Trying to get used to new environment

Man, reali need to get used to it. I mean taking public transport.
Nw I shifted further inside. Transportation doesn’t seem mre convenient at all!
I try walking but seem far n a bit deserted in some area, although got a few nice scenery. I dun think I will walk unless I got a lot of leisure time.
Hehhaha foodwise ok la, although a lot of them are famous stalls but usually for nightly business heehaw. Daytime foodstalls abit limited. Area wise I find abit old leh compared to the last area, mre quiet here also.
I wish they can do mre on the paintwork. I think for my hubby he will wish for a bigger carpark area... here the multistory carpark is super small n limited = that mean if he come hm late, no space for him unless at the roof top so troublesome. The passway for cars to move around is too small for 2 cars onli one car pass by at a time

wonderful week

wow..too much good foods in distribution, think sliming will be my top priority coming new yr.
Clearing my leave.

nEX Mall

nEX mall had been opening for quite sometime. im hoping to hop by this weekends. heehee.
http://www.nex.com.sg/index.php?section=whats-in-store let's check what stores r available n interest me. Heard it is as big as Vivo city but caters but different crowds no high end boutiques. Mre eateries so far i c in the list, my hubby mention it is like a biggest mall in heartland.

Sigh... been bz w settling in my new hse, attending wedding banquets, parties n gatherings(wow! totally broke this mth). lots to catch up, think must the yr ending, everyone is in the mood for all sort of gatherings, making appts n resolutions. Me too.!! doing a list right now...

goin to Medicare n pedicure this fri, hooray! half day at work this fri, Christmas eve. wont be celebrate Xmas in town with my honey. totally out of place, nowadays orchard is damn crowded, hardly space to walk, n jams Jams. not to mention supered ex with restaurants abandon their usual menus n came out w 'Xmas menus'. I most probably staying at hm n watching dramas n movies. my hubby had bought alot for us to catchup.

Moving in???

three weeks had gone- n passed, Although most of reno is sort of completed, but there still got some rectifications to be done. most of stuffs had shifted in, my hubby managed to find a ok mover.
now we need to unpack n sort them out n major cleaning of the whole hse. along the way, i threw some of my stuffs cos i lazy to pack n unpack, hehhahah minimum is the best!!
Man!! i reali wished we got a big wardrobe. we got so many clothing. Hecks!! especially after we came back from US, n all those winter clothing n thermal wear n accessories.
anyway, my hubby n i are quite pleased the hse turned out to be, as we tried to stick to the 3d design as close as possible.
Now then i realized having a hse n reno is so tasking, so things, time and much money involved.
I'm so lookin forward for my free wkends to come, thus eversince i got the hse my wkends burnt in checking the hse progress, buying stuffs for hse, discussing plans w my contractor, packing stuffs, cleaning. NO FREE TIME FOR MY OWN!!

Blogs that i like

this yr is goin to end soon.
Share with u all some of the blogs i like:
http://peonykiss.wordpress.com/ ; aka peiling
simple n clear cut n photos hehahahh.. know her though her blogshop co owned w her frnd.
saw her afew times in real life cos we work same area hehahaha, damn skinny like the photo in her blogshop (that y i hardly buy the clothes there, cant fit; especially those bodyhugging types or the latest faze of bandage styles :( )Blogshop call http://agneselle.livejournal.com/ i like the shoes n some of the bags.

http://finestluxury.wordpress.com/; another blogshop owner Georgiana (a veri successful one too!!) co partnered w her fiance ==> her idea initially. now a proud owner of 2 physical shops MDS.
like to read her blogs, as she wrote about hw she started out, in progress n day-to-day activities N her veri funni boifriend become to be fiance. like hw to post about her personal comments of life, photos of herself n with her models. saw her once, she's cute.

http://www.sixpegs.com/Peggy Chang; fun, active student to model with her funky pixie hair look. envy her complexion. appear in afew public advertisements / contests.

there are of course many more blogs that r nice, but these three r most interesting so far for me this yr.

Cooking Salmon ...

