阿布扎比夜景

不知道为什么，每次到每一个地方总是要到最高点去看看，例如：到纽约就要到帝王大厦；到首尔就要到南山塔；KL就要到吉隆坡塔；清迈之双龙寺；香港—山顶The Peak；我人在阿布扎比，当然也到全城最高旋转餐厅，鸟瞰夜景。
Al Fanar Restaurant 座于Abu Dhabi Le Royal Meridien Hotel 顶楼，是城中唯一旋转餐厅。食物还ok，当然夜景很赞啦！

Happy Birthday To You...

Today, 9th Sept is Ray's birthday.
We just back from Benihana restaurant @ Beach Rotana Resort Abu Dhabi. We had a great dinner - Teppanyaki. We met a nice couple, an american husband and a korean wife which stay a part. The husband is here for the work and the wife is going back to the states.
Thanks god that Ray and I have stayed together now since we have been apart for so many years. I guess this was his previous birthday wishes, that already came true :) Do not know what his birthday wish this year.

Anyway, i wish he is well all the time and dreams come true!

Dedicated this nice cartoon to Ray, Chia Yee, Mark and all the September baby (no matter how old you are :P)



09092008 2209 AD time

Satay in Abu Dhabi

31st August, it was Malaysia’s Merdeka day, and I dreamed I was enjoying satay, somewhere… (do not remember where I makan satay :P, anyway, it’s a dream. Hehe)
So happen that we went dine in at the Down Town restaurant, Sheraton Khalidiya. Browsed through the food menu quickly and I have made up my mind to order ‘Malay fried rice with satay and peanut sauce’.. hooray, I don’t expect I can get SATAY over here, in the Middle East. The satays are different with our satay, it is made of the whole piece of chicken breast. The peanut sauce is good too, just too much coconut milk and lack of crashed peanut. Hehe.. too many comments huh? Right after the dinner, we went to the Choithram to buy some food and i have bought the BBQ marinate powder and satay sauce. It is not as good as our HOME satay but I think it probably is the best in Abu Dhabi, for the Malaysian here… I think we will do it again during BBQ in the winter.




Ingredient A
- 1 pack of BBQ marinate powder
- Chicken
- Satay peanut sauce

Step 1 : Clean the chicken and cut it into ½” x ½” cubic
Step 2 : Marinated the chicken with the powder
Step 3 : Weave the chicken onto bamboo skewers
Step 4 : Pan fried it with some cooking oil with slow fire (barbeque is the best!)
Step 5 : Heat the peanut sauce
Ready !

Ben Stiller vs Adam Sandler

I am a big fan of Ben Stiller.. erm, since ‘There Is Something About Mary’! It is not that late, it is probably about 10 years after he started his acting career. I have been waiting for Ben Stiller’s new movie for a few months.. and here it came in the summer! Tropic Thunder!! And of cause Ray and I watch it in the cinema. It is the best and the funniest comedy I ever watch in this 2 years. I never stop laughing in the cinema. Hehehe..
The story is about the film stars Tugg Speedman (Ben Stiller), five-time Academy Award-winner Kirk Lazarus (Robert Downey, Jr.), rap star Alpa Chino (Brandon T. Jackson), low-brow drug-addled comedian Jeff Portnoy (Jack Black), and character actor Kevin Sandusky (Jay Baruchel) as a group of prima donna actors making a Vietnam War film when their fed-up writer and director decide to abandon them in the middle of the jungle, forcing them to fight their way out while the director videoed them with the hidden video to produce a real documentary film. The film breaks Speedman's streak of flops and he wins the award for Best Actor, presented to him by the previous year's Oscar winner, Kirk Lazarus. (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropic_Thunder)
You might find out there are a little not realistic in this movie e.g. the Heroin producer in Golden Triangle is speaking Mandarin and the team is lead by a young boy etc. But, who care? It is just a comedy. Just for laugh…

The Tugg Speedman




Adam Sandler, another comedy actor that Ray likes a lot. He was doing pretty well in some of the comedies. But not the recent ‘You Don’t Mess With The Zohan’. It is about the super Israeli commando, Zohan Dvir, who is sick of combat and fakes his death so he can re-emerge in New York City as a hair stylist. He romances his clients by giving them "special services" in the back room. However, he is eventually recognized, and risks losing his newfound life and career. (from http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0960144/plotsummary)
I usually enjoy Adam Sandler's movies. However this was one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Ray and I watched this movie in 3 days. It was boring and awful and we can’t continue in one time. One word --- Disappointed.

