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| People!!! ATTENTION, please!!
I am closing my Xanga blog.
Please renew your link and take down my new blog address.
http://sus-kingdom.blogspot.com/
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| Xanga...oh Xanga.....I have been trying to blog for days but i seemed to have problem opening the site. Duh....
Anyway..an update on my Christmas. I had a fabulous time at a Christmas party hosted by my boss and his wife. We had it 2 days before Christmas as some of the staffs couldn't make it on the actual day itself. A couple of weeks before, we decided to pick names for the gift exchange. Just for the fun of it, we decided to remain the mysterious giver. Meaning, we shall not reveal to whom we are buying the gift for.Once gift is purchased, we need to paste the name on the gift and place it under the Christmas tree. This is a bit challenging because office is small and we need to make sure no one is around the office to notice that we have placed the gift there. Hehe....
Boss decided to let us off earlier that day to adjourn to his house. So while boss left early to cook spaghetti for us, we decided to take a few shots.
Our Christmas tree at the office with some fellow colleagues.
When we arrived at the boss's house, I was in awe. The deco was really, really beautiful. I just do not know how to describe it in words, but it left me speechless. My lady boss just had to hug me when she saw my expression.
Here's their Christmas tree taken without flash.
And this is just one of those figurines that I captured.
Christmas carols can be heard in the air. While waiting for others to arrive, we were served with drinks, gingerbread cookies, dippings and fruit cakes. In fact there is a corner created for those who has sweet tooth...The Chocolate Candy Corner.
The fruit cake from McGregor. It was superbly delicious. I had quite a few of it.
Then when everyone has arrived, we decided to have a round of ice breaker. It was hilarious. We were divided into 2 groups. A blanket parted us. Each group will need to send a representative to sit close to the blanket so that when the blanket drops, we had to shout out the opponent's name quickly. The first to do so correctly wins.
Now, some smart aleck forgot that he had to see our face in order to shout out our name. When his turn came, he actually went very close to the blanket with his butt facing us. He thought he was able to trick us but he was so, so wrong. Our rep was able to tell that it was him. On the other hand, because he had to bend down to see us from an upside down view, he couldn't remember our names. Hahahaha!
And boss was also very funny. He removed his glasses with his face so close to the blanket and eyes wide open thinking he could scare us with the close up look. But the moment the blanket was dropped, he was the one who got the shock and couldn't respond in time. Hehehehe.....
After the 1st icebreaker, dinner is served. We had lots to eat. Everything tasted so good. Ambience, music, people, and the joy and laughter was just right.
After food, we had another round of ice breaker. This time we needed 6 volunteers. They were told to stay at the kitchen. Our moderator then did an act, a charade actually. She told us that she is washing an elephant. The 1st of the 6 people is supposed to watch her do and then act it out to the 2nd person in that group and the 2nd to the 3rd and so on.
Now, it was a BIG mistake to send the boss as the 1st person cause he remembered everything wrong. He imagined himself washing something, then wiping the pans and then planting bonsais. Goshhhhh.....
Anyway, he did his stunt and pass it on to the 2nd person, who manged to follow part of his act.
Then comes the lady boss turn. I was laughing so hard, I couldn't take pictures.
And then to this one who started to turn it into some kind of a dance.
Finally this guy came with the idea of 2 hands that looked like it were squeezing something. I don't know what....though?
After that we played 2 truths and a lie. We all had our turns. One colleague said, I have a "Spanish Cock" and we all burst out laughing before he could even finish his sentence. Spanish Cock? How are we to know? Even if he shows us, we won't be able to tell...aduhhhh.. Btw, the boss's 15 year old daughter was seated next to me and she asked her dad...what Spanish Cock...kakakakkaa...the father had to explain that he meant Cocker Spaniel.
Another one said he has English blood. Okay...almost all of us believed him because he really doesn't look like a Chinese. And then someone said....just now Spanish Cock...now we have English Cock....kakakakakak
Come my turn, I said I play badminton. They all said that's a lie....Well....I do play badminton (the last I played was a year and a half ago...ssshhhhh). Only thing is I do not play it professionally. They said I looked like a 'softy" that is why they think I do not play.
Finally the gift exchange. No one came up with naughty pressies. Otherwise it would have been even more fun.I had a good time and a good laugh. I was laughing till I thought I would burst. Thank you all for the wonderful evening.
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| Time flies and needless to say in a couple of weeks we'll be entering a brand new year.
I have been very, very busy. Weekends came and left. It just never seemed enough...I wished it was 48 hours a day come Saturdays and Sundays. Or rather, I wished time would have stopped for a few hours during those days.
