Friday, 30 August 2013

Honey Glazed Spare Ribs

Ingredients:
  • 500g spare ribs, cut into pieces and cleaned
  • 5 cups oil, for deep frying
  • 1 tsp chopped garlic
  • 1 tsp toasted white sesame seeds
Marinade:
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp sugar
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 1 tbsp. corn flour
Seasoning:
  • 4 tbsp. honey
  • 4 tbsp. water
  • 1/2 tsp dark soya sauce
Method:
  1. Mix spare ribs with marinade and marinate for 30 minutes.
  2. Heat up oil fro deep-frying, deep-fry spare ribs until golden brown and cooked. Dish and drain.
  3. Leave 1 tbsp oil in wok, sauté chopped garlic until fragment. Add in seasoning and cook at low heat until the sauce is thick. Add in spare ribs, toasted sesame seeds and toss well. Dish up and serve.
 
 
I do made modification. First, I do not put sesame seeds coz there's none at home. Nevertheless, it taste awesome. And also to mention, there's sauce but I do not include it onto the plate because the sauce is full with garlic. I hate garlic so I asked Grandma to put separately since she loves it. So fret not if your's have sauce. Overall, it is a super simple recipe for those who are tired of chickens!

Cheapskate

I did nothing much today. Probably because my day start at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. After having my trunch (breaskfast + lunch + tea time), I went on finding recipe books to cook for dinner. Eating chicken everyday is too mainstream so I decided to go a little different today. The main dishes of the day is about pork. Gonna post the recipe soon in another entry.

Later in the evening, I went to the backyard together with Xiao Ai to check on the construction for our back gate.

 
 
It would say that they, the construction workers do really work fast. It's only day 3 and they've already managed to build up this part of the wall and also have the drainage system done coz I'm having a new kennel for the dogs, a much better one and also have put those solid metal wires screwed in the ground.
 
The question now is that how am I going to put my garden light. I do not prefer the normal round bulb coz that is so outdated. Besides, I noticed the lights only bright at the particular spot only. I want a design that can entirely light up the place. Since the house it at the beach and crazy idiots love to peep at night, I want a brighter lighting so I can also peep at them back
 
This is so common.. Huff..
 
 
I told my idea to Mum that I want it to be the long white fluorescent light bulbs because I notice that that is the brightest bulb of all. But obviously having it outside like that would be ugly. So I plan to have it in the walls.
 

 
Something like this
 
So basically I would have the fluorescent light bulbs embedded on the outer side of the walls, which is facing the sea. I also took into consideration that the metal plates that held the bulbs might be rusty and those crazy idiots destroying my bulbs so I wanted to place a plastic cover that screw into the walls to cover the bulbs from rain and itchy hands. This is to make sure they're easy to service later on. What do you guys think about it? Some comments perhaps? Mum just can't imagine my idea so I conclude Mum does not have good imagination. Muahahaha !! *evil laugh
 
Enough of that and
 
What is Xiao Ai doing in the wheelbarrow??
 
 
That evening, I brought Xiao Ai to the beach again. But this time, we're accompanied by Eric!
 
 

Looking across the ocean, Xiao Ai??
 
 
Little bro and Xiao Ai became my model for candid shot!
 
Love this shot very much!
 
After dinner, Mum brought us (me, Eric and Kevin) to IT Fair that will be held till 1 September. There's lots of IT gadgets selling at a very reasonable price. I got myself a Power Bank. I been searching for a good and reasonable Power Bank for the long time already.
 
Green (20,000 mAh) is mine & Pink belongs to Niki (18,000 mAh)
 
 
Here's the deal. You buy any power bank (6, 12, 18 or 22) and you get a 20,000 mAh for free. How affordable right? The 18, 000 mAh is RM 119.90 and the 22,000 mAh is RM 199.90. The 22k one is a little expensive so I got the 18k one. Choose pink for Niki coz there's no much colour. Black, white, red and pink. The free one, I got no comment coz it's free. Only green. Well, at least there's 2 years warranty. And the free one got no wire, so I have to but the wires and the connecting plug with an extra RM 10.
 