The Zohan

Digi-cam

I am looking for my pre-wedding photographing recently… erm, not recent.. Have been looking for the package for quite a long time.. so, I have spend most of my free time click online, look at the photographing website internationally and of cause Joe’s multiply. Joe, my best friend has done a very good job in photographing. He is very talented in art, he was doing very good in painting as well, during school time. Because of my job, I travel from time to time; from Asia to the Middle East. Ray has bought me two handy auto digi cams before, the Fuji Fine Pix and the Casio which I am using right now. These two cameras are good, but I couldn’t get a very nice shooting especially at night, e.g. the twilight, so, I think I would want to upgrade my camera to a Manual cam, in the other word, the SLR camera. I did visited the shops and airport duty free for the camera and do price comparison but I still don’t have any idea which to go. I did though of joining the photo shooting class so I can do a better photo shooting. Think too much huh? A friend of mine has introduced me the D80, I think this probably the best for me, a beginner.

The thing that I worry is, the SLRs are not as handy as the small auto digicam and I am not sure how long I would want to play with the SLR, if I have one; 6 months? 12 month? (hangat-hangat tahi ayam :P)
So, should I or not?
Anybody can advise? Please…

叶子的离开,是风的追求,还是树的不挽留...

和霓霓MSN…

peynih says:
chia v ar
peynih says:
can u do me a favour?
佳薇 says:
yes nih
佳薇 says:
wat can do for u
peynih says:
can u help me to type in chinese word
佳薇 says:
yes
peynih says:
ye(4) zi (2) de(4) li(2) kai(1)
佳薇 says:
dont understand
佳薇 says:
can pls explain
佳薇 says:
叶子的离开
佳薇 says:
hehe
peynih says:
very clever
peynih says:
continue
peynih says:
shi(4) feng(1) de(4) jui(1) qiu(2)
peynih says:
hai(2) shi(4) shu(4) de(4) bu(4) wan(2) liu(2)
peynih says:
finish
佳薇 says:
是风的追求
peynih says:
chiav ar
佳薇 says:
还是树的不挽留
peynih says:
u very clever
佳薇 says:
nih
佳薇 says:
u make me think abt our friend, 风!
佳薇 says:
haha
佳薇 says:
i thnk saw ths quote b4..
佳薇 says:
somewhere
佳薇 says:
anyway, we have默契
peynih says:
叶子的离开,是风的追求,还是树的不挽留

http://dsp.blueidea.com/thinkfuse/more.asp?name=reading&id=144
这是我和霓霓之间的默契。。。

阿风和他心爱的人于六月结婚了，他说之前联络不上我，所以没请我，然而我还是默默地祝他永远幸福快乐！

麻将

闲着，无聊，好想看中文书！
人在中东，哪儿找来中文书呢？
上网！！
当然，网上小说，非痞子蔡莫属。
《第一次亲密接触》看了；
《檞寄生》看了；
《夜玫瑰》看了；
《孔雀森林》看到一半才发觉看了；
小蕾说还有《暖暖》，但我找不到；
只剩下《雨衣》 。。。
相当喜欢 蔡智恒， 因为他的文字相当可爱，很有大学的味道。。等等。。
读着《雨衣》，说着他和朋友们打麻将，让我突然很想念我大一时的麻将脚，阿宁还是本达的三脚麻将，1818麻将脚—宁,良，我可爱的室友们，还有赌后--汕汕和丽娜。（怒不称呼）
谢谢你们教坏我--打麻将，虽然我已经忘记三脚麻将怎么打了；谢谢那一段多姿多彩的麻将日子。
我很时常想着你们。。。
这一刻真的真的好想念你们，都是因为--麻将。:P
只好把思念转进文字里，然后继续读蔡智恒。。。

