Posted on May 3, 2008 at 1:37 am

White chicken stock

Ok, everyone has their favourite version of white chicken stock, here’s mine.
What’s white chicken stock? Its simply stock that doesn’t involve roasting.
One important rule to remember, never add salt or pepper to your stock when you are making it. Season only when you’re gonna use.
Ingredients
2 x chicken carcass
Mirepoix
Cold water
2 x Bay leafs
Preparation
Please all the ingredients […]

Posted on May 3, 2008 at 12:56 am

Menu for today

Gotta cook for G and my mother-in-law today. Undecided on what to cook so here’s the menu for today
Soup
Short pork ribs in white chicken stock with scallions and mirepoix garnished with spring onions.
Meat
Lean pork meat, liver, fat pork meat marinated in dark soya source, sesame oil. Cooked in claypot.
Vegetables
Pan fried garlic leaves with fat pork, […]

Posted on March 4, 2008 at 9:22 pm

Port Arthur

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Port Arthur, originally uploaded by daecon.

SMC and LMC amongst the trees. Taken from Stewart’s Bay at Port Arthur. 18mm unguided 30 sec exposure at f/3.5. I was glad to see these two majestic galaxies, our […]

Posted on January 12, 2008 at 9:50 am

Poisoned

I headed down to Beach Road yesterday with the idea of buying a luring rod since I already have a 

Posted on October 26, 2007 at 8:34 pm

Stellar-Mass Black Holes

The hunt for black holes are never easy, that is because nothing can escape from a black hole, not even light. That makes direct observations of this natural phenomenon impossible. In this essay, I am going to discuss on the various techniques used by scientist to detect the presence of black holes. I will also discuss on some of the stellar-mass black hole candidates within the Milky Way and the connection between X-ray sources and black holes.

Posted on October 11, 2007 at 2:49 pm

Battery Replacement

Macbook Pro Battery ReplacementI thought I was just shit outta luck when my 15″ Macbook Pro started shutting down for no reason. Apparently, my battery was dying. I googled up alittle to get a specs for a replace when I came across a result that links to Apple.com. Free battery replacement for 15″ Macbook Pros.

Posted on August 27, 2007 at 10:59 pm

Gift

Whilst G and I were walking around Funan Centre a week ago, I walked towards the Apple store with her in tow, strategically planting ourselves in front of the iPod displays. I casually commented on how nice the colors were for the iPod Shuffles, I like the silver best whilst she opined that she prefers […]

Posted on July 19, 2007 at 8:49 am

Sadness

I recently came to know that an acquaintance of mine passed away. He was none other then Bernard Chua Hock Beng who passed away whilst on an incentive trip to Thailand. Drowned after a freak wave took him out to sea. I knew Bernard during my active NS days as we served in the same […]

Posted on July 7, 2007 at 11:06 pm

Reservist

Just finished my 8th year NS ICT. It was a pretty good one and at least we had nights off. A low key this year meant a short one at that. We topped it with a unit Family Day at Downtown East Wild Wild Wet.
I didn’t get to go to range on the third day […]

Posted on June 30, 2007 at 3:02 am

Accessibility

I read with great interest on the Singapore Government’s willingness to engage the public on formulating its ‘Barrier-free Accessibility’ plans. I immediately posted a feedback on BCA’s website.
Thank you for making the effort in creating a barrier free environment here in Singapore. It would be great if BCA engage The Society of the Physically Disabled […]