lunch fail

I used to think of Spageddies as one of those nice family cosy wood-fire roasty type establishments. Sadly, either their standard has dropped, or it never was that good in the first place. OR maybe I shouldn't be so easily pulled in by gimmicks of 'festive food'.

Their festive gourmet platter for 2 was the biggest bunch of bullshit ever.

The starters were nothing to whisper let alone shout about. The stuffed eggs were just weird , the rice paper roll had way too much wasabi and there was some kind of strange tuna puff. The stuffed potato disguised as a chicken parmigiana was not bad. The honey baked ham didn't even show up. The only thing worth eating on the whole plate were the decorative veggies.


The mains was useless. It wasn't very 'gourmet-ish' and I would hardly call that measly portion a 'platter'. In fact, we had to order an additional lasagne. wtf.

SO OILY HOW TO EAT. AIYO

Grumpy usually eats anything handed to him. But he wasn't even impressed by his favourite dessert. Brownies

Super fail. The bill amounted to $72. Robbery I tell you.

free cd

In the process of looking through my CD stash, I came across this Jamiroquai CD that some asshole gave me.

Hmmm.. it was my 2nd year of college at Medley...7 years ago now. LOL . I can't say nobody warned me about him. The bad guys are always the appealing ones. Retarded philosophy but so true. Honestly, you wouldn't think someone who came around all the time, gave you all the small things that you think nobody would know meant something to you, even fuckin cooked for you would be PLAYING you. I spent a good 6 months wondering what the hell happened.

Oh look, there's a note inside.

How dumb was I back then ? VERY

What would I say if I saw him now ? Probably nothing nasty.

What would I want to say ? FUCK YOU. WHO'S SORRY NOW PRICK @#$^&!

YES, my AWS is in. KA-CHING

Next year, in February 2009, is Grumpy's parent's golden anniversary. They are going to renew their vows, so sweet ! Grumpy insists I leave all the travel plans to him but guess what, it is nearly the end of 2008. I have been reminding him every single month since August . Yes, yes, yesss he says. Still early he says. I know what I'm doing he says. I don't know what it is with him, he likes to waaaaaaaaaaait until the very last moment before doing anything. By then fares would have increased by 50% , hotel rooms all booked and we will have to sleep on the streets. Maybe he intentionally does all this for thrills or maybe just to annoy the hell out of me. EGAD $%^@&~)$!!

monday blues

Shit. As if being Monday isn't enough, my senior manager along with 2 other colleagues were just retrenched.

So damn sudden.

review : the 3 minute miracle

Received my sample in the mail. It claims to "repair three months of damage in just three minutes"

Smell : suble soapy smell in a good way. Hate those flowery flowery ones
Packaging : very convenient ; not like those leave-in treatments that come in jars then troublesome to scoop out with your fingers.
Big plus : only 3 minutes needed ! some of those other ones need to leave on for 20 minutes, then wrap in towel, then steam. so ley chey.
Effect : most importantly, it works. Hair felt softer, smoother dare I even say shinier. Tamed flyaways effectively. Summore I used only half. Maybe the result even better had I used the whole tube.
Price : not sure, think I saw a pack of 3 ampuoles for $9.50, comes with a cute little sand timer.

Love !

shopping at mustafa

Mustafa has everything from tomatoes to plasma televisions.

Was there to buy a new luggage . Had been eyeing it for a while but was having difficulty deciding on the size.

For an extra $14 I could get the bigger one which looks about double the capacity of the smaller one. But then..not so cute lah. So yes, eventually looks overcame practicality and I got the smaller.

Much Love !

a new camera

Ran around Sim Lim over the weekend and finally finally finally got a Nikon D40. Apparently, if you don't buy their 'package' and want only the kit itself, they will say 'No stock' . Their profit comes from marking up the accessories. Bastards.

I especially like pressing the buttons. They feel so solid. My sony point-and-shoot feels like a toy in comparison. It doesn't take forever to warm-up before taking shots (or in between shots) and it makes a nice click sound when the shutter is pressed.

Even techienoob Grumpy was able to take this shot.