BatMan - The Dark Knight

It cost about Dhs30 to watch a movie in the Emirates, and i think it is expensive.
We do not go to the movie quite often here.
The last movie was 2 months ago, couldn't remember the title of SUPER boring show by M. Night Shyamalan.. i actually wanted to watch the Cameron Diaz's movie but we bought the ticket wrongly.. too bad...
so, this time i searched online and watch the preview before we go to the movie at the Marina Mall.
there are a few nice movies showing..
1. The X files
2. Wanted
3. LOVE guru
4. The Batman
5. Cockman
and we decided to watch Batman : The Dark Knight!

The Dark Knight, featuring Heath Ledger in his penultimate film role before his death. Overall, the movie is superb, and i think Heath Ledger is a superb actor.
i think i will watch the Brokeback Mountain tomorrow...
p/s: Edison Chen appeared in the movie for 3 seconds :)

Al Khalidiya, Abu Dhabi

Dad was complaining I never show him the pictures over here….
Jo-an (my cousin) was thinking there is no plant over here….
Since it was a public holiday here on 31st July, so, we decided to go for a walk and took some picture @ Al-Khalidiya.



The plants growing with well equipped sprinkle system


Dates tree


Nice sunset view @ Al-Khalidiya


1st time I see rain in the Emirates


Road sign

ＰＡＤＴＨＡＩ

Ray stayed in ChiangMai for almost 2 years. So, he missed Thai food sometimes. So am I. Bought some rice noodles and decided to cook him some Thai noodles.

Ingredient A
- 1 pack rice noodle – serve for 2
- ½ cup meat – chicken or pork
- 4 big shrimps
- 2 eggs
- 1/3 cup soya bean curd
- ½ cup cooking oil
- 1 teaspoon chopped garlic
- 1 teaspoon chopped onion
- 1 teaspoon blended dried red chili
- 4 tablespoon sugar
- 4 tablespoon fish sauce (or oyster sauce)
- 4 table spoon vinegar
- ½ cup bean sprouts
- 1 lime (or lemon)
- ¼ cup sliced carrot
- ¼ cup sliced cabbage
- 2 tablespoon 80% crashed roasted peanut
- Spring onion

Step 1 : Boil the rice noodle till soft
Step 2 : Fried chopped garlic + onion with heated cooking oil
Step 3 : add in chicken + shrimp + soya beancurd
Step 4 : fried scramble egg + carrot + cabbage
Step 5 : add in sugar, sauces, vinegar and chili
Step 6 : put in the noodle + spring onion
Step 7 : add the bean sprout + roasted peanut
Ready !

p/s : its nicer to add the lime juice + dried chili!!

Bak Kut Teh

Miss miss Bak Kut Teh in Klang!!

Ingredient A
- Pork (or chicken)
- Packing Bak Kut The bought from KL

Cha Siew 叉烧+ Egg Noodles 蛋面

Ingredient A
- Pork (or chicken)
- Lee Kum Kee Cha Siew Sauce 李锦记叉烧酱

It suppose to Marinate and Grill the Cha Siew, I don't have a nice oven here, so i pan fried with slow fire...

Chinese Dumpling 水饺 – 饺子

I am not a big fan of the 水饺. But I do order it when we eat Leong Dao Fu in KL. Saw a recipe and try to work on it. It’s just simple.


