G.Sterling 基.史特凌- The Siaolangs United

Update

2009-03-30T12:51:00.003+08:00

If you haven't noticed yet, I have been actively posting at http://thebakingengineer.blogspot.com.

Seriously, is this blog officially dead or what?

切磋

2009-01-03T23:58:00.003+08:00

爸爸, 媽媽話如果你再唔出手屋企D耶就要被打烂晒啦...

Winter 2008 in Oregon

2008-12-23T11:02:00.005+08:00

Snowing...

Ice-breaking?

Night trip

Romantic

2008-11-17T16:22:00.006+08:00

Bellagio Water Fountain Show, Las Vegas. One word - Romantic

可惜？巧合？

2008-09-26T16:24:00.003+08:00

这是我连续好几天，每天每首听超过十遍的歌，它们都有一个共同点 -- 遗憾不能和爱的人厮守到永久，很可惜。。。
就爱这些歌，是巧合？？
李圣杰 -- 擦肩而过
梁静茹 -- 可惜不是你
彭家慧 -- 死心眼
杨宗纬 -- 听说爱情回来过

恨你！！！

2008-09-09T15:47:00.002+08:00

不要再对我说离别的故事了可以吗？我最最最讨厌离别，我更痛恨永别！！！为什么给了又要拿回？那你当初为何还要给？！！！

情是何物？

2008-07-21T11:42:00.001+08:00

是不是越爱一个人，需要承受的痛苦就越多？

what you do isn't helping.

2008-05-20T07:25:00.003+08:00

One bad thing about Asian in general, we can't talk straight especially when it comes to criticsm. I'm not talking about those critics that do nothing other than harm. We see jerks and bitches who give bad comments out of nothing just because they are emotionally unstable when they see other people is doing better than them. What I'm saying here are those constructive negative feedback.

This happens a lot when it comes to good friends. Especially those hardcore chinese educated people I see around me. Even they know their good friend is actually doing something wrong, they still give some excuses to their friend as encouragement. Yea, I said excuse, because it contains no truth at all often.

THIS IS JUST SO WRONG.

Doing this is not going to help your friend, it's guiding your friend slowly towards the path to the damned. And when it happens, you can add one more point to your accomplishment for pushing one person into the fire where there's no turning back.

At the same time, when we are not so good at giving bad comments, we are not so good at handling one. Again, we see a lot of people around who can't accept anything bad comments about them. They treat those people as enemy instantly.

This is just one big karma, we don't give bad comments leads to we can't accept one when it's out of good intention. When we know our friends can't accept bad comments, we don't give any. Everyone just listen to the good one, ignore the bads, and we go towards the path where we can never improve.

p/s: Don't give me bad comments, I can't handle it.

友谊永固

2008-04-26T03:30:00.007+08:00

又是一个离别。没什么想说的，就让照片表达一切，友谊永固！

味道

2008-04-23T18:54:00.005+08:00

昨天在超市买了一瓶你惯用的洗衣液。
回到家时迫不及待地把一堆累计了N年的衣服洗了起来。

衣服干了，
一股熟悉再不过的味道迎面扑来，让我久久不能释怀。
我把有你味道的衣服穿在身上，仿佛被庇护在你的温暖怀抱。。。

传说中幸福的味道，我想我找到了。

囚

2008-04-03T23:57:00.001+08:00

遲遲不敢下的一筆
十字路口不知所措
千百可能全應為妳
唯妳一笑解我枷鎖

-thianmin- 3 April 2008

Thinking of You

2008-03-25T20:47:00.004+08:00

My life has become so colourful since after you came into it serendipitously.
I miss you so much J.

4 weeks

2008-03-18T07:32:00.003+08:00

It wasn't a sleepless night for me, I fell asleep quite easily. But I didn't sleep for long. Woke up just a couple of hours later and I'm not feeling sleepy.
4 weeks of what I would say is one of the most significant moment of my life. From getting know a person, until fell for her, until play the guessing what's on her mind, until everything is crystal clean and finally until everything is over.
Before starting to write again, it's needed to tell all the readers what's my view on God. I do believe there is a higher power out there who keeps on watching us. I do believe that this life is just a phase, we will one day complete the journey here and move on to the next, whether it's the afterlife or the reborn, I don't know. What I never believe is what any other religious says and describe about God. Anyway that's just my personal view and it's not a topic to debate here.
I also believe that I am given difficult situations as tests by the higher power above, to see how I respond to them. Whether I will respond to it with the faith I have or I will eating all my promises and taking a short cut.
At the same time, I also think He is really pushing the limit to see how far I can go. The situations get more and more difficult each time. There are times I surrender to it as I am really tired of it. There are times I stood strong and hold my words.
This time, it's one of the trickiest test given to me. There were more than one occasion when I almost give in, against all my principles to get what I want. But I didn't. I don't get what I want in the end, but I defended my pride. Although it's just something I promise myself and no one will even know I break the promise to myself, but I'm keeping it and I am glad for what I've done.
Will this move to a step towards a saint? No I don't think so. I just know that one day when I look back, I may regret for not doing something but I will feel proud because I keep that promise I made to myself.
The tests will keep on coming and I only expect them to be tougher each time. Maybe I can only get what I want after I passed all of them.

4th day after election

2008-03-12T22:06:00.002+08:00

Today is the 4th day after the election. The shocking result of the opposition parties swept away the BN and taken 5 states still fresh in everybody's mind.
A lot of people write to express how they feel and their opinion on this election. Just like the election results, most of the articles favors the opposition. I still can't calm down my emotion everytime i read those articles. I'm so proud of everyone who voted to the opposition this time as we are the people who felt we needed a change, we are the people who felt Malaysia need a breath of air and we are the people who didn't fear of them and drawn a cross at the opposition box.
The future holds so much hope now as I see. We are now marching to a healthier politic in Malaysia. Government need to always review themselves if they are performing well or else they know they will be pulled down from the seat when the next election comes. This is the real democracy that we just obtain after the country has been independent for 50 years and declare itself as a democratic country.
The vision 2020, the dream to be a developed country by year 2020. Maybe we still cannot achieve that in just 12 years time. But I believe we will be much nearer than if we were still under the same government for the past 50 years.
Lets us really live up to the name that we are among the most developed country in south east asia. Lets us catch up the leader Singapore and lets keep the rest of the south east asia countries tailing us.