Love !

ashley madison

Got a big shock when I saw this ashleymadison site. How can something like this be endorsed on pro-family shows like Oprah and Dr. Phil ??!

Wtf slogan is 'Life is short. Have an affair'

Ain't no surprise then that America has the world's highest divorce rate. What kind of business encourages people to have an affair ??

MADNESS

ominous clouds

An xray of Grumpy's lungs yesterday revealed a patchy area in his left lung.

Looks kinda like the above.

Needless to say, he has professed his devotion to a healthy smoke-free lifestyle.

I'd give it a month.

a hong kong we will go

My brother will be coming back end of the month. We'll be spending some family time in Hong Kong/Guangzhou. (not entirely looking forward going to the latter cos am rather concerned about the food, Mcdonalds should be safe right?)

Have to get visa. So many bloody documents needed. I/C, copy of I/C, passport, photo, hotel booking and god knows what else.

I can't really remember the last time being there. But I do remember that it was cold (mum has an unfortunate photo of me in a hideous colourful sweater) and that we went to Ocean Park and saw a killer whale... or something

sean paul anyone ?

say... isn't that Coco Lee ?

LOL WHAT A LOSER

I played WOW when it first came out. Got to level 6 then got bored. No fun when you're all alone. Very hard to complete quests. In that respect, I kinda see where he's comin from.

BUT STILL....

irritants

Today I was irritated by a highly irritating supplier. Every single time I have called this woman, it always diverts to her voicemail. I would prefer speaking to someone rather than a machine for acknowledgement. You never know with voicemail, she could say she never got the message or some other crap excuse. I rang the mainline and was directed to her after failing to get her on her direct line. This remark from her really got me going...

"There is such a thing as voicemail, you know. If I am unable to answer the phone please leave a message"

ok..umm so if you were so unavailable , HOW COME YOU ANSWER ON ANOTHER LINE ??

This got me thinking about other things I find irritating in no particular order

1. Mozzie bites - Today I woke up with friggin 4 bites on my right FOOT alone. wtf. Honestly, what use do mosquitoes have ? They bite people and spread disease. Even ants are more useful (to anteaters I suppose, I can't even name something that eats mosquitoes. Useless)

2. People that plonk their asses down on the bus seat so hard that my side of the seat 'pops'. Please, my peripheral vision is fine, no need to so violent until like that.

3. People that chiong for the mrt. OMG give way to those alighting ffs. You won't get a prize for being the first one in. Ass.

4. People in the lift who can SEE you approaching but hurriedly press the button to CLOSE THE DOOR.

5. Confirming with your boyfriend to meet you at point A and he waits at point B. He then calls you up all angry and shit. oh wtf.

6. The boyfriend's incessant desire to keep his pinky nail nice and LONG. Useful for digging he says. Sheesh. Which leads me to...

7. His fascination with his toenail clippings. HE KEEPS THEM IN NEAT PILES NEXT TO THE BED THINKING I WON'T FIND THEM. GAHHH. Actually my mum once told me my dad used to store his toenail clippings in a JAR when they were going out. I have no words.

8. Wanting to have a nice refreshing ice-cold glass of coke and finding the ice-tray EMPTY. marajaded, are you there ?

9. My seat in the cinema being kicked from behind. That's a given, I'm sure everyone would find this irritating. Unless you're made of I don't know... wood.

10. Waiting for customers to leave when the restaurant is CLOSING (from my waitressing days). They know they're the only table, they can see all of us GLARING. Man, what are you ? Blind ? Take your party somewhere else.

all about spondylolysis

We found out last week that Grumpy has a defect in the pars interarticularis of his lumbar vertabrae. No, it wasn't me (I'm not that heavy) Basically, there is a fracture in the bony ring that surrounds and protects his spinal cord.


First stop was A&E after he complained about lower back pain. After waiting forever, the GP says 'looks like no fracture' . So I ask what is causing him the pain ? She say can't say for sure, gotta come back and do MRI. To do an MRI is $2000 a shot. Friggin ex. I just HAATE it when you don't get any clear answers. We are sitting around and waiting for 2 hours and we still don't know anything for sure. Not only that, but we have to come back, wait around and do more Xrays. wtf. Why can't they do everything one shot ? gayness.


