Suat Ling's mind~

This is the first assignment that we no need to do so much of research, doing something we don't like, or rush for due date. Yet, this is the assignment with free of topic, we do not need to restrict in one topic as we don't know much, and we can do whatever topic we like. I'm enjoy in doing this way.

Besides that, through out the blog, it giving me a chance to learn more thing. As before, I’m not interest in cooking and baking at all. However, after the first time I made the crème burlee. I started to love baking. And, i keep on look out for easy and nice recipe to do and share. I enjoy the progress of baking and the successfulness of my baking.

Besides that, it also giving me chance to have a break during my busy life. During college life, we always feel college life such so long, as we always need to rush assignment, presentation, homework and so on of works. However, when we start working, we started miss the college life. So enjoy the college life, do not regret of what you had done or not do during your college life.

by, Lai Suat Ling @ iFunblock

The sidewalk snacks~

We always look around to find the tasty yet special food to eat. However, we always missed out the thing which near us. This time, I back to my old housing area, which located at Pudu. There is a road when the night turn on the light, there will full of food stalls. There do have a lot tasty yet affordable foods. The road in Chinese name “餵吃街”, wai sek gai, which mean “wanted to eat”. It is located at Jalan Sayur, Pudu. Most of the food stalls there are starting their business at 5pm, somehow, most of them will finish selling out their foods at 9 something. During that few hours time, you can see most of the stall is full of people queuing up front of it. Still remember, last time when i still a secondary students, after tuition class that just beside the road there, i will go the fried chicken stall buy a packet of french fries eat and walk back home. Time Flies.

The most famous stall here is the fried chicken stall. Once it open, there will lot of people queuing up waiting to buy. I love their French fries, which the taste is definitely different with those fast food restaurant or mamak store.

The Fried chicken stall which full of people queuing up.

This is the stall that I always wish to eat, but I’m always late or they are not open. This is the stall which selling steam egg dessert. Finally, this time I manage to eat. This stall have 50years history, and it only selling 5 types of chinese dessert. However, this stall always the first stall to finish sold out their foods.

 The other famous stall is this selling curry "chee cheong fen". It is some kind like malay's kuih,and made by powder. It served with curry sauce and pig's intestines. 

This is the stall selling fried taufu. It served with some carrot slices, rojak paste with peanuts. The taste it just awesome. Some of the people like to add the crunchy prawn's biscuit and fried squid. They also selling squid served with kangkung. The price range for their food is slightly higher, somehow they are still lot of people buy it.

This is the view of the Jalan Sayur, as the night is still young, there's have not much people as i think. The price range of the foods here is from RM3-RM20. You still can find the mee that selling only RM3 here. It's really cheap in KL.

The price of food is not important than taste. Sometimes the sidewalk snacks also taste good. Giving a chance for yourself to try all different kind of foods is giving yourself to eat the tasty food.

by Lai Suat Ling, iFunblock

Working partime is good for student?

During the busy college life, some of the students still look ways to earn more pocket money. As I do too. Working is a fun thing for me. I’m enjoy to work not only because can earn money. It also because of I can know more people and learn more through working period. I was also enjoy the time being play around and learn around with my colleagues from different sector, like students, marketing, sales, event management, and even CEO too.

Last week was PC fair; I did working for it too. I’m working as an Epson promoter. It is a brand which selling printer. More or less, I had work for this brand around 3years. Working in fair is even tired and learn more than work in outlet, as we have to approach triple more customers and get to promote more new products we might not sell in outlet. Nevertheless, we can also train our communication skill, and knowledge towards the products.

Fair is also a great chance for all the promoters from different outlets to work together to work out something. It also a chance for those high position people to work to ground knows more about the ground staff.

The crowded PC Fair

Everyone is busy pushing sales even the boss do so.

The girls. We work hard and play hard.

Our Team! We are happy family!

For some parents and teachers, students should not work partime as it will affect the studies.