Ingredient A
- ½ lb pork
- ½ cup mix slice vegetable (carrot / cabbage)
- 1-½ table spoon rice wine (I put Chiva’s!!)
- pepper
- 5 drop sesame oil

Ingredient B (to make the skin)
- 1 cup multipurpose flour
- ½ cup water

Step 1 : Mix Ingredient A and blend it to 80% crash and keep in the fridge
Step 2 : Mix the multipurpose flour and water for 20 minute
Step 3 : Roll it into 1 inch diameter rod
Step 4 : Cut the rod into ¼ inch slices
Step 5 : flatten it into 3 inch diameter
Step 6 : Put 1 teaspoon Ingredient A in the skin and wrap it. Press on the side and seal it.
Step 7 : Boil with water or fried it
Ready !


p/s: Its nice to serve with black vinegar and ginger slices!

Picasso @ Abu Dhabi

We went to the Picasso Exhibition @ Emirates Palace, Abu Dhabi. It’s awesome!! I knew HIM but not very familiar with his painting. Frankly, I preferred Van Gogh… At least I understand the SUN FLOWER..

http://www.artsabudhabi.com/picasso_default.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picasso

Trips to Dubai

Me @ The Green Community



The Tallest Building - Burj Arab Tower (under construction)


Burj Al Arab Hotel @ Jumeirah


Sunset @ Dubai

I have traveled to Dubai a few times since I was here, for business purpose. It takes 1.5 hour from Abu Dhabi to Dubai. I do not have a license yet so normally I would rent a car with driver. And of course, Dubai changed a lot compare to 4 years ago! And it is still developing… We went to Dubai weeks ago. We visited the Green Community, a project that I worked 4 years ago…

Summer – Picnic

The new cornice in Abu Dhabi was opened on 1st July 08. Ray’s colleague suggested going picnic at a public beach near the new cornice. Hooooooooray…. I was so happy and excited about the picnic. I couldn’t remember when the last time picnic near the seaside was!! It probably is when I was very small. I think I need my sis’s help to recall the memory.
We wake up around 530a.m (its super early for me!!) and we reached there around 6a.m. We though we are the earliest but surprisingly there were a lot of people when we reached. We get a seat, eat and start play. The beach is nice with beautiful sands and sea water..
It reminds me my beloved housemates and ME buddies in JB – the Desaru trips..

MY BIRTHDAY 12072008

Today is my birthday.
Wow, I can’t believe that I am 28th year old to-date! 
Mommy has wished me a happy be-earlier birthday 2 days ago when I chat with her in MSN / Skype. Not to forget my beloved sister - NOI left me a message in the facebook. Thanks for the birthday greetings from cousins, nephew, niece and my beloved friends via skype, msn, emails and sms!! I have got a special and nice Vietnamese birthday song from Andy and staff @ Saigon… haha… its really loooong and nice although I only recognize the ‘happy birthday’ in the chorus part!!

Last but not least, I would say a thousand thanks to Ray. Thanks for his so called MY BIRTHDAY PRESENT – PSP, although he is the one who play the EA Sport most of the time!! We have a nice pre-birthday dinner @ SOBA restaurant, Royal Meridien Abu Dhabi.
http://www.starwoodhotels.com/lemeridien/property/dining/index.html?propertyID=1900
Nice sashimi, too bad no sake was serving in that restaurant…
Thanks for Ray’s nice cakes from Costa Café. I knew its damn hot for him to walk to the café.

I was thinking where am I and what am I doing on my birthday years ago.
2004 – Celebrating with Ray’s best friend (same birth date, but 4 year elder) in the Place, Penang
2005 – Celebrating with gfs in Sport Club café, Mid Valley, KL
2006 – Lonely birthday, I remembered I was having Champagne in the Holiday Inn, Strongsville, Cleveland, OH.
2007 – Celebrating with Ray in Bali
2008 – Celebrating in Abu Dhabi

Its 1140pm local time, Ray and I just got back from Sheraton Khalidiya. We had great dinner in the 3rd Avenue, it’s a pub restaurant. http://www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton/property/dining/index.html?propertyID=1322
This restaurant serves good food, and of course Ray has ordered me my favorite Corona! Ray’s colleague met us up around 10pm and we left around 1115pm. We have some beers some chicken wings and chit chat. We have a good time.
The waiter told me that we can have 50% off for the alcohol beverages during the happy hour time (4pm – 7pm) except Friday while ladies entitle to get 2 free drinks on Friday – Ladies night… gonna drag Ray out on Friday once… :P

Well, getting older and older, but same quote for me, LIFE IS SHORT, WORK HARD, PLAY HARD, ENJOY LIFE!! May God bless me.

