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Finally, I decided to deactivate my facebook account >,< In case there is anything urgent or you would like to share your photos with me, drop me an email at leeseeming@gmail.com. 

聊聊闲话

聊聊闲话, 不要当真!

昨天跟colleague很无聊的提起one night stand 一夜情

很不出奇的, 她告诉了我很多..

她问我, 是否很坏?

你们知道我如何回答吗?

If you're still single, take the chance to explore

but just remember, safety always come first!

那是我对洋人的说法. 对唐人, 我会说同一番话吗?

满 interesting 的 topic 吧?

她也反问了我, "你呢"? 答案很简单- 只有No..

她又问: 你会想吗?

我发现所谓的一夜情,只会出现在PUB而已! 你人为呢?

我本人都不属于那世界的人, 机会等于零..

我也很坦白的说: 不会... 

我重复的我自己, 我会吗? 我真的不晓得..

I might or I might not...

Heheh...

她是single, 又有泡pub的习惯, 所以见怪不怪

更何况, 她是洋人...

你呢? 你想过吗?

Listening to LiteFM Malaysia while blogging in the middle of the night! :)

Heheh....I will be going off for a short-breakie as mum will be reaching Perth on 2nd May. I can't wait  at all because we have heaps of program and in the meantime, I just wanna stop thinking of my job for the time being.

Just recently, one of my sis visited Perth to attend business meeting. Unfortunately, I didn't spend much time with her as that was a last-minutes trip. But  still we managed to visit the Raeburn Orchard, that's kinda close to my house.Feel free to browse the photos here.

On the other hand, since our PR will be expring soon, my husband and I had discussed about  getting Australia citizenship or still keep holding the PR. Frankly, I really do not mind taking up the so-called "exam" (before you could apply for the citizenship). Definitely one thing for sure, I won't be renouncing my Malaysia citizenship.

I do have lots to share but I have to knock off...

Before I left, this is my alfresco area with the solar butterfly light!

 

Another solar display...

We bought the solar dragonfly lights just for AUD10. Plan to get another one!

It looks nice during night time..

Coffee Cake & My Plants

A quick question, are you a coffee lover? I just love the strong aroma every time I walked pass the coffee shop. Undeniable, I love the pastry, bakery or dessert that's made of coffee. Therefore, I would love to share the recipe with you here..

Ingredient

180g soft butter chopped

150g caster sugar

1/3 cup honey

3 eggs

225 self raising flour

1/3 cup strong espresso coffee (liquid)

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180°C.

2. Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

3. Add honey and beat until well combined.

4. Add eggs one at a time. Beat well after each.

5. Lastly, add flour and coffee 

6. Bake for 45minutes or until a skewer comes out clean when inserted in the center.

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Here are some of  the vegetables in my garden. They are purely organic plantation, only utilizing water with sunshine and horse-dung (and left-over fruits and veg. compose)

   

空心菜 Water spinach

大小洋葱 Spring Onion

番薯叶 + 胡萝卜 potato leaves + carrot

还在多多努力@番茄 tomato

也在加油@葡萄 grapes

I'm back with full of excitment waiting out there....

Long time no see. How's everyone out there?

I have confirmed that I'm not going back to Malaysia this year. As you knew that, my mum and sis will be here in May. 

Just to update you guys as well, my parents in law will be here too in October. So, we plan not to go back and will be flying off to Bali for a short break. 

How's Bali comes across my mind?

Supposedly, my husband and I will be staying in Perth city's hotel (for fun and relaxing) on 30th June 2012. Due to certain circumstances, I have to cancel off the reservation. So, I was trying to search for a another day and luck is on my side, I manage to lock that in on 16th Mar 2012. Ya, you're right! That's tomorrow...

 

Since I'm in the booking already, I was attempting to look for accommodation in Bali or Sydney/ Melbourne. I realized that it's cheap to stay in Bali. Again without second thought, I booked that in for 2 different hotels in Bali. 

After all, only I submitted my leave but the scheduler told me that she might not be able to approve because there are two-staffs on annual leave.  I'm a bit upset about it. Who knows, on 14h Mar, she emailed me that I could book my flight. What a relief!

