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Lost in Translation

November 1, 2006March 21, 2007 sweet surrender No Comments

Two more months to go to 2007. If you have noticed, usually end of the year, I’m turning into a devil. I would complain, rant, scold, pick on people or whatever… It seemed like the devil is coming now…

Remember that during Raya there was a news saying that the government is going to prosecute whoever that tarnish our national language such as mixing it with other languages. It had caused quite a debate in the Internet, be it in the forums or blogs.

LOL… Kiss my ass for that! It won’t work. You know how they can’t even stick to their own rules and expect us to stick to it? What a shame!

Click to read…(almost 500KB)
I read The Borneo Post on Monday and stumbled upon this article. It’s super hillarious!!! I think you should read it too. The author really did a good job in this article. With this… What do you think about that “law”? Is the cock talking or what? Ah well.. The article might not be 100% related but still it’s about our national language and English. I can do better translation than those people yo~

GO! Read it and have a good laugh over it! By the way, it will only work on those that know Malay language else you won’t get it at all. HAPPY READING or according to the article it would be GEMBIRA MEMBACA!!!

From My Angle, Retro

Wedding Bells are in the Air

October 1, 2006March 21, 2007 sweet surrender No Comments

Wow… so many weddings this year. Yesterday(30.9.2006) I went to not-so-familiar-friend marriage registration. Well… Actually I’m just being a busy body and went there to help them take photos though I know my photo taking skill sucks big time 😛 Since Jimmy was required to take video of the ceremony, there’s no one to help take photos so I went LOL…

It’s at the same place as Ann’s, Teochew Association. However, the way they conducted it was different. The couples could choose the language they want. This time, it’s in English and Teochew dialect.

It was pretty interesting. There were two of them registering at the same time. Hmm… How to put it? Let’s just put it this way… Couple A is the witnesses of Couple B and vice versa.

Ely(the guy with blue stripes tie) and Cindy(the girl in blue blouse with ribbon) were the witnesses for Ngen(the guy with dark coloured tie) and Priscilla(the girl in blue blouse) and vice versa. Ngen and Priscilla had theirs in English; Cindy and Ely had theirs in Teochew dialect.

Here’s the photos of the couples after signing the certificates:

Wish them all the best in their marriage 🙂

Hmm… this is the third and fourth marriage registrations that I attended this year and 5 couples got married(I didn’t attend Mei’s registration) this year. First was Ann’s, then Alysha’s, next was Ngen and Priscilla, then Ely & Cindy. Anymore coming? It’s such a good year for people to tie the knots don’t you think?

Retro, Specials

Kuching International Airport

September 15, 2006 sweet surrender No Comments

BANDWIDTH SUCKER IS COMING!!!! MAKE WAY!! MAKE WAY!! 😛

We are going to Kuching International Airport today!!

Sent my sister off to UK this afternoon(I’m going to UK for holiday next year!!! 😛 Just a plan, don’t know got enough money or not hahaha…) and took the opportunity to tour the airport and took some pictures of the newly renovated airport.

Top and bottom left: The departure hall entrance.
Bottom right: You can buy some stuff here. Chocolates, perfumes, clothings etc.

This is where you check in your luggage. MAS check-in counters.

The whole picture of the departure hall. The chairs provided weren’t enough. We had to stand most of the time. Some had to sit here(right picture). What kind of impression given to people? They should have more seats!

Left: Air Aisa check-in counters.
Right: Escalators and staircase that connecting the departure and arrival halls. Departure is upstair and arrival downstair.

We look for the viewing gallery hoping that we can see the the runways and aeroplanes and the view of people waiting to board the planes. We walked towards the end and it was disappointing enough!!! You call this international airport?!?!!? It’s so small, the viewing gallery is so SMALL!!! It’s almost the same width as my bedroom!! *faint* You can only see Terminal 1-4 and can only see one plane right in front of you! AMAZING!! Don’t you think? *shake head*

The arrival hall. There’s a convenience store.
Bottom right: The exterior of arrival hall.

Left: Another angle of the arrival hall’s exterior.
Right: Carparks.

Some views from the outside of the airport.

