OMG its been ages~~~

I cannot believe it!! I totally forgot that I have a blog which i promised i would keep it updated always. What can I do, most of the time I'm physically and mentally exhausted after work besides nothing much happens anyway.. So it has been like what 6 months since i last posted, past my birthday, valentine day, xmas day and chinese new year... tried lost of Korean cooking.. jja jang myun, dak kang jung and went to try some korean food in restaurants, always ever looking out for kimchi 김치 when i go into a chinese supermarket or when i actually have day off i would be actually watching drama all the way till my next working day.. Beside I thought all my friends who would actually read my blog might have died from bleeding after hearing me sing in my last post. But not to worry, I think my Korean pronunciation might have just improved (or that's what i keep telling myself) Wait a minute, I've just ask one of my friend to listen to my old post (can't believe i actually asked a friends to listen to my horrible and embarrassing singing especially in Korean just cause i can't pronounce it properly). This is what he commented, "it sounded like... you were just reading it".. Obviously ain't it? That was when I just started learning to speak Korean... anyways to prove that i have slightly improved (say 1%) I will be posting up a few new song, which i promise has not been practising till i can sing it perfectly not to say i can sing it perfectly anyways. And also by the way just to let you know i can sing by heart the song 'I believe'. Thanks to George Bar, the only romanization korean song! blah~~ anyways i'm better off to recording and prove all these while with the on off learning korean i can sing better now... cheerios

bleed your ears out!!

As I promised, me singing in korean. Please be warn... u might get goosebumps when you hear me sing.. so listen at your own risk :D From the songs i sang you can tell I'm trying very hard to pronounce it considering i'm a beginner in Korean Language.. so don't expect too much out from my singing.. too bad though the quality is not so great after i converted it from .amr format to .wave format.

The song titled ising1 is the very first complete korean song i sang, obviously the first ever korean song i say was Endless Love the ost for The Myth by jackie chan... Sing along with me. By the way most of this songs are from really good Korean drama/movie worth watching.




ising1: I believe by Shin Seung Hoon (OST: My Sassy Girl)

I believe Kudaen gyote opjiman
idaero ibyorun anigetyo
I believe na-e-ge orun girun
cho-gum molri / tora-ol ppunigetjyo
Modu jinagan ku gi-ok-sukeso
naega nalrul apuge hamyo nunmurun manduljyo

Namankum ulji anh-kirul kudae-manun
nunmul obshi nal pyonhage ttona-jugirul
Onjen-ga tashi-dura ol
kudae-ranun gyol algiye / nan mitko itkiye
Kidaril-keyo nan kudae-yo-ya-man hajyo

I believe naega apa-halkkabwa
kudaenun ulchido mothaet-ketjyo
I believe hururun nae runmuri
kudael dashi naega toll-yo-ju-getjyo
Jakku momchurun nae nunkil sokeso
kudae rosupduri tto-olra nunmurul manduljyo

Namankum ulji anh-kirul kudae-manun
nunmul obshi nal pyonhage ttona-jugirul
Onjen-ga tashi-dura ol
kudae-ranun gyol algiye / nan mitko itkiye
Kidaril-keyo nan kudae-yo-ya-man hajyo

Na kudae alki chon i sesangdo / irohke nunbusyon-nunji
Ku hanul araeso ijen / nunmulro ramgyocho-jiman
i jaril nan chi-kil-keyo

Kudaeran iyu-manuro naege-karun
kidarimjocha chungbunhi haengbokha-getjyo
Saranghan iyumanuro / tto haruga chinagago
onun gil ichodo / kidarilkeyo
Nan kudaeyoyaman hajyo
Nan kudaeyoyaman hajyo

ising2: From the beginning till the end by Ryu (OST: Winter Sonata)

nae-ga olsu-opsul-korago / i-jen kurolsu op-tago
chebal kuman-harago narul tarrae-ji..
chong-mal i-joborigo shipo / tashin-bolsu-optdamyon
narul chapgo-in-nun noye modun-gol

naega utgo-shipul-ttaemada non / narul / uroborige mandunikka..
o-neu-got hanado naye ttaet-daero nonhalsu optke mandunun-gol
niga bogoshipul-ttaemada nan / irohke muno-jyo-borigo manikka
amuri ijulyogo ae-rulssodo ijulsu optke hanikka

chongmal ichoborigo shipo / tashin bol su opt-damyon
narul chapgo-in-nun noye modun-gol

