Man I hate being ill.
Had the flu today so I went to the doctor, and all he did (besides prodding and poking) was to tell me I would get better. Had a prescription which I'm not supposed to use unless I get worse in the next 72 hrs and thats it.
"You'll get better???" - thats it??? no nothing to alleviate my symptoms? I know I'll get better, but I really feel like crap now so can you either (1) make me better faster or (2) make me feel better while I get better... I had no energy to argue with him so I just grunted and left.
Monday, 17 November 2008
Monday, 3 November 2008
How about "Gordon"?
Last Friday, Yen Ling and I went to the live casting of Gordon Ramsay's latest show "Gordon Ramsay's Cookalong Live" :) http://www.channel4.com/food/on-tv/cookalong-live/ We managed to get tickets through a ballot system and were really looking forward to it. I must say, Ramsay was like a energizer battery, jumping up and down the whole time. But the highlight of the night was when he even spoke to me!! (well, it was speaking not in the sense of like having a conversation but rather, he said to me "Hope you enjoy the show") I was grinning from ear to ear and could only muster a nod with a "thanks!", nothing more... like a stupid starstruck teenager like that...
It was really so interesting watching how he cooked, explained and then served the meals. And when it was advertisement time, all the crew scurried to change the utensils, ingredients etc. James Caan and Peter Jones from 'Dragons Den' were also there... Johnny Vegas was the comedian that accompanied Ramsay while he was cooking. It was really quite a fun night. It was too bad though the energizer Ramsay disappeared too quickly after the show so we didn't manage to get any autographs.
If anyone wants to see the replay, I think its on Channel 4's website. It should be available with "4 on demand", YL and I were standing behind Gordon.
Anyway, apart from the exciting Friday evening, we had a very fun weekend as well, on Sat we had a cook-in with the Songs and Phee and on Sun we went to watch JB's Quantum of Solace and after that took a nice stroll along Canary Wharf after a meal at Slug and Lettuce again with the Songs and Phee...
It was really so interesting watching how he cooked, explained and then served the meals. And when it was advertisement time, all the crew scurried to change the utensils, ingredients etc. James Caan and Peter Jones from 'Dragons Den' were also there... Johnny Vegas was the comedian that accompanied Ramsay while he was cooking. It was really quite a fun night. It was too bad though the energizer Ramsay disappeared too quickly after the show so we didn't manage to get any autographs.
If anyone wants to see the replay, I think its on Channel 4's website. It should be available with "4 on demand", YL and I were standing behind Gordon.
Anyway, apart from the exciting Friday evening, we had a very fun weekend as well, on Sat we had a cook-in with the Songs and Phee and on Sun we went to watch JB's Quantum of Solace and after that took a nice stroll along Canary Wharf after a meal at Slug and Lettuce again with the Songs and Phee...
Tuesday, 28 October 2008
Cha cha moon...
I think we might have found our first "food court" in London! With all the bad news in the financial market at the moment, it's no wonder that more and more people and going to cheap and cheerful no frills restaurants instead of the mouth-watering but wallet-busting types.
This Sunday, we did just that… we went to cheap and cheerful cha cha moon with Adrian, Sharon, Lynette and gang. Cha cha moon is Alan Yau's latest venture; Yau is the guy who opened Wagamama, Busaba, Hakkasan and Yauatcha. Hakkasan is the only (I think) Chinese restaurant in London with a michelin star. Anyway, cha cha moon is the Chinese cuisine equivalent of Wagamama. All food cost £3.50 flat, portions are fairly small but its ok – we just got two portions!! heh heh… The most important thing though is that the food was GOOD. The tyrant and I were so impressed that we went again yesterday and we shared a plate of hokkien mee, cha kway teow, wanton mee and spring onion pancake… And the bill came up to £15! One funny thing that happened though was when the order was taken, I had the misfortune of being "corrected" by the waitress when I asked for Wanton Mian. She (ang mo huh) repeated after one or two tries: oh you want the "One Ton Mee-And", ok… I was thinking to myself, "err… right… but trust me lor, its not pronounced like that", anyway whatever… the Mee-And came and we gobbled it up in minutes. Apart from the food court price, there was also the food court/hawker centre style service, waiting (we had to queue for like 20 minutes) and atmosphere (everyone was taking so loudly, sharing benches and food was prepared in an open concept kitchen). All in all, it was an excellent find… and it looks like we'll be back.
http://eatlikeagirl.com/2008/05/13/cha-cha-moon/ I found this site while googling for cha cha moon...