Shaohsing Salmon by The Cupcakes - Serves 2
Preparation time 5 min, Cooking time 15 min
Ingredients:
2 salmon fillets, deboned, with skin
2 tbsp Shaohsing Chinese cooking wine
6 spring onions, finely shredded, white and green portions separated
2cm knob ginger, grated
3 tablespoons light chicken stock
1 tbsp Soy Sauce n sugar
3 tbsp peanut oil
3 cups rice, cooked
1 bunch coriander leaves

Fine Salt & White Pepper to taste

Method:
Season salmon with salt, pepper and 1 tbsp rice wine.
Place salmon in steamer and steam over gentle heat for about 3 minutes. Strain, place on serving dish, and top with white spring onion bits and ginger.
In a small pan, bring chicken stock to a boil. Remove from heat and add Lee Kum Kee Reduced Salt Soy Sauce, 1 tbsp rice wine and sugar. Pour over salmon.
Heat peanut oil in another small pan till it smokes, then add green spring onion bits, and pour over salmon. Garnish with coriander and serve hot with steamed rice.



Salmon Says by The Wan And Only - Serves 3
Preparation time 5 min, Cooking time 15 min

Ingredients:
2 salmon fillets
2 potatoes, peeled, cubed and boiled
10g Anchor Butter Salted
4 tbsp mayonnaise
1 cup mozzarella
1 tsp Fine Salt
15g fresh parsley, chopped
4 asparagus spears
1 carrot, julienned
White Pepper, to taste

Method:
Cut salmon fillets into large pieces and pan fry in Anchor Butter Salted. Remove from stove when done and blend with mayonnaise, salt and a pinch of pepper.
Divide potato cubes into ramekins then pour the salmon mixture on top. Sprinkle with mozzarella and bake for 5 min.
Garnish with asparagus, fresh parsley and carrots, and serve immediately.

Finger foods

Gyoza by Cotton Bleu - Serves 4
Ingredients:
Vegetable oil for frying
1 packet fresh round wanton wraps
1 tbsp cake flour
Fine Salt & White Pepper to taste

For marinade:
250g ground pork
3 tbsp Reduced Salt Soy Sauce
1 large egg
1 tsp five-spice powder
150g fresh tiger prawns, shelled, de-veined and diced
4 water chestnuts, 1 tomato, 1 small carrot(diced)
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 onion, sliced
½ cup spring onions, finely chopped
White Pepper, to taste
Method:
Mix ground pork with marinade ingredients, then wrap mixture in the wanton pastry circles. Cook on a small, lightly oiled pan until dumpling bases turn golden brown.
Mix cake flour with 6 tbsp water and add mixture to the dumplings. Cover the pan and let dumplings steam for a while. Once the water has evaporated, drizzle a bit of oil into the pan to loosen the gyozas and carefully flip them onto a serving dish. Set aside.

Seafood Parmesan Roll With Cheesy Tempura Surprise by The Rojaks - Serves 4
Preparation time 5 min, Cooking time 10 - 20 min
Ingredients:
1 packet spring roll skin
1 egg white
1 box Japanese tempura flour
125g Perfect Italiano Parmesan Cheese Shredded
1 cup iced water
2½ cups cooking oil

For seafood roll filling:
80g Perfect Italiano Parmesan Cheese Shredded
1 cup crabmeat, cooked
20g fresh coriander, 1 med onion, 5 small chillies (chopped)
20g Mainland Tasty Cheese

For mayo-chilli sauce (combine ingredients): ½ cup Mayonnaise and Chilli Sauce

For frying: 1 green and red capsicum, cut into rings, 200g calamari, washed and cut into rings,
1 large onion, sliced into rings

For garnishing: 2 tomatoes, sliced, 1 head lettuce, 1 sprig parsley

Method:
Thoroughly mix ingredients for seafood roll filling, then wrap in spring roll skin, using egg white to seal the ends. Heat ½ cup cooking oil in a pan and fry rolls until golden brown.

