Bling Bling

I love these two items that I made myself..D.I.Y is great. LOLz!

Make one youself today! You'll feel great with your own handwork

Being a dog lover

My family has a dog and her name is CC..She's just a normal stray dog but with long fur covering her body. She's obedient and a good dog. We seriously love her alot. We took good care of her and always wanted to play with her..Just that she's too lazy to play but love to eat ONLY!!! *grin* Yesterday I took chance to bathed her after so long. Do you believe that my dog doesn't like to bathe?? When we fill up the water and told her going bathe, she wouldn't walk out from her cage, and will lie down like a lazy pig...In the end, we need to drag her out to bathe her! LOLz!

There she is...lying down to do some sunbathing before bathe

To bathe her, need water..and soap and brush! Easy

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after bathe..ini macam!

Simple walnut cake recipe.

Well well..here's another recipe that I found in the new. I'll try it out in the coming days..After I've prepared the ingredients! *smile*

Walnut cake recipe

@ Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter


• 1.72 cups flour


• 1 cup sugar


• 2.75 teaspoons of baking powder


• Yolks of 3 eggs


• Egg whites of 2 eggs


• 1/2 cup milk


• 3/4 cup walnut meat, broken into pieces


• 1/2 teaspoon salt

@ Instrcutions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degree celcius


2. Mix ingredients in the order given


3. Pour the mixture in the buttered pan


4. Bake for 45 minutes, then let it cool


5. Cover with white mountain cream, crease into squares and cover each square with one-half walnut

First Trial

Remember the soy bean milk agar agar jelly? LOL..*wink*..

Finally I made it just now after my masterpiece. I followed the steps directed in the recipe and I manage to make the jelly..Taste??? Hmmm...Not sure yet, as they all are in the fridge now. Waiting to cool down before going into my mouth! *grin* :)

Hungry after making jelly..But I cant eat those smooth and white jelly...so I made this cheese in fried egg.. *Saliva's dripping* ..Yum!

The jelly after cool down! Ready to eat!

My masterpiece

Postercolours, brushes, water, cloth, colour palate....Erm..What's all these for???? =.="

No more GUESSING!..Today I started to work on my 'masterpiece'. Haha. I told you yesterday that I wanted to read more, bout food and this is to fill up my brain's capacity. I'm a future dietitian ma..so I should know more bout food and today, I try to work again for my Diet Hand Book! LOL.. *giggle* ..Thus, I made this cute, colourful cover for the handbook..Hopefully it wil bring up my spirit and mood to study Diet Therapy for my final year! [hopefully the spirit will not go down]..

Masterpieces???? This??? NO NO NO NO!

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These are my masterpieces

Knowing your NUTS!

Suddenly, out of nowhere, I started reading up on certain food which are always believed to be beneficial for health..So today, I wanna post some infomation about few types of NUTS! *wink*


Walnut

• Walnuts are great sources of omega-3 fatty acids, one type of fatty acid essential for our body as it cannot be produced inside our body. In addition it s essential as it can help to prevent erratic heart rhythms, making blood less likely to clot in the blood vessels.
  
• The health benefits cover from cardiovaskular protection [heart and blood vessels], promote better cognitive functions, to anti-inflammatory helpful in asthma, rheumatoid arthritis [joint disease], and inflammatory skin diseases like eczema
  
• Walnuts contain high monosaturated fatty acids (MUFA), about 15%, which can help to reduce body cholesterol level and improve ratio high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol and low density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol
  
• Omega-3 fatty acids can also help to reduce inflammation as it is a factor to formation of artery plaque resulting in atheroscelosis.
  
• Walnuts contain essential amino acids which can help to promote smooth blood vessels' lining for diabetes and hypertension patients
  
• It also has phytochemical compounds to serve as antioxidant compound
  
• Walnuts control and prevent hypertension and gall stones
  
• To reduce cardiovascular risk, you can enjoy a handful of walnuts at least 4 times a week ^^
• To get more details click on this [Walnut]

Hazelnut

• Hazelnut has special composition of fats, proteins, carbohydrates, and beta-sitosterol
  
• This nut is rich is oil, em, roughly about 60-65% of it is made of oil and it has high essential fatty acids
  
• Hazelnuts are good source of vitamin B1, B2 and B6 which are good for mental health and blood formation especially in developing children
  
• Hazelnut consumption daily can reduce the risk of cancer and heart diseases.
  
