Wednesday, March 31, 2010

胭脂扣

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會在4月1號前夕

看這部電影

純屬巧合

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漢學導論今天的課

講了青樓文學

從長安到香港

所以特地安排了這部戲

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前天我嘗試看

找到 Youtube 的版本

不過字幕和發音不相稱

另外一個則沒有字幕

不過癮

所以就不看了

只是讀過大綱就算了

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反而看了半小時的阿飛正傳

然后看完了金枝玉葉

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但是今天上課

老師說他不排除

考試會以電影為出發點

來探討妓院文化和城市的發展

所以今天又乖乖的看完了

咦 第二部分的字幕對稱了

真好

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但是原來知道劇情來看電影

是有這么大的落差的

少了一份緊張的感覺

只是想從電影 pick up 

一些和課文有關的畫面

作為討論例子

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看著電影時

一直都想象

張國榮和梅艷芳都還在人世

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戲中也有講到

戲如人生 人生如戲

演戲就是上演著人生的一幕幕

但是兩位主角的命運

在現實幾乎差很多

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為什么十二少自殺會獲救

而張國榮則走上了一條不歸路

3811 如花和十二少自殺的那天

沒看過電影的人不知道

看過了也未必會記得

3 月 8 號不是婦女節咯

(不知道作者選 3 月 8 號

也是有這個雙重意義)

但是我們卻永遠記得

4 月 1 號不只是愚人節這么簡單

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戲中如花最愛情的至死不渝

最后死在十二少的懷抱

現實里 梅姐卻找不到

陪她走最后一程的那個人

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片中的如花為情郎等了 5 3年

歲月摧殘了十二少

七年了

永存在記憶的哥哥

都會是那個最美的男子

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去年的這個時候

寫了一遍 懷念哥哥

希望明年今日

我還是在這個地方

再寫多一篇

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今年過了一季

是時候醒來了

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Friday, March 26, 2010

Mum’s Kitchen - Yau Char Kway

no ammonia bicarbonate

no alum

no dark-coloured oil

this is 50% healthier

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why never we thought of that

Yau Char Kway is actually fried bread

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while we were baking bread last Sunday

set some dough aside

bread dough       

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added in a pinch of baking soda and salt

and here we get YCK

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slicing dough into thin and long pieces frying...        very slim indeed       looking better

where is my fresh soy bean?

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word of caution

while i was frying YCK

i realized how frying food is so fattening

because we dip the old thing into hot, boiling oil

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using oil absorbent paper does help

but much more oil  has already being absorbed

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this is just like chinese french fries

high in saturated fat

so…

instead of taking YCK + soy bean as breakfast

please substitute it with wholegrain bread

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YCK happened to be the by-product

the star of the day

homemade wholegrain breadit's so soft       floss bread

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p.s.

i stood more than 1 hour frying the floss

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Coconut Mania

i am crazy over coconut

all the coconut related kuih

grated coconut

fresh coconut

yummy yummy

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coconut processing

fresh coconut       pro coconut processing one old, one young        coconut flesh   grated coconut    santan and coconut water    left over skin...

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recap of what we have made so far

coconut bun

kuih ketayap         Nasi Lemak

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other coconut delicacies that i enjoy

(but we dunno how to make leh…)

putu piring / putu buluh putu mayam

ketupat

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kuih koci

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here comes the bad news

calorie count for coconut milk

too much of saturated fat

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the same applies for coconut meat

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cut cut cut

or my diet plan will fail forever

dearest coconut

i should learn to hate you

just like how Snoopy hates coconut flava cookies

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Wednesday, March 24, 2010

No-joke, My Silly Haircut

early in the morning the very last...    few hours later...

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my new broom hairstyle

amid all the stresses

who still care about hair and look

i just wanna be freed…

gosh.. but i have already started regretting it

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Friday, March 19, 2010

Mum’s Kitchen: Kuih Ketayap

one of our favourite kuih

it looks a bit discoloured

but this is the original Pandan juice colour

the batter frying      filling       done1     OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

after we ran out of grated coconut

tried out with Kaya instead

as usual, it’s home-made

thick home-made kaya

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two flavours        superb

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Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Mum’s Kitchen: Best Bread ever

we have tried making bread

but this is the softest, fluffiest ever

even after days

recipe from Ohbin

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mom was so addicted that

within a week

we actually made 3 times

experimenting with different flavours

but the main reason being is course

we are bread-eating people

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chicken floss

coconut

raisin

the best is the coconut filling  

mixing everything together after some kneading boomzz.. shaping the buns after inserting filling ready for the oven

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actually the ingredients are simple

sufficient time for the dough to rise

and effort on kneading the dough

will determine the “fate” of the bread

fresh from ovenwalnut topping     the shade of egg white looks artistic          fulliness

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some bread out there

the softness and fluffiness

are contributed by some additives

so it’s like lack of real weight and taste

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but for ours one,

they are soft yet compact

the solid bread

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try compressing a loaf of bread

for a solid one

the shape will remain intact

but for the not so natural one

it will be twisted and deformed

and obviously shrink in size

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chicken floss     OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA         coconut filling        

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secret to tasty coconut filling

self-grindedwe heart bread

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