Ozzywee

One Way Ticket To Hell... And back???

2006-04-20T23:53:00.000+08:00

was on my way to work this afternoon when i notice something "strange"... hahha! the vehicle bearing the mark of the beast.. spooky... nah la the driver din spot seven horns... hahaha... hes human... and on my way back home i saw the VERY same bus again... hahaha!!!

work,work....

2006-04-20T06:09:00.000+08:00

[Rainbow - The Very Best Of Rainbow - Starstruck]

a bad start for the week having tt "i'm gonna fall sick anytime" syndrome... due to the time spent setting up the bbq pit practically alone in the rain during the easter sunday maternal family get together at downtown east.... was really shitty as after much trouble setting up the fire for them, all i did was to get a beer for myself and relax and was chided by my uncle for drinking... saying it is bad for health n blah blah blah... wah spoiler... saved the other can of kilkennys for some other time at home when i really have the mood to drink.
then it was working at mt faber for consec days... such a fake place... backstabbing and bootlicking predominant... loudmouths.. grrrr... think this will be present in any workplace la... but despite the bad experiences there, some of the other colleagues are very willing to teach n there's free food!! ahahaa! the chef has tendered his resignation n left during the time i was doing my EC at petals.. sad.. he is a real dedicated nice guy who teaches alot.. btw he was the one who did the foie gras for me.. haha! now at the end of the week comes along a new executive chef who has a bad name according to the rest... AAAHHH... time will tell...
looking forward to the next week, as this week is really dead...

haha jus wanna share this picture i took at cityhall, risking being caught by the fierce-looking mama... (he really hates the government) doesn't he?

FINALLY!! its all over...

2006-04-16T07:41:00.000+08:00

[U2 - The Joshua Tree - I Still Have Not Found What I'm Looking For]

haha its been a long long time since i last posted in this blog... been real busy with many stuff.. work, games and event catering project week which has jus been over...
yeah the project is finally over, a BIG thank you to frens who came to support..! really was touched.. well for those who din turn up for some reason or another-- you can jus FUCK OFF!! haha nah la i am jus kidding la.. haha! there will be other chances in the future...
was quite amazed tt our group actually hit the target and if i am not wrong we even broke the record for the previous group doing this... despite the VERY last minute marketing, haha we still managed to pull it off and quite well i must say!
was in the house as a guest yesterday after training at farrer park, went with gerald, kah sian and christal.. wah pilot drive sport car leh! manage to get into the backseat luckily din get any cramps halfway... or i will jus die. hahaa. then had dinner at the restaurant with norm, darren, ah kow and mark gege who was waiting for us for half an hour.. hahaha! opps!
then we left to find for some booze n had a helluva time playing road rage n fucked up PRESIDENT HOE drive thrus with him posing as the president.. went to a place called timbre or timber forgot the name already.. the live band was a 3 man outfit, oh sorry 2 guys and a robotic female bassist.. hehe pretty ok music i must say but i din like the vocals.. he shld jus stick to guitaring.. the crowd tt was also pretty good.. hmm a great alternative to wala i must say.. ahhhh its easter sunday today! everyone have a great easter and a great week ahead!
signing off, Ozzywee.

designer food....

2006-03-16T00:47:00.000+08:00

[ACDC - You Shook Me All Night Long]

my first taste of designer food.. haha in the kitchen of mt faber.. yeah been working there for the past weekend, was chatting wif my chef abt the new menu then we talked abt many different food and came to the item foie gras which happens to be new on our menu..
hmmm, we jus talked and he took out a sample n cooked it.. come n try... oooo... the light crisp outside with melt-in-your-mouth insides... AAAHHHH.... with a matching sauce to go with it.. topped with a drizzle of truffle oil..
a couple of stupid pictures that i found on the internet, haha joyce u assface...

Assface

Gooseman

2006-03-08T21:20:00.000+08:00

Brokebrack freaks..

2006-03-08T21:19:00.000+08:00

NKRFC plus WWE superstar "Shelford Benjamin" on the extreme right.

sick... very sick...

2006-03-08T20:30:00.000+08:00

[Stratovarius - Kill The King]

Event catering has finally begun! yeah and my greatest worry came through... a group tt could not work together well due to earlier quarrels and shit... but luckily everything is still holding together pretty well now... at least we have a rough menu of the cuisine of wad we gonna do on the actual day! experimenting of the dishes will start soon and planning of the marketing shit and food cost.. oooohhh soo much work.... then will be the sales of tickets... well to those out there who has been repeatedly asking that "hey when are you gonna cook for me?" question.... THE ANSWER IS THIS TICKET! yeah this ticket! ok?! trust me its gonna be good... how bad can it get? haha..

had a 7s a side tournament at NYJC last sat. anyway NYJC was a really nice n big school but with a little fucked up field which can be fixed.. hehe.. we had helluva fun time there playing 7s for the first time for some of us!!! i was one of the few playing for the first time for this variation of the regular 15s a side... gotta run like a dog sia! but it was really abit like touch.. but there was a little unhappy moments with a new club Wolfpakz... we'll meet them in the season and will face-off then again..

arggh was terribly ill for the past few days with a high fever, infected throat, cough... close to a week... and the throat is still fucked... my dad's bdae dinner celebration had to be postphoned becos of me... sorry dad! i pray that God take this illness away from me so i can concentrate on my studies, i also receive bad news from jess abt teck facing some issues in the army and also pray tt God will guide him in whatever happens to him!

Blog reload....

2006-03-01T16:32:00.000+08:00

[Helloween - Walls Of Jericho - Starlight]

Ozzy's back. First of all, sorry for the dormant period of this blog, was too darn lazy n busy to blog.. past few weeks was eventful and busy, got to work in this cable dining job on mt faber with johnson.. cool shit with a decent pay.. get to ride on cable cars for free to get to work.. relaxing job..

also after the week i landed this job, i went for a short attachment with hyatt hotel and was assigned to the in-house kitchen for the asian aerospace event.. helluva experience, when we really get to see how the hotel kitchen is like.... (save for the fact tt hyatt has the best toilets ard tt provide a optimum shitting experience)

Well the soup "machines" they use to cook their soup is MASSIVE! jus when we all thot the big ass stainless steel pots were big enuff.. the soup "MACHINES" were digitally operated and due to their massive sizes, they run on hydraulic power to tilt the machine to pour out the contents of the soup.. WOAH! cool shit.. learnt many stuff there, seen newer machines and stuff.. and peeled close to 4 bags of onions in total.... good experience on the whole..

well, this is the last week of rosette kitchen attachement for our class and we're moving on to EC , event catering.. where we'll design our own menu and cook our own food and advertise it to others.. the task is tough enuff on its own, however within the class are some problematic individuals making the tasks all the more a difficult one!!! jus pray n hope, i'll get a nice grouping and everything turns out fine...

My new fwen from production kitchen..

2006-01-16T21:27:00.000+08:00

My Extraordinary Colleague!

Wok Hei!!

2006-01-10T00:46:00.000+08:00

[Bruce Dickinson & Godspeed - Tribute to Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath]

its back to rosette for this week, and looking forward to working at a new station learning more new stuff! but found out that the schedule was already fixed and i am allocated to staff meals... GRRRR... a last choice i would wanna go for.. bo bian have to go ahead. well we were supposed to cook hor fun, those zi char type la, wet wet one.. was pretty easy la, jus prepare the sauce and blanch the ingredients.. ahhhhh then comes the hard part, to fry the horfun... not jus to cook it and add some black sauce... nononono... must got WOK HEI! my trainer required the horfun to be fried till there is wok hei in it, btw wok hei means the "burnt" or wok smell from the wok which is transfered to the food tt gives it a exquisite flavor.. something which we all go for when eating claypot rice if u noe wad i mean.. well its not easy to attain tt la, have to keep tossing the horfun without using the ladle or all will break up, and the wok must be HOT! RED HOT! tossing the horfun in a cast iron wok is hard work man, gotta have strong and i mean STRRROOONNG wrists! i salute all zi char chefs! and when heating the wok in advance when the oil hits the wok, the wok will jus catch fire la! like flambé like tt, and it keeps burning! something like wad u see below.. WTH.. lost a fair amt of hair on my hands today, burnt.. second salute to all zi char chefs! really enjoyed using the chinese wok, have to work real fast, keeps one on his toes, in a while ur food can be burnt! looking forward to more chances using the wok.. hehe.. WOK HEI!! haaha!

