Posted in Knowledge, Tips Tips Tips on Sep 2nd, 2008
I am very prone to tearing whenever I handle onions and shallots. Let me tell ya - I FRIGGIN HATE IT!
I had the most embarrassing moment of my life once cutting onions. One day, I was over at J’s and he suggested perhaps I should make him dinner. Well, I was gonna impress J, a guy I was casually dating while studying in the US, with my kitchen skills, until he suddenly asked me, “Daphne, why are you crying?” Dang! I didn’t realize I was actually tearing, kept wiping off my tears with the sleeves. Then he said, let me take over. So, he took the knife and kept it under running water for a while, then begun cutting. WOW! He didn’t tear at all! He told me, to save myself from embarrassment, by having mascara smeared all over my face, it’s best to cut onions and shallots with a wet knife! AND … it really did magic for me!
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… I miss my hubby … sniff sniff … I miss having him at home with us 24/7/28 - twenty four hours seven days for twenty eight days …
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I had my first sauna this evening, two weeks after my c-section (caesarean). I had my stitches removed on two occasions. The first was during my visit to the mommy’s clinic, which was a week after the surgery. I had six stitches but the midwife couldn’t remove them because it was infected and wet. AND WHY WAS THAT SO? Because of that OSASTO KUUSI Kätilöopisto Sairaala. They never gave me any instruction on how to care for my wound. Well, OKAY! So I have had a previous c-section. But c’mon! That was almost four years ago! Did they think I am able to REMEMBER EVERY SINGLE DARN THING?!
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Posted in Tips Tips Tips, Travel on Apr 27th, 2008
Malaysia is making seat belt a mandatory practice for back seat passengers
This new mandatory new rule will kick in beginning June 2008! Boy, was I glad when I read about the news a couple of weeks ago. First of all, my hubby will be very happy because he always thought we, Malaysians, always travel dangerously.
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Posted in Rambles/Rants, Tips Tips Tips on Apr 1st, 2008
Check the expiry of the food products!
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Posted in Tips Tips Tips on Mar 2nd, 2008
How to handle irritating seat mates
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Posted in Tips Tips Tips on Jan 17th, 2008
For those of you who are not married but wish to give away red packets aka “ang pow” or “lai see” to your loved ones and friends, here’s a great idea. Giving away red packets during this auspicious festivity is a good gesture and has been practised by the Chinese for many years.
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Posted in Tips Tips Tips on Nov 10th, 2007
Posted in Tips Tips Tips on Oct 24th, 2007
Cleaning your fridge
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Posted in Tips Tips Tips on Oct 11th, 2007
In a lot of places, water contains minerals. These minerals will eventually cause a white coating at the bottom of the kettle. This can affect the kettle’s performance. What’s more? The water will always have some white stuff floating on it. I used to have this problem at my ex-house. It was darn annoying. Imagine when my guests came, I actually served them with quite chalky water. So I ended up using saucepan to boil the water on the stove. That took so much time!
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