positive Note:-


"Always remember to forget the things that made you sad, but never forget to remember the things that made you glad"

Day 42

Today I have a few errants to run, and in KL half your time is spent in the car stuck in traffic! The VVP shake comes in handy here. Just add water and I'm good for another 6 hrs! After a hectic running around and preparing for my trip down south, we wanted something nice for dinner but super fast and easy to cook! So, we threw everything into a foil (fresh fish, sauce, carrots, radish, ginger, shallots, coriander, salt & pepper). Wrapped it up and cooked in a pressure cooker  together with the rice! Ya, All-in -One!

The raw preparation

 

Into the Pot

 

Cover & Cook for 10mins

 

Ready to serve

 

All in 1/2 hr!

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A Positive note #42

"It's not whether you get knocked down; it's whether you get up again" - Vince Lombardi

Day 41

I'm in Penang! Makan, makan, makan! Stayed the night at Berjaya Hotel and woke up at 8am. Since Breakfast was provided I had a full Breakfast this morning!

Nasi Lemak with Sunny-side egg!

Bread Pudding

Went for a lunch appointment with my college mate in UK. It was good catching up! Thereafter, I proceeded to Queensbay Mall and had coffee (with free donuts!) at J.Co Cafe.

Grace and Heng Loon joined me later...

 

Expresso! Kau Kau

 The Famous Donut

Jou gave me a Cempedak fruit from his farm and Grace and I was wondering how to wrap up the fruit so that the very strong aroma of the fruit will not escape and make everyone "Pengsan" in the coach! She did a fantastic job of double double wrapping the fruit and placing it in a box and sealing it again! A very talented packer! No one noticed anything throughout the whole journey! :-) Now my house is filled with the wonderful sweet aroma of the fruit! I think its ripe enough to be slaughtered!

 

Reached home about 8.30pm and dinner was waiting for me...

 

Spaghetti

 

 

Healthy Salad

 

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A Positive note #41

"Go as far as you can see and when you get there, you will see further"

Day 40

Last night I had the biggest dinner in 40 days! We cooked 4 cups of rice and 5 of us finished everything!

So, today I fasted the whole day! It was easy because I was traveling. No hunger pangs, no discomfort etc But lots of water! I arrived in Penang at 6pm ( it helps with someone else driving! ). It was very kind of Grace to pick me up from the Sg Nibong Terminal. We went straight for dinner at the Northam Beach Cafe and had a simple but delicious meal...

Yong Tau Foo (share)

 Fried Tom Yum Noodles (Mine)

Fried Black Pepper Spaghetti (Grace)

We went directly to the Viva Ctr thereafter for a special talk by Dr Lynn ( not my Lynn! ) from Taiwan. Turn out was very good and the talk was very informative even though I understood only about 1/4 of what she said! ;-) Now, why didn't I pay attention during my mandarin classes in school! :-(

A Positive note #40

"Life is a succession of moments. To live each one is to succeed"

Day 39

I had an appointment in Rawang this morning and had Roti Canai & Teh Tarik (kurang, kurang manis! :-) at a Mamak stall with my prospect...

Roti with Curry, Dhal & Sambal - 90cents

It was CHEAP & NICE! Who says the two does not go together! The Roti was very fluffy and not oily at all. See, healthy too! :-)

We had guest today for dinner and we decided to have a "Cook & Eat" session. Yes, we make our guest participate...I mean 'work' for their food! ;-) 

 1st you chop the onions...

 Then, more chopping...

We decided to cook our Super easy "Pressure cooked - Hainanese Chicken Rice". Not ANY Chicken Rice but HAINANESE CHICKEN RICE! All you need is a Hailam...Teng! :-D

 1st you give the Chicken a Massage...

A very important step. You must STRESS the Chicken so as to give it pressure! The higher the stress, the higher the pressure, the better the chicken. ;-) That's why its called Pressure-Cooked! Next, you fry the rice grain with shallots, ginger & garlic until burnt...no la, just kidding...until fragrant. Then add chicken stock.... 

 Rice all ready to cook!

 Place a stand in the pot...

 Place the "Highly Stressed" Chicken in the Pot...

Cover the pot and put on medium flame until it sizzles, then low flame for 5mins...IT'S DONE! Next, prepare the Special Chilli/Ginger sauce. Just blend everything together! (Ginger, green chilli, shallots, garlic, salt, sugar, oil & Lime juice!)

 Blending the Sauce...

 Serve with 'Tender Loving Care'

 Yummy!

Hot & Steamy

Cheers! With BioFruity!

It was our guest's Birthday too!

Delicious Hazel Nut Cake for Desert

 

A Positive note #39

"It takes so little to make people happy...just a touch if you know how to give it, just a word fitly spoken"

Day 38

I miss the "Homebaked" Bread! Some how they always run out when I want one! The people in my condo must be reading my Blog about the delicious "Homebaked" Bread! ;-)

Without the bread I decided to take the VVP Shake for breakfast. Later Lynn had a craving for her favourite "Pan Mee" from JoJo Cafe for lunch. I didn't feel like Pan Mee and suggested Fish Head Beehoon instead. She said "No la, we are having fish tonight", so off we went to JoJo's for lunch! They had a few varieties. I ordered Curry Mee and Lynn ordered Lat Chew Pan Mee.

Curry BeeHoon/Mee

Lat Chiew Pan Mee

Being Saturday, we had a family dinner together with Lynn's Mum and Sister...CURRY FISH with Fresh fish from the Fresh Market in Old Klang Road.

Fresh Fish Curry

Served with Rice

With Petai!

Mangoes for Desert

Tomorrow we have guest for dinner...more food!

 

A Positive note #38

"There is no such thing as bad weather - only different types of weather"