Chinese Flambé ?

sai gang warrior week!

2006-01-08T21:48:00.000+08:00

[Ozzy Osbourne - Tribute to Rhandy Rhoads - Goodbye To Romance]

aiyah this week, left rosette attachment and went back to school and was attached to the production kitchen. though the life here not as hectic and pretty slack, but dun learn much things leh, plus we were like SK warriors covering all the sai gang for the school..

with the orientation week, we had to cater meals to the new students and another batch was preparing normal staff meals for everyone and another group was supposed to prepare the course ingredients for some VJC students who were here to learn "lifeskills" - to cook roast chicken, fried rice, etc.. hahaha.. wth. well i was with the last group and we had to stay back to prepare the ingredients and pack all nicely for them. then we had to stay back and guide them hands-on during their practical cooking.. quite fun la i must say the last part of the day cos i do enjoy teaching and sharing knowledge with pple.. maybe i may consider to be a course trainer next time.. hahaa..

yeah and wads on this week is the young adult ministry in our church, attended the first meeting but realised i cannot attend it on a regular basis. thanks to my timetable! oh nvm! it is decided i shall make a cameo appearance once in a while, with confirmation with the YAMS rep! haha!

the new year

2006-01-02T18:22:00.000+08:00

[Black Eyed Peas - Where Is The Love?]

yeah its 2006 and time really flies, first week of work attachment is over and yeah much knowledge is acquired from trainers during work and learning to work under MUCH stress in the kitchen where everything is so fast-paced.. yeah orders DUN come in like 3 or 4s like wad we had on the first day, they come in huge numbers!! FEAR THE ORDER PRINTING MACHINE!!!! when it rattles!! aarrgghh1!! ...
yea and learning to test for doneness is another thing i have learn further in depth.. getting the outside brown inside pink color is certainly not easy. much to learn oh much to learn. and another thing i found out they seldom use tongs when handling the meat--- fingers of steel.. to prevent spoiling the meat and causing the loss of juices.. yeah use ur fingers la so the customers can enjoy their big fat juicy steaks.. :)
todays a holiday and i made a meal for my family, 2 steaks and 2 chicken chop with mushroom sauce and lyonnaise potatoes with a veg of 3 color capsciums with vinaigrette.. i made the mushroom sauce! a whole pot of it for further uses.. hmmmmm.. sooo tirrreedd now... gotta get some slp..

grill trainee..

2005-12-28T01:36:00.000+08:00

[Judas Priest - British Steel - Grinder]

yeah yeah yeah if u were wondering wad the title meant.. it is a title i held for today so far... which puts me and my partner verna in charge of the grilling, roasting section!! talk abt being in the HEAT of the action. well we learnt more abt doneness of meats and the use of the wonder tool in the kitchen the combi oven!
and there was the part of topping up the meat and preparing the mis-en-place AND CHECKING THE QUALITY OF THE MEAT.... slimy prawns, smelly.. er wrong PUNGENT prawns that almost made me puke.. faint greenish beef.. ooooo... QC eh... the dirtiest part of the job but the grilling part was fun! like a teppanyaki master.. had much fun but it was tirrriinngg.. reached home at like 11plus.. shitty gotta go catch some sleep..

carolling, xmas celebration, narnia..

2005-12-26T22:51:00.000+08:00

[Judas Priest - Priest, Live & Rare - Starbreaker(live)]

its post xmas and the final day of hols b4 in-job training begins... well xmas was well spent, carolling and a church celebration on xmas day itself.. as a combined choir we sung the hallelujah chorus which was really wonderful and i am so proud to be part of it.. mind blowing! din get any gifts for anyone this xmas! short of cash and also lazy to shop for gifts... i think i shld get at least a little something for everyone next yr! yeah i should..
well caught chronicles of narnia today, pretty nice show featuring MYTHICAL creatures, war scenes and a warped version of animal planet.. talking animals.. din quite get used to talking beavers... heh.
aeeehhhhhh!!!! gonna start my job training in rosette @ SHAvilla tmr.. wonder wads installed for me.. will fill u guys in on my adventures in the kitchen.. stay tuned!

Xmas is coming!!

2005-12-22T01:48:00.000+08:00

[Queen - Queen II - The March Of The Black Queen]

Its beeen a long time since the last post.. haha.. many happenings, knights past vs present match, shannon's bdae, class chalet, all jam-packed in this short period of holiday.. and there is more to come! xmas carolling, xmas celebration in church, watching narnia on boxing day. after which in-job training will begin!!! woohoo! all we learn will be put to use... in practice...
jus got back from class chalet at pasir ris this morning and slept all the way till 9 plus for dinner... had helluva booze during the first night, thru the first night, beer, stout, liquor.. hahah madness.. nope i din get drunk! instead we had helluva talk cock session from army affairs to ghost movies to rugby to fighting to bruce lee to jackie chan to OCH to ghost sightings and stories.... even to religion - church history and stuff... quality time.... hahaha..

Posing with the not-so-impressive keg of Heineken

anyway am planning on a ultimate booze party in a few months time where all the drunkards in the world unite! haha rallying all drunkards we can find in school.. sooon.. sooonnn enuff...

its over.. finally over..

2005-12-09T06:08:00.000+08:00

[Metallica - Black Album - The Unforgiven]

exams are finally over! ended like today.. er wait its yesterday.. its already friday morning now.. anyway was rushing my menu planning project report last night which is due tmr. heaps n heaps of bullshit skills put to good use...
met up with carl,alvin,yehao and sam chan last night at sam's place for a bbq.. it was pretty last minute and only upon reaching there did we realise its actually the birthday of our fellow A9 bastard.. yeah happy birthday chan hin yew! A9 bastards nvr fail to disappoint, the things we do are as screwed as our form teacher SAJEED!! talked abt those sji glory days, how carl got sacked from his prefect post, how chen ling kwong snapped during chem class, how we pissed off li ray and co. during the chalet.. awwhhh memories.. after we went for a prata session at al-ameen and carried on crapping and WALA, we saw nerd boy victor lim there and pei tong also our sji classmates.. man victor lim has become like half a head taller than me with ripping muscles-- from a scrawny bespectacled boy with braces and rock hard gelled hair intact.. wonder wad do they feed him abroad..
anyway we went seperate ways after then and haha me n carl were jus marvelling at the fact that we have already knew each other for close to 10 f**king yrs... that always remains in the "drains" of SJ-muthaf**king-I as we always call it affectionately.. haha mephisto way to go! 20! 30! a lifetime!

oooohhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2005-12-07T17:51:00.001+08:00

[Led Zeppelin - Early Days - Black Dog]

of late since seeing this old man eating this wonderful bowl of pig trotters in dark, glazed soy sauce with springy skin that falls apart with a simple pry of the chopsticks revealing tender flesh with melt-your-mouth tendons intact... AAWWHHHH!!! i have fallen addict to pig trotters... a past vice that is commmminnng back! NOOO!!! i jus had it like twice on consecutive days this week! i am sooo dead.. die liao la but the second consecutive time was explainable la.. see below..

Trotter's Galore!!!
actually was planning on eating ampang yong tau foo at this foodcourt in causeway point, then ah di said he go buy from some pig organ soup stall. then i went along and see got other options when this scene caught me! WAH lau! how to resist? call me weak-minded la.. but yah i went ahead to order the smallest portion which is quite huge lor, abt the size of the one at the top right hand corner one.. but it is much leaner than ter kah(pig leg).. because it is ter chew(pig hand).. haha i only eat 60% of the skin.. (a weak attempt to claim "i tried to eat healthy") haha! but it wasnt tt fantastic la, the flesh was quite hard cos they din soak in the LOR for very long..
cannot qie the one at jurong east market la.. powerhouse!
ok i will try to steer clear of such food liao.. its badddd for health yah its bad for health... hehe. yeah one more paper to go, baking n pastry paper.. and its hols and many upcoming activites, planning a cycling trip to ubin, working at swissotel, christmas, shannon's bdae, so many things... of courseee KBOX wif ck n co... bussyyy...

