Living the Stormtrooper life, out of office hours.
(Source: rhodeskc)
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I just tried this. It now appears just below “i hate it when i’m studying and a velociraptor”. But really. What?
(Source: meme4u, via pricklylegs)
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![{023} Home-made yee sang. Adapted from Adam Liaw’s Dragon Yee Sang.
Since we went to a Japanese restaurant for reunion night, we not only missed out on lion dance and firecrackers, but also yee sang[1].
I was going to be lazy and buy a yee sang kit from the Chinese shop to prepare at mum’s, but apparently (and obviously) my spontaneity was ill-timed since the kit had sold out of the ten shops I could find in a 10km radius of my home.
So I did it the old-fashioned way. I made a few adaptations to Adam’s recipe due to time constraints and personal preference for flavours, but it worked a treat.
Also, those wonton crisps were my first time deep frying anything. Reaffirmed that I don’t like deep frying. It is a dangerous activity. Delicious results, but much danger.
Also also, deep frying with a weak exhaust is a bad combo. Apartment smelled like oil for a day.
[1] Although we did have a nice little dish with raw fish and a poached egg which seemed like an almost yee sang-like dish.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyd0pcvxAW1qz86zko1_500.jpg)
{023} Home-made yee sang. Adapted from Adam Liaw’s Dragon Yee Sang.
Since we went to a Japanese restaurant for reunion night, we not only missed out on lion dance and firecrackers, but also yee sang[1].
I was going to be lazy and buy a yee sang kit from the Chinese shop to prepare at mum’s, but apparently (and obviously) my spontaneity was ill-timed since the kit had sold out of the ten shops I could find in a 10km radius of my home.
So I did it the old-fashioned way. I made a few adaptations to Adam’s recipe due to time constraints and personal preference for flavours, but it worked a treat.
Also, those wonton crisps were my first time deep frying anything. Reaffirmed that I don’t like deep frying. It is a dangerous activity. Delicious results, but much danger.
Also also, deep frying with a weak exhaust is a bad combo. Apartment smelled like oil for a day.
[1] Although we did have a nice little dish with raw fish and a poached egg which seemed like an almost yee sang-like dish.
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{022} A Japanese cheesecake with azuki from Halu, Mt Hawthorn.
In the past, we’ve had trouble finding a Chinese restaurant that is able to maintain a high standard of dishes during the rush of the first week of Chinese New Year. Stuff is under done, over done, mushy, dry, slow, blah blah blah. So this year my family had reunion night dinner at a Japanese restaurant instead.
We weren’t the only Chinese in the restaurant, so evidently we’re not the only ones who have this problem.
I do miss the lion dance and fire crackers though. So if anyone in Perth can recommend somewhere that’s up to scratch, let me know.
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Phones, as explained to my Dad (motorcycle enthusiast)
Hi Dad,
Coralee told me you were looking for a smart phone. Here’s my assessment of the 4 major players:Blackberry - It’s like owning a Hyosung. Inherent design flaws, cheap, and designed to be thrown away. Friends don’t let friends ride a Hyosung.
Android - It’s like owning a secondhand, restored CB500. It seems like a good idea at the time. It’s cheap. You get lots of stuff for cheap, and in general it works reasonably well. But you quickly learn that it’s outdated, it’s near impossible to upgrade or fix without doing some incredibly hacky stuff, and the inherent niggles that you didn’t know at the time only show themselves AFTER purchase, and there’s nothing you can do about it. (Android phones typically do not see a security update once they leave the factory.)
Windows phone (the new 7.5 Mango ones) - Like having a Triumph Triple (various engine capacities apply here too) with a service plan. It’s a wonderful piece of technology that will work great, gets good reviews, you’ll love it and it is as fun to use as it is utilitarian, but every time you need a service you’ll probably be waiting on replacement parts for a while. It’ll still function just fine without it, but there’s that lengthy delay. The end result is a good quality working bike though. There’s plenty of farkles out there, but not a HUGE amount.
iPhone - Like owning a Honda CBR series bike. You get one because your friends have one, everyone knows what it is, and because it puts a smile on your face every time you swing a leg over it. The Crème de la Crème of motorcycles. Generally a close call between this and the top tier competitors. Quickly gets outdated by the next latest and greatest model. Farkles galore that all cost money, high availability of parts, if you have an issue with it there’s shitloads of information on the web already, but designed to consume-consume-consume - that is, sucks gas like crazy and the real hit to the pocketbook is not the initial purchase, but the ongoing costs of servicing, tires and parts
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If you rock glasses (like me!), you will like this.
Awesome street art by Pavel Puhov
(Source: grom, via davidberes)
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What if Hellboy was a silent film star, Iron Man was a World’s Fair exhibit, and Galactus was in cahoots with the famed eccentric Rotwang? If any of these unlikely scenarios came to pass, they would certainly look a lot like Grégoire Guillemin’s Art Deco crimefighters.
(Greg Guillemin via Behance via i09)
I love me some art deco. I’m quite taken by the Iron Man and Silver Surfer ones. Followed closely by Thor.
(Source: brain-food)
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