Hmmm… there are still parts of the airport under renovation. It’s not completed yet. Oh… the enquiry counter seemed empty for the 1 and half hour I’m there.

That’s about it. Our international airport with not much international flights coming in and out as they were all axed such as direct flight to Perth and Frankfurt. I’m really not sure to be proud of it or not? Personally I’m pretty disappointed with it. Maybe I had put too much expectations on it.

Again… Welcome to KIA!

Retro, Uniquely Kuching

PHILADELPHIAÂ® 3-STEPÂ® Cheesecake

September 2, 2006March 21, 2007 sweet surrender No Comments

Haven’t bake any cake for ages. The last time was before CNY. Today, my sis and I decided to bake cheesecake. Here’s the recipe…

The one showing here(the text) is the original recipe. We substituted and added extra ingredients to it(the pic).

The steps are:
MIX cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add eggs; mix just until blended. Mix crumbs and butter; press onto bottom of 8- or 9-inch baking pan.
POUR batter over crust.
BAKE at 350Â°F for 40 minutes or until center is almost set. Cool. Refrigerate 3 hours or overnight. Cut into bars.

How To : Easily Remove Bars From Pan: Line pan with foil before pressing crumb mixture onto bottom of pan.

Here’s the photos of the process:-
Mix:

We added self rising flour in hope of making it a bit more fluffy like normal cake.

Making the base.

Pour:

It’s very sticky!!!

Bake:

We took some batter to make some cheese cupcakes/muffins.

End results:

-_-” Heheheh… failure 😛 We reduced the recipe to half which was fine all these while but decided to try something different today, we love to experiment with cakes or cookies baking. We added about 1/2 cup of self rising flour. The batter was so so slippery 😛 having a bit difficulty to scoop or even spread it.

We thought it would rise so we didn’t put much. Off into the oven and it came out… GOSHH.. it’s really tough!!! Tougher than biscuits. We tried to cut it with the big knife for cutting meat but to no avail hahahah… So decided to break it with our bare hands and it’s much easier to break 😛 Man… it’s really hard 😛 It can hurt people too if you throw it to them LOL… Considering it to be an edible weapon too. YES! You heard me right, it still can be eaten, no need to throw it away.

However, don’t worry about the recipe I had stated and the steps before the photos of the process. Just don’t follow what I did 😛 More recipes on cheesecakes, go to kraftfoods.com I got mine from here.

My Kitchen, Retro

The Crocs in Actions! – Jongâ€™s Crocodile Farm & Zoo (PART II)

September 1, 2006March 21, 2007 sweet surrender No Comments

Lots of photos… PART II now… the climax is coming…

Left: What is this? Very huge bird. Very colourful head. At first I thought it’s ostrich.
Right: FEEDING TIME!!!

Left: Everyone is waiting for the show to begin!
Right: Hungry crocs. Buckets of fish were poured from the top to feed them.

The climax of the visit!

Goosh… damn big fish.. scary… couldn’t take photos of them. They didn’t come up but submerge in the water all the time. It’s black in colour. Some with florescent red scales too. It’s the same fish that you see in people’s homes or shops aquarium that they sometimes said it could give them luck or some even claimed can see 4D number on its body. You can feed them, there were breads in the baskets.

Left: Ducksss…
Right: Some huts built next to the pond for visitors to rest and enjoy the pondful of waterlilies.

Left: Asean giant softshell turtle, it’s gigantic 😛 people threw coins in there. For what? Well… for luck I guess because turtle or tortoise symbolised longevity. It can be as long as 5 feet and as heavy as 200kg.
Right: Sun bear.

Left: Guinea pig. A visit to this farm and zoo can cause cuteness overdose 😛 Heheheh…
Right: My greatest fear!!! Snakes!!! They have lots of pythons. You must pass by this enclosure to go into the zoo. I was a bit scare that time but it’s in the cage so it’s OK though I got goosepimles everywhere and I wonder my hair stands or not?

So… that’s about my short trip. I recommend you to go there when they are having feeding time, 11am and 3pm. Else… I think RM8 is not worth it. It’s open from 9am-5pm daily.

CROCS ROCKS!! LOL… not really 😛 it rhymes anyway…

Going Places, Retro, Uniquely Kuching