Mix ¾ box of tempura flour with enough water in a bowl to form a thick batter, and separately set aside remaining tempura flour on a plate. Put Perfect Italiano Parmesan Cheese Shredded on a separate plate.
Heat cooking oil in a wok. Roll capsicum, calamari and onion rings in tempura flour, then dip into batter, and finally coat with Perfect Italiano Parmesan Cheese Shredded. Fry until golden brown.
On a serving platter, place lettuce leaves and sliced tomatoes. Place seafood rolls on lettuce bed, top with mayo-chilli sauce, and garnish with fresh parsley. Serve with cheesy tempura surprise on the side.

Christmas Shrimp Cocktail In Cheese Basket by Cotton Bleu - Serves 4
Preparation time 10 min, Cooking time 15 min
Ingredients:
250g Mainland Tasty Cheese, grated
1 cup large shrimps, cooked
1 can diced pineapples, caramelised and cooled
1 bottle mayonnaise
1 tube wasabi
1 iceberg lettuce
Juice of 1 lemon
1 cup olive oil
2 cloves garlic, diced
1 pinch paprika
1 bunch coriander, roughly chopped
Fine Salt & White Pepper to taste

Method:
In a medium-sized frying pan, evenly spread grated Mainland Tasty Cheese and cook till melted. When the edges turn golden, upturn the formed disc into a mould and leave to cool, so the cheese takes the shape of a bowl.
Heat olive oil in a large pan and cook garlic and shrimps. Add paprika and season to taste. Set aside and leave to cool.
Combine mayonnaise, some wasabi to taste, lemon juice, caramelised pineapple chunks, then add shrimp mixture and stir till shrimps are fully coated.
Place a lettuce leaf in the cheese basket and fill with shrimp cocktail. Garnish with coriander and serve

Movie Review – “Confessions”

So many movies for this yr, i had seen much of 'fave' / popular ones.
I could say that Asian movies std certainly had dropped over the yrs. they are too cheesy or too idiotic to watch.

But recently I come upon this movie; jap one.. It is one of the amazing piece that will catch yr senses into it, n making me to rewatch it again definety gd

Movie Review – “Confessions”
Warning!! - it may spoil the movie as i explained (if u didnt watch it atfirst)
“Confessions” is an adaptation of a six-part serial novel. It is a dark revenge fantasy, can be horror. In Japan itself, it was number one at the box office for four consecutive weeks.

The film begins with a rowdy class in a Japanese secondary school. The students are having a milk break. The teacher (Takako Matsu) tells them that this is her last day in profession. They cheer. In a 25-minute monologue that bravely opens the film, she speaks of how she became pregnant by her lover who later died of AIDS. She says that both she and her daughter Manami, were lucky. Neither of them had contracted the disease. Then she speaks of how as a single mother. Later she also tells them about her daughter’s death by drowning in a pool. It was considered an accidental death, but she knows that two of the students in this classroom murdered her child.

She even makes it clear to the children who are the two students. She knows that as they are under age they cannot be punished for their crime. The legal system will not try them as adults. So she had decided to take matters into her own hands. She tells the whole class bluntly that she has injected her former lover’s HIV-positive blood into the milk the guilty pair have been drinking. The classroom erupts into chaos.(hohooo, this is one of climate of the movie)

One of the murderous students, 'A' is bright. He had a website that he devises experiments to torture animals cruelly. The other student, 'B' is a weak-willed loner.
As teacher Yuko finishes her confession, the movie opens out of the classroom, shifting between other confessions, perspectives and inner monologues of students and parents. A year later, these “confessions” tell us the conscience-free 'A' continues to go to school, where he is taunted, beaten and abused by most of the others. 'B' believed himself lethally infected, holes up at home, watched over by his overprotective mother. She refuses to believe her child could have done anything wrong. Equally in the dark is the new class teacher who believes in befriending the students and trying to be one of them. He too is manipulated.
Also drawn into this tragedy is their classmate, who pity the two child-killers.

In the end, u may even feel pity at the two child-killers even though u atfirst sympathize side with the victim mother teacher. As she merciless plot her revenge on these two by break them part by parts til they totally lost themselves. One could think this is simply cruel of her as they r still 'naive' of life.