Sunday Morning Breakfast

Last week, I had breakfast with Haruhi which you can see here.

So this week, its Kagamiku’s turn. ^^,

My breakfast is fairly heavy right? >.< Well I guess it can be considered as brunch already since I ate them at about 11am. ^^,

This week, we have Chicken Cheese Frankfurter sausages and Mexican Sauce BBQ Chicken~! The chicken taste absolutely awesome~!!! And you might wonder why I always have sausages. Well its because I have fallen in love with them. They taste really delicious and is kind of addictive. ^^,

I forgot to get my supply of fruit juice, so we have no choice but to opt for the Winter Melon drink instead. And which reminds me, I only paid 90 cents for 6 of them. >.< I guess the cashier forgot to punch in the 6 when scanning them. I did not notice it also. In fact I was actually wondering why is it so cheap, because according to what I have calculated, I should be paying more. It was only when I checked the receipt upon reaching home that I realized she had made that mistake. >.<

My breakfast is really unhealthy. Look at all that oil and fat~! No green veggies. >.< So, that is why I am thinking of making mashed potato next week and I might go grab some mini carrots with cabbage and perhaps grab some more green veggies and make a healthy salad breakfast next week. ^^, LOL. Looks like nowadays I have been experimenting and cooking meals for myself every weekend. ^^,

Anyway, till next time~ Cheers~!

Kagami & Haruhi Wishes You….

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival~~!!

Both of them wants to share with you that cute little mini moon cake. Any takers? *raises both hands* >.<

Anyway, here are some of the activities that you can do during the Mid-Autumn Festival :

Eating mooncakes outside under the moon

Putting pomelo rinds on one’s head

Carrying brightly lit lanterns, lighting lanterns on towers, floating sky lanterns

Burning incense in reverence to deities including Chang’e (simplified Chinese: 嫦娥; traditional Chinese: 嫦娥; pinyin: cháng’é)

Planting Mid-Autumn trees

Collecting dandelion leaves and distributing them evenly among family members

Fire Dragon Dances

Via Wikipedia

So what are you doing to celebrate? For me, I guess I will munch down that mini moon cake in front of my laptop screen. I do wish I could share that moon cake with my loved ones while enjoying the moonlight together. But I am 600km away from home and going outside over here is not a good idea because aside from munching down the moon cake, I will also be ‘donating blood’, if you get what I mean. ^^,

For those of you who doesn’t know what the Mid-Autumn Festival is all about, kindly click here.

Sunday Morning’s Breakfast

Apparently some people is still not convinced that I can cook. So I decided to show these people again that I, in fact do know how to cook. LOL. ^^,

Decided to do some Western-style breakfast today. It has been so long since I had one. ^^, I couldn’t cook using the stove because we ran out of gas >.< , so I have to opt for the microwave oven again. ^^,

What am I going to cook today? Well, we are going to have 2 lamb patties and 3 Italian sausages. ^^, Pretty heavy for a breakfast eh? LOL.

Lamb patties and Italian sausages in oven, set to high and microwave it for 5 minutes. ^^, And as you can see, Haruhi is getting pretty impatient. Demanding her breakfast right away. >.<

After 5 minutes, pop open oven, take out the cooked sausages, flip the lamp patties over and repeat the 5 minute process again. ^^,

Haruhi : What is taking you so long to cook my breakfast?

After the second 5 minutes of microwaving, the patties are ready to be served!

And here we have our breakfast! 2 lamb patties, 3 Italian sausages served with Guava juice and a delicious apple~! Yummy~!

If you are wondering why there are only 2 sausages left on the plate, well blame Haruhi. She ate one of it while waiting for the lamb patties to cook. >.<

So who wants to join me for breakfast? ^^,

McDonald’s – Mamak Style

Was at the Kuala Terengganu bus terminal last Friday and was craving for some Chicken McNuggets, so I paid a visit to the McDonald’s near the bus terminal.

But what that greets me wasn’t the usual colorful McDonald’s restaurant table but this….

Apparently McDonald is adapting the new Mamak style theme. ^^,

Pizza For Dinner

Tonight, we are going to have pizza for dinner~!! Yum Yum~~

So who says I can’t cook?

Let me show you the result of my superb baking skills.

Tada~~~~~!~~!!! ^^,

So now, let me show you guys and gals how this was done. Go grab your notepads and pencils and get ready to jot down the world’s greatest pizza recipe. LOL.

We will want to make the end result as similar as possible to the photo shown below. So before one can master such great pizza making skills, one has to be well prepared.

First, we need to get the ingredients. So, go to any major supermarkets near you to grab the necessary ingredients. ^^,

Once at the supermarket, go first to the frozen food section and look for this :

Second step is to grab it and proceed to the counter and pay. Then head back home. ^^, Simple. 2 steps strategy.