Happy birthday to you, babe.. and Have a good night! 1157pm local time

芝士忌廉龙虾 Lobster in cream and cheese

Bought a lobster in Al Meena Fish market, Abu Dhabi. Cook the Cheese Lobster. and Ray said it is nice! :)

Ingredient
- Lobster small (½ kg) 1 no
- Onion 1 no sliced
- Garlic 4 cloves chopped
- whipped cream ¾ cup
- Olive oil 4 table spoon
- Corn Flour
- Cheese 5 slices
- Sugar ½ teaspoon
- Salt ¼ teaspoon









Step 1 : Clean the lobster and cut the lobster symmetry from head to tail, do not break the shell
Step 2 : Apply the corn flour on the lobster and fried with heated oil (do not deep fried, so half cup of oil will do) until the lobster turns to red
Step 3 : Heat up the olive oil and add in the garlic and onion until it become yellowish
Step 4 : Add in the whipped cream until it boil
Step 5 : Put in the lobster and lay the cheese on the top
Step 6 : Boil it and simmer until the sauce become thicker
Step 7 : Add in sugar and salt
Ready !

Rempah fish

Ingredient A
- Big Yellow tail - 2 pieces
Ingredient B
- Chili powder 2 table spoon
- Dry Chilies 5 pieces
- Onion 2 nos
- Ginger 1 small piece
- Garlic 1 glove
- Sugar 1 tea spoon
- Asam Jawa – 2 table spoon in ¼ cup water, remove the seed if possible
Step 1 : Mix and blend ingredient B to 80% crash
Step 2 : Prepare the sambal : fried ingredient B in heated oil
Step 3 : Cut the fish vertically at both side to insert the sambal
Step 4 : Insert the sambal in the fish’s stomach (where we cleaned the internal)
Step 5 : marinate for at least 2 hours in the fridge
Step 6 : Deep fry the fish in heated oil –
Step 7 : Reduce the heat until the fish is done
Ready !

p/s : if you are afraid of the super heat oil, add in ½ tea spoon corn flour in the heated oil before fry the fish! Ray taught me this and it works!!

vinegar + Olive oil

Ray and I love Italian food. We visited to Italian restaurant quite often. And we have been to the Biella Caffe Pizzeria Ristorante in Marina Mall http://www.timeoutabudhabi.com/restaurants/review.php?id=261 and Prego Restaurant in Rotana Beach Hotel Abu Dhabi http://www.rotana.com/hoteldiningdesc-4-5-4-20.htm within this 2 months. Every time we go to Italian restaurant, we will have the bread to go with vinegar and olive oil. And I just love it!

Ray knew I love sour taste and we have bought some nice vinegar in Oil and Vinegar @ Al Wahda Mall http://www.alwahda-mall.com/en/stores/specialty-stores/oil-vinegar.html . It is a nice place to shop for the spices, olive oil and vinegar. I never know that the vinegar can be so expensive… the sales lady showed me a 20 years vinegar in 250ml which cost about AED2000! Of course it is similar to the wine which very much depending on the type of grape, the age etc. and Vinegar is good as it is an enzyme. We have bought some not so expensive vinegar…

姜片鸡Ginger Chicken vs 姜葱鸡Ginger Onion Chicken

Ingredient
- Boneless chicken tights 4 pieces
- Ginger big size 1 no
- Corn flour ½ table spoon
- Oyster sauce 2 table spoon
- Sugar ½ table spoon
- Sesame oil 2 table spoon
- Soy Sauce thick 3 table spoon
- Soy Sauce 1 table spoon
- Rice wine 1 table spoon (I use Chivas  )
- pepper powder