M.I.A

2005-12-04T12:35:00.000+08:00

[Iron Maiden - Rock In Rio - Hallowed Be Thy Name]

in the midst of a period of exams and shit... this week is theory exam week! ARRGGHH! missing church camp bcos of the exams falling on exact same date! wad luck.. anyway practical exam is over and not very satisfactory, salmon and chicken with a not very good dill sauce. heng i din screw up my har chiong kai... saturday was a touch session that became a frenly contact game -- a prelude to our knights past vs present match. We had helluva good time man!! playing with our ex-teammates and present teammates, it was like before, the good old days... really thank God for letting me be able to play this sport cos the satisfaction and good times u get from the team sport is something that is so invaluable....

sick... and tired.

2005-11-27T23:07:00.000+08:00

[Guns 'N' Roses - Use Your Illusions I - Coma]

awwwhhhh! been sick for the past week and it got worse toward the later part of the week.. bad throat n bad dryyyy coughs with thiiickk phlegm.. cough until chest pain ah.! din go to church today sorta overslept.. opps, then in the afternoon met up with ck who is back from aussie for holidays.. went to clementi gym for gym sessions and totally WORKED my arms.. chest exercises were disappointing and demoralising..
after the session headed to ck's place to watch rugby matches.. tasted his mum's cooking! CURRY FISHHEAD which was yummy.. not too spicy luckily or i will be speechless, literally with a busted throat..
many things happening this week!
tues- brewerkz
wed- kbox outing (pending)
thurs- PRACTICAL EXAM!! (with mystery basket aka unknown ingredients)
fri- due date of MENU PLANNING PROJECT!!!
following week will be exam filled!!
wah lau eh!!! piang eh!!! God pls grant me the strength thru this tough period!

was talking abt the da vinci code with ck casually jus now.. thinking now should i read it? to broaden my knowledge of things? at the same time opening myself to danger of losing faith? seeing a fren fall away from his faith after the reading of this book, really makes me think carefully before beginning on this well controversial book of the time.. is a book really that powerful or isit another means of the devil? recently saw the movie 'exorcism of emily rose'! great movie i think.. well it brings fear to me at least that demons and the DEVIL do exist! scary indeed huh! but dun worry for God is always there for us, i believe.

haircut

2005-11-23T20:23:00.000+08:00

[Judas Priest - Angel Of Retribution - Deal With The Devil]

today started late at 12 noon to be exact.. did canapes today. yes ck i jus learnt canapes.. but like nothing much leh wad do u wanna noe abt canapes?? anyway we made use of the chicken galantine and salmon we made last week.. i toasted my bread and laid the galantine with a roll of salmon on it. this is all we did for IS.. borrring.. i wanna use the kitchen and cook!! anyway the plating of the dish was something learnt today.. how does it look? nice?
jus went for a haircut and wash.. REFREESSHIING! gtg for now..

Canapes

a BIG THANK YOU

2005-11-22T15:27:00.000+08:00

张学友 & 高慧君 - 你最珍贵

today is THE DAY! the day to present our baking and pastry project. ITEM: Meat Lover's Quiche Lorraine.
overall outcome was pretty successful as seen, and it is tasty! topped with top grade salami-pepperoni, oozing with chicken flavour! woo! haha! I would like to thank someone i always forget to thank - God! i always fail to forget to give thanks for the successful things that happen in my life and hence i'll take this opportunity to thank my God for giving me a peaceful mind during this morning.. Next i would like to thank my mom for readily sharing her secret recipe of her quiche lorraine with me and patiently teaching me to do up the crust for the quiche. thanks mama.

phew.. finally i can relax a little, been so worried that i'll screw up today.. but next on the line is practical exams and theory exams.. next month which is like in a couple of weeks.. Pray that God grant me the concentration and peace thru this period of time..

Meat Lover's Quiche Lorraine

LAN card f**ked..

2005-11-20T18:32:00.000+08:00

--

well as the name suggests... my comp is slowly dying out.. HD is making strange noises, RAM slot burnt out couple of yrs back.. now the FREAKING LAN CARD JUS BURNT OUT... which means no internet connection..! which explains for the late update here..(with compliments of my brother's laptop) well, just had a practical test tt day! worked as a team to whip up dishes.. CHICKEN?!!? rendang, black pepper crusted sirloin beef and a seafood cold appetiser by john ting! (the zi char boy of our class).

Well initially when i got my grouping i was really super sian.. was thinking.. JOHN TING.. famous for his zi char antics and stuff, doubted his abilities and his discipline to work as a team. and there was also verna la.. no worries.. but john ting was a big worry.. until the very day came, when i realised it wasnt tt bad.. he produced wonderful results! a great cold appetiser!
but the discipline part still abit not quite there la.. he kept running ard the kitchen helping others.. when he shld be at his own stove.. but had fun working with my team members and it was really rewarding when we got real good comments from the teacher.. a great morale booster..

argh bored.. back to XBOX GTA san andreas.. bye guysss...

RIP Latino Heat

2005-11-16T16:24:00.000+08:00

[Helloween - Walls Of Jericho - Starlight]

awwwhh, tests, projects and shit.. its all coming together... then it will be exams soon.. arrggh tmr will be team cooking practical test. we gotta work as a team to produce dishes! NErrrrrvouss.. next on the line is baking/pastry project presentation which is due next week when we'll present and bake our items in a given time slot.. so many things happening in such a short period. jus sat for two tests i did not study much for. manage to get 39 for the 1st one, the menu planning one is the worrying one... well jus hope God gives me the strength to bring me through this period.
Yeah and got to noe of the news that Latino Heat Eddie Guerrero passed away in a hotel b4 his wrestling match on 14 Nov. Cause of death was heart failure probably due to his previous abuse of drugs and alcohol. It was such a pity as he was a reborn Christian and fought his inner demons and kicked the habit of drugs and alcohol. but he had to pay the price of his past in such a way.. Sad... Eddie Guerrero - Latino Heat - I am your papi- triple plex - Batista - mexican - Rey Mysterio - Chavo - Chris Benoit - the very match when u won Brock Lesnar for the WWE title! We'll always remember you, Eddie, Latino Heat..

Eddie winning the WWE title

painful and borrring..

2005-11-13T19:41:00.000+08:00

[KISS - Destroyer - Detroit Rock City]

Post-(resuming-gym-after-a-LONG-time) syndrome is ohhh so painful... if u guys noe wad i mean... STIFF chest, STIFF arms.. hope this shit pays off.. well this pain put me off any activities this past weekend.. was supposed to go for basketball activity but woke up the next day as har-no-neh (masumi) prophesized, FROZEN arms! my arms were at a constant 45 degree angle.. no extend nor bending without pain.. hope the ache will go away tmr or practical cooking will be practical hell. speaking of practical hehe the last practical lesson was reeeeellllaaakkkk did hainanese chicken rice that seemed like boiled chicken with seasame oil and soy sauce.. partnered tan brother, vincent tan.. fun and full of shit man.. nvr fail to have fun when doing practical with him.. but we were given an indian chicken according to ah leong.. when we ask him sir how come our chicken cook come out black black when others all so white and smooth, motherf**ker said " ohh haha ur chicken is MURU lor.." bloody whore... anyways this is the end product with artery clogging OILY RICE made with "satu-lorry" of chicken fat, seasame oil... hahaa..

chicken rice

oh yeah we also learnt how to debone the chicken with the meat all intact in one whole piece.. or meaning boning a 3D whole chicken into a 2D piece of ART! hmmmm... tough... but it can be done!
went for dim sum buffet at dragongate today with family, ok only leh.. worse than the last time in fact.. but had so much dimsum that it put our family off dimsum for the next month or so..
one more thing before it slips my mind, so WHOSE PLACE isit gonna be? MR NORMAN SIN?

working out??

