tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85050932024-03-19T10:45:32.319+08:00this life.. trying to achieve what she wants in life + enjoying every moment that she can right now..MelMokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02058825863022111143noreply@blogger.comBlogger152125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505093.post-12152129339363576262014-06-16T21:20:00.002+08:002014-06-16T21:21:39.179+08:00trial and error-compose bin<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">after 2 successful batch on the composting bin.<i> (in little bins) </i></span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I added greens weekly to the bin and I think I went overboard with it. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">weeks and months went by... to be exact, 3 months after i discover it had gone bad...</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I knew I had to toss it away.... the weather wasn't helping at all as it rained practically everyday for that period of time.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It smelled like a rubbish dump and partly the 'dog' was having some skin problem for weeks. the bin was attracting flies which was not helping with the dog's skin problem as well.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Took advantage of the 20% promo that they had, manage to save USD 12 per kit. But due to unforeseen circumstances, the package that had arrive to my borderlinx address was damage. I had to pay extra USD30 so they could send it back to get a replacement from MVO. I was a bit upset as they could have just refuse the package if they knew it was already damage in the first place. That would save me some $$ and time as well. Writing back and forth to borderlinx was also a pain in the bu*t. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The customer service from MVO was quick and responsive. On the other hand, I had to wait at least a day for each enquiry and process with Borderlinx. I guess I won't be getting my MVO products throu Borderlinx in future.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I've been using their 4 steps care for the pass week. I just love their sunscreen. MVO Everyday Coverage to be exact. I really wanted to fall in love with their cleansers but I can't help but to use back my Suki Exfoliating cleanser and foaming cleanser on the 3rd day after using it. The very first time I tried their cleanser, I felt as thou I was in a balinese spa / message center.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Guess it's the smell of the oils in their products. I am getting use to the smell but I guess I prefer the refreshing smell of the lemongrass when I wash my face. A wake me up, perky smell in the morning makes wonders especially when I'm in lack of sleep. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The MVO Everyday Coverage sunscreen, Light and Medium tint works well on my face. I'm actually mixing both at the moment. The medium tint gives me a tinnnyyy littllleee tan on my face, where else the Light tint gives a slightlyyyyy yellowish face. </span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">It all started with my face. </span>I have a combination type of skin. More towards the oily side. I wouldn't say I've tried all sorts of moisturizer but I had my fair share of it. Every month I would have at least a pimple or 2. I could never get rid of the blackheads or the whiteheads. I was prone to breakouts all the time. </div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">But I felt that I was putting parfum on my face every time when I use it and there also a layer of film on my skin which I thought that it would be okay as long it doesn't make my face breakout so often.<i>(haha..)</i></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I had to go for my monthly facials to make sure that my face would not be congested with black & whiteheads. The funny thing is that most of the time, I would have breakouts a day or two after my facial sessions. </span>I would keep hearing the same thing from the beautician every time she does the extraction. </div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"your whiteheads is like toothpaste coming out every time I press it."</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Finding the right face scrub was a challenge as well. Some help to clean out my blackheads but it was drying to my skin. Which causes more oil on my face. Some scrubs were not harsh on my skin nor it was helping with my blackhead problems.</span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">I then stumbled upon vivawomen. I guess that's how it all started. </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Read reviews on <a href="http://sukiskincare.com/products/exfoliate-foaming-cleanser.html" target="_blank">Suki Exfoliate Foaming Cleanser</a>. </span>Bought the To-Go sample to try out. I just feel in love with this cleanser the first time I tried it. I was using it for a month++ before my next facial appointment.<br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">As I found out more about chemical being use in beauty products. I started to read up the ingredients of the products that I was using and realise that all this years I have been putting chemicals on my face and it didn't even help with my problems. I need to go back to nature... <i>Well more to natural products that it. </i></span></div>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">To cut the long story short, I purchase some clays online for my pimple problems, then it lead to DIY hair shampoo <i>(which I've gotten lazy with it)</i> then I discovered <a href="http://www.bfm.my/how-to-make-eco-enzyme-solution.html" target="_blank">eco enzyme</a> <i>(from BFM)</i> for all sort of usage <i>(and it's environmental friendly)</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Well, I can finally say that I have found my holy grail for my face. </span>Ever since then, I have not gotten any huge monthly pimples... Once in a blue moon... like 2-3 months once, a pimple or 2 would pop up but then I would straight away apply clay on it. It would dry up before it can even form any pus. I have so much less blackheads and no more toothpaste like whiteheads.... the only blackheads I have now is around my nose area now... </div>
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Then I reminded my self, that I should buy what I really need even thou this collagen drink kills 2 birds with 1 stone. <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Maybe I should give it a try... later in future.</span></i>
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<span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">After a month plus </span><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">with no improvement, I went to see my company panel clinic and explained my problem to her. She suspected that I have could have torn my ligament and suggested to see an orthopedic and get it fix. She then asked me to choose a hospital that is near where I stay for traveling convenience as the surgery is just a minor one, which any orthopedic surgeon can conduct.</span></div>
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I missed out the first part of the fish section. But the veggie part was really easy to make.<br />
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- olive oil<br />
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It was super easy and it 'sounded/looks' delicious.<br />
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As we were doing our usually weekly grocery shopping for the week. The salmon at the fish section was calling to to me.... <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>(cos it looks fresh) </i></span>I asked the 'MR' if he's up for a salmon pasta with a twist for dinner that day and he gave me the nod.<br />
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I loveee salmon... Don't get me wrong. But I sometimes feel that salmon has a very heavy and rich body to it especially if it's with pasta. <br />
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MelMokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02058825863022111143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505093.post-37444553951911106112013-03-25T21:09:00.001+08:002013-03-25T21:10:28.588+08:00harvesting bok choyI managed to harvest all my baby bok choy except 3 or 4 which was destroyed by <a href="http://melisamok.blogspot.com/2012/12/trails-that-never-leaves.html">leaf miner problems</a>.