Then pop open the box and this is what you see. Remove the plastic protecting the pizza….

….then pop it in the microwave oven. Set to temperature setting to high and set timer to 8 minutes.

Then sit and wait the miserable 8 minutes while looking at the pizza slowly rotating inside with the cheese starting to melt emitting a strong hunger-inducing aroma which slowly starts to penetrate and dance inside your nostrils. Miserable indeed~

After the eight minute, pop open the over cover and tada~~~! Instant Pizza~!

Carefully, take it out, cut it into as many or as little pieces as you want, put it on a plate and start munching it down. For those who are starved-to-the-point-of-collapsing, cutting the pizza into pieces is not really required, simply munch it down straight out of the oven. ^^, Whichever way you prefer. Hahahaha. Mission Accomplished~! Successful in feeding yet another hungry soul. ^^,

There you have it. The world’s greatest pizza! Why I say its the greatest? Its because 30 years ago, during our parents’ era, where is there such a thing as an instant pizza?  Pop a frozen ‘block’ it into the oven, wait 8minutes and you have a great tasting pizza? Hahaha.

Anyway enjoy your dinner. ^^, And till next time, eat healthy and drink a lot of water. H1N1 cases is on the high lately. Cheers~

Rainbow Rice

Had this rice for dinner last night. Looks colorful doesn’t it. ^^,

I am not really sure what it is called but lets settle for Rainbow Rice for now alright. >.<

I am also not sure how it was made but from the look of it, dye was definitely used. Hahahaha.

And about the texture, it feels like those rice from chicken rice. A little oily kind of feel to it.

And the taste? This is the interesting part I guess. I am not so sure how it taste like for my other batch mates who ate it but for me, the rice has a very faint hint of candy-like taste. The little sweetness like those you expect from a gumball. It may be weird reading that rice taste sweet, but it really does. Either that or my tastebuds are going haywire. >.<

The plus point here though is, although it taste sweet, it is very very faint and when you eat it with other dishes, the sweetness manages to mix very well and it is really really delicious! ^^,

I have never seen this type of rice before. I have seen Nasi Tomato, Nasi Briyani and others, but Rainbow-Colored Rice? Definitely something new. ^^,

P.S : For those of you who knows what this is called, how it was made and where it originates from, do let me know. ^^,

Apple Apple Pie

Who wants a bite? ^^, The Mac Mini made into an apple pie? >.< LOL

For those who wants to see how it is made, go here ——> Apple Pie via Evil Mad Scientist

Some more pictures which is intended to make you hungry. ^^,

I would really love to try making it but then again I don’t have the necessary ‘equipments’ required for this project. >.< Those who wants to try making it and treat me is always welcomed. ^^,

Bon Odori Penang 2009

I am supposed to publish this last night but then I am just too tired and went straight to bed.

For those of you who was wondering what Bon Odori is, here’s a quick explanation from Wikipedia :

Bon Odori (盆踊り, meaning simply Bon dance) is an event held during Obon. It is celebrated as a reminder of the gratefulness one should feel toward one’s ancestors.

Originally a Nenbutsu folk dance to express the effusive welcome for the spirits of the dead, the style of celebration varies in many aspects from region to region. Each region has a respective local Bon dance, as well as different music accompanying the dance. The music can be songs specifically pertinent to the spiritual message of Obon, or local min’yo folk songs. Consequently, the Bon dance will look and sound different from region to region. Hokkaidō, or northern Japan, is known for a folk-song known as “Soran Bushi.” The song “Tokyo Ondo” takes its namesake from the capital of Japan. “Goshu Ondo” is a folk song from Shiga prefecture. Residents of the Kansai area will recognize the famous “Kawachi ondo.”Tokushima in Shikoku is very famous for its “Awa Odori,” or “fool’s dance,” and in the far south, one can hear the “Ohara Bushi” of Kagoshima.

And here’s the explanation about the celebration here in Malaysia.

In Malaysia, Bon Odori Festivals are also celebrated every year in Penang and at the Matsushita Corp Stadium in Shah Alam, Selangor. This celebration, which is a major attraction for the state of Selangor, is the brain child of the Japanese Expatriate & Immigrant’s Society in Malaysia. In comparison to the celebrations in Japan, the festival is celebrated on a much smaller scale in Penang and Selangor, and is less associated with Buddhism and more with Japanese culture. Held mainly to expose locals to a part of Japanese culture, the festival provides the experience of a variety of Japanese food & drinks, art and dance.

Reach the Esplanade with my sis at about 7pm. It is already packed and the food stalls stretch as far as the eyes can see.