Quotes

2008-03-09T12:09:00.003+08:00

People should not be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people. ~V in V For Vendetta

The air is fresher

2008-03-09T08:11:00.002+08:00

Chinese who always speak louder than taking action been talking about it so long, finally I'm really proud that action are taken and we change the look.
We've been complaining so much about the governement but no good action has been taken. Largely due to we just afraid that we will lose more when the water is stirred.
Some say that it's the same no matter who gets the power. Some say how we know that other can do the job better. I don't know, but I know the old boys are taking things for granted. They should be reminded that we choose them, they should be afraid of us. THIS TIME, WE SENT THE VOICE STRAIGHT TO THE HEART OF THEIR HALL AND RATTLE THE VERY FOUNDATION OF THE BUILDING THEY BUILT WITH OUR MONEY.
With the new look, I'm eager to see what the mixture of new and old boys can do. I've always wanted to migrate to other country because I don't have faith in the old boys. Now, I will put that decision aside and take a close look at the new Malaysia again.

The Sky in California

2008-03-05T02:26:00.002+08:00

The sky in California is always so blue and beautiful provided no rain. :)
This is a good place to stay in like it says California is the golden state. The weather here is pretty consistent and friendly to camera lense.

The photo was taken while I was driving with my camera. Blue wide sky decorated with patches of white cotton clouds. Heavenly beautiful. I know you agreed with me :)

鱼的记忆

2008-03-03T23:57:00.007+08:00

"鱼的记忆只有7秒, 7秒之后它就不记得过去的事情，一切又都变成新的。所以在那小小的鱼缸里它永远不觉得无聊。因为7秒一过，每一个游过的地方又变成了新的天地”

这是我从朋友那儿听来得的。有时多么希望自己也像只鱼，七秒内把不愉快的记忆都忘掉。但就是不能。就连短暂的失忆都办不到。兜兜转转几百个日子，一些不想要的记忆，一些以为可以轻易忘掉的事情，到最后才发现，原来什么也没忘掉。

相片摘自 Jean Fan, roseonthegrey ~ eat ur hart out

2008-03-03T22:11:00.003+08:00

If there are a hundred steps between us,
You need to take just 1 step to get near me,
and I will take all 99 steps to be there for you.

Search No More

2008-02-25T17:14:00.000+08:00

Just about 3 months ago when I felt so overwhelmed and lost as if the whole world was collapsing upon me, someone reached me. He, bearing the name of a Healer, came into my life to heal my broken heart bit by bit. One day, when I abruptly found out that my heart no longer aches, I was contented and overjoyed; but too... I felt something strange. Deep inside my mended heart, I felt a tinge of Love that I thought I had long forgotten...

That late night ride on the empty streets when the world froze around us which I could still vividly remember, your smiles and your sparkling eyes enamored me so much that I realised my feelings for you that I could no longer hide... On this momentary day just before the end of year 2007, I received the best gift a person can ever received, which is the gift of Love. Since after, my life would never be the same again.

I have no fear, cause I've found the one that I had been searching all my life, the one that I thought I'd never find. Here we cross our hearts and with your hand in mine, together we will run in search of bliss that can be shared by just you and me.

challenge me

2008-02-08T20:01:00.000+08:00

Here is the challenge to those who went hiking with me at Bukit Mertajam. We took what? 2 hours to reach the top?

Today I went there alone and it took me 47 minutes to reach the top. Who want to come and challenge me?

:P

15 days at the States.

2008-02-08T18:32:00.000+08:00

18th January 2008, I was on my way to the United States. My first business trip there. It's not the first time I visit places at higher latitude. Dry, cool air; I knew what I would face.

Didn't have much hope nor expectation on this trip. Didn't plan much what I want to do or where do I want to visit. Heard from some colleagues that the clothes there are cheap, and since it was going to be Chinese New Year, the only thing that I really planned before I begin the trip was the list of clothes that I wanted to buy.

The flight took off from Singapore at 4.15pm. Cross the International Date Line, arrived at Los Angelas at 3.50pm the same day. Flew for 15 hrs and 35 mins but I still gain 25 mins. :)

It was nothing surprise until I stepped out of the Airport, to move from one terminal to another terminal for transit to Sacramento. The temperature, the moisture level of the air. man... it feel so like the time I spent at Sheffield. Although here is much cooler as it's winter, but it just brought me back to the street of Sheffield and brought me back to the happiest time I had.

Didn't have a lot of time to bury myself into the memory, I had to follow my colleagues to another terminal. There, we waited until 10.34pm for the next flight, ouch... that is killing me.

Time passed eventually, and we arrived at Sacramento safely. 3 guys who were there before we arrived, came to the airport and get us. In 2 cars we went back to our hotel. Checked in and took a bath, finally hit the bed at around 2.00am.

9am, Saturday. Had only a few hours of sleep and I was on my way to San Francisco. It's about one and half hour drive from Folsom. Visited the China Town, the famous Pier 39, the Lombard Street, and of course the golden gate bridge. The weather was good to me that day, it was sunny for the whole day. It has been raining for days at California and that's one of the few sunny day for weeks.

The next day, went to shop at Vacaville. The weather wasn't so good that day, rain a little bit. And it just got worse for the next 5 days. It was rain and wind. The temperature was around 5-10 degree celcius. Had a string of meeting that week, didn't have much time to do my work and that put me into a big set back.

