May day meal

May day is sunny n bright.im gonna cook my fave European food.I love French,Italian,Spanish n Greek food,da best cuisine.cook french provencal duck stew with duck legs,garbanzo beans,leek,celery,carrot in beer,cinammom,peppercorn,,anise n orange juice n peel ,some potato croquettes,my delicious sardine rilletes with crackers and a glass of ginger ale. dinner is peranakan ayam pong teh with braised eggs.im worried the price of eggs will go up with removal of subsidy and sure enough 30 eggs now cost rm 8 compared to rm 5.90 during Raya and by 1 .8.25 will sky rocket to rm 10 for 30 eggs.Mati la rakyat biasa source of cheap protein will go up..how to increase protein intake as eggs are easiest n convenient from soft boiled eggs and nasi lemak,egg sambal,french toast,egg custard,cawan mushi,cakes n muffins,egg sandwich,egg shrimp fuyong semua akan pasti naik harga.increase price for handphones n tv sets wont hurt our stomach as much as eggs.A hungry man is an angry man ingat tak Apa kah ini.Kerajaan berkata berdasar perangkaan rasmi

,kadar inflasi cuma 1.8 peratus.Ini memang mimpi dan bukan realiti sebenar.Kerajaan rasa angka ini syiok sendiri saja sebab fakta sebenar mungkin double digit inflation melihat kos harga makanan dan minuman.Alamak jangan mimpi lagi.turun ke pasar dan warung dan tanya pelanggan tentang pandangan mereka.jangan tinggal dalam mahligai mimpian syiok sendiri saja.Saya khuatir satu hari bila telur jadi makanan orang kaya bukan lagi bread and butter golongan biasa setakat sekarang pun saya tak mampu beli mentega kerana harga tinggi ,cuma makan mentega lepa susu .

A visit to a rooster

Jun n I took our darling pussy to visit our neighbours lovely garden downstairs.He has a bantam rooster in the cage and it crows so loudly that dear kitty clung onto me for dear life and refused to go down to the ground.His body was liter

ally trembling in fear,vibrating like a silent handphone.How to take him out to the outdoors.the wild monkeys in bukit melawati would terrify him like hell.scaredy cat is too domesticated n homeloving baby.

Traditional herbs for pets

I saw that Ayurveda traditional medicine has extended ramge of products for pets from shampoo to immune boosters vitamins. The Chinese TCM herbs have also introduced pet food infused with ginseng or goji berries n cranberries for pet cats.Will my cat eat food with herbs.im gonna try it as this cat seemed to have lost weight. perhaps the exercise outdoors is working. Now pets are treated as part of the family and indulged and pampered unlike in the past when cats were kept to catch mice and dogs to shepherd sheep or guard the home.now pussy plays with mobile rats and dogs get kidnapped for ransom

