[E] Grilled Chicken Wings

what would you do if you are so ‘kedekot’ to buy chicken wings at the night market @ RM1.50 each? well, that question would be more appropriate for me. i admit, i am demmm ‘kedekot’! i googled receipe for grill chicken wings and i found this one (and alter it a little) and tried it last nite, for my dinner. it was really goooood.. it makes me wanna share with you some.. not the chicken wings~ the RECIPES.. heh

special chicken wings

Approx for 500gm chicken wings

• Marinate them with
  • 1 tsp tumeric powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 Maggi Chicken cube (’smash’ it)
  • 1 tsp aniseed (@ ‘jintan manis’) <- i didn’t put this, i dun have any
  • 1 tbsp Thai Sauce
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tbsp red sugar (‘gula merah’) <- i dun have this too
  • 1 tbsp Oyster Sauce
  • 1 tsp Soy Sauce
  • 1/2 tsp MSG
  • 1 tbsp canola oil <- i put cooking oil instead

• Dipping

  • 1 tbsp Thai Sauce
  • sugar (to taste)
  • ‘red sugar’ (to taste)
  • ginger (to taste)
  • garlic (to taste)
  • a lil vinegar
  • a lil water
  • salt (to taste)
• Here WE Go~

  • Blend all the marinate ingredients. Mix it with the cleaned chicken wings. Marinate them for at least 2hours. Flip them during marinate. (i only marinate for 1hour, it taste gooood)
  • Grill them. (i just put them in m’wave (grill function) for 26 mins. flip it at 13mins cooking time)
  • Blend the dippings ingredients, cook on low (’small fire’.. haha) till it get thick. Serve with the chicken wings.

[E] Route

Jln Kuda Emas

after a year working here in Mines Waterfront, only today makes me realize that my route to the office is different from others. there are NO traffic jam (and won’t be any), NO tol, NO speed trap, NO road blocks and many other NOs.

there is a ’secret’ route for me to get to the office via Jln Kuda Emas. only those who got MINES sticker could use this road. everytime i enter Jln Kuda Emas from Guard Post B, i can’t help my jaws from dropping and yelling “WOW~”. there are bungalows along the way, near the Mines Golf Resort. the road ends when i pass through Guard Post A, where i can see horses running in a gated track. it is the Kelab Lumba Kuda, which i don’t know what it is for. i guess, there’s where people watch the horse race. is there any gambling involve, huh? (wondering..)

about 700 meters from the Kelab Lumba Kuda, there’s a 7star hotel, The Palace of Golden Horses. that’s where important guests stay, such as the Chelsea football players! (my friends saw them practicing football at the hotel’s field). i think i saw the world’s best tennis players there too, on his way out of the hotel.

right after the hotel’s main entrance, there’s a small entrance to the back of the hotel heading to Mines Waterfront. that’s how my boring working days start..

[E] A Penny Saved is A Penny Earned

NOTE: the idiom above means that we shouldn’t spend or waste money, but try to save it

let me share with you some tips given by my financial-related-work friend, Faiz regarding money saving. it is important for us to have our own saving, in case there are circumstances that might need us to use big amount of money.

• when we get our paycheck, spare and ‘hide’ a portion of our salary as our saving. to do this, we have to make our monthly budget. DO NOT USE the money.  the wrong method of doing this is “SPEND our salary and THEN KEEP the balance as saving“.
• TAX our expenses. these would make us more thoughtful in spending the cash. let say, breakfast cost us RM2.30, the balance of it is 70 cents. ‘bank in’ the balance in a coin box and tax the expenses, let say RM1. then, bank in all the taxation in the coin box in your saving account, it is safer and wiser.
• stay at home on weekends (or anywhere that don’t require us to spend money). try to do other activities that would prevent us from going shopping.
• list all the things before going to shop. we should only buy the things we need rather than buying things we want.
• key in our expenses dlm Microsoft Money.. or any other application that can view our expense graphs. from the graphs, we could review and re-budget our expenses.
• for budget, breakdown to weekly expenses instead of lump sum. do not keep a big amount of cash.
• print a picture of something that we really want, like ermm.. interesting vacation places, big house, cool car or anything and paste them on your wall (where you always can see them). this is to motivate us to save more~

it is never too early to save. or we better late then never. i am practicing these tips myself, but i always cheat on the taxation. haha… i better be more discipline!

do you have any good tips to share here? do leave a comment. i would be very happy! and thank you!

[W] Maxis broadband disconnection workaround

ehhehe.. slalu ke disconnect? don’t  know la bout u guys/girls, but according to edot, at home, the connection drops at almost every 5 minutes! worse during peak time.

maxis does mention in their so-called “fair” usage policy that they will disconnect u if ur connection idles for a period of time (30 minutes if i’m not mistaken). 30 minit ke 3 minit?? cess..

i googled about this prob and found the solution (i hope) bout 2 weeks ago. all u need to do is change the setting to use a fixed DNS. u can choose to use either of these 2:

a. maxis real DNS:

• primary: 202.75.129.101
• secondary: 202.75.129.102

b. OpenDNS (my choice):

• primary: 208.67.222.222
• secondary: 208.67.220.220

how to set the new connection?

[W] Maxis/Celcom Broadband for Ubuntu users

okeh, setakat ni kalo tanye org maxis/celcom.. mmg diorg xde support utk linux user.. tp it doesn’t mean xleh gune servis internet diorg.. just kite kene tau sendiri camane nk configure connection je.

aku x layak nk ajar kat sini, sbb aku pun xpenah gune Ubuntu
so tgk je la kat sini eh?

1. http://www.sembangsini.com/?p=237
2. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=262867

hope this helps!

[W] Vista funny but annoying bug

just found this little bug on my office’s PC this morning.

1. u need to enable the statusbar in explorer. on the menu bar, go to View > Status Bar.
2. browse to any folder with files in it.
3. click a singe file or just ctrl + A to select all files.
4. read the file size in the status bar.

5. now press F5 to refresh the folder.
6. select the same file(s) and read the file size again,

… the number increased!

… and it will keep increasing after each refresh.. hehe..

it is an old bug actually (since beta ver.). many complaints, but microsoft seems to ignore them..

[E] No Harm Trying

hello world~ i am very proud to tell you that i have finished the Runway Project; Baju Kurung! it is 100% complete~ haha, this sounds boastful, isn’t it? but i just can’t help it.. so please bear with it for a while. well, i used to be a very tomboyish girl before. i dressed up like a boy, with jersey and jeans. i talked like a boy. i acted like a boy. i never care to learn cooking or sewing. but everybody’s changing and so do i.

but now, i tried all the stuff i used to hate. i cook and sometimes they taste goooood~ i sew.. and the baju kurung fits me well & the sliding door curtains look pretty nice! i invested some money for these thing coz i believe this might be one of my retirement planning. i want to learn how to sew other dress design! i want to learn how to make latest curtain’s design! i want to make plushies! i want to make anything crafty~

btw, i tried 3 Minutes Microwave Chocolate Cake yesterday. it tastes better than its looks.. maybe i should add some baking powder next time i make it.

no harm trying!