The 2nd Saturday, the weather is good again to me. After sending 2 of the collegue to airport, return the car and get my own car. Me and another 2 collegue starting visiting places again. It's a no plan day so we were just go wherever we think of. We visited the Sacramento old town, where finally I get to see some shops that look like a cowboy scene. Policemen here also riding horse. New age cowboy... :) After the old town, and since the weather is so nice, we just decided to visit Tahoe Lake. It's about 2 hours drive from Sacramento, it's kinda insane because Folsom is actually in the middle between Sacramento and Tahoe. Now, we came from Folsom and now wanted to turn back and head to the other direction.

After a long drive, we arrived at a small village before Tahoe. Had our lunch there, McD. Then moved on to the Squawl City. It's a place for skiing. We didn't try it because it was pretty late when we arrived and we still had other places to visit. Took a cup of coffee there, snapped some pictures and we were on our way again.

Stopped by the Tahoe Lake, took some pictures and we were on our way again. Then we visited Reno, of Nevada State. Not bad huh, I was there for 2 weeks and I've stepped on the soil of 2 states. There's a lot of casino there, we visited one, lost a little bit of money, and we were on our way again.

Next stop, Boomtown hotel. It's a casino also, therefore we lost some monies again there. :P and we had our buffet dinner.

Hit the road again, arrived at Folsom at 1am. That was a long long one day trip.

The meetings I had during the 1st week had put me behind my schedule. Therefore I worked from hotel on Sunday, and the rest of the days until Saturday, I worked for about 16 hours aday. (hey... any manager reading this? see... I'm so hardworking) managed to pull some of the schedule back but not all. I got the special allowance for the schedule last minute. At least I had a peace of mind to fly back to Malaysia.

Drove to Sacramento alone on 2nd Feb. Return the car, flew to LA and met up with 3 colleagues. We safely arrived at Penang on 4th Feb.

That conclude my 2 weeks trip to the States. Overall, it was a good one as I didn't expect anything from it. Every place I visited is a bonus for me. :D

How Did I Fall in Love with You

2008-01-23T11:11:00.000+08:00

Backstreet Boys
Black & Blue
How Did I Fall in Love with You

Remember when we never needed each other
The best of friends like sister and brother
We understood we'd never be alone

Those days are gone and I want you so much
The night is long and I need your touch
Don't know what to say
I never meant to feel this way
Don't want to be alone tonight

What Can I do to make it right
Falling so hard so fast this time
What did I say, what did you do?
How did I fall in love with you?

I hear your voice and I start to tremble
Brings back the child that I resemble
I cannot pretend that we can still be friends
Don't want to be alone tonight

Oh I want to say this right
And it has to be tonight
Just need you to know, oh...oh
I don't want to live this life
I don't want to say goodbye
With you I want to spend the rest of my life

Everything changed we never knew
How did I fall in love with you...

每個人都是畫家

2008-01-15T07:36:00.000+08:00

每一個人都以一張白紙的姿態來到這世上. 而每一個踏入我們生命的人都是一個手握著筆刷的人. 有些是很好的畫家, 而有些是個連握筆都不會的烂畫家.
他們在我們的白紙上塗了不一樣的圖案. 有些很美麗, 有些卻很難以接受. 有時一些很好的畫家畫了一副抽象畫, 但我們都不會欣賞, 或當我們懂得欣賞的時候, 他或她卻早已離開了我們.
有時我們遇見了一些半桶水的畫家. 他們偶爾畫出了一些可以媲美名家的畫, 而我們也傻傻的相信了他們. 而當我們突然發現他們其實是不到家的時候, 往往已經是很久後的事情, 過程中也錯過了很多好畫家.
但人生豈能盡如人意的每一次都讓我們遇上天分和畫工都一流的名師. 而且如果沒那些劣品的比較下, 我們又怎能鑑定哪些是絕世名畫. 鮮花也需要綠葉的陪襯下才能顯出她的抚媚.
而在一切之後, 我們都帶了一張屬於我們的那副畫, 一副述說我們一生的畫, 離開了這個地方.

The courage... the passion

2008-01-08T07:51:00.000+08:00

This is 7.52 in the morning. It should be cold at this time in the office. But I don't feel that, the fire is burning inside.
Why? Well it's not because the reckless drivers on the road that make my blood boiling. There are just too much of them and I am now numb to their stupidity.
The fire is burning after watching a clip from Andy Lau. He's acting as an unfortunate guy who lost a leg after an accident. And shows how he picked himself up again and live with no less passion for life than any other people.
Highly recommended clip, follow link to watch it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Er-agIt5-jg

......

2008-01-03T21:04:00.000+08:00

sitting in front of laptop, staring at this page for a long time. Don't know what should I write.
A lot of things in my mind, but just couldn't make them up and present them in a understandable way.
People say, when you had the best out of one thing, you often hard to be impressed anymore. I am too calm in a lot of things because I had the best out of it.
"My mistake was going to the same hotel and same room" -- what the hell is that. Nothing wrong with the scandal? it has no difference with wearing helmet while riding just because the policeman can't summon you.
Don't pretend you are someone else when you are not. I have a pair of eyes that can see right through you. I feel insulted when you are telling lies in front of me and you think that I will believe in you.
10 years later when I look back, will I regret over the path that I took? Should I just turn right at the crossroad number 5 instead of turning left?
If you can live 100 years, it's still insignificant compared to the age of the universe. What did you do that you think people will remember your name after another 10 years.
Killing someone and you'll be executed in a lot of country. What is the punishment for us killing our mother earth? I know, you burned your house and you have no where else to sleep tonight.
Is there any alien out there? I know there are, we are only here because coincidentally, there's a planet that we call it earth has the suitable condition for us to live. Other planets will have other conditions that are suitables for other form of life to live in.
Will we ever meet another kind of intelligent being? Maybe not, maybe we are all just too dumb to overcome the great distance between us. Ended up we can't go visit them, and they can't visit us.
Gladiators are just slaves and prisoners, made famous by the hollywood and we think they are the hero.

