It is now the last day of February. My last posting was 14 February, 2009. There is nothing much to write about since. I am stressed out due to domestic problems. Got to find an outlet somewhere.
I am still trying to shed my extra weight. This week, I have not been able to go to the track due to the afternoon rain. Last week was good and I went three times.
Venturing on the track, I ended up in Jurong, the Ayer Raja Expressway near the Business Centre. It took me about 20 minutes of brisk walk. I felt good after that which relieved some of my stress.
Yesterday (27/2), I took Emma to the new playground by the bridge. She enjoyed herself so much and told me it was indeed a fun day. We walked across the bridge and Emma saw the river, the Herons and experienced the echo effect, when we were under the metal roof. Due to the acoustics, it gave off an echo, and Emma was thrilled to hear her voice coming off the echo. So she jumped and screamed.
Across the bridge, she stepped off to play with the 'shy grass', the ones that closes when touched. Running around the tall grass, she was so happy. Pity I did not have my camera with me. Nevertheless, there were two very happy people out there yesterday.
Getting home, Emma was very tired and threw a tantrum over some trivial matter when she had her shower. She finally took her nap, and later in the evening, was her usual self again. Having Emma with me certainly relieved me of some of my stress and depression.
I was supposed to have roasted a duck, and cooked a seafood concoction of my own, for dinner today, but with the rumbling and grumbling from the wife, I gave that up.
Last Saturday, we had a very nice impromptu family dinner. My son was away. Fortunately the wife did not grumble, when I went and bought three dishes back from the Ji Char stall. I had often told the wife that this is a good alternative to cooking at home, but she does not agree with me.
And so we come to a new month and the first quarter of 2009. Time is passing and the financial crisis weighs heavily on us. What comes next, nobody knows.
Till then....
Saturday, February 28, 2009
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Got to lose it!
Chinese New Year has come and gone but my weight has stayed. I have put on something like 3 kg. So I now have to lose all that and return to my pre-Christmas and Chinese New Year weight of 64 kg.
When I looked at the mirror in my bathroom, I looked terribly awful. My son has just as big a girth, and he plays tennis. Little Emma has developed a rounded belly. Whenever I tickled her, she breaks out into giggles. She is actually quite proud of it, and often makes fun of herself showing it off, distending it more.
For the past week, I have returned to my brisk walk on the jogging track. The last time I did that was June last year, before my house move. After my house move, I was happy that my weight had dropped to 64 kg.
The new jogging track here is nice. It is perhaps a little longer than my previous track. It is not flat but undulating having to make that extra effort in coping with the gradient. There are more trees here, with the track leading into the fitness corner, tucked away in an open space. The trees provide a nice and cool shade. It is possible to even have a picnic under the trees, for there are stools and benches provided.
And so with the pleasant surrounding, I ventured out last Monday afternoon. In one hour, I completed four and a half laps. I felt very relieved after that and all my stiffness went away driving away my depressive mood. The workout made me perspire and although I was tired, I felt high. I was to repeat all that on Wednesday and Thursday. I feel that with this new regime, I should be able to lose that extra kg. Now I can tell my doctor that I have resumed my walking exercise.
My appetite is still good and I am trying to control my snacking which contributes to my weight gain.
On the cooking front, my roast pork has improved and last Saturday, my roast pork was crunchy and nice. The pork was roasted on the rotisserie, which seem to make the difference. I have several ideas in mind and hope to roast a duck when I can find people to eat it. This evening I have to roast a chicken.
Till then....
When I looked at the mirror in my bathroom, I looked terribly awful. My son has just as big a girth, and he plays tennis. Little Emma has developed a rounded belly. Whenever I tickled her, she breaks out into giggles. She is actually quite proud of it, and often makes fun of herself showing it off, distending it more.
For the past week, I have returned to my brisk walk on the jogging track. The last time I did that was June last year, before my house move. After my house move, I was happy that my weight had dropped to 64 kg.
The new jogging track here is nice. It is perhaps a little longer than my previous track. It is not flat but undulating having to make that extra effort in coping with the gradient. There are more trees here, with the track leading into the fitness corner, tucked away in an open space. The trees provide a nice and cool shade. It is possible to even have a picnic under the trees, for there are stools and benches provided.
And so with the pleasant surrounding, I ventured out last Monday afternoon. In one hour, I completed four and a half laps. I felt very relieved after that and all my stiffness went away driving away my depressive mood. The workout made me perspire and although I was tired, I felt high. I was to repeat all that on Wednesday and Thursday. I feel that with this new regime, I should be able to lose that extra kg. Now I can tell my doctor that I have resumed my walking exercise.