Apart from cha cha moon, our weekend was also spent eating… heh heh… we went to our favourite Cafe Japan on Saturday afternoon and spent Saturday evening at Sharon's place where we watched X Factor while we had a nice home cooked meal. It was a bit odd though the combination of the food: we had buah kuluat, kong bak pau, grilled peppers with aubergine, cheesecake, scones with clotted cream and cheese… very cha palang right? Quite like us really… chinese origin, but with with a bit of ang mo influence
This Sunday, we did just that… we went to cheap and cheerful cha cha moon with Adrian, Sharon, Lynette and gang. Cha cha moon is Alan Yau's latest venture; Yau is the guy who opened Wagamama, Busaba, Hakkasan and Yauatcha. Hakkasan is the only (I think) Chinese restaurant in London with a michelin star. Anyway, cha cha moon is the Chinese cuisine equivalent of Wagamama. All food cost £3.50 flat, portions are fairly small but its ok – we just got two portions!! heh heh… The most important thing though is that the food was GOOD. The tyrant and I were so impressed that we went again yesterday and we shared a plate of hokkien mee, cha kway teow, wanton mee and spring onion pancake… And the bill came up to £15! One funny thing that happened though was when the order was taken, I had the misfortune of being "corrected" by the waitress when I asked for Wanton Mian. She (ang mo huh) repeated after one or two tries: oh you want the "One Ton Mee-And", ok… I was thinking to myself, "err… right… but trust me lor, its not pronounced like that", anyway whatever… the Mee-And came and we gobbled it up in minutes. Apart from the food court price, there was also the food court/hawker centre style service, waiting (we had to queue for like 20 minutes) and atmosphere (everyone was taking so loudly, sharing benches and food was prepared in an open concept kitchen). All in all, it was an excellent find… and it looks like we'll be back.
http://eatlikeagirl.com/2008/05/13/cha-cha-moon/ I found this site while googling for cha cha moon...
Apart from cha cha moon, our weekend was also spent eating… heh heh… we went to our favourite Cafe Japan on Saturday afternoon and spent Saturday evening at Sharon's place where we watched X Factor while we had a nice home cooked meal. It was a bit odd though the combination of the food: we had buah kuluat, kong bak pau, grilled peppers with aubergine, cheesecake, scones with clotted cream and cheese… very cha palang right? Quite like us really… chinese origin, but with with a bit of ang mo influence
Friday, 24 October 2008
Tuesday, 21 October 2008
Fishing "Must Dos"
Back to the topic of fishing... I've been thinking of what I "must do" in terms of fishing recently and here's a list... Non fishos will not understand...
1) Lizard Island, Australia - to catch a grander (more than 1000 pound) black marlin
2) Florida Keys, US - to catch the giant tarpon http://www.tarponsnook.com/Izzo9.1.jpg
3) Lake Nasser, Egypt - to catch the giant nile perch http://www.fishinginternational.com/location/africegypt.htm
4) Lake Ebro, Spain - to catch the giant catfish
5) Madeira, Portugal - to catch a giant blue marlin
6) Gloucester US - to catch a giant bluefin tuna
7) Alaska - to catch a halibut
8) Dun care where - to catch a salmon
9) New Zealand - to catch a broadbill swordfish
10) Cauvery river, India - to catch a mahseer
1) Lizard Island, Australia - to catch a grander (more than 1000 pound) black marlin
2) Florida Keys, US - to catch the giant tarpon http://www.tarponsnook.com/Izzo9.1.jpg
3) Lake Nasser, Egypt - to catch the giant nile perch http://www.fishinginternational.com/location/africegypt.htm
4) Lake Ebro, Spain - to catch the giant catfish
5) Madeira, Portugal - to catch a giant blue marlin
6) Gloucester US - to catch a giant bluefin tuna
7) Alaska - to catch a halibut
8) Dun care where - to catch a salmon
9) New Zealand - to catch a broadbill swordfish
10) Cauvery river, India - to catch a mahseer
Thursday, 9 October 2008
I think we've pretty much settled the name..
Last night I thought I'd try to pull a fast one on YL to change her mind and name our son Bartholomew instead....
Here was how to conversation went:
Me: Hey - do you know that Matthew was a tax collector before he became a disciple of Jesus?
YL: (pauses for a moment) Yah but tax collector GOOD what...
(End of topic of conversation)
hmmm.....
Here was how to conversation went:
Me: Hey - do you know that Matthew was a tax collector before he became a disciple of Jesus?
YL: (pauses for a moment) Yah but tax collector GOOD what...
(End of topic of conversation)
hmmm.....
Sunday, 5 October 2008
Woo hoo!
I've successfully mastered cooking sui yuk!! Woo hoo!!! This is after a number of not so happening tries... Now that I can cook both chicken rice and sui yuk, if all else fails on the law front, I can always be a chicken rice seller.... woo hoo!!! Little Matthew/Faith/Charity (in future) won't starve for sure...
Here's my resume pictures...
Siu Yuk
Here's my resume pictures...
Siu Yuk
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