Finally graduated!

finally attend my graduation ceremony ytd although i have already finish the degree in feb... after all the hard work, the midnite oil burnt and the days spent in T3 and kallang mac to rush our assignments, we all passed! think back now, wondered how we pull thru that period of nitemare... but thanks to all my grp members, without them think i wun be able to do it... once again congrats to all my grp members!

Reno - Laying of Tiles...

larry told us this week would be laying of tiles therefore ytd went up to take a look at wat has been done... i was more curious to see the kitchen toilet as the color scheme is red with black mosaic for the main wall and white tiles at the side...

a closer look at the mosaic

MBR toilet will be more of cosy colors... very different from the kitchen toilet...



living room tiles have been done 3/4 too... only kitchen floor tiles havent lay yet...



the rubbish chute cover has been changed also and when i saw it i was shocked with the color...

Reno Week 2...

ytd evening we met up with our ID larry to go down to our house where he explained what the sequence for doing toilets and kitchen...

we decided not to lay tiles on our kitchen walls... it will be plastered instead... larry said he used a better grade type of cement and the after feel will be rough rough instead of smooth type like normal walls...

amount of sand needed for the floor tiles...

After hacking...

went down on sat with maw and herby to take a look at the house after hacking...the workers have already packed the hacked tiles into bags and moving it down... look at the number of bags for just the master bedroom...

living room without the platform and tiles...

tiles for the house... not sure if they have brought all up or there are more...

cements and the workers are still bringing more up... ID said our house is big... normally he dun need to order so many packets of cements for a 5 room :x poor workers... our block dun have lifts on every floor so they have to take to 5th floor and carry it down.

VMII results

The picture above shows what it looks like after 5 days. I have a feeling the melon is satuarated with the vodka, so next time we have to put less I guess because Singapore has juicy watermelons. I wanted to try it chilled but Herby insisted on freezing it. His LG fridge has some kind of super freezing unit. When we took it out it was covered in ice and need thawing! No joke! The whole melon was white! VMII was somewhat a success because we managed to get all vodka in this time! Only problem was the stupid melon was not sweet. :( So we came up with funny ideas to beat the bitterness of the alcoholic fruit:

1) Felicia suggested scraping the frozen meat with a spoon and eating it. For some reason it tasted good....

2) Herby cut the meat out and used a juicer to make vokda melon juice, wasn't too bad but still had a tinge of bitterness....

3) I added coke to vodka melon juice and VOILA! Vodka melon coke! Wanted Inky to take a picture of it but I forgot to ask. It tasted really good, although everyone else was giving me weird faces after drinking it and Herby gave a "Yeah, it's good." with a straight face look.

Conclusion:

1) Do not buy a hollow melon! Chances of a non sweet melon very high.

2) Use less vodka. maybe 1/5 of a 1 litre bottle should do it. 200 ml?

3) Will try using a blender next time to blend the meat and add Coke! Juicer is CMI. Vodka Melon Coke was born.

Feel free to add comments on YOUR Vodka melon. Can qie cuo, qie cuo to make the ultimate melon! Cheers!

Renovation Day 1...

went down after work to take a look at the hacking work... my god! whole house is in a big mess hehe... took some pic of the messy house...

House's preparation continues...

last sat we went down to plush living to look for our ID... he showed us colors to choose for our laminates... some sample classic doors for 3 bedrooms and store room as well as bifold doors for the toilets... after which he brought us to buy lights...

the shop is called Light Senses Pte Ltd which is located at sims ave... we bought the lights for the whole house except the living and dining room... our master bedroom has 2 points and the light nearer to our bed is remote controlled hehe... i like the idea as i like to read on the bed and i hate getting up to off the lights when im sleepy... so now i dun have to get up to off the lights! Michael, the guy who served us, gave us discounts for the light and a free wireless door bell!

next, we went to buy toilet and kitchen stuffs... the shop, Viva Nueva Pte Ltd is just across the street... we bought alot of stuffs... toilet bowls, toilet sinks, kitchen sink, cooker hood, stove and toilet accessories... just keep picking... stress man after seeing the total bill... the guy also gave us discount and a free 20 litres stainless steel dustbin lol...

hacking work will start on monday and next sat we need to choose colors for the walls... busy busy!