Rather than waste more time going through a whole lot of useless procedures, we went to see a specialist. Was feeling very scared (is there surgery involved, will it lead to paralysis blahblah) but after chatting with Dr Razmi, turns out that this condition has an incidence rate of 30%. That is 3 out of 10 people in the general population ! Sometimes, people will have it without even knowing (where the products of inflammation are not pressing on any nerves) . It was so educational learning the anatomy, seeing what to look out for on the xray films and discussing options for pain management. Usually these things will heal by themselves, we shall see when we go for a follow-up in 2 weeks time.

movie machine

Maybe this has been around a long time or I could be a suaku. Anyhow, one of these marvels has been set up down near my block. When it was first installed, I thought it was another one of those AXS stations where you can pay your bills and collect movie tickets. Got a better look at it the other night and found out it is actually a vending machine for movies ! How nifty is that ?

You just use the touchscreen to select whatever then you collect it from the slot. Easy-peasy. Definately more convenient and cheaper than running to Video Ezy.

Grumpy has become a fan of that crazy white guy after I told him Man vs Wild is a must-see. In last night's episode he's dropped off in a barren African desert then goes about getting water by digging a hole in the sand and covering it with a rubbish bag. He turns to the camera and says ,

'Fill it with as much (sea)water as you can. If you can't find any, just pee in it' Then he starts to pee in his pit which is filled with stuff he will eventually drink.

He moves further inland and spots an adder (?) snake. It's friggin huge. He picks up this rock and smashes the snake's head, cuts off the head and then buries it. He then proceeds to inform us of the dietary value of the snake. Whilst doing so, he puts it in his mouth and bites off a chunk and eats it. WTF. EEEEEEEEEE

ms hilton you must be worth a trillion bucks

Love her or hate her. You can't deny the power that is Paris Hilton.

I like this pic of her.

In case you were wondering, I was looking for bang inspiration (HAIR bangs that is..)

Her eyes look almost normal here. (She has a serious case of wonky eye)

my first f1

Gotta admit, the whole night race thing was pretty spectacular. The backdrop of the city , the traffic juxtaposed against a grand prix setting was very nice.

H and Grumpy were keen on going . We didn't have tickets, so not much of a view except for a ginormous fence encircling the track. Suddenly we see some chinamen dragging one of the construction barriers up against the fence. We quickly follow suit before a) there are no more barriers and b) there is no more space to put the barriers. Very unglam.

I got tired of teetering after a while so was looking around for someone who I could hook H up with and who didn't smell bad. GREAT SUCCESS !! She even asked her friend to take a photo of the 2 of them.

The cars are much closer from here and Grumpy got all excited from all the engine noise (my ears were 'popping' like I was on an plane or something)

Hopefully for next year, they will make it easier for freeloaders to watch.

new-age monks ?

Throughout our 3 day stay with poh poh at sin ming, we had 2 different monks who performed the chanting rituals.

Both of these monks arrived at our location in Mercedes Benzs. This is rather shocking to me. Aren't monks those that have pledged their life to simplicity, free from worldy possessions in the pursuit of nirvana?

"The renunciate monk is a man of extraordinary character and virtue. He has detached himself from family, from career, from all secular affairs, from the pursuit of money, even the retention of money. "

That sounds more like it.

Monks are supposed to go around with their alms bowl looking towards the charity of their community for sustenance which they are allowed to consume from dawn to noon yet we see both of these monks zipping around in luxury cars. Seriously ?!!?

poh poh

I am very shocked and saddend by poh poh's passing. She never really had any history of any health problems. The only thing was the wear and tear of the cartilage in her knees which were causing her pain when she walked. She went for total knee replacement last year so that kinda fixed that.

Mum found her sitting out on the patio drinking her morning coffee. When I got home, she was in poh poh's room just staring at all her stuff. I've never seen her so ... lost... vulnerable.


