Mein Mein Ice @ Ice Room

Mein Mein Ice = Snow flake, lately this erm… Taiwan/ Japan snack is very famous in town, maybe it has been very popular in town for long but I just got to know this months back. I’ve no idea how it is made, but the texture is somewhere between ice-cream and ABC, not as smooth and solid like ice-cream nor as harsh as ABC (ice kacang), the flakes come with various flavour and just like ABC or ice-cream, it’s especially tasty during hot weather…

I was having black sesame for the 1st time, my friend ordered the mango (all time favourite)

Then the next time, I skipped my lunch and straight jump to this Ice Room for dessert… this is vanilla snow flake with strawberry syrup…

Ice Room: No 1, Lorong 6E/91,Taman Shamelin Perkasa, Off Jalan Cheras 56100, Kuala Lumpur.
Tel : 03 - 92811586

YUAN’s Soap

Have you heard about Yuan’s Soap 阿原肥皂? If no, check out their webpage and you will know the history (if you know Chinese)… but in short, due to skin allergy, Yuan (the originator/ owner) started making natural, chemical free soap. At first, it was just for himself, but due to overwhelm response, demand, he has decided to set up Yuan’s soap workshop in year 2005. Now, he plants his own ingredients - herbs @ Yang Ming Shan National Park, and he insists every soaps that he produce are handmade. That’s the value of the soap.

I bought a few when I was travelled to Taiwan, I bought “Miss Mud” 泥小姐 (made of dead sea mud & other herbs) and “Oat” 燕麦 (good for baby). Some are souvenir to my friend’s baby and specially for my dad, because his varicose vein on his legs and has wound when he scratch his legs after shower. So I thought this soap might help.

The saleslady told me one piece can last very long, so, I didn’t bought a lot, now I regret, I should have do that, because in less than 2 months, one soap is gone. I can’t say the soap isn’t working as what it claimed, but I understand natural products takes time to improve the condition. Well, wait till my next trip to Taiwan, will surely bought a dozen.

This is Miss Mud - NT300/bar

The soap is beautiful and smell good!

Lemon Peach Mousse Cake

Seems I've stopped baking for quite some time, since I was clearing my leave brought forward from last year last Friday, and we girls were having birthday celebration for 2 March babies, so, I think it's the best time to polish up my baking skill again...

The making of this continental cake is divided into 2 parts:

1. The making of sponge cake

Ingredients A:
4 egg yolk
15g sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla essence

Ingredients B:
4 egg white
100g sugar

Ingredients C:
100g plain flour
50g corn oil

The ingredients for sponge cake

Method:
1. Egg yolk mixture: whip ingredients A until light and fluffy.
2. Egg white mixture: whip egg white until soft peak, add in sugar in ingredient B, continue whipping until stiff.
3. Mix the egg white mixture with egg yolk mixture until well-blended.
4. Fold in flour, mix until well-combined. Add in corn oil, mix until well incorporated.
5. Pour it into a greased and lined 20cm round mould.
6. Bake at 180 degree Celsius for 30 minutes. Remove the cake immediately when baked.

Tada… the cake turned out great!

2. The making of Lemon Peach Mousse

Ingredients A:
50g lemon juice
70g sugar

Ingredients B:
1 egg yolk

Ingredients C:
1 1/2 tbsp gelatine
70g water

Ingredients D:
250g whipped topping cream
adequate sliced peaches
Topping: 150g whipped topping cream

The ingredients for the mousse

Method:
1. Cook ingredients A until boil. Pour it into ingredient B, mix until well-blended. Continue cook for a while.
2. Premix ingredients C and melt it over double boiler. Add it into the above mixture mix until well-blended.
3. Let it cool over cool water to 30 degree Celsius, immediately add in ingredients D and mix until well blended.
4. Slice the sponge into 3 layers. Place one layer of cake onto a 20cm loose bottom round cake mould. Pour half of the lemon mousse over the cake and place some peach slices on top.
5. Top with second layer of cake, then pour the remaining lemon mousse onto it and place some peach slices on top.
6. Top with third layer of cake, and keep it refrigerated until firm.
7. Cover the whole cake with shipped cream. Dust the top with some cocoa powder, pipe some chocolate cream to decorate. [To make chocolate cream, just mix the whipped topping cream with some chocolate paste until evenly blended.]