However, in my point of view. Working partime not only can get extra income, it also a way to let us learn more the socialize skill and gain more experience and know more people, which it might helpful in our future.






by Lai Suat Ling @ ifunblock

The hatest insect!

What you will do when you see this? 

Scream? Run? Use slipper to hit it? or just ignore it?
I bet most of the people see it also will choose to run or use thing to hit it. This is the most irritating insect that i faced. Last night i just had a war with the cockroach. End up i lose it. It is because i have no "weapon" to fight with it, and i just can run away. Due that, i decided to find out the way to kill the cockroaches. Some of the steps might not new, but yet is the most deficient.Here they are:

1. Find out if you have cockroaches. Cockroaches are generally medium- large sized insects, although in some parts of the world they can get quite large. They have spiny legs and long antennae. If you see even one roach, you've undoubtedly got a lot more. The problem is they generally hide during the day, so you may need to look for them at night with a flashlight. Even if you can't find any of the insects, check cupboards and pantries for their droppings -- tiny brown slime stains or pellets.

2. Try to figure out where they're coming from. If you see cockroaches, try to follow them to figure out where they go. This is easier said than done, however, so you might need to do a little sleuthing. Check all around the house for cracks and holes through which roaches may enter. Roaches often enter through drains or vents, so you can't seal up everything.

3. Kill the roaches. There are a variety of do-it-yourself options for killing cockroaches. Some of the more well regarded of these are listed below. Try one at a time, or try them all.

• Use an insecticide spray. Get some insecticide that is labeled for use against cockroaches, and spray wherever cockroaches may be hiding or entering the house, including along walls, in cracks, and in vents. 

• Use cockroach bait. Cockroach bait is either housed in a childproof case or applied as a gel and contains a slow-working poison mixed in with an attractive (for cockroaches) food. The roaches eat the poison and bring it back to the nest, where it eventually kills all the roaches. Place the bait in an area where you know cockroaches will encounter it.

• Use a simple solution of soap and water. This, to some, is the easiest thing to do. Just make a light solution of soap (bath soap is fine) and water. You can splash this, spray this or just throw this on the roach. Just a little water will do , even 2 or 3 drops can kill, if used effectively. Ensure that it makes contact with the roaches head and lower abdomen (its belly if you can turn the roach over). The roach will run or try to run, but will suddenly stop and die or be almost dead in one minute. This is the easiest way to do while you have no any insecticide spray, or you dare not to use thing to hit the cockroach.

KILL ALL THE COCKROACHES AS YOU CAN!!!

7 ways to make your woman feel better when she’s on her period

Obviously men can't put themselves in the place of a woman and understand what it's like to have a menstrual cycle. Some men even persist said if women want to request for gender equity, they should not take period as an excuse to be the weak and gain the sympathy. However, if the men can stand for their lower body being kicked for seven days without any sorrow or intended. Women shall can too. Maybe you will think it’s too over, but it’s no doubt. So, man, please do something to yours woman, make them feel good when they are in “hurt”. Thinks what can do? Here’s how: 

First
Realize what a woman goes through during her period. Woman usually will get terrible stomach cramps, which are never fun, and it can be debated they are more terrible than male "pain” and can range from a dull pain that simply annoys, to a stabbing pain that a woman feel difficulties to move. Women can get mood swings, they can get headaches, restlessness, become extremely tired or sleepy, become sore in their genital regions, and their appetites can dramatically change. Symptoms will vary from woman to woman and some women may not even have symptoms at all. Periods are just generally uncomfortable and the symptoms that go along with it are never any fun. 