My appetite is still good and I am trying to control my snacking which contributes to my weight gain.
On the cooking front, my roast pork has improved and last Saturday, my roast pork was crunchy and nice. The pork was roasted on the rotisserie, which seem to make the difference. I have several ideas in mind and hope to roast a duck when I can find people to eat it. This evening I have to roast a chicken.
Till then....
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Kung Hei Fatt Choy
Kung Hei Fatt Choy to one and all.
We are about in the middle of the festival. Tomorrow is the 7th Day of Chinese New Year. To the Cantonese, this is the 'Day of Humanities', which means every body's birthday. On this day, it is traditional for the Cantonese to eat 'Yee Sheng', raw fish, and glutinous rice balls. Nowadays, 'Yee Sheng' is consumed throughout the festival.
This year's Reunion Dinner, on 25/1, was held at a seafood restaurant near where I live. It went off very well and everyone were fed full. Despite the crowd, the food quality was good and the service did not suffer much, plus the convenience of parking space and within walking distance to my place. Everyone adjourned to my place after dinner.
On the first day, 26/1, everyone congregated to my place by lunchtime, for the traditional visit to the Lee's Mansion for lunch. The family has been doing this for years as a gesture to my very good friends Liz and Kip. I have known Liz since our school days and she has been part of my family all these years. We enjoyed our younger days when my sister was still alive, and Liz used to stay overnight and she was always included in our family functions. Liz has not been in good health due very much to her obesity, and it was disheartening to see her on a wheel chair periodically. Kip himself has aged and is a little better off than Liz, albeit being much older.
It was also good that during the lunch, I was able to catch up with my brother, whom I very seldom meet up. As I looked at him and he looked at me, we realised how much we have both aged.
During the lunch, I was very impressed by my little Emma, who sportingly went up to the microphone to sing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", twice over. We all felt very proud of her and I recorded her singing on my Handycam on HDMI as well. The previous evening, I had recorded her singing several tunes including her now famous "Hug! The Herald Angel Sing". When I reviewed the video, I felt a lump in my throat.
After dinner that day, my son swiftly left for Spain on a holiday with his new girl friend.
Last night, 30/1, Jason and Karen held their house warming. Earlier, I had lunch with Joe and Jenny, who later in the evening drove us there. Although I have been to the new place, one right turn eluded me and I ended up lost. Lucky for mobile phones, we were eventually directed to the right house. Even Uncle Ben, who knows every streets, got lost. Yet another feast, which did not help me in trying to control my weight. I shot the event with my Handycam and I suddenly realised that my other 'little' Samantha is no longer little, as she has now grown up as a teenager. Timothy is just as crazy with the television and his video games. I wish he can be better behaved and stop getting into trouble.
I was told that there was a Lion Dance at three yesterday afternoon, which frightened little Emma, who ran crying up into her room. What a pity.
Today, being a Saturday, I was alone at home and decided to call Denis for lunch at Empress Market. I had wanted to taste the new stall selling beef hor fun. Supposedly from Hock Lam Street, which was famous for this noodle, I was disappointed. The soup was mild and lukewarm, unlike the original with its fiery pepper. My Godfather joined us and gave the noodles a thumbs down as well. At $5.00 a bowl, it is over priced.
After the lunch, I went out to Rochore with Denis and bought some roast pork home. See again, food and more food! This stall has been selling very good roast duck and roast pork. I also bought my medication, which was the main purpose of the trip. Honest! Boarding the bus home and after a few stops, who should get in but my wife and her friend. Singapore is not that big after all. Luckily I was not involved in any 'hanky panky'. On reaching home, I was able to convince the wife that I will buy a Hainanese chicken for dinner to complement the roast pork. My daughter and her two kids were coming home for dinner.
Till then....
We are about in the middle of the festival. Tomorrow is the 7th Day of Chinese New Year. To the Cantonese, this is the 'Day of Humanities', which means every body's birthday. On this day, it is traditional for the Cantonese to eat 'Yee Sheng', raw fish, and glutinous rice balls. Nowadays, 'Yee Sheng' is consumed throughout the festival.
This year's Reunion Dinner, on 25/1, was held at a seafood restaurant near where I live. It went off very well and everyone were fed full. Despite the crowd, the food quality was good and the service did not suffer much, plus the convenience of parking space and within walking distance to my place. Everyone adjourned to my place after dinner.
