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Wednesday, 15 June 2016

Wordless Wednesday: Taste the Cafe

'Wordless Wednesday: Postcard' is recording all the postcards that I had bought from time to time for exchange purpose.

Although coffee is bitter, many people still love to drink coffee. I did not try for 3D coffee before because at my place did not have many choice of coffee. Hope in future can try for 3D coffee.










Tuesday, 14 June 2016

2016-05 Favorite Songs by Postcard Senders

This post started with my current favorite song which is “Photography” by Ed Sheerean. The video is a montage of real home footage of Sheeran’s infancy, childhood and adolescence, proving insight on his private early life such as his inclination to playing music instruments and fondness of Lego. I like the lyric and melody of this music.
Edward Christopher “Ed” Sheeran is an English singer, songwriter and musician. He was born in Hebden Bridge in Yorkshire and raised in Framlingham, Suffolk- Wikipedia


Jein likes the song of “My Way” by Frank Sinatra. The sound of Frank quite nice.
Francis Albert “Frank” Sinatra was an American singer, actor and producer who was one of the most popular and influential musical artist of the 20th century. After his death, American music critic Robert Christgau called him “the greatest singer of the 20th century” and he continues to be seen as an iconic fugure- Wikipedia

The song of “My Way” reminds me of the song from Hins Cheung which is same name with it.
Hins Cheung is a Chinese Cantopop singer and songwriter in Hong Kong. He was born and grew up in Guangzhou- Wikipedia

Monday, 13 June 2016

2016-05 Favorite Postcards Received

My Postcrossing ranking for May 2016 as below:-
On 71st  most postcards sent from Malaysia
On 75th longest distance sent from Malaysia

This was my first time to send a “kiss”. The receiver request for a lip mark on postcard and it is not compulsory. I tried “kiss” on postcard and I found out that it is not easy because for first time the lip mark was unclear then I changed to another lipstick and the results as below:-


I did not expect that I will get this postcard from Mel so when I received it, I was very surprised and happy because when I saw her post about this girl’s postcards, I likes it but I did not ask she to send for me. This photography postcard is from Japanese Photographer, Kotori Kawashima. This postcard featured Mirai Chan who is a very cute Japanese little girl.


This postcard is very beautiful that remind me of my Monkey card DIY which also using Chinese ink. If I could draw as well as this postcard, it would be great.



This postcard shows the picture of a girl who just finished bath at Ganges River. For Indian, everything do in this river will become holy, it is so special. If have chance, I wish to go there to take a look.


This postcard is a pop up postcard which you can make the house become 3D. In return I sent my Taiwan friend a pop up postcard of Malaysia (Loka Made).


My friend sent to me this postcard during her trip to Singapore. The illustration of postcard is very beautiful. Through the postcard I knew that the illustrator of this postcard is Lee Kow Fong aka Ah Guo who is an unrealistic dreamer, a picture book author as well as a columnist who also happens to be a full time polytechnic lecturer.


Friday, 10 June 2016

PS I Laugh You by David Tong & Cheryl Tong

This is a joke book which edited and complied by father daughter team that inside of this book has lots of joke for you to read it. Before this, they had been publishing two joke books which are Laughter, the Best Malaysian and He Who Laughs Lasts! Both of them, I also had been read before.


The name of this book is so cute that is PS I Laugh You that indirectly you will link with PS I Love You but both of them did not has any relationship, just a name that easily for you to remember. I like the words of “ A smile is one thing anyone can wear that never goes out of style and one size fits everyone” which you can find at Preface so now let us start smile in every day. For more information, you can go to Uncletong.com.



In this book, I had picked some jokes to share with you and hope you will like it too which as below:-

Love at First Sight
Q: Why do men like love at first sight?
A: It saves them a lot of time.

Favorite Book
The yuppie asked his latest girlfriend what kind of books she specially liked to read.
“Cheque books!” she replied.

Phone
A teenager girl had been talking on the phone for about half an hour, and then she hung up.
“Wow!” said her father, “That was short. You usually talk for two hours and more! What happened?”
“Wrong number…” replied the girl

Geography Test
A mother noticed her little girl praying. “Please, God…” Siew Mei prayed. “Please bless my daddy and mommy and please make Petaling Jaya the capital of Malaysia.”
“Why did you make such a strange request?” her mother asked.
“Because that’s what I wrote in my Geography test this morning!”

Password
My kids love going to the Web and they keep track of their passwords by writing them down in a notebook.
I noticed one of their passwords was “GoofyMickeyMinniePluto,” so I asked why it was so long.
“Because,” my son explained, “they said it had to have at least 4 characters.”

Filling Out the Form
Whenever I fill out an application, in the part that says “if an emergency, notify…,” I put “DOCTOR.”

Pet Gift
In an upscale pet supply store, Mrs. Mohandy wanted to buy a red sweater for her dog. The clerk suggested that she brings her dog in for a proper fit.
“I can’t do that!” Mrs. Mohandy said in horror. “The sweater is a surprise!”