Even though we didn't really understand each other (my cantonese was shit and the only english she knew was fish and chillies) we got along just fine and she always asked me about Grumpy. She always tried to warm mum up to Grumpy.

Bye poh poh, I will miss you. Finally you can rest with Ah Kong.

freebies

No news from recruitment company. Guess it's safe to say it didn't go through. Ah well, can't say I'm not disappointed. Maybe I messed up one of the 4 personality tests.


Received my stuff from fr3b.com . Samples which you try, review for points enabling you to try other samples. And they're free ! (just have to pay for them to post the stuff to you, $2.40 or something)

Got the Rojukiss pore tightening source. Very excited to try !! Retailing at Watson's for 69.90.
And something to appease Grumpy. A 150ml (?! looks almost full-sized) sample of Hex hair gel.

church times

Went for Sunday mass yesterday at Novena. It was all very solemn, unlike the evangelistic (rock-concert type) services I am used to . Nodded off during the sermon (oops!) , summore sat in the front pew. Adoi. I asked Grumpy if God would be mad at me for doing that and he said nah... he pointed out one of the boys sitting on the stage in his red-caped costume that had fallen asleep too! LOL

the 4 month search

Ever since end April I've been searching for an alternative to my dead-end job. It's been getting stale for a long time. Have applied for at least 20 positions and gone on about a dozen interviews but only the latest has borne any kind of positive result. I was starting to think I was bloody useless.

I originally went with the intentions of discussing the finer points of being a Clinical Research Project Administrator. After all, it was somewhat related to my degree and as for the admin experience part, yeahhh I sure got that.

My interviewer, Ms V didn't mention this Project Administrator position at all, she wanted to hire me as a recruitment consultant and asked me if I was interested. I told her in all honesty I'm not sure if I have the skills for it but what the hell I'd try it. She then shared with me her own (very similar) background - life science degree, admin job in hospital and basically the lack of any kind of future in that line. She read I'm from Crescent and she says 'yeah, you'll do fine, Crescent Girls are good' ... her office has 5 Crescentians. And 4 life science degree holders. How shocked was I ? VERY

cafe 211

One of the gems in Holland Village is the rooftop Cafe 211 . I love love love going for dinner here. Nice ambience, not too crowded, a bit secluded and yum yum food !

Went for lunch here once, not good. It was scorching !

I always get the spaghetti vongole. The zhup is fantastic. All garlic and chillies. I'm fussy with my food. I don't really eat shellfish unless the shells have been removed and I'm definately not a fan of oysters, abalone, clams etc . It's all too slimy for me so for me to rave about this, it has to be bloody good.

Grumpy being a rice man, always gets the risotto . Risotto, if not done properly, can easily end up too wet, too dry or too bland. Cafe 211's seafood risotto is oozy and cheesy. In this instance, I requested extra rice for him since he usually polishes his off real quick then sits around and gives me a puppy-dog-wide-eyed-please-feed-me look. They agreed to add more at no extra charge, very nice of them . After all that, Grumpy struggles to finish it and says very gelat. Better off with a smaller serving after all ..... T_T

The only problem here is the Coke. It always has a chlorinated flavour to it. Coke + Chlorine = NO !

the real deal

Lately, I've come across (okayy..looked for) alot of these sites that sell fake branded bags.

I must say that some of them are actually quite good.

The only brand I can speak of is LV. Comparing my Batignolles with one from high replica I would say the resemblance is bloody uncanny right down to the hook closure and the interior as well.

They have 800+ replicated models from LV alone. They even come with a receipt replicate. wtf. Even an 'Authenticity Card' ... what the hell for ??! Your assurance that it's an authentic replica ?

Can you spot the fake from the real ? Yeap, the odd one out is the real mccoy though I guess it isn't entirely fair given the other 3 are of gold hardware.

This is the very pretty and very coveted Fairy Bag by Prada. The photography of this alone gives it away but yea, the fakes are the ones taken up against a dodgy corner.

dead fishy :(

The other day Grumpy asked me to feed his fish (one red male, one white female). I walked over and I couldn't find whitey !!