On the first day, 26/1, everyone congregated to my place by lunchtime, for the traditional visit to the Lee's Mansion for lunch. The family has been doing this for years as a gesture to my very good friends Liz and Kip. I have known Liz since our school days and she has been part of my family all these years. We enjoyed our younger days when my sister was still alive, and Liz used to stay overnight and she was always included in our family functions. Liz has not been in good health due very much to her obesity, and it was disheartening to see her on a wheel chair periodically. Kip himself has aged and is a little better off than Liz, albeit being much older.
It was also good that during the lunch, I was able to catch up with my brother, whom I very seldom meet up. As I looked at him and he looked at me, we realised how much we have both aged.
During the lunch, I was very impressed by my little Emma, who sportingly went up to the microphone to sing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star", twice over. We all felt very proud of her and I recorded her singing on my Handycam on HDMI as well. The previous evening, I had recorded her singing several tunes including her now famous "Hug! The Herald Angel Sing". When I reviewed the video, I felt a lump in my throat.
After dinner that day, my son swiftly left for Spain on a holiday with his new girl friend.
Last night, 30/1, Jason and Karen held their house warming. Earlier, I had lunch with Joe and Jenny, who later in the evening drove us there. Although I have been to the new place, one right turn eluded me and I ended up lost. Lucky for mobile phones, we were eventually directed to the right house. Even Uncle Ben, who knows every streets, got lost. Yet another feast, which did not help me in trying to control my weight. I shot the event with my Handycam and I suddenly realised that my other 'little' Samantha is no longer little, as she has now grown up as a teenager. Timothy is just as crazy with the television and his video games. I wish he can be better behaved and stop getting into trouble.
I was told that there was a Lion Dance at three yesterday afternoon, which frightened little Emma, who ran crying up into her room. What a pity.
Today, being a Saturday, I was alone at home and decided to call Denis for lunch at Empress Market. I had wanted to taste the new stall selling beef hor fun. Supposedly from Hock Lam Street, which was famous for this noodle, I was disappointed. The soup was mild and lukewarm, unlike the original with its fiery pepper. My Godfather joined us and gave the noodles a thumbs down as well. At $5.00 a bowl, it is over priced.
After the lunch, I went out to Rochore with Denis and bought some roast pork home. See again, food and more food! This stall has been selling very good roast duck and roast pork. I also bought my medication, which was the main purpose of the trip. Honest! Boarding the bus home and after a few stops, who should get in but my wife and her friend. Singapore is not that big after all. Luckily I was not involved in any 'hanky panky'. On reaching home, I was able to convince the wife that I will buy a Hainanese chicken for dinner to complement the roast pork. My daughter and her two kids were coming home for dinner.
Till then....
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Hello 2009
It is now 20th January, 2009, and my mind has not quite settled into the new year.
As I write this, I am nursing a cough and cold, ironically shortly after I had my flu shot, given by my GP. Last Thursday, I had lunch with Fr. T.O.N. and a friend at the Club, and after the lunch, I felt sick with a sore throat. By Friday, I was coughing and felt the effects of a cold. There was no fever though. So I decided to take the cold relief tablets. Although I was not all that sick, I started having urinating problems.
Yesterday, I saw my GP, who advised me that the cold relief tablets that I took has a side effect of enlarged prostrate. No wonder I suffered for that. I am now on alternative medication from my GP. Today, I rested at home and I am glad that the effects of the previous medication is wearing off and my prostrate is slowly returning to normal. But I still sound like a frog. I have since warned some of my elderly male friends, against taking such medication off the shelf.
I have been cooking lately, since my Christmas turkey. On New Year's day, I roasted a rolled pork, using the long low temperature method. It took me four and a half hours of low temperature roasting. Unfortunately, there was not much fat and the pork turned out rather dry. It would have been alright, if we had eaten straight after roasting, but left it quite late and by that time, the meat had dried up considerably.
Last weekend, I again roasted belly pork. This time it was nice and the skin was crispy. In addition I also roasted a chicken. The family enjoyed the dinner. If I keep cooking, I hope to improve in time.
My little Emma, who has now been called 'Princess', has been hogging the limelight in the family. She really enjoyed the Christmas season and had wished that it would never end. She was finally able to sing the "Hark, The Herald Angel Sing", from start to finish.
She started Nursery School this year and had the privilege of Uncle Ben fetching her from school. On the days that she came to us after school, she was very happy, singing and dancing. Even my neighbour called her 'Chilly Padi'. On every family gathering, she has been the star and live wire.
