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FORUM: siew mai-s

SIEW MAI without chilli is like the sea without fishes, ,like the sun without heat, like cars without engines, like homework done in school.....SIEW MAI without chilli is wrong!! A catastrophe!! ~anonymous

Special Report: The Delay...

DUE TIMES would like to apologize the delay in posting experienced around late 2004 till early 2005.

In an attempt to cover a story on panda bears that was spotted in the North Pole, our reporters left for the North Pole in search for those pandas but unfortunately...they never returned. That was why there was a delay and we are terribly sorry for that.

A diary of one of our reporters, however, was found by one of the eskimos in the North Pole...

May they (our reporters) rest in peace.


Start:
JUNE 30TH
1100hrs
TOUCHDOWN at a private airport somewhere in Canada. We are very tired. The weather here is so cold that my nose froze. Most of us are breathing through our mouths. John died due to severe flu. We threw him among some bushes and continued our journey to the coast where we will be taking a ship to the North Pole. Greatness requires sacrifice!!

JUNE 30TH
1800hrs
FINALLY, the sea is in sight. Very nice...so blue. And clear. Unlike the waters of East Coast Beach...so murky. The greenery has been minimal. I can barely stand the weather. i wonder how the pandas are able to survive. Amazing.

JUNE 30TH
1845hrs
OK, we are at the beach now, but no ship in sight. Wonder if we are at the right place.

JUNE 30TH
2000hrs
STILL no ship in sight...

JUNE 30TH
2300hrs
STILL no ship in sight. It is dark so we set up fire. Drew's clothes caught fire. I tried dousing it by throwing water on his clothes but didn't realise it was car fuel. He burned to death while the rest of us watched as we didnt know what to do. Only when he was charred did we remember that we were at the coast. The sea was only a few feet away....oh well....

(Haha i can have the panda story for myself...greatness require sacrifice!!)

JUNE 30TH
2315 hrs
REALISED one of my friends died freezing. Poor guy. We decided to use him as fuel for the fire.
From five, now there's only Mr Khoo and me.

JUNE 31st
0800hrs
DAMN we fell asleep. Still no ship in sight. I thought i would call the organizer but realised we burnt the only phone which was with Drew.

JUNE 31st
0900hrs
WE are staring into the sea not knowing what to do. Think we'll stare somemore.

JUNE 31st
1100hrs
SEE a boat at the distance. Think it is coming towards us.

JUNE 31st
1130hrs
BOAT is a sampan. The old man paddling it said that we had to row to the North Pole ourselves. Damn the organizers.

JUNE 31st
1200hrs
STILL at sea and rowing. Our supply of pizzas is dwindling.

JUNE 31st
2000hrs
Reached the tip of the ice continent. I had to kill Mr Khoo for food. I told him we had to catch fish for food and that we had no rod. I persuaded him to swim and catch the fish by hand. "Forgot" to tell him that the water is 2 degrees Celsius. I had frozen Khoo for dinner.

JUNE 31st
2045hrs
FINISHED my dinner. Start my journey to find the pandas!!!

End of Diary.

After this point, there were a few torn pages.......and a paw mark......
Panda?
Reader's decide...

The Citrus Salmon

Right...Citrus Salmon attempt.
Evaluation....
Failed.

Well, my tastebuds said it...

Made some changes to the ingredients...instead of FnN orange i used Mirinda Outrageous Orange. Claimed to have stronger orange taste and i actually agree with that. Naizz sparkling orange juice actually.

But sadly, it didn't put the zing in my salmon.

There were garlic, tomatoes, mushrooms, lemons and i put a little of milk (i don't know why) in the aluminium foil before covering it up and then i placed it in the oven at 150 degrees for 12 minutes. Oh yeah put a little butter in it too.

Hmm...one recipe into the recycle bin....

Sure the fish was naizz...naizzly cooked actually but the citrus-y taste didnt actually materialise.. The sauce was more like a bland lemonade rather than a thick sour-y sauce that i expected.

Oh well...

amazed?

yes yes...i have learnt how to post pictures...
you can celebrate now...

"Heaven on Reflection" from my house...hahzz

and the world was like a cup of coffee in sabah.. 

gonna be a wacko cook

ok...holidays are ending.

time is running......

i had this crazy idea of a recipe.....dunno whether it'll work but I'LL TRY IT!!!......when i'm free, that is....

ok it begins here:

Name of recipe: Citrus Salmon

Ok what i'm gonna do right...buy a salmon fillet from the supermarket. They always cost between $3 to $5.
I'm laying a piece of aluminium foil - enough to cover the salmon later....i'm planning to put it in the oven.
(If you can realise now, i am actually imagining doing it cause i haven't done this. see the third line of this entry)
So now i'm probably.....hmm....gonna.....ok yeah, i'm gonna put the FnN orange...probably about half a cup. When i first thought of the recipe i was thinking of whether to use coke or root beer. Then i was thinking no one has ever used an orange-flavoured carbonated drink on fish (has anyone used coke or root beer? i'm crazy...) so maybe i'll use it yeah.
Then i'm thinking a little bit of ginger...maybe i'll get the quantity when i actually see the fish.
Yep some garlic....and half a lemon...lemon i guess will balance up the sweetness from the FnN.

What else....

Oh yeah some herbs...i'm thinking basil and thyme? hmm gonna see those when i cook but tentatively it's these...
And how can i forget butter...yeah probably gonna need at least a teaspoon of this...
pepper and salt of course...

Yeah i think for now it's just these...wrap all the ingredients using the aluminium foil and make sure it's sealed tightly.

then put it in the oven...i'm guessing 150 degrees for 10 minutes? should be ok i guess....i dun wanna overcook the fish....

stay tuned for the results....hahzz

Ok that's it...hope this will last

Ok, people are asking me why i don't update this blog anymore.

I got a few reasons:
1) There was a bug in my blogger log-in page and the whole page was in Mandarin.
2) I can't read Mandarin.

I've settled that problem but there are more reasons!

3) It takes at least 5 minutes to switch on the computer and go to the create entry page.
4) 5 minutes is too long for my patience to stand.
5) Sometimes human beings are lazy.
6) I am a human being.
7) I have to sit here for at least 20 minutes to add decent post.
8) 20 minutes is longer than 5 minutes. See number 4.
9) I don't add my daily experiences in the blog so i need to think of something creative to add.
10) I am not Creative. (i am Apple? haha lame)
11) I don't know how to add photos which will be considered "updating" my blog.
12) I don't bother to learn how to add photos.


Ok yeah that's about the reasons i have. Maybe i have more but don't remember. Anyway from today,

I vow.

That i will try to add more posts and include my personal life.




THE FINER DETAILS:
I MENTIONED TRY. STATING "will try" INSTEAD OF "will" MAKES A DIFFERENCE.