端午节: 包粽子
Saturday, June 12, 2010 @ 1:08 AM
::11th June 10::
As the Dragon Boat Festival (端午节) is around the corner, I specially requested off from GV work on Friday! Not that I really celebrate this festival... my mission is just to go over to my grandma's house, learn how to pack and wrap the rice dumplings with bamboo leaves :D Such traditional way of making ♥ Results: better taste? xD
And so, let's begin! :D
Just showing you step by step procedures here. Probably it looks like some pretty half-assed procedures; but I've tried!! (._.)
To make these 粽子s! :D
Ingredients :D
Meat, chestnuts, mushrooms, glutinous rice!
(were prepared beforehand by my grandma and aunt)
Well, for mine. I added boiled egg whites in too :D
(I don't like the boiled egg yolks... so I left them out :X)
errr... Step 1: Overlap the leaves and cup the ends as shown :)
Step 2: Fill in some glutinous rice :3
Step 3: Add in some mushrooms and a chestnut...
Well, if that is you like your chestnuts. I replaced the chestnut with boiled egg whites.
To put it simple, add in anything you like lah! Be it your favourite rasins or earthworms :X
Step 4: Not forgetting the meat, of course... D:
Step 5: Cover it up with more glutinous rice! (^_^)b
Step 6: Fold the leaves up... tight!
Into a shape of a pyramid. (YGO!?)
Step 7: Secure it firmly with a twine/raffia string :)
& you're done with one! :D
Now go ahead and make more...
AND MOAR! :D
Step 3: Add in some mushrooms and a chestnut...
Well, if that is you like your chestnuts. I replaced the chestnut with boiled egg whites.
To put it simple, add in anything you like lah! Be it your favourite rasins or earthworms :X
Step 4: Not forgetting the meat, of course... D:
Step 5: Cover it up with more glutinous rice! (^_^)b
Step 6: Fold the leaves up... tight!
Into a shape of a pyramid. (YGO!?)
Step 7: Secure it firmly with a twine/raffia string :)
& you're done with one! :D
Now go ahead and make more...
AND MOAR! :D
Heh, my mama posing with the rice dumplings :)
Thanks to my aunt for making the dumpling so that I can take pictures of it :D Anyway, I'm not very good at making them T.T My step 6 and 7 fail big time. I can't seem to hold it tight enough... The ingredients inside kept spilling out (@.@) And I can't remember how to tie it up properly as well. So anyway after making a few, I retired from the job. I think "resigned" should be the correct word used :X
So I went to dig out all those old photo albums to look at them :P I don't have such albums at home... or maybe they were all hidden somewhere deep deep (O.O) Here are some of the photos of me when I was much younger? :)
So...when I was a young girl, my father took me into the city to see a marching band...
On the bed bunk of Star Aquarius :)
Swimming pool of Star Aquarius!~
Chinese New Year at my grandma's house :)
♥ with mama
Silly! :P
On board, Super Star Virgo!
Cafe(?) in Super Star Virgo.
At one of my relative's wedding.
Short hair! :\
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So I went to dig out all those old photo albums to look at them :P I don't have such albums at home... or maybe they were all hidden somewhere deep deep (O.O) Here are some of the photos of me when I was much younger? :)
So...
On the bed bunk of Star Aquarius :)
Swimming pool of Star Aquarius!~
Chinese New Year at my grandma's house :)
♥ with mama
Silly! :P
On board, Super Star Virgo!
Cafe(?) in Super Star Virgo.
At one of my relative's wedding.
Short hair! :\
Heh, I took a short nap afterward. And when I woke up, the rice dumplings were cooked and ready to be eaten :D Damn... I felt like a sleeping flowerpot :X
Perfect! ♥
Perfect! ♥
After my mama took rice dumplings for my paternal grandparents and relatives, we left the place and head towards Queenstown area where my paternal grandparents and Jeremy's family (cousins) were residing at :) XueNi was lucky to be staying the level above Jeremy's so she too got a share of the homemade rice dumplings :D
This is her thank you note/picture :3
This is her thank you note/picture :3
& with that,
Happy 端午节 to all ♥
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Labels: family, food, friend's house, mission
--xoxo,
Akira Star
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Birds Visit @ Mr. Salleh's House
Saturday, June 05, 2010 @ 4:06 PM
::30th May 10::
Too many back dated posts to blog!
Too little time to blog!