I have another problem now. With all the eating, I have gained weight. I must now cut down to my pre-Christmas days. But with Chinese New Year next week, this is going to be tough. Kicking off the celebrations will be our family reunion dinner at a restaurant near we live. This will be followed by the perennial Chinese New Year lunch at the mansion of the Lee family. Goodness gracious me, what shall I do?
Till then....
As I write this, I am nursing a cough and cold, ironically shortly after I had my flu shot, given by my GP. Last Thursday, I had lunch with Fr. T.O.N. and a friend at the Club, and after the lunch, I felt sick with a sore throat. By Friday, I was coughing and felt the effects of a cold. There was no fever though. So I decided to take the cold relief tablets. Although I was not all that sick, I started having urinating problems.
Yesterday, I saw my GP, who advised me that the cold relief tablets that I took has a side effect of enlarged prostrate. No wonder I suffered for that. I am now on alternative medication from my GP. Today, I rested at home and I am glad that the effects of the previous medication is wearing off and my prostrate is slowly returning to normal. But I still sound like a frog. I have since warned some of my elderly male friends, against taking such medication off the shelf.
I have been cooking lately, since my Christmas turkey. On New Year's day, I roasted a rolled pork, using the long low temperature method. It took me four and a half hours of low temperature roasting. Unfortunately, there was not much fat and the pork turned out rather dry. It would have been alright, if we had eaten straight after roasting, but left it quite late and by that time, the meat had dried up considerably.
Last weekend, I again roasted belly pork. This time it was nice and the skin was crispy. In addition I also roasted a chicken. The family enjoyed the dinner. If I keep cooking, I hope to improve in time.
My little Emma, who has now been called 'Princess', has been hogging the limelight in the family. She really enjoyed the Christmas season and had wished that it would never end. She was finally able to sing the "Hark, The Herald Angel Sing", from start to finish.
She started Nursery School this year and had the privilege of Uncle Ben fetching her from school. On the days that she came to us after school, she was very happy, singing and dancing. Even my neighbour called her 'Chilly Padi'. On every family gathering, she has been the star and live wire.
I have another problem now. With all the eating, I have gained weight. I must now cut down to my pre-Christmas days. But with Chinese New Year next week, this is going to be tough. Kicking off the celebrations will be our family reunion dinner at a restaurant near we live. This will be followed by the perennial Chinese New Year lunch at the mansion of the Lee family. Goodness gracious me, what shall I do?
Till then....
Monday, December 29, 2008
Goodbye 2008!
As 2008 is coming to a close, I am reflecting on what has happened since. The highlight of the year was my relocation of my home in August. Prior to that, there were anxieties over the en bloc process, and whether there were anymore hiccups. Fortunately, everything fell in place and the completion was as planned, right up to the day of payment.
I can still remember 12th March vividly, a rainy day, when the sale was finally completed and payment made to all the owners. The sale was a miracle under present financial situation.
All that is behind me now as I poise myself for the new year. I do not believe in making new year resolutions as I believe in meeting events head on.
It has been a very nice Christmas with the family in the new home. There was good food and much merriment within the family and some friends who visited us. I helped roast the turkey, which turned out better than expected. The ham from Mandarin Meridian was super and the salmon/halibut was nice and rich. My son cooked ribs which went well with everyone. I am now becoming more confident with the new oven.
Little Emma was the darling in every one's mind. Within a few days of listening to the carol 'Hark the Herald Angels Sing', she is able to sing the whole tune now. Earlier, she could only sing a few words and improvised the rest of the lyrics. It was very funny. To her, she is wishing that Christmas will never end. She is going to Kindergarten next year.
To the other two kids, well, they certainly enjoyed themselves and spent several days with us when their mum went to Spain.
Last night (28/12), we had a neighbourhood pot luck dinner for all the residents on the same floor. It was very successful and there was so much food. Everyone got on well and there was much goodwill among the residents.
And so to all those who bothered to read my blog, may the new year bring you much happiness and good health and God bless you all.
Till then....
I can still remember 12th March vividly, a rainy day, when the sale was finally completed and payment made to all the owners. The sale was a miracle under present financial situation.
All that is behind me now as I poise myself for the new year. I do not believe in making new year resolutions as I believe in meeting events head on.
It has been a very nice Christmas with the family in the new home. There was good food and much merriment within the family and some friends who visited us. I helped roast the turkey, which turned out better than expected. The ham from Mandarin Meridian was super and the salmon/halibut was nice and rich. My son cooked ribs which went well with everyone. I am now becoming more confident with the new oven.