Second
Don't act disgusted. Man, can you imagine a wet tissue is putting inside yours under for five to seven days?  So guys, please show your woman that you are not grossed out by the very thought of her menstrual cycle (even if you are). If she tries to talk to you about it, do not make faces or say “Go talk to one of your girlfriends". This will just make her feel like you don't care. Another part of this step is to help out if she needs some "errands". Go get her the "girl" stuff she is out of and pick her up some chocolate or her favorite hot drinks. It will make her feel like you really care her. “Chocolate contained iron and magnesium, can helps with tiredness, irritability and regulate mood,” said by a gynecology nurse. 

Third
Help her out with things. Men can’t even know how the suffer feeling of wearing the wet tissue work under pressure and always worry when should change the pad. It’s not only mentally, it’s also physically. Woman will feel extremely tired during that period, as they are “hurting” and they will keep feeling anxiety. So guys, if she has any little chores or errands to do, please help her out. Take the stress off of her by doing the dishes or taking her things down to the laundry. This will help pick up some weight from her shoulders and give her time to relax. 

Fourth 
Comfort and make her feel good about herself. During women’s period, woman will easily get depress and sometimes even will have low self-esteem. So, sometimes give her a massage or give her a warm hug. Even a comforting arm rub will make her feel better. Occasionally, you may lay your head on her stomach, because the body heat can make the pressure of the cramps decrease. It might make them feel warm. Moreover, you can also give her compliments. Say something that will make her feel beautiful and intelligent. This will help boost her confidence and help a little with her mood swings. 

Fifth 
Make her feel loved and appreciated. When woman in period, they will always feel insecure and easily get negative thinking. At this moment, you should let her know how happy you are to have her in your life. Tell her she's a great friend, girlfriend, or wife. If she is at work or away from you, call her mobile phone, text or email them and tell her how beautiful, sweet and all-round awesome she is. It's not even describable how nice it is for a person to do this. If possible, try to get her out of the house. Ask her if she wants to go see a movie or go out for a walk in the park. If she doesn't want to leave the house, don't force her. Do things she wants to do. If you're going out to eat, let her pick the restaurant, or if you're going out to the movies, let her pick what movie to see. 

Sixth
Be patient and understanding. Woman will be very emotional during period time. So guys please don’t take her action to heart but know and expect that she will take everything to heart. If things get too out of hand, take a deep breath, and leave the room to cool off. Never be rude to her. It might make her feel more fatigued and heartrending. 

Seventh

Don’t ask for sex or whether she's on her period if you are unsure. During woman’s period, they have already suffering for the physically pain. If guys still keep on request for sex, you might make them feel disrespect and you are not caring their feeling. Besides that, guys should also not to keep on ask when she’s period come or when finish. It might make them feel you got other purpose. Regardless, make sure she's comfortable with you and doesn't feel offended. 

So guys, now you started understand women? Know more the symptoms of period? So next time when you see the “blood”, don’t assume it is dirty and it will bring bad luck to you. Don’t forget, all of you were come from there. Next time, please help out to wash the bed sheet! 

A guy: I HAVE PERIOD ?!!

Everyone know woman have menstrual cycle. During period, woman will feel anxiety and easy to get angry. But, do you know every month men also have few days “period”? And, we called it manstration. 

“Manstration refers to a monthly hormonal cycle for men. Some men get cranky and bitchy for no reason regularly, just like what women go through in their monthlies (known as menstruation). This is where the term manstration comes from.”

Manstration do not have obvious symptoms like woman having period. But it same with woman’s menstrual cycle, which comes every months. During manstration, man will be abnormal for few days, they will easily get angry, or keep silent without any reason, or feel not interest to anything, even can’t pay attention to their work.

If you are guy, you can drop down 3months of your diary, whether you have happen any few from the list below without any reason:

1. Low patient for working, lags in response, forgetful.

2. No appetite to eat, even favorite foods.

3. Love to be alone. Always does something alone, and always heave a sigh.

4. Absence of mind: switch on TV but not watching it; lost of interest to favorite things, like football, online game, or sexy girls.

