Pumpkin Sauce

Intro:
This sauce can be serve with chicken chop and other pasta.

Ingrediet for sauce:
(1 Serve)

100g peeled pumpkin(sliced)
100g water
1 tsp maggi Concentrated Chicken Stock
1/2 tsp Maggi Chicken Granules
50g Whipping cream
minced red chilli and parsley

Method:
1. Steam pumkin til cooked and mashed while still steaming hot
2. Combine mashed pumpkin with the rest of sauce ingredients, strain and simmer until thickened and smooth.

Ref: Recipe by Gastronomic Magazine

The absence of it

An Atheist Professor of Philosophy was speaking to ...his Class on the Problem Science has

with GOD, the ALMIGHTY. He asked one of his New Christian Students to stand and . . .

...

Professor : You are a Christian, aren't you, son ?

Student : Yes, sir.

Professor: So, you Believe in GOD ?

Student : Absolutely, sir.

Professor: Is GOD Good ?

Student : Sure.

Professor: Is GOD ALL - POWERFUL ?

Student : Yes.

Professor: My Brother died of Cancer even though he Prayed to GOD to Heal him.

Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill.

But GOD didn't. How is this GOD good then? Hmm?

(Student was silent )

Professor: You can't answer, can you ? Let's start again, Young Fella.

Is GOD Good?

Student : Yes.

Professor: Is Satan good ?

Student : No.

Professor: Where does Satan come from ?

Student : From . . . GOD . . .

Professor: That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this World?

Student : Yes.

Professor: Evil is everywhere, isn't it ? And GOD did make everything. Correct?

Student : Yes.

Professor: So who created evil ?

(Student did not answer)

Professor: Is there Sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness?

All these terrible things exist in the World, don't they?

Student : Yes, sir.

Professor: So, who Created them ?

(Student had no answer)

Professor: Science says you have 5 Senses you use to Identify and Observe the World around you.

Tell me, son . . . Have you ever Seen GOD?

Student : No, sir.

Professor: Tell us if you have ever Heard your GOD?

Student : No , sir.

Professor: Have you ever Felt your GOD, Tasted your GOD, Smelt your GOD?

Have you ever had any Sensory Perception of GOD for that matter?

Student : No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.

Professor: Yet you still Believe in HIM?

Student : Yes.

Professor : According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol,

Science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?

Student : Nothing. I only have my Faith.

Professor: Yes,Faith. And that is the Problem Science has.

Student : Professor, is there such a thing as Heat?

Professor: Yes.

Student : And is there such a thing as Cold?

Professor: Yes.

Student : No, sir. There isn't.

(The Lecture Theatre became very quiet with this turn of events )

Student : Sir, you can have Lots of Heat, even More Heat, Superheat, Mega Heat, White Heat,

a Little Heat or No Heat.

But we don't have anything called Cold.

We can hit 458 Degrees below Zero which is No Heat, but we can't go any further after that.

There is no such thing as Cold.

Cold is only a Word we use to describe the Absence of Heat.

We cannot Measure Cold.

Heat is Energy.

Cold is Not the Opposite of Heat, sir, just the Absence of it.

(There was Pin-Drop Silence in the Lecture Theatre )

Student : What about Darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as Darkness?

Professor: Yes. What is Night if there isn't Darkness?

Student : You're wrong again, sir.

Darkness is the Absence of Something

You can have Low Light, Normal Light, Bright Light, Flashing Light . . .

But if you have No Light constantly, you have nothing and its called Darkness, isn't it?

In reality, Darkness isn't.

If it is, were you would be able to make Darkness Darker, wouldn't you?

Professor: So what is the point you are making, Young Man ?

Student : Sir, my point is your Philosophical Premise is flawed.

Professor: Flawed ? Can you explain how?

Student : Sir, you are working on the Premise of Duality.

You argue there is Life and then there is Death, a Good GOD and a Bad GOD.

You are viewing the Concept of GOD as something finite, something we can measure.

Sir, Science can't even explain a Thought.

It uses Electricity and Magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one.

To view Death as the Opposite of Life is to be ignorant of the fact that

Death cannot exist as a Substantive Thing.

Death is Not the Opposite of Life: just the Absence of it.

Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your Students that they evolved from a Monkey?

Professor: If you are referring to the Natural Evolutionary Process, yes, of course, I do.

Student : Have you ever observed Evolution with your own eyes, sir?

(The Professor shook his head with a Smile, beginning to realize where the Argument was going )

Student : Since no one has ever observed the Process of Evolution at work and

Cannot even prove that this Process is an On-Going Endeavor,

Are you not teaching your Opinion, sir?