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MelMokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02058825863022111143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505093.post-83645473832691997232013-01-22T21:23:00.001+08:002013-01-22T21:32:37.138+08:00not bake but 'half baked'A 'half baked' dish that I did last weekend.<br />
Oyster sauce ginger chicken.<br />
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As usual, I forgot to add in a few ingredients. I have this bad habit of forgetting to add one or two ingredients when I cook. The problem only happens when I don't refer to the 'recipe collection'. <br />
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<i>5 little chicken drumsticks</i><br />
<i>1 tablespoon of oyster sauce + pepper</i><br />
<i>julienne ginger</i><br />
<i>1 teaspoon of soy sauce</i><br />
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I marinated the chicken with the oyster sauce and pepper for an hour of more. <i>I prepared the ingredients in advanced and then went on cleaning and mopping the house. </i><br />
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Stir fry the ginger till the smell exploded <i>(which smells wonderful)</i> then add in the chicken. Let it cook for a while till the chicken is white. <br />
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The last time I cooked this 'little' chicken drumstick, I undercooked it. The outer part was white and cook, but the inner part near the bones was red and uncooked. <br />
So this time around, I left it there to cook longer with the help of the water.<br />
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The dish came out ok. Meat = Totally cook. :)
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Just without the kick of the sesame oil smell and the chinese wine taste.
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Accompany with Pork Bone Soup with Red Dates, Dried mini Scallops and NZ Spinach.<br />
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Together with my disappointing Fried Slice Luncheon Meat.
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MelMokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02058825863022111143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505093.post-57498420062001543832013-01-05T14:58:00.001+08:002013-01-05T17:20:45.125+08:00bye bye leaf minerAfter spraying some neem oil with garlic juice and planted garlic chives next to the bok choy. The leaf miner have gone to heaven. It's free from leaf miner for now. <i>woo hoo</i><br />
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MelMokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02058825863022111143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505093.post-47462664867453439092012-12-06T22:46:00.002+08:002012-12-06T22:46:50.995+08:00growing bok choyhehehe<i>..</i>. it is finally growing... <br />
<i>*I'm seeing bigger leaves.....* woo hoo....</i><br />
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MelMokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02058825863022111143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505093.post-35298458869316664592012-12-06T22:41:00.000+08:002012-12-06T22:41:59.890+08:00stir fried bittergourd with chicken and black beansYummy....<br />
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MelMokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02058825863022111143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505093.post-13031018794453159012012-11-21T13:47:00.001+08:002012-11-23T11:00:05.048+08:00Soil compose after 6 monthsMy soil compose is finally ready to be use. Let's just see how well the lemongrass and baby pak choy will grow...<br />
*oh my baby pak choy.. Forever that height....* <br />
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MelMokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02058825863022111143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505093.post-68821394647963604862012-11-12T22:40:00.000+08:002012-11-12T22:41:09.951+08:00coming soon... DIY projectI went to a cheapskate mode while I was hunting for accessories during my Bangkok trip. <br />
I refuse to pay for something I could possibly do it my self. <br />
While exploring the market, I stumble across a shop that sells all these beads, strings and supplies for accessories.
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So I ended up buying these... <br />
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It's still sitting at a corner right now... cause I'm waiting for my other purchases to arrive. <br />
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After coming back from my trip, my DIY bug went up the chart, and made me purchase more stuffs online to smoothen the process of my DIY project.<br />
Still waiting for my purchases.. let see how this DIY project goes....
