Thursday, June 5, 2008

Relay for Life 31st May - 1st June 2008

5月31日是第21个世界无烟日,也是International Cancer Survivor's Day。 这天大马癌症协会在BukitJalil的MSN Training Stadium举办了Relay for Life 活动。 感谢BT等人,让我有幸参与这个意义深厚的活动。我告诉BT, 一年365天中,我这个爱睡虫可说就只有这个晚上没有睡觉了!(不会有人相信吧!)

患上癌症的朋友们,请记得要勇敢的走下去,战斗下去!!You are not alone! 健康的朋友们,我们要爱惜生命,活出生命的火花! 真希望往后可以参与更多像这样有意义的活动。。。不要老是躲在家里:P

谢谢wan仔拍下的照片,我没有携带相机。









Thursday, May 8, 2008

Durian season May 2008

又是榴莲季节了。自从去年完成了榴莲的研究之后,我再也没有吃过榴莲了。趁着劳动节,我拿了一天假期回槟城。表哥阿添邀请我到他和其他亲戚Pajak的果园吃榴莲。那果园坐落在浮罗。那天弟弟刚好也没有工作,于是他便载我一同到果园去。这地方在郊外,大概也只有当地人懂得。
(注:英文和中文不大一样,我懒得直接翻译)

It is durian season again. I have not taken any durian ever since I finished my research on durian last year. This year, I took a day leave during weekend to go back Penang and happened to be invited by my cousin to taste some of the durian varieties in the orchard that he had 'pajak'. The orchard was situated at Balik Pulau. My brother drove me all the way to the orchard. The place was quite secluded and only the local people would have visited that place.

这便是他们的集合站了。在这里,他们把榴莲用lidi扫干净,分品种,凭重量方载到市集销售。

This is the place where they gather all the durians collected to be cleaned, divided based on variety and weighed before sending to the market.









刚捡的榴莲布满了干叶和泥土。
Durians were covered by dried leaves and soil when they were collected.









我表哥阿添和叔公在忙着检查和整理榴莲。
My cousin Ah Thiam and his uncle were busy checking on the fruits collected.











以下几种品种是表哥阿添和叔公推荐的品种。当然也是当天正好有收成(“有跌”)的品种。统统都质粘果香,靓啊!
These were among a few varieties that have fallen on that day which my cousin and his uncle recommended. All of them have a very sticky texture and different aroma.


1. No 15 (十五号) 2. Green Skin (青皮)


3. Kun Bao Hung(坤保红) 4.Green Skin No. 15 (青皮15号)


5. Ling Feng Jiao (林风娇) 6. False Ling Feng Jiao(假林风娇)


7. Kapilin(卡比林)


阿弟在打包榴莲。很多不会开榴莲或嫌麻烦的人都像阿弟一样,带着tupperware (槟城人是这样称container的)去榴莲园或榴莲档打包。表哥的伙伴阿平在后面忙着。我们又吃又打包!

My brother is packing some durian back. Many people who don't know how to open a durian or feel troublesome to open the fruit will bring along a container to the fruit stall or orchard to purchase the dehusked fruit.

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

FHA 2008, Singapore













This year, 2008, FHA (Asia's largest International Food and Hospitality Event) was held in Singapore Expo. We were too lucky to have a boss who always think that his team should always get some exposure to stay creative. He allowed 5 of us to visit the expo! I really thank God to have this good boss. Hehehe..... To save cost, we offer to take a train instead of flight, and 5 persons squeezing into two rooms.

It has been a long time since I never take a train, especially the night train with bed. We took a 9.15pm train from KL central and reached Singapore on 8.30am. The beds were clean and I would say nothing much to be complained of except the lady in the next bed chatting on her phone loudly late at night trying to sell insurance I guess... It was really annoying! One of my friends who was awaken by her loud voice tried to indicate her to stop talking by making SHHHH sound a few times but in vain. She kept on talking like what the advertisement shown before the movie started in a cinema which says "many people looking at me but I don't care... wa TAIKO ma...."!

We checked in our luggage at Peninsular Excelsior Hotel and went to the expo straight away. The receptionist had made a mistake on our booking. Instead of booking two rooms, they only reserve one for us. At the end, they offer us one room in Peninsular tower and the other in Excelsior tower! .....




















There were all together 7 halls of exhibition and it tooks us 2 days to finished visiting only most of the booths skipping the booths exhibiting wine and hall no 4 which exhibited utensils for hotels. My friend and I have the same thought that we might broke people's plates or glasses if we visit hall no 4 by carrying around the huge paper bag given! Ha ha!
















The 1st Barista Championship. BT and I manage to catch-up John's (one of the participants') performance.

















Ice cream! I have fallen in love with the Pistachio ice cream during this visit! Walnut ice cream was nice too but still could not beat Pistachio!




















These chefs were so professional, both in term of cooking and promoting their products!













Picture shows one of the swimming pool in Peninsular Excelsior Hotel, Singapore. I wonder there is anyone who would like to swim in this "aquarium swimming pool"! The swimming pool is situated next to the lobby lounge, and it's transparent! Swimming in it would make me feel like giving a free show to the hotel guests sitting in the lobby lounge. What a "sexy" swimming pool.
















The beauty of Singapore.
















The night scene was eye-capturing.




















My colleagues and I. The only photo taken with all 5 of us was the one with our shoes (on top). Ha ha...