Are you not a Scientist but a Preacher?

(The Class was in Uproar )

Student : Is there anyone in the Class who has ever seen the Professor's Brain?

(The Class broke out into Laughter )

Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's Brain, Felt it, touched or Smelt it? . . .

No one appears to have done so.

So, according to the Established Rules of Empirical, Stable, Demonstrable Protocol,

Science says that You have No Brain, sir.

With all due respect, sir, how do we then Trust your Lectures, sir?

(The Room was Silent. The Professor stared at the Student, his face unfathomable)

Professor: I guess you'll have to take them on Faith, son.

Student : That is it sir . . . Exactly !

The Link between Man & GOD is FAITH.

That is all that Keeps Things Alive and Moving.

*************************************************

I believe you have enjoyed the conversation, and if so,

you'll probably want your friends/colleagues to enjoy the same. Won't you?

Forward them to increase their knowledge, or FAITH.

That student was Albert Einstein. :)

A Malaysian Durian In Adelaide

Public Journal Entry 1
6 November 2011

On a cloudy sunday afternoon, don't feel like staying at home study so here I am writing this entry in college
library, I feel more comfortable with people around me when I study. (I am weird, in need of life haha)
I have completed all my classes this year, 2 exam is coming and I am writing an long assignment now which will be due tomorrow. The studies here is tough, I wasn't prepare for this course in foundation and education, but I am still glad I came, at least I try and I did learned :)

A saying of my own," First step is the hardest of all"

PS: I miss all my friends in Malaysia. It is been almost a year already :)

Banana Cream Caramel Pie a.k.a Banofee Pie

I never heard of this pie until I came to Adelaide, It was simply marvelous pie ever! Simple and best, that how I love it. "One bite that make me forget my name" my friend stated haha.

Ingredient:

BASE:
250g - Marie Cookie/digestive (crushed)
150g - Melted Butter
About 400-500g Bananas (slices)

FILING: 
1 x 395g  - Tin sweetened condensed Milk
75g          - Butter
1/2cup     - Brown sugar
2tbsp       -  Golden syrup

Cream:
600ml     - Thickened Cream
1tbsp      - Icing Sugar
few drops Vanilla essence
Chocolate for decor


Method:
1. BASE - Crushed cookie and combine with melted butter in 23cm(9inc) pie base pan, put in refrigerator
2.FILLING - Put butter in a sauce pan, and then put brown sugar, keep stirring until sugar melted
3. Pour condensed milk and golden syrup, and in medium heat and keep stirring for about 10min (until it turn caramel colour), until thick and set aside to be cool
4. Slices the bananas into round slices, and place on cookie base, pour over caramel and make sure all cover with caramel.
5. Beat the cream until stiff peak, and cover the caramel.
6. Decorate with chocolate with creativity or grated
7. Put in refrigerator and serve it cold

Chilled Cheese Cake

My favorite all time cheese cake. I love it ever since I had my first cheesecake ever and my sister homemade cheese cake to! Well since this is my favorite, and I always wanna make something this delicious, if i recall, this is my first cake ever! and yea.. not baking it ^^ but cooling it

ingredient:
150g  Maria biscuits
120g  Melted Butter

(A)
2   egg yolks
150g  sugar
160g  milk

(B)
2 1/2 tbsp gelatin
100ml Boiling water
1/2 tbsp Lemon juice

(C)
250g Cream Cheese
250g Double Cream

Method:
1. Combine crushed biscuit into tiny crumbs and melted butter into base of 9inc loose pan base
     and chilled it into the freezer
2. Beat (C) cream cheese until smooth and pour the cream into it until smooth
3. Stir in (A) into the mixer for few minutes
4. Stir in (B) into the batter and beat it for only a while until well blend
5. Pour over into the pan and keep it in fridge for 5 hours or over night
(optional to put some berries or fruits, but need adjust some sugar, Example: raspberry is sour, so put more sugar)

Ref: "The joy of baking"

Red Velvet Cake a.k.a "Devil Food Cake"

Ingredient:
250g( 2 1/2 cups)     - Cake Flour
1/2 tsp                      -  Salt
15g (2tbsp)               - Cocoa powder
115g (1/2cup)           - Unsalted Butter
300g (1 1/2cup)        - Caster Sugar
2                               - Large Egg
1tsp                           - Vanilla Extract
240ml(1cup)              - Buttermilk
2tbsp                         - Red Co-louring
1tsp                           - White distiled vinegar
1tsp                           - Baking Soda

Cream Cheese Frosting
250g                        - Cream Cheese
250g                        - Mascarpone cheese
1tsp                         - Vanilla Extract
115g(1cup)              - Icing Sugar
360ml (1 1/2cup)     - Whipping Cream