• Read {Hazelnut} for details ya?! ^_*

Almonds

• Almonds high in MUFA, essential for preventing cardiovascular disease as it lower down LDL-cholesterol level in blood


• It also lower the risk of heart diseases
  
• Almonds are rich in Vitamin E, an antioxidant, preventing inflammation that leads to arteril scarring
  
• Almonds also contain potassium and magnesium. Magnesium necessary to maintain normal flow of blood, oxygen and nutrients in body while potassium is needed to maintain normal blood pressure.
  
• Almonds can help you to control your weight, so grab some of it to keep your weight still!
  
• Read up more here (Almond)

So...Knowing bit bout these nuts, y not pick up some of it into ur diet today..? Eat nuts, life's good!

Lang Tengah

Wanna go! :)

Sushi, I Heart You!

Everybody knows that sushi is healthy and good for your health. However, you know that it's expensive as well. My my...I love sushi just as much as you do! Yesterday went for shopping and bought this extremely cheap sushi set for only RM5.00 instead of RM7.50! *wink* Can enjoy sushi again! Yippee!!

Loving you

We going to be 3 years soon and I couldn't believe that today we had small cold war over freedom issue. Childish betul..But I reali do love you baby..If not, I wouldn't so care over how u feel and how awful it was to make u not happy. I'm sorry..I only want to be happy with you all the time!

Like this ^_^

P/S: I *heart* you

Soy Bean Milk Agar-Agar Jelly

LOLz..Lately I got this crazy interest to try out simple and delicious desserts, juices, smoothies and even dishes..Again, today, I came across this recipe in thestar online and I've planned to try this recipe out at home tomorrow before making it again when I go back to KL nxt two weeks...Oh..no harm trying out new recipes once a while rite? ^_^

Mummy won't so bored cooking same dishes over the week ma..*grin*

On top of that, try this link to get to Elinluv's Tidbits Corner..Wow..for me, her blog is like a food paradise. Enjoy...

Oh oh..here's the soy bean milk jelly recipe:

• 25g of agar agar, soaken to soft
• 1.5 litre of soy bean milk
• 75g sugar
• 4 pandan leaves
• 1 teaspoon vanila essence

Here's the easy 5 steps to make ur jelly! *wink*

# First, combine agar agar, soy bean milk and pandan leaves in saucepan..

# Then cook over low heat till all the agar agar dissolve..

# Add in sugar and cook till sugar dissolves

# Then add vanila essence at the last step

# Lastly, remove from heat and pour the liquid into your choices of jelly moulds..

You soy bean milk jellies are done and ready to eat!

Delicious and cooling desserts for you and your family

*** If you want to change the recipe, you can try add in some cincau into thejelly mixture wen cooking it. Surely some of you love soy bean milk with cincau rite? Well now u can enjoy your favourite drink in a different form!***

Kam Heong Chicken Recipe!

I had tried the kam heong chicken for the first time at KL. I found it tasty and wished to try out. Here's the recipe I found online:

Kam Heong Chicken Recipe:

Now, here are the ingredients you'll need:

# For the sauce paste:

• 50g of dried shrimp (soften and finely chopped)
• 7 to 8 shallots (finely chopped)
• 2 to 3 garlic cloves (finely chopped)
• 1.5 tablespoon of curry powder (any brand)
• 3 to 4 stalks of curry leaves
• 4 chili padi (depends on how hot u wan it to b)
• 2.5 tablespoon oyster sauce
• A little of dark soy sauce
• Sugar for taste

# For chicken marinade:

• soy sauce
• Oyster sauce
• Corn flour
• Sesame oil

# Below are the steps to prepare the kam heong chicken:

• First you'll need to prepare the sauce and marinade the chicken
• After preparing the ingredients for the sauce, first heat up the wok with 4 tablespoon of oil. If you're a health conscious person, then you can reduce the oil amount. After the oil is hot, stir-fry the dried shrimp until the fragrant is up. Let it cook for 1 minute.
• Then, add in the shallots, garlic, curry powder, oyster sauce, curry leaves, chillies, dark soy sauce for colouring and abit sugar to taste.
• Saute all for few minutes
• Then, your sauce is done!

