Now and then.... Jogoya Dinner Buffet

I've bought two Jogoya Japanese Dinner Buffet coupons from Groupon at a special rate RM65 which UP is RM102.10.

The dinner was booked for 10 pax at 7:30pm, due to the month of  Ramadhan, the traffic condition between 4pm to 7pm is foreseen, therefore I had to leave ABRSM seminar after lunch 2pm, headed back  from Prince Hotel, KL, to pick up Gab then drove to KL and reached at 4:15pm. This trip was easier and smoother , as I drove the wrong road in the morning and took me big round driving back to Jalan Conlay. I drove carefully, kept my car to the right lane after 'SMART' tunnel. 

Don't be surprised that I don't know how to go Pavillion, as I never drove there alone, and seldom went to this place nowadays. Jogoya restaurant is located in Starhill, which is opposite of Pavillion, I parked my car in Standard Chartered building as I was told the parking fee is cheaper, but ended up still the same, I have to pay RM18 from 4pm to 10pm, RM3 per hour.  I think it's my most expensive parking fee I have ever paid this year or years...... ! 

Well, it's good to walk around in this place, as they are more likely built close to each other. We were so early, so that we had about 1 hour window-shopping in Pavillion, then strolled around the empty space outside the shopping mall, there were so many people like I was in Singapore, people every where. 

Gab was certainly showed his tiring face, and shuffled on the street, sat down on a pole made himself turning round and round on the pole, watched people crossing road and passed by him, at about 5:30pm. 

We shopped at Lot 10, and headed to Starhill at 6:30pm, took a short rest on a comfy couch in waiting area. Before 7pm 'check-in' for our dinner.

It was such a joy to see how Gab showed his excitement as he enter to Jogoya, he was amazed by the food, and different stations, walking around and around, and he came back to me after a short while and asked:"Ma, I can take all of these without paying extra?", I saw unbelievable and surprise in his big gleaming eyes, and sparkling as he looked at the pool of marshmallow, the ice-cream. That moment was precious to me!

He didn't have much I know, he was just busying, helping, walking and looking, each time he spent about 15 minutes away, and only came back with a plate which only have a few things on it, but he definitely enjoyed the free flow of Häagen-Dazs® ice-cream!

I'd love him to meet my friends and I meet his too, hence we have many mutual friends, that helps us on sharing stories about our friends.

And it is certainly help in improving his social communication skill which will benefit him for life. It was a wonderful day for both of us.

JJ Swiss Rolls from Ipoh

Assorted flavoured Swiss Rolls

 Contact JJ Swiss Rolls 佳佳蛋卷

Here is the contact detail.

Walnut Swiss Rolls

Pastor Jacinta was just done her RC job in Penang HI just a day before PJU HI, on the first day of HI R.Seminar,  and she brought us some famous Swiss rolls from Ipoh, and she grab me to the corner and make sure I have some of those, some good things wanna share with her beloved! How sweet is she.

Here I can be the witness, the walnut rolls was delicious, so do all others Swiss rolls.

Sis Jacinta did ask me about the differences between other swiss rolls, I told her, I like the cream very very much, and also the flavours are new to me, especially walnut rolls. Because these are also for others to enjoy, I didn't take all the flavour, only taken coffee, and walnut. I do like the cream, JJ swiss rolls comes with extra cream than others.

追梦女孩的《梦想花园》

有位朋友又问道：‘既然已经分开那么久，大家还有联系，为什么不可以再重拾旧好呢？’

我想回他这个问题，忽然心血来潮，写了这篇《梦想花园》


一个追梦的女孩對婚姻及家庭充滿憧憬，于是带着开心与盼望踏上她寻找梦想花园的旅程。

走着。。。走着，一路上经过许多花园，当她来到一座小花园，花园里拥有充满让自己开心的花儿鸟语（果然是‘Niao’ 语）花园的主人很友善地招待并邀请她住下来，可惜她并没有仔细查看清楚，这里泥土的性质，空气污染度，河流是否离开太远，植物是否严重受昆虫危害，天气的条件，交通枢纽系统的建设与管理，以为找到了可以卸下建造小家庭的好地方，不小心‘跌进’了这座虚构‘失修花园’，没关系，再走出来，从此以后，她凡走过看见这座花园，我想你都不会要再进去吧？

走着。。。走着，路上进过无数次被路旁的荆棘刺伤，日晒雨淋，狂风暴雨，偶尔也会发生迷路的小插曲，或暂留在别人的花园。她观看过许多花园建筑物外观亮丽，但是植物不开花，果树不结果，鸟儿不唱歌，里面住着的人不相来往，没有笑容，她就会引以为鉴。但是她仍然相信梦想的花园就在前方！

