All about bread making ~~~~my first attempt

 

Today I am using the Panasonic bread maker sd-p104 to bake wholemeal bread for my mom .

I am really excited about the fresh wholemeal bread that is coming out later from the breadmaker.

 

Ingredients that I use based on the user manual to make the wholemeal bread

1. 75g of wholemeal flour from phoon huat

2. 175g of breadflour from prima flour

3.10g of SCS salted butter( there are 9 pieces)

4. 2 tablespoons of granulated sugar

5. 1 tablespoon of skimmed milk powder from phoon huat

6.1 teaspoon of salt

7.190 ml of cold water ( cos my room temperature is 28 degree celsius as mentioned in the manual if the room temperature is more than 25 degree celsius must minus 10ml from 200ml)

8. 1 teaspoon of instant dry yeast.

 

After putting in all the ingredients, i left it to work on its own for 5 hours.

 

End Result

 

I din have a bread knife so I just pinch it. My mom love the taste of it.  The freshness of bread is so nice and sweet ... I am really excited to attend the cooking demo to ask the instructor on my next recipe that I have in mind. I shan't say what is my next recipe....

 

 

 

 

 

Right to Brag- a theme of the day from word press

Tell us about something you (or a person close to you) have done recently (or not so recently) that has made you really, unabashedly proud.

For once, I would just wanted to say this is the first time when I register myself under SG blog awards and I got in as a finalist under the advertisers' choice under the best cooking blog. I have never expected that I would be in as a finalist since this is my maiden registeration.

 

If you guys out there like my blog, kindly vote for me daily for the best cooking blog  at http://sgblogawards.omy.sg/2014/vote/advertisers-choice.html for the best cooking blog award.

This has made me to be more inspired to get more recipes to cook. Next week, I will be doing wanton soup. I shall upload the recipe then.

A tweak of the recipe from Sunday times today - Tomato and avocado salad

Tomato and avocado salad

Ingredients:

2 tsp white wine vinegar
2 tbsp of olive oil
1 tsp of grain mustard
1 tsp of honey
Salt and ground pepper to taste
200g cheery, grape or baby roma tomatoes
1 large, ripe avocado
1 tbsp of sunflower seeds


Method

1. Measure the vinegar , olive oil, mustard and honey into glass jar with a screwtop lid. Cover the jar and shake until the dressing is emulsified. Have a taste and add salt and pepper.

2. Halve the tomatoes. Pit , skin and cut the avocado into cubes.

3. Just before serving, toss the tomatoes, avocado and dressing and sprinkle the sunflower seeds together.



 

Picking up back a hobby-swimming

For the past one month or so, I have been swimming. It helps me to destress and also helps to reduce the neck and shoulder pain. Further to that, I have been using the app Active Sg to get entry in . This app is actually created to get the locals and prs to get involve in an active lifestyle.  Locals are being given $100 credit to utilize facilities like the gym and also swimming pool.

For more info about the active sg app, you may got to this website https://www.myactivesg.com/
Staying healthy is not just an individual's affair but the whole family's affair. Being healthy enables you to enjoy more activities and fun.

This hobby got me into a shopping craze for swim suits which i constanly look for nice swim wear.
I think best ones that one can get is from qoo10.sg. Perhaps all might think exercise is not important but it is very essential for mental health .It reduces stress. However, do take note of your own health before engaging strenuous exercise.




 

Review of Lenu's taiwanese beef noodles

Recently, I went shopping at vivo city and decided to pop in to one of the shops for braised beef noodles. It's name is Lenu taiwanese beef noodles.

                          

                                                  Lenu special  dry noodles - $6.90

This special version of dry noodles does not have beef actually. I was given a piece of beef  by my friend. However, the special dry noodles is of sweet and salty. Within the bowl was the sweet peanuts and kiam chye, the sauce that was quite salty. For ratings, I would give it 3 out of 5.

                                   

Braised Beef Shank Noodles- $8.90

 

The soup base was infused with butter. Something that is rather different though it taste like somehow like the traditional taste of the beef noodles and it is slightly more oily. When dip the beef with the dipping sauce, it is rather salty. For ratings, I would give it a 2 out of 5. 

Braised Beef Tendon & Brisket Noodles -$12.90

 

For this , the amount of beef tendon and briskets given was quite a fair bit of amount.  I would give it a rating of 3 out of 5.

**this is not a sponsored review.
 

Review of BoatHouse Gallery's Cheese and Mince Pie

Cheese and Mince Pie -$4.50

 

Today is considered to be my rest day and enjoying it with my gf, Veron. I was looking at the pies of Boat House Gallery and decided to get the pies. I decided to get the beef collection of pies.