5. Easy to get angry by single little things and easy argue with your friends and family.

6. Feel impassive to your lover. Lost interest to your partner.

7. Feel headache, uncomfortable without any reason.

8. Feel sleepy and tired all the times even enough rest.

9. Always feel lonely and easy get depress.

10. Easy get gastric, allergic, body cramp, shoulder pain and so on.

If you found there are few from the list are happen in your diary continuous for few days, then your manstration will on that few days.

So girls, don’t only think period is only yours priority, GUYS also have it! Next time, be more considerate of your partner. Maybe they are in MANSTRATION.

Soufflé~Soft your heart~

Soufflé is a France dessert which is a lightly baked cake made with egg yolks and beaten egg whites combined with various other ingredients and served as a savory main dish or sweetened as a dessert. You may taste it in some fine dining restaurant with a very high price. However, the soufflé actually just cost few bucks and easy to do. This is my first time to make soufflé, so it’s not really successful, as the outlook not so nice, by the way the taste is nice. Yummy~ Next time, I would try out to make different flavors.

“The word soufflé is the past participle of the French verb souffler which means "to blow up" or more loosely "puff up"—an apt description of what happens to this combination of custard and egg whites.”

Ingredients

2 eggs white

1 egg yolks

1 tablespoon of flour

2 tablespoon of caster sugar

50ml of milk

A little bit vanilla extract

Methods

·         Pre-heat the oven to 200’c. Heat the milk to warm by microwave.

·         Add 1 tablespoon of caster sugar to egg yolk, stir it till white yellow color, and then add in little bit vanilla extract. Later, strain and pour the flour into the mixture eggs, then pour in the warm milk, set aside.

·         Place the egg whites in a large clean bowl. (Note: Make sure there’s no oil or water in the bowl at all.) Use an electric mixer to beat the egg whites until many bubbles form. Add the sugar, a little at a time; beat at high speed until stiff peaks form. Make sure not to over beat the egg whites, lest they will break down.

·         Transfer the egg yolk mixture into a large mixing bowl. Gently fold-in the egg whites and stir in to loosen the consistency. Later, spoon the mixture into ramekins. Fill in 80% of ramekin is enough due it will expand till very high. Then, bake it in the preheated oven for about 15 minutes, or until golden brown and risen 2cm above the rim. Serve immediately dusted with cocoa powder.

♥ ♥ Soufflé ♥ ♥

Candy~Popcorn~

Candy heaven is coming to town!!!Candylicious!!  It is a place brings a smile to your place with its bright and cheery look. I bet they children come here will be mad and adults being here also will flash back a lot happy childhood memories. This shop is developed on the foundation of representing fantasy, joy and irreplaceable childhood memories, it combines candy and the world of imagination into a hit and fashion forward candy store. The store is designed for maximum interaction with the sight, sound, smell and touch.

The store is full of colorful and different varieties of candies. We just like enter a candy house, like in the fairy tales “Hansel and Gretel”. Due we are restricted to take photos inside; we can only snap few photos outside the store. :(

Outside of the store is a very famous yet expensive popcorns counter- Garrett's. There have varieties flavor popcorn that we can’t found other than this shop, like the signature Caramel Crisp, Cheese corn, Buttery, the Chicago mix, Macadamia CaramelCrisp, and so on flavors. The prices of the popcorn are start at RM9 for a small bag that two can share, but the less basic flavors cost RM16 a bag. Somehow, there are still a lot people queuing up to purchase it. As I’m a poor student I’m not afford and not interest to buy such expensive popcorn. : (

A short break~

Every college students always busy with tons of assignments, midterm and lot of homework. During the busy assignment week, Jeffney and I had date out after class, to have a short break at Charlie Brown Café. It is located at KLCC, the first was opened at Penang's Straits Quay.

Recently, Charlie Brown Café becomes a hot place to go for the KL people; even other state people also wish to pay a visit. Due this café is a Charlie Brown theme café. The café is fully furnished with the Charlie brown’s characters, no matter entrance, seats, tables and also the bar counters. The café keep on playing the Charlie Brown cartoon’s theme song. The environment there was so great. It brings us back to the childhood time.

