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Winter Solstice @ 冬至

Today is Dong Zhi, the Winter Solstice Festival .In this day, Chinese will make and eat of Tangyuan or balls of glutinous rice (can see at above) which symbolize reunion.

Oreo Cookie Moon Phases

Usually, we eat oreo cookie but do you know that oreo cookie can represent the moon phases? 

Source: ScienceBob

An Accident

When play hide & seek, must think twice the place before you hide.

If not, you will end up like this………

The Types of Cheese

Do you know the types of cheese? If did not know, scroll down……….

Semi-Hard Cheese

Each country has its own semi-hard cheese such as Colby, Jarlsberg, Tilsiter, Gouda and Edam. They all produced in a similar way but differ in fat content, moisture texture, ripening and taste.

The young, mild, semi-hard cheese ideal for melting which is often sliced for use in sandwiches while more mature cheese with a stronger taste is popular as a snack. 

Cheddar Cheese

It originated in the village of Cheddar in the Somerset region of England.

The cheese curd is formed when the milk coagulates with rennet. Then the curd is cut and cheddared (salted & milled). The salted and milled curd gains are then formed into blocks of cheese.

Cottage Cheese

Cottage cheese is a creamy, granular, fresh cheese. It is an acid curd cheese that relies on warm milk to form a curd as it acidifies.

Fresh Cheese

Fresh cheeses vary considerably in water content which affects their texture. Quark contains the highest moisture level while cream cheese has lower moisture content. 

Hard Cheese

It usually has moisture contents lower than 35% such as Parmesan, Emmenthal and Gruyere, all made from cow’s milk.

Pasta Filata & Pizza Cheese

Pasta Filata cheeses bring perfect cheese sensation to pizza and other hot dishes. The cheese become elastic when heated and form long strings when the melted cheese is pulled such as Low-moisture Mozzarella and pizza cheese.

Pasta Filata cheese originally Provolone, Mozzarella and Caciocavallo from Southern Italy.

Whey

The whey collected from cheese production is a valuable raw material for production of whey powder and products like whey protein concentrate (WPC) and whey protein isolate (WPI).

Whey products used in food products such as processed meat, sausages, health food and beverages. They bring increased nutrition and improved texture to food products.

Source: Tetrapak

Send a Special Video Message from Santa!

Christmas just around the corner, Portable North Pole has offer a free personalized video message from Santa Claus to your loved one!

It’s very easy to do it just answer a few simple questions, upload some photos and Santa with his elves will take care for the rest!

Altstadt Regensburg (Germany)

Based on Wikipedia, Regensburg is a city in Bavaria, Germany located at the confluence of the Danube and Regen rivers, at the northernmost bend in the Danube. It is the capital of the Bavarian administrative region Upper Palatinate. The large medieval centre of the city is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Being Malaysian: A Young Writers Anthology

This book is a collection of stories from 30 young Malaysian writers ponder what being Malaysian means to them in everyday and festive contexts.

Manglish 101

Walaowei (interjection) - expressing shock: Walaowei! Why do you have such huge underwear?

Oi (Interjection) – expressing annoyance: Oi! Get your feet off my head!

A Typically True Malaysian

Even the towkays (boss) and taxi drivers to the workers at the mamak stall look up to me. And they all sing loudly for me: “Negaraku, tanah tumpahnya darahku….”

As was well-stated in most school history books: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Those were the words of George Santayana, a philosopher.

Paradoxically Parallel

Satnam’s Proton is outside the gate, but clearly he should know that when someone says to be ready in 30 minutes, they really mean one hour. It’s practically a rule in Malaysia.

The Elegance of Simplicity

She remembered the saying, “You are what you wear.” She had assumed she understood it, but she was wrong. Malaysians wore the baju kurung, sari and cheongsam to become elegant, original and individuals. If I was to become elegant, original and individuals, I had better get out of this mutilated baju kurung, thought Denna resolutely.

Robin's Sea Adventure - Send Letter

Do you know that in island also has Pos Laju (Post Express) and Pos Biasa (Standard Post)………..

Russia Stamp

Based on the Yahoo Answer that I get, the word “Россия” in Russian language means Russian. They don’t use Latin alphabet but the word written in Cyrillic.

Р = R
o = о
c = s
c = s
и = i
я = ya

The name of building in this stamp also writes in Russian language so I did not know the exact name for this building in English. (@~_@~)