How Did You Know

2008-01-03T10:00:00.001+08:00

Dedicated to The Special Someone,

I remember so well
The day that you came into my life
You asked for my name
You had the most beautiful smile

My life started to change
I'd wake up each day feeling alright
With you right by my side
Makes me feel things will work out just fine

How did you know
I needed someone like you in my life
That there's an empty space in my heart
You came at the right time in my life

I'll never forget
How you brought the sun to shine in my life
And took all the worries and fears that I had
I guess what I'm really trying to say
It's not everyday that someone like you comes my way
No words can express how much I love you

goodbye "twelve"

2007-12-28T10:51:00.000+08:00

Today is a big day. After working there for almost 3 years, I'm moving away. Time to say goodbye to some friends there, I don't be able to see you all so often now, thanks for the great moments you all gave.

Of course, by moving away, I also do not need to see those faces that I don't want to see. But there are just so little of them. I still lose more than I gain.

New environment, new challenge? Maybe not, I'm still working on the same project and same job function.

Oh ya, not to forget, another good thing about moving there is that I will get a shaded carpark. Ok, it's still not my own carpark, still on first come first serve basis.

hmmm... come and think about it, this is really not a good timing to move, since there are a few new hires who are quite *ahem* up to standard. :P Guess I'm gonna miss all the fun.

Alright, I'm just moving my cube to another building. It's not such a big deal after all :P

Good bye "twelve", here I come "five dot two"

无题

2007-12-27T11:48:00.000+08:00

这过程中的每一秒
都像是千年的等待

2007-12-18T15:39:00.000+08:00

Fallen.

沉默的夜

2007-12-18T15:32:00.000+08:00

燦爛煙花後, 有誰看得到黑夜的沉默.

What we do to help?

2007-12-16T21:50:00.000+08:00

Timely rain washes away the dirt on the skin of the mother earth...

On Saturday, US agrees on the Bali Road Map. A deal to reduce carbon dioxide emission worldwide in next 2 years.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/15/bali.agreement/index.html?iref=newssearch

On the other hand, year 2007 is on its way towards the 5th warmest year ever recorded. from 1895 until now. More than 110 years.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/weather/12/13/warm.weather.ap/index.html

13 cities around the world have signed up to turn off their lights for an hour on Saturday, March 29th 2008.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/earth-hour-is-going-global/2007/12/14/1197568227708.html

Are we still in time to save the earth?

feed poor people while costing you nothing

2007-12-11T13:32:00.000+08:00

I came across with a website, for every question you answered correctly, the organization will donate 20 grains of rice. It only cost you some time and some brain power to figure out the right answer and it doesn't cost you anything if you answered it wrongly.

Hope you can pay a visit and start donating some rice to the poors. Visit http://www.freerice.com/

爱让每个人都心碎

2007-12-02T01:10:00.000+08:00

城市一片漆黑
谁都不能看见谁
除非紧紧依偎

我让自己喝醉
没有你我就不能入睡
整夜又整夜的徘徊

我说过我绝对不会后悔
寂寞是被原谅的罪

爱情怎么让每个人都心碎
怎么去安慰
爱情怎么让每个人都流泪

你的泪烫伤我的脸
那一次我尝到伤悲
我的泪烫伤我的脸
从此就再也说不出
我爱谁

风

2007-11-05T15:30:00.000+08:00

我哭着的这一时
有多少人也在哭？

我笑着的那一刻
有多少人也在笑？

就让那阵风把一切一切烦恼、不快和悲伤都吹走吧！

SLU Funniest Home Video

2007-10-15T12:54:00.001+08:00

Sitting in front of my laptop, having no idea what to do even with the laptop on, as all the Stephen Chow's movies downloaded to my laptop already watched many times. Browse my laptop to see what other intersting things I have, and finally I found collection of another type of funny videos. I think these clips should be rated SLU (Siao Langs' United) funniest home video.

No doubt, this one should be in the list, maybe not so funny but the great new phyton dance should be promoted.

No comment on this one, just have no idea till now what this girl was doing. Another question I have, did she bring her eyes out that day?

Broken CD?? Please turn on speaker while watching this clip. I first thought the cam has problem or my media player gets virus. Again, this clip is not editted or added in any remix thingy. He says it 4 times!

See the poor guy can only shake his head, another good example of disagree but commit.

This clip must be promoted, I am not sure about the name of the performance. Is it a dance? I personnally saw someone can do as well, left right left right like marching some more, but too bad, not recorded.

Models of the year! I am not sure the girl is slower or the guy is too fast. See when she puts her hand on his shoulder.

This is the Malaysia version of Brokeback Mountain, taken in Villa Dxxlia of Cameron Highlands.

And finally, BONUS! This is not a clip. But I think is equally nice and popular as the clips above. The purpose/function of the T shirt still remain mystery and discussed until today.

Seriously, guys, when is the next trip for the next SLU Funniest Home Video?

Recommending P.Payar

2007-10-08T12:21:00.000+08:00

I went to Payar for 2 dives yesterday and here's what I think about Payar.

Let's start with a little bit intro about Payar. Payar is in between Langkawi and Penang. It's a marine park which means it's protected by Malaysia law. Well, marina park is just a name, luckily Payar has a dedicated officer there who really care about the park. Therefore, you get a marine park that really live up to the name.

So why Payar. First, it's the nearest place to Penang where you can see not-so-polluted water. On average the visibility is good enough for you to see the bottom of the sea from the platform. It takes about 2 hours ferry ride from Penang Port to Payar and the crews are very friendly and helpful.

Secondly, fishes, there are a lot of fishes there, and a lot types of fishes too. Although the visibility is not as good as those islands off east coast of peninsular, but when it comes to fishes, Payar beats them all.

Thirdly, it's pretty free and easy, with buffet lunch provided. You just need to bring along your swimming attires or diving equipments. Apart from wet suit, all other diving equipment can be rent from there. For snorkeling, life jacket and mask/snorkel/fins are provided.