Method:
1. Sifted Flour, salt and cocoa powder in a bowl
2. Beat butter until soft and add in sugar(until creamy white), add in eggs(one at a time), add vanilla
3. Add flour into butter mixture, separated into 3 portion
4. IN SEPARATE A= Mix butter milk and R.Colour, B=Soda and vinegar(It will fizz and quickly pour into mixture). Pour butter milk into mixture too
5. After a good blended mixture, divided into 2 9Inc cake mould, and cooked in preheated 175'C, for 30min
6. After done, cool it with cake wire and wrap it with plastic wrapper, place in refrigerator at least an hour or overnight. (This is done to make filling and frosting the cakes easier.)
7. (optional cut into 4 layers or 2)

Cream Cheese:
1. Beat Cream cheese first and add in mascarpone cheese until smooth, add vanilla
2. Add in Icing and gradually add cream, whip until frosting is thick enough to spread
(Add more sugar/cream to get right condensity)

Notes:
Buttermilk can be substitude by making
<2tbsp (lemon juice/vineger) to 1 cup of Milk>
OR <2tsp Cream of tartar to 1 cup of milk>

Ref:
http://www.joyofbaking.com/RedVelvetCake.html

For Mother with Love~

Yesterdays was my mother's birthday, she called me up and

she said:        "hey~~ It is my birthday and you didn't call me"
David:           "mum~... of course I know it is your birthday,I didn't call because you are still working"
She said:       "Anyway~ did you bake a cake for me??
David:           "Of course~~ I did" (very sarcastically) [But in reality I haven't even bake it]

Scene 1 -When at restaurant, after showing her the cake-

Mother:         "Waa... soo nice ah?
David:           " Of cuz la~ You my mother and I make my best for ya"
Mother:         *Smile :-)

Scene 2 - When we eating and she bragging - LOL


Mother:       " You know ah.. this cake is made by my son, he "bla bla bla(bragging about me)
Friend 1:     "waaa... waaaa" Amazement +compliment + good comments"
Mother:       " he ah.. love to bake, and all very nice~~"
  [basically my mother won't compliment me in-front but to others  :-) -typical Chinese way]

Scene 3 - WHen she love me and love me not~ :-P
Mother:       "Aiyo~ why you hair got hole here and there?"
David:         " these are not hole, it is layer and fashion"
Mother:       "aiya~~ sooo ugly, U should cut like this, like gangsters"
David >>>>>>>         [=.=]" -  speechless but LOL

My September 2011, hairstyle 

PS: My mother love my cake not my hairstyle :-(

I was thinking it is my assignment due tomorrow and I haven't complete it yet :(
and I am out of ideas what to bake, have to shop, have to clean, do this, do that.

and I thought to myself, "HEY DAVID! SHE IS YOUR MOTHER FOR GOODNESS SAKE"
haha so.. I drag myself to grocery in yesterday Sunday afternoon, bought some grocery, while thinking
what to bake. In the mean time, i recall my sister Angeline asked me try to bake this particular cake, called "Red Velvet Cake" sound like a flower flavor cake to me, I actually thought it is; It is also know as "Devil Food Cake" wow~~ sound deadly yet yummy. Sinful taste :P yum yum~~

Anyway, long story short, I spend my night baking this newly learned recipe, and give it a go. Pouring all my sweat into this cake, baking it, study it. PROTECTING IT haha..
I have felt a bit jumpy, fear of anything might destroy the cake. I actually called a taxi to pick me up to the restaurant, that is a money i will to pay for security of transporting my cake to my mother safety, when arrived at restaurant, i didn't even allow the waiter to touch it, i have bring the cake myself with the stairs haha.

The Cake, I actually have a stress while making it, neglecting my gym time and risking my assignment, few hours before it due. Decorating cake was not an easy task, I actually shouting help from my friend Valerie(Taiwanese, artist, besties), I taught her how to cook, usually she show me how to decorate with her creativity. Anyway.. I destroyed the first design in my mind, without enough cream and cake's left over bits. I glad i didn't give up and still thinking nothing and let holy spirit guide haha. THank God :)

My first design is, only red and white. But I ended up using chocolate to cover the ugly spot but it turns out beautiful :)

Moist Chocolate Cake

One of the most amazing chocolate desert I know, it is the chocolate moist cake, amazing, it is moist inside and with the deep chocolate fudge covering the middle and whole cake, simply marvelous. It is a challenge but it is worth

Ingredient:
(sift 3 times)
220g      Cake flour (200g plain+20g corn flour
50g        Cocoa powder
1tsp       Baking powder
1/2tsp    Baking soda
1/4tsp    Salt