Then we went for mouse at RM 30 for 2. One wireless with 3 years warranty and a normal one for RM 5 with 3 months warranty. I love the normal one coz there's dog prints everywhere on the mouse. Super cute! We also bought a mp3 for Eric at RM 50. Super cheap. Probably China made one. It function la and there's a screen to view the songs' titles except that the song that is playing does not match the title that is showing on the screen. What do you except from a RM49.90 thing? Ok la for kids to hear.
 
There's so many IT gadgets selling at a very low price than usual. They have pendrive 8GB at RM19 and 16GB at RM 50 ( I think). Mind you, it's Kingston brand. There's also mouse, headphones, laptops, printers and many more. Lazy to list out one by one.
 
Furniture showcase is next door. For those who are interesting to buy new mattress or sofa, this might be interesting or otherwise, it is boring. Both naughty small devils went to buy Chinese books coz there's 40% discounts on selected items. Since I got nothing to buy, the book case sparks ideas. I don't have a better picture of the book shelves but I hope this is clear enough.
 
 
 
The book shelves is placed in a zig-zag pattern. For those who are finding ideas for a studyroom, this might help coz it is less space consuming. It's made from metal, so I think it can hold pretty much books. The best part is that, no worries that the book is to big and it will not fit coz you can change the height you desired. There's this hold on the metal bars for you to hook the shelves.
 
 
I would probably save this ideas for my future house! There are lots of books selling but none look interesting to me. Those English novels are selling at RM13.90 only. Some are new while others looked like second hand books to me. Both bros bought books with a total of RM 70. I'm waiting to see when will they read them...
 
*yawn That's all for today. Bub-bye.. ^_^


Wednesday, 28 August 2013

Saying Goodbye ( 1 July)

In a blink of an eye, one year has passed. Great memories have been made as well as great friends. I can clearly remember how reluctant I am going for Uni life as all my high friends went different route. Some took laws while others took A-Levels.

It was the exact one year ago that Mum and sister, Brenda sent me to Kolej Bandar Utama. And it was that very first day of orientation that I made new friends. From new friends, we became classmates and then we upgraded it to best friends.

Our intake is just a small class with 11 students earlier. But as time passes, 11 became 8. Some dropped and some repeated. Nevertheless, the bond stay strong.

Well, time has come for us to bid farewell. No fear my dear friends, for we shall meet again one day.

Me and Sofea
 
Fatin, the future doctor and I
 
It's Kitty again! *meow meow
 
Kalaivanie, the sweet girl
 
Krinissah, the lady in red
 
The three Musketeers
 
 
My 'sister' aka my lecturer, Ms Dorcas Kong
=P


Fatin & Annie
 
With our Math lecturer, Mr Fong
 

Foundation in Science - July 2012 intake
p/s: Wee Kiat is missing here

And lastly, the class photo!
Us left after 3 semesters

~Memories are like coffee. Some are sweet and some are bitter ~

Going Abroad?

Whether it's for study or a holiday, I believe everyone should bring their own medicine kit in case of emergency. For me, myself, while I was in college my medicine kit do really help me a lot especially in times when I'm too sick to go down and buy medicine.

Here's a list of the must have items in your medicine kit.

1. The Panadol aka Paracetamol
 


2. The orange one ( Dhacopan) for stomach pain and
 the green (Dhamotil) for lau sai or diarrhea
 
3. This traditional pill for menstruation pain
 
4. Zenpro for gastric
 
5. An oral aid for mouth ulcers
 
6. Any cough medicine. But I prefer this
 
7. Cure sore throat with Difflam
 
 
8. And Clarinase for selsema or runny nose
 
 
Put them all in a Tupperware and there you have it,
 
Your own medicine kit !!