20.08.2009

i received an email, telling about Qian Hong Yan whom they call The Basketball Girl. a very strong girl whose legs were amputated when she was only 3 and yet has high determination, to compete in the Paralympic 2012 and hope to get gold medal to make her father proud.

and from the email, i furthered my search in the internet, and got into this site, www.phreeque.com which tell about all the disable people live/d on earth. most of them (that i read) joined in a sideshow including Ripley's Believe it or Not? where they got income to support their livings. some of them even managed to own estates.

seeing all these, i thank God for the perfectness that i have and for the ability to see, to feel, to hear, to smell, to touch, to walk, to work, and to have wonderful life. i thank God for everything.

18.08.2009

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and J were planning a surprise birthday party for K. A and B were in-charged of preparing sandwiches. B has to leave her work to get ready for the party. B has to answer phone calls. B asked for K's help to look after her job. K agreed but asked B, where B wants to go? since this would be a surprise for K, B did not tell K. K was very curious and was not happy that B is hiding something from her. K complained to L. L scolded B. K found out that B left her work to surprise K. B was pissed off. K felt guilty. Hearts were hurt. A, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and J couldnt believe this incident. OFFICE POLITICS!

10.08.2009

i've been with my current company for about a year and 8 months.. and this was my second trip by the company whereby, this year, we went to Kuching to celebrate the 25th anniversary- Silver Jubilee.

here's the summary of the trip:

the Sun in the sky of Kuching

1st day- Friday,

arrived kuching- bus picked us up to our hotel (Harbour View Hotel)-and we looked for our own food for dinner.

Harbour View Hotel

while waiting for our key to our rooms
L-R: Claire, Soryn, Aneline and Me

2nd day- Saturday,

breakfast (provided)- bus picked us up at 12pm to damai puri- the grand event (company dinner)

Rules & Regulation in Damai Puri Resort

view from my room

final practice for our perfomance in Leona's room

the Dinner. Mr Sim and Madam Rosa, the Chemists

3rd day- Sunday,

breakfast (provided)- sukaneka at the beach- packed our bags- headed to a seafood restaurant for lunch (provided)- walked around in Kuching city until around 8pm- bus brought us to the airport.

building sand castle in 15 mins

blurred Gunung Santubong because of the haze

KK group during lunch

A very happy Cyril hugging his ikan masin. ;p

i'm thankful for the fully sponsored trip (except for shopping lah) and glad that i have the chance to work with this company. =) i'm looking forward for the opportunities that will be given to me, to improve myself and for all the new things that i'll be able to learn from the company.

05.08.2009

khaled hosseini is an author of two famous books, the kite runner and a thousand splendid suns.

i'm not sure if he has already published any new book, but i knew only of these two, and i have both of them. hehe.

both of his book were narrated with the setting back in the time when taliban started to rule over afghanistan, where a happy, peaceful country turn into a country full of war. between these two books, i like the kite runner better than the a thousand splendid suns.

the kite runner tells about friendship between two boys while a thousand splendid sun is more of the lives of women in afghanistan.

some people rated it as the book of the year, and some even say that you'll be wasting your time reading it. somehow, i'd say, it depends on you, yourself on how you want to judge it. the storyline might be ridiculous, but the lesson behind it, is meaningful.

an excerpt from the kite runner which i like..

When you kill a man, you steal a life. You steal his wife's right to a husband, rob his children of a father. When you tell a lie, you steal someone's right to the truth. When you cheat, you steal the right to fairness..

04.08.2009

i found a recipe of traditional way of baking Ji Dan Gao which requires only eggs, flour, baking powder and water and steamed in a bamboo steamer (the one that they use to make pao- the one that you can normally see in chinese shops).

i have the confidence that my cake will come out perfectly because i followed every steps given in the recipe and also i found a fruit basket under the kitchen table (a bamboo basket that we used to put fruits) and used it for steaming.

i mixed 3 eggs with sugar and beat them in high speed until fluffy- very fluffy, and pour in the water. i used 7up (one can also use ice-cream soda or milk or just plain water) to get more air in my batter, so that the cake will rise beautifully. then, i put in the flour with baking powder and mixed them slowly with spatula, instead of using the beater so that the air in the batter will still be maintained.

then, i poured the batter into the bamboo-fruit-basket-turned-into-bamboo-steamer lined with greaseproof paper and i sprinkled sugar over batter in the shape of cross so that the cake will crack open to form flower shape, and it will be a beautiful-perfect cake.

i steamed the cake in a covered wok for 25 minutes. after 25 minutes, i opened the cover and saw my cake was still flat..no flower and not even a bud..

i took the cake out of the wok and let it cool. then, i turned the cake over to take the greaseproof paper out. after i took the paper out, i can see a lot of hardened bubbles, and in every bubble, THERE’S UNDISSOLVED FLOUR trapped inside them. NIGHTMARE! i cant imagine my cake turned out to be like this. Huhu~

i am so disappointed and sadly, I went to bed.

this morning, my neighbour’s daughter came to my house and kakak let her try my disastrous cake. i was preparing my breakfast and suddenly i heard the little girl said, Lagi.. haha! she wants more.. i cant believe that she said that..poor little girl..