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Braised Chicken with Carrot, Potato and Onions

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Braised Chicken with Carrot, Potato and Onions Ingredients a. 8 ~10 pcs small chicken drumlets b. 2 tsps light soy sauce c. 1 tsp seasame oil d. 1 level tblsp sugar e. a dash of black pepper f. 3 potatoes g. 1 carrot h. 1 yellow onion i. 1 leek j. 2 cloves of garlic Preparation Part 1: Marinate chicken Step 1: Place chicken in a bowl. Step 2: Combine the ingredient from label b. to e. with the chicken and mixed well. Step 3: Using cling wrap, cover the bowl and refrigerate for at least an hour or over night (for better taste) Preparation Part 2: Prepare the remaining ingredients Step 4:  Remove skin on the onion, potatoes and carrots and cut into desired shape. Rinse to remove any dirt. Step 5: Rinse leek and sliced finely. Step 6: Remove the skin on the garlic and chopped finely. Cooking time Step 7:  Heat 1~2 tblsp oil in a pot Step 8:  Add in marinated chicken and stir fry til...

Encountered the "User profile service failed the logon" error!!

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Got this error and googled for help. a. On 1 occasion, I performed the below steps: 1. Upon power up the system, I keep pressing (as in press and release) F8 button upon power up my PC till I finally get into the list with the Safe Mode selection. 2. Select "Repair Your Computer" 3. Select "System Restore" 4. Select any of the restore point and click "Next" and follow through the process on screen. The restoration process failed or have error. 5. Restart my PC and and back to the list of selection by pressing (press and release) F8 button till the list of startup selection appears. 6. Select "Last Known Good Configuration" and follow through the process on screen and Ta-da! It worked! b. On  another  occasion, I performed the below steps: 1. Upon power up the system, I keep pressing (as in press and release) F8 button upon power up my PC till I finally get into the list with the Safe Mode selection. 2. Select "...

Short Getaway 3D2N KL Day 3 - MY > SG

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Day 1: SG - KL (via Lapan Lapan) > Berjaya Time Square Hotel > Melia > Low Yat Plaza > Jalan Bintang > Parkson Sungei Wang Plaza Day 2: Central Flea Market > Chinatown > Berjaya Time Square Day 3: KL > SG After a good night rest, it was time for breakfast in the hotel before we get ready to check out. We requested for late checkout @ 1pm instead of the usual 12pm. (Requested the day before and it was fortunately it was granted so we can rest longer before we head out to wait for our coach) What we had before we head for the coach -> Late breakfast in the hotel (Breakfast started from 6.30am till 10.30am) -> Krispy Kreme For the coach ride back to SG, there were 2 stopovers before reaching MY custom. 1 is for toilet and snacking break (10mins) 1 is for refilling the petrol @ the petrol station (20mins) Both were quite short duration with the refilling petrol slightly longer than our toilet break....

Short Getaway 3D2N KL Day 2 - Central Flea Market > Chinatown > Berjaya Time Square

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Day 1: SG - KL (via Lapan Lapan) > Berjaya Time Square Hotel > Melia > Low Yat Plaza > Jalan Bintang > Parkson Sungei Wang Plaza Day 2: Central Flea Market > Chinatown > Berjaya Time Square Day 3: KL > SG Day 2 Breakfast was catered for in the hotel and there was a huge variety to choose from. Still suffering from pain, I kickstarted my day with warm porridge, an oozing omelette, toasted bread with salad and bake beans with a cup of hot tea. After breakfast, it was time for more shopping and touring. Breakfast Spread @ at hotel With reference from trip advisor on the places to visit, we picked  Central Flea Market.  Out of the hotel, we went to the taxi stand counter to grab a cab. There was an admin fee to be paid to the taxi counter and they directed us to our designated cab. We boarded a blue color cab on a meter charge. Clean, neat and air conditioned, the taxi uncle readily shared with us on t...

