Last night went out for a couple of drinks with some new interesting friends. I like to hang out with fun-loving uncles, you get to learn so much from them.
Met his guy - Ryo-san, and his SIL's (son in law) brother Gyong through a friend. Ryo-san is a very fun to be with biz man who is operating some backpackers like resorts around the world. Ryo-san is a Japanese in his fifties and Gyong is in his mid 20s, taking English course in Singapore.
Besides the enjoyable drinking and lots of funny stories, Ryo-san taught me some Japanese and Korean drinking culture. Some sort like how to drink with the elders without being obnoxious.
The Japanese...
1. Japanese always serve their tea 70% full. Many restaurants are not doing this right.
2. Japanese guys never serve drinks to the ladies. The trend is changing though...
3. No matter how hot the sake bottle is, get rid of the tissue paper or towel wrapped around the bottle. Train up the heat resistance and hold the neck of the bottle with your fingers only.
4. Do not put the sake cup down after cheers. Finish what's in the cup then only put the cup down.
5. If it's a good sake, give compliments by saying "awwwwwww" from your throat then give your forehead a good "slap". A bit like you need to make noise while eating the noodles to show that it's really yummy!
The Koreans...
1. When cheers to the elders, the younger person's glass has to be lower than the older person.
2. When drinking, the younger person has to use one hand to cover the glass/ cup, turn to the side and drink.
3. It is very rude to look into the eyes or face the elders while drinking. This is so different from the German's - bad sex for 7 years rule for missing eye contact.
I wonder what are the Chinese rules... Nobody really taught me how it should be done.
yummmmmm seng!
Sep 26, 2007
Sep 25, 2007
i thought i've picked up a copy of Shop...
Spotted a new mag at TopShop - Project Smitten and it was crying out loud "buy me buy me!"
What's worse? It says "Shopping is Life" which matches how I live currently! I think this mag is just for me... and the cover worths 5 bucks for creativity.
The model looks hot, isn't she? Seriously, it even has a page describing how to get the cover gal look!
Flipping through the mag, I thought that I have picked up a copy of good aussie's Shop Til You Drop, except that the shops introduced are actually in Singapore.
There are too many similarities between the mags. For example, in Smitten there is a section about what the editors have bought, foreign exchange (they didn't even bother to change the title of the section?), section for niche home decors... everything and even the flow of the mag is "coincidently" as found in Shop!
Hmm.. the only difference is Project Smitten is published by Viscion whereas Shop is by ACP Magazines.
Seriously, I'm really glad that finally there is a pure shopping magazine in Singapore! It's been so long since I've got my issue of Shop til You Drop from my Brisbane trip in July. I'm dead bored reading those mags in Singapore until I've stopped buying them. Too much information on how to survive a relationship, how to kick-ass at work place... bla bla bla... and the contents are recycled every year... bah!
Anyway, it's kinda annoying about the similarities between the two mags.... smart school kids even know how to shuffle the contents of their project to avoid looking too similar with the work from last year's top 3 projects.
What's worse? It says "Shopping is Life" which matches how I live currently! I think this mag is just for me... and the cover worths 5 bucks for creativity.
The model looks hot, isn't she? Seriously, it even has a page describing how to get the cover gal look!
Flipping through the mag, I thought that I have picked up a copy of good aussie's Shop Til You Drop, except that the shops introduced are actually in Singapore.There are too many similarities between the mags. For example, in Smitten there is a section about what the editors have bought, foreign exchange (they didn't even bother to change the title of the section?), section for niche home decors... everything and even the flow of the mag is "coincidently" as found in Shop!
Hmm.. the only difference is Project Smitten is published by Viscion whereas Shop is by ACP Magazines.
Seriously, I'm really glad that finally there is a pure shopping magazine in Singapore! It's been so long since I've got my issue of Shop til You Drop from my Brisbane trip in July. I'm dead bored reading those mags in Singapore until I've stopped buying them. Too much information on how to survive a relationship, how to kick-ass at work place... bla bla bla... and the contents are recycled every year... bah!
Anyway, it's kinda annoying about the similarities between the two mags.... smart school kids even know how to shuffle the contents of their project to avoid looking too similar with the work from last year's top 3 projects.