Some of which I can hardly remember what it's about already O.Q
Short post is short :(
Mr. Salleh, my secondary school Geography teacher, has invited Damien and his friends, Gavin and Gerald, over to his house to see his pet birds! :D Yep, Mr. Salleh is now my brother's Geography teacher as well :) I was very interested as well; and since my GV work only starts at 5.30pm... I invited myself over :X
We were able to bring Koko and yipyip over too as he is staying in Blk111A which is the block right beside mine :D
One of the very few times yipyip gets to go out of the cage! :X
Red-Sided Eclectus Parrot - Emmett
Curious lil' bird :D
Pretty boy~
Lovely green~
♥ its beak!
Emmett & Mr. Salleh
Koko likes Mr. Salleh too!! D:
So cute!! :3
It's heavy @.@!
Heavier than Koko!! Dx
Too little time to blog!
Some of which I can hardly remember what it's about already O.Q
Short post is short :(
Mr. Salleh, my secondary school Geography teacher, has invited Damien and his friends, Gavin and Gerald, over to his house to see his pet birds! :D Yep, Mr. Salleh is now my brother's Geography teacher as well :) I was very interested as well; and since my GV work only starts at 5.30pm... I invited myself over :X
We were able to bring Koko and yipyip over too as he is staying in Blk111A which is the block right beside mine :D
One of the very few times yipyip gets to go out of the cage! :X
With that, all four of us went over to his house :) & wow, Mr. Salleh has two birds, one cat, a huge aquarium and pitcher plants as house plants! As a Geography teacher, he is so awesome!! I also got to meet his adopted son, Hamza. He's cute and loves to ask lots of questions ^_^''''
Here are some pictures of his pets :P
Here are some pictures of his pets :P
Greater Indian Hill Mynah - Captain
Standing proudly!
Standing proudly!
Captain here is able to talk and makes all sort of interesting sounds like coughing (which sounds very real D:). He's very fierce and fearless (thus the name Captain), so he was not allowed out of the cage for fear that our small birds might be attacked by it! & silly yipyip kept trying to walk over to his cage @.@ Captain's actions are really quick that if you drop food from above the cage, he is able to catch it with his beak!
Red-Sided Eclectus Parrot - Emmett
Curious lil' bird :D
Pretty boy~
Lovely green~
♥ its beak!
Emmett & Mr. Salleh
Koko likes Mr. Salleh too!! D:
So cute!! :3
It's heavy @.@!
Heavier than Koko!! Dx
Emmett here, is a Red-Sided Male Eclectus Parrot. This is the only species of parrots where their sexes can be determined by their coloration. Males are green and females are red :P Amazing, eh? Emmett is really good in talking (sounds like a real human!) and also do selective mimicking of words xD But he seems to be very shy when there's new humans around him; he didn't seem to want to talk at all :( ...Nevermind! He looks so cute and pretty in his green feathers!♥
Ragdoll Cat - Morgan
Me carrying him! :D
Ragdoll Cat - Morgan
Such a gorgeous cat!
Me carrying him! :D
Why are they called Ragdolls?
They go limp like ragdolls whenever they are happy, relaxed or asleep... :3
So I had some difficulty in carry him :X Really soft and limp! I was so afraid that I might drop Morgan @.@ And he didn't really be bothered by the birds around him xD
Pitcher Plants
Looks like the ones I saw at Tuas Grassland!
Well, except for this one...
which is pretty big and instead of a lid, it has red lips @.@
They go limp like ragdolls whenever they are happy, relaxed or asleep... :3
So I had some difficulty in carry him :X Really soft and limp! I was so afraid that I might drop Morgan @.@ And he didn't really be bothered by the birds around him xD
Pitcher Plants
Looks like the ones I saw at Tuas Grassland!
Well, except for this one...
which is pretty big and instead of a lid, it has red lips @.@
Aquarium
Plecostomus!
Some weird white worms...
Mr. Salleh didn't know how they come about @.@
Shrimps feasting on dead fish xD
Pied Lovebird - yipyip
long time no see yipyip, right? :D
Emo bird :(
FLASHER! xD
Plecostomus!
Some weird white worms...
Mr. Salleh didn't know how they come about @.@
Shrimps feasting on dead fish xD
Pied Lovebird - yipyip
long time no see yipyip, right? :D
Emo bird :(
FLASHER! xD
Anyway, after that, we brought Koko and yipyip home to rest. And then we met up with Mr. Salleh and Hamza to play catch with the Frisbees at the grass area in front of our flats. My brother brought down his boomerangs! He and Gavin have already mastered in throwing them D: It was really awesome to see how high the boomerangs flew and also scary to see it missed Hamza by a bit each time :\ So Mr. Salleh banned them from throwing them :X I tried throwing the boomerang too but I couldn't make it fly at all; so I gave up :(
Later on, I have to leave them to head to work. Box office from 5.30pm to 10.35pm. And I went out with the GV staffs for a very late supper at Chao Ren Da Guan after our Despicable Me box office decorating task :)
Luncheon meat and egg ding noodles (dry);
my order!