The foods there were all designed in Charlie Brown’s characters too. It was so cute and adorable. The taste is just okay, not that great as we think.  

Life is full of challenge and obligations. Even how hard we also have to go through it. A life must goes on. Sometimes, even how busy we are, we can also try to stop awhile and take a break.

As taking rest is for the sake of going further. 

Maid cafe

Have you heard of the popular maid cafes in Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan; such as cure, @home, and maidreamin? Don’t you just wish to visit one of those maid cafes? Because I myself dream of visiting a maid cafe in Japan! Perhaps, butler cafes too.

Maid Cafe, a very popular concept restaurant founded in Japan, is making its way to Malaysia’s shores, starting with the restaurant called Tenshi No Cafe at e@Curve. Being a sub-category of theme restaurants, a Maid Cafe features waitresses who are dressed like maids, in particular, French maids. Their job is to act as servants to please the patrons of the restaurants, also known as their masters/mistresses. At Tenshi, when customers arrive, they are supposed to be treated as if they have returned home, with the maids at their disposal. I have to say this is a pretty interesting concept, although I am not sure of how the idea would be accepted by the general public.

Last Wednesday, me and Jeffney had the opportunity to visit Tenshi No Cafe, and were pleasantly surprised by the kind and warm attention given by the 3 cute maids on duty that day. What makes a maid cafe stand out from the rest of the restaurants is the services they offer, apart from food! Don’t get me wrong, by services, I meant the following:

1. A Polaroid photo with the maid of your choice – RM8
2. A round of conventional games / PlayStation 3 with the maid (max. 5 minutes) – RM5
3. Spoon-feed by the maid – RM3 for 3 spoons

So does this tickle your fancy?  It’s really out of your imagination. The environment of the restaurant was largely pink and white, with a spacious area decorated with lots of Japanese figurines.

Since it was our first visit been there, we were shown the 10 commandments of Maid Cafe. Reading some of them was really amusing! But most importantly, they practice a strict policy of no photographing of the maid, and no interrupting the maid. Since it was restricted to take picture, we didn’t take much of pictures, as we worry to get notice.^_^

 

Jeffney had ordered a Karaggae, which is fried chicken fillet, and I ordered peach ice floss. The foods were nice, but the price a bit too high for us.

The maids were so cute and adorable. They purposely use a cute voice while taking order with us. And due our seats is very low, when the maid serving us, she was kneel down and taking order with us. The maid just treats us like her real masters.

The maid also offered us the member card as it’s our first time been time. The member card is to collect points for every visit, and we will rewarded by discounts.

It’s a good experience to a maid’s theme café. I would go again next time.

Crème Caramel

Even Valentine’s Day had passed, yet you still can do something to make your partner feel sweet~

You may handmade yours partner’s favorite dessert---Crème Caramel.

“Crème Caramel is the famous France dessert. It is a custard dessert with a layer of soft caramel on top, as opposed to crème brûlée, which is custard with a hard caramel top. The dish is eaten throughout the world.”

Here we start to do~

Preparation time: 20minutes

Cooking time: 20minutes

Portion: Four 150ml of ramekins

Ingredients of Custard 

160ml of whipping cream

160ml of milk

½ teaspoon of vanilla extract

2 slices of lemon peel (optional)

2 eggs

1 egg yolk

50g caster sugar

Proportionally hot water

Ingredients of Caramel

100g Caster sugar

50ml of water

Methods

1. Prepare Caramel: prepare saucepan, pour in water, then sugar, and stir it gently. With high heat, boil it, but do not engage in the mix. Continue to cook until dark brown. Remove from heat. (Once the sugar has started to caramelize, watch it carefully. It takes just seconds for caramel to go from great to burn.) Meanwhile, averagely poured caramel into four ramekins and wait to use.

