Hitler's Supercity - Germania

Do you know that if Hitler win victory in World War II by 1945, the whole Berlin will be very different with what you see today? Today Berlin maybe as picture above, a city which full of bloated marble architecture.

Adolf Hitler had his vision, to build a supercity in Berlin as he called that as World Capital. Adolf Hitler called it Germania, capital of the Nazi-run world. “Berlin will only be comparable with the Ancient Egyptians, Babylonians or Romans,” And he wanted to exceed the quality of other world capitals such as London, Paris and especially Rome.

Hitler planned to create buildings bigger and better than anything that had gone before. He admired a lot of masterpiece such like Hadrian's Pantheon and Colosseum in Rome, also the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. And that is the main reason Hitler was inspired and got this supercity plan afterwards. But his dream was never fully realized and it died with him at the end of World War II. Only now after six decades of research and using new computer graphic technology is it possible to recreate the city that Hitler had intended for his people. This is Hitler’s lost world.

Below picture is the Volkshalle (“People's Hall”), also called Große Halle (“Great Hall”) was a huge monumental building planned by Hitler and his architect Albert Speer. And this plan was inspired by Pantheon in Rome.

Original Kayu Nasi Kandar at SS2

Went to SS2 to grab lunch with my dad and his friends for Nasi Kandar purposely.

They really have lot of variety, even for curry, i felt that there are thousand type there. Different meat have different curry, like mutton has curry in red (normal type), in brown (seem like mixed with green curry) and bla bla some unknown curries.

Here are some fried chicken and fish.

Actually we were first time here.. and definitely first time to order those yellow rice. But you guess what... the waiter there were very tricky.. some chicken were hidden inside this yellow rice and we did not know that. So, we just ordered other meat, mutton and sotong.. in order to fulfill our stomach.

Finally, there was RM37 for 2 plates of nasi kandar ... =.=;; portion is really big and the problem is we could not finish all...

But taste was really good. Yummy.. ~~ There are some ingredient that I did not try before, was a good experience for us... For example, there was some raisins inside the yellow rice (of course chicken inside the rice was absolutely good experience for us too xD), mutton which brown + green was great.

Address:

64, Jalan SS2/10, Petaling Jaya

Nyonya Food in Melacca -- Ole Sayang

This Nyonya restaurant is located in our Malaysia World Heritage town - Melacca.

Their decoration is simple but with rich Nyonya style.

We had ordered Otak-otak (steamed fish cake), Rendang Chicken, Sambal Prawns, Asam Fish, Sambal Eggplant.... sound spicy right? And the rice is served in a special bowl with banana leave.

Here is located in Jalan Melaka Raya. And please be noted that here is closed on every Wednesday.

Address:

198-199, Taman Melaka Raya, Off Jalan Bandar Hilir, 75000 Melaka.

Ah Ping Bak Kut Teh

Here is my favourite Bak Kut Teh restaurant which is located in SS14, at Subang Jaya. It is just opposite of Inti college. We usually order one soup Bak Kut Teh and one dried Bak Kut Teh. Honestly this is my first restaurant to taste the dried Bak Kut Teh, and it really tastes good.

The soup is thick and flavorful and meanwhile, for the dried Bak Kut Teh is so aromatic. You can order other food as well, like "yao zhai guai" and some vege, those are not bad

Location

Ah Ping Bak Kut Teh
42, Jalan SS14/2, Subang Jaya

Honey Rosemary Chicken

Ingredients:

6-8 pieces of chicken ( Drumstick and chicken wing are recommended)
Juice of 1 Lemon
3 tbsp of olive oil

4tbsp of honey
1tbsp of white wine
1 clove of garlic, peeled and chopped finely

Some rosemary herbs

Salt and pepper

Methods:

1) Marinade chicken with lemon juice, olive oil, honey, wine, garlic, rosemary, salt and pepper 2 for 2 hours and above, or up to 24 hours if you have time.

2) Preheat oven up to 200C around 10minutes.

3) Add some oil on the baking tray and put all the chicken on that. Cook for 7 minutes and turn over the chicken for another 10 minutes.

4) Serve with some salad if you desire.

Chicken Rice in Ampang

This is chicken rice restaurant named Lok Yun which located in Ampang, KL.

I went with my dad and I still remember that it was very hot and sunny day. We were sweating while finding this famous restaurant. Actually the area around this restaurant is quite 'kampung', we thought that it is located in center of Ampang. Fortunately, we had some assistance of few friendly local people, we finally got the place.