Little Emma was the darling in every one's mind. Within a few days of listening to the carol 'Hark the Herald Angels Sing', she is able to sing the whole tune now. Earlier, she could only sing a few words and improvised the rest of the lyrics. It was very funny. To her, she is wishing that Christmas will never end. She is going to Kindergarten next year.
To the other two kids, well, they certainly enjoyed themselves and spent several days with us when their mum went to Spain.
Last night (28/12), we had a neighbourhood pot luck dinner for all the residents on the same floor. It was very successful and there was so much food. Everyone got on well and there was much goodwill among the residents.
And so to all those who bothered to read my blog, may the new year bring you much happiness and good health and God bless you all.
Till then....
Monday, December 8, 2008
My High-Tech Kitchen
I am coming to grips with my high-tech kitchen. Since the demonstration by the manufacturer, I am getting some experience in cooking both with the oven and the steam oven. Fact that my wife still cannot use them since she is computer illiterate, I am forced to help out.
For one dinner, I had to steam rice and fish head. The rice came off well, but the fish head was not as soft. A little more cooking time should resolve that, I think.
One day I bought two pieces of veal steak, intending to cook them for dinner. For lunch, we were supposed to eat at the Food Park. Unfortunately heavy rain fell and we could not go out. So I had to cook the veal for lunch instead. I did a quick marinate of the veal with olive oil, chopped garlic, black pepper and some sea salt. The veal was delicious and tender, served with butter head salad tossed in olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Using the induction cooker, I heated up the vegetable soup. It was a nice lunch which gave me confidence to cook with the new equipment.
Last Saturday, my daughters decided to come to put up the Christmas tree and to have dinner with the kids and one husband in tow. My son eventually turned up as well. Roasting two chicken and steaming rice and one fish, I tried making Char Siew.
At 3 pm, I started marinating the pork with Char Siew sauce. By evening, I positioned the meat inside the oven and started the cooking program. After about one hour fifteen, the meat was ready, but I re-positioned the Char Siew under the high grill to burn it more.
The Char Siew was a success and while chopping it, everyone came to sniff and pinched so many pieces, that I had to use a small plate to serve what was left. Needless to say, there was no left over.
The chicken was delicious but not as good as the one roasted on the rotisserie, when the chicken was not so mushy and the skin more crispy. One lesson learnt.
The fish was undercooked because my wife tried to steam it for ten minutes instead of fifteen to tweny minutes. So was the rice too.
All in all, a very nice dinner and everyone enjoyed the evening.
Till then....
Friday, November 28, 2008
This 'High-Tech' World
For the last three days, I was frustrated by my computer in trying to edit a video I shot with my new Sony Handycam.
In the process of packing and moving house, I had bought a new Sony Handycam, which is the latest model capable of shooting HDML into a 120G hard disk. I had shot a series of video clips of my old estate, and since I was so busy, I had no time in editing the video.
As I am now settled in, I decided to edit the video, cleaned out the disk in preparations for the Christmas season. Tried as I did, I just could not import the video into the computer with my handycam. I remembered I had copied the entire video into a DVD. So I tried that. Eventually I managed to import from the disc into the editing software.
Having got the video in, I then had problems burning the DVD, for some obscure reasons generated by the computer. After half a day of fiddling, I finally burned the DVD. When I played the DVD on my home system, I discovered that the video repeated itself towards the end.
On the third day, I painstakingly tried again. I edited out a lot of bad video, added the sound tracks and reviewed a rather nice video with nice background music. When I tried to burn to DVD, problems started to surface again. The %#@&#! computer told me that it has determined that the contends were too big and required a bigger disc! How much bigger can a DVD get????
So I deleted every damn thing and started from scratch again. By 10 pm last night, I managed to get everything together and burned the DVD. Eureka! The DVD was successful. By the time I finished and shut down, it was past midnight.
I had spent $14k buying the latest kitchen equipment for my new kitchen. So last Monday the guy from DeDietrich came to demonstrate and teach us how to use the oven, the steam oven and the induction hob.
They are all so high tech and fully computerised. They practically cook for you and you only have to put the food inside. It was very impressive and the choices were many. The 'chef' inside the computer will work out for you, the temperature and cooking time. You only have to key in the type of meat, ingredients and type of cooking. The program will do all the cooking and you only have to project what time you want the food to be ready. For instance, you decide what you want for dinner, get all the ingredients together, and utilising both the oven and steamer oven, you program the dinner time. When the food is cooked, the oven will keep the food warm and when you come home, the food is ready in the oven.