Orange
Ah Noi asked me to spell “orange” the other day.
“O-R-A-N-G-E,” I duly replied.
Her response amazed me! “I want the fruit spelling – not the color!”

Willpower
A beggar walked up to a well-dressed lady outside KLCC and said, “I haven’t eaten anything for days.”
She looked at him and said, “Wah, I wish I had your willpower!”

Shopping
The judge was in a benevolent mood as he questioned the prisoner.
“What are you charged with?” he asked.
“Doing my Christmas shopping early,” replied the judge. “How early were you doing this shopping?”
“Before the store opened,” countered the prison.

That all for the joke sharing as I scared Uncle Tong will sue me for reveal too much jokes in his book. Hehe,,

Last share with you sweet reflection that you also can find in this book that are some meaningful words.
 
Confidence, Trust and Hope
The village people decided to pray for rain. On the day of prayer, all the people gathered and one boy comes with an umbrella. That’s Confidence!

When you throw a one-year-old baby in the air, he laughs because he knows you will catch him. That’s Trust!

When we go to bed every night, although we have no assurance we’ll get up alive the next morning, we still have plans for the coming day. That’s Hope!



Thursday, 9 June 2016

Online Bookstore: Debook Room

Debook Room is an online bookstore which selling book at a lower price which I found out recently.



In the website, it has a “Pre-loved Book Sales” which selling books that have defects such as yellowish spot, folded cover and many more. For those who are not a picky book worm can try buy at there with much more lower price.

One of the reason I like Debook Room is its postage. You can choose which postage method that you want such as Pos Laju, Pos Daftar or Parcel. As book is quite heavy so mostly I prefer Pos Daftar than Pos Laju (within 1 to 3 working days) although it takes around 5 to 7 working days.


With Debook Room, I purchased “Seriously… I’m Kidding” and “The Happiness Project”.  It offers several online bank transfer such as Maybank, CIMB ,RHB Bank and Public Bank.


It was quite a long time I did not read English book I think because when I received the parcel, I quite surprised because the sizes of books are small. Haha…Besides that, Debook Room gave me a bookmark.

Debook Room
12, 10/10F, Seksyen 10, Jalan Gasing,
46000 Petaling Jaya,
Selangor
Tel: 016-850 6844
Website: Debook Room
Facebook: Debook Room


Wednesday, 8 June 2016

Wordless Wednesday: Chinese Ethnic Food

'Wordless Wednesday: Postcard' is recording all the postcards that I had bought from time to time for exchange purpose.

This series of the postcard are about the food of Chinese ethic such as Hokkien Prawn Noodle, Hakka Lei Cha, Hainan Chicken Rice and many more. At the back of the postcard has the description of the food.


The illustrator Jacky sent his Chinese Ethnic Food postcard (above) to me. Through the postcard, he told me that the purpose of draw this series of postcard is he want to make many young people know about the culture and food of Chinese ethnic.   

香芋扣肉是广东珠江三角洲的传统名菜,老少都喜食。 此菜之所谓“扣”,即肉经炸后切成长方形块状,和芋头相间拼摆在海碗中,蒸透了再覆扣在大盘中上席。在许多地方,每当中秋佳节,都必制“香芋扣肉”,故此菜又称“中秋叠肉”。香芋即荔蒲芋,肉有明显红褐色槟榔纹,集香醇,微甜,酥粉,软滑于一身。古人赞它“玉脂如肪粉且柔,饮餐远胜烂羊头”。将香芋与肥的猪肉相间相叠,扣制成‘香芋扣肉“,可谓取长补短,相辅相成。
又名三生汤或咸茶,是一种汉族特色食品。擂茶主要流传于中国大陆东南一带。擂茶是把茶叶,芝麻,花生等原料混合干擂研磨成粉后,再加入水泡均享用的养生茶饮。擂者,研磨也。擂茶在中国大陆分布甚广,各地擂茶制作方式各不同,尤其是配料的选择差别大。
客家擂茶可能源于北宋的中原地区(现河南省固始一带),南宋诗中有”渐近中原语音好,见客类蔴旋点茶“句,客家擂茶是客家文化的重要组成部分之一。
槟城居住了不少的福建人,当初许多都是讨海的渔人,或是在渔人码头工作的苦力,大家都日子过的并不宽裕。很多渔人在卖了渔获后,或是剥了虾仁出售后,把头头尾尾的小虾,虾壳等再利用,熬汤来下面,增添营养,称作虾面。后来的人们经济条件好了,慢慢的这当初为了物尽其用不浪费而作出的汤面就演变成了配料丰富的福建虾面了,只要你喜爱的,弄得出来都能加料下去。。
是广西三宝之一,算是广西美食中极具代表性的一道菜,过年过节肯定少不了。尤其是加入韭菜和半肥瘦的猪肉碎是广西酿豆卜的一大特色,用半肥瘦的肉口感才会嫩,非豆腐卜不可的酿件组合,早已经成为广西人的一份乡愁滋味。
饮茶主要包括了喝茶和吃点心,而点心中数虾饺和叉烧包在早期较为广受欢迎,故此奥语内形容饮茶为[一盅两件](一盅茶+两件点心)。饮茶在香港及广东一带非常流行,近年更流传到中国其他省份及世界各地,成为最具代表性的奥式饮食文化。
这是福州籍贯家乡家喻户晓的一道美食,也是每个福州籍贯的妇女们做月子的必须喝的红糟鸡汤。可是,如今在这大城市里也到处都能看到了,尤其是小贩中心,也有售卖这红糟面线。听说酿这红糟酒需要2-3个月的时间,而且还必须非常的小心,每一样道具都要干净,双手也得清理干净,不能沾有水份。