Now talk about the weak points. 2 hours journey to Payar means you have to spend 4 hours to and fro, it's not a short trip and definately a killing point for people with seasickness. Bathroom is not enough, only 4 bathroom on the platform and you have to Q for your turn when it's about time to go back (note: shampoo/soap are not allowed there). The foods are not so tasty as well, but since that's the only option I have there, I didn't complain much. :P

For me, it's a nice place to go for a one day trip. But not too often... :P

坊太与你: Chilled Oreo Cheesecake

2007-09-17T16:16:00.000+08:00

I had made this recipe more than once, and everytime it turns out beautifully with consistent taste. The texture of this cheesecake is smooth and light, and less stodgy than New York Cheesecake. Overall it isn't too sweet but from time to time you will be on cloud nine when you get a bite on the scattered Oreo, and on the Oreo crust that is good even if you eat it on its own.

The best thing that I found on this recipe is, it requires minimum cooking time but you will still get a masterpiece that amazes your peers as it doesn't involve any baking that usually takes hours to cool down before sending it into the refrigerator.

Chilled Oreo Cheesecake

Ingredients:

Crust:

220 g whole Oreo

120g melted butter

Filling:
100g sugar
8 egg yolks
500g cream cheese
22g gelatine powder dissolved with 100ml of hot water
300ml whipped cream
50g cooking chocolate
1 packet of Oreo sandwiches

Yield: A 9" cake that feeds 12 stomachs

Method:

For crust:
1. Blend the whole Oreo in a food processor until it assembles fine crumbs. If you don't have a food processor, simply place the cookies into a large clean plastic bag, seal it up and crush them by rolling a pin over the bag.
2. In a bowl, mix the Oreo crumbs with melted butter until all the crumbs take on a wet appearance.
3. Press the mixture into a 9" round springform tin. Chill in the refrigerator for at least 20 mins until the base is firm.

For filling:
1. Whisk the egg yolks and sugar lightly over a pot of simmering water. Make sure that the base of mixing bowl doesn't touch on the water. Whisk until the texture becomes thick and lighter in colour.
2. Beat cream cheese on low until smooth and creamy. Pour in the melted gelatine mixture and mix evenly with a spatula.
3. Pour the whisked egg yolk into the cream cheese mixture gradually and mix till evenly combined.
4. Fold in whipped cream.
5. Pour half of the cream cheese mixture onto the prepared base, lay oreo cookies on top of the filling and pour the remaining mixture on top.
6. Mix 2 tbsp of cream cheese mixture with melted chocolate and spoon it on top of the cheesecake. Use a skewer to swirl it into marble effect.
7. Chill in the refrigerator for more than 4 hours or overnight before serving.

Normally the price of a cake will skyrocket when it's tagged with a "cheese" word. Try this homemade cheesecake that doesn't need an oven, which you probably need to spend only half of the money that you spend on any store-bought cheesecake.

PDC 1 - 0 Motorolla

2007-08-29T20:56:00.000+08:00

Today is a day to remember. It's been like 2 years since I join the PDC football maniacs to play football. We played quite a few of friendy games with other company but sadly, a draw was the best we ever had. But not after today. Against the mighty Motorolla team, we scored in the opening minutes and we had a clean sheet. Kudos to Cheah Z who scored the goal and Han Sing for guarding the goal so well. Not to forget all other players who show the character.
Now that we've won one... we are hunger for more... Glory glory PDC!!!

抬頭往前走

2007-08-13T23:42:00.000+08:00

人, 在受傷的時候. 往往是最容易受到感觸.
一句平時再普通的歌詞, 忽然間好像在述說著你我的結局.
一幕再平常不過的畫面, 忽然間好像再重演著我們最開心的日子.
一個平凡的動作, 又勾起了曾相識的回憶.
記憶猶新, 但感覺已在那遙遠的地方.
地方可以重遊, 事情可以重擬, 但結局已不能刪改.
就讓那往事如相簿般上鎖吧! 是好或坏都已成過去.
更好的再一次總會在前方等著你.

Star watching - Sagittarius

2007-07-27T23:51:00.000+08:00

If you found the Scorpio after reading the previous blog, then it should be easy for you to find the Sagittarius. It is now at the same location where the Scorpio was last month. Here's how it looks like.

Try to look for The Teapot first as they are those brighter stars in the constellation. Then slowly link the stars together.

If you have a binocular, The Sagittarius is very fun to watch as a narrow but bright strip of the Milkyway runs through it. It's the light blue colour strip in this picture. Apart from that, M6, M7 and M8 are very easy to be spotted with a binocular. 10x50 is a sufficient to see them and some other fainter clusters around. It's possible to see them with naked eyes but you will need a very clear sky and very dark surrounding.

I'm yet to see the whole constellation as the weather wasn't good enough for this few weeks. Although I had spotted The Teapot in a few past watching session. Anyway, the Sagittarius will be around for some months onwards and it's impossible for me to miss this interesting constellation.

Next: Capricornus

坊太与你: Char Siew Chicken with Chicken Buttered Rice

2007-07-23T20:11:00.000+08:00

Char Siew chicken served with chicken rice is such a common food pairing which you can find in almost any kopitiam in Penang. Eating them is such a pleasure that they blend so harmoniously on your tongue, with the perfect proportion of sweetness and saltiness. The recipe is too applicable as chicken wing marinates for BBQ (which will crown you the name Chicken Wing King/Queen I gurantee).

Char Siew Chicken with Chicken Buttered Rice

Ingredients:

Char Siew chicken:
2 fresh chicken breast fillet
30g chopped garlic
30g chopped ginger
50g sweet Taucheow
30ml honey
3tbsp oyster sauce
30g sugar
1/4 tbsp five spice powder

Fragrant Buttered Rice:
1 cup Thai fragrant rice
25g butter
2 cloves crushed garlic
2 tsp crushed ginger
2 pcs pandan leaves
1.5 cup chicken stock
1/2 tsp salt

Yield: feeds 2 stomachs

Methods:

Char Siew Chicken:
1. Marinate the chicken with oyster sauce, sugar and five spice powder. Cover with cling wrap and keep in the refrigerator for 4-6 hours.

