Nobody by Wonder Girls

This is the craze of the moment for quite a while now. I've been seeing and hearing this song like forever and it's still going strong. If you go out to any electronic store (Harvey Norman, Best Denki & Courts) in any shopping mall, the display tv almost 90% showing this music video.

From a 3 years old kid to a 65 years old senior, they all can hum the chorus. The catchy lyrics and rhythm probably making it one hot song around.

Let's join the train of music craze and enjoy the song...

Love On A Plate 名厨出走记

I watch this food travelogue out of curiosity last night. I didn't expect myself will finish watching the 1 hour variety progarmme, let alone blog it here. Well, here I am....out of expectation.

There are too many variety show on TV about food. I'd expect the same ol' fashion way of talk and eat stuff presented by the usual few hosts. However, this one comes with some twists. Celebrity chefs will have to leave their post for few days to travel to some rural areas and using limited ingredients that are available there, they will have to whip up something for the villagers.

The first few chefs interviewed about the possibilities of participating the show was seen puzzled when they were showed the picture the place that they will be going. They seem really reluctant and almost immediately refuse to go. It's no surprise though as they are 'celebrity chefs' and have spacious kitchen and dozens of assistants at their disposal.

Then, this one brave Japanese restaurant chef sportingly said yes and he was sent to Wawee village (I've never heard of this place), Chiang Mai. Then the journey begins....

http://video.xin.msn.com/watch/video/love-on-a-plate-%E5%90%8D%E5%8E%A8%E5%87%BA%E8%B5%B0%E8%AE%B0-episode-1/1gqyt1g80

What keeps me watching is the sincerity of the chef in doing his tasks and didn't complain much on the tasks he need to do. He's even gamed to pluck tea leaves for 2 hours in return for 100g of good quality of Wulong leaves as one of his ingredient for his dish.

I'm looking forward to the coming episodes and hope to see more interesting interaction between chefs and local villagers.

Bon appetit!

Father's Day

Every 3rd Sunday of the month of June is Father's Day. My father is staying in KL with my brother, so I skype to wish him 'Happy Father's Day'.

I have a lot of respect for my dad. He's the strict disciplinary figure in the family. Me and my brothers 'feared' him when we were young. We tried to behave ourselves whenever dad is around, but heaven turns hell when he's out for work. My mom has no authority over us.

My dad used to cane us when we were young. I'm the one that usually get the most caning cos I'm the worst behaved kid in the house. I used to 'hate' my dad for punishing me all the time. I felt outcast in the family, there's a moment in my teenage year that I thought I'm not their daughter.

Years later, I'm thanking my dad for all his 'caning' (teaching). I could turn out worse than I am today...He's an old man now and all I felt for him is respect and love. I can feel his love for me as well. I'm grateful that he's my dad and pray for his health and joy.

All I want to say to him now is "I love you, Pa"!