Of course, it's time to book my flight! It's $100 different from what i viewed a day ago.  :( Why not Jetstar? Previously, I tried  and it was so much expensive and already given up. But still, something telling me that I should try. Guess what, I managed to secure another $100 for the trip.

P/S: I'm really kinda "po zai"  type of person. I would love to go for holiday trip but still I want to save up as much I could. That's me... See Ming Lee 李思慜. Hehehe...

Homemade Pork Jery (肉干)

Chinese new year is around the corner, I missed my aunt "Bak Kwa" so much. Since I'm not going back , why not I just try making one? Finally, I found the recipe from Sonia

Ingredient

1. 450g minced pork
2. 100g sugar
3. 1tbsp light soy sauce
4. 1/2tbsp Chinese rice wine
5. 1/2tbsp fish sauce
6. 1tbsp oyster sauce
7. 1tsp dark caramel sauce
8. 1/8tsp Chinese five spices powder
9. A dash of Pepper
10. 1/2tsp salt
11. 2tbsp honey

Method
1. Mix all ingredients in a big bowl. Blend and stir the mixture in one direction until the meat becomes gluey. Store in the fridge for several hours.
2. Spread the marinated minced pork thinly onto the baking tray (using fingers to spread).
3. Bake at pre-heated oven at 160C for 20mins. Remove from oven. Increase the oven temperature to 240c.
4. Wait to slightly cool, cut into your desired size and place them in the same baking tray.
5. Grill one side at 240C for 10mins, remove from oven.

6. Flip over another side, wait oven back to 240C and grill for 7mins or until golden brown with slight burnt.
6. Once done, let it cool and enjoy!

P/S: First attempt is always awesome for me! >,< If I could get rid of the 猪肉味, that will be absolutely perfect (I should put more five spices powder to cover up the smell)

Solar System

We thought of going 'GREEN' and after consideration (with discount of the solar panels), we decided to go for the Solar System. Since photos speaks louder than word, here you go...

1.5kw solar panels

 

 2.0 kw inverter

Early In the Morning

It's 6 in the morning while waiting for the next train!

My train is here finally (in a minute) and I'm heading to Maddington (third station)

Priority seating- just for elderly, pregnant ladies, mother with pram (baby).....

 

 

Unlock Nokia Mobile in Australia

In Australia, the mobile carriers are pretty smart. Why I said so?

Basically, if you're on a contact with carrier A for 12/24 months and  you decided to move to other carrier after the contract (stick with the same mobile phone). Definitely, you're able to do so and they are able to port the same number to different carrier for you.

First and foremost, you will need to unlock your mobile phone before you can use it for other carrier. I did that once already and they charged me AUD30-AUD35 to unlock my Nokia 6510 while my husband was being charged of AUD4-AUD45 to unlock his Sony Ericsson. 

Right now, I found a way where you could unlock it for free (Undeniable, you will need to bear the consequence!)

This steps is meant to be for Nokia only!!

Step 1: Use the existing carrier SIM and just enter ' *#06# ' - We're looking for the IMEI

Step 2: Write it down and make sure you're getting the correct IMEI

Step 3: Follow the prompt in Unlock Your Device

Step 4: You will get the unlock code (that's really important- and make sure the details matches)

Step 5: Press #

Step 6: Press * three times to get p

Step 7: Press * four times to get w
Step 8: Press * twice to get +

It should look like: #pw+ (15 digit unlock code)+1#

E.g.: #pw+123456543456786+1#

It will then restart the mobile phone itself (meaning to say you have successfully unlock the phone)

Anyway, just be mindful that it will locked itself after 3 attempts and I understood that you're no longer able to use the phone!!!

P/S: I managed to unlock 2 Nokia mobile without any trouble!  >,<

天与地...

有谁知道结婚的定义是什么?

为了那所谓的责任? 还是为了房间的那张床?

结了婚了就可以很轻易的离婚,
离了婚也可以好无在意重新结婚.

What's the problem?


我 colleague 告诉我,她姐最近离了婚,并且现在还可以跟她的ex-husband去 high-tea 和 shopping!
可爱的是,她的ex-husband又要再婚了.
可能这是西方国家的 culture.. 
不开心, 就离婚吧! 没什么大惊小怪的!


