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Monday, June 29, 2009 1:40 PM

HAPPY belated BIRTHDAY!!! to our beloved ser.

ahtan, ser

20!!

candid!

candid~!

me and kar gaying again (2009)

me and kar gaying. (2006)

ser at 20!!

cake-cutting.

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fb is down. i'll post up all the unglams there. >.<

Wednesday, June 24, 2009 9:14 PM

when 3 financially handicapped people are stuck together, they talk about money.

so i realise ahtan and i aren't as broke as we claim to be. (we are still surviving on our reserves but it doesn't mean we're starving. at least our reserves will only run dry til the next time when we get our salary.) meixin is in constant poverty. even when both her sisters and her brother are giving her allowance, amounting to quite a sum(*coughs*coughs*). she still finds herself running out of money. (米田共)

my reserves won't last me long. if i spend only on lunches and transport, i should be able to keep my salary til the next time i come back. so while i'm working(and have yet to receive my salary), at least i will have money to spend on meals. this is what i call 未雨绸缪. after doing all the math...that would equate to not being able to spend a single cent during GSS!!! (AAHHH~~~!!!!!)
to think that was one of the factors that was pulling me back to Singapore. =.=

the thought of being able to earn extra cash on weekends burst when jx texted to say that the fleamarket is full.

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one can never say that they have enough money. but i'm just whining that i haven't got extra to spend. pui.

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饭碗也许不保。

干这行就是如此，

这也就是当初他为什么会如此反对我步他后尘的原因。

Sunday, June 21, 2009 2:08 PM

hmm...so i haven't been updating for a week already!!!

XD

working, meeting people, working and more meeting people.
rummaging through my reserves already. i thought i spend a lot of money while i was in Perth. but i thought wrong!!! eeks.... =.=
mom and dad offered to give me pocket money but i didn't take it. nah...if i do take it, i'll end up being a bummer and slacking around. being penniless just motivates me to go out to work. (crap.)
lunching out on weekdays is inevitable, considering i'm working. but dinner outside as well?? man...it's seriously drilling a hole in my wallet.

(ma!!! i'm coming back home for dinner everyday hor!!!)

Sunday, June 14, 2009 4:43 PM

This is an entry for those who have been bugging me for the recipe. =))
ok...so i promised that i'll scan the recipe and send it over in a couple of days. i beg your pardon for my lousy memory. XD

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SOON KUEH (TEOCHEW)

Skin ingredients:
-125g wheat starch (sunflower brand)
-100g tapioca flour (fei ren brand)
-1/2 tsp table salt
-400ml boiling water
-1 tbsp cooking oil

Filling ingredients:
-400g turnip, shredded
-100g carrot, shredded
-30g dried shrimp, soaked
-15g dried mushrooms, soaked and sliced
-1 tbsp chopped garlic

(fyi: the amount of dried shrimp, mushrooms and garlic need not be so accurate. if you like more mushrooms then put more. you can put in black fungus as well. =D)

Seasoning:
-1/2 tbsp pepper
-1 tsp salt
-1 tsp sugar
-1 tbsp light soy sauce
-1 tsp msg(optional)

Method:

(Dough)
1. Mix wheat starch, tapioca flour and salt together.
2. Boil water and slowly pour into flour mixture and stir continuously to form dough.
3. Leave dough to cool. (put a clean wet cloth over dough to retain moisture)
4. After dough is cooled, add in oil and mix well till dough no longer sticks to hands.

(Filling)
1. DO NOT shred turnip or carrot using shredder, use knife to cut into shreds. (to retain the juices and flavour)
2. Put in dried shrimp in heated wok to allow any water to evaporate first before putting in oil.
3. Allow dried shrimp to be fried to a crispy texture before putting in garlic. Fry till golden brown.
4. Add in mushrooms, stirfry till fragrant.
5. Lastly, add in turnip and carrot. (DO NOT ADD WATER.)
6. Use medium heat, stirfry till turnip and carrot becomes soft.
7. Turn off the fire and add in seasoning.

(Steaming)
1. Steam on medium fire for 10minutes. Make sure water boiling before putting to steam.
2. Remove from steamer, brush on shallot oil and sprinkle with fried shallots.

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I'm feeling very gracious today and so i shall share my belachan chilli recipe as well. XD
It goes very well with the soonkuehs.

