July 2012

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• Olympics 2012 Opening Ceremony

  07.30.12 | Permalink |Event| Comments Off on Olympics 2012 Opening Ceremony

  I was working at night on the day Olympics 2012 Opening Ceremony was on. I stayed up for another 2 hours to watch it LIVE. My TV was broken so I watched it online using my huge LCD monitor. I am glad there is an official website that broadcast it online. I must say that my home broadband was very good and smooth.

  It was a great opening ceremony with history lessons, popular celebrity like Mr Bean, Beckham, Paul McCartney, James Bond and others. One thing that I liked and was surprised by it was the very high tech torch to fire up the Olympics 2012. Very well done!

  Here are some pictures I took:

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

• Crème Brulee

  07.30.12 | Permalink |Uncategorized| Comments Off on Crème Brulee

  My family loves Crème Brulee and I like making it too. It is not that hard to make it. I am also glad that I finally found a small cheap torch to harden the sugar on the top. Here is one that I made. Sweet!

  
  

• Household Tips: Tips On Making Tempura

  07.30.12 | Permalink |Household Tips| Comments Off on Household Tips: Tips On Making Tempura

  Everyone loves to eat fried things. For health note, please try to reduce, if you eat it too often as it is really unhealthy for the heart.

  Anyway I saw this great video to teach us how to make Tempura that I like to share it with you. Here are some of the tips that I learn along the way too:

  1. To clean the prawn, you can use a toothpick. Poke and pull out the black tiny intestine out.
  2. To straighten the prawn, make tiny cuts on the curl sides.
  3. Use ice cold water on the batter.
  4. Make sure the frying oil temperature is right.

  Happy making your perfect tempura!

  
  
  

• Household Tips: Organized Kitchen

  07.25.12 | Permalink |Household Tips| Comments Off on Household Tips: Organized Kitchen

  I always have problem arranging my things in the kitchen. I may have over bought too many things or collected too many kitchen appliances. I would say more than 50% of them are untouched. Maybe once in a year I will use them.

  I am sure you are in the same shoe as I am. The other day I came across some tips on arranging kitchen’s stuff. Here is the video and hope you can use the tips too. Now I need some turn tables!

• Mini Recycle Project

  07.09.12 | Permalink |Household Tips| Comments Off on Mini Recycle Project

  I have so many magazines that I need to recycle. I am sure you do too. I thought of doing a mini recycle project like weaving a basket from these papers in the magazine. Before I attempt to do the basket, I started with weaving a pen holder.

  I started browsing the web on how to do weaving and found a couple of videos on you tube. Here is how to start.

  First tear a page from the magazine and cut it into 4 equal long pieces. After that, roll it. You can use a thin satay stick to help roll. You join the paper sticks with glue.

  

  You need to makes lot of rolls before starting to weave.

  

  

  

  Here a video to teach you how to weave

• Household Tips: Opening Air Tight Jar

  07.02.12 | Permalink |Household Tips| Comments Off on Household Tips: Opening Air Tight Jar

  Don’t you hate it when you need to open a jar and you cannot! Usually I will take a butter knife and poke the hinges to release the vacuum. Once I hear the pop sound, it will be easier for me to open. However I learn a few ways from this video: