Coffee Shop Talk with my American Friend about Divorce-hit Terengganu wants to spice up sex life of newly-weds as reported in The Star – 2nd Nov 2009

As usual, I was having my morning breakfast and coffee with my American friend at Ah Lian Kopitiam (Coffee Shop) while reading the morning paper..........

John : Look at this Pete, the authorities in Terengganu is trying to reduce divorce rate in the state by improving sexual relationship of married couples.

Me : Ya John, they are blaming body odour, routine sex and boring pyjamas as the top reasons for the high divorce rate. One marriage even ended because the spouse smelled of fish cracker!

John : Amazing, they even suggested that couples bathe together and cosmetic companies to come up with perfume to enhance their sexual relationship.

Me : Ha ha ha.....

Then Ah Lian came by...

Me : Good morning Ah Lian, wah, you smell nice today, looks nice too. New perfume?

Ah Lian : Ya lor, the salesgirl at the perfume counter recommended me this new brand. I think it is called Enchiladas!

John : Why in a sudden you wear so nice, put on make up and use new perfume? Before Ah Lian could answer ...Ah Beng......said...

Ah Beng : You don’t know meh? Ah Lian is worried that her body ‘coffee smell’ will keep her partner up all night.....ha ha ha, breath in too much cafeine.....ha ha ha!

Ah Lian : Hey Ah Beng, you don’t insult me ah! Your wife complains to me you got Chicken Rice smell all over you! Sometime Chicken smells also....don’t know whether is from the ‘featherless chicken’ or not? Ha ha ha!

Ah Beng : Choi choi choi, I am clean lar!

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Propeller Launcher Toy

I was going through my eldest son’s old toy box and found this propeller launcher toy. I remember, as a kid I used to enjoy playing with this toy. Some of you might call it ‘helicopter’. The launcher is a simple gadget using rubber bands as a recoil spring so that whenever you pull the monofilament string it will recoil back to its original position. My friends and I had hours of fun trying to see whose propeller can fly the highest at the field near my house. My little toddler seems amused by this little gadget. I ended up having to launch the propeller using the launcher many times for him because he cannot get it right! I guess this little wonderful and simple toy will not be popular anymore soon as many kids nowadays prefer to play computer games. What was your favourite toy?

Mock Sharkfin Soup with Sausage Strips and Tong Fun (Glass Noodles, Mung Bean Vermicelli, cellophane noodles)

I like to cook soup for supper especially during rainy nights. Soup is great to warm up the body and it is easily digested too. My son loves shark fin soup but since I do not have real shark fin in stock I substitute it with Tong Fun (Glass Vermicelli). Then I used smoked sausage cut into strips in place of ham and made do with whatever ingredients that I have in the fridge. The final result turns out quite good!

Ingredients
Water, 4 bowls (the soup will taste better if chicken stock is used)
Smoked Sausage, cut into strips
Cabbage, 3 leaves, cut into small strips
Mixed frozen vegetables, (carrots, corn and green beans), ½ cup
Glass noodles (tong fun), 1 bunch, soak in room temperature water until soft
Black Vinegar, 2 to 3 table spoons
Light Soya sauce, 3 table spoons
Dark Soya Sauce, ½ teaspoon
Oyster sauce, 1 tablespoon
Prawn meat, from around 4 medium prawns, cut into chunks
Sesame oil, 1 teaspoon
Corn flour, 2 table spoons, mixed with a little water Egg, 1 pc, slightly beaten
Shou Xing Chiew (Chinese cooking wine), 1 teaspoon
Salt to taste
 A dash of pepper or more

Put water in a bowl and bring to a boil. Add in the cabbage and boil for a while. Put in the smoked sausage, mixed frozen vegetables, black vinegar, light soya sauce, dark soya sauce, oyster sauce, prawn meat, sesame oil, shou xing chiew, pepper and salt to taste. Add in the glass noodle and thicken the soup with corn flour water mixture. Add in the eggs while stirring the soup so that it will form small strands. Add more corn flour water mixture if the soup is not thick enough.

Installing a New Bookshelf from Ikea.....plus my little supper meal.

I rarely buy my furniture from Ikea because of their DIY concept. I prefer to have my furniture delivered to me in complete form so that I will save some time and hassle. Books are pilling up at my house and my daughter was complaining that there is not enough space for her to put her books. Somehow I ended up shopping at IKEA and found a suitable bookshelf (202cmx80cm) that fit in to the little corner in my house. I like the design and white colour, something that is quite hard to find in the local furniture shop. I started installing the bookshelf around 11pm at night after my little toddler slept so that I can concentrate on my work. My son helped me to put up the book shelf but I asked him to go to sleep around fifteen minutes passed midnight because I can see that he was already very tired. So, I was left alone to get the job done. While I was installing the bookshelf, my daughter woke up and told me that she is hungry. Actually my own stomach was growling too! It is time to hit the kitchen to cook up some food. I fried some sausages and cooked a packet of Maggi Curry Instant Noodle. After that I continued working on the bookshelf. It was not easy installing the rather heavy glass door alone! It took me some time to figure out how I can do it without getting another person to help out. By the time I finished and took a bath, it was already 2.30pm.