So last Monday, we tried it out. The steam oven cooked the rice, steamed minced pork, chawan musi and broccoli. Into the oven went one chicken on the rotisserie, a chunk of pork belly (my own choice) and potatoes. After about two hours, the food was ready except for my pork belly, which I had to put under the grill to make the skin crispy.
The chicken was very delicious and looked like Obama colour. My pork belly was good with crispy skin, but I feel I can improve in time. Unfortunately, I had mild diarrhoea the next morning.
All in all, it was a very good and enjoyable cooking session with everyone laughing away and having a good time eating. I must improve on my pork belly roast. I would also like to try my hand in cooking veal, and making noodle soup on the induction hob.
Recently I bought myself an MP3 Walkman with FM radio. Could not figure out how the darn thing worked until my daughter came to my rescue and set it up for me. I am planning on buying a Sony PS3 to play Blu Ray disc and some games. Wonder what awaits me!
Since we are all in this high-tech world, there is no way getting out of computers and gizmos. For us old folks, this can be very humiliating and frustrating. Even some of the old technologies have trouble catching up with the new. That is why systems clash and crash. Although I consider myself quite savvy with my computers and cameras, I find myself dumbfounded by my hand phone and MP3 player.
Till then....
In the process of packing and moving house, I had bought a new Sony Handycam, which is the latest model capable of shooting HDML into a 120G hard disk. I had shot a series of video clips of my old estate, and since I was so busy, I had no time in editing the video.
As I am now settled in, I decided to edit the video, cleaned out the disk in preparations for the Christmas season. Tried as I did, I just could not import the video into the computer with my handycam. I remembered I had copied the entire video into a DVD. So I tried that. Eventually I managed to import from the disc into the editing software.
Having got the video in, I then had problems burning the DVD, for some obscure reasons generated by the computer. After half a day of fiddling, I finally burned the DVD. When I played the DVD on my home system, I discovered that the video repeated itself towards the end.
On the third day, I painstakingly tried again. I edited out a lot of bad video, added the sound tracks and reviewed a rather nice video with nice background music. When I tried to burn to DVD, problems started to surface again. The %#@&#! computer told me that it has determined that the contends were too big and required a bigger disc! How much bigger can a DVD get????
So I deleted every damn thing and started from scratch again. By 10 pm last night, I managed to get everything together and burned the DVD. Eureka! The DVD was successful. By the time I finished and shut down, it was past midnight.
I had spent $14k buying the latest kitchen equipment for my new kitchen. So last Monday the guy from DeDietrich came to demonstrate and teach us how to use the oven, the steam oven and the induction hob.
They are all so high tech and fully computerised. They practically cook for you and you only have to put the food inside. It was very impressive and the choices were many. The 'chef' inside the computer will work out for you, the temperature and cooking time. You only have to key in the type of meat, ingredients and type of cooking. The program will do all the cooking and you only have to project what time you want the food to be ready. For instance, you decide what you want for dinner, get all the ingredients together, and utilising both the oven and steamer oven, you program the dinner time. When the food is cooked, the oven will keep the food warm and when you come home, the food is ready in the oven.
So last Monday, we tried it out. The steam oven cooked the rice, steamed minced pork, chawan musi and broccoli. Into the oven went one chicken on the rotisserie, a chunk of pork belly (my own choice) and potatoes. After about two hours, the food was ready except for my pork belly, which I had to put under the grill to make the skin crispy.
The chicken was very delicious and looked like Obama colour. My pork belly was good with crispy skin, but I feel I can improve in time. Unfortunately, I had mild diarrhoea the next morning.
All in all, it was a very good and enjoyable cooking session with everyone laughing away and having a good time eating. I must improve on my pork belly roast. I would also like to try my hand in cooking veal, and making noodle soup on the induction hob.
Recently I bought myself an MP3 Walkman with FM radio. Could not figure out how the darn thing worked until my daughter came to my rescue and set it up for me. I am planning on buying a Sony PS3 to play Blu Ray disc and some games. Wonder what awaits me!
Since we are all in this high-tech world, there is no way getting out of computers and gizmos. For us old folks, this can be very humiliating and frustrating. Even some of the old technologies have trouble catching up with the new. That is why systems clash and crash. Although I consider myself quite savvy with my computers and cameras, I find myself dumbfounded by my hand phone and MP3 player.
Till then....
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