如果发生在Asia,这还有可能吗?
不要说不可能! 我告诉你- 有些还可以好无在意的跟人们分享呢!

其实我早就应该看开一点,这就是我们所谓的人生. 对不?

我个人人为还有天长地久的一天
而不是所谓的曾经拥有而已.
是真的.....

 P/S:: 我真的不希望这发生在我身上,让我相信我的天长地久的一天...
(我喜欢Happy Ending- Haha)

Smartphone?

As my Nokia 6520 battery is almost "kong", it's better to get a new one- Precaution is always better than cure! 

After months of consideration, I decided to get a new one...

Nothing so special about the phone- I bought it online because it's cheap- they are clearing the stock and besides, I'm no longer wanting to be tied to plan anymore. Phew...

Frankly, I'm not phone lover- as long as the phone is workable with basic function, then I'm more than happy! Guess what, my both sis are really into phones- Sorry, I should say a lot more out there are into phones too. I guess because of the advancement of technology and furthermore with the stylish design, everyone is desperate... (Hehe)

On the other way round, I still wanna play around with "real" keypad! I'm not sure whether you're encountering the same issue as mine?  I don't really like the whole idea of touching screen as

- it's not detecting my finger at certain time.

- it's a pain whenever I'm sending text to someone with my big fingers

BLESS ME..

This is the phone...

QWERTY + Touch

Blah..Blah..Blah

A few more days to go and I'm on 3-days break!

(I knew it's not long enough- but I'm more than happy!)

To cut my story short

- Mum will be visiting Perth in May 2012

- We're kinda undecided when to fly back to Malaysia!

- I'm going to get myself a waffle maker on Boxing Day

- Will be dining in at friend's house on XMAS day

- I'm working on 1st Jan 2012 (RDO on the following 2 days)

- I bought myself a new phone, Android HTC

- We had grown a small lawn in our Alfresco

My neighborhood:

Whatsoever

Yesterday buffet was incredibly tempting and delicious. Unfortunately, I didn't bring along my camera. (One thing which was not accepted- You'll get very thirsty after the meal ). Aside hubby and I, we're with another couples- Mark and Natasha (Mark is husband's colleague). This was our first time dining in with Aussie.;) At least, we still have a non-stop conversation during our dinner.. (Not too bad!) Guess what? I have Australian essence, as what they exclaiming! (Shocking? Unbelievable?Me too!)

Basically, I have something nice to share in my today's blog. I have started to plant some vegetables in my small garden. I have carrot, cauliflower, lettuce, ginger, garlic, spring onion and lemongrass in my small garden bed. Hope to show some result! ;)

I'm back!

Recently, too much of cautious in mind.."boh sim" (no mood) to blog!

Now, everything had been sorted out! (Finger crossed!)

(Let bygone be bygone)

I'm no longer attached to Telstra due to lack of call demand and besides, as I mentioned earlier in  my blog, I'm seeking for a permanent role in Australia if I want to survive for long! Finally, I received a response. I'm going to start life anew on 7 Nov 2011 with at least a very concrete benefit whereby I'm gonna get 5 weeks annual leave. That's what I'm longing for... because I don't have any single leave when I'm @ Telstra (casual staffs)

Summer is soon approaching, we're now preparing for it...We had our roller shutter installed in our bedroom and just bought a cooling unit to be installed soon. I'm going for a buffet tonight @ Burswood for my belated birthday celebration. Hope to post some photos here.

Cheers..

???

When I was taking train today, I overheard a conversation between a lady and a young chap. Guess what? This young chap is turning 16 in 2 months time and no longer attending school (I'm still able to accept that fact) . The worst part was he is going to be a DAD in 5 months time. 

I shouldn't be surprise at about this anymore because I heard a lot. Still I can't figure out how is he going to survive? I knew there will be allowances provided by the government (about 400-500/fortnightly)


What do you think?





P/S: I personally think that 16 is the time to enjoy himself/herself in school with bunch of friends.

Orange and Poppy Seed Cake

As I mentioned in my previous blog, I  threw a cake straight to the bin.