汉族特色小吃,是福建省地方食品,福州,顺昌,尤溪(梅仙),建阳等地最受喜爱的传统饼类食品之一。光饼用面粉加少许食盐烘制而成的饼类食物,直径约6厘米,中间带有穿孔,食之香脆可口。光饼还有另外一种类型,即改盐为糖,形状也比咸饼大一倍,被称为”征东饼“。但无论”光饼“还是”征东“饼,其名均与戚续光入闽抗委的传说有关。福州人每逢祖先祭日与每年清明节扫墓时,在众多的供品中少不了了”光饼“,它成了人们怀亲念祖的一种鲜明的地域民俗文化。现在光饼已成为人民日常生活的点心,亦或是校园的零食。
又名红曲桃,是广东潮汕著名的汉族小吃。取桃果造型而得名。桃果象征长寿,故制桃粿正反映祈福祈寿的愿望。有些地方叫做粿桃和红桃粿, 因为外形像个平面的红桃子。潮汕家庭妇女,一般都能掌握这类食品工艺。由于整个过程必须从舂捣米粉开始,故做又称为舂粿。
潮州民间习俗,凡时年八节, 几乎家家户户都要做红桃粿,酵粿,白饭桃。红桃粿,酵粿做完后,要放在组宗灵位前祭拜,白饭桃则只是拿来吃,那是因为潮州人认为红色是如意吉祥,好意头的象征,而酵粿在制作过程需要发酵,故取其”发“的好意思。
是一道鸡肉配香饭的菜肴,起源于中国南海岛的文昌市。海南人会以文昌当地的白斩鸡做法,配以鸡油和浸鸡水烹煮的米饭。20世纪初期,随着移民潮,这个菜式传至东南亚等地。根据资料及口述历史的记载, 马来半岛一带海南移民比较多的城镇如马六甲,槟城,新加坡,甚至是吉隆坡已经出现一些沿街贩卖“鸡饭”的海南籍小贩,桃担或双手拿着竹篮,一边放白斩鸡肉,一边装油饭。为了招揽生意, 有些还设置了“赌大小”的消遣游戏,小贩随身带了3 颗骰子与空碗,以鸡饭来跟人赌输赢, 如赌赢了,则送出鸡肉及饭;如赌输则给钱,这种有趣的叫卖方式,认为是当地售卖海南鸡饭的方式。
潮州人则是一日三餐都和粥,粥水就是他们的主食。这样的饮食习惯也让潮州人对粥的制作穷尽技巧,精益求精,好喝养人的潮州白粥就是在这样的基础上诞生并发扬光大的。潮州话中,“粥”叫做“糜”,不仅是潮州文化中保留了许多古意, 也和潮州白粥的独特性有着密切的关系。

Tuesday, 7 June 2016

Postcrossing Postcard Theme

In the end of April 2016, I joined for a contest in Malaysia Stamps Club which is sharing the post according to the theme given. The theme is “Postcrossing Postcard”.


I share my postcard story which was a postcard received a year after accident of flight MH17.  The whole story you can read here.


At the end of the contest, I won a prize.


The prize included a set of Xi An postcard and few pieces of Krabi postcards. The Krabi postcards remind me of my Krabi trip in last 2 years.    





The hand drawing of Xi An postcards are very beautiful. I wonder that whether in future will go there for a travel. Em…











Monday, 6 June 2016

Wanderful Odyssey by K. Kusala Lee

The author Ken is a teacher, writer and wanderer. The things impress me was Ken resigned his job in Malaysia and started his life as a backpacker English teacher in Thailand. It is quite challenging because he need to adapt with new culture in there. To know more about author, you can click here to read more.


This book names “Wanderful Odyssey” and me quite curious what the meaning of “Odyssey”. As my English is not good so I asked help from Google. Based on Merriam-Webster, “Odyssey” means a long journey full of adventures or a series of experiences that give knowledge or understanding to someone.


During my first purchases, when I read few pages of the book. Suddenly, some pages torn out and I asked Ken for replacement. He was so nice that arranged sent me a new book from Thailand because currently he was in there. In Teacher Day, I received the replacement book.


This book is about Ken’s travel life and what he gets during travelling. In this book has talked about a principle behind wise saying that goes, “if a street performer makes you stop walking, you owes him a buck.” This remind me that my first time to give tip to tricycle driver because I feel pity with him that his job is not easy and need take my friend and I to Rizal Park even raining. Hope this little tip can help him some.


For those interested can click here to purchase Wanderful Odyssey (All color Paperback Book on Travel and Spiritually)


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