  

• Ok, you should marinade your chicken for at least 30 minutes to make sure it has taste!
• Well, again heat up oil in your wok.
• Once, it's hot, you and start frying your chicken until golden brown or cook
• When it's done, remove it and drain from excess oil
• After that, you can start to prepare the sauce. Add abit of oil in your hot wok and then add the sauce paste.
• Stir a while, and add some water. The consistancy should not be too watery or too dry
• Then, mix the paste with water till it's even and add in the fried chicken.
• Stir and mix the sauce with the chicken until the sauce is dry and fully covered the chicken.
• Do not add any salt but bit sugar to taste
• Tadda! You kam heong chicken is done and ready to b served!

Enjoy!^_^

Honeymoon aka. Vacation

I just came back from perhentian island past few days. I went there last sunday with my beloved loukong. We planned and booked for everything last month before my exam ended. And our vacation dream came true. We went there without any objections and obstacles..LOL.. Let me tell you about our journey to the trip and all the things we did there. Ok...we went back to KL on 8th which was last saturday. We took Perdana bus at Putra bus station at 9.30pm to Kuala Besut jetty. The whole journey was a disaster for me as I didn't manage to fall into sleep. Haiz..But in the end I managed to get some rest. The journey took bout 8 hours and believe me..nxt time, take a flight better. ^_^..

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We reached Kuala Besut 5am in the morning on 9th May. We were sleepy and tired due to the long hours of bus ride. But we didn't take nap at the jetty. We waited for Cocohut office to open as we need to settle the last payment of the trip. When the office opened at 8am, we went there and to our surprise, the lady there told us that we should pay RM444 instead of RM410. We were surprised that John told us the wrong prize. In the end, we just paid the previous about told. Luckily. If not we will not have enough money to spend on the island. LOL..Upon settling the payment, we were brought directly to the jetty and took a speed boat to Cocohut Chalet

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We reached the chalet about 8.30am. The people there are very friendly and helpful. They carried our luggage and helped us to the reception counter. After checking in, we walked around the place and took some pictures at the beach while waiting for our room to be ready. The beach is beautiful with crystal clear water and sandy beach. U will feel the powdery feeling of the sand if u walk without ur slippers..Anyway the beach is a bit dangerous as there are many dead corals lying along the beach..

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Crystal clear water

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We collected some seashells and took some time sitting at the benches there. We chat and talked while waiting to get into our room..This is the vacation that we both longing to go for

Seashells

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After getting into our room at 11.30am, we bathed and headed for our first lunch. We would be going for our first snorkeling trip at 2pm. The first trip would be around perhentian island. We were excited and curious about the trip as we didn't know where we would be brought to that afternoon. We had fish and sotong with rice, fruits and orange juice for lunch. To my surprise, both of us at with gusto and swallow all the food in. We were indeedly hungry...After eating we headed room to apply sunblock and changed to our swimming attire

During the snorkeling trip, we were brought to few sites for snorkeling. First, we were brought to one place nearby perhentian island. I got no idea what's the name of the beach, but it is a secluded beach. Too bad that my camera is not a waterproof one, so there's no underwater picture taken. Wat a pity. But that beach is great. The corals are beautiful and well preserved. We saw many different fishes and we saw a big fish called Napolean..I got no idea what is the correct spelling. Haha..but the fish is huge..

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We then were brought to a place called turtle point. That place is the site where turtles always swim pass and many visitors manage to see turtles at this point. We waited on the boat while our guide swam around to look out for the turtles..We were told to jump into the sea as soon as possible when he managed to find any turtles. The moment he called, all of us jumped into the sea and swam as fast as we could towards him..He follow his guide and we manage to see a huge turtle below, swimming nearby the sand. But we only manage to see for a short while as the turtle swam away fast and lost from our sight in a split seconds.