Short Getaway 3D2N KL Day 1 SG - KL via Lapan Lapan

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Our Short and Last Minute Getaway 3D2N to KL Day 1:  SG - KL (via Lapan Lapan) >  Berjaya Time Square Hotel >  Melia >  Low Yat Plaza >  Jalan Bintang >  Parkson Sungei Wang Plaza Day 2: Central Flea Market > Chinatown > Berjaya Time Square Day 3: KL > SG Transport: Coach via Starmart, booked by our tour agent Lapan Lapan. The whole journey after clearing SG and MY custom was approximate 4 hours + only! (I remembered it was around 3 hours + but all my friends whom I spoke to had insisted it couldn't be that fast, so I add another hour to give a better reference) Package Cost: We paid around SGD $395 for a 3D2N stay at Berjaya Time Square Hotel (with breakfast included) with bus coach to and fro for 2 pax . Day 1 Arrived around time for check-in @ Berjaya Time Square Hotel, it took longer than what we expected to get our room. Main reason being... there wasn't any non-smoking room available at the time of check...

Kimchi

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Kimchi Ingredients 1/2 cup Sea Salt 4 tablespoons Hot Red Pepper Paste 1 tsp grated Young Ginger 1 Napa Cabbage  1 Scallion - Wash, dried and cut into 1 1/2 inch long 1 Carrot Wash, dried and cut into 1 1/2 inch long 8 cloves of garlic, cut in half 1 big bowl Airtight (preferably glass) container Steps 1. Wash cabbage 2. Cut cabbage into small pieces 3. In a large bowl, rub salt to each cabbage piece. 4. Fill up the bowl with water enough to over the cabbage and let it submerge for an hour. (This is to soften the cabbage. Submerge in water longer till cabbage is soften.) 5. In another large bowl, prepare the paste by adding in the Hot Red Pepper Paste, grated young ginger, scallion, carrot, garlic and mix well.  6. Back to the cabbage after it has soften. Drain the salt water from the cabbage and rinse with water (3 times min) and squeeze out the water in the cabbage. 7. Slowly add in portion by portio...

Baked Blooming Onion

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Baked Blooming Onion Recipe 1 onion 3 eggs 1 tablespoon Paprika 1 tablespoon Turmeric 1 tablespoon Garlic Flakes 1 teaspoon Black Pepper Pinch of Salt Steps 1. In a bowl, beat the 3 eggs. 2. In another bowl, mix well the all the spices and salt  3. From the top, cut 1/4 of the onion. Do not remove the root (yet) 4. Turned the onion 180 degree, where the cut portion laid flat at the chopping board. 5. Around 0.5~1cm away from root, cut straight downwards into the onions into 4 sections 6. In between the each section, further cut straight downwards into the onion to divide each section into 4 portion. Will arrive at 16 sections in total. 7. Slice off the root, be careful not to slick too much or the sections will fall apart. 8. Turn the onion 180 degree, where the root section now laid flat at the chopping board. 9. Gently open the petals so they spread out. Remove any petals or the middle portion IF it is detached from the onion. 10. Preheat ov...

Train to Busan Movie Review

Spoiler ahead!  Please don't read on if you don't want to know about the movie details yet...  (And if you haven't watch the movie, you might not be able to relate to the below too.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In Summary The title says it all, the ultimate destination is to Busan and via train. But no...it's not that simple. Because the journey to Busan is filled with zombies (main obstacles) and human selfish and selfless acts. The trailer gave a deja vu of the movie World War Z. But the zombies rely more on the human-zombie actors than the special effect. The part where the zombies piled up within the train cabin is like World War Z style. Being a zombie film fans, the trailer got me so interested that I finally step foot into the theater after so many titles failed to do so. The movie setting started from a regular office, to a normal home to the train and train station. The main l...