We looked around and whitey was dead lying a few feet from where she had jumped.

I was sad. Why would she jump out ? Was she depressed ? Bored ? Wanted to get at reddy ? Suicidal ?

Google said it's animal instinct. Google also said sometimes putting them back in the water jolts them back . Damn.

my first lj spree

My highly anticipated package finally finally arrived yesterday ! wheeee ! Grumpy was going on about me trusting people too much, they're just gonna run off with your money, yadda yadda yadda.

With this arrival, I am free to spreeeeeeeeee. It was for 2 bags from Korea. The organisers were very efficient and answered all my noobish questions.

It's always nice to receive things from the postman.

30 days at neobux

Today is the 30th day since investing $30 at neobux.

Total profit = 31.695 + 8.3 - 0.34 - 0.1 - 30 = $ 9.555

Not bad . I shall continue to put back into the site and perhaps I can buy something nice for Grumpy for Christmas. That should shut him up.

I have a thing for hair products. Long hair needs love. There are 4 different sets of shampoo/conditioner in the toilet currently. So far, the best for my oily hair is Redken's Scalp Relief Oil Detox.

Nice lemony scent. I don't like stuff that's too flowery. Although I must say Clairol Herbal Essences range smells damn nice. The only problem here is that must go salon to buy. Quite troublesome.

I have this bad habit of buying new products and neglecting the old ones , thus the 4 sets of shampoo/conditioner. Grumpy likes the variety. I think his flavour of the month is Loreal.

f cup cookies

When you see a busty girl on a cookie box, you know you've found some wack stuff.

Came across a spree for these f cup cookies and just had to read more. They ain't cheap either. $34 will get you 30 pcs.

You are supposed to take 2 / day diligently. They promise to "increase your cup size within 2 weeks of consumption" A feature was done on BBC radio. Even Mel C (or is it Mel B...anyway the flatter one obviously) had a go at them.

I wonder how many truckloads you would need to go from an A cup to an F. Dodgy stuff. Who knows what kind of hormones are injected into these things ?! Sooner or later I'm sure they're gonna have chocolates that make man-bits bigger. Just you wait.

zuunbo.com

Have you heard of zuunbo.com ? I hadn't till I clicked one of them facebook ads.

It's a local online merchant run by 3 guys offering goods at discounted prices marketed at females. The unique thing about it is only one product is offered every 24 hours (midnight to be exact).

When I first saw today's offer , I was really zuunbo ????!
Here it is and as you can see, it is sold out. EGAD

that soyjoy ad

At the bus stop where I wait for 74 to come along to take me to work, there's that soyjoy ad. I don't know if you've seen it but it's kinda weird yet kinda funny at the same time.

Soyjoy is this nutrition bar made of soybeans and other hamster food ingredients. If you have no idea what I'm waffling about I have made this intricate sketch for you.

On the left we have Mr Soybeanhead holding Miss Berryhead. They are kneeling in what appears to be a janitor's closet/pantry-type area. (The surroundings were just too difficult to draw) So anyway, they both appear startled as if you walked in on them making out or whatever beans and berries do when they get together.

I forgot what the slogon is Soy + Joy = so joyful together or something like that.

I nearly bought one of these things to try at cold storage the other day. Maybe it's a good thing I didn't.

$8M toto

I've never bought Toto in my life, let alone know how it works. But I do know, the odds are probably like one in 10 zillion.

Grumpy was rather excited about trying his luck for tonight's draw at 2130 so yesterday before dinner we made our way to Singapore Pools. This uncle that was standing around was nice enough to explain the basics. I wasn't really listening because I was damn fungry.

We have a shitload of caesarean cases today. It's like one in every 4 patients is a caesarean. With a birthday like that, how to forget ?

cheena girls

A funny incident happened last night at Actors along South Bridge Road. Grumpy and I were there to support dad who was auditioning for an event at Tanglin Club.

So we settle ourselves at the bar and this drinks girl comes up to us and she goes, "Any drink for you ?"

I told her "later". She then moves over to Grumpy and asks the same thing to which Grumpy also replies "later".