There is many public holidays this month. On top of that I had to clear my annual leave. I am already in a holiday mood which is not a great help to me now that I am handling additional portfolio in the office. Christmas is coming. So is Chinese New Year. I have never liked CNY. I hate the spring cleaning. Why must we clean so much when CNY is due? Who created such rule...?? Sighhhhhhhhh
Well, having said all that, I still love baking cookies. I bought a new oven recently. The old, small one kaputed. This new oven bakes very quickly, much to my delight. Therefore I needn't wait for a long time for my cookies to bake, unlike my old oven.
Today, I bake my pineapple tarts. The yearly MUST-HAVE cookies which I bake for my family as well as for a few aunts of mine.
Before the tarts are glazed with egg yolk.
The outcome after baking. It's not golden enough. Always happen for my first tray. Will have to bake longer for subsequent trays.
Recipe :
Ingredients for the pastry
1 1/2 bar of butter
1/4 cup of sugar
4 1/2 cup of flour
1 egg
A pinch of salt
Steps:
1. Mix well sugar and butter.
2. Add in egg. Mix well.
3. Add flour (already mixed with a pinch of salt) little by little and stir until well mixed.
For pineapple jam :
(This is depending on individual. Some like it with a bit of cinnamon flavoring, some don't. I like mine simple without cinnamon, so my recipe for pineapple jam is very straight forward.)
Ingredients
Pineapple
Sugar
1. Blend pineapple. Drain the juice.
2. Cook pineapple at low heat. Keep stirring so that pineapples do not burn.
3. Add sugar to taste.
4. Cook till pineapple is dry.
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| A conversation which took place at the gym in the shower room. Two ladies, oblivious to their surrounding were talking to each other while having their shower. They were talking so loudly (in hokkien) as though it is their own home. I, on the other hand was also taking my shower in the shower room next to theirs. So it is not my fault that I overheard them. Miss A : I should have brought my sarong along. I have so many. Miss B : Eeyohhh...you have sarongs ah? I don't have any. Normally sarongs are meant to be used during confinement. Miss A : Not necessary. I used to use sarongs when I was still a anak gadis...when I was my mother's daughter.(I was already scratching my head wondering what she meant.) Miss B : You sampat lah....What are you talking about? You are not your mother's daughter now meh? Miss A : Now that I am married, my status has changed. I am now somebody's wife. Miss B : Still, are you not your mother's daughter? Miss A : Aiyah...now different marrr......Married already means you are his already. *Sweat....didn't know there is such philosphy. Parents raised you for at least 18 years leh. Apala....how much has your hubby done for you? Spouse may be replaced but not our parents leh. | | |
| 45 minutes before ASIMO was scheduled to make his appearance, the crowd formed and waited patiently for him. 
Do you all know who ASIMO is? Ketuk your own head, if you don't. He is such a cool looking white guy robot who has made quite a name for himself through Honda. ASIMO was created 22 years ago in 1986 by Honda engineers who had this dream to create a humanoid robot. It started with a two-legged walking humanoid which represents the fruition of engineers zeal to create an innovative kind of mobility that brings a whole new value to human society in perfect co-existence and harmony. The engineers ultimate goal in their R&D effort was a humanoid that benefited people in their daily environment. This was finally achieved in year 2000 when ASIMO was born. Meet ASIMO (Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility)  
ASIMO weighs about 54kg and is about 131cm tall. He has a voice like a child and is able to speak a few words in Bahasa Malaysia. Dance with ASIMO. He can't wriggle and shake. If you watch him dance you would think he has a stiff neck and body. 
 Oh..but ASIMO knows how to play football. He runs at 6km/hr. He can serves drinks too. I worry for him when I saw him holding the tray.What if he spills the drinks and dirty his body? Would he get short circuit?  ASIMO has no face but he has eyes that are made up of 2 cameras hidden behind the black so-called face.. His backpack is actually his battery which is rechargeable. He can turn his head left and right although I am not sure if he can make a 360 degrees turn. I saw a lady saying goodbye to him spontaneously and he replied. He spoke about visiting the universities and he wants to encourage the youths to strive hard to achieve their dreams..just like how he was invented...through THE POWER OF DREAMS. He also spoke about having visited several other countries. Oh...and he conducted a Detroit Symphony Orchestra. So cool...... I was beginning to think that there was a man behind this costume but nope.....this is actually a very intelligent robot talking. After about 30 minutes, he waved goodbye and return to backstage. 
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