Tuesday, November 10, 2009

The Climb... by Miley Cyrus

It is interesting to see that so many guy singers.. will make a cover of this song... here are the original and some of my fav





Mr Guy Sabestian.... doing his thing...






Ahmir... doing his thing.. Good voice.




Stan from Australian Idol






Even Kelly Clarkson did a jam session... with her friend




The original by Miley




An acapella version by Ahmir



Which is your fav ?????

Monday, November 9, 2009

A lesson from Man U defeat

As i sat there, trying to keep my eyes open to watch Man u play Chelsea. I came to one poignant conclusion, this is not Man U's year.

We might not like it but one thing that cannot be denied, Cristiano Ronaldo brought another class to Man U team. Even though we had Rooney, Berbatov and Giggs. Everyone paled in comparison to Ronaldo. He alone carried the team the past 2 seasons, the gulf in class become more painfully clear, we need someone special.

So, this interesting question came to my mind, are leaders made or born ? Books keep telling us that Leader's are made not born. But then if that is true then why not every footballer end up the same standard even when they go through the same training.

I think Skill is something that we can learn but, some people just have the natural born leadership quality that when combined with the skills they acquire will make them really stand out.

Just in every organisation it is the same, some just have it some just don't.... each person will have a peak. But i do admit each of us will have something that we are destined for and are gifted in, if we find that I am sure we will excel in it..

Saturday, November 7, 2009

My office on Melbourne Cup day



I call him "Ghandi" - He is Vegan... only eats Veg



The girls on Melbourne Cup with their weird hats




The winner of the most crazy hat



This is "big voice" she is the voice of the Company

Friday, November 6, 2009

Crazy night of japanese food

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We had to do sushi for Sat's Hope Family day. So after badminton, a group of us went to my place to do the sushi. We were obviously starving after one night of exercise. So I decided to make some Japanese food to eat. Chong yee will scream once he knows what we eat at 10.30pm at night..

Our supper menu

1. Soft-shell crab sushi roll - with Mayo, Mustard and Avocardo

2. Grilled Teriyaki Beef - I had sliced Sirlon and also... WAGYU beef... mmmmm

3. Rocket Salad with Walnut, Blue cheese, sliced pears and Balsamic Dressing

4 Miso soup

so that was a crazy supper... my friend love the grilled beef and my homemade teriyaki sauce..

yum yum

Spinach with 3 egg recipe




This dish is one of my wife favourite dish and also my parents, so i normally do this dish when they are over here. It is really a simple dish to do.

The main ingredients are

1. 1 bunch -Spinach more if you like...
2. 3 pieces of garlic or more if you like ( dont chop) but remove the white outer skin
3. Normal egg
4. Century egg - chopped
5. Salted egg
6. Chicken stock - can use chicken cube or canned soup
8 Fish sauce
9. Fried shallots
10 - Cornflour and with water

The trick to making sure this dish taste nice is to make sure the Spinach is cooked properly as spinach has this sandy taste, which some people do not like. Of course make sure the veg is washed.

Cooking method

1. Heat the wok with some oil

2. Put in the garlic ( make sure its not too hot.. if not the garlic will burn.) - The aim is to get the garlic taste into the oil with out burning the garlic

- The restaurant method... would then require you to take out the garlic once its abit brown...
- Then heat the wok up till its there you can see some smoke from the wok

3 Throw the spinach into the hot wok and start frying... also put in some fish sauce and the garlic pieces. Allow the spinach to wilt a little before pouring in the chicken stock.

** How much stock to use is personal preference i think.. i like mine abit towards the soupy side... as i like to drink the soup.. after.

4. But i will allow the veg to simmer with the stock for at least 2 min... ( if you like it thicker add abit of cornflour- but u can leave it as it is... too... i like more like soup ** also check the soup... and season to taste... using either chicken cube or fish sauce...


The egg sequence is also impt... so that you get the same texture as the restaurant

5 I put in the salted egg.. first and break it into the soup... and allow the veg to absorb the salted egg taste

6. Then i put in the chopped century egg

7. Lastly i break the normal egg into the wok stir it in ... I leave it on for only another 20 sec after that and shut the fire and allow the heat to cook the egg..

To garnish... some places use Fried shallot


This dish is simple to make, its about timing and mostly the seasoning. Its hard to get wrong.

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Michael Bublé - "Haven't Met You Yet"

This is also fast becoming my fav song... nice catchy tune...




I am prob in a music blog craze at the moment... dont mind me...

Lady Gaga - Fever

I need to blog this just in case i lost the link... this is the same Fever on Adam Lambert album. This is Lady Gaga demo for Adam... this will be a great hit.

Kappy's Restaurant

Kappy's italian restaurant

location

120 Swan street, Guildford WA 6055

Phone- (08) 6278 2882

From the City via great eastern highway:
travel to guildford approx 13 km from city then turn right at James street(traffic lights) then turn Left at meadow street (over railway line) then right at roundabout, kappy's is now only 20 meters on your left.

From City via guildford road:
travel to guildford approx 13 km from city then turn Left at meadow street (over railway line)then right at roundabout, kappy's is now only 20 meters on your left.

From Hills or Midland via great eastern highway:
travel towards guildford grammar school on swan street and follow through the roundabout. kappy's is on your right.




Recently for the past 1 month, me and my wife have been sampling all the restaurant in guildford town near swan valley and we are please to announce our favourite food place. This was our latest sampling and by the best and fastest service.

The atmosphere was really pleasant, feels like a family restaurant. The service was quick. We got our food in 10 min, which by any standard was fast.





My seafood fettuccine...the flavour was there, you could taste the sea in the pasta sauce, sometimes when you go to some "Crappy" Restaurant, the pasta sauce is so blend... this one was nice. Thick and not runny





Rocket salad with blue cheese - Somehow my wife love this dish.. so... I am making this for her when i cook western.. again. easy to do.. Rockets, Pears, Walnut, Blue cheese, balsamic vinegar.




This was nice Spaghetti and steak.. the steak was really tender, prob a steak tenderloin.... nicely seasoned with a dash of oregano..




The desert - Crepe with Banana, rum and burnt sugar served with a side of ice cream




My wife at the restaurant.. and my baby... sleeping ... again



So if you have entertainment book.. this is one place i can recommend you go an try... I have try also L'tac and Padbury.. both were on par but not as good as Kappy's restaurant.

I will post some review on them soon....

PS.... need to try the burger at the Station stand... it is always full every night... that burger must be good.....