Its a new day
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
GOOoooOOD Day !!!,
TWO MORE DAYS, cant wait already....A real early start to the day, woke up like 9 something to watch harry potter. Jun Bin arrived to pick me up and off we left to berkeleys. Before the movie, sean (in village city queen st) called me and asked where were we, little that he knew that we were in Howick and was awaiting his arrival, this minor miscommunication led to the omission of sean from the gang. Sorry sean, i think its my fault, so deeply sorry man. Anyway, prior to the movie, I felt a little misplaced because everybody else had read the book at some stage and i was the only blur one (probably not the first time). Then the movie begins.......
Not too bad...quite entertaining actually, jun bin was going on and on bout how hot cho chang is...well, i concur...Nevertheless, one fact seems to puzzled me...why does cathz love victor klum ( dont even know how you spell his last name). His just a human orge, nothing more and nothing less. But who am i to judge her weird taste in man (first hsen han, now victor)...oh well...
Ok..after the movie, we had a sermon given to us by hsen han about the harry potter movie.."intriguing" as it was, we perservered and continue listening, we then had sumptuous meal in Nandos, really sweet, juicy, greasy peri peri...MMMmm...after that, we left and decided for a friendly game of football...yea!!..off we went to the khoo's resident and the match started.
Engies - Bin, K-Ann, Xin yi, ah han and i
vs
bio-MAD: eugene, evan, matt loh and wei lun
We were honoured representing engineering and vowed to play our best. After the pre match "entertainment" , the game begun. Ok, what you're about to read is no lie, it is no figment of my imagination or neither an exaggeration of the actual outcome....ok...kai ann was playing as a striker and she was our top scorer...a whopping 3 goals, man..she was everywhere, kicking, blocking, running, complaining, EVERYTHING...so to kai ann, cheers to you...what a awesome performance!!!
However, our valiant effort went to waste when i conceded a penalty right on the most crucial moment. They then proceed to score many more goals as our enthusiasm steadily detered like the intrinsic semiconductor curve..Subsequently, we lost and the cup was given to the bioMADs...well, good on em and as for my team, solid effort boys, we played hard, gave a 110% and even tried to cheat at the approapriate time.
Finally, we left for home and i said my last farewells to the "fellowship"...thanks for this wonderful day and hope there would be many to come in the future..as for me, i have to do some packing now so thats all FOLKS....
Alex
2:09 AM
Explanation
Monday, November 28, 2005
Kia Ora,I have came under tremendous critism lately regarding my entries. I know ive been making fun of some of my dear friends and i truly apologise. But there is an underlying explanation for the whole thing, check it out - no sarcasm intended ya. Kai Ann- Sorry for denoting you as a filthy swine, truth is, i regard the pig race as one of the most important animal for the human race. Without it , there would not be any Bak Kut Teh, and without BKT, the world.....lets not go there....So as you can see, refering you to a pig actually means i regard you as a highly humble, modest, thoughtful and truly loveable person. MUAKS!!So you see, my intentions are good and meant no harm. How you potray me as evil, deceitful and impudent i do not know. Anyway, moving on bout today, today went to church in the morning and was introduce to the perplexing world of parenthood. Mummy wanted me to help out in the creche (for you blur people, its a place where infants come and frolick amongst themselves). I was then subsequently assign a toddler to take care of. It started quite well and i was vigorously trying to keep "it" entertain by doing some sort of weird dance. However, the little anklebitter wanted to go to the loo. Thus, without compromising, i brought "it" to do its business. So far so good, but at the stroke of 12.15, the bugger started complaining about his little pecker. He said it was itchy...WHAT THE HECK???..what am i to do now?..what would jesus do?..So i started telling him the story of braveheart ( thank god we watch that movie boon). And i said to him "Do you wanna be like william wallace? If yes, then forget all your pain!!"...his responce....he went straight to the sandpit and started playing ...phew...close call..Anyway, i gotta go watch the all blacks thrash scotland now..i would love to stay on and write but these jaded fingers have reached its critical fatigue level...so take care guys..