We ordered 1/2 chicken and a plate of fried cabbages. Chicken was much more tender and juicy and taste was different with other restaurants.

1/2 chicken for 2 person was a huge amount actually. Finally we could not finish it and just took away.

You can try to visit below website and there is some food recommendation and a map for you too ^^

http://www.lokeyun.com/

Have a Little Faith

What is the first thing comes to your mind when someone asking you to do his/her eulogy? You might be shocked, but will you refuse to do so?

This book is based on Mitch's true story. An 82 years old rabbi, Reb from Mitch's old hometown askes him to deliver his eulogy and Mitch accepts his request. For understanding the man better, Mitch begins to visit him oftenly. They talk about almost everything and they debate or discuss some big ideas or small ones. From that time, Mitch learns about his christinity life, and explores how to endure when difficult things happen; what heaven is; forgiveness; doubting God; and the importance of faith in trying times.

I remember Reb tells a story. A salesman knocks on a door and offers a smile. Until one day, the customer gets so fed up with the salesman's persistance, he opens the door and spits on the salesman's face. He takes out his handkerchief and wipe away, smiles again and says "It must be raining".
Reb says this is what Faith is.

Inside this book, I really love one of the conversations and it is about marriage. Reb's wife says "On Monday you get twenty great minutes, on Tuesday you get a great hour, all add up to something beautiful."

"The trick is when thing aren't so great, you dont't junk the whole thing. It's okay to have an argument. It's okay that the other one nudges you a little, bothers you a little. It's part of being close to someone. But the joy you get from that same closeness - when you watch your children, when you wake up and smile at each other - that, as our tradition teaches us, is a blessing. And those kind of happiness you cannot find alone."


In the end, as Reb nears death, Mitch sadly fulfills the last request and writes the eulogy. And finally, he understands what all this man had teaching all along: the profound comfort of believing something actually is bigger than yourself.

Chicken and Tamarind Stir-fry

Ingredients:

Chicken breast fillets, sliced thinly

Tamarind paste (Asam Jawa paste)

Garlic

Red chilies, slice thinly

Sugar

Lime Juice

Onion, sliced thickly

Coriander leaves (Chinese Parsley)

Method:

1) Combine lime juice with tamarind paste and sugar, mix them together and put aside.

2) Cook garlic on hotpan with oil.

3) Put chicken fillet, chilies and onion into the pan.

4) Add the lime juice mixture into the pan.

5) Cook them few minutes and ready to serve. Garnish with some coriander leaves.

Chicken with tomato and herbs

Ingredients: Chicken Breast, Tomatoes, Pasley, Asrapagus, Dried Rosemary, Orange Juice or Lemon Juice

Method:

1) Marinade chicken breast with salt and pepper (more pepper)

2) Chop tomato in cube, chop pasley, and cut asparagus shorter so that easy to be eaten.

3) Put the chicken on hot pan with olive oil. Grill it until it is cooked. Remove from pan and put aside.

4) Add finely chopped tomatoes, pasley, asparagus and orange juice in the pan. Also, add some salt and pepper and cook it.

5) Lastly, add the chicken inside the pan and let the juice run inside the meat.

Peaks and Valleys

It is natural for everyone, everywhere to have peaks and valleys at work and in life.

Human cannot always control external works. But we can control our personal peaks and valleys by what we believe and what we do.

We can change our valley into a peak, when we find and use the good which is hidden in the bad time.

We can have fewer bad times when we try to appreciate and manage our good times wisely.

The Reader

这是来自德国的一本小说的故事。这其实并不是一个说谓的爱情故事。

述说一个16岁青少年与大约30岁的女人有着亲密关系，而在这关系中这男孩也时常为她朗读一些书籍，为她说不同的故事。

可是这女人背后却有着一个说不出的秘密 -- 她其实是文盲。

她因为这样她感到羞耻，为了守着这秘密， 她丢了工作，也无辜的把别人的罪名套在自己的身上。

当这念着法律系的男孩到法院开庭去实习时，才得知这女人被告因为签了一些有关文件，牵涉纵火事件。

而那时候男孩从中才回想起这女人其实从来都没有在他面前郎读过那些书籍，才得知她是文盲，她是被冤枉的，因为她是无法读那些文件。可是这男孩却没有勇气站在庭上说出当时的真相，也没勇气面对她。他内疚，怜惜，可是却没有做出任何的行动，那是因为他也要为了守着之前她与他的关系。