Sep 20, 2007
Sep 13, 2007
Sep 11, 2007
Happy happy first month
Can't believe it's already 1 month since I'm married... I'm still staying at my sister's... gonna stay here for a good 3 weeks.
Okay... the photos will be ready real soon... I promise... still have the morning session photos to be sorted out...
Okay... the photos will be ready real soon... I promise... still have the morning session photos to be sorted out...
Sep 8, 2007
My heroes character...
 | You are Claire. You're naive and still getting used to your abilities. Some more experience and assertiveness would be good for you. |
| Find Your Character @ BrainFall.com | |
Sep 6, 2007
Love like...
Work like you don't need the money;
Love like you've never been hurt;
Dance like nobody's watching;
Sing like nobody's listening;
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.
~Old Irish Proverbs
想用这个古老的谚语来回答好朋友的一个问题。
每个人都在感情路上受过大大小小的伤害，学乖了就要爬起来，多接触别人就会知道自己想要的是怎样的一个人。
把脚步放慢下来，好好爱自己。要相信你的心，它会告诉你眼前的人是不是你的Mr. Right.
遇见了就要放胆的去爱，幸福才会敲上门来，这才是对自己与对他的公平方式。
Love like you've never been hurt... 感谢我的他告诉过我这一句话。
祝你幸福。
Love like you've never been hurt;
Dance like nobody's watching;
Sing like nobody's listening;
Live like it's Heaven on Earth.
~Old Irish Proverbs
想用这个古老的谚语来回答好朋友的一个问题。
每个人都在感情路上受过大大小小的伤害，学乖了就要爬起来，多接触别人就会知道自己想要的是怎样的一个人。
把脚步放慢下来，好好爱自己。要相信你的心，它会告诉你眼前的人是不是你的Mr. Right.
遇见了就要放胆的去爱，幸福才会敲上门来，这才是对自己与对他的公平方式。
Love like you've never been hurt... 感谢我的他告诉过我这一句话。
祝你幸福。
Sep 4, 2007
Masters in Instant Noodles
I started to have instant noodles when I was... maybe when I was 6 yrs old. I think instant noodle is one of the greatest inventions for cooking dummies like me.
At one stage, mom used to stock boxes of thai mama instant noodles at home. Then her kids can have it for supper if they are too lazy to get food from outside.
This thai noodle is so yummy that you can just eat the noodle itself before even cooking it. It tastes a bit like the good malaysian kids Mamee snacks.
It's tomyam flavour. I think it used to be super spicy. Now this noodle is not as spicy as it used to be. I think it's not my taste bud. It's a general review from my tomyam noodles craver cousin as well.
During my recent trip I bought this thai noodle from 7-11 in Thailand.
The texture of the noodles is very similar to the Mama's noodle. It's also tomyam but has a very nice lemon grass flavour. I prefer this than the Mama's noodle. Surprisingly it's produced by Nissin. I couldn't get this in any Malaysian supermarket and hypermarket. hehe... my dear frens if you happen to go to Thailand please bring me some...
Instant noodle is a very Asian culture. During my stay in Melbourne, my aussie dad and mom bought some instant noodles for the Asian girls at home, especially me, because I'm so hopeless that I could only master the art of cooking instant noodles. I had one attempt of cooking pasta at home while they were away and it is the yuckiest pasta with white sauce you can find on earth. It's sour!
Hmm... my Korean housemate Jee-Young introduced this noodle to me.
Sutah Ramen means hand made noodles （手打拉面). Jee told me it's her favourite noodle in Korea and it's a very good cure for hangover. I totally have no objections on it. Everytime I had too many drinks at the club, it's an instant cure to wake me up in the morning. It never fails. Jee taught me the Korean way of cooking this noodle. Just chop one onion and add it in the boiling water along with the packed mushrooms and carrots in the packet. For this noodle you need to cook longer and it's very springy. After that add the extra hot chili powder. Add an egg and the heat from the noodles will cook the egg.