Korean Drama Review Beautiful Gong Shim

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Cast  [1] Namgoong Min as Ahn Dan-tae / Seok Joon-pyo Bang Minah (Girl's Day)  as Gong Shim On Joo-wan as Seok Joon-soo Seo Hyo-rim as Gong Mi Initially it was titled as " Yasoowa Minyeo " ("The Beast and The Beauty") but subsequently changed to  Beautiful Gong Shim . ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Girl's Day Minah as Gong Shim When I looked at the title, I wondered if the story will be more focused on the female lead. I like Minah  a lot, but this is a heavy responsibility. Almost towards the middle of the drama, it was obvious the focus was onto the 2 brothers than Gong Shim . (I really like Minah  but) it's undeniable that the 2 brothers' story line was more exciting to watch.  This isn't  Minah  first film. Previously, she had a lead role in the movie "Holly" and also acted in other movies. More recently, she appeared in the drama "The Savag...

Foodie Times: McDonald New Salted Egg Yolk Chicken Burger with Salt & Pepper Crab flavored Twister Fries and Banana Pie

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Cost: $9   - Salted Egg Yolk Chicken Burger  - Salt & Pepper Crab flavored Twister Fries  - Banana Pie  - Coke  Salted Egg Yolk Chicken Burger Salted Egg Yolk Chicken Burger (Burger Bread View) Salted Egg Yolk Chicken Burger (Salted Egg Yolk View) By the time I get to eat it, the salted egg yolk was a bit dried up. The taste of the salted egg yolk was still surprisingly obvious (as I had the Manhattan Salted Egg Yolk Dory Fish and the salted egg yolk paste was quite flat). Chicken was crispy, plenty of vegetable, bread was bread. After the first few bites, I found it a bit too plain and I added in the MacDonald's Garlic Chilli Sauce. Although it tasted better but the salted egg yolk was covered up by the chilli. For those who prefer salted egg yolk, don't add in other sauce. Salt & Pepper Crab flavoured Twister Fries  Sorry, no photo as I was too focus on the burger and the banana pie.  The twiste...

Movie Reviews: Annabelle 2014

Cast [1] Annabelle Wallis as Mia Form Ward Horton as John Form Tony Amendola as Father Perez Alfre Woodard as Evelyn Kerry O'Malley as Sharon Higgins Brian Howe as Pete Higgins Eric Ladin as Detective Clarkin Ivar Brogger as Dr. Burgher Gabriel Bateman as Robert Shiloh Nelson as Nancy Tree O'Toole as Thin Woman; Annabelle Higgins Keira Daniels as 7-year-old Annabelle Higgins Robin Pearson Rose as the Mother Morganna May as Debbie Christopher Shaw as Fuller Israel Baldecañas as Demonic figure My Synopsis: A family who went through a terrible incident while awaiting for their baby's arrival. Wanting a change in their environment after their baby arrival, the family thought everything is over but only to encounter further mysterious/frightening events which led to a person's death. My review: The movie tells the tale of the doll's origin, how it was possessed by the spirit and the haunting before it ended up with the next victim's hand. Th...

Short Getaway 4D3N Penang Day 1 - SG > PG

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Due to our impromptu arrangement, it wasn't a budget trip. Priority towards comfort vs cost + easier location to shopping area. Travelled via  Tiger Air, the Friday Afternoon flight and returned on Tuesday Afternoon flight proved to be less budget especially we only had 1 * 20kg check-in 20kg luggage. Accommodation: St Giles Wembley Hotel Stay 4D3N  Room Type: Superior King Room (without breakfast) - $314.82 The good thing to fly to Penang is the time spent. It was roughly 1hr + flight so despite not the seats weren't comfy, just endured a while, enjoy the view and we reached Penang. An afternoon flight, we reached Penang around 3pm. Got a taxi through the taxi counter (admin charges applied), we got to the hotel just in time to check in. The hotel room was clean, neat and good location to the shopping mall but not linked directly as compared to Hotel Jen, which is just directly opposite our hotel. Spacious room with TV, cupboard, sa...