为了补偿，男孩时常把记录了他朗读的卡带和书都寄给这女人。当卡带和书寄出越多，她从中认识的文字就变更多。当这女人接近出狱时， 他们俩终于再次相见，他已经不是当年的男孩，而是个成熟的男人。而她，却一头白发，脸上也显得苍老。也许以前的关系，有或许是年龄的差异，这男人还是始终不敢面对她。出狱之前，她站在叠着的书上，结束自己的生命。

Nights in Rodanthe

A 2008 film with Richard Gere and Diane Lane.

A divorced woman who has two children met a surgeon in romantic Rodanthe.

They are writing letter to each other after separated. She believes that she deserves this man and this relationship even she is a mother of two children and a widow.

However, the surgeon unfortunely has an accident, she is left alone with her nearly unbearable grief.

Sometimes we should always go for what we deserve. Even the time that they get together is short, but I believe that try to live for today and love for those who are loving you, and nothing is much important than that.

Pumpkin and Carrot Rice

Ingredients A: Garlic, Mushroom, Carrot, Pumpkin, unknown Indian Spice(Please kindly refer picture below for more information), Rice

Ingredients B : Dried Shrimp, Chinese Pasley (Xiang Chai)

Sauce: Oyster Sauce, Oil, Sesame Oil

Methods
1) Fry the dried shrimp first and put aside.

2) Cook with garlic and little bit of unknow indian spice with hot pan and oil.

3) Add some sesame oil to make it more fragrant.

4) Add all the carrot, pumpkin, mushroom and fry it. Add some oyster sauce and may be little bit of salt. You can add little bit of water as well.

5) Add in the rice and cook for a while.

6) Ready with the rice cooker and put all the things inside. Add water inside ( if there is 1 cup of rice, just put 2 cups of water).

7) When rice is done (press button of rice cooker pop up), add the fried shrimp inside and let them for a while.

8) After 5 minutes, put Chinese pasley on top and ready to serve.

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Zebra

My new family member from Guardian.. and his name Zebra..or you can call him Big Nose

For one more day

This is a story about a mother and telling us how a mother stand for her son always.

Thanks for one more day, Charley has chance again with his mother who died 8 years earlier and finally realises how important to be with those he loves. Thanks for one more day, Charlely finally found his family secret and to seek forgiveness.

I remember what Charley said at the end, "Behind all your stories is always your mother's story, because hers is where yours begin"

Hmm... try to appreciate everyday.. and appreciate the time with those you love.

牧羊少年奇幻之旅 (The Alchemist)

作者是是来自巴西的保罗·柯艾略。内容看起来简单， 意义却深厚。
一个带着梦想的牧羊少年，起初对自己的决定犹豫不决，是否得去埃及寻找宝藏，还是留在草原看羊。
在决定要去埃及后，去了不同的地方，遇见不同的事物，也体会各种宝贵的经验，可是却就一直都达不到有宝藏的地方。
其实所谓的宝藏，每个人都也许有着不同的定义，也许是埃及的宝藏，有或许是途中预见的人与事。
我们经常所坚持的梦想，也许不一定能达得到，可是别忘了在努力的过程中也许有更多的美好的东西在我们左右。

Steamed Chicken Rice

Ingredients:
Chicken, sesame oil, onion, dried prawns, black soy sauce, oyster sauce, rice

Preparation:
1. Marinade chicken with sesame oil and soy sauce for half and hour.

Method:
1. Firstly, cook onion and dried prawns with oil.
2. Add chicken and black soy sauce and oyster sauce.
3. Add rice and fry. Later add water (1 bowl of rice= 1 bowl of water)
4. Cook it with rice cooker or steam it for 20 minute.

Dried Oyster with Pork Knuckle

Ingredients:
Dried oyster, Oyster sauce, Knuckle, Ginger, 2 garlic (whole garlic)

Methods:
1. Sink dried oyster with water for few hours.
2. Fry knuckle with ginger. Add some black soy sauce.
3. Add some oyster sauce and water.
4. Add dried oyster and 2 garlic.
5. Add some black soy sauce again and gas should be turned bigger. When it is boiled then turn it smaller gas.
6. Cook it for an hour.