Sniff… sniff… I felt so touched when I see the outcome

Hand shook when I was drawing the lines…

Since initially the cake was for 2 birthday girls, so, I put 2 strawberries on top as part of the decoration

The inside…

The happy receiver! (one of the birthday girl didn't come, so, she can have the whole cake)

微博

常常听说某某某明星、名人在自己的微博发放独家消息、分享近况等等。。。很多粉丝得以跟自己喜欢的明星歌手更近距离交流。。。我虽然好奇但却迟迟没有上网了解何谓微博。。。直道最近在兰卡威度假中认识了一群来自中国的朋友，其中一位女生，漂亮的蕙佳（现阶段她是我微博里唯一的粉丝哦），也热衷于微博，所以就跟她请教了一些，tada。。。就这样我就进入了微搏世界，现阶段的我虽然还在探索，不过如果你也微博的话，欢迎你到我的微博跟我交流交流一下。

http://t.sina.com.cn/cheongweisum

容易受伤的人

Top left: A cut on my thumb by crab shell

Top right: Rashes on palms due to allergy

Middle left: Burnt scars while cooking

Middle right: Twisted my leg while walking down a staircase

Bottom left: Bruises caused by moving a table

Bottom right: Bruises caused by a bite from …

That’s how my nickname “Toufu” (bean curd) come from.

P/S: When I was doing this post, I’m in sick mode again…

Live Positively!

I was talking with my friends, I told them I only wish to live for another 10 years after my retirement (if I really need to work until 55 years old). Then they were surprised and concluded I’m a pessimist. Really? But I thought usually I projected a very positive image to others? Or maybe I’m very selfish person, I don’t want to see people dying, especially those who are very close to me.

But of course, those who commented I’m a pessimist are close friends, so, I think maybe they are right to a certain extend too.

Then there’s a day I went to my friend – Jeff’s office and saw something interesting – a jug with a lot of colourful and attractive pieces, jug label written Live Positively!

Contents: 100 pieces of positive messages and quotations to inspire and encourage positive living.

Suggested serving: Ready to serve anytime of day. Best served one at a time. You’ll find yourself more positively energized.

I was eager to get one for a very close friend of mine and myself. Jeff’s one was a gift and the sender bought it from Popular Bookstore, later I also find it in MPH (Mid Valley). There are some other title for “Messages in a Jar” too, Live Happily, Romantic notes and … (opps… I forgot). So, I bought myself the “Live Positively” and bought my friend the “Live Happily” (I really wish you to live a happier life).

Now, I will draw a message from the jar each day before I go to work, want to know what I’ve got? I’ll share some that I like from time to time.

Feb 15 – The quickest way to receive love is to give love. The fastest way to lose love is to hold it tightly. The best way to keep love is to give it wings.

Feb 25 – I cannot do everything, but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something I can do. – Edward Everett Hale -

Feb 28 – There are many things in life that will catch your eye, only few will catch your heart… pursue those.

Mar 2 – Be like a postage stamp – stick to one thing until you get there.

Mar 4 – Don’t run through life so fast that you’ve forget not only where you've been but also where you are going. Life is a journey to be savoured each step of the way.

Levain Boulangerie & Patisserie

I got to know this restaurant from one of my favourite bloggers Eugein, clicking in to her blog has been one of the routine every time I log in mine. This is really a “love in first sight” when I had my short lunch there months back. Then I brought my parents there for tea, then brought my friend – Shook Fun, then my ex-colleagues – Woon Ching & Perlyn, then tea again with Kitman and many more in the future I guess.