And then suddenly, I heard some girls screaming from inside a tent! I thought this is a good chance for me to be a hero, so I transformed into the girl-saving-hero mode, went around the front…….

…….and found out that it was a haunted school. *Disappointed*

This is the main stage which is about to give me some problems later. >.<

The Town Hall

My sis and I went around checking out the area first before it gets dark. Met SuperMama here also. ^^,

Some Akatsuki members spotted! There are some other cosplayers present also. Though I can’t really remember from which series.

Some performance underway. Before each performance, a brief explanation would be given about its history and origin of the performance both in English and Japanese.

Its getting dark and the Town Hall is lighted.

The amount of people there! This picture is blurred because someone pushed me from behind when I stopped to take this picture. >.<

Food hunting

After we ate, I noticed that they have switched off the lights at the Town Hall. Dunno why though.

And this is the problem I mentioned earlier about the stage. The fixed spotlights on all 4 corners of the stage, so in this picture, you see the spotlight is blinding!

Changing position won’t help also. ToT This is the view from the VIP stage. ^^,

And this is a short 10 second video of how it looks like.

Changing the white balance and ISO here. Spotlight is still killing my eye.

Changed exposure level. Spotlight still killing me.

And finally I just give up. Spend the rest of the time chatting with my sis until 10pm. The time everyone is waiting for! Fireworks!

This picture below is quite scary. See how low the fireworks is. It is just slightly above the trees. >.<

Here’s a video of the fireworks my sis took. It is not the whole thing though >.< The whole fireworks lasted about 15 minutes.

This is the statue in front of the court. Took it while I am walking back to my car. ^^,

Thats all for the night. ^^, Till next time. Take care and cheers~!

Japanese Robo Chef

Another robo from Japan but this time it cooks! >.< The world of automation and robotics are slowly taking over the job of humans. Soon humans won’t need to do anything anymore. And probably we will have a scenario something like the animation Wall e.

See the video on how the robot works. There is also a tray robot – who will be replacing the waiter and waitresses?>.< 

Embedding is disabled so here’s the link : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt5q9PkhGH0

BBQ Party Part II

As the title implies, this is the second time we are having a BBQ party. The first one can be found here

This party’s objective?  – Celebrating both the end of the torturing CA6 phase and also our batch’s outstanding CA6 results! Yay!

The party was actually held last weekend but because of my erm..procrastination, it was posted this weekend.

Anyway, here we are again preparing for the party ^^,

*Note: The watermark used = cameraman’s blog

And here we are cleaning up the chickens ^^, and whatever that needs cleaning…. >.<

 

While some are trying to ‘kill’ one another. ~>.<~

And some trying to ‘feed’ one another…. That guy in the yellow shirt is our batch leader by the way.

HMA Batch #22! This taste yummy!!

As for the location, we picked the same place as last time again – Pantai Tengah ^^, A very beautiful beach.

And this is the view that greeted me upon arrival

Beautiful isn’t it.

I always love the view of the beach with foot prints and the setting sun. So peaceful and quiet.

Foot prints….. Hahaha..

And its time…….to light up the fire~!!!! By staring at the charcoal….

Or striking a cool look. >.<

Or we can opt for the easy way – with a fire starter.

Everyone out and about setting up.

Then we are just waiting for the fire starters to do its wonders.

And as usual, there is always something funny going on in the background.

When the charcoal is finally burning, the sun is on its way to ‘sleep’.

Sun : *Yawn*

The weird thing here is suddenly it looks as if Langkawi is covered in fog. Must be the haze but it really looked like patches of fog.

 

Fire is on, chicken smells good, its time to burn! Err. I mean BBQ. >.<

The chicken tasted really great! Hmmmm…. maybe we can start our own chain outlets.

Took some group pictures…..with Danny making a funny face…

…And then more came over…and more people making funny faces

….and then people started getting ‘creative’…..

….and at the end it was just chaos!!

After exercising our face muscles, we got bored and experimented with shutter speeds.

Aaron making his mark. ^^, I regretted I did not write my name. T.T

Because I was too busy trying to take pictures of the stars. Used the 60 seconds exposure but the result wasn’t as I expected. Maybe too much background light thus ‘blanketing’ the stars

And then when I am bored to the stars, I tried it on people. LOL.

And unlike in Penang where some beach were lighted up at night, this beach here wasn’t. So cleaning up in the dark is a pain in the a**. >.<

I guess that’s all for today. ^^, Stay tuned for more interesting ‘adventures’ >.<

Cheers people! ^^,

And something I bought on my way back to the hostel to be enjoyed in the room. ^^, Refreshing! And you can see my highlighters in the background and my books to the right edge of the picture. LOL.