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MelMokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02058825863022111143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505093.post-79127664415812120662012-10-25T23:25:00.002+08:002012-12-06T22:42:14.201+08:003 + 1After years of talking about it, I finally made the trip to Bangkok for holiday. Did a lot of walking/shopping and finally experience the Chatuchak Market. While we were there one of the nights drinking, I realize and told KY that our honeymoon trip was around the same month. I saw a little boy buying a scary rubber mask and then I realize that Holloween is around the corner. I remembered before leaving Hong Kong <i>(our honeymoon trip)</i>, the local was starting to setup the decorations for Halloween as well. How time flies, now I have to remember to add 1 more year... <br />
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Some thing to reminisce over...
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MelMokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02058825863022111143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505093.post-1673938775887578392012-10-02T22:19:00.002+08:002012-10-02T22:19:23.264+08:00nihonOh my... I really suck at blogging big time! <br />
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I meant to blog about my hectic week months ago and I totally forgotten bout it. <br />
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For the past month or so, I've been busy trying to keep my bok choy seedlings from dying, been busy working on some freelance design to make some extra cash to fund my natural beauty products and been busy trying to submit as many p.o's as possible... (that's what my coll. said) P.O. sent. Waiting for delivery...<br />
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Anyways, 2 months ago I had to go to Japan for work purpose. After coming back from Japan, I had to follow up with the piled up work from office and on top of that, a cousin of mine that I haven't seen for 13 years came down for a short holiday from Glasgow with her husband and 3 beautiful children. They are all so grown up and looking at them makes me feel old....!! <i>*that feeling really sucks...*</i><br />
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Oh well... Back to my trip...<br />
Before heading to Japan, the only food that I was so looking forward to eat was their Ramen. <br />
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That's the only food I really miss eating ever since I tried the real 'stuff' 5 years ago. <br />
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Sad to say that I didn't pass by any ramen shop while I was there due to the tight schedule. But this time around I DID manage to try some new food and 'drinks'. <br />
Udon(yes, I didn't manage to eat Udon on my first trip), Oden, Chikuwabu and oh... ShoChu... (which I did not manage to snap any pictures)<br />
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I spent what ever time I had at Muji, drugstores and supermarkets. Which I had miss out from my last trip there. <br />
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Made my way to Muji at Yurakucho (apparently its the biggest shop) from the supplier's office on my day at 4.30pm.
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Spent a couple of hours there before my feet was starting to give up on me.<i>*again it was my shoe problem*</i><br />
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On my way back to the hotel. I stopped by at local supermarkets to stock up some Japanese snacks and to my surprise, I found the particular Jamaican Rum that my mom was hunting for her fruit cake, which we can't get it here locally. I was ecstatic when I saw it on the shelf and grab hold of 2 big bottles. (I just found out recently that the airport in Australia has it!)
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Donated a couple of $$ to Muji before leaving the land of the rising sun.
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MelMokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02058825863022111143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505093.post-70553970984514415782012-06-22T22:30:00.002+08:002012-06-22T22:31:58.248+08:00stagnant bok choyI tried to organize my labels/tags for all my post the other day and realize that when an update was made, my post automatically goes up as the latest post.<br />
Shouldn't it just stay there as it's originally posted date?... hmm...<br />
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Anyways, I manage to kill the leaf miners with garlic juice spray. Woo Hoo....<br />
But now my bok choy has been in the same condition for weeks now.. no sign of growing or dying. I couldn't stand it being stagnant so I decided to put a couple of chicken poo to it.<br />
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Few days later, I manage to get around to collect the used coffee powder from JT. So now my bok choy is filled with chicken poo and coffee powder. <br />
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2 weeks ago, I decided to give it another shot.<br />
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4 days after ... more came out to play...<br />
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<i>wooo hoooo...</i><br />
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- lots of chicken bones or 1/2 kg of chicken <i>( i stock up my chicken bones to boil soup cos it adds flavor with the pork bones)</i><br />
- 6-8 shitaki mushrooms <i>( i replace it with chinese mushroom cos i didn't have shitaki mushroom in hand)</i><br />
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I added my left over canned clams with it's juice. The soup turned out wonderful and it tasted as good as I remembered.<br />
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</div>MelMokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02058825863022111143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505093.post-14631402717489824152012-05-29T14:25:00.001+08:002012-05-29T23:28:28.678+08:00trying to grow bok choyI went over board with the bok choy seeds and made the same mistake again. I sow too many of them in my little DIY starter pots (little recyclable newspaper pots)!<br />
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A week or so later, it germinated to a bunch which I had to kill all of these seedlings and save only one.... <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i>*hmmm...* </i></span><br />
I tried splitting it to a few but it was too stressful for me.<br />