Astral travel

today is the first full moon of the month.i decided to go vegetarian or meat free.I bought red n yellow crysanthemums for the altar.i ate the yam cake,tapioca cake and rice with ketisik wrapped in banana leaves.i never drink coffee but i was reading in the newspaper about a drink called tiger bites lion or ho kar sai .its a mix of coffee and milo n evaporated milk.i asked the kopi tiam old uncle Ho about it and he was from Perak.He was nice and made the special drink for me.it was superfragrant as he used Nescafe.i tasted the chocolate of Milo in one sip and then the bitter fragrance of coffee.really packed a punch and so much oomph. for lunch i cooked a vegetarian spaghetti with mock minced soymeat,mixed vege of peas,carrot n corn,button mushroom,chopped tomato ,onion.i added oregano n italian mixed herbs so damn tasty n jun loved it although meatless The neslo drink gave a caffeine boost so i spent the whole morning cleaning n decluttering the fridge n organizing the spices n herbs in boxes. then drove to the Grocer to buy mock soy mutton and soy roast chicken i cooked dinner of tomato scrambled eggs as i need protein for evening workout of stretches.then i cooked a braised mutton with chinese herbs astralagus root,huang qi,cordycep flowers,star anise ,mushroom stock.minced garlic n ginger,dark soy sauce,caramelised sugar,button mushroom,peanut,carrot n fried gluten.it really looked like mutton pieces n fibrous as they used shitake mushroom stalks mixed with gluten.n soy beans. Jun says he wont mind eating vegetarian twice a week so i need to stock up gluten puffs and dried beancurd sticks. at nite i did full moon puja and short meditation before bed time.i dont know i reached a deep sleep of total relaxation.At around three am,i had an out of the body experience.I time iravelled through time and space and toured an ancient island with my two childhood best friends.Our tour guide was a local Greek or Spanish with tanned complexion.He took us on an Indiana Jones adventure.I love historical places with ancient architecture.He led us through a tunnel in a dark cave and we were stunned when we emerged from the opening.The whole cave was carved with scenes of warriors and gods in armour with spears and mythical beasts fighting with soldiers using swords and shields.it looked like Assyria of Hittite origin.the sculptors worked on grey granite so well the expressions on the faces came alive.the tour guide warned us not to touch the carving as it was monitoed by CCTV.My curious friend touched the face of a statue,activated a loud alarm n the security guard forcibly evicted her on the spot.The guide continued the climb up as water dripped from the roof of the cave onto our faces as we ascended narrow winding stairs and we went to the centre of the cave.wow it was the back of the whole carving and we could see how the sculptures were chiselled bythe craftsmen.i was awed and swooned at the fine artistry of the patience and skill of the craftsmen. Water dripped onto our faces as we climbed deeper into the caves.The smell of the bat dung was awful stench. I marvelled at the reverse of the stone carving and cant imagine how they did it without electric power tools. The loud meowing of pussy jolted me back to earth and his insistence on attention was so demanding that i put some kibbles for him as he ran out of food.bloody cat sleeps in the daytime and wakes up at nite to eat and play.a real vampire cat At 4am he is crying for attention. I think i went astral travelling through time and space.Could it be the effect of caffeine,chinese herbs or meditation.i dont know but im sure this cave exists somewhere in this world waiting for me to enter.in my next life i will be an academic

atcheologist like Indiana Jones.

Domestic goddess

Martha Stewart and Nigella Lawson are the idol domestic goddess of the western culinary world but look at their well equipped and super organized kitchen and im in heaven. My small condo wet and dry kitchen doesnt have an island or built in upper shelf cabinets,just kitchen trolleys,dish rack and appliance open shelf.Its so disorganized and messy.the bloody cat.jumped onto the kitchen table top next to the sink and piss on the wall He smelled the fishy bloody smell as i gutted the fish and trimmed the shrimps on the kitchen top and he smelled the aroma of fish n shrimp. made me hit the roof as this morning i had to sterilise and disinfect the kitchen top,walls n sink thoroughly.took the chance to clean inside the fridge as the international cuisine i cook means lots of exotic spices,sauces n herbs.i put them in ziplock bags,transparent plastic boxes and labelled outside with Malay,Indian,Chinese,Western,Middle eastern,Thai,Korean,Japanese labels. My fridge magnets bought by Jun called me crazy cat lady and a cat reader.so tough to organize in a small kitchen with no shelves or upper kitchen cabinets. But its better than the kampung kitchen of my aunt staying in rural villages.They use firewood and charcoal to cook,its dank and smoky,to get water,they go to the well outside the kitchen to draw buckets of fresh water that they put into a sand filter. But hell that traditional kitchen cooked delicious double boiled lotus soup with peanuts cooked in charcoal fire i

n claypots,the best grilled fish over woodfire so when Jun dreamt of Po Po,he associated her with awesome Cantonese soup like peanuts with lotis root n dried oysters,red dates or watercress soup with dried soya beans and dried squid.He asked me to cook the soup and i asked him to order it in restaurants as it need long hours of patience to boil the peanuts n soya beans.i may try cooking his favourite middle eastern food of pita bread with chicken shawarma or nasi mandy and grilled kebabs.

