Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Tsunami & Solar Eclipse

Got omen saying that Tsunami will happen today...luckily it didnt happen... :)
Starting raining early this morning, didnt manage to view the solar eclipse. It is predicted that today's solar ecplise is the longest total solar eclipse of the 21st century... maybe can read the related news later on.

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Pao Pao


Recently i was addicted in making Pao... funny oh~ never imagine I can make Pao also...it seems something difficult for people like me who dont know much about cooking. I got the recipes from aunties and Internet. So far I tried quite a few recipes, trial and error to find out the best way to make Paos. I made them by hands, not using any machine...therefore must get a recipe that is easy to learn. At first, the paos are quite hard and not fluffy... now getting better...at least wont frown when eating my own made Paos :)

Ingredients:
500 g of Hong Kong Flour / Pao Flour
6 g of dry yeast
2 tablespoons of sugar
250 ml of lukewarm water
2 tablespoons of shortening
1/2 teaspoon of salt

Methods:
1) Dissolve the sugar in the water. Then add in the yeast. Make sure the water is not too hot or else the yeast might not work. Let the mixture to proof for at least half an hour until it becomes foamy.
2) Add in the water little by little into mixture of flour and salt, knead until dough is formed. Add in the shortening.
3) Knead the dough until it becomes smooth and light. Let it rest for half an hour. Cover with wet cloth. It will proof until double size.
4) Divide into small portion, around 50g. Make it a round ball and then flatten it. Put in the filling, wrap it and put it on a piece of baking paper.
5) Let it proof for another 20 minutes and steam for 10 minutes. Ready to serve.


I had tried different types of fillings e.g. red bean, green bean, Kaya, green bean+yam, custard, vegetable, tuna, meat and peanut. Among these, I like the vegetable paos and meat paos.
Actually I like to eat buns also....without any filling. You may substitute the water with milk...taste better. I had tried to make wholemeal buns (just add in some wholemeal flour ~ around 30g), sweet potatoes buns (add in 2 medium size sweet potatoes - cooked and smashed), and chocolate buns (add some chocolate paste). The sweet potatoes buns taste the best. Next time maybe can try other fillings e.g. hams, sardin, curry chicken etc....just testing, dont know whether are edible or not.
Thinking to make bread also....how good if I can make bread....I like to eat bread but afraid might get fatter and fatter.... sometimes dont know is a blessing too :D

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Earth Hour

8:30 p.m. Saturday 28 March 2009 ~ Please switch off the light for one hour if u love the Earth.
I can sleep earlier on that day and switch off the light....but ~ I'm not in my hometown on that day... somewhere else ~ a tiny corner on the Earth. Going for my adventurous trip...first time doing all the plannings and itinerary...nervous and anticipated :D
Feeling terrible today....morning until now...why thing turned out to be like this? Sometimes it's hard to stay positive in the negative situation....what to do? People always say that happiness is within one's determination...easier said than done. Stay positive to make myself happy... =.=

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

脆弱

生命是脆弱的。。。有时候就那样地走了,没留下任何只字片语,只留下伤痛给亲人们。

她,原本在这个周末要飞去参加毕业典礼的,然而却发生了车祸,还在留院治疗,幸好没生命大碍。希望她能早日康复,继续她的人生路。

最近的天气蛮恼人的,前些日子就连下长命雨,四处涨水。。。这几天,艳阳高照,热得发慌。。。喉咙发炎了,吃了药好几天了,也不见得好转。所以呢,只好忍着,当个哑巴咯。。。也许新年期间吃了不少零食吧。。。现在发作了。 :)

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

不知道





某人的口头禅就是不知道。。。大多数的问题得到的答案就是不知道,对过去的不知道,对现在的不知道,反而对未来就蛮肯定的,有着不少的计划。。。我无言以对。如果说过去是现在的历史,未来是现在的延续,那么我如何对这些“不知道”有安全感?
也许你会说事不关己,漠不关心是对的。。。但是常常有些事是切身问题,然而你也不清不楚。也许未来,你也会告诉我“不知道”。。。未来的事很难说,对未来有憧憬,有梦想是好事,只希望你一步一脚印地去实现它。。。把不肯定变成肯定,不知道变成知道。

蜗牛

去公园散步时,看到一只蜗牛在徐徐爬着,背着那不堪一击的壳,坚毅地爬着。。。人生的路崎岖不平, 背着各自的包袱在过日子,有欢笑,悲哀,惊喜,沉闷,无奈,愤怒,喜乐。。。心中有点感触,人生就像那蜗牛一般,不管风风雨雨,依然要走着。今年是牛年,又逢全球经济风暴,日子有点难过, 只能像那蜗牛般坚强地走着。。。