2. Warm up the oven to 160C/320F. Meanwhile, mix together the egg yolks, caster sugar, and vanilla in a large mixing bowl. 

3. In a medium saucepan, bring in the milk, cream and lemon peel (optional) to just below a boil over medium-high heat.Place the mixing bowl on top of a towel to keep it from wobbling while whisking in the hot liquid. Slowly whisk in the hot milk mixture at a time, trying to prevent excess bubbles. 

4. Pour the custard strain through a sieve into the caramel-lined ramekins, fill the baking dish with water to come halfway up the sides of the ramekins. (laying a towel inside the baking dish to avoid the ramekin sliding, then place 4 ramekins wait to use.) Bake until just set, 25 to 50 minutes. (Baking time will depend on the thickness and depth of your ramekins and baking dish.)

5. Carefully remove the baking dish from the oven and let the ramekins cool in the water bath. Remove, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 3 hours.

6. Run a thin knife around the edge of the custard and invert onto a dessert plate, scraping any caramel from the ramekin onto the custard.

 Taaadaaa~~

♥♥Crème Caramel served♥♥

5minutes chocolate cake

Have you sudden feel want to have some dessert? Have you ever know you may make a cake within 10minutes? Have you ever try to bake a cake by a microwave? Here’s the way to do~ I tried and success~

5minutes chocolate cake  

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Preparation time: 2minutes

Cooking time: 3minutes

Portion: 1 people

Ingredients

50g of Black chocolate

4 tablespoon of plain flour

3 tablespoon of caster sugar

3 tablespoon of unsalted butter

3 table spoon of milk

1 egg

¼ teaspoon of vanilla extract

Method

1. Put in chocolate and butter into a saucepan, and melt it by putting the chocolate mix saucepan in a big pot with fill in water, then low heat make it get melt, and wait for use.

2. Put in plain flour and sugar in to another saucepan, mix it well. Add eggs to stir. Then, pour in milk to whisk. Later on mix in the chocolate mix, and add in vanilla extract. Later on, pour into the big mug, which cover 60% of the mug.

3. Then, put it into oven, with bake under 1000watt and 3minutes. DONE

It's quick and easy rite?

A Weekend break~

Weekend is the end of the busy week for all the people, especially for coworkers and students. We always wait for the weekend come and plan where to go and what to do for relax after a busy working or study week. As a student, I do love weekend too.  Last week I choose to go Ika boutique cafe, to have a tea break to pamper myself.

This café concept is very special, which is a combination of boutique with café. This kind of concept is new and good to customers and the owner as well. As customers can sit down and have a coffee to think whether to buy the clothes or not, especially for the men who accompany their ladies shopping, they can sit and wait their ladies shop around and try the clothes. For the owner, they not only can get the clothes buyers to come, they will also attract the coffee lover visit. As it is a win-win status.

At Ika Boutique, you can find the latest trends, cute dresses, fancy wallets, lacy skirts and outstanding jewelry perfect to dress you up just for the occasion. Don't want to drag unwanted guests with you while shopping, let them enjoy a nice coffee and pastry while you get to shop till you drop. Ika Boutique not only offers cute frills and thrills, it is also a charming cafe serving its customers an array of freshly blended coffee all accompanied with fluffy creamy cakes. To guzzle down a shot of expresso, to fuel your overtime working hours. If a slight buzz of over excitation isn't what you need and lack of sleep not your aim, then opt for their weaker cafenated coffee drinks such as their frothy milky rich cafe latte or a yummy combination chocolate rich coffee.

It’s a formidable coffee combination. You may get afternoon or morning coffee fix at Ika Boutique Cafe. Their beautiful whipped up pastries can sweeten up your life with a complimentary Slice of Cake. And their charming atmosphere which filled with warming light and decorated in style,it is perfect for a nice rest.