Frankly speaking, I’m not a big fans of bread (sorry, I always think that bread is for sick ppl), but I love the environment there. Although it is located in the middle of KL, but it is in a more secluded area – along Jalan Delima (Jalan Delima has many other wonderful restaurants too, eg. Nobel House, Fukuya and etc.), hence you wouldn’t feel the busy footsteps or polluted air as what a city should be.

If there’s anything I want to complain, it would be the parking space, there’s really very very difficult to find a proper parking  even you are willing to pay for valet. The uniqueness of the restaurant made it very high diner traffic everyday, plus it is near to some office blocks, eg. Technip, RHB… it’s quite rare to see the restaurant is empty, this can be proved by the number of bakers, chefs, waiters and waitresses there.

Boulangerie & Patisserie are French words, means bread & pastry, but there are pasta, salad, soup, dessert menu too. The environment is too comfortable, I always forgot to take pictures when I was there. These are all I have in my camera, if it wasn’t waiting for my friend’s pasta, I wouldn’t border to take out my camera too.

Look at the pizza, can’t wait to stuff it in my mouth d…

(was thinking in my heart: when is my friend’s pasta going to be served?!!)

Thean Hou Temple

Need not any introduction, the temple is one of the landmarks in KL, one of the remarkable buildings/ temples in Malaysia, one of the well-known/ most chosen registration of marriage venue among Chinese… soon, I guess will become of the the very valuable historical building in Malaysia. For more information about Thean Hou Temple, click on the link.

This year they have a beautiful deco for CNY, I saw some pictures took by my friend, I feel like going too, plus, I have some doubt in me which I think maybe the God will give me some guidance.

The entrance

The imitation of China pavilion in 2010 Shanghai Expo

        The imitation of Malaysia pavilion in 2010 Shanghai Expo                          Many many red lanterns in front of the prayer hall

(Left) Beautiful lanterns & their shadows, (Right) Beautiful roof art - Proud dragon on top and beautiful phoenix with flowers at the bottom

This is the largest jasmine tree that I’ve ever seen, it’s planted near the GuanYin’s fountain, the tree is full of jasmine flowers, when I walked near, I can smell the fragrant d.

If you are curious about what’s my doubt about? I asked, and you know what’s God feedback? It asked me not to ask, work hard on what is right for me.

《当我们同在一起》

我们

词曲：梁文福

一条街有多长 年少就多长 我们常都回到 昨天去徜徉 那外面有多大 用笑声去丈量 你背影有多长 思念就多长 我们总是这样 借彼此肩膀 我们总是错过 幸福那一站 *拥有了全世界 可是你却看不见 我宁愿从回到那一年 牵着你去看明天 失去了全世界 还有你在我身边 能不能重回到那一年 你的梦我的歌蓝的天 叫永远

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这是新加坡电视 - 新传媒8频道2009年年度台庆剧《当我们同在一起》的主题曲，一首轻易就能够让人感动的词曲，无他，词曲创作人是梁文福嘛。

《当我们同在一起》这部剧，故事背景是动乱的60年­代，新加坡建国的初期，讲述的是六个年轻人之间的事业和爱情故事。当这部剧在电视首播的时候，我刚巧出差到新山。当我忙碌了一整天回到酒店打开电视正想要踏入浴室泡个热水澡的时候，电视传来口琴演奏熟悉的儿歌《当我们同在一起》的过门，接着一把非常有磁性、咬字非常清晰的歌声唱着 - 一条有多长， 年少就有多长。。。就这样我放下手上的衣服、浴巾，坐在电视前看了这部剧的首播。这部剧当然好看（年度台庆剧嘛，一定不能马虎），但个人认为主题曲也居功不少。当时真的有点觉得可惜，因为这并不是本地电视剧，而我也没有办法一直留在新加坡或新山。

然后有一天工作回家，正要踏入家门就听到熟悉的旋律，噢，本地电视 – NTV7正播放着这部剧呢！现在啊，我都尽量赶在这部剧播放的时间回家收看。每回听到陈伟联（一位视障的新加坡歌唱选秀冠军歌手）唱到“你的梦我的歌蓝的天叫永远”的时候，我的心总会揪一下。