190g          Butter
330g          caster sugar
1 1/2tsp      vanilla essence
3                Eggs(size A)
250ml        Cold Water

Method:
1. Cream the butter and sugar in the mixer until creamy white, add one egg at a time, put vanilla.
2. Add in all dry sifted ingredient(separated 3 portion, one at a time), and lastly put cold water.
3. Pour into 9inch cake pan, with baking paper/light greased
4. put into 180'C preheated oven for 45-50min

Fudge:
600g Dark chocolate
50g   Glucose syrup/sugar
300g Cream
100g Butter

Method:
1. In double boil, add glucose, butter, cream to melt.
2. Add in chocolate to melt, keep stirring
3. Cool it down in room temperature until firm and able to shape.

Barista Coffee Making

Finally~ I learn how to make coffee~!
I always love coffee and the ideas of it.
Never got the chances until I got into
this course of making it.
I had a great time of learning it, from the
basic, even though I was exposed a bit
in the work places.

Anyway~ I lazy to talk more, so i guess
picture would speak a thousands :)

My Horrible August's Expenses

Long stories short~~

I spend heaps of damn money on different things in August 2012
this is one month I never could ever forget. Reason why is I had to cover
lost of unexpected bills and also.. my working hours was lesser because
of winter season.

List:
Books
Stationary
Car license
food/dine
Rent
Gym
transportation
Shop
others

Total: It is almost AUD1200K

Worse it hasn't include tuition fee.

My 23rd Birthday

Haha as usual I woke up late afternoon, I almost missed my Joy-flight from Ross but it was raining anyway..

Had my afternoon walk on the main street where I met Robbie in the middle and she wished me and we talked for a moment and she is lovey person.

I got many wishes in facebook, Alex is a friend of my in this town. Asked me to her places at her and Jj Bookshop for a slices of cakes she baked," Apricot Cake" wow it was delicious ^^ while having a chat with JJ. I really respect JJ and Alex a lot; they are amazing people around and very knowledgeable and understanding. We chatted about Apricot seed and such(I will write it again,really worth knowing them)

And also my birthday of 23th; as usual I still have to work. It was quite busy and complicated that night, mostly everyone is in the bad mood; well i was yelled at and piss but I try to stay calm and think positive and never lets the grudge happens. Oh ya.. I had one of the best dinner; crayfish and abalone hehe.. we all work very hard that night. So we got to go PUD that night haha.
The pud had this 70's or 80's party, and everyone wearing so groovy. It was loud and fun.. I love this better than clubbing i had before. This is the music we familiar with; well hey? I borned in 80's haha.. And my friend Shane a.k.a Buddha got me a drink which i no idea what is that; well It is my birthday so I just drink it up in one shot haha.It is really hard to drink, after that I keep feeling the heat from my body.. Man am I turning hot? haha.. It is really fun, the music of 80's and people just get crazy, but never in a wrong way haha.

Well that was my night. I also got too many wishes in facebook took me 1 hours to reply them all; I love all my friends and family. They just awesome. I remember a few wishes I wanna keep in my heart and few funny one as well, especially from my junior in school, he was like " happy bd.. Keep up the good works and will never know one day you turn up the cover of a magazine showing your body haha" haha that good one, got me right there.

The best gift this year? A tiger-moth flight by Ross for free :)

an open cockpit flight like in the history plane that made long time ago when just started

Happy Birthday to myself David, 23 years that I have born into this world. How I wish the number stop haha but 23 years of life experience. Birthday is just a date to be remember how your progress going, and I going keep at it better and better each year :)

Robe Kayaking with buddies

I always wanna try kayaking for quite sometimes, when I was young I can only use imagination from the television i seen before. I saw the ads at Foodland(market) and I was attracted to this ads, it is KAYAKING!
but it took me 1 month to call haha, was very busy until this day.

The day was sunny and beautiful to kayak. I call the lady at the phone and make a appointment on Tuesday but was bad weather and disappointed again but NEXT DAY!! I rented one single sit for myself and 2 double for others (Ken,Mili, Ivy and Wei). We was asked to wear life-jacket but It was so funny; The shape of it will turn me into Ninja-turtle when I got a tanned haha. When first paddle out to the sea, we got excited and I almost lost my balance.

After 5 minutes, I can feel bicep and triceps is stretching haha. It is really nice to kayak! I can't believe I spend my 22 years not kayaking. I felt in love with it, I really desperately wanted one! Robe is really a beautiful places. I might spend my whole life here :)

See me again in kayaking :) Because I decided to buy one soon