Homemade Carbonara Spaghetti 2nd attempt

My 2nd attempt on the carbonara sauce





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Homemade Carbonara Spaghetti

Last night’s dinner. 50gms of butter, 1 tablespoon of flour and adding milk slowly until desired to make creamy sauce, and adding an egg to make carbonara sauce. I think I had added too much flour that it turns out to be too thick and firm.





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So, what is the moral of the story?

Again, I read this short story in an email which my friend sent.

A giant ship engine failed. The ship's owners tried one expert after another, but none of them could figure but how to fix the engine. Then they brought in an old man who had been fixing ships since he was a young man.

He carried a large bag of tools with him, and when he arrived, he immediately went to work. He inspected the engine very carefully, top to bottom.

Two of the ship’s owners were there, watching this man, hoping he would know what to do. After looking things over, the old man reached into his bag and pulled out a small hammer. He gently tapped something. Instantly, the engine lurched into life. He carefully put his hammer away.

The engine was fixed! A week later, the owners received a bill from the old man for ten thousand dollars.

"What?!" the owners exclaimed. "He hardly did anything!" So they wrote the old man a note saying, "Please send us an itemized bill."

The man sent a bill that read:
Tapping with a hammer ............. $ 2.00
Knowing where to tap ................ $ 9,998.00

Effort is important, but knowing where to make an effort in your life makes all the difference.

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Rice stick noodles

Tonight, I have no idea what to cook. No vegetable or anything in the fridge which I could cook. So, I cooked rice sticks in prawn paste soup with beef, dao gay and shallots. I think I have to go to do some shopping at woolies (Woolworths) for some vegetables.



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Sambal Fried Rice

This is my third time cooking sambal fried rice in just 1 week. Edwin loves it so much that he constantly thinking of it. Coz it’s the hottest dish I cooked which can keep him warm in the cold. And it is really tastely.



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“Some” Photos

Few days ago, I took this picture of a playing mantis which flew into my house. Edwin captured it using a plastic cup.

Just now in the morning, we went over to a low speed motor sports event (a Motorkhana) by Motor Sports Club of Tasmania Inc at Archers Manor Car Park, Alanvale Road. It is just a short less than 1 minute walk from my block. Vroom Vroom!! There goes the old and new cars spinning around. Some drove very slow, there is an overage lady driving too! I should hv registered and join in the fun.















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Lost again... ...

Lost

This morning, I woke up with a lost sense of belonging. Where am I? Who am I? What am I doing here? What is my purpose in this world? I feel completely lost. I do not know what my next step should be, I do not know what the things I should do are.

I had a dream last night. It is a sad dream. Maybe happy and happy disappointed. It brought back a lot of my past memories which had happened; the things I treasured were lost in just a blink of an eye. There are just too many of them. How I wish I could turn back time and avert those to happen. I regrets.

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A Touching Love Story

They have known each other since school days and have since become the closest of friends. They shared everything and anything and spent lots of time together in and after school. But, the friendship never develops more than friends.

Diane kept a secret, her admiration and love for Jack. She has her reasons for keeping it a secret. FEAR! Fear of rejection, fear that he might not feel the same, fear that he might not want to be her best friend anymore, fear of losing someone that she can find comfort in. At least if she keeps her feelings to herself, she might still be able to spend time with him, and hopefully, he might be the one to tell her how he feels towards her.

Time passes by and soon, school days were over. Jack and Diane went separate ways. Jack continued his studies overseas while Diane got herself a job.

They still kept in touch through, penned letters, sent each other photographs and mailed each other gifts. Diane longed for Jack to be back.

She had decided that she would have the courage to tell him her feelings once he's back. And then, out of the blue, the mails from Jack stopped coming. Diane wrote to him, but there's no reply.

Where is he? What happened? Lots of questions run through her mind. Two years passed by and Diane was still hopeful that Jack would come back, or at least send her a note. And then, it's as if her prayers were heard.

She received a note from Jack.

Diane, I have a surprise for u.
Meet me at the airport, at “time and location"
I can't wait to see u again Diane!

Love n Kisses
Jack

Diane was thrilled. Love and kisses, it meant a lot for a lady who have not tasted love before. She was so ecstatic beyond words. When the said day arrived, Diane waited anxiously for Jack. She's in her best dress and tried to look as pretty as she can be. She looked around but Jack was nowhere in sight.

Then, a lady in a sexy tight blue dress approached her. She had a very concerned look on her face, "Hi! I'm Jacelyn, a friend of Jack. Are u Diane?" she asked. Diane just nodded her head.

I'm afraid, I have bad news for you. Jack is not coming, he won't be coming back anymore," said the lady, placing a hand on Diane's shoulder.

Diane could not believe the things she has just heard!!!

What could possibly have happened?? Diane was confused, she was very very worried and her face was turning pale, "Where's Jack? What happened to him??? Please tell me..."

Diane begged the lady... The lady looked intently at Diane, and then, she gave Diane a nudge on the shoulder and said, "Alamak Diane... it’s me lah... Jack... Aren't I pretty now? U cannot recognize me meh??...akakaakaka."....and with that Diane fainted!!!

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Submission after submission

Submission after submission for this whole week. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and tomorrow. I am drowning with my projects and submission and I am trying to swim out of the pile of work for air.

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Back!!

It has been long since I last update my blog. Have being busy with projects, projects and more projects. Last week, I had a road trip to Hobart, another city in Tasmania, the 2nd city in Australia. Launceston is the 3rd and Melbourne is the 4th. Sydney is the first. Enough of the history, lets us look at some crappy shots I took.






Toilet in open air anyone?






I am going to a more remote place without street lamps to shoot stars. This is so crappy.

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