Vodka Melon, get high on healthy fruit!

It all began when Adrian made a discovery in one of those Taiwan magazines when we were on ICT. Due to 2 accurate sources of translation of the chinese words on how to make one, we attempted our first vodka melon, which turned out to be a minor success. We only managed to infuse the meat near the hole we made which looked more like a crater than a spout. The meat was sweet and it had the alcohol taste without the weird vodka taste. But we were not discouraged, after some research on the net, I am attempting our second vodka melon, which will be tasted on this coming Saturday!

The above are all the tools you need to make a vodka melon. That's a 4.5-5 kg xi guay, about 375ml of vodka(I did not measure it exactly), a small knife and a spoon with a long handle.

Place the vokda bottle cap on the melon. Try to get it to make a shape of the cap on the melon. This serves as a guideline to cut out the circle of the spout.


Proceed to cut out the circle which you made on the melon with the small knife. Minimal skill required.

I realised that the spoon I found was way too big to fit in the spout, so I managed to find a sundae spoon. This will get the job done and not the fat head.




Start digging a nice deep spout until you reach the white meat at the other end of the melon as seen from above.

The above picture shows the estimated amount of vokda (375ml) to use if you are using those huge 1 litre bottles. WARNING! Anything more than 375ml might cause alcohol poisoning.

Next, overturn the vodka bottle and stuff the neck into the spout and let the vodka flow! With the help of my lovely assistant Esther, the above was achieved. Let all the vodka flow in. This could take 1-7 days depending on the melon. Once done, you can choose to freeze it for 1 day before serving or just chilling it in the fridge.

The vodka level at the end is what you in the above.

TADA! Vodka Melon II was completed. Added a bowl underneath the melon for stability in case it topples over and creates a mess which will lead to a very angry mother coming to kill me.

Vodka Melon I:
Dug wrongly.
Was allowed 1 day for vodka to settle.
Frozen before served. After it thawed the skin became slimy and fell off. Thanks Herby for the demo.

Vodka Melon II:
Dug properly.
Estimated allowed 5-6 days for the vodka to settle.
Will try chilling instead of freezing before serving.

Results will be posted after devouring VMII on Saturday. Stay tuned!

maw

Quantum So LAME!

I came out of the movies thinking "What the hell?" The plot was so-so nia and pretty straight forward. I missed the older Bond movies where the plot was more OMG that was the bad guy? Or OMG he did it for that reason? The action scenes were very messy and James Bond in this movie is like a cyborg. He can jump from building to building, get beaten up, bleed like a human but soon cleans up his face, wears new clothes and walks away. NO gadgets whatsoever in this movie too. Bond girls not so hot. This movie deserves 2 popcorns, only because it had a cool car and Olga Kurylenko, who didn't really show off her sexiness which was a waste.

TROPIC THUNDER!

Hi all, been a long time since I did a movie review, LOL. Anyway, this movie is most likely not showing in the movies by now I think, but if you get a chance to watch it like on a business trip on a plane or somehow manage to get your hands on a dvd to watch it *cough*, go for it cause it's freaking funny! When the movie starts, it doesn't have the normally movie openings, but rather it shows a few adverts and trailers of movies. This is actually the movie itself so pay attention to it because it really cracked me up. LOL. This movie has many movie stars in it, some that you might not even recognise from the start and go "WTH that's....!" Well at least it did for me. 4 popcorns!

Shanghai Fusion Night...

attended my company's D & D... the theme was Shanghai Fusion Night... it was held at fort canning park - the legends... first time attended D & D with no aircon = ( it was still ok until the last part where we were standing up playing games... after the whole event, im so sticky... was fun though... everyone was spontaneous... quite disappointed there was no door gift and the food was only so so... but enjoyed myself afterall...