naega utgo-shipul-ttaemada non / narul / uroborige mandunikka..
o-neu-got hanado naye ttaet-daero nonhalsu optke mandunun-gol
niga bogoshipul-ttaemada nan / irohke muno-jyo-borigo manikka
amuri ijulyogo ae-rulssodo ijulsu optke hanikka

tan hansaramul saranghanun-ge itorok himdunil-injul nan chongmal mollasso

naega utgo-shipul-ttaemada non / narul / uroborige mandunikka..
o-neu-got hanado naye ttaet-daero nonhalsu optke mandunun-gol
niga bogoshipul-ttaemada nan / irohke muno-jyo-borigo manikka
amuri ijulyogo ae-rulssodo ijulsu optke hanikka

ising3: Saranghaeyo by Kim Hyung Sup (OST: Delightful Girl Choon-Hyang)

ijuchumeso nol saranghae-do tweni
aju chogumwe nipumeso
nal namkyudo ttonakandamyon
nae mamapun-go charal-janha

saranghaeyo dashi shija-khaeyo
himdul-geman-haet-don kudae-ji-man
I love my friend no animyon an-dwae
uri sarangun chong-hae-jyo-bori-nun-myo-ngin-gol

nol him-dulke han nun-mul-kka-jido
ijen nae-ga chonbu gapul-kkeyo
nae-ga kippun gon naye gu usumi
chigum nal dal-ma it-danun got

saranghaeyo dashi shija-khaeyo
himdul-geman-haet-don kudae-ji-man
I love my friend no animyon an-dwae
uri sarangun chong-hae-jyo-bori-nun-myo-ngin-gol

chigum-chorom-man sarang-hae-yo dashi shija-khae-yo
himdul-geman haet-don kudae-jiman
I love my friend no-animyon an-dwae
modun gol it-go haeng-bo-kha-geman hae-julkke

saranghaeyo dashi shija-khaeyo
himdul-geman-haet-don kudae-ji-man
I love my friend no a-nimyon an-dwae
uri sarangun chong-haejyo bori-nun-myo-ngiya

There is another song which i would love to be able to sing it right, its a OST from full house titled 'i think i love you' but sadly its not as easy as singing this 3 songs. The pronouciation is bit more difficult. But I will try my best simply cause i love that song!!

Korean Craze!!! 한국어(Hangul)

Its been awhile since i last updated this blog.. its because during my free time i'm learning korean known as hangul 한국어 instead. Here are some basic greetings and phases which im sure you all (K-drama fans) would have come across. I think I've been learning korean for 1 month now but its kind of a on off thing (doing it when im free).

Lots of my friend has asked me why did i even want to learn korean?? and not French or japanese or even worse my own 'should be' mother tongue Mondrian??!!! i think my vocabulary for mandarin is the same as Japanese.. What can i say, i'm a banana white on the inside yellow on the outside oh by the way in korean its 바나나 pronounced as bah-nah-nah!! how cute kawaii - in jap!! Well the reason is simple why i'm chose to learn korean instead.. well for those that was thinking because its for a guy.. your absolutely wrong!!! its because its easy to learn, you can learn the writing easily unlike mandarin which is too difficult and i think jap in almost as difficult as mandarin in terms of the strokes. Those two are easy to pick up in terms of listening but not writing, as for French, i know most of the words describing food!! :D So I think learning Jap, French or Mandarin, you probably need to go for proper class.. unlike korean you can learn on ur own atleast till intermediate level.

Well here are some of the stuff that i have been learning mostly greetings and phases, I'm still in the process of learning grammar and constructing the sentences, tho i have been building up my vocab.

안녕하세요 넬리 입니다 반갑습니다!!
Translation: Hello, I'm Nellie, Nice to meet you.
Romanization: an-nyeong-ha-sae-yo, nel-li ip-ni-da, pan-gap-seup-ni-da

한국어
Translation: korean language
Romanization: han-gug-eo

오래간만이에요
Translation: long time no see
Romanization: o-rae-gan-man-i-e-yo

고맙습니디
Translation: thank you
Romanization: go-map-seup-ni-da

감사합니디
Translation: (another way of saying) thank you
Romanization: gam-sa-hap-ni-da

안녕히주무세요
Translation: Good night
Romanization: an-nyeong-hi-chu-mu-se-yo

안녕히가세요
Translation: Good bye (to the person leaving while your staying)
Romanization: an-yeong-hi-ka-se-yo

안녕히계세요
Translation: Good bye (to the person staying while your leaving)
Romanization: an-yeong-hi-kye-se-yo

아니에요
Translation: no
Romanization: a-ni-e-yo

네
Translation: yes
Romanization: ne

내일만나요
Translation: see you tomorrow
Romanization: nae-il-man-na-yo

By the way, I'm learning to sing in korean :D I might just post up some link here when i'm done recording.. let your ears bleed!!

gay and the city...