Alex
2:08 AM
Wax in, wax out
Sunday, November 27, 2005
Hey Friends, Today marks a really sad day in the history of mankind. A legend and iconic hero of the beautiful game has just passed away. Yes, none other than George best. RIP georgey, ure the BEST. Another casualty that saddens me is the death of my favourite character when i was a kid, Mr Miyagi from karate kid. Thanks for teachin me the correct technique of washing my windows, u'll always be rememered. On to a lighther note, i was reading a magazine in the library and found some interesting stuff. It was an article about testosterone. Here's just some facts...irritability, low libido, fatigue, bone and muscle loss, erectile dysfunction, enjoying the work of Jesse Mcccartney and having Zach as your name have all been linked to unhealthily low testosterone levels.Testosterone makes you happy, research showed that depressed men had low levels of testosterone. On the contrary, men with high testosterone levels are more likely to drink, smoke, fight and study engineering. When two sports teams square off, the testosterone levels of even the fans are affected. When the game ends, the T levels of the fans on the losing end plummet, while the levels of the winning team's rise. As a general rule guys, do all things in moderation to maintain a healthy balance of testosterone, even excercise, and NO..i did not get this article from women's weekly, cleo or any of those magazine, my testosterone level is fine, thank you.
Finally, have you ever had stuff spilt all over your new Petaling Street Gucci jacket or your spanking new Niki shirt? I know i have. Well, an italian suit maker named Ermenegildo Zegna has come up with an invisble soultion to stains: It's called micronsphere, a luxurious, techonologically advanced wool whose surface mimics the cell structure and hydro-repellent qualities of the lotus-flower leaf. Through the use of nanotechology, the microscopic ridges and uneven patches in the wool are filled, leaving no edges for fluid molecules to adhere into. Any threat of stain - water, curry chicken, laksa,teh peng- merely rolls away. The treatment with stands both time and dry cleaning. And the best of all, its completely undetectable. Man, somebody get this for me for chirstmas..Check it out at
www.zegna.com and look for the zegna micronsphere suit.Well, thats all folks, im off to do some shopping for my whanau in msia, can any of you give me some good idea what food to buy for ppl in msia that truly reflects NZ....not pavola though...i hate that....
Alex
12:52 PM
Road Trip
Saturday, November 26, 2005
WAssup everybodoy...first blog, first entry, doesnt get BIGGER than this. Ive just recently came back from a road trip with zach,sean and bing. So ill just babble on about that. I would very much like to show some pics but it was all taken with bing's camera and that kambing hasnt send me the pics yet.
It all started on a bright sunday morning, weather was awesome and the sun was shimmering down on us. Sean came ova my place early in the morning and we were all geared up for this testosterone filled road trip. My day started out with a BANG (excuse the pun), just as we were gonna pull out of my drive way, the knuckle head zach brandished his BB gun and shot me right on the eye. Needless to say, it hurt quite a bit and left quite a bit of a mark. However, the show must go on and we departed good ol' howick.First stop, breakfast at macdonald and to pump some petrol then it was a straight ride to rotorua. After nearly 3.567 hours of driving, zach decided that he needs to take a leak so we stopped by this petrol station somewhere in the Hamilton vicinity. Upon reaching back to our car, Bing spotted this random car besides us with only children in it. A sudden rush of insanity striked him and he attempted to frighten those poor little kids. His antics was welcomed with lots of laughter among us (except for me). God, please help me from these crazy people, i prayed. Well, we hit the road again and admist all the "high quality" singing from the whole crew, we manged to reach rotorua with our sanity intact.
