YOG Ladies Football Final

Wa, time flies & it's already the last week of Oct. I had been extremely busy with lots of activities that I haven't logged into my blog for weeks. Found this unposted blog waiting for the uploading of the photos:

Tuesday, 10 Aug 2010

NC Vice-Chair,PK gave me 2 grandstand tickets @ $30 to the YOG Football Final (Ladies) at Jalan Besar Stadium. Didi loved football but he said not ladies. I bought meimei along, we took MRT & after alighting at Lavender Stadium, we simply followed groups in YOG uniform. Went in after securty check, the place was packed with mostly students in school uniform from various schools. Managed to get 2 seats at the far end. It was half-time break & we were entertained by performers & freebies thrown to the spectators.

The match continued with Turkey winninng Iran at 1:0. The ladies players in Iranian team wore scarf, long-sleeves tee & knee-high socks.  The students on my side cheered very loudly for Turkey. Watching matches live is exhilating & the crowd got very excited whenever the ball came near to the goalpost. The Turkey players were very happy to win 3:0 at closing time.

We went out, got a re-entry stamp on our arms, bought drinks, sweets & ice-cream from a Prime supermarket nearby but were stopped at the entrance from bringing food in, so we ate them b4 entering.

The 2nd match opened with players from Chile & Equaltorial Guinea players singing their National Anthem with pride. These ladies were very fierce & there were many injuries to both sides players. It was like pop, someone fell every minute. A poor girl fell in great pain when a ball was kicked hard at her chest. It was half time (40mins) at 9.20am with Chile wining 1:0 but we had to leave.  The journey home is abt an-hour & meimei bedtime is 10pm for her school-day.

Reached home & told gege abt the many injuries at the match earlier, concern abt his Velocity basketball competition soon at Novena. He assured that he will play only for fun, not to win.

Taiwan Spring Onion Bun

Thursday, 2 September 2010
















Auntie Lean was keen to make the Spring Onion Bun that we had watched on Taiwanese Cooking Video, therefore we gathered again at my place.

I had collected a pack of bread flour, a bit of yeast & spring onion from Shira the night b4. Quickly went market to buy more spring onion. Auntie Tai was 1st to arrive, bringing along her yeast to ensure that the buns proof this time round.

We mixed the ingredients with KitchenAid dough beater. Tai hands-knead them further & we weighted each into 3 x 20 gms of small portions. Then we set them aside to proof. Whilst watching the video again for the topping, I realised that I dun have shortening. Called Shira to borrow 100g from her. Su went to wait for her domestic helper but they missed each other, I then had to walk over to her place to pick it up.

I boiled Brown Rice Porridge with minced pork & salted egg for lunch. Su wanted to cook the Lotus Leaf Brown Rice too, she went home to get ingredients: HK sausage, chicken, dried mushroom, shrimp, scallop & oyster.

After lunch we proceed to spread the toppings. The buns were so fragrance when they are finally out of the oven that I was munching them continually.            

Egg Tart & Chicken Pie

Wednesday 1 September 2010

Taiji group leader, Su loved the Chicken Pie we made last week that she invited us to her place to made them. Today is Teachers' Day so all my kids are at home.

We decided to make the easy-to make healthy Egg Tart too. After preparing the dough, auntie Tai & I moulded the pastries whilst Auntie Lean & Su busied with the washing. We then filled the shells with egg pudding. We made 32 egg tarts but Su's portable oven can only bake 6 at a time. I brought the rest home & put all of them into my built-in Ariston ICE oven.  

We then proceed with the Chicken Pie & made 44 of them. Again I carried 2 trays home to bake. My kids enjoyed the Chicken Pie & Egg Tart. We then distributed the pies & tarts to the rest of the Taiji members. Tasted so yummy that they offered to contribute $ for more next time!

Su, quite a typical Hongkonger gourmet served us lots of food. We had many cups of fragrant fruit-flavoured Chinese Tea, popular Hongkong Chestnut Kueh, toasted baukwa & fruit salad (balance in above photo).