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I thought I could lay back and wait for my seedlings to do it's thing. But then few days ago.. <br />
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Temporarily I've sprayed garlic juice on my seedlings and now I'm waiting for my neem oil to arrive so that I kill these leafminers and it's larvae...<br />
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On top of that, I notice that 1-2 leaves in each seedlings is getting yellow... <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">argghh...</span></i><br />
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</div>MelMokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02058825863022111143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505093.post-25691065125732746392012-05-16T22:43:00.001+08:002012-05-30T21:39:39.618+08:00plug in timer switch + more chinese soup<div style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0;">
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Ah.. I finally found this plug in timer at Ace hardware store for my weekly soup weeks ago.<br />
I was having a hard time trying to figure how to set the timer and finally manage to get it work after a few test. All I had to do is rotate the dial to no 1 and just pull up the little plastic pieces from '1' onwards till '8'. <br />
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Ta dahh... 8 hrs of slow cooking and we have our soup...<br />
2-3 soup weekly.....<br />
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Old cucumber soup with pork bone with dried scallops.<br />
Wanted to add in the dried oysters but I ran out of it... Then after taking the first sip of the soup, I realize I could have added in some red dates and wolfberries that I've just stock up during the weekend. <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">*slap on forehead*</span></i><br />
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</div>MelMokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02058825863022111143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505093.post-91947358287848430282012-05-15T21:16:00.001+08:002012-05-17T17:56:55.099+08:00DIY Siew Yok<div style="font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0;">
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I totally forgotten about my roast pork belly post.<br />
My mom passed me a pack of seasoning and ask me to try out this easy peasy chinese roast pork belly. Rub some rough sea salt on the skin and season the rest of the meat with the seasoning for at least 8 hrs. <br />
Then take out the sea salt out and grill it, <br />
1st round, 2nd round, and after the 3rd round I manage to estimate the time for each size of the pork belly. <br />
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It turned out deli....ciouss...! It taste exactly like how it's suppose to taste like except it's juicier.<br />
The only set back is that I was getting sick of the pork belly. <br />
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From the packaging, this seasoning is meant for chicken. Need to find some one who reads chinese and tell me how to use it for steam chicken.....<br />
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</div>MelMokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02058825863022111143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505093.post-4271196687346740292012-04-27T17:49:00.001+08:002012-05-03T21:58:19.203+08:00life with soapnutsMonths ago, I've tried making my own shampoo.. well, not really my own.. but a DIY shampoo. <br />
I ordered my self a bottle of castile liquid, brewed some rosemary and wah lah... <br />
my own diy shampoo...<br />
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After using it alternative days for 2 weeks. I didn't feel that the texture of my hair has change instead it became drier. So to counter that with rinsing it off with 1 part vinegar and 2 part brew rosemary...<br />
I was hoping that it would help with me scalp condition, but it didn't. So i gave up after 2 weeks of trial. <br />
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Then came my discovery of soapnuts. <br />
I realize I have not pen down my experience with soapnuts ever since I started using it. <br />
I LOVE it.!! <br />
I've used it for laundry wash and the cloths came out soft and clean and did i mention soft...? I mean ... really soft comparing with washing our cloths with the normal detergent. Yes, normal detergent does give the nice fragrance but after drying it under the sun, the cloths are all stiff and hard. You know what I mean?<br />
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I don't like to use softener cos I feel like, I'm adding too many chemical just to wash my cloths and it does more harm then good. On top of that, the cloths would not last long as well.<br />
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I've even tried cleaning my old jewelry and coin collections. I reuse the soapnuts from my laundry wash, soaked it for about 2 days and everything was bright and shinny. It looks like brand new.., clean! Well if you ignore the scratches and all.<br />
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Since my diy castile shampoo did not do so well with my scalp problem... I'm trying soapnuts this time around. <br />
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</div>MelMokhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02058825863022111143noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8505093.post-62673115865395432022012-04-26T21:23:00.000+08:002012-04-26T21:23:30.592+08:00handmadeI've been storing my 500pcs of <a href="http://melisamok.blogspot.jp/2010/02/muslin-drawstring-mini-bags.html" target="_blank">muslin bags</a> for ages now... and this year around it has finally been leaving me bit by bit.<br />
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My first successful buyer makes handmade accessories and cards. Looking at her paper crafts brings me back to me high school times when I use to be quite 'active' in handycraft stuffs. :)<br />
I remember making my own recycle papers.... making my own notebook with nice little detailed hard cover to go with it... ahh... those were the days... <br />
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Anyways,..<br />
I looked thru her site and saw something that I like. A nice looking necklace to add on to my collection. The price was reasonable, so I made the purchase. <br />
Joey was nice enough to throw in a discount price and a little cute pin. <br />
so niceeeeeee :D<br />
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The necklace came with the muslin bag. Love it.<br />
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