She then goes to the bartender,
"Shen me shi later ? "
"Wo yao liang bei later"

AHAHAHHAHHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHHAHAHHAH

NO to Yeow Tat Trading

If you are considering buying a PSP, please to be NOT buying from Yeow Tat Trading

There is an article in today's New Paper about some poor sod who got conned into paying $2600 for a modified black (not even special colour) PSP

She was told it was 'compulsory to install this license from SONY' as well as 'technician's fees for modifications'

I have first-hand experience with these conniving bastards. I wanted a quotation for an iPhone. Had already asked around so roughly knew the market price. The price was quite competitive but when I nearly agreed he started adding on additional charges for software upgrade, usb cable, battery charger and even had the fucking nerve to tell me I had to buy this special adapter ($160) to change the voltage so that I could use the battery charger. He claimed otherwise 'it would be useless' and that 'his boss doesn't allow him to sell the charger without the adapter' That was when we walked away.

After buying it elsewhere, one day me and Grumpy were eating at Maccers Lucky Plaza (Yeow Tat is opposite, can see it through the window) I felt I needed to tell them they were shit. So I went up to Yeow Tat and insisted on speaking to the manager. I pointed out the guy who tried to con us and basically said ' You people have no ethics' . They could only shuffle around looking at their feet . PATHETIC !

pata pata pata pon

These are the characters from that ridiculously addictive rhythm game, Patapon.

The Patapons are walking, talking eyeballs that are depending on you (whom they refer to as 'Almighty WhateverYourNameIs') to lead them via drum beats to Earthend such that they may gaze upon IT. Along the way you will need lots of Ka-Ching and Tender Meat if you want to raise some truly awesome warriors at the Tree Of Life. (I kid you not, these are the original terms used)



Here we have a scene of the Patapons trying to defeat the Zigatons and steal their catapult, giving them enough muscle to topple the Zigaton Fort at Dodon Basin.

If you observe the Patapons, they look rather angry. This is an indication to you (the Almighty) that they are within attack range. Normally they look passive like Hatapon (the flag-bearer)

Grumpy thinks this game is of Filipino origin cos when you complete a mission they will cry 'Tang Ila Mo' - roughly translated as 'Fuck You Bitches' in Tagalog.

It is next to impossible to play this a) without headphones b) whilst talking -- well for me anyway.

tv must be off

I don't know what it is , but I simply canNOT sleep (till the next morning) with the television on .

At some point in the night/early morning if it's on I will automatically wake up. Sometimes, there's no actual program but it's still on as in only the cable box/dvd is off but the tv itself is still on.

Because Grumpy knows about my "condition" he always always ALWAYS conveniently falls asleep whilst watching.

GRRRRrrrRRRrrRRRRRRRRRRrrRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrrrrRrrrrRrRRrrrrr

ichiban boshi

I suggested going to Cuppage for dinner but walking there and finding out that it was now some kind of educational instituition did not go down well with Grumpy.

The only reason we went in here was because Grumpy was starving and being Grumpy, if he doesn't get food fast, his eyes start turning red and the horns start coming out.

So anyway, Ichiban Boshi has a nice Pasta Waraku-type ambience and as Japanese do, when you enter they shout uhh ichi mashi das or whatever it is.

The house special is the Ichiban Don

It is basically rice with raw salmon, chilli padi, sesame oil and spring onion. IT IS THE BEST THING YOU WILL EVER PUT IN YOUR MOUTH.

Needless to say, this little wonder appeased Grumpy . He was soon joking, laughing and smiling.

THANKS ICHIBAN BOSHI !

no more street parties

Your feet would ache too if you had to stand for 3 hours straight. There was a lot of waiting around. There was a pack of squeeling girls behind us, somehow finding the need to let whoop every 5 goddamn minutes. Someone had bad breath and someone else definately had BO. It was friggin' hot.


I guess it was worth all that to see Daughtry perform. The pic is not all that clear cos iPhone has a pretty crap camera and Grumpy didn't charge up his digicam battery. (yes, besides not filling up the ice tray, he also doesn't charge batteries)



Great performance it was too. Now if only Elliott Yamin would come down...

no bills today

It's a good thing I got rid of that autoroam service I wasn't using yet paying for.