2. Saute chopped garlic and ginger in some oil till fragrant. Add sweet taucheow and honey. Mix well and simmer for 1 min.

3. Pour the gravy on the surface of the chicken (on a baking tray).

4. Roast in oven at 160°C for 20 to 30 mins until the meat is cooked in the caramelised sauce.

5. Serve with chicken buttered rice.

Chicken Buttered Rice:

1. Rinse and drain fragrant rice.

2. Saute garlic and ginger with butter in a pot.

3. Add chicken stock, pandan leaves and salt.

4. Pour the mixture onto the rice in a rice cooker and cook as usual.

5. Serve with Char Siew Chicken.

If you think that those those instant bottled Char Siew sauce makes no difference than this, I can only tell you that you are so wrong. Trust me, spend a little more time and I assure you that you will dream of yourself chopping Char Siew at your own Char Siew stall after you eat this dish.

Star watching - Scorpio

2007-06-25T15:33:00.000+08:00

I'm going to start writing about the constellations, starting with the 12 that everyone most familiar with, the horoscopes. Basically will update once a month, about what you can see early everynight during the month. This month featuring the Scorpio.

It's not hard to know the scorpio as it's one of the few that really take the shape of what it represent. Most of the star in that constellation is pretty bright and the one at the "body" of the scorpio appear to be reddish. It's called Antares, it's a big red giant star. For those who still remember a bit from secondary school astronomy chapter, u know what it is.

It's even easier to spot the Scorpio now as the biggest planet in our Solar system - Jupiter is just right beside it. Just look to the East about 9pm at night, you'll see a bright star, almost not blinking at all. (I know some of you were told those that're not blinking are satelites, I was told that too but it's not true).

Next: Sagittarius

坊太与你: Green Curry Chicken

2007-06-18T14:29:00.000+08:00

This dish has a very delightful shade of green, the type of green that used to be my favourite colour when I was young. It's not hard to make green curry from scratch. But if you are really an eventful person that you wanna save the hassle as much as possible, you can always get the readied green curry paste at the supermarket. Bear in mind that green curry paste that made by hand has a really vibrant flavour that a commercial product can never hope to achieve.

Sexy shade of green

Green Curry Chicken

Ingredients:
500g any chicken parts of your preference
250g potatoes, halved
1 cup chicken stock
1½ cup coconut milk
3 kaffir lime leaves, lightly crushed

Green curry paste:
4 long green chillies, seeded and chopped
1 cup fresh coriander (cilantro) leaves
1 tbsp finely chopped ginger
1 medium red onion, chopped
1 stalk lemon grass, smashed
1 tbsp fish sauce
2 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp white pepper
2 tbsp peanut oil

Garnishing:
Coriander leaves

Yield: feeds 4 stomachs

Method:
1. Place all the ingredients for green curry paste into a food processor and process until smooth. Paste is ready and set aside.

2. Heat a frying pan with a little oil over medium heat. Add green curry paste. Cook, stirring, for approximately 5 minutes or until the paste is fragrant.

3. Add the chicken pieces to the pan and cook, stirring to coat, for 2 minutes.

4. Add the chicken stock, coconut milk, potatoes, kaffir lime leaves and a pinch to salt to taste. Simmer for 25 minutes or until the chicken is tender and the curry is thick.

5. Garnish with some coriander leaves.

Green Curry Chicken

If you are able to scoop out some time to make your own green curry paste, it's well worth the small effort required. And you will be amazed how flavoursome this dish turns out with the effort you spent.

Lastly, I personally think that GREEN curry is really sexier than the ordinary red one. :)

坊太与你: Herbed Butter Rice

2007-05-07T00:28:00.000+08:00

This is a very appropriate dish for potluck, as it goes well with almost anything. I made this as a carbohydrate dish in a BBQ party last Friday and received several favourable responses. It gives an exotic taste but the ingredients used are rather oriental. I simply used up some pandan leaves and kaffir lime leaves from my garden and voila!

Herbed Butter Rice

Ingredients:
2 cups long grain rice, washed and drained
1 tbsp butter or margarine
1 tbsp oil
1 big yellow onion, sliced
2 cloves garlic, chopped
3 cups water
1 lemongrass, smashed
2 pandan leaves, shredded and knotted
½ cup raisins
5 kaffir lime leaves, finely shredded

Seasoning:
1 tsp instant chicken bouillon granules
1 tsp sugar
2 tsp fish sauce
Generous dash of pepper
½ tsp salt to taste

Garnishing:
Chopped spring onion (I used chopped chives to give a more exotic flavour)

Yield: feeds 4 person

Method:
1. Heat up butter and oil in a wok.
2. Toss in garlic and onion and fry till they are soft.
3. Add in lemongrass and pandan leaves. Cook for about 1 min with constant stir.
4. Stir in rice and seasoning. Mix well to combine (ensure that the rice is cover with a layer of oil).
5. Dish the rice mixture into the electric rice cooker and add in water. Cook the rice as usual.
6. When rice is almost cooked and dry, add in the raisins and kaffir lime leaves. Stir well to mix.
7. Continue to cook the rice till it's fully cooked.
8. Sprinkle some chopped chives on top of rice before serving.

Elmo didn't get to taste this heavenly dish as it contains onion (due to the toxic ingredient thiosulphate) which can be harmful to dogs. But he didn't seem to mind as I compensated him with a hard-boiled egg. *wink*

We can make a difference

2007-04-30T11:05:00.000+08:00

It's said in a Chinese proverb, don't treat people they way you don't want to be treated upon.

I'm not an expert in this kinda fancy classical Chinese and I'm neither an expert in environmental issues. But I do enjoy the beauty of our mother Earth. Yes, this is one common mother we are sharing regardless our colour, our class of order in society or the language we spoke.

This is where we are born, this is the only island that we live and we don't have a second that we could escape to if anything were to happen on it.

Let's assume our neighbour planet Mars, we can live on it. Here is a visual how big is the Earth if you can see from the Mars.