Mutli-grain Bread

Monday 30 August 2010

Since Auntie Tai is baking her own bread daily at home, we thus arranged to bake a healthy Multi-grain Bread at my place again.

They arrived at 10am. We prepared the dough mixed with multi-grain, then separated into small portions & waited for them to prove. Whilst waiting, I logged into the interesting Taiwan Cooking Video http://www.skybake.com/teaching/ for them to watch as both only understand Chinese. Alas almost 2 hours later, the buns were still not much bigger. My yeast must be dying (I put them in the cupboard & they should be in the fridge). Anyway we decided to bake them but they turned out quite hard especilly after cooling down. I had to steam to soften before eating them the next day.

We then arranged to bake the Taiwanese Spring Onion Bun on Thursday at my place before Auntie Tai goes home on Sunday.

Chicken Pie

Thursday, 26 August 2010

A resident's mum from Seremban, West Malaysia came regularly to stay at her place usually for about a-month period. Auntie Tai will join the morning Taiji group whenever she is here. She is a very good cook & bakes her own bread at home.

Heard that she & Auntie Lean were going to make Chicken Pie after morning exercise. I wanted to learn so I offered them my home. Both are very active & agile seniors in their 70s.

Tai went to buy the chicken from Fairprice & they came over at 10am. Tai is a fast worker & very skillful in weaving the cleaver. Whilst I was washing & dicing the chicken, she had cut the big onion & carrot.

First we marinated the chicken & stir-fried with onion & carrot. Setting the filling aside, we then prepared the dough for the pastry. Tai shown us the arts of moulding the pastry. We scooped in the filling  & covered all the tops. I egg-washed them before baking. Finally we distributed them to the other Taiji members too.

Gege loved the yummy Chicken Pie that he was asking for more the next day.

Facebook Refresher Course on 31 Aug 2010

Tuesday, 31 August 2010

Vice-Chair PK requested for this Facebook Refresher Course as he was not able to follow the last Facebook Training that I had organised for our members due the lagged network connection from his laptop.

Thanks to Ce Wei for conducting the training at Yew Tee CC eClub. Total 16 attended  with 4 GRLs from Z9, Z10 & Z12. There are only 11 usable computers in the inner room. We spent some times replacing faulty CPU or screen from the outer room. PK's laptop is connecting fine. We were shown how to group our friends, changing the security setting & some Facebook menu.

Pizza Hut gave us the complimentary meal, being 2 hours late. I was calling them many times regarding the missing delivery despite their kitchen outlet is located on the ground floor in the same building.

Lunar 7th Month Dinner

It's time to update my blog again on a Monday morning with all the kids back at shool. They would rotate among themselves round the clock when they are at home.

Saturday, 28 August 2010

Reminisces the Hungry Ghost Festival Dinner I had attended at my ex-kampung whilst I was a young teenager. My late-dad quit after paying $72 a year as my family had shifted out of Kim Chuan then to nearby Jln Waspada in Upper Paya Lebar. I slept over at my ex-neighbour's place that night. Wayang was very popular then but the live-band geitai was up-coming during that era.

I had walked over to watch the geitai when I happened to see the tenage set-up behind Villa Verde playground many years ago. After the ABC Plan along the Sungei Kadut, it's now held under the Kanji Flyover. I was expecting geitai when I was invited for the 7th month dinner but the getai is now held separately on the following weekend :-(. I went to Yew Tee Wet Market instead which is nearer when both geitai were on the same night. The dinner at wet market is also on different day now hence it's more spacious & without interference from the loud auction biddings.

The food at VV was good, better than at the K-Box that we had the day b4. I enjoyed the sharkfin soup, fresh steamed promfret & `or nee'. The landed property residents bidded very high for most of the `good luck' items & few paid cash on the spot. $3000 was donated Villa Verde NC for constructing a hardcourt to hold their events.