Another new book

Got this book at the Popular Book Fair at The Curve on Saturday for RM29.90. I have been looking for a book on this subject matter for the longest time ever but the ones that I came across are way too expensive and out of my budget. This book is small in size but I think the information is sufficient for me, at least for the moment.

Having read a couple of chapters thus far, I find the content a little too difficult for me to comprehend...ahaks. This requires slow reading and repetitions of many paragraphs...hehehe. Nonetheless, it is very very informative. It is a great book to understand how our body system works.

My "kiam chai" project

Itchy hands decided to try the kiam chai (salted veg) fermentation project. Bought a stalk of "kou chai" (bitter vegetable, no idea what is the proper name in English). Mom said to soak the veg in rice water (sounds a bit gross but what the heck, just follow), sugar and sufficient salt in plastic container. After a week, it should be ready to be eaten. The veg needs to be dry before adding the water or else fungals (gross but harmless) will grow.

About a week old.

Looks gross but edible

The finished product.

According to my mom, the needs to be of enough saltiness or else the process will be slower. I guess this was what happened to mine cos it took more than a week for the entire veg to turn green brownish. Not bad for first trial though.

Another one for the collection

Got a new shot glass yesterday courtesy of a colleague. This one is called Hard Rock Cafe New York City 2009 shot glass. Love the design.

Good to be back?

It's been a long while since I last blog. Too late to wish anyone Merry Christmas, Happy New Year or Gong Xi Fa Cai. Been very occupied with playing Pet Society on facebook and it's really taking up a huge chunk of my time. Maybe the more appropriate words should be "wasting my time", and I really need to stop doing that. A lot of things happened since I last blog but I'm too lazy to list them all.

I got burned by motorbike exhaust pipe 5 days ago as I was walking too close to a bike. This has left a burnt mark the size of an egg, more or less. My medication rounds include dosages of vitamin E serum, gamat gel, aloe vera gel, not to mention the endless changing of bandages. The wound isn't getting any better and frankly speaking, I am starting to worried, esp. on potential scarring.

5 day old wound. I'm more worried abt the surrounding redness than the blister itself.

On a different note, I felt really stupid caring about someone and going all the way out to help this person but in return, I did not get a single "how are you, how is your leg?" greetings when we met up. It makes me wonder why I bother trying to care. Silly of me, really. At the very least, ask. That is what friends are for, especially friends who see each other every week. This tells me that I was never in this person's mind to begin with. Anyway....moving on. A good cry always helps.

"Live Your Life~ Don't Take Things Too Lightly!" Very impressive statement coming from a 12 year old. It makes me of think of my current state of mind. I have been so busy being conscious of other people around me that I have lost sight of the most important person in my life....ME. Seriously, ya, sure we all have friends and family who "care" about us but really, at the end of the day, will they be there 24x7 for us? It is time to start taking good care of ourselves.

This isn't what I had in mind to re-start my blog but I just need to vent some frustrations out. There have been a lot of built-up frustrations these past few months esp. from work, but I hope to see more positive outcomes overall in life. Working on it.........