That small little pixel is our Earth as seen from Mars. Now, how long do you take to travel half a globe? 13 hours maybe? Bravo, you just travel from one end of that pixel to another end. How long do you think it's going to take to travel to Mars? One of the nearest object to us that gives us some hope to escape to. Furthermore, how many people that we can transfer there? That 10 percent of the richest people and all of them are from the US?

As I said earlier, I'm not an expert in this. But one thing I know for sure, I don't want to live in a world without corals, without glasiers, without the rain forests. I don't want it and I'm not going to enjoy them now and let the future generation live in a place where they can only see those in TV. We can make a difference everyday.

www.climatecrisis.net

Learning how to walk

2007-04-17T22:44:00.001+08:00

While Elmo is growing elder day by day, his balancing skill subsequently become better and better. Few days ago when Elmo was placed high up on the piano stool, I swung a piece of treat above his head intendedly so that he would look up at me. Out of my expectation that he started to gradually raise his front legs, at an andante pace that he was able to balance his whole body so that he wouldn't tumble. I rose the treat even higher, and he stretched himself even further, till he eventually crunched on the treat that I initially thought he can never ever reach.

Elmo spotted the treat

raising up his front legs slowly, trying to reach the treat

Got it!

A moment ago while I was chewing on my not-so-much-left Craisins, as usual Elmo came in (after he heard the sound of the plastic bag) and begged to have some of my dried cranberries. Just when my hand was still in the bag trying to dig a piece for him, Elmo started to stand on his hind legs again! I held on the cranberries and tried to move around the room, he followed me around with 2 legs, just like how HUMAN WALKS!

I was so stunned and captivated by this act of Elmo, and this cutie never stop to amaze me since the first day he came into my life. And I think it's not a surprise if one day he can finally call me "Mama". Oh... my baby.

It's near...

2007-04-17T22:44:00.000+08:00

Ever since I started working, I don't get much chances to see the morning sky. As I always arrived at the office when it's still dark. When I see the sky again, it's probably at noon.
Today's different, although I still don't get to see any sunlight when I came in. Darkness is turning to light and it's beautifully decorated with fish scale clouds. Although it's not so obvious here in Tropical, but the summer is near...

坊太与你: Ah Fong Egg Tart

2007-04-16T23:17:00.000+08:00

This is one recipe that I wanted to try so long, as I used to be an egg tart freak, and my highest record is to eat 4 tarts at one time. Generally there are two varieties of egg tart crust. One has flaky kinda outer crust, which is called puff pastry (酥皮 in Chinese) and has an extremely crisp texture due to the several layers of butter in the doughing process. Another type is shortcrust pastry, which has a cookie-liked texture with rich butter aroma.

The type of egg tart that I love most (so far) is with puff pastry crust, and that's the type of egg tart that I can eat 4 in a row. But last Sunday when a group of us had dim sum at The Home of Dim Sum, a few of them claimed that they prefer egg tarts with shortcrust pastry more. Since the making of puff pastry is much more complicated and time-consuming than shortcrust pastry, I didn't want to trouble myself too much in this tranquil afternoon; moreover I need to satisfy most of the testers. :D

Ingredients:
For shortcrust:
3 cups of all-purpose flour
1 cup of caster sugar
1 cup of room temperatured butter (or margarine for health-conscious people)
2 eggs
½ tsp of vanilla essence

For tart filling:
2/3 cup sugar
2 ½ cup milk
10 eggs
½ tsp of vanilla essence

Yield: approx 24 tarts

Method:
For tart shell:
1. In a large mixing bowl, sift flour. Add in sugar.
2. Add in butter and mix all ingredients with a spatula till resemble bread crumbs.
3. Add in eggs and vanilla essence into the mixture. Start mixing to form a dough. If the dough is too wet, add some flour. And if it's too dry, add a little bit more of butter.
4. Take an adequate amount of dough and place it in the tart tin (I used Teflon coated non-stick muffin tray) and push the dough all the way up to the rim to form a shell. If the bottom of the shell is too thin, patch it up with more dough.

** At this stage, you can start to preheat your oven at 200°C.

For filling:
1. Make sure all the filling ingredients are in room temperature.
2. Lightly stir the eggs with a fork and try not to produce any air bubbles. Add in the dash of vanilla essence into the egg mixture.
3. In another bowl, dissolve the sugar in the milk. The amount of sugar used can be adjusted to suit your own taste. Make sure that the sugar is fully dissolved at this stage.
4. Pour the egg mixture into the milk mixture over a sieve (to create a smooth texture of egg tart later on). Stir lightly.

To assemble:
1. Pour the egg mixture into the tart shells you made earlier. (I used a measuring cup with a pour spout to pour the mixture accurately into the shell.)
2. Place the tart tins in middle rack of a preheated oven and bake for 15-20 minutes (or till golden brown) at 180°C.

Personal note:
** Pierce the middle of the tart with a metal skewer or toothpick (I used a thin-ended chopstick) and it's considered done if it comes out clean.
** If you find out that the crust is too brown but the filling is still not quite done, reduce the temperature to 150°C and cook till done.

The first batch of 6 egg tarts came out to be too thick-skinned (just like me) and hence too little egg filling (Elmo didn't complain though). Therefore the second batch onwards, I made the shell thinner and everything turned okay. The tarts are really mouth-watering when they were just out from the oven, but the crust turned soggy after kept overnight. I woke up earlier today to reheat all the tarts in the oven, the tarts became crispy but again turned soggy when I reached the office. Arghhh, and I accidentally burnt my hand! *sob sob*

Elmo was trying hard to reach the egg tart.

Yummy!

Tell me what do you think of my tart? Feel free to leave your comment too. :)

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good reference

2007-04-08T17:00:00.000+08:00

Recently apart from busy with the work... with a milestone to hit. I've been surfing the net for travel information. Came across this site which I find it very useful when you intent to travel to places in Asia. The site is non-commercial, that's the part I like the most.