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BELACHAN CHILLI

Ingredients:
-50g chopped shallots
-25g chopped garlic
-50g dried shrimp, soaked and grounded
-15g chopped belachan
-30g chopped candlenuts (buar keluas)
-100g chilli paste (chap lemuar brand/ malabar brand)
-1 level tbsp sugar
-150ml oil

Method:
1. Soak candlenuts in water for 10min till soft then chop till fine.
2. Fry grounded dried shrimp(with NO oil) to remove any moisture.
3. Blend all ingredients(excluding dried shrimp) together into paste.
4. DO NOT heat wok. Using oil(at room temp), pour in paste and grounded dried shrimp, put on low heat and keep stirring for 30min. (oil to paste ratio = 1:1)
5. Turn off heat then add in sugar.

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Have fun!!! Don't torch up your mum's kitchen. =DD

Saturday, June 13, 2009 2:54 PM

met up with half the NYDs on thursday night.
joined them at bugis after dinner. =))
yan was busy trying to spend her money while ahma is trying very hard to save hers and lala just zombied around.

they brought me to this new shopping mall (ILUMA) which i find highly amusing when i first laid my eyes on it.
reminded me of one of those Burle Marx's landscapes. XD
(职业病泛滥)

i just thought that it was an ingenious design to have had reflected the ceiling as the floor, vice versa.

ceiling plan

floor plan

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then i saw all these 夹夹乐 machines!!!

it's fascinating what people are willing to spend their money on. (it's not even CHEAPTHRILL?!!)

$12 spent to get 3 sweets??? worth it? (lol...you tell me.)

meeting again next week? =DD

Thursday, June 11, 2009 3:23 PM

they came, they messed up the kitchen then they left.

the entire kitchen was in pandemonium from 12noon til 8 in the night.

as the war in the kitchen continue to rage, shreds of carrots and turnip flew across the battlefield.

then we had the case of the overdone shallots. only one word to describe it's intensity. "BLACK."

nevertheless, it's satisfying when the end products come out looking good-enough-to-eat. well...at least they taste as good as they look. =)) (fyi: we made soon kuehs. tell me...why do i feel so auntie all of a sudden?!!)

(the shallots done to perfection)

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thanks girls...for the dinner at 85!! =D

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due to certain privacy issues, i have chosen to upload pictures that exclude the faces(i tried!!) of those who wrecked my kitchen and attempted to assasinate ahtan and jx by leaving the gas on. XD

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i still love you guys.

next stop: curry chicken at ahtan's house!!!!

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 11:44 PM

Life is a blessing when one's interest is one's job.

Life is a blessing when you have true friends.

Life is a blessing when friends come over to wreck my kitchen and i still can laugh it away.

Life is a blessing when i get to feast on oyster omelette @ 85. (i had it again today!!)

Life is a blessing when friends just sit there and lick away at our fingers sludged with durian.

Life is a blessing when friends sit together and ogle at once-upon-a-time hunks wielding durian knives. (com'on la, UNCLE!!! 3 for $10?!?! FREE ONE MORE LA!!!)

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Life is a TRUE blessing. =))

Sunday, June 07, 2009 5:06 PM

i went out prawning!!!
not the 1st time though.
but it is the FIRST time we actually caught so many!!!
woohoo~

prawning at bishan.

many many!!!

我＂口爱＂的堂嫂！XD

＂龙虾＂大过小女孩。

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thereafter, i went mahjong-ing with shuning, entertainer and sianwei.

shag~

lost money leh. boos~

i conclude that i have no 横财运.

pui. LOL.

Friday, June 05, 2009 8:23 PM

never imagined that going to simpang or 85 would become blogging material for me.

XD

i managed to eat my oyster omelette at 85. (FAV!!!!)
i'm not going to be irritating and include any pictures, in case you start to salivate.

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lastly...
p.s(i had my $1.20 bubble tea!!!! woohoo~)

i am SO going to drink like dozens and dozens of bubble tea to make me feel nauseous the next time i see bubble tea in aussie.
>.<

Thursday, June 04, 2009 12:04 AM

back home officially for 3days!!! woohoo~
HOME!!!

2nd night back in food haven and i met up with 2 of the girls for a major food treat!!!
nah...shan't go through the details...let the pictures do their job, people people!!! XD

4plates of food, 3people, 2cups of milo dinosaur, 1teh tarik(cold)

are we pigs or what??? LOL~

i end off the simpang trip with a picture of the 3 BIG FAT pigs!!! *oinks*
(85 dinner outing with the na yi dui!!! woohoos...again~)
(i can never get enough of Singapore food. XD)