走着。。。走着，很不辛地一路上都看见像这样子的花园太多了，渐渐地她不再奢望自己必须要拥有一座了。她开始察觉自己其实就是她一直梦寐以求的小花园，细心呵护，浇灌施肥，清除害虫，泥土松软，关系和蔼；这里空气清晰，没有欺骗；虽没有河流但窗外有小溪，经济独立；害虫偶尔到访但不严重，大家都健健康康！交通枢纽系统建设与管理也很发达，有说有笑，有来有往的；和家人每天能侵泡在这样的花园里泡茶，阅读，听歌岂不是一件幸福的事呢？不就是那女孩的梦想花园吗？

活像一座天空之城。

My beloved mini scones

I miss eating scones, especially when you consume it fresh from the oven, oooomph, it's just yummy!

Can you able to spot the odd one? It's kneaded by Gab.

Mini Scone Recipe: Same as Cream scone recipe
2 1/2 cups (330 grams) all-purpose flour
1/4 cup (100 grams) granulated white sugar (1/2 cup if you would like to eat it without any jam and cream)
2 teaspoons (10 grams) baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
1/3 cup (75 grams)cold unsalted butter,
(I was running out of egg, I skipped this round, not much difference is made)
lightly beaten1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/2 cup (120 ml) milk or heavy cream
1/2 cup milk powder (Optional) I liked to add this to give more sweetness
(I did not glaze with egg this round)

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) and place the rack in the middle of the oven. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper. 

In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt. Cut the butter into small pieces and blend into the flour mixture with a pastry blender or two knives. The mixture should look like coarse crumbs. 


In a small measuring cup combine the heavy cream, beaten egg and vanilla. Add this mixture to the flour mixture slowly. Stir just until combined. Do not over mix.

Tips:

Pastry doughs should be handled as little as possible and kept cool.  Chill mixing bowl into the refrigerator for 30 minutes beforehand.

It's good to dip your hands in a cold water and dry thoroughly before kneading. 

Pastry doughs should always be rested in the refrigerator before rolling out. 

Knead dough gently on a lightly floured surface. Roll or pat the dough into a circle that is about 7 inches (18 cm) round. Then, using a 2 1/2 inch (6.5 cm) round cookie cutter, cut the dough into rounds. Place the rounds on the prepared cookie sheet, spacing a few inches apart. Brush the tops of the scones with a little cream. This helps to brown the tops of the scones during baking.

Bake for about 15 - 18 minutes or until nicely browned and a toothpick inserted into the center of a scone comes out clean. Remove from oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool. Serve with Devon cream or softly whipped cream and your favorite jam.

Makes about 15 -18 of 2 inch mini round scones.


Recipe for Devon Cream is here.

Recipe of Myanmar Chili Paste

Recipe of Myanmar Chili Paste, we loved this recipe very much, this recipe was given by my Bel's helper from Myanmar.



Ingredient:

1.  1 cup of river fish, cut each into 3 - 4 small pieces.
2.  Handful of shallots, sliced.
3.  1/2 cup of cooking oil for deep frying river fish and sliced shallots.
4.  15-20 ripe tomatoes, cut each into 8 pieces.
5. 1/4 cup chopped chili padi.
6. Soy sauce for better tasting.
7. A pinch of sugar.

Instruction:
Fried one cup of cut river fish in 1/2 cup of cooking oil. Keep one side for later usage if done.
Then fried sliced handful of shallots, turn fire to low heat as soon as the colour of shallots turn to medium brown, at the same moment pour in cut tomatoes, tomato juice will moisture the whole mixture, slow-cook until it turns into paste form, at last add in fried river fish and cut chili padi. Add soy sauce to adjust taste, and add a pinch of sugar to reduce sourness of tomato.

Science activity

One of Gab's school Science activities.

