The way I see it

i have connected to a mobile connection in hkia and now all the web pages default to chinese.... unfortunately i only know bad words and  not even the characters.... sigh

travelling always makes me realise why I hate travelling.  I have always maintained that people aee dumb and the more of is there are in one place the dumber we collectively get. Take for example today. people are simply not organised and people can't seem to follow rules efficiently or effectively.  I observed so many people trying to bring liquids on board in carry on luggage and there are signs everywhere.  one woman had actually drank approximately 400ml of her 500ml water and argued she should be able to keep it...  amatuers

I decided to make some odd christmas cookies the other night - snowballs. I am really not sure how famous this cookie is or even how many variations there may be, but what can you do? First things first... create a standard sugar cookie dough then crush some candy canes and mix them thorughly into the dough.  Form the dough into a ball, stare at its majesty and take a picture. Using WASHED HANDS(you just took a picture) rip pieces of the large dough ball and roll them into balls. put the balls on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Space your balls about an inch apart - no one likes sticky balls! If two of them clump together don't panic, although if you' ve got more than three you may want to seek help. Bake your cookies for about 10 minutes at 190 C or until your balls are golden and lightly browning on the edges. Give the balls a minute or two to cool, then sprinkle with powdered sugar. Congratulations we have snowball cookies! Tune in next time for 'baste m...

I found this great app it's one part baseball game and one part card collecting game. The action is pretty simple. You are given a stack of your favourite team's cards to start and from there you can play the game to earn points to get better cards. It may seem quite juvenile but the sports part of the game is very strong.  The designers of the game smartly omitted what would likely be the hardest part on a mobile device: running and fielding.  one of the things I don't like is that your leveling up of a card can fail. This can be very annoyingas you will have to keep paying out more and more of your precious points! overall a great app for android. pros: good baseball action, fast paced, free cons: card collecting is slow and too random, power ups can be annoying

I enjoy the comic 'The Walking Dead' So when the TV show came out I was all over it like a zombie on brains. There have been quite a few changes to the story but for the most part the story, or at least the spirit of the story, has remained true to form. One of the more interesting additions is  Daryl who has proved so popular that he will beadded to the comics (or has been... its hard to keep current in Malaysia). Daryl is the kind of bad-ass character that is often popular if treated right. He's got a heart, as seen in his sort of romance, but he can still kick ass on a regular basis. Put all of these elements together with the fact that he rides a motorcycle and you have basically got a recipe for coolness that is fonzian in its scope! So there you have it, my two cents.  Anyone else got a favourite?

In my many travels to find imported food I have picked up my share of bad food. Today's post however, is not about green tea oreo cakes or fermented bean paste it is about rotten chicken. Chicken generally is not one of my favourite things to buy as I am extremely finnicky about it. So thos weekend I thought I would roast a whole chicken I was at KLCC and thought I would buy a whole bird at the 'cold stoage'. Big mistake. The chicken itself according to he packaging was 100% grain fed and anti-biotic free... trust me when I say it could have used some anti-biotics... or at least deodorant! It was in a sealed bag that was then wrapped in cellophane.... needless to say it smelled fine and the date? Why it was packaged on Saturday... not a bad deal! When i got home i opened the bag and released a horrible ungodly stench. The rank stank was so awful the only thing i could do is get the thing out of my condo. Thankfully, I was able to do that quickly. So let this be a warn...

So, the other day i went to 'Esquire Kitchen' which is a local chain restaurant(look it up if you don't know) with locations throughout the KL area and beyond.  Feeling particularly healthy I ordered my favourite 'hong kong gai lan' and when I was about half-way through I found a largeish piece of red plastic from a bag. I imagine they had ripped the bag open and that piece went through the proverbial rinse. I was agast and appalled and various other negativities starting with 'a' and quickly brought the matter to the waitstaff's attention. Remarkably, based on every other experience, they were also appalled and immediately took away the food and erased the dish from my bill.  I was shocked because when I have seen bugs in food or wrong orders if I had even looked at the food I was likely paying for it. These ladies had no problem scrapping the dish and keeping the standard high. Bravo Esquire, kudos and kudos again.... you have earned the right ...