Beautiful Sunday

Today we did one n a half hour line dance at the park.We are multiracial and learn Chinese,Western n Malay dances including the evergreen Alamak hari raya dance. This morning im so pissed by Juns unhealthy lifestyle.lazy to even walk 100m to the pharmacy,he must park right in front of it.The whole week he only ate lots of carbo n meat and no vegetables n fruits altho i buy lots of fruits n vege each week.i blew my top when he bought a greasy burger for dinner although i cooked healthy fish in tomato soup with leeks n tomato and macaroni.His blood test already shows obesity problems with cholesterol and elevated blood sugar.He shouldnt assume he wont get chronic illness as his friend slightly older had a bypass. im gonna cook more vegetarian food next week to force him to eat vegetables but he gets unhealthy takeaway when he could eat healthy choice like springrolls,rojak,salad or sayur lodeh.geram betul la .

training in life saving skills

this afternoon i attended a course organised by Selangor heart care on how to do CPR and to use 5he AED machine Our instructor Dr Reuben is an ER specialist at a public hospital and very patient. There were 5 people in each group with dummies and 5be AED machines.It took some skill to learn to pump the heart manually whilst the AED had self exploratory guides The Teoh family had experoenced an elderly relative who needed emergency CPR.Surprised to see such a large number of participants.it shows peoples awareness of learning how to handle emergency during sports events,car accidents or elderly relatives in poor health.

Wish music never dies

hate killjoys that wanna stop songs and dances.keep music alive.keep dancing alive.keep the art of living

old boomers

Hi grandpa. what you doing with that hooverboard im going back to the future Coz kiddo the future arrived too soon catch up with you later while i take this beauty for a spin olx boomers sure know their shit doing zoomies round town in them beijing bikinis but them oldies arent no goodies wolf whistling at hot chicks running im hot pants old boomers still have vroom vroom in them they sure love to eat the gross stuff from rabbit head,ducks tongue,chicken feet and pigs head. LOL they sure know how to live out loud with their boom box cantonese songs of yester years booming from small portable radios wiping their sweat with white good morning towels while sending good morning messages to one and all in their chat groups these old boomers sure live like there is no tomorrow coz kiddo the future arrived too soon.

American dream

We who stand on the fringe of the developing world used to look up to the Americans like how Scott Fitzgerald described how Gatsby in his novel Great Gatsby rose from rags to riches gazing across the dark waters of the straits to wonder at the bright city lights glimmering in the dark. We were brought up with the tv telecast of the first humans who took the first step on the Moon,the Walt Disney cartoons of Snow White and the little Mermaid,listened to Micheal Jackson songs and his iconic moonwalk,gawked at the A and W rootbeer n coney dogs and fried chicken with fries,addicted to soap operas of Happy Days and Fonzie and read National Geographic,Readers Digest and the Marvel comics of Superman and Spiderman. The American dream symbolised hope,opportunity and the chance to make good based on hard work and decent values. Will those good old times come back? i feel that Thomas Friedman,Jeffrey Sachs,Noam Chomsky and Fareed Zakaria are all giving constructive ideas that is not reaching the people who have the power to make lives better for the average working class and for the rest of the world.What happened to the progressive reforms that ended global wars,uplifted millions from poverty,improved global healthcare and humanitarian values and assured protection for the marginalised,the vulnerable,the migrants.Why is America disengaging from the world?Why is it building walls instead of bridges?What does justice,freedom and equality mean?