Because of my positive mind, I wish to bake this cake again!

Anyhow, this recipe was shared by a friend- Susan Koh (a credit for her)

and I would like to share the recipe with my friend here.

I guess she wouldn't mind me doing that ;)

Here you go...

Ingredients:

1. 2/3 cup poppy seeds
2. 1 1/4 cups milk
3. 3 3/4 cups plain flour
4. 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
5. 1/4 teaspoon salt
6. 300 g softened unsalted butter
7. zest of 2 oranges
8. 2 1/2 cups white sugar
9. 5 eggs
10. 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Method

1. Soak the poppy seeds in the milk for at least half and hour.
2. Preheat oven to 170°C.
3. Sift together flour, baking powder and salt.
4. In another bowl, cream the butter for 1-2 minutes. Add the orange zest and beat for 1 minute. Add the sugar a third at a time, beating for 2 minutes after each addition. After the last addition, beat until the mixture is light and fluffy and the sugar has almost dissolved.
5. Add eggs one at a time, beating for 1 minute after each addition or until the mixture is light and fluffy. Add the vanilla extract and beat until combined.
6. Add a third of the flour mixture to the creamed mixture and beat on low speed until combined. Add half of the milk and poppy seed mixture and beat until combined. Repeat this process. Add the remaining third of the flour mixture and beat until thoroughly combined, do not over-beat as this will toughen the mixture.

Hope you guys love it! Cheers.

>,<

Something new to you & me!

We have a big window in our bedroom and we had been considering of installing a roller shutter. By installing the roller shutter, it will help:

i) increasing the home's security

ii) reduce heat transfer in and out 

iii) block out noise and light

Since yesterday I was not working, I thought of getting someone to quote me on that. I just submitted the web-form "request for quote" from their website and someone will buzzing me later on. In the late afternoon, I finally received a call from one of them, asking me whether I'm available in the evening. 

At about 4.30pm, the guy arrived and I thought he will be measuring the window and straightaway provided me the quote. Who knows? He wanted to present his company's' roller shutter before quoting. Luckily, my husband was around to 'entertain' him. Guess what? He is advertiser manager- main purpose is to hang his company banner at our backyard (because our backyard is facing main road) and of course,to have this business work (only he was allowed to hang that). At first, the price were so unreasonable (my face impression showed all and he realized it), wanting me to wait for another quotation!

Both of us could see that he's really making hard to wanting to have this business working - attempted to call his manager but his manager couldn't work out the price we offered. They then offered a new price and we decided to lock his price (on the spot, we called our friend seeking for second opinion) 

Perhaps some of you might not know what's a roller shutter? The picture below tells all....

(picture source: google search)

Green Tea Ice Cream

In Malaysia, I never thought of making own ice cream because they are really cheap. The cheapest one I could get it was RM1/pac from the groceries shop (that was really a long time ago). [My grandma, sis and I used to walk to the groceries shop, mainly was to get some ice cream. My grandma is a vanilla/corn ice-cream lover. Unbelievable right?]

I myself prefer green tea flavor (but not my  hubby, will make him choc ice cream next time), that was after my visit to Japan in 200X. You hardly find any green tea  ice cream in  the supermarket. Today, I finally made my own green tea ice cream and it's absolutely super duper easy [without using ice cream maker]

Ingredient:

2 tablespoons of green tea powder

2/3 cup granulated sugar

3 egg yolks

3/4 cup milk

3/4 cup heavy (thickened) cream

Steps:

1. Mix the green tea powder with 2 tablespoons granulated sugar in a bowl
2. Mix the egg yolks and remaining sugar in a separate bowl.
3. Gently heat the milk on pan (not to let it boil). Remove the milk from the heat and mix a few spoonfuls of the warm milk with the green tea powder and sugar in a small bowl. When you have a smooth paste, add it to the remaining milk in the pan, then gradually combine with the egg yolk mixture.
4. Return mixture to the stove and heat slowly over low heat (not let the mixture boil). Remove from the heat and allow to cool completely.
5. Lightly whip the cream and then add it to the cold green tea-milk mixture.
6. Transfer the mixture to a large container and then put it in the freezer. As ice crystals start to form, remove and mix well with a spoon (use a spoon to stir vigorously) to break them up and return the mixture to the freezer. Repeat this a few times as it freezes to ensure that the ice cream is smooth.