-== Please be aware this may contain spoilers ==-

ya so what... I freaking waited for like 2 years for season 7 sex and the city to be air.. knowing very well it was never gonna happened, ya they stopped at season 6 HANGING!!! I knew very well there ain't no season 7 (was hoping deep down inside they might just change their minds and start season 7!) I mean how can u stop a season when CarrieB was just getting back with Mr.Big?? could atleast show that they got married or something like fast forward a few years.. Geess.. its just practically made me hanging. (p.s: I do know I'm a Series junky addict)

so ya times pass I then totally got over the fact that season 7 is never gonna exist till the MOVIE came out!!! Freaking 28 May! Well looks like I'm not the only one literally left hanging in their seats for 2 freaking year (mind my language today). Ya so it was fully book since a month ago for their premier. Sux! Super Sux! Right so I thought why not try the next day. Which I did.. this time literally on my knees begging for the ticket.. (ok over exaggerated) Yup it was again fully booked.. How can I be such an idiot to actually monitor if it was getting fully book through the cinema website when I could have just gone down to the cinema to get the ticket.. you see the problem is I-M L-A-Z-Y. So it was alright at the end, me and my mates decided to watch something else SINCE IT WAS F**KING FULLY SOLD OUT. When on to watch 'What Happens in Vega' instead. Funny, crying and not because it was sad but it was so freaking funny it was tears of joy. So anyway love Cameron Diaz toned body but too bad its a little wrinkly but I totally salute her for not surrendering under the knives and aging gracefully.

So I couldn't take it anymore and decided to get the Sex and the city ticket in advance for the next day. Come on disappointed twice in a row is not really a good idea.. it can cause serious damage especially when someone has been waiting for freaking 2 years.

When to watch it straight after work.. only to be shot by a promotional photographer in my stinky uniform!! How sexy is that!? I could have seriously won a trip to New York!! but hope people digs white and black and no makeup geeky at that time kinda fashion idea (not really Carrie B style isn't it?) So what happened to Mr.Big and CarrieB? there ain't gonna be any spoilers here if your planing to piggy back on my excitement to see what I'm gonna write about the movie!! Not gonna share what I see after waiting for freaking 2 yrs 3 days for the Movie. Get your own freaking ticket!!! But I can tell you something.. the movie is pretty C-O-L-O-R-F-U-L and awesome sense of taste!

Yup finally I knew the ending to season 6! So me and my girl-friend decided to get a drink, when she say drink it literally means a drink having alcohol and not kopi at starbucks when I was gonna work the next day at 8am!! So i had like Long Island Tea and my favourite Malibu Pineapple (I still haven't forgive Mojo at Jln. Padugan, Kch for not having Malibu) Anyways so were just hanging and observing the drunken Brits over at Spice Bar, Millennium Square... So what do I see? I spy with my little small chinese eyes.. that every one that works there are probably related including the Dj.. which by the way plays good music compared to some Dj (yes u Mr.Dj at Revolution). And what do I see next? A guy who I swear looks exactly like Charlotte York husband.. He was dancing infront of a girl who clearly isn't in her own right mind. And the next thing you know.. he flashed his totally disgusting bum not only at the girl but literally to the entire people there. YEwwww...

Just as I was turning my head over to another corner, I see 2 guys noo make it 3 guys who I can tell are totally as straight as it can get with a stick. But the weird think with alcohol is that it clearly can make u do some pretty crazy stuff which you would regret the next day looking at your friend's facebook photo of that night. So you wouldn't believe it, 2 guys were literally choking each other with their tongues!! Yeww.. by the way I'm not against gay people, I think when you see 2 actual gays who really kiss isn't as disgusting as 2 straight guys kissing under the influence of alcohol... For once its acceptable to see girls doing the same thing but not guys. By the way how would I know if they are not gay? They are just to Straight. The guy then moved on to the next guy and kissed him who literally had his girlfriend in his arms.. I can tell if a guy is gay.. I had personal tutor lesson from my gay friend.

