Onion layers
Having picked up a used 50mm f1.8 prime lens for cheap from my colleague and also resurrected my 20 year old 70-210mm lens, the last lens to finish up the series was to be a macro lens. I haven’t got
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Vintage value
Here’s another blast from the past.:) The very first lens I had on my old Nikon FG-20 after getting into photography in 1985 was a 50mm f1.8 lens. I was sotong about photography back then, but I did learn quickly
Laksa made easy
I finally got down to cooking laksa (nonya version) with the premix bought a couple of months ago. I had intended to do it while Matt was here but we were too busy eating other types of good food! Hee hee.
Beach, night spots or rice fields
Here’s a continuing post from the last entry on flying to Bali.:) Ling was musing out loud yesterday evening while on our way home why is it that Asians are happy with 3D2N stays when the Europeans come to Asia
Mad about Corn
I enjoy a wide variety of vegetables and corn is one of my favourites. I can still remember my first corn on a cob as a small kid while living in a kampong with houses on stilts and occasional visits
Moo
There’s a comment written by one of my students a year ago during the subject feedback for my Alice programming classes – that I must have a thing for cows. How’s that come about? Well, my object of reference in
Love Pizza
I’m like many girls and women outta there who love receiving flowers on special occasions such as Valentine’s Day. Well, Yang thinks that flowers are superficial and would rather get me practical gifts. For this Valentine, he bought me an
“If you can’t take the heat…”
One of those things that’s fun to think about is how the both of us are very different when it comes to cooking in the kitchen. Ling is the more inventive cook at home. She’s interested in trying out new
Meet the Parents
One of the most delightful movies about marriage of recent years, and the moreso as it deals with a topic that didn’t get much attention then, is Meet the Parents, starring Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller. The story there
Mad About Fish
“Can we have fish n chips for dinner tonight, dear?” Darling has a fish-crazed syndrome lately. He has been tucking in fish n chips at his workplace canteen, Fish & Co., foodcourts and coffee shops. Just a couple of days
Brownies for you?
I used to enjoy chocolates in my younger days until a few years ago. For some reason unknown, I’ve stopped preferring chocolates and anything in chocolate flavour. Hence, I have little motivation to bake any chocolaty items such as cakes.
I feel like pumpkin today
Whenever I browse at the fresh produce section of local supermarkets, I often wonder “What dish uses this vegetable?” or “What an unusual root (or fruit)! How does one cook it?”. I grew up eating hardly any pumpkin at all.
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