2005-11-09T16:24:00.000+08:00

[Bon Jovi - Crossroad - Always]

well my food portioning and focus is bugging me for the past 2 consecutive practical lessons.. grrr!!! my main dish doesn't stand out!! gotta improve on this point tmr during IS.. anyways this is wad i did for my last lesson guys.. italian food whahaa i had no idea how do italians plate their food?? anyone noes? so i stick with the conservative method.. TA-DAA!!
"Wad is your main dish?", ah leong.
"err, the chicken roll", ah wee.
"but the pasta looks more like the main dish with all the seafood and stuff in it...", ah leong.
".....", ah wee.
SAME mistake again,!!! ahhhhhhh!!!!

Seafood Pasta w/ Cheese mushroom chicken roll

haha and yesterday went WITH A FREN (not alone) for a R21 show called "saving face", nice show with a funny ending.. haha my first time in the cinema watching a R21, lucky the ticket auntie nvr check ID or gonna be damn malu.. the show got its rating becos of lesbian themes not sexual explicit contents ok? anyway its a nice show worth catching..
well jus went to the gym jus now with ha-nor-neh, masumi. haha decided to start abit of gym heeding wise ol' munir's advice.. wise mat. did upperbody and jogging wah aching all over now.. lazy bones.. gotta get some rest now bye for now guys..

Rugby and more rugby!

2005-11-05T23:18:00.000+08:00

[Jimi Hendrix - Experience Hendrix - Angel]

yeah the day is today! Northern Knights RFC Rugby 10s.. for secondary schools. it was pretty successful and no major cock ups.. everything went fine and it was a first experience for me in such a event. good exposure and its fun to see the young boys playing their hearts out and there were quite a number of hidden talents among the schools..
then after the event went for KFC buddy meal with the guys, consisting of the fish burger and 2 piece chicken! the fish burger had a pretty nice dill mustard sauce tt was quite sweet and nice. fish ole!
then went with mark and munir to padang for SCC international club 7s.. watched a few matches and boy can they run!! wonderful pitch good crowd, power players, beer, cool weather... real good place to spend the whole afternoon. but was tired and so left after watching the singa lions played..
had a long nap upon reaching home and dinner was curry fishhead, sambal spinach and duck in thai sauce at some zi char stall near my place.. SPICY fiery dinner! YUMMY! gotta sleep soon in prep for church tmr

f**king bastard!!!

2005-11-03T09:56:00.000+08:00

[Dio - The Very Beast Of Dio - Man On The Silver Mountain (Live)]

woo, its a public holiday again.. so much for the deeparaya, haha new term.. yeah anyway though yesterday was a holiday eve, tot could relak have a short day but ended up in the kitchen for a long long cooking session. Had chinese cooking demo, and western practical cooking..
woo hoo got a feeling of the chinese zi char in the chinese demo when all of us were suppose to do a plate of yang chow fried rice on the chinese wok at the stove that blasts flames like as if its from HELL.. managed to do a ok fried rice BUT!! got my 2nd finger bald.. the freaking flames were so high man..
moving on we had western fusion cooking in the kitchen where we also did our har chiong gai ( prawn paste chix), hahaha got a 9/10! cos of the 'effort' i put in plating, a few chinese lettuce and chilli did the trick.. not forgeting parsley.. haha.
but came along the main event western fusion seafood dish. we had so many seafood variety to choose from. took wad i saw and decided to make a seafood spaghetti lightly creamed and with chilli slipper lobster.. then got a 7.5/10 cos ah leong say portion is too large.. ok lor... LL.. then during washing up, peiris the 30 yr old srilankan woman in my class beside me told me something tt gave me a shock.. she said mr leong is a f**king bastard... WAHAHAH!!! *stunner* apparently she did alot of research on her stuff , she made seafood kebabs n stuff went thru alot of trouble n its very nice man but ah leong say portion too large and gave her 7.5/10 also.. and those who did common stuff but served normal portions got like 8-9... WTH man... nvm it shall be fine dining style for me next time.. take the right amount of ingredients and half will be served and the other half will be my lunch or dinner then.. haha! learn to play around with using the sauces to decorate n fill up the plate, but my hands will tremble ah! ARRGGGHHH too much chicken feet in the past..
anyway CK was jus talking to me abt usage of foie gras and truffles... hehehe! yeah promise i will go find out more info on preparation methods! really looking forward to the next testimonial match MAN!!!! can see all of the CJC ruggers again.. minus star idol nic teo.. he is too cool, and he is a conman.. OH yah FYI ruggers heard from a guy in my church who is in CJC, tt CJ rugby is picking up so fucking well that its one of the few sports that brought in medals for the school! think its a plate or something.. POWER sia.. wonder if MR Adrian HOE (sorry darren its HO i meant, opps) still prohibits the usage of the school field or not??

Seafood Pasta w/ Chilli Crayfish

deepavali

2005-11-01T19:56:00.000+08:00

[Led Zeppelin - BBC Sessions - How Many More Times]

Its Deepavali today, spent the whole freakin day playing GTA San Andreas at home.. my neighbour shared a pot of chicken curry which was pretty yummy with us.. nnnniiiccee..
yesterday in school , did herb crust lamb chops with tomato sauce.. HHAHA.. freaking weird mix i thought too.. but it still taste normal, whahaha not like those super extreme gourmet food.. ahaha, its still edible. tmr will be doing chinese fried rice and some other western dish, still no idea yet man... how?? how???

Lamb chops with Tomato sauce

RAW!

2005-10-27T11:06:00.000+08:00

[Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction - Captive Honour]

woke up late this morning at 0745, 15 minutes to get prepared and rushed down to take a cab.. was suppose to do nasi briyani and chicken masala. din have a partner, in the end partnered MURU! have been nursing a grudge against him since that incident.. but he turned out to be pretty good to work with, at least far better than his counterpart LOKMUN - the genius who cooks the wanton skin first b4 wrapping the wanton.. Muru did the chicken masala while i did the briyani rice. his chicken was SOLID man.. soft n tender of moderate spiciness.. power!! and of course the briyani accompanying it was equally good! HEHE..

Nasi Briyani w/ Chicken Masala

then shortly after was western cooking when we were given escargots to make an appetiser, and salmon as a main course. Theme was french cuisine.. HAHA, dun ask me y is there risotto again.. i jus love risotto perhaps? and moreover its italian and wad isit doing here.. i also dunno.. Ran dry of ideas, din noe wad was a traditional French main course like.. maybe next time i go for a meal in a french restaurant and find out.. yeah and today's cooking was SCREWED up man.. my escargots were well-sauteed la, but the mushroom caps were not thoroughly cooked.. ok.. nvm.. moved on to the main course, DAMN it after serving when ah leong cut open the fish, its still raw in the centre, he say a little tooo raw.. but i thot it was like totally raw inside.. damn jialat ah.. how? how??? gotta train more in cooking steaks, be it fish or meat..

Mushroom Escargots

Salmon Steak w/ Bechamel Sauce & Seafood Risotto

APPLE SLUTS RE-VISITED!!!!