The night sure was getting better until I saw a guy humping the wall after checking out a waitress bum and then did the booty shaking dance.. yewwwww!!!!

NIGHTMARES~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

yummy yummy....

Please be aware the "yummy yummy" refers to the food and not the person :D

- spokes model for NelC sushi -

Was carving for sushi for like a month, until I finally decided I can't take it no more (since I wasn't willing to spend when I can make my own but yet a few days later after this picture were taken, I ended up eating at at a sushi restaurant with my mates) and here's how NelC sushi turns out... who said never to play with food?? Where would nice food be without some creativity.

Some of the sushi, are of cause done by my one and only favourite student, a job well done. A++ for Ms. S.

How to make your own Sushi with home ingredients by NelC/Pass Down to her by her C-fu Ms.P style. Its easy and you don't need any fancy pansy stuff, the whole family gets to do them together. All you need is 2 hands and 10 fingers. No expensive bamboo mat is necessary though it would greatly benefit beginners.

Made for 6 pax.

Ingredients:
10 x sausages (some to put into the sushi some to eat while making the sushi - otherwise 6 would be enough)
1 x whole cucumber
4 x large eggs
10 x mini crab sticks
2 x cans of tuna
mayonnaise
raw fresh salmon
a packet of sheet seaweeds
cooked rice (not necessary Japanese Rice, normal rice would do just fine)
salt
sugar

Preparations:
1. Cook the rice like normal but make sure more water is used than normal. This is to keep the cooked rice moist which would make it look like those Japanese Rice used in real sushi. Plus it makes your life easier later on in the process.

2. Sausages are boiled or fried to your liking and cut accordingly. Preferably into 4 long strips per sausage.

3. Eggs are made into omelet and are also cut into long strips.

4. Cut the raw salmon into thin slices. If your planning to make 'nigiri' -> click to see. Otherwise you can skip this steps. You can also substitute for raw tuna instead.

5. As for the can of tunas, I normally mix them with mayo just cause I don't really fancy raw tuna. And if you like tuna+mayo with sweet corn, I guess you could give it a try with the sushi since its a nice combo on sandwiches.

6. Cucumber are again cut into long strips. Skin peeled of course and wash :P

7. Those crab sticks are preferred to be cut in half and again long strips.

8. Dilute the salt and sugar together in hot water. Mixed to your own taste. Note: you may taste the water to be sweet if on its own but it may not necessary be obvious if mixed with the rice. I would advice you to take a bit of rice 1st and mix and see how sweet you would like the rice to be (this is for beginners or people like me who does stuff without measurements). P.s if your using the Japanese Rice vinegar, its not necessary to add the salt.

Method:
- Once rice is cook, mix with diluted sugar and salt in a bowl.

To make Maki / Futo-Maki
- With all the prepared ingredients nearby, place the a seaweed sheet onto a chopping board. (If using a bamboo mat there is no need for a chopping board)
- With sheet layed properly, scoop a few table spoon of rice onto the seaweed sheet and even it out thinly. Starting from one side of the sheet moving till a bit passed half the length of the seaweed. Be creative and mix your ingredients. P.S: If your making Maki, use only half the seaweed sheet.
- Once thats done, starting from the corners of the rice, roll it up while rolling, make sure u pull back and roll. This is to compress the rice. The right amount of pressure would give a nice tight sushi either wise you might tear the seaweed or the rice will drop out and u wouldn't get a pretty sushi.
- Just when you are about to roll finish, dip your table spoon in a bit of water and stick/compress a few grains of rice onto the seaweed of the ending corner (in a row not just the corners). This would allow the sheet to stick with each other properly.
- In order to cut the sushi up, you first need a very sharp knife. Dip the knife blade into water before cutting through the sushi. This would prevent all the rice sticking on the blade and messing up your sushi. When cut preferred not to put too much pressure on holding it or you might just swash the whole sushi.

To make Nigiri
- take 2 heap table spoon of rice and put onto your palm and try to compress the rice with your hands. Make sure to make it into rectangular shape rather than cylindrical.
- last but not least place your favourite ingredient onto it.


What I have taught here are basics ways of making sushi at HOME. You can always use ingredients you get in real sushi, like Tomago, Inari, Unagi and etc etc.
You can always try to make other types of self created sushi like stuff nigiri? or roll a spherical ball of rice and make a dimple in the middle by pressing down with your tumb to stuff ingredients ?? Be creative and imaginative. Play with your food. Thats how great food are created.

HAPPY MAKING SUSHI