Step 1 : Cut Chicken tights smaller piece and cut half ginger to slices and blend half ginger until crash
Step 2 : Marinate Chicken with corn flour, sesame oil, wine and crashed ginger for at least 30 minute
Step 3 : Fried ginger until its 80% done (light yellowish)
Step 4 : Put in the chicken
Step 5 : add in oyster sauce, sugar, sesame oil, pepper powder and thick soy sauce
Step 6 : add the soy sauce when its ready to serve
Ready !



Ingredient
- Boneless chicken tights 4 pieces
- Ginger roots
- Ginger medium size 1 no
- Onion 1 no
- cooking oil 2 table spoon
- Corn flour 1 table spoon
- Oyster sauce 2 table spoon
- Sugar ½ table spoon
- Sesame oil ½ table spoon
- Rice wine 1 table spoon (I use Chivas  )
- Black pepper powder

Step 1 : Cut Chicken tights smaller piece and cut ginger and onion into slices
Step 2 : Marinate Chicken with corn flour and oil for at least 30 minute
Step 3 : Fried Onion and ginger until its 80% done (light yellowish)
Step 4 : Put in the chicken
Step 5 : add in oyster sauce, sugar, sesame oil, wine
Step 6 : add the Ginger root and add the black pepper powder when its ready to serve
Ready !

Ray’s American Breakfast

Its really lazy to wake up early morning to cook breakfast, even for myself; normally I preferred to prepare some simple breakfast the day before e.g. Tuna sandwich, Sardine sandwich, egg mayo sandwich etc. One day, I tried to be a good partner to prepare Ray a nice breakfast. Hehe.. Sausages, egg and bacon! 1st time I cook the egg successfully without bocor!

芋头饭Oh Bui

Ingredient
- Pork - belly 10 slices
- Mushroom – 10 nos
- Garlic 10 cloves chopped
- Taro – 25 slices (cubic ½ inch x ½ inch)
- Oyster sauce 4 table spoon
- Thick soy sauce 2 table spoon
- Soy sauce 1 table spoon
- Sesame oil 1 table spoon
- Black pepper powder
- Rice 1 cup
- Water 1 cup + 2 cup



Step 1 : Fried the garlic in heated oil until yellowish, put half aside
Step 2 : Fried the pork, taro and mushroom
Step 3 : put in the rice and add in oyster sauce, thick coy sauce, sesame oil
Step 4 : add in water and simmer until it boil
Step 5 : stir, add soy sauce and pepper
Step 6 : transfer to the rice cooker, add in 2 cup water (1/2 inch above the rice) until it cooked
Step 7 : serve with the fried garlic, more tasty
Ready !

p/s: it will be more tasty to add dried shrimp (udang kering) or dried oyster!

Herb Soup - Tong Gui 当归

I love soup, especially herb soup.
Over here, the easiest soup to make is ABC soup. I have cooked a few times because my housemates’ kids love it. And myself I preferred Chinese Herb Soup, 当归TONG GUI soup is one of my favorite!

Ingredient
- Chicken bone 5 pieces (I don’t like to eat the meat, so I would preferred to cook with the bone)
- 2 boiled eggs
- Red dates 20 nos
- Tong Gui 10 slices

Step 1 : Boil 2 bowls of water
Step 2 : put in the Chicken or chicken bone, Tong Gui and red dates until it boil
Step 3 : put in the 2 boiled eggs
Step 4 : simmer for 30 minutes
Step 5 : add ½ teaspoon of salt if you want!
Ready !

Fish Fillet Porridge 鱼柳粥

We had porridge for dinner around 7pm. We went out for grocery and I was hungry when it was 1030pm. Ray cook me fish fillet porridge. Erm.. Nice! But tooooo many ginger so a bit hot!