Sutah Ramen is quite hard to find in Singapore/ Malaysia. So far I could get it from the Cold Storage at Wisma Atria, Singapore and supermarket at Island Plaza, Penang. I haven't seen it in KL yet. In Melbourne, you can get it from the minimarket at Glen Waverley.
Shin ramen (辛）ramen is one of the more popular Korean instant noodles but trust me you will not return to Shin ramen once you have a taste of Sutah ramen.
hungry... hungry... there is only ordinary maggie chicken, vegetarian, duck and indomee in the storage... sienz...
At one stage, mom used to stock boxes of thai mama instant noodles at home. Then her kids can have it for supper if they are too lazy to get food from outside.
This thai noodle is so yummy that you can just eat the noodle itself before even cooking it. It tastes a bit like the good malaysian kids Mamee snacks.
It's tomyam flavour. I think it used to be super spicy. Now this noodle is not as spicy as it used to be. I think it's not my taste bud. It's a general review from my tomyam noodles craver cousin as well.During my recent trip I bought this thai noodle from 7-11 in Thailand.
The texture of the noodles is very similar to the Mama's noodle. It's also tomyam but has a very nice lemon grass flavour. I prefer this than the Mama's noodle. Surprisingly it's produced by Nissin. I couldn't get this in any Malaysian supermarket and hypermarket. hehe... my dear frens if you happen to go to Thailand please bring me some...Instant noodle is a very Asian culture. During my stay in Melbourne, my aussie dad and mom bought some instant noodles for the Asian girls at home, especially me, because I'm so hopeless that I could only master the art of cooking instant noodles. I had one attempt of cooking pasta at home while they were away and it is the yuckiest pasta with white sauce you can find on earth. It's sour!
Hmm... my Korean housemate Jee-Young introduced this noodle to me.
Sutah Ramen means hand made noodles （手打拉面). Jee told me it's her favourite noodle in Korea and it's a very good cure for hangover. I totally have no objections on it. Everytime I had too many drinks at the club, it's an instant cure to wake me up in the morning. It never fails. Jee taught me the Korean way of cooking this noodle. Just chop one onion and add it in the boiling water along with the packed mushrooms and carrots in the packet. For this noodle you need to cook longer and it's very springy. After that add the extra hot chili powder. Add an egg and the heat from the noodles will cook the egg.Sutah Ramen is quite hard to find in Singapore/ Malaysia. So far I could get it from the Cold Storage at Wisma Atria, Singapore and supermarket at Island Plaza, Penang. I haven't seen it in KL yet. In Melbourne, you can get it from the minimarket at Glen Waverley.
Shin ramen (辛）ramen is one of the more popular Korean instant noodles but trust me you will not return to Shin ramen once you have a taste of Sutah ramen.
hungry... hungry... there is only ordinary maggie chicken, vegetarian, duck and indomee in the storage... sienz...
Sep 3, 2007
经一事长一智？
总是有一些学不乖的人。
在事态严重时求家人帮忙，在走头无路时可以对家人撒谎.
“我以后不会再..."
"我绝对不会再犯下这个错误！”
熟悉吗？
然而，有多少个人真的会学乖，真的会回头是岸？
现在对天发誓比吃生菜更加容易，在家人扶一把后就拍拍屁股走人，连一句谢谢都省了，转过头来还是一再犯下同一个错误。
信任是赢来的，被别人关心与照顾不是应当的。
当一再被背叛，造成的伤害算最亲的家人也无法说服自己这是最后一次，到时别怨天尤人，把家人说成不孝不亲不忠不仁不义，有今天的果是当日种下的因。
在事态严重时求家人帮忙，在走头无路时可以对家人撒谎.
“我以后不会再..."
"我绝对不会再犯下这个错误！”
熟悉吗？
然而，有多少个人真的会学乖，真的会回头是岸？
现在对天发誓比吃生菜更加容易，在家人扶一把后就拍拍屁股走人，连一句谢谢都省了，转过头来还是一再犯下同一个错误。
信任是赢来的，被别人关心与照顾不是应当的。
当一再被背叛，造成的伤害算最亲的家人也无法说服自己这是最后一次，到时别怨天尤人，把家人说成不孝不亲不忠不仁不义，有今天的果是当日种下的因。
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