Sunday, July 11, 2010
Cheap and Good
Two nice and cheap finds:
Mdm Tan's Nasi Lemak at Maxwell Food Centre. I loves the crunchy ikan billis. The mutton rendang was good although the server told me the curry chicken was the more popular choice. But the best part is the sambal chilli. Unfortunately, Peranakan nasi lemak don't seems to be as popular as those hybrid nasi lemak with the big fried chicken thigh/wings so business don't seem so good despite the prominent press write up.
Crayfish Ipoh Hor Fun on the 2nd floor of Amoy Street Food Centre. Cheap with generous portion of crayfish and the crowd favourite, deep fried fish meat dumpling (top left). Go early to avoid the crowd and long queue.
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Korean Melon
Picked up this interesting looking fruit from the Sun Moon outlet.
It is a Korean Melon. About the size of a dragonfruit or a large apple, this looks like a cross between a bell pepper and a papaya. The inside looks like a winter melon and taste like a rock melon but not as sweet. More like the big Korean pear. The skin can be eaten too.
At $2.00 a pop, it is not exactly cheap but according to this, it is low in fat, calories and sodium, melons are cholesterol-free. A good source of vitamin C, plus some potassium, melons offer dietary fiber. Er cheaper than a scoop of Ben & Jerry?
It is a Korean Melon. About the size of a dragonfruit or a large apple, this looks like a cross between a bell pepper and a papaya. The inside looks like a winter melon and taste like a rock melon but not as sweet. More like the big Korean pear. The skin can be eaten too.
At $2.00 a pop, it is not exactly cheap but according to this, it is low in fat, calories and sodium, melons are cholesterol-free. A good source of vitamin C, plus some potassium, melons offer dietary fiber. Er cheaper than a scoop of Ben & Jerry?
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Who the Winner?
Well, I not exactly talking about the 2010 Soccer World Cup Champion but which 'predictor' is going to get his or it's prediction correct.
Let see.....
Apart from the bookies and bookmaker with their inhouse 'expert';
UBS, Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan have each came up with their own quantitative analysis method to pick the winner. UBS and Goldman have Brazil as the eventual winner and JP Morgan picks England!. Of course, by now you know that these so called financial experts probably have brains no bigger than a peanut cos they fare much worse than a little bird. Maybe that explains the financial meltdown in Wall Street yah?
Speaking of a little bird, back here in our little red dot, there is a little bird known as Mani who has so far picked the correct semi-finalists and has picked Spain as the eventual winner. Will this little bird be eaten alive by a dolphin or an octopus?
Everybody knows that bird flies and dolphin, well most of the time they just swim around and flop here and there and it is what this little dolphin did - flop after his pick of Argentina to beat the Germans went the way of the economists.
Of course, by now, everybody with the slightest interest in the World Cup action has heard of Octopus Paul, the English Octopus that picks Germany to beat first England and then Argentina! Who will he picked as the next winner? Apparently, the Spanish are so afraid of his prediction that there is a hoax site that has the Octopus picking Spain as the winner in their game against Germany.
So the bird and the octopus has bested the human and the dolphin. Who will come up the winner? Mani or Paul? Anybody care to take a bet?
7/7/2010 6am - 1 down for the parakeet. Bird picks Uruguay (Netherlands vs Uruguay). Octopus picks Spain(Germany vs Spain) to win. This time it is not a hoax. If the octopus win... hmmm does octopus eats parakeet?
8/7/2010 8am - 1:1. The parakeet is back. But the octopus is now in hot soup, literally. The bird brain has already picked its choice for the winner. Who will the seafood pick?
10/7/2010 12 noon - The battle is on. Mani has Netherland and Paul has Spain. Will the bird be eating seafood or the octopus be picking bird brain from its box?
Let see.....
Apart from the bookies and bookmaker with their inhouse 'expert';
UBS, Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan have each came up with their own quantitative analysis method to pick the winner. UBS and Goldman have Brazil as the eventual winner and JP Morgan picks England!. Of course, by now you know that these so called financial experts probably have brains no bigger than a peanut cos they fare much worse than a little bird. Maybe that explains the financial meltdown in Wall Street yah?
Speaking of a little bird, back here in our little red dot, there is a little bird known as Mani who has so far picked the correct semi-finalists and has picked Spain as the eventual winner. Will this little bird be eaten alive by a dolphin or an octopus?
Everybody knows that bird flies and dolphin, well most of the time they just swim around and flop here and there and it is what this little dolphin did - flop after his pick of Argentina to beat the Germans went the way of the economists.
Of course, by now, everybody with the slightest interest in the World Cup action has heard of Octopus Paul, the English Octopus that picks Germany to beat first England and then Argentina! Who will he picked as the next winner? Apparently, the Spanish are so afraid of his prediction that there is a hoax site that has the Octopus picking Spain as the winner in their game against Germany.
So the bird and the octopus has bested the human and the dolphin. Who will come up the winner? Mani or Paul? Anybody care to take a bet?
7/7/2010 6am - 1 down for the parakeet. Bird picks Uruguay (Netherlands vs Uruguay). Octopus picks Spain(Germany vs Spain) to win. This time it is not a hoax. If the octopus win... hmmm does octopus eats parakeet?
8/7/2010 8am - 1:1. The parakeet is back. But the octopus is now in hot soup, literally. The bird brain has already picked its choice for the winner. Who will the seafood pick?
10/7/2010 12 noon - The battle is on. Mani has Netherland and Paul has Spain. Will the bird be eating seafood or the octopus be picking bird brain from its box?
Thursday, July 1, 2010
20 years and counting
Came back from dropping the Princess off at school to discover a gift on my side of the bed. Awww, I remember it's our wedding anniversary but....
Oops I didn't get her any present and double oops... she had to remind me its our twentieth! Alamak, die. How to salvage?
Took her out for a nice lunch but come to think of it hor, Taiwan porridge isn't really terribly romantic is it? Nevermind, throw in a cheesy movie. Everybody loves a good old love story especially when the last time we went to the movie was eons ago and its a damm good way to kill 3 hours. After all, its quality time right?
I think she enjoys the lunch and the movie. I think she also don't mind no present. Seriously I really really think the time together is good enough, no need present. I think so, I hope so. . er I dunno...
Happy 20th Anniversary!
Oops I didn't get her any present and double oops... she had to remind me its our twentieth! Alamak, die. How to salvage?
Took her out for a nice lunch but come to think of it hor, Taiwan porridge isn't really terribly romantic is it? Nevermind, throw in a cheesy movie. Everybody loves a good old love story especially when the last time we went to the movie was eons ago and its a damm good way to kill 3 hours. After all, its quality time right?
I think she enjoys the lunch and the movie. I think she also don't mind no present. Seriously I really really think the time together is good enough, no need present. I think so, I hope so. . er I dunno...
Happy 20th Anniversary!
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