June 30th, 2008 Siomai is Chinese dumpling. I suppose there is a strict definition of it somewhere but here it’s usually a dumping with a filling of pork, beef, or shrimp. Chei’s recipe involves mixing pork and shrimp but you can easily play around with your own combination.
1 kilo ground pork
1 kilo chopped shrimp
1 cup oat meal (binder [...]
June 28th, 2008 If you’re a fan of hard-hitting gun-slinging extreme action flicks like The Matrix Trilogy, Equilibrium, Underworld, and Underworld Evolution. then you will like this movie as I did. It is loosely based on the graphic novel of the same name. An accountant (and you know all the jokes) finds himself in the middle of a [...]
June 27th, 2008 A month or two ago, there was a retrenchment in a company where some friends work. And it got me wondering about its impact: of learning that you’re being retrenched, the uncertainty whether you will be retrenched, the doubts about the future of the company… too many morale busters. Then suddenly it happened to the [...]
June 25th, 2008 I encountered a vexing problem right about the time I got my Nokia 5310. My Thinkpad T60 won’t write to the phone when connected as a storage device. I thought it was a phone problem and I asked Nokia Support for help but as expected, they weren’t really able to help. Meanwhile, I was stuck [...]
June 24th, 2008 After sinigang, Chei now has taught me how to cook tinola. I’m gonna be a cook! Haha. Below is the recipe.
6 pieces chicken wings (pakpak)
1 cup sliced chayote (sayote)
¼ cup ginger (luya)
¼ cup onion (sibuyas)
¼ cup minced garlic (bawang)
1 bunch chili leaves (dahon ng sili)
Boil chicken wings in pot until tender
Remove chicken wings and add [...]
June 21st, 2008 I was looking for a place to go to for Friday night and I read about Game Crab Boardgame Cafe. Board game cafes are places where you can play, what else, board games. Apparently the concept is big in the US and Europe and these guys are aiming to bring and make it big here. [...]
June 19th, 2008 by Hugh Grant(?)
Capo 3
Verse 1
G Em
I’ve been living with a shadow overhead
G Em
I’ve been sleeping with a cloud above my bed
Am [...]
June 19th, 2008 by Lifehouse
G C
What day is it?
G/F# G/B
And in what month
Em D C
This clock never seemed so alive.
G [...]
June 18th, 2008 I’ve been using the betas and the release candidates of Firefox 3 for some time. But now the final is out! I, of course, am already using it. Based on my experience using the betas, RCs, and now the final, it’s definitely a huge improvement over Firefox 2. My biggest irritation with Firefox 2 has [...]
June 14th, 2008 Avenue Q is a musical that’s like a twisted version of Sesame Street. And I found it quite funny and pretty entertaining :P It’s about a fresh out of school puppet named Princeton who set out to do what most fresh graduates do: go out into the “real” world and work. Soon after, he ends [...]