Dad's Convocation - 26.9.2010

So dad graduated, around 20 days ago. Did not manage to upload any pictures on facebook nor my blog as PMR was just around the corner and it ended last week. Trip to Johor was nice =], but the cab, airplane, hotel was.. urgh! TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, VEGETABLE! We took the yellow cab, which I actually expected the black cab a.k.a. the limo. It was so....indescribable. I got down from the cab feeling dizzy and wanted to puke. Thank god I didn't. And we took firefly, instead of Mas Airlines for some reasons which I forgot. And the flight was so bumpy that it gave me a terrible headache, right after the freaking dizziness from the cab. F.Y.I., I kind of accidentally hit a stewardess butt>.< (It's not me to be blamed, the airplane was cramped!)We went to the hotel at night, it was...tiny. No remote for the TV and air-cond (weird), no window (dude, it's a budget hotel, what did you expect?) and the flask to heat up the water..GROSS!!! Didn't they wash it? It smelled like coffee!!

Well, before we went to the hotel, we dropped by Danga Bay (which I don't know if I'm spelling it correctly) It's something like a fun fair, but the ticket for any ride was way freaking expensive. Can't afford it, so we rode a few, well actually each of us once, mum twice. There was this guy, played "bumper car" with my family except me, mid-30's, looks kind of..pervert. I don't like the way he looked ant my sis and mum while he's chasing them with that car. Thank god I did not play that.

On the next day, was the official day for dad's graduation in UTM. He looked kind of smart I got to admit=] Took lots of pictures (kind of) but his wrinkles were all shown =( His pictures taken by photographer of UTM was sent to my house around half an hour ago. Look AWESOME! Too bad there are only 2 pictures. Can't upload any of the 'Johor trip' pictures at the moment, some problem with the damn P1 Wimax, as usual. Dad's complaining to the company everyday though, yet not a single improvement.

Phew, typed so long, got to go now, chiao. =]

Recipe for my delicious kimchii - Specially for Lin and Bong

1. Cut and wash the chinese cabbage (1-1.2kg). Make sure you drain it properly before you put into a pot to soak in the salt water.
2. To prepare the salt water : the ratio for the sea salt and the water is 1:10. Translated, if you add in 1 cup full of sea salt, pour in 10 cup (same cup) of drinking water.
*Please do not use paip water.
3. Soak the chinese cabbage for at least 5 hours. You do not need to soak the radish and the scallions.
4. To prepare the sauce, you need to prepare ginger, garlic, wheat flour, sugar, water, fish sauce(optional) and chili powder.
5. Garlic : 2 tablespoons (after blending)
Ginger : 3 tablespoons (after blending)
Wheat flour : 1 tablespoon
Sugar : 2 and a half tablespoons.
Water : 150 ml (approximately)
Fish sauce : 65 ml (approximately and optional)
Chili powder : 125 ml (I measured with a cup) (add more or less depends on your taste)
6. Preparation for the sauce :

• Heat up the water then add in the wheat flour and the sugar. Boil it under a low flame and mix it till it thickens.
• After allowing it to cool down for a minute or two, add in the garlic, ginger, chili powder and the fish sauce.
• Mix all of them together and allow it to cool.

7. After soaking the chinese cabbage for at least 5 hours, drain them real dry and put them back in the pot. Leave a cup or two of the salt water as the gravy for the kimchii.
8. Add in the other vegetables such as radish and scallions.
9. Add in double or more of drinking water according to the amount of salt water you add into the vegetables as it might be too salty.
10. Mix the sauce with the vegetables evenly. You can do it with your hands so that it will mix evenly. Just make sure that you wash your hands cleanly before doing that.
11. Cover the pot and leave it outside in room temperature for at least a day. Do not leave for more than two days or it will turn out very sour.
12. Keep it refrigerated on the next day.

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