天父的花园 小提琴+简单钢琴伴奏音乐谱

天父的花园 小提琴+简单钢琴伴奏音乐谱
Violin / Easy Piano Accompaniment Sheet

         F      F/A           Bb    Bbm

小小 花园 里，红橙 黄蓝 绿 

     F/C     C      F
每 朵小花 都美  丽

         F       F/A        Bb    Bbm

微风 轻飘 逸，蓝天 同欢 喜 

     F/C       C      F
在 天父的  花园 里

         F                Bb

你我 同是宝贝， 在这花园里 

        Gm    G°     F

园丁 细 心  呵护  不让你伤心 

        F/A                  Bb          Bbm

刮风 或下雨，应许  从不离开 你

         F/C        C            F

天父  的小花  成长在他 手里

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天父的花园 小提琴+钢琴伴奏音乐谱

 天父的花园 小提琴+钢琴伴奏音乐谱
Violin / Piano Accompaniment Sheet

         F      F/A           Bb    Bbm

小小 花园 里，红橙 黄蓝 绿 

     F/C     C      F
每 朵小花 都美  丽

         F       F/A        Bb    Bbm

微风 轻飘 逸，蓝天 同欢 喜 

     F/C       C      F
在 天父的  花园 里

         F                Bb

你我 同是宝贝， 在这花园里 

        Gm    G°     F

园丁 细 心  呵护  不让你伤心 

        F/A                  Bb          Bbm

刮风 或下雨，应许  从不离开 你

         F/C        C            F

天父  的小花  成长在他 手里

天父的花园 小提琴+钢琴伴奏音乐谱           






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天父的花园 初级钢琴谱





天父的花园 小提琴+简单钢琴伴奏音乐谱 Violin / Easy Piano Accompaniment Sheet






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Gab's snack - Square Pizza

Ingredient that I used for this Square Pizza:

1. Bread
2. Mozzarella cheese
3. A can of Tuna chunks in sunflower oil 
4. Tomato puree
5. A can of Pineapple
6. Onion sliced 
7. Crab meat sticks

Here is the list for pizza toppings

Pizza toppings are normally placed upon a pizza in a specific order, not because it is tidy but because the pizza sauce keeps the pizza dough moist, the cheese then provides a bed for the toppings to rest on and they do not dry out or fall off as the pizza slice is held. More cheese is added to keep the dough moist and the garnish is not cooked so it is applied last after baking. The following list is the traditional order:

• Pizza Dough
• Pizza Sauce
• Cheese
• Pizza Toppings
• Cheese
• Garnish

How to relieve bodyheat after taking durian

 It's common to us every after durian, we are expected some 'side effects', first direct effect is 'durian burps', then some mouth ulcers start growing, some headache, some suffering from constipation, but honestly.... I don't really care much, simply just can't resist!











But I do have little tip to share:




I will prepare a bottle of salt water, after taking durian, pour salt water in one of the lobules of durian shell, and drink it direct from the shell, it helps relieve body from overheat.




To get rid of durian smell from finger tips, rinse fingers from the water that in a lobule of durian shell, you may also rub fingers on a lobule.




To get rid of durian burps, take a small piece of pineapple immediately.




Happy eating durian!

USJ 16 - Penang Sisters Char Koay Teow

Here is the address

Kopi, it was quite 'gao'.

If you like Char Koay Teow, I have found one in USJ 16, Sisters Char Koay Teow really serves best Char Koay Teow, you may also find many in Taipan, but this restaurant serves supreme recipe! I like to bring friends here, because the restaurant locates in isolated area, not many know of this.

If you miss Penang Char Koay Teow, you might not want to miss this!

This is Halal restaurant, in another word they don't serve Chinese sausages.

 Sisters Char Koay Teow Kopitiam  - map
11, Jalan USJ 16/2G
47630 UEP Subang Jaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Tel:603-80241373

Look for the green arrow for GPS coordinates!


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Aug durian session after guitar class

Together with Lee Yong, Bobo and Shyewoon, went for a 'little durian' after Saturday guitar class, USJ 14 durian stall owner the old uncle didn't have many choices now, even XO is in small size and at RM10 rather expensive as compared to last visit which was only RM8.

Frankly speaking, the flesh not as nice as I had previously.

玩面子书 让你更肯定自我

这是一篇今天刊登在星洲日报’活力副刊‘封面的短文，看过后觉得还蛮欣慰的，起码对自己的行为有了正面的了解。

如果你情绪有点低落，不妨去看看你在面子书的个人档案，或许会变得比较肯定自己。

研究显示，一般人都会在面子书个人档案放上自己最好看的照片，所以在看照片时，也有助于赶跑一些不好的情绪。  

“不像镜子会反映我们的真实样貌，甚至可能会对自尊造成负面影响，面子书档案可以表现出你积极的一面，但这并不代表虚伪骗人。” 美国康奈尔大学的汉考克博士 (Jeffrey Hancock)表示。

  共有63名康奈尔大学学生参加实验。他们都坐在电脑前，有些人看了他们的面子书个人档案，还可以花3分钟浏览并使用和个人档案相关的功能；其他人的电脑则关机，面前摆一面镜子。

研究结果发现，学生自我肯定的程度和有没有看面子书个人档案有关：有看的人，自我肯定程度高于电脑关掉的人，一直看的人高于只看一下的人，动手编辑自我介绍，个人档案的人又高于只是看的人。