 

Started off with the Cheese and Mince Pie, as it was nicely cut up to show you guys out there with the ingredients that is inside and also to share with my gf .Inside it is really filled with lots of beef and a little bit of peas and lots of mozzarella cheese. The first mouth was like having the juice from the beef oozing out. Each bite is really so mouthful.  For people who enjoy lots of fillings itself , they will enjoy it alot.

 

Boathouse Galley is a nice and cosy restaurant which serves quality food, beverage and drinks. Their range of 10 savoury pies are freshly baked on the site . There are also pie set meals, pastas , specialty coffee, salads, soup, breakfast menu and more.

 

There are also going to be new items to be launch from 24 June 2014 . They are boneless chicken rice leg set with drink at $10  and chicken or beef baked rice at $7.50

 

Boathouse Galley is located at Blk 81, Macpherson Lane , #01-53, Singapore 360081. Opening Hours are from 9am - 9pm (Tues- Sun). Tel: 68424838

 

For readers of my blog, to get discount please code andrea for discount . As for trinitarians, please show your membership card to get a 10% discount.

Shouting for joy

Today I wan to shout for joy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~I passed my exams with good grades... Thank God for it . The legendary killer paper cognitive psychology  i passed at one go ....so happy.

This song is expressing my mood.....

 

 

Familial Feasts

Last Sun was Father’s Day in many countries. If you could dedicate a holiday to a more distant relative, who would it be — and why?

I guess will be grand auntie's days ....cos my grand auntie make fabulous rice dumpling which i could never forget....For someone who walks very wobbly, she is still so active trying to maintain her life through socializing. She never gives up and ensure that she gets a dose of social life even at her age i guess she is ard 70.

Verbal Ticks

Is there a word or a phrase you use (or overuse) all the time, and are seemingly unable to get rid of? If not, what’s the one that drives you crazy when others use it?

For me , it is you dun care about me to my bf . There are many at times when I needed him to be with him and yet he is appearing can't be bothered. I know men have the tendency to put career over relationship. However, at times I just need that listening ear from him  hoping that he could comfort me for a little while as we are in long distance relationship . I guess as a gf  I have been independent enough just that when I am down  I need that listening ear which he feels is too much of an overloading to him.

I seriously dunno how to maintain this relationship anymore . I have spoken to him about breaking up and he ask for the reason  and I cited to him and he did change for a while and yet go back. It is a relationship I treasured as it has been over 5 yrs...If he still does not intend to relocate, then breaking up without a sms to him might be the best way as I feel he never seems to treasure me.

For Sale: Black decency watch from swatch

Last year, my sister got me a black decency watch from swatch in europe. However, I got nickel allergy and I have stopped wearing watch altogether. I have never worn that watch before just slip on for once to show my mom that I could wear but I did not wear at all. Feeling that it actually takes up space so decided to sell it off .

Here's the link of the watch
http://www.swatch.com/zz_en/watches/finder-detail.sku-YGS749G.html.

I am retailing it for $150. Interested parties, please email me at akimoto_emi05@yahoo.com.sg.

Favourite mistake -Is there a mistake you’ve made that turned out to be a blessing — or otherwise changed your life for the better? Tell us all about it.

My favourite mistake is logging onto mirc. It was a mistake to know logging on to mirc yet also can be a blessing. Cos from there i got  one good friend and got to start dating. I never knew I could date cos being an ugly duckling I never believe I could date.

In there, I saw the most of the human nature...the sluttiness, the gayness, the pevert acts through the typing from others. It also helps me to do the research that I needed for my course work. I have submitted an assignment thru interviewing a gay for my assignment title For a man who loves shopping.

City Planners

 Daily Prompt- If you could clone one element from another city you’ve visited — a building, a cultural institution, a common street food, etc. — and bring it back to your own hometown, what would it be?

It would be malaysia's lok lok and also black pepper hot plate chicken noodles. The current lok lok version in singapore sucks big time. The black pepper hot plate chicken noodles is just nice cos singapore one not so nice.


 

Antique Antics

I guess the oldest thing that i ever owe now is my sony discman which i got it in the late 90s with my first pay check. It held memories of my teenage working life.

Here's a picture of it.

 

This is currently so out of date in current lifestyle. Now only hp,ipad ,tablet and ipod.

 

 

One day, your favorite piece of art — a famous painting or sculpture, the graffiti next door — comes to life. What happens next?

This reminds me of the night of the musem movie where all the historical figures were out at the night and that they did all the things that they were having fun. If it is a famous painting, i would wanna to be able to take a walk within the famous painting especially if it is a scenary painting. The cheap way of getting a holiday without having to spending money. If it is a sculpture, then I would interview on its feeling of being a sculpture. As for graffiti, see how it moves.

 

Terminal time - You’re at the airport, your flight is delayed for six more hours, and none of your electronic devices is working. How do you pass the time?

