Box of Chocolates

Life is a box of chocolates…
Offered to us by the universe, by the Creator
We can choose to accept it, and live.
Or refuse it, and exit…

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Garcinia Mangostana

I love Garcinia Mangostana, or more commonly known as Mangosteen… it is also regards as the Queen of all fruits.  
As it is regarded… it soft pure white flesh, fragrant with a tinge of sweetness, protected with rich maroon red skin… just like a beautiful gentle queen covered with majestic deep-purple robes… and the rosette at the apex… is liken a [...]

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I love BEAUTIFUL results!

I first signed up for Fitness First in 2005, but it was until July 2008 I began to establish a consistent regime after I made the deliberate choice to create a habit to exercise for long term in my life.  And I love the results!
Today, one PT (Personal Trainer) approached me and find out what regime I have been [...]

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Rice Wine Seaweed CodFish Congee

After sick and tired of ‘plain’ food for the last 4 days due to bad cough & flu… I am tried this today… turn out very tasty & rich with Omega-3 fatty asid.
Fried ginger with sesame seed oil till fragrant, dump in rice, cook in slow fire, after 20 minutes, add in codfish & seaweed, finish off with 3 tbs of [...]

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Conquring Fears…

There is no better way than dealing with our fears, problems and self-doubts by conquering it face on!
For many years, I thought that cooking curry, baking muffins and to roast a chicken is tough… the day I cooked my 1st curry few last year ago, I never stopped. 
It is the same in love, in life, in finance, in [...]

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I love ‘G-force’!

I love ‘G-force’.. the ‘Girlfriends-force’! 
After 11 years of ‘hiding’ myself at work,  I finally emerged, and began to spend more time (and money too) engaging in more hobbies beyond my work (yeap, my work is my hobby too).
Since last year, I have 2 ex-project mates turn girl friends after I move to The Organization… 
We used to organized annual Gala [...]

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H1N1 WOooo..

It’s an pandemic that might kill.
Fast spreading… 18 March, first from Mexico now in 41 countries.  Over 10′000 cases and the spread is not yet due.
They call it swine flu,  the H1N1, and someone wants to rename it Mexico Flu. 
Spreading from person-to-person, probably in much the same like how the regular seasonal influenza viruses spread… through [...]

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Milwaukee ChopHouse

 After 14 hours of long flights from Incheon to Chicago O’hara Airport, I finally manage to get some sleep in the hotel….  Though I had the smoothest flight exprience ever, I can’t sleep in the flights at all! Either I was too excited or restless to be striped to my seats for so long!
 
And now… as [...]

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Hot and Spicy..

I had fun trying my mum’s chilies recipe yesterday….. it was quiet an experience having to chop all the ingredients, prepare the chilies and grinding and cooking…  as a result… I have packets of chilies ready for Curry Laksa, Tom Yam, or Sweet Sour dishes…

Ingredient:

Dried chilies
Small red onions
Galangal roots (Lengkuas)
Curcuma longa (Kunyit)
Lemon-grass shots (Serai)
Salt & Sugar to taste [...]

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‘Foochow’ Red Rice Wine..

On the 1st day of Chinese New Year, we had Red Rice Wine with Chicken and Vermicelli (or known as ‘Hong Zao Mee Sua’) for dinner… This is about the only wine can be produced without license in Malaysia.  Made of glutenous rice, fermented through almost 1 month with yeast. 

I found a very nice blog that [...]

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