Ahhhh, my favourite 'weapon' (tools), the drill! He he he, watchout concrete wall, here I come! (used to fix the bracket on the wall)

Some of the loose pieces of the shelf

Halfway through.........

Almost done...........

Alamak, daughter woke up, hungry, asking me to 'masak' (cook). Actually daddy very hungry too! LOL! Then daddy cooked yummy maggi curry mee and fried smoked sausage! Continue working after a satistying meal, fixing bracket on the wall to hold the book shelf so that it will not topple over.

Mission accomplised! A completed bookshelf with glass door. It was a little tricky to install the glass door alone.

Mickey Mouse Pizza

Mickey mouse pizza before and after baking in oven

Regular pizza befor and after baking in oven

Remember the Disney show with the song M.I.C.K.E.Y M.O.U.S.E...........? I used to watch this show every week when I was a kid. I guess all the kids in this old show must be in late thirties or forties by now! I decided to sidetrack a little bit when I was making a regular pizza my kids to eat. I reserved a little extra dough and shaped them into Mickey face. It will not turn out nice if I fill up the whole face with pizza filling so I rub some butter over it so that it will still taste good. I used green beans as to for the eyes, smoked sausage for the nose & mouth and sprinkled some oregano to add some earthiness flavour to the pizza. These are alien Mickey mouse with green eyes....ha ha ha! Somehow, my little toddler seems to like the Mickey Mouse shape pizza much more than regular pizza. He and his elder sister ate all of them! Their cute reaction when they first saw these pizzas hot out from the oven will remain as a sweet memory forever! What is your favourite Disney character?

For pizza recipe check out my previous post below
1) http://peteformation.blogspot.com/2009/10/papa-peteformation-cheesy-crust-pizza.html
2) http://peteformation.blogspot.com/2009/05/super-longhey-what-is-that-pizza-recipe.html
3) http://veganformation.blogspot.com/2009/06/spicy-thin-crust-vegetarian-tom-yam.html

The Owl – Owl, Owl, Owl, Michael Jackson Favorite Word in his Singing?

An owl photo taken in Power Centre during the exhibition by KL Bird Park

Every time I see a university professor wearing a mortar board and graduation gown, I would think of a wise looking owl with round rim glasses. If I am not mistaken, I think there was some stationery or school shoe white paint has such owl logo. There are two family of owls, the barn owl (Tytonidae) and typical owl (Strigidae). Below this family tree, there are around 200 species of owl. The owl has binocular vision but since its’ eyes are fixed to the socket; they have to turn their head to change views (up to an amazing angle of 135 Deg in both direction, a total of 270 Deg view). They are also long sighted, so they cannot see things that are very near to their eyes. I wonder how an owl will react if I correct its’ vision with glasses? Ha ha ha! This nocturnal stealth creature which swallow their prey whole have been associated with many myths and mythologies. Some society believes that owl as positive symbol but some associate it with negativity. Anyway, to me it is just a bird and a very useful in controlling pest in plantation. Probably the owl was the late King of Pop, Michael Jackson favourite word in his song lyrics......owl, owl, owl!

The Chicken Rice Shop, Tesco Mutiara, PJ

Initially, I wanted to drop by in Atria, Parklin vegetarian stall but somehow I would not find a place to park and then remembered that I have to buy some groceries, so I ended up in Tesco Mutiara instead. I couldn’t make up my mind of what I should have for lunch when I reached there. Anyway, I ended up having my meal in The Chicken Rice Shop. This chicken rice restaurant chain was started by a daughter and mother team. I used to frequent their outlet and HQ in Dataran Prima, PJ near my previous work place. My favourite dish is the braised chicken. I ordered a single braised chicken with rice and a glass of iced Chinese tea. The braised chicken was very flavourful, tender and nicely marinated with soya sauce. The total bill came up to be RM9.60. I guess you pay more for the ambient restaurant environment and also the consistency in the quality of food served. Do you think our home grown restaurant chain have a good chance of expanding their franchise network overseas?

RM10 Durians – Buah masih baikkah? (Is the fruit good?) – A Lesson in Life

I went to the wet market rather late during the weekend a fortnight ago. Most of the vendors there are already packing up their stuff and were ready to go back home. One durian vendors saw me and offered to sell all the leftover durians for RM10. I was skeptical at first but he managed to convinced me when he said, “80% sek tak” (80% good). Somehow it seems like a good bargain and since he is a regular vendor in the Kepong Baru Wet market, I bought all the durians from him for RM10. I immediately opened up the fruits when I reached home. The flesh of the durians is very nice although the outer skin of the fruit were a bit damaged, which I think must have been sustained when they fall from the tree high above the ground. At last I ended up with three containers full of durians. I separated one half ripe fruit into a container. So, one half ripe small containers of durians out of three containers is not too bad. True to the vendor word, 80 % sek tak! (80% good) So the customers did not pick up these durians because they have damaged and ugly outer skin. But deep inside the damaged and ugly skin lays nice succulent creamy flesh. Sometime in life we tend to pass judgment based on someone appearance. A good looking and smooth talker might not have good intention inside them but they can be very popular among the peers. It is always the case when help is needed, someone quiet and simple would be the one that extend a helping hand eagerly! True?

I ate these durian with my homecooked Tomyam prawns, soya sauce potato and rice. Taste real good! ha ha ha!