Payment is not required is always a good thing.

Was watching Beyonce revealed on E last night. Destiny's Child initially had 4 members and then 2 because the other 2 wanted to fire their manager (Beyonce's father). So they got another 2 (one of them being Michelle) so there were 4 but then the other one decided it was a little too hectic and thought she didn't have enough say in her career blahblah so she left and THEN there were 3. The End

In Neobux news, it is day 3 (and 4 hours)

Had to spend all of 5c to recyle an inactive referral . Not clicking after 3 days . I figured if this person hasn't clicked in 3 days, they're probably not going to click. ever. in which case I would have wasted 20c to rent him or her. 3 days of precious clicking time already gone !! noOooOO

day 1

It has been almost 24 hours since renting those 100 referrals from neobux. I am pleased to announce that they haven't been sleeping ( most of them anyway )


Here is today's screeny


From yesterday's $0.34 to $2.09 and 29 days to go. Crap on a stick !! I am starting to think I could really make something of this if I get really serious

Neobux

I tried this out today. Only investment so far was US$30 = SG$41.65
This amount was used to 'rent' referrals who will 'work' (click) for you. So why not just sit back and let the money roll in you ask ? Here's the catch, if you don't click, you cannot earn from your referrals clicks. It's a dandy double-edged sword.

If I don't make anything then SHIT but if I do I will post more stats.

Pls cross your fingers and your toes and whatever else that is crossable.

EDIT : In the time it took me to post this, I have made US$0.045. EXCITING !!!

Here's to Heath

With all the hype surrounding Heath's sudden death earlier this year, I really wanted to see his last role as the Joker in The Dark Knight.

He was every bit as menacing, chilling and ruthless as all the critics claimed.

Did you know that to prepare for the role, Ledger lived alone in a hotel room for a month, formulating the character's posture, voice and psychology, and kept a diary, in which he recorded the Joker's thoughts and feelings to guide himself during his performance.

Imagine that ! I can't even begin to fathom what that would be like. I have alot of new-found respect for him.

I remember him fondly as Mel Gibson's son in The Patriot.

He was one of the few A-list Aussies that made it big in Hollywood.

So talented.

How tragic that he died so young.

laksamama's guide on how to cook a steak

Behold my culinary skills !

I shall attempt to educate you lucky monkeys on how to grill up a mean steak. This is sure to impress whoever you intend to impress be it your mum, your significant other, your dog etc etc

STEP ONE - Know your meat !

There are a gazillion cuts of meat out there.. sirloins, rumps, chucks, t-bones just to name a few. I highly recommend getting yourself a rib-eye like so (sorry for the orientation. I may be a genius in the kitchen but when it comes to computers well...not so much)
STEP TWO - Season with love !

Leave it out till its room temperature. Don't worry about germs or whatsoever, you're gonna cook it remember ? Add generous pinches of salt and pepper to both sides and whatever you do, do NOT be foolish and cut off the fat. That's where all the flavour is !

STEP THREE - Turn up the heat !

Get a good strong fire going. This serves to seal in all the juices once the steak hits the pan. A measly flicker will send your juices running. Your steak will end up dry, we wouldn't want that now would we ?P/S : Pay no attention to the dirty stove top. Whoever said cooking was a clean activity ?

STEP FOUR - No shaking!

Once your meat is in, don't move it around. We're not making a stir-fry here, just let the pan do it's thing. Use a pair of tongs, makes life easier.If you like your steak medium rare like me, turn it over after about 2 minutes or until you can just see the juices coming out the top and cook off for another 2 minutes.

STEP FIVE - Give it a rest!

After all that exciting heat treatment, your steak needs to rest. Let it sit off the heat for 5 or so minutes. This is what it should look like. Blushing not gushing on the inside.

There you have it ! Simple wasn't it ? For a more substantial meal, get your assistant to whip up some mash (after instructing him properly of course !)
BON APPETIT !