My late supper GV buddies! ♥
Later on, I have to leave them to head to work. Box office from 5.30pm to 10.35pm. And I went out with the GV staffs for a very late supper at Chao Ren Da Guan after our Despicable Me box office decorating task :)
Luncheon meat and egg ding noodles (dry);
my order!
My late supper GV buddies! ♥
AND....
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Labels: animal, bird, friend's house, GV friends, pet, plant
--xoxo,
Akira Star
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Yokie/WeiLeng's Birthday Celebrations
Sunday, April 11, 2010 @ 3:16 AM
::10th Apr 10::
Advance birthday celebrations for two of my friends, Yokie and WeiLeng; and they both were held on the same day, at two different locations. It was pretty much a rush for me; to go to one place to another Dx And I couldn't skip either of the celebrations because Yokie has already booked me long time ago and WeiLeng won't be in Singapore on her actual birthday :(
Something I made last minutely for Yokie.
I'm not sure what it's suppose to be actually :X Something with his name on it, I guess.
I went to Yokie's birthday celebration at Bukit Batok Dew Condo first, because his started earlier. Met up with Sally and her friends. And they spent some time wrapping up his birthday gifts. Well, actually the ones doing the wrapping were Sally and me. The rest were talking and eating :\ Why eat now when you are going to a buffet later???? This doesn't make any sense D:
Wrapped presents~
Birthday card.
Using my special words, I wrote a message for him to decode :)
Something I made last minutely for Yokie.
I'm not sure what it's suppose to be actually :X Something with his name on it, I guess.
I went to Yokie's birthday celebration at Bukit Batok Dew Condo first, because his started earlier. Met up with Sally and her friends. And they spent some time wrapping up his birthday gifts. Well, actually the ones doing the wrapping were Sally and me. The rest were talking and eating :\ Why eat now when you are going to a buffet later???? This doesn't make any sense D:
Wrapped presents~
Birthday card.
Using my special words, I wrote a message for him to decode :)
Anyway with all those time spent, I got to spend lesser time at Yokie's birthday celebration :( More time was spent trying to figure out how to get to the Dew Condo. All those with iPhones start whipping them out and trying to use google maps and stuff :\ Well, at least we did manage to get there.
Pretty place though :)
Pretty place though :)
Heh, we started taking pictures the moment we entered the clubhouse. Because I have to leave really soon :( After that, I went straight to the buffet table :X & OMG~ The food was awesome!! :D So sad I can't stay longer. And also, I couldn't be there for the cake cutting session... T.T
Sorry Yokie!!
Buffet foooood!~~~
HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY, YOKIE DEAREST! :D
(Actual bday: 11th April)
Sorry Yokie!!
Buffet foooood!~~~
HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY, YOKIE DEAREST! :D
(Actual bday: 11th April)
After that, I have to make my way down to Admiralty to my 2nd birthday celebration of the day. Once I reached there, Joshua, Audrey, Shuhua and Moo came to fetch me and brought me to WeiLeng's house :) I have no idea how to get even though I have been there a couple of times! Memory leaked T.T~ And there was another spread of buffet there as well! I didn't eat a lot because I was quite full from my previous buffet meal. Sorry O.Q~
Another spread of buffet foooood~~
We ate at the staircase because there was no more space to do so xD
And we were disturbed by a little kid and a horde of water flies... :(
I don't like children :\
Another spread of buffet foooood~~
We ate at the staircase because there was no more space to do so xD
And we were disturbed by a little kid and a horde of water flies... :(
After eating, we retreated into WeiLeng's room and we talked about random stuffs of everything. Some of the water flies managed to get into the room as well. They were so annoying and ugly!!! :@ & I don't feel like killing them as well. Soon it's time for the cake cutting session~ Everyone was gathered in the living room. & there were two cakes! :) WeiLeng is celebrating her birthday with her papa's as well.
HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY, WEILENG DEAREST! :D
(Actual bday: 25th April)
My RP Clique :3
HAPPY 21st BIRTHDAY, WEILENG DEAREST! :D
(Actual bday: 25th April)
After which, the day was done and we all headed back to our individual home sweet homes :)
My RP Clique :3
Labels: A*, birthday, celebrate, crafts, food, friend's house, other friends, presents, RP friends
--xoxo,
Akira Star
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