Here's the link http://www.asiaexplorers.com

Things changed in just 1 month

2007-04-07T00:23:00.001+08:00

I just happened to browse through some old videos in the camera, and accidentally found out how much Elmo changed in merely 1 month. Do not believe? Witness it for yourself:

Little Elmo when he was about 3 months old:

**Note that Elmo had not had his shave yet, looked so chubby and short. :) His actions were kinda clumsy, striving hard to move inch by inch across the cage.

Here's my baby Elmo at 4 months:

See the difference? Elmo is like a grown up now, handling himself proudly with loads of confidence and agility. I still remember how he howled when he was put high up the chair when he first came home.

That's my goooood boy.

Application of the renewal of membershiT of Ling

2007-04-06T00:47:00.000+08:00

Hmm...I think I really need to do something, as the mail finally sent to me.

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Dear member #3 of the fellowshit of the Ling,

Please be informed that your membership of The Fellowshit of The Ling will be expired in 2 days. In order to extend the life of your membership, you are required to post at least 1 entry in these 2 days, or else your qualification will be terminated.
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But frankly, I really don't have anything in my mind, what should I write here? She asked me write about my life, what I do everyday. Hmm..I don't have story about dog as I don't have a dog that i can train "him" jump here jump there and then praise "him" goooooooood boy... :S. Then he asked me to write this, "I am writing this blog, and I am going to sleep now". Err...Are all fat boy really so cute???

I think I will just take the questions from the first post (FAQ) from lengcai 1 (2>1, obviously lengcai 2 is more lengcai than lengcai 1) and re-answer here.

What you are doing now?
Also half-naked, sitting in front of the laptop in the living room, digging my brain to squeeze out anything to write. One more thing, my TV is on but I don't know what the show is on.

Will there be any reader?
I think there are. If no, please let me know, I will post some of my naked photos up. Again, my goal is to have >30 readers per day.

Who are you?
I am lengcai 2 (can call me han-han if you are pretty. Guys, please don't if you do not wish your dad cannot recognise your mum). She is "leng lui" with world's sexiest hair and he is lengcai 1 that always do crazy stuffs.

What makes three of you come together in one blog?
This is really a very long story....In short, she has a very sexy G-string and she was so innocent that she wore the string in front (OMG); I got a name GSH (G-String hunter) and he is a gay named Sterling.

Can you tell me more about three of you?
For those who do not know Hokkien, Siaolangs means crazy people.

Why should I read your blog again?
What else other than read? Can you eat or drink our blog?

That's all?
For guys, yes. For pretty gals, you can leave your message or add me in frienster.

worst haircut

2007-04-01T16:58:00.000+08:00

Had a really bad hair cut yesterday. Till now I still can't believe that I ever had the courage to cut my hair that short. When the stylist recommended to cut my long hair short, I remember I just casually murmured,"Okay." and that was the beginning of a disastrous experience. Sigh, I think the gang is going to laugh their head off, just like that day when I wore like an OL to the office. I can't help combing and pulling my hair hard since yesterday, as if my hair will turn longer after that. *sob* Now I finally understand how Elmo feels when I brought him for a shave. It's certainly an awful experience when you lose your previous hairstyle that you think suits you better. And I bet Elmo will need to take some time to really recognise me. *sob really hard*

My coughing is still not recovering. I woke up in middle of the night when I coughed till my lungs nearly came out, and need to sip a few mouthful of warm water to soothen my throat. Last Friday when I drove from Penang to K.L, I coughed like 1 hour in the 5 hours journey. Pity my old friend ChuYon who was forced to "fuk si" me along the way, feeding me water and doughnut while I was driving. *blush* Despite the "heartwarming" feeding moment, the whole journey wasn't too boring as we gossiped and we poured out our worries... who doesn' know I am the renowned "sum jie jie" (心姐姐)? I am so good in giving advices kaka... Anyway, the traffic wasn't so bad overall, just a slight obstruction when I sent one of the passenger back to Bangsar.

Missing baby Elmo badly. Can't wait to see him tomorrow, but I will be missing my parents heaps when I am in Penang. That's the contrariness of life.

I finally got back my bag of Craisins! Can't believe that I left such heavenly snack in KL during the last Chinese New Year. I plan to gobble all up while lazying in front of the TV, that's the best past time in weekends. So.. tata!

Summer holiday plans

2007-03-30T23:45:00.000+08:00

Sitting in front of TV, watching National Geographic that is showing Sipadan Island. Damn I miss diving so much. Luckily I don't have to wait long, as we are going to Perhentian Island this July. The deal is confirmed, all I have to do now is to pay the deposit to the travel agent.

There's a double holiday; Wesak Day and Labour Day. We are planning to go to Maxwell Hill @ Taiping. Feeling a bit under pressure these few days because of work, didn't get to sleep well for a few nights. Really need a trip to release all the pressure. Luckily I'm quite active in basketball these few months, which had helped in loosen the tighten string of my soul.

What I need to do next is to see if I have the budget to take Advanced Open Water Diving Course. Another 1.5K is expected for the whole course + trip.

FAQ

2007-03-29T12:17:00.000+08:00

What you are doing now?
Half naked, sitting in front of the laptop, having a cup of chocolate ice cream. Digging my brain to squeeze out anything to write.

why this blog?
I don't know, it could be just for fun. It could be just to update what's happening around us. It could be just anything.

Will there be any reader?
I'm not sure, but you are reading, aren't you?

What's the meaning of G. Sterling?
I thought I know, but I've been told that I don't know actually. You want to know? Ask Fang Fang. Tell me when you know.

Who are you?
I'm Thian Min, he is Seng Han and she is Fang Fang.

What makes three of you come together in one blog?
Because we don't have anything in common except working at the same boring place.

Can you tell me more about three of you?
I'm crazy, he likes chocolate, she likes being called leng lui.

Why should I read your blog again?
I bet reading this blog is more interesting than your work. So read it.

That's all?
Yes, that's all.