2005-10-26T22:47:00.000+08:00

[Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP - Under The Influence (ft. D-12)]

well today was a short school day.. had a last indian demo lesson and we were taught briyani and chicken masala.. after the lesson had a stupid session with leong..finally when school's over went for lunch and went ahead with plans for Kbox.. heh was itching for a session.. sang till 7pm and it was tiring boy, and man.. havent been singing karaoke in some time, forgot the tunes already.. must upkeep the sessions, hear that??? hehe i am available for karaoke practice sessions..
then went for dinner at million fishballs kopitiam(as it is known fondly by my family) at jurong east for dinner... haha had the signature noodles.. haha tak mee pok..wah nice.. jus plain mee pok and fishballs was good enuff to kickass.. then crapped with my classmates at the kopitiam, topics ranging from indonesia to wealth to pocket money to parents to sex positions... WTF.. we had to explain to michelle wad was 'missionary', erm ya we explained verbally no demonstration.. Heh! Kids..
Then on my way back, came the BOMBSHELL!! took out my ipod expecting to plug in to some killer tunes on the move, something i miss doing for like freaking 3 weeks or so.. when the tracks started to skip rapidly.. then WTF.. it hanged and restarted, hang and restarted.. exact symptoms of the old set!!! FUCKING APPLE SLUTS!!!!!! i am gonna go down to orchard n screw them tmr..

wala wala wala wala wala wala

2005-10-25T23:40:00.001+08:00

[Scorpions - Blackout - Arizona]

well yesterday was an eventful day, had baking in the morning... made butter cake and muffins, but we brought our own ingredients and made different variations from what was taught. I made a choc chip marble cake that is way too brown on the outside. HEH.. and for muffins stole ideas from the tanjong pagar muffin shop.. hahaha, made banana walnut and choc chip ones. was still passable la. haha.. i hope?

marblecake before marblecake after

muffins

after school rushed home for a short nap and headed to orchard to collect my beloved IPOD baby .. all new.. shes such a beauty.. aint she? a shot of her at work in the dock... by now she's filled with killer tunes, ready to kill!!

ipod's back

after collecting my baby, headed down to holland V for the meeting for the rugby 10s tournament for the sec kids.. it was a first meeting so not much was done, jus a brief assignment of tasks.. then we headed down to wala wala for post meeting activities.. tot it was jus a short night out, but stayed there till ard 1 am with jack and mike.. lotsa beer.. good music.. after tt headed for supper and i fucking had 1/2 spring chix rice at like 2am... think i was a little tipsy.. jack the jackass ordered more beer at the kopitiam, and he claims its a genetic fault in Eurasians for drinking so much.. WTF.. luckily he stopped at one or i doubt he'll make it home in one piece.. reached home reeeeelll late for a weekday, and skipped school today.. tmrr is gonna be a borring theory day in school again..

bad memories...

2005-10-22T23:08:00.000+08:00

[Led Zeppelin - BBC Sessions - Whole Lotta Love (Medley)]

WOHHOOO!! today is the day! a frenly match up against BUCKS div III... meaning we SHOULD be playing with young angmohs... well... it turned out like : northern knights vs the fathers of the div III team... heh.. lucky we had 3 Fijian imports and many lao cheows to help for the day.. or we'd have been hammered seriously by the older blokes. yeah was a very enjoyable match that lasted 4 quarts, fortunately there were rolling subs.. phew..

well i totally forgot all abt my ankle injury through the match.. tot it would affect my scrumming but its pretty fine.. haha was v worried during warm up time on the very pitch where i got the injury a few months back.. man ankle injuries really suck.. BIG TIME! oh yeah and managed to psycho ah pui to go take a look at the game and haha he is interested.. hopes he can join the club in the coming season..

after match we head to lazy lizard's for drinks n a viewing of an extremely ancient 70s rugby match of new zealand vs barbarians. headed home early after then and read an email abt the club's plan for a 10s tournament for sec schools.. they assigned all of us certain tasks for the event and haha i was assigned with F&B logistics.. i jus agreed and am looking forward to work in such a big event for our very own rugby club.

mofo soap...

2005-10-21T01:42:00.000+08:00

[Queen - Classic Queen - I Want It All]

today was a lonnnng day out for me.. filled with activities.. haha first stop was env building!! went to NEA for our basic hygiene test... Nostalgia.. those primary school days came to mind.. when we as stupid kids refuse to eat at the school canteen which was much cheaper but ran to the env building foodcourt for lunch which was like super ex... anyway after the test went for lunch at far east and went to 'chippys' - the place tt sells fried mars bars... yeah speaking of frying mars bars.. damn it, attempt 1 was thorough bitter failure... the batter burst for every cube resulting in chocolate flowing into the hot oil.. wah! sian.. oil become black like shit.. damn disappoointing.. may try it again but maybe in school la.. secretly... hehehe.. oh back to chippys yeah tried something different on the menu, tried cheese sausage and whipped potatoes w/ caramelised onions.. sounds damn 'sat' tio boh? hahha well u got it.. tio conned.. its jus a lousy cheese sausage with unique cuts on it and dipped in those instant whipped potato mix with a few strands of sweet onions served all in a coffee paper cup... WTH!! dun ever try it.. may try their fish next time.. then we walked over to wisma topshop and haha alvin had a close encounter with 3 transsexuals when one of them smiled at him sluttishly.. then we stumbled onto the highlight of the day.. Ladies and Gentlemen, presenting... MOFO Soap! theres even some shower foam that can wash away all sins as stated... blasphemic bastards.. din noe there was such an interesting section in TOPshop..

mofo soap..

after that we headed down to east coast for some chef's day event held at pasta fresca near the seasports centre.. the main highlight was the spit-roasting of a full size ox.. woohoo.. managed to get a not so clear pic on my phone.. huge carcass.. there were many tua pai chefs there as our trainer tell us who is who... then was dinner time and had a heavy dinner plus a make-juexian-drunk session sparked off by ah pui.. and there was the event host making helluva din and he turns out to be a drag queen with an entourage of transexuals... WTF... for a moment i tot i was in thailand.. maybe the angmoh tua pai prefers this type... well yeah and we suspect that the 3 transexuals were the exact same 3 we saw in TOPSHOP!! well.. that pretty much wraps up a long n tiring day...
gotta go for now..

spit roast ox

first shot at fusion...

2005-10-18T14:02:00.000+08:00

[Dream Theatre - Train of Thought - This Dying Soul]

did not sleep again last night.. haha was actually playing on my XBOX till late night b4 i started to read up on fusion cooking but came up with nothing as the fusion recipes they offer online are not desirable due to lack of ingredients.. settle for a simple dish in mind thai chicken steak w/ italian mushroom risotto and stir-fried baby kailan.. thinking ah leong will have the thai chilli sauce in the kitchen, went ahead with the dish in mind but lucky i tot of a backup sauce in mind sweet and sour.. cos ah leong nvr fail to disappoint.. no thai chilli sauce.. had to settle for the sweet n sour sauce back up but guess wad? i memorise the ingredients but not the cooking method!!

with help from leong, managed to whip up a wonderful tasty sweet n sour sauce.. guess he aint the teacher for nothing. did my XTRA CRUNCHY deep fried chicken steak.. indeed it is CRUNCHY!! lastly did my risotto AGAIN.. hahaa was soooo tempted to add curry powder into my risotto and come up with a new invention -- curry risotto.. wonder how would it taste like.. but din went ahead as sweet n sour will clash with curry flavoring.. maybe someday.... hahaha!

its a free day tmr!! woohooo!!!! no school... its burnout time on the XBOX!!...

sweet sour chix steak w/ italian mushroom risotto and stir-fried baby kailan

apple whore...

2005-10-17T19:54:00.000+08:00

[Gamma Ray - No World Order - Heaven Or Hell]

hi all, back from a borring weekend ready for school again.. today is pastry baking day and we did pizza and choc chip cookies.. outcome was pretty fine considering the fact me n ah pui were absent on sat's demo.. maybe we r jus too good. hehehe..

after baking went to container and called apple up regarding my ipod.. and the sluts there said my stuff is being delayed... from 2 weeks to 3 weeks... now those buggers tell me some of their customers wait up to a month... wtf!! apple sluts...

had a short briefing on fusion cuisine which we are gonna attempt on tmr.. seems real tough.. racking my brains right now.. not sure wad to do.. will fill u guys in tmr on wad i do..

pizza

choc chip cookies

bdae present!

2005-10-14T23:24:00.000+08:00

[Deep Purple - 30: very best of - Highway Star]

its finally friday and weekend mood usually begins today.. short day in school.. fooling around in school rather than cooking and washing up in the kitchen.. haha actually theres menu planning lessons and we decided to do jamaican cuisine menu planning.. sounds fun eh.

after school headed home and played xbox till its time to meet joyce in church for song leading worship practise.. WE were late but i reached earlier! finally i am not late.. then grace came along and TA-DAA!! my belated birthday gift came along! hehe--- a herbs and spice rotating rack with individual containers! thanks for the gift again if you are reading tis, grace!

yeah bought the necessary stuff and i am gonna attempt to start batter frying my mars bars... if i succeed will let u guys try!

kiddul and peck keow....