研究人员认为，编辑面子书个人档案是让自我表现更完美的方法。使用者可以藉由上传照片·编辑自我介绍，来呈现出符合理想的自己。

读完后会心一笑,我可是属于后者嘞，有点自恋狂的样子。。。
从前会觉得我不应该常常看自己的个人档案，尤其是照片，看了又看，看见自己漂亮的样子，开心的样子，心情变好，人也变得积极和正面，我可以证明，因为我常常看偶尔编辑自己的档案，果然会像上述所说的！

别怀疑在面子书看到的我，都是真的，有心情好的时候，也有心情坏的时候，别无虚假，偶尔会来个虚构，包无欺场！

"Be Happy: A little Book to Help You Live a Happy Life"

It was shared by a friend in her facebook wall post, a wonderful video clips with soothing music.

The illustrations and the captions are from the book "Be Happy: A little Book to Help You Live a Happy Life" (2007) by Monica Sheehan.The music is "Cuore di Sabbia" (Sand Heart) by Pasquale Catalano, from the soundtrack of the movie "Mine Vaganti" (2010)(Loose Cannons) directed by Ferzan Ozpetek.

This video starts with the word 'Be Happy"...
Show up
Follow your heart

Find a new perspective
Have a sense of wonder...
Find people you love...
Set goals
Help others
Dance
Pamper yourself...
Face your fears...
Go to a museum
Exercise
Limit television
Get in touch with nature
Lighten up
Get a good night's sleep
Read books
Buy yourself flowers
Don't compare yourself with others
Don't beat yourself up
Be open to new ideas
Don't focus on negative thoughts...
...Focus on creating what you desire
Make time just to have fun
Keep the romance in your life
Make a gratitude list
Love your Mother Earth
Want what you have
Be true to yourself

Mercy in the wilderness

I read a post 'Watchful Angels' from Echo Chen (San Mao) in 'Scarecrow Notes'  just yesterday night: 

A few days before Christmas, neighbour's child gave me a paper-made angel and said: "This is not real, there isn't any angel, just made it from a paper."  Tommy rested his arm on the short wooden board, stood at the garden chatted with me.
"Indeed, there are angels, I have two." I winked at the kid and said it seriously.
"Where are they?" Tommy looked up at me and asked curiously.
"You can't see them now, if you knew me a few years back, you might be able to see them!"  ..... 
"God gives everyone of us two angels, and keep them in our hearts when we are still in mother's womb, angles start tearing when they hear our hearts beating."
"Angels crying? They are sad?"
"They always tearing, because they love the kid so much, that is why they tearing the whole life. They do not wipe away those tears, because their wings are too busy to protect the kid, not even laying them down for a second, worry that the kid will fall ill cause by the wind and rain."
......
"One day, the kid has grown up, the kid told the angels: I am going, please don't follow me, this is sickening."
"What did the angles said?" Tommy asked.
"Those angels? They looked at each other, silent, they gave everything that they have, the best of bests to the kid, the kid packed them all and left them without turning back. "
"Those angels crying right?"
"Those angels flew up to a higher place in order to take a look at the kid, the kid ran fast, and went far, angels grew older, yet still struggle to fly to a higher point, hopefully to get another glance at the kid. The kid has soon became a tiny spec, gradually, lost in sight, this very moment, these two angels flew home, shut the door, turn off the light, and crying in the dark silently."
......

"Where did the kid go?" Tommy asked.
"It isn't important anymore,...."
"Didn't he miss the watchful angels?"
"Arrh! In the storm, he'll miss the goodness of this pair of wings, and tearing for a short while!"
"Did you mean the kid only miss the goodness of this pair of wings instead of the two watchful angels?"
.....

We are those ungrateful ones, we have tasted the goodness of the Lord, we have seen the beauty of holiness, yet we chose to leave God, or indeed asked God to leave us like what the story has told. 


How many of us, in times of tribulation we miss His goodness instead of Him? 




When we truly learn? When will we really understand His love, or we have been taken it for granted? 










I need thee........in and out, in the day, and at night, in all areas, You are the Lord, You reign! 


We worship you, Lord. In the beauty of holiness, clothed in Your righteousness, cleansed by Your blood!  


Lyrics from The Beauty Of Holiness - Steve Camp

My proclamation...
In Christ alone, my hope is found He is my light, my strength, my song This cornerstone, this solid ground Firm through the fiercest drought and storm What heights of love, what depths of peaceWhen fears are stilled, when strivings cease My comforter, my all-in-all Here in the love of Christ I stand