TAMPOYAK

In the begining...... its all this. Bought from the 'interior' somwhere along the route from Sandakan to Tongod. They must be some 'different' wind with Andrew today as he would normally ignore such 'raw' food. Over the years, It would be something already bottled up ready to eat end product. The picture shows only part of the 'mountain' that I had to deal with.
After removing them from the skin its another gruelling hour and a half to remove the seeds

Walah..... the end product (which I used to buy at RM70/kg). Good with either cold or hot rice, with or without any other dish. You'll need to either stir fried it for a 'eat it now' meal ( onions,ikan bilis, dried prawns recommended) or just add salt to fermintate it for a later use.

TODAY AS IT TODAY

Nothing seem to come in mind for me to write here but its been three days since I wrote anything. I actually haven't found anything extra ordinary thats worth mentioning.I guess this week is more of a 'feel' week. Much of which is.... not worth mentioning as well.
I'm in the middle of 'feeding' my Miss Universe blog. There are so many of them on the net already but I wanted something which is mine . Something which I can update now and then as I pleases. Doing this takes much of my time since I'm reading and admiring their photos all at the same time. My bad back is 'killing' me by the minute. I'm typing on my bed which means no support for my back. Eight games of bolwing last night didn't help as well. My regular partner Jo couldn't make it so I had the lane all to myself.
The weather today is so warm and dry... well its been like this almost everyday. I didn't even make any attempt to venture out of the house. Not even for food. This blogging thing is taking most of my time that my girls havent had any dicent home cooked meal in a long time. Not that I normally cook... ha ha.. 'Tapau' is so much easier. Today it'll just be maggie mee thou.

I spared an hour tonight ... or was it hour and a half to watch The Amazing Race 3.... Yeah go Malaysia.... Singapore... HongKong.









I have always thought Natalie was the most beautiful Miss Universe so far.Clearly her attitude wasn't the least close to beautiful here. Not to mention her lack of feelings for her team mate Pailin. Poor girl has to bear all the task herself. Good riddance that they came in last and were eliminated. It's irritating to see this totally uncooperative team. Thus goes the saying beauty compensate for brain. This is inded a tougher race compared to the previous two.

I haven't been chatting for a long time. I think I'll try my luck tonight. Hope Rudy is online.He's the best chatter so far.

WEEKEND

Well... I'm writing after the weekend is almost through. Lets see, it seem to pass by so fast. Infact I hardly remember moving away from my seat here infront of the pc. ( no wonder the house is in a mess) I brought that 'mess' up thing because I just 'saw' Rudy's house through his blog. Wow! he's such a tidy person. I felt I needed that 'slap' to wake up my cleaning senses. I have been getting reminders from my mom each time she come and visit but that too havent been able to tigger my senses. She says I'm really showing bad examples to my girls but I kept saying that I'm not such a sloppy person.... just someone who has the option not to do or to do it when I feel like doing it..... get it? ... she didn't.
Well.... nobody else minded.....not my girls and not even their dad.
Not to worry... comes monday .. Its already in the schedule of the day...... Cleaning. Its not so much of the dust , moreso to the collections of unnecessary things around the house. My maid can't help much as she's so afraid of casting away anything thats not perisable. Even an empty mineral bottle? hhmm..
Saturday:
Its the sabbath day and as an adventist.... I worship on a saturday. My car was again 'blocked' by my neighbour's ( some renovation on the house therefore their car was parked infront of my compound) so I asked mom to pick us up for church. This is also to ensure that we would be on time. The girls have a bad habbit to making me wait for them to get ready and still be 'late'. With 'popoh' its different, it'll sure be a lecture on not to be late trip to the church whenever she was made to wait. Therefore we were never late.
Church was alright except for the later part of sabbath school..... was sooooooo sleepy.
Afternoon was spent..... napping... (favourite pastime other than sitting here).
My car went for a much needed servicing that ended up costing me RM120 . Not to forget the RM116 fuel to fill up the tank. If it doent rain tomorrow, I'm going to give it a good 'bath'. The engine as well.
Evening was at giant..... shopping ( got a bargin ( I think) for 'atta boy' dog food... 17kg for RM69)
Tried some vedda blue ice cream at the newly opened shop nearby .... hhmm... wasn't that impressive for me. (either I was still so 'full' from dinner or the price tag that jumped me to that conclution)Amongs many 'sweets' I love are chocolates,cakes and ice cream and throughout the years have tasted so many.... to say I know what is impressive and whats not I believe I can. Seven heaven's is better... not forgetting secret recipe's amongs others.

Sunday: An early wake for a sunday as my maid comes in today as well. Normal day routine..
back to bed..(he he)... infront of the pc while watching tv,
until I had the craving for 'pan mien". Waited till almost mid day before going out to have that. ( that saves up on skipped breakfast... ha ha as if that matters) Spent so much more than breakfast money on durians , rambutans (real expensive), taraps and a chempedak (which is Tisha most unfavoured fruit). Bought lemang and ikan bakar( burned fish? ... ha ha ha) from the nearby ramadhan's market for dinner.

NORMAL DAY

I have been sitting here since morning doing 'this'. Much of today is spent on the net. Multi tasking while at it. I have the maid for only a few hours in the morning therefore there are still thousand of 'must do' task throughout noon and the evening. Other than the three princesses that never lift a finger to help in with household chores, I have twelve cats that roam in and outside my 'castle'.


Today starts with what I would call 'normal' (i.e. wakes up at 5.30am.... back to bed at 7am.... infront of the pc till 10am...... nap (again!!)....infront of the pc (again!!!!) while watching tv untill 4pm when its quality time for my 'babies'. )
........for me except for those @#%&??!! neighbour's dogs. She has just attack one of my cat. I managed to jumped over my back yard fence and rescue it. Hopefully that is just what I did. She is panthing heavily but seem to have no physical wounds. My regular vet was already close thus meaning any medical attention will only be available tomorrow. She does accept emergency cases.... but I'm assessing this case as not one of those. Nevertheless... I'll keep watch the next hour or so.... just incase.



There was training for the girls tonight......meaning training for me as well. It could be just my feelings but I think my game is getting much much better now. Ignoring my constant backache, I'm really enjoying the game everytime I'm at it. My girls think I'm making too much noise while playing (espcially when I missed ) Hhmm.... who cares!!

Tonight's game wasn't to mine. Jo played much better. Nevertheless, that is how it is... some days would be really good while others.... normal or worse than normal.

I did not cook anything dinner ( was real upset with the dog's episode) so Andrew ended up paying RM63 for that at the bowling's cafe.