2005-10-13T15:25:00.000+08:00

[Oasis - Be Here Now - Fade In Out]

one of the most embarrassing things happened to me in class today.. touch on it later.. anyway went for asian class today and we're cooking cumin rice and fish curry.. i missed the demo the day b4.. hence was in a blur not noeing wad to do and stuff, tot i had the TAN brothers to help me but we were spilt up by minah rohaya.. sia la she stun me sial.. then she pair me up with yuxiu and we both dun really noe how to cook and so we jus follow the damn recipe.. made pretty thick currry but it taste ok la.. during wash up time, it happened..........

was fooling ard with ah pui and was playing with the ladle using it to hit him.. when he ask me to disturb 'kiddul' who is at the sink back facing me.. thinking it was kiddul i went ahead.. and did something to 'disturb' the 'kiddul'... F**K !!!! when the person turned ard it is PECK KEOW!! OH NO!!! i am soooo dead... so f**king dead... apologised non stop and was f**king embarrassed.. but one thing for sure is peck keow and kiddul REALLY LOOK ALIKE!!!

then was western cooking when ingredients provided were chix breast and sirloin steak.. i did a cheesy chicken roll stuffed with cheese and mushrooms(actually was supposed to be bacon wrapped inside).. and i panfried my sirloin steak and made a red-wine sauce with the marinate and demiglaze powder.. for starch made mushroom risotto and finally succeeded for the first time in risotto.. at least it is not too dry or not too creamy.. jusst right at least to my expectations.. THANK God! got positive comments from teacher and it really made my day! thanks ah leong...

Chicken Cheese Roll and Sirloin Steak w/ Red Wine sauce served with Mushroom Risotto and Brocolli

hot & cold appetizers

2005-10-11T21:56:00.000+08:00

[Fates Warning - Tribute to Judas Priest - Saints In Hell]

din sleep the previous night.. after blogging, went on to play XBOX WWE Raw.. until 3-4 am.. unlocked many new features when the damn machine hang on me and i din freaking save... yes all my hours of playing time gone down the drain, zilch... NOTHING!! fustrated and not wanting to risk sleeping and waking up late for morning cooking practical.. decided to go research on tmr's menu and last to tmr morning.. settled with stuffed mushrooms and deviled eggs...

but kena stunned when i reach the kitchen, no mushroooms!! WTH!! then i tot wth jus replace the mushrooms with freaking peppers and they also have nice color to compliment the plating... but wad to fill up the large cavity in the peppers????? then i jus saute onion,garlic with pran n tuna to make a seafood filling.. which i had v little confidence in it working out.. jus went ahead n stir in cheese n fill it up n throw it in the oven.. as u guys can see the shape of the pepper din hold quite well.. but guess wad the 'anyhow mixture' tasted good! somewhat like wad u get in seafood pizza.. hehe.. Thank God! Below are pics of my dishes.. (poor quality due to lousy phone)

after practical went to town to play battlefield 2.. WAH!! its way cool and solid man.. we played online.. its really like WAR!! but my stamina was freaking low, cos i jus realised i din sleep a single wink.. played till ard 5 + b4 leaving for a KFC meal with lao jon.. the drumlets are nice but a tad spicy..gotta leave for now.. my battery is flat..

cream....

2005-10-10T23:12:00.000+08:00

[Jimi Hendrix - BBC Sessions - Foxey Lady]

u've gotta be all mine, all mine. FOXEY LADY... heh the hendrix experience..
a bad start today.. woke up late becos of watching "UNFORGIVEN" till 3 am++.. and realised i did not bring my cap to school for baking practical.. kena scolding from gay chua.. anyway carried on with doing cream puffs and eclairs.. and YES I FORGOT TO TAKE PICTURES AGAIN!!! AHHH I AM FREAKING SENILE... maybe i am too quick to put the finish products in ma mouth.. only have a pic of the swan cream puff gay chua did during the demo last week.. hope u guys are satisfied with this.. hehe..
<=======swan cream puff topped with kiwi, strawberry and peach slices

haha got pissed with jonathan for complaining to gay chua tt i did nothing...yeah i am pissed but for a while only la.. i am cool now.. coooll...

another post of a pic i chanced upon in my archives, my braised lamb shank attempted on the first practical for this new semester, looks pretty badly plated... thanks to roubing for taking the trouble to help with photography and dessiminating the photos to respective individuals..

WWE unforgiven...

2005-10-09T22:39:00.000+08:00

[Black Sabbath - Under Wheels Of Confusion - Die Young]

its sunday and went to church today, the youth choir sung an anthem today during service.. nice tune.. today's sermon was hilarious as pastor chng was on a joking rampage.. man.. lame jokes, being 'stable', theory of size of angel being directly proportional to body size, to KRANG from teenage mutant ninja turtles... we really suspect if he was drunk during the sermon... but jokes aside at least i still manage to get what he is trying to put to us.. work done but in a very different approach.. hehe.. after sermon in the social hall he came up to me and looked at me and said 'ur angel must be really big!!'. i was dumbfounded... yeah and i recieved a part 3 to the gift from jess,teck and jasper.. a pack of 'polish sausages'.. haha wth but i liked the gift cos i love sausages.... will prob cook a portion of it tonight and savor it while watching "WWE unforgiven"..

during sunday school, lesson was on christian denominations, though i was like super tired and almost dozed off.. managed to keep awake and learnt abt the different christian denominations how they came about by tying together previous lessons all was explained.. the diff between us protestants and roman catholics and the further divisions in protestants into - anglican, methodists, lutherans, baptist, presbyterian, etc... the difference in doctrines and order of worship.. was a very enriching lesson but sadly the last one with teck beng.. we'll miss him..

then after church we went for a CLEAN mahjong session again... no gambling ah.. haha grace i understood wad u meant... i saw with my own eyes ur sister going beserk..everyone was suffering from fatigue.. then theres the usual me slowing down the pace of the game, and the HONGS plus joyce screaming at me... sorry pple.. mahjong is indeed very taxing on the mind, gotta be damn alert wad pple play lor.. wah buay tahan.. tts all for today gonna get ready my sausages and my bee-bee.. UNFORGIVEN!!!

picatta..

2005-10-08T22:56:00.000+08:00

[Jimi Hendrix - Experience Hendrix - The Wind Cries Mary]

had a short day today in school.. only had baking pastry demo.. guess wad? we'll be making chocolate eclairs on mon! woo hoo.. the chocolate flavored cream custard... gonna play ard with it again... hahaha!! REAL YUMMY!! mr justin chua is a mean baker... he even made a swan shaped cream puff! hope to make equally power eclairs on monday!

after school went home in prepare for cooking session at church for the YF program. din noe wad to cook so i decided on chicken picatta with tomato concasse sauce.. was the dish for practical exam.. rendered i shld be able to remember how to do it.. bought the ingredients from NTUC and proceeded to church for the activity... deboned and portioned the chicken, good practice.. as we use much smaller chickens in school for our dishes.. and proceeded to start cooking.. faced a major problem!! the chix not being able to cook through, way to remedy was putting the chicken into the oven but there's no oven in church! hehe.. hence i had to pan fry the rest of the chix over low heat to allow it to cook through.. but it still turn out normal la.. heng.. recieved a belated part 2 bdae gift from jess teck n jasper.. haha they gave me this food processor kinda machine used to slice ingredients.. thanks guys for the gift..

seafood platter..

2005-10-06T23:01:00.000+08:00

[Guns N' Roses - Live Era '87-'93 - Don't Cry]

a long tiring day... did asian and western pratical cooking today.. was looking forward to western as i din a fair bit of research last night on the required dishes... but things weren't as good as planned...

shared working area with ah pui, one of the best i worked with so far to date in kitchen, we share everything and helped each other.. good partner to work with.. as our dishes required mayonnaise and i then went ahead to make some as we do not have the luxury of using pre-prepared mayo.. GRRR.. failed the 1st try as we used palm oil instead of required soy or corn oil... finally managed to get right texture in second try.