Our first stop in Rotorua was agrodome. A real adventure spot for tourist as it was advertised in the brochure. We went in and saw heaps of activities to partake such as bungy, jet boat, free fall and some crazy reverse bungy thing. What a hard choice, what hardcore activity would four tennage guys do?..well, it was easy, we chose to check out the farm animals. Firstly, we saw this random ass ass swaggering along the way. Obviously, many "ass" jokes were made and we laughed whole heartedly. Next we saw this gigantic pig lying on a pool of mud. It was so big it must have weighed the equivalent of kai ann's weight. That lazy creature suddenly reminded us of how we once were when sitting in our MM1 lectures. After that, bing started hassling some ostrich, he tried shouting at it but to his dismay it remained calm. We also got chase by some lurking ostrich when trying to disturb thier afernoon stroll. We then went to have a look at the zorb and decided not to do it coz er....we decided not to.Lunch twas at some burger joint and then it was the highlight of the trip: Whitewater rafting. After doing some phone calls and bookings, we went off to kaituna river where our adventure begin. We had to dressed in some really tight (and i mean TIGHT) swimming gear. We were then given helmets, life jackets and was treated to the music of creed's "One last Breath" (hahah, just kidding). After some instructions on pedalling and stuff, we tackle the KAituna river!!!....it boasted the highest commercially rafter waterfall in the WORLD, standing at a whopping 7m. Here's some pics of it... DAmn...this sucks...i cant seem to make the pics smaller and it says i have already exceeded my entry capacity or some shit. Oh well, damn blogs, someone gotta teach me how to use this shit.Anyway, we left for our tent site in Tongariro National Park after rafting. We set up our tent and left for dinner at a place called Tavern bar. To my surprise, one pizza cost about $16.95, damn...our steam boat also cheaper man. Night dawns, and this is when the suffering starts. Imagine sleeping in a poorly insulated tent on rock solid ground, well add that with the temperature of 1 celcius and 3 very tired tennage guys around you, one whose snoring could shake the very walls of Helm's Deep. What a dreadful night!!! But wait...it gets worse...of some obscure reason, the guys decide to tackle the bitter cold by farting thier hearts out to keep warm. The sweet aroma then undergo steady state diffusion and consequently reach the tender nostrils of everyone. This was the trade off we had to pay in order to be kept warm. After some "sleep", we woke up 6am to get ready to embark on our journey to the Tongariro crossing, one of the most famous one day treks in NZ. We were all geared up and ready to go. However, mother nature had other plans, probably angered at our air pollution from the previous night, she started to clean the air by letting rain come. The rain pour and pour for hours and we had to stay indoors and watch Brave heart. It didnt stop till late at night after which we thank mother nature for showing mercy. I could stay on continue writing about our adventure but i really have to go makan so here is a summary of the rest of the tripDay 3- Jungle trekking in taranaki waterfall- Gourgeous waterfall...makes u appreaciate God's creation- Took off our jackets and pose half naked at the peak of the mountain- Check out from the lodge- Stop at taupo for fish and chips- Sang vannasa carlton's "A thousand miles" all the way back home Thank you zach, bing and sean for this wonderful experience..cheers to u guys...pHooooTTTThats all folks
Alex
7:27 PM
Total Boredom
Out of total boredom came the ingenious idea to blog about food. So heres the scoop on my personal favourite "The Bak Kut Teh".Undoubtly one of the most popular dishes in Malaysia, this dish is quintessentially malaysian. Its origin are traced back from a young gentleman from Quanzhou of the Fujian province in China. The secret recipe was passed to a friend who later went to Klang and became the first person to commercialise and sell Bak Kut Teh (BKT). In my opinion, Klang became indutrialize thanks to the emergence of this dish. So thank you Jun Bin and your forefathers for this contribtion to society.The Hokkiens were the original inventors of the dish . The Teochews came later and tweak some recipes. The main visual difference between the Hokkien and Teochew version of BKT is that the Hokkiens use dark soy sauce and thus the soup base is characteristically darker in colour. There are also plenty variations on the meat used such as the "chick kut teh", "steak kut teh", "mince and cheese kut teh". Personally, i feel there is no substitute for the good old fashioned pork. The most important part of BKT is the soup. Ingredients includes garlic, cinnamon stick, cloves,white peppercorns, kei chee (dried hawthorn berries) and star anises. I could draw a multi-phase diagram projecting the various viscosity of the soup when adding various amounts of each ingredient but that would just take too much time. Obviously, an equilirium amount has to be reach in order for the soup to reach its "premium" composition . Choosing the right meat is essential. My mum said that "sam chan" would be most ideal as it contains a thin layer of fats. Alternatively, you can add a bit of "pai kuat" to make the soup sweeter. Additions of button mushrom, tau pok, tau kee and fresh iceberg lettuce are various complimentries you could use to make it a complete meal. Also, if you're the sort of person who takes pleasure in eating pigs organs, feel free to sprinkle liberal amounts of these in the soup. Furthermore, if you're a filthy rich person, add some abolone and sea cucumber so you can show you're guests that you are richer, better and more chun than them.To garnish, use finely chopped garlic with cili padi drown with generous amount of soy souce. A popular side dish would be the yao cha kuai. Dont forget to drain all the fats with a good chinese tea. The "kuan yin" is the most common and taste fairly reasonable. Below is a pic of this glorious dish.
Remember to take your time to indulge and dont forget to experiment every type of ingredient you can find. Please do invite me if you have been successful and I will be waitin to hear from you guys.
Alex
9:19 AM