I would be taking a browse at the bookstore and get the book which i like to read and from there write out the reflections i learnt from the book
 

Binding Judgement

Daily Prompt - Does it ever make sense to judge a book by its cover — literally or metaphorically? Tell us about a time you did, and whether that was a good decision or not.

For me , I dun really care about the book's cover more I care more about the content that is in the book. Books that are of pretty cover page might take get the attention. However if the content inside the book is useless it will not help much.

Somehow or rather, I am glad that I have many books of treasures which i really enjoy reading after which i will write it as a review for it . I do love reading when I am reading subjected to having to read it at a aircon place.

Here are some of the titles that I enjoyed reading : the power to change your life by rick warren,  David by charles swindoll, the power of positive thinking by norman vincent peale and etc. I would not say it is a good decision or not in choosing the books cos it is up to personal preference.

In another retrospective point of view , what if it is coming from the legal aspect? Does judges judge just based according to the statue of laws or rather was there a component of compassion in them . It is really hard to say on anything.

Gone with the Windfall

Daily Prompt

You just inherited $1,000,000 from an aunt you didn’t even know existed. What’s the first thing you buy (or otherwise use the money for)?

Seriously, keep 70% in bank first.  Balance 30% go and get a place of my own. Cos 70% can get something else i like later on with some interest to be earn from there then go on a short trip.
 

Dream Teacher

Daily Prompt- You can choose any person from history to teach you any topic you want. Who’s your teacher, and what do they teach you?

For me, there are many teachers in my mind like Steve Jobs, Jim Rohn and Jesus. However, the ultimate teacher would be Jesus. It is so difficult to struggle with unforgiveness , hatred, anguish when people hurt us with their hurtful remarks. How to deal with it in a simple manner yet find it easy to let go , is just a matter of choice.

Choice as mentioned earlier, is something very personal. Sometimes , it can be frustration cos that person hurt you so bad enough that it feels so hurt that u never wan to see them nor forgive them. This is really something I want to ask Jesus for the power to be ability to forgive just like He did for me.

 

Review of Kin Kin Chilli Pan Mee

There has been much rave about Kin Kin Chilli Pan Mee. Thus I decided to try it after my church service last sat. I went in at about 7.20pm and I managed to get a bowl of their signature dry kin kin chilli pan mee. There is one staff who will shoo people away once it hits 7.30pm even though it closes at 8pm.

This bowl of noodle is served without the signature chilli inside. However, the noodle was not well cooked in a certain way. The noodles are sticking to one another so much ..can't even taste a strand on its own. Chilli wise you got to estimate how much u can withstand then you eat.

In my honest opinion, the ban mian is not as nice as the nearby one which I have been eating for years. It is located at 82 macpherson lane. Just a few streets down the road from Kin Kin Chilli Pan Mee. Over there, they have the dark soya with superb belachan kind of chilli for the dry version and also the soup based one for fish maw which is cheaper than the Kin Kin Chilli Pan Mee.

Overall rating , I would give this dish under Kin Kin Chilli Pan Mee  a  2 out of 5.

** This is my personal opinion and I am not doing the review as in being sponsored.

Review of the book David by Charles Swindoll- Part 1

 This book talks about David , a bible character from his young tender age as a boy till him as a king.

In chapter 1 , there was this one sentence that i think will reasonates with all of us out there. It is that Greeks look into brains, brawns and beauty and never look into the inner beauty of the person. It makes me realize that most of the time people will not look at the inner beauty of the person even at work. So packaging your self to the max including getting plastic surgery to look good is the norms nowadays.  Would there be even real natural beauty now ? Are we getting too extreme with our own looks?

In chapter 2, it talks about King Saul. King Saul was a good looking and tall guy. However, his flawed character got revealed when he was made as as King. His character was selfish, angry, hateful, mean-spirited man. It daunt on me there is a leader within us. So what kind of leader are we potraying to others?  How to know what kind of person I am in my deepest most being? Most of us like to potray ourselves to others in the best light so that we are able to survive. Do we really have the ability to see beyond the obvious ? Can we avoid by not just looking at the capabilities but by the heart?

3 Timeless lessons in david's life:

1. God's solutions are often strange and simple, so be open.
2. God's promotions are usually sudden and surprising , so be ready
3. God's selections are always soverign and sure , so be sensitive. 

God never forgets me even I am alone or a nobody.

In chapter 3, God can use something in ur past to use it in the most incredible ways. Music, an antidote for depression. Psalms are for folks who feels that music is an art , requires a pure heart that is after God and can be used for times of refreshment, recovery , times in which emotions seem to be gettting out of line. Jesus rose from the dead to give us the desire and the power to live a positive , fulfilling life free of the cage of human depression and despair.

In chapter 4, how can I then have the ability not to be impressed by man based on looks or be intimated by the problems of life?
No matter how big the giant be, God is greater. And no matter how powerful he might be, God is all powerful.