2nd setback of the day came when ah leong walked past and see me putting the baking mixture on my slipper lobster... he say it wouldn't work and the mayo will break n curdle.. i was like WTF.. but tts wad the recipe online said.. was at a loss but went ahead after discussing with him and proceeded with an experimental feeling.. did my fish frying and took out the lobsters and they look pretty presentable.. i felt they tasted quite good after all.. heh.. and yes i forgot to take a pic of the dish AGAIN... wanted to do tt for my last cooking too..

nvm i will do tt for my next dish..

dinner anyone?

2005-10-05T11:47:00.000+08:00

[Helloween - Tribute To Scorpions - He's a Woman, She's a Man]

finally am done with my planning for my cooking for tmr.. came back from school after a lousy lunch at delifrance.. baked potatoes that is not piping hot jus won't do... tasted horrible.. but i finished it anyway not wanting to waste food..

was prepared to do some planning and ideas by surfing online when my dad told me to help him cook dinner as my mum will be going for cooking lesson tonight.. STUNNED! dinnner sounds simple though but real difficult to prepare, again i salute my mum.. rice + deep fried ngo hiang + chap chye + soy sauce chicken wings.. i screwed up major for the chix wings, added 2 servings of dark soy sauce instead of required 1 serving... the outcome? DARK BANGRA SAUCE... sian.. reminds me of my classmate MURU - this retarded blur indian mama in my class who speaks with slurred speech (constantly drunk mode).. well i remedied by adding more water which diluted the chicken flavor in the sauce according to my mum's evaluation.. Veg was pretty fine.. but cooking at home is tough as i gotta go easy on the salt and flavoring cos of my dad's health.. whereas in school salt isn't a prob when we whack all the salt n chix powder available.. (mr leong, if u ever kena kidney failure i am sorry, had to do so, or u'll fail us....) haha..

finally had time to carry on planning and came up with an ambititous menu, baked slipper lobster with cream sauce and deep fried dory fillet with mushroom risotto rice... but tot since i was a slow worker... hahah i scraped the mushroom risotto rice and replaced it with buttered noodles instead.. anyway it'll be too creamy.. well yes its two diff cooking methods and i am a slow worker.. wish me luck tmr as i need it and God help me please... will fill ya guys on my cooking tmr..

APP-apple protection plan

2005-10-04T22:50:00.000+08:00

[Scorpions - Blackout - Blackout]

Today was a free day... slept wayyyyy past morning.. woke up at close to 12 and remembered today is the last day to go and buy the apple care protection plan for my ipod which is currently undergoing 'replacement'.. wonder y replacement takes 2 weeks... only get my new ipod next week.. headed down to orchard and went straight to apple centre and spent close to an hour waiting... had some warranty issues with my ipod as the protection plan must be registered today or it will be void tmr, problem is i do not have the new replaced ipod serial no. yet hence gotta consult apple hotline but was greeted by a phone operator with a seriously heavy indian accent.. couldnt make out wad the hell she was trying to say, had to ask her to repeat herself almost everytime she spoke.. grrrr! anyhow i got my protection plan..

Then went around orchard to walk around and decided to scout for food.. went to far east plaza and hit the deep fried mars bar and choc icecream again... yummmmmyyyy... the hot mars bar fritters topped with choc sauce was heavenly, din have time to take a pic b4 eating.. haha when i sunk my teeth into the crisp shell the nougat and caramel still warm melted and flowed into my mouth.. sssslllluuuurrpp!!! enjoyed my food and decided to get more when i bought another crispy chicken cutlet from the taiwan snack shop... wah ultimate junkfood...

after tt met my parents for lunch haahhaha yes for lunch, nah la this time i ate little la at a coffeeshop where my grandma used to stay, she aint ard anymore.. kinda miss the place ard great world there... nostalgic memories of my grandma when i used to ta pow lunch for her from tt very coffeeshop came to mind.. her ever frenly smile, walking slowly ard the house.. sometimes dozing off when watching her fav chinese variety programmes.. i miss my grandma but i know she is in a happier place in heaven now without pain and suffering.. and i thank God for that..

a lack in confidence?

2005-10-03T23:03:00.000+08:00

[KISS - Alive II - Hard Luck Woman]

FINALLY managed to wake up on time this morning and caught bus 187 to school, made it in time but my mind was in a whirl, not prepared for pastry baking and cooking theory lessons at all.. maybe cos of skipping my 1st baking demo last sat leaving me in a blur of wad to do.. Went into the kitchen anyhow and partnered ah pui.. Thank God for letting me have a clear mind to think and not 'garbbra' and screw things up.. ah pui was also a great help. we made wonderful fruit tarts and quiche lorraine.. yummy.. i think the fruit tarts was way cool man, great pastry and killer custard.. ah pui did the custard, and heng i noe a little about baking from my mama.. remember as a kid i was assigned to knead large blocks of butter in a whisking bowl with a green spatula.. TOUGH WORK!! all this came in handy and somehow i was thankful to my mum and regret saying that her baking methods suck.. baking is indeed difficult..

moving on, thinking it was a short day and i was gonna get my apple protection plan for my ipod after school at apple centre when i was persuaded by ah pui n co. to join the few vacancies in today's cooking practical in the evening, meaning i have a free day the next day... woohoo!! y not! went ahead without thinking much.. until it dawned upon me. SHIT WTH AM I GONNA DO WITH MY LAMB RACK AND CHIX????

headed for the library straight after theory and searched frantically for resources and ideas and different cooking methods and relevant material.. finally settled for herb crusted lamb rack when there is 15 mins left to practical lesson.. damn! skimmed thru chicken recipes and chanced upon a sauteed chicken dish.. scribbled down ingredients and rushed for the kitchen.

once in, after briefing got all the ingredients and was ready to rock n roll.. was going strong when i jus realised i forgot the steps of cooking, i refered to my workplan and it is empty, i only copied ingredients and not cooking method!! darn took chances and did a wrong method (confirmed with leong)... i went to marinate the lamb and breaded it with crumbs and herbs and sealed it on the roasting pan.. it was then i realised all the 'crust' was falling apart.. !!!! AHH!H!! was going mad!! tot F it... go ahead la.. jus throw the damn thing into the oven to finish off cooking.. went ahead with chix cooking when i realised i screwed my sauce preparatiuon too... was super demoralised then i took out my lamb and left it to cool while i figure wad to do with my chicken... then mr leong came from behind saying i din remove the backbone connecting the rack.. and i am not supposed to serve with it on.. wah i was damn damn superduper sian 1.5... and even burnt my fingers when i gripped the pot.

picked myself up and say heck la get it over n done with.. haha use my hands and detached the two lamb chops from the rack portion.. did a few trimming and resizing as i gripped the meat so hard that it got distorted in shape.. hah. for my chix went to saute the chix cubes anyway and ask lao jon if he made excess sauce, he spared me his "red wine sauce" which is a red meat sauce... jus mixed it in to the chix anyway.. and put everything in a plate and served.. jus realised my lamb had no sauce.. haha was prepared to be screwed by leong.. but he din say anything much and gave me 8 for plating n 8 for taste... dunno to be happy or sad, as the dish according to me is an absolute failure but i got 8///8... am i paranoid or is leong not grading me as he shld grade me? lack in confidence on my part? well he did say it was good tt i attempt 2 diff cooking methods.. but did tt deserve the above average results?? many others did tt too... is there favoritism going on? i am darn confused.. but right now i noe the right method to cook the herb crusted lamb rack as confirmed with leong. so i guess i'll shld jus concentrate on other practicals and put in more effort and make it seem like i deserve the marks.. and i am determined to get this lamb rack right, i am gonna try it at home! wish me luck pple!!

History..

