Look at this pic and guess what Benghui is doing. Normally when he arrives home from school, he naps for a while but obviously not today. 
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Archive for the ‘Food related’ Category
Chinese microwave vegetarian meal
2011
04.18
04.18
This post is educated to Pretty Pauline who is on a diet. I am not on a diet but if anyone follows my diet, I am sure the kgs will drop off eventually soon enough.
This vegetarian meal is enough to feed one person for the whole day. Costs RM5.00.
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Cornell Juice Extractor, Red Yeast Flakes and White Chrysanthenum
2011
01.16
01.16
Some blogs are more exciting. Some flirt on the fringe of notoriety and danger. Some aren’t, like mine. In line with my theme of 2011 being the year of living dangerously in a healthy manner, I share with you some of the recent acquisitions in my home. This is Cornell Juice Extractor CJX-EL600W.
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Happy ‘dong zhi jie’ aka Winter Solstice Festival aka tong yuen festival 2010
2010
12.22
12.22
I don’t know when I will be able to update again. Maybe tomorrow or maybe after Christmas so I wish you all Merry Christmas in advance.
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Grandma Hailam kuih kochi
2010
12.18
12.18
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| From hailam kueh kochi |
Today I am going to teach you how to make Hailam kuih kochi. Of course I am not an expert, so I might not be detailed in my ‘recipe’ but ah… you can experiment to make it more to your taste. But the Hailam kuih kochi we had was lovely. First we had to go and buy some coconut shavings.
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Chilli Corner Thai Restaurant, Penang
2010
12.13
12.13
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| From Chilli Corner |
Again and again, my nose and hunger has never failed me. This time, it brought me to a place called Chilli Corner Thai Restaurant.
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The Aftershock, Bai Hua She She Cao and black molasses
2010
11.07
11.07
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| From my weekend |
This weekend I prepared bai hua zi ‘tea’. Commonly available in Sibu, it is sweet, bland, slightly bitter and slightly cold. I am not sure if its pharmaceutical name is herba hedyotidis diffusae. It is believed to have the following properties : clears heat and toxin, activates blood circulation, removes blood-stasis, promotes diuresis and relieves stranguria.
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Alagappa vegetable acar and white rice cake
2010
09.06
09.06
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| From food |
Now that the school holidays have begun, I am going nuts. Benghui is so terribly bored even though he spends the nights doing wushu with his friends. He is always asking to go out to look for entertainment. At his age, I was already cycling to the beach, climbing hills, doing stuff which I can’t imagine I would let Benghui do unsupervised today. There are few kids unsupervised where I live and everybody just drives in and out of the compound and then locks the gate. Very little interaction opportunities for him.
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Of roti canai and ABC madness
2010
09.04
09.04
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| From Untitled Album |
Woke up feeling famished and had an insatiable craving for roti canai, murtabak and capati. Mr Mohd Billal Hussein, 41, was kind enough to oblige.
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