Note:
a. 2/3 cup of sugar seem a little sweet to me.
b. This recipe was adapted from Spoonful Blog.

Green tea powder from Busan- Too much expensive! 
The color of the powder seem much much lighter

[AUD7.69 for just 40g]

That's my masterpiece.....

I hope you'll like it....

Cheers..

>,<

It happened long long time ago...

Yesterday when I was lying on bed , I thought of my childhood and only certain part of the memory 'lives'. While I'm able to reckon some, I would like to mark them down:

1) I'm alike tomboy during my childhood- climbing and jump from the gate! (that's the reason my sis used to follow me- a very bad example actually!)
2) I held my sis hand when I was sleeping- kinda sweet,right? [It's because I'm way to scare to sleep alone in dark]
3) We used to play "ma-masak" @ our backyard- assuming the brick walls as the oven, rambutan leaves as the plates and last but not least, the mud as the food! I still remembered we made our own "congkak" too.
4) I used to make my mum "mad & crazy" beating me all time~ I even hid  myself in the toilet.
5) Grandpa used to give me some money before going to school. (RM 1 is a lot to me..)
6) I used to fight with my sis, but grandpa didn't stop us. He stood there and kept shouting @ me ~ beat your sis down!!  (He knew I won't fight back!)
7) Attempting to smoke ~ I secretly took one from grandpa's and try out (Frankly, no one notice at all)
8) Every time when we visited the shopping mall (with our parents), we always had 2 big bag full of junk food. I really fell in love with the green bean snack at that time! :)
9) Our "ang pao" (from grandparents) were always special compared to the other grandchild!
10) We have to clean our backyard (full of rambutan leaves) all the time whenever we're asked to! We couldn't say NO at all to our dad. Besides, he liked to get me to make him tea too.
11) During CNY, 5 of us (3 of us + my parents) had to pack in one room. Only 4 rooms available~ 2 rooms had been occupied by my grandparents. The other room will have to share by 3 families during CNY.
12)  When I was playing "police catching thief" with my neighbors, supposed by touching that person had already counted, guess what I did? I 'grab' that guy with both hands. It's absolutely ridiculous yet hilarious to me. LOL
13) My sis and I met a naked man after our tuition. We took shortcut (the place they were bathing but we didn't notice the man)
14) We + other cousins met another naked guy (purposely dropping his clothes) during CNY.
15)  I poured water on my cousin's bed (he was staying with us for 2 years). He even did something stupid- putting powder to cover that.
16) I remembered that we had lamb chop during one of the CNY. Normally, we used to have steamboat!
17) We have to take turn to wash the plates after dinner. (exception happen only during our birthday)
18) I stole a cassette tape (Jimmy Lin) from from of the shopping mall. Luckily, I was not been caught! (Nothing to do with my parents- I was just too curious-I guess!)
19) I used to drop by my mum's parents house after tuition- they liked to make us kopi 'O'/Milo.
20) My dad knew we're not vege. lover- we're forced to eat them. Whenever there were vege dishes, he will definitely placed that on our plates (as I mentioned, we couldn't say NO at all to him)- Because of that, I'm a tofu lover now!
21) My dojo friends/schoolmates dare not come to my house- because of my DAD!
22) Mum bought and hide those sticks (to beat us when we're a nuisance). Guess what? We'll break and threw them away if we knew where the stick was...
23) My first time consuming alcohol was on my mum's dad (my grandpa) birthday with my cousins. We really enjoyed a lot.
24) My first bicycle was a BMX.
25) My sis, mum and I (on motorbike) were being stopped by policeman due to not wearing helmet and/or 3 of us (supposed 2pac on a bike).


I can't remember much about the time I spent with the youngest one. The only 2 things I could remember:
a) She thought grandpa's medicine were sweet. Of course, she was then sent to hospital for 'cleaning-up'!
b) We went to college together with my dad to enrol myself.