2005-10-02T22:20:00.000+08:00

[Iron Maiden - Live After Death - Rime Of The Ancient Mariner]

Its Sunday today and went to church as usual. Today's sunday school lesson about church history and history of puritanism brought in some discussions about separatism within the churches at tt time. The lesson brought out examples Teck Beng shared with us regarding separatism tt took place in our every own church. It was sad to known that such things actually happened.. moreover in our own church.. thinking back about the future of YF, sebastian said about abt the leaders worrying abt the concept of the formation of the group of young adults ministry.. can understand their worries as in the church's history there was a major exodus of a group of young talented adults who were the pillars of the youth ministry at tt time.. This created a large vaccum and no one to lead the younger youths, reasons for them leaving were not confirmed but from what i noe its becos they felt they were not getting enuff from the church.. youth leader replacements were selected overnight and there were many problems getting everything together.. Hence gotta hope the right decisions can be made this time round..history..

on a brighter note, after church went for lunch with parents and aunty engkee at swee kee chicken rice... oooo yummy.. and headed home was abt to choose btwn bloggin or taking an afternnooon nap when recieved a call from grace to join them for a mahjong session at lydia's place.. went ahead as they promised to teach me. no worries we played mahjong with no money or betting involved.. and they promised to teach me, yes they did but with much abuse and scolding, complaining i am slow and take too long to arrange and choosing tiles to play... but nevertheless learn the basics and can maybe play with my classmates tt r mahjong siao.. but rule still remains no betting, ok? haha

Turning point..

2005-10-01T22:06:00.000+08:00

[Outkast - Speakerboxxx/ The Love Below - Roses]

skipped school today to play at the inter fac rugby 10s at NUS.. yes we were conned by munir again, the promised food and babes werent there... yeah there jus a few touch girls there and tts it... haha the biggest bombshell was when the authorities din allow munir to play us, the imported players (non-NUS) pple.... was out for the first 2 matches n manage to 'hiong' in to play the later games.. wah first game after the busted ankle, tiriing but enjoyed it.. on top of tt for 10s we had to run more!!! a few minutes into my first game i was like.. pant pant... haha... gotta do something abt it or gerald will nag n nag.... haha dunkress... ehhh ehhhh mmmuuuusssstttt ttttrraaaaiinnnn ah u.... haha... gerald dun kill me.. haha..

after the tournament, tried on my tit fit jersey munir got for the team... bitch.. but gotta thank him for the game n stuff.. was a good day met many old frens , from SJI, CJC, ACJS..

after all tt headed for church for a discussion and talk from Mr Ken Swee on ministry for outreach to the people in Jalan Kukoh and had a very meaningful discussion with the few pple present... haha.. I feel i shld be a better Christian to start talking about even to outreach... i think i must start soon, vulgarities is my biggest weakspot.. will try and cut down, frens who read this blog pls remind me if u see me losing my tongue...

Happy birthday

2005-10-01T00:13:00.000+08:00

[The Ramones - Ramones Mania - I Wanna Be Sedated]

Sept 30 yeah its Ozzy's bdae today, woke up late AGAIN!!! even though i slept early the night b4, damn its becoming a habit or wad man... reached school and was lucky the teacher wasn't ard.. yeah was greeted by multiple happy birthdays and sick smiles of the classmates who had 'something' installed for me.... a small group of classmates gave me a cake as a present and for tt i would like to thank u guys, i finished 3/4 of the whole cake.. yeah and vincent gave me an antique tea set... i was like.... WTF...hahaha... neverthless thanks...

after lunch back in school jus when i tot all was over... i was wrong the sick bastards got 5 raw eggs from asian kitchen and yeah .... gulp X 5.... darren despite ur physical cream, sauces, eggs, flour, treatment back in CJC, this is torture.. reminds me of swallowing my puke.. hahaha..

yeah after school in the evening, was on my way to bugis to meet the bulldogz and Brothers-In-Hell... met jack on the train and we were both heading for the same destination. at bugis we met KIM HOCK there by chance and he joined us for the night.. we went to the fake old hokkien at beach rd to makan.. it couldnt qie the authentic one la but still can la.. the 15 dollar money back guarantee song fishhead... haha.. yeah thruout the night was like back in CJC, World Tripping Federation, WD69, dunkress stttttttttuuuuuutteeeerrrriinnngggg, mrs kua, night study in the library, my cousin chem lecturer... good ol memories..

after dinner we walked down to purvis st and chilled at this old ah beng club, feeling fucking old there... haha had some expensive n lousy chicken wings and 60 c otak + 2 otak fishcake haahaa.. and ended off the gathering there... thanks to the bulldogz n BIH for the night.. jus reached home and had a tiramisu bdae cake from goodwood park from my family... yummy.. gonna sleep for now n prepare for match tmr... signing off peeps

WHOLE FUCKING DAY OF COOKING...

2005-09-29T20:02:00.000+08:00

[Sonata Artica - Tribute to Scorpions - Still Loving You]

back to blogging... hehe i am actually enjoying blogging and actually looking forward to it. well woke up late this morning again and tot initially everything was fucked. Cos i am gonna be late for my 1st asian cooking prac.. and gonna be screwed by the cool minah. phew luckily she was even later than me. went in n did soto ayam, archar padang and a ultimate spicy beef rendang... couldnt get the desire color so we kept adding chilli paste.. wtf..

after tt was a break n i was in the library doing research online for the salmon cooking methods... haha yes i din do the workplan the night b4, i knocked out after signing off.. settled for poached salmon with a cream sauce and grilled asparagus and mashed roasted garlic + mashed potatoes.. food did taste pretty well according to my standards but din look nice.. so i tot i will be marked down for plating and appearance.. instead i got a higher average mark for plating over taste... dunno wad is CB leong thinking..

jus got home and finally stopped procrastinating, i change 2 tanks of water for my two turtles and the water is sparkling clean now... woo.. well tmr is a special day for me looking forward to spending it with the bulldogz.. anticipating eggs n cream tmr... jus keep it to the face pls...

Wrestlemania

2005-09-28T22:30:00.000+08:00

[Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny - Tyrant]

Well well lets see at least there are still pple interested in ozzywee's blog.. hahah i am gonna be the next big thing... yeah school as per normal today and we had to brainstorm abt cooking salmon and we have to work in pairs and think of two different cooking methods for the darn fish.. well i partnered ah pui for good and was warned abt his caveman lifestyle without a computer n internet connection = no output from him , by Mr Oh. haha. we settled anyway and he decided on panfrying and me on DEEP FRYING... reminiscience of those SAF eat-till-you- puke salmon patties for breakfast...

moving on, we had our first encounter with the asian cooking trainer who is notorious in the school, but it was a very pleasant and funny experience .. she is one of the funniest trainers in school man.. the coolest minah i know.. mdm (some malay name) i think is rohaya ....

well after school we went for PRATA AGAIN!!!! i had it the night b4... went to mr teh tarik's at jurong west with few of my classmates and had helluva time there talking cock... the indian bitch almost conned me of my money raising the price of the substandard prata BOOM... (without the flowing condensed milk effect)

me, vincent, ah pui and jiancheng then headed down to chevrons for a dip in the pool there which was hellish... executing all the wrestling moves in the freaking pool, and all turning against jiancheng in joint attacks... hhahaha.. got a blow to the back of my head and it still hurts now.. vincent's chin.. gonna break it tmr. signing off for now my newly acquired fans, off to do my workplan for my DEEP FRIED SALMON FISH FINGERS... wish me luck, i need it..

Getting started...

2005-09-28T01:54:00.000+08:00

[KISS - Creatures Of the Night - Keep Me Comin']

Hi all, welcome to Ozzywee's blog. Been reading through a few blogs and felt it was a good way of keeping myself updated of those who i seldom see.. Hence i thought i gave it a try... Enjoy! Well i'll just start with a nice little introduction of myself. Well my name is Kenny, 21 this year and passing soon... Was from ACS (junior), Saint Joseph's Institution, and Catholic Junior College. Now am currently taking up a Dip in Culinary Skills Course in SHATEC, basically means learning to be a chef. Over and done with National service, a good responsible coporal clerk that earned a VERY GOOD for performance for my Certificate Of Service. (And no i din doctor it....)

Moving on to interests, well i like girls, rugby, eating, drinking, rock n roll, slacking... guess tts pretty normal... well ok i guess i'll jus stop here, its fuckin 2:00 am in the morning and i have early lessons tmr..