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Frozen Goods

Came across this article in Livewell Magazine Sept - Oct 2008 issue and I find that the following informations are useful to share.

Storing Vegetables
1. To make vegetables last long in the refrigerator, dry all the vegetables with napkin or cloth.
2. Wrap celery in aluminum foil before placing in the refrigerator, it will keep for weeks.
3. While storing chillies, removing the stems will keep them fresh for a longer time.
4. To keep garden peas out of the pod looking fresh and beautifully green simply soak them overnight on a bucket of water with some ordinary baking soda mixed in.
5. Don't store potatoes near onions as potatoes rot quickly if stored near onions.
6. If you want leafy vegetables to stay crunchy, cut the stems off and separate the stalks. Add 3/4 cup granulated sugar to a vessel filled with cold water. Now place vegetables in it. Soak for 4-5 hours. Drain well and refrigerate.
7. Crumbled newspapers lining the vegetable compartments of a refrigerator will keep veggies crisp.
8. Keep green beans dry in a perforated plastic bag in the refrigerator. They should stay fresh for 4-5 days.

Here's a guide to how long some common vegetables can be stored in your fridge.

Mao Mao Bibimbap

Bibimbap(korean mixed rice) is one of my favorite food, it is a popular Korean dish. Bibimbap is served in a bowl of warm white rice topped with namul (sautéed and seasoned vegetables) and gochujang (chilli pepper paste). A raw or fried egg and sliced meat (usually beef or chicken) are common additions. The ingredients are stirred together thoroughly just before eating. It can be served either cold or hot.

I did my own version of Bibimbap today. I used ingredients such as carrot, japanese cucumber, japanese rice, fried egg, chicken(ready barbecue from 'Giant', lazy to marinate myself) and most importantly the chilli pepper paste from a Korea store in Orchard Cineleisure. Sprinkle sesame seeds over as a garnish before mixing all the all together. You can even add shitake mushrooms, bean sprouts etc, I will explore to add-on more ingredients the next time :)

$2 Charcoal Mask & Nose Strip

An interesting product caught my attention during my visit to Daiso yesterday, a facial product from Korea that contains charcoal as the main ingredient. My hubby and me each bought a product to try; he gotten himself a nose strip and me, a facial mask. We were so excited to try it out. After applying the black gel like mask on my face, give it a15 minutes to dry. You can feel your skin tighten during the drying process; and once its totally dry up; you can then peel it off. Shiok ah!


My hubby tried this nose strip. He said that this product is able to remove the blackheads and whiteheads quite easily (at least 85% of it).

White Roses For Molly Today

Losing A Loved Ones

By Shirley H. Brunson

Although your heart is hurting
And you feel you can't go on
Know in that very moment
Your loved one wasn't alone

For God was there beside them
Holding onto their hand
As the time drew nearer
For them to leave this land

He held them close and whispered
"My child, your time is now"
"But how will my loved ones go on?"
He whispered, "I will show them how"

"I will give them strength and love"
And comfort in the night
I will fill their hearts with peace
Knowing you had wings as you took flight

You no longer walk amongst them
For now you fly above
With all my Heavenly angels
Spreading ever lasting and external love

This is a beautiful, comforting poem that I could relate and touched my heart.
Letting go is never easy and each person will have to deal with the losing in his/her own way.
I was very sad and helpless as I watched my only younger sister fight for last breath and for those left behind are the one feeling the pain.

Acrobat Fly

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My hubby spotted this fly on the coach doing a challenging stunt, a trapeze ;)

Molly Featured In Lifewise Magazine

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My friend, ah fang smsed me 2 months ago telling me that Molly was featured in Sep/Oct of Lifewise magazine. She saw the article when she send her son to the clinic. I told Josef about it and was glad that he was able to find the magazine at the library :)

Inverted Faces

haha... cute!
Little sister, thank you for the pictures.

Our Genting Trip from 1 - 3 Nov

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Last Saturday, 2 famlies-7 of us spend our weekend at Genting Highland.
We took the 6:45am coach at Golden Mile Complex.


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We reached Genting at around 2pm and we had our tea break at the cyber cafe.


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Our dinner. A vietnamese waitress approached our table introduced a couple of vietnamese dishes claiming it was better than chinese food; we were doubtful at first and we should have stick to our doubts throughout cos the dishes really sucks!


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After our not so wonderful dinner, we decided to pamper our tummy; we bought 2 slices of yummy cake from Coffee Bean. You can see that we are concentrating and busy selecting the cake we want :p


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I enjoyed the weather there, the above scenery were taken at our room window on Sunday morning. Doesn't it looks like a painting?


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Coincidentally we met both Uncle Meng and his wife there. The 'dim sum' breakfast was on Uncle Meng as he had won some money playing the jackpot, very lucky for him and lucky for us too (our tummy)! The 'dim sum' breakfast was very delicious; and we can't even finished the food.


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We (my hubby and me) brought Yee Hwee to the outdoor theme Park Only Yee Hwee and me took the rides, my hubby was the photographer. Yee Hwee like the "Spinner" but not for me as I felt giddy after taking the ride, I think I'm old liao :(

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We took the "Pirate Ship" too and my legs were jelly after the ride, very lousy!


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Yee Hwee tried to hood the duckling and she didn't managed to win anything.


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We had our "Matahari" ride; this ride suites me best; it was slow and relaxing.


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While at the Dinosaurland; supposingly to take a boat ride around the attraction but due to the slow moving queue, we decided to walk around it instead. We didn't see many dino, just a couple of mini lizards and a weird looking over grown snake. Yawn~


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Lunch at Marry Brown after all the tiring rides.


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Monday morning, we have a clearer view of the mountain and the clouds look so puffy.

We left Genting around 3pm; broke but happily heading back to Singapore; I really had an enjoyable time out these 3 days especially with all my love ones. Will be looking forward to another similar trip in near future.

Molly, how I wish that you are still around to travel with us. Even through you can't join us physically, I believe that you are in heaven looking down and sharing the joy with us.