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Next we were brought to the shark point to see sharks..But unfortunately, we didn't get to see any sharks there. Some of our teammates managed to see a medium size shark swimming in the sea. My love and I got up to the boat early as he wasn't feeling well. On the boat we chat with one of our guides. This young guide is a diver and he has a diving licence. He told us about the process of obtaining the diving licence..Then before we head back to our chalet, we were brought to a waterfall nearby to clean ourselves of sea water..The water is very very cooling and it was fun to drain ourselves with those water after snorkeling so long under the hot sun..Then we headed back to our chalet and we rested before our dinner..We had fish again with chicken and tomyam soup, with sirap and fruits..Unfortunately, we were not able to finish our meal that night. Too full with water..LOL..We were suppose to see the famous BLUE SAND there but we were too tired to go, so we rested early that night

Beautiful sunset

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cute meaw meow wan to 'pang sai'

Camwhored before going bck to sleep

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The next day, we were arranged to go for second snorkelling trip at Rawa and Susu Dara. Before breakfast, my baby and I took lots of picture around the place and the beach nearby

The swing at Cocohut

Nice cocohut view

We took this pic at Tuna Bay Island resort nearby cocohut

Me..:)

Baby and I on swing

Nice coconut trees at cocohut

Wan go kayak??

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Our next snorkeling trip was to Rawa and Susu Dara. We took speed boat there with the same guides and teammates. Rawa and Susu dara located near to the Small Perhentian Island and this beaches hava a lot of fishes and beautiful corals underneath the water. We fed the fished with the bread provided. The guide brought me bf and I too see something special. We...for the first time, witnessed underwater eel for real. We were so excited. Then we snorkelled further out from the beach and managed to see many clown fish nests..They were adorable..^^ The guide also allow me to touch and hold sea cucumber he took from underwater..This is not the first time I got to hold it..But here at perhentian, the sea cucumbers are HUGE!

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Then, we were brought to Susu dara to see sting ray..Haha..Again unfortunately, I didn't manage to see any. Haiz..Then we were brought to perhentian kecil's light house. At this point, many people try to jump from the light house into the sea. Do not take lightly on this activity as the light house is reali tall above the sea. It takes great courage to jump down. The corals there are beautiful..Suitable for divers as the corals grew tall to the surface of water and to ur surprise..u can stand in the middle of the sea as the smooth corals grew tall, reaching the surface. The corals here have lots of colours and damn nice! No pic..Sorry!

Lunch after snorkeling

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After snorkeling, we had lunch. Then we had whole evening for leisure. We decided to go to some other places. In the end we took a water taxi to small island, at D'Lagoon resort. At there we had snorkeling again on our own..I was very surprised then...as I saw sting ray half way when I was snorkeling there. I saw 2 actually. I was very happy, although I didn't see any at Susu dara that morning, I manage to see at D'Lagoon. ^_^ After finish snorkeling, we we told that there are baby turtles being raised at the resort. We were thrilled the moment we saw and touched the turtles..Very fragile and cute!

Cocohut beach

Baby turtles at D'Lagoon

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After coming bck to Besar, we bathed and strolled at the beach that evening..We walked up to Cozy chalet next to Cocohut

Perfect couple

Dead corals

At cozy chalet

Sunset on 2nd day

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Then, we back to chalet and ready for our last dinner at the resort. We had BBQ dinner that day! Yummy with lots of seafood but we couldn't finish it again..I mean the rice and noodles..Haha..But it was delicious..

The next day, we went to the beach again to collect more seashells before leaving that morning. We had breakfast at 7.30 am and we took our first speedboat back to mainland at 8am morning. I felt sad that day as we had to leave already. We had lots of good time there and miss the fun and the places we been to..Hope to come again nxt time! Perhentian..Thank u for the great adventure and vacation..Our honeymoon was great with you!

Bye Perhentian ^^