Daily meal

I cooked a fusion pasta for lunch.its a stir fried dry curry minced chicken macaroni.My aunt cooked this for us when young.i added curry powder,garam masala powder,tumeric powder,chilli sauce,chicken stock,red bell pepper n big onions. sprinkle with chopped coriander leaves.it was smoking hot and burned my tongue. Dinner i cooked cantonese ginger braised duck drummet.i bought frozen duck drummet at rm1.70 each,marinate with 5 spice powder n dark soya sauce.braise with old ginger slices,fermented red bean curd,taucheo and caramelized sugar.fry in sesame oil and put in shitake mushroom it tasted like how grandma cooked it xinhui style n old fashioned.taste like ayam pong teh .ate with acar or pickled vegetables.the only missing ingredient in the duck dish is aged tangerine peel or chan pei which is a Cantonese delicacy hard to find.why doesnt someone from Canton prepack the 5 spice powder,dried ginger slices n dried tangerine peel for export Thank goodness for free trade globalisation,i get to eat an international diet like ocean perch,dory fish,salmon belly,kubota or iberico pork sliced paper thin for shabu or yakuniku,wahyu beef burgers or angus beef steak,potato gnocchi,frozen ravioli.Even in term of fruit i enjoy more variety than my parents from blueberry,avocado,dragon fruit,musk melon,lychee or figs. today i bought ingredients to cook indian fish curry.i used local ikan tenggiri or Spanish mackerel king that cost rm 5 a slice.also bought my favourite gold susu thai mango at rm1.80 each and thai green black gold rm 2 each.i couldnt find Kimball local chickpeas in can in three supermarkets as out of stock so i bought a can of Italian chickpeas at rm5.90. compared to local at rm 5.80.i bought seedless green grapes from India at rm 7.00.So thankful for globalization so i get affordable variety of food.next week i gonna buy Italian potato gnocchi n pesto sauce..Open free trade brings benefit to consumers as we have more choices and lower costs.Affordable food ensures food security and is basic human rights to live a decent life.But in Malaysia we have overnutrition with 6 meals a day so we are now the champions of the heavy weights in Asean.The problem is the education system doesnt not only teach sex education but health education and sports education is sorely neglected but there is lots of hate education as Siti Kassim pointed out. Look at what kindergarten kids in China are learning in preschool from dexterity skills to life skills like cooking to science and maths while we are still into rote learning.Malu la.

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Professor Jeffrey Sachs

At the Antalya Diplomatic forum ,Prof Sachs talks sense.In order to fix the budget instead of trimming social security,welfare of veterans,medical care n education budget,why not close down some of the 80 global American military bases all around the world.Starting wars is more costly than diplomatic efforts to resolve issues from a trade war to regime changes. It was reported that in the US,in 10 states ,supermarkets are running out of stock and consumers may pay hefty prices soon for coming Christmas. But the more dangerous threat to the world that is bigger than Covid pandemic will be the climate crisis. It was mind blowing to get intelligent questions from the floor we have moved on from dealing with a tangible economy in the past from agriculture,manufacturing to intangibles like service and artificial intelligence.Has our nation prepared for the economic challenged ahead as the knowledge worker replaces the blue and white collar worker or are our heads still in the cloud and not the Google cloud and Deepfake comes along with Deepseek.Is the regulatory authorities ready for futureproofing the systemic shift

Delicious food from East to West

Jun likes an Asian meal n a Western meal daily either lunch or dinner.Lunch i cook French fish stew Bouillabaise Marseille.I put in tomato puree n soup n 4 fresh tomatoesleeks,big onions,cubed potato,a whole black pomfret,haddock,shrimp n oysters.while i was gutting n cleaning the pomfret,pussy smelled the fishy entrails n tried to jump on kitchen countertop.i shoo him away n closed the wet kitchen door.Pussy got mad and pissed on my spare apron that i hung on the door knob.shit i gotta buy a new kitchen apron. i ate french stew with toasted garlic butter baguette and an appetiser of kim chi.i like the mild flavour of cabbage,apple,carrot n beetroot kimchi with prebiotics.