Home cooked Vegetables & Tofu Minced Meat

heh I tried cooking again tonight for my family, with help from mum of course. Mum helped with the vegetables preparation (cos I was working mah) and the adding of oil to the wok. Cos it was my first time cooking chinese style dishes, I was not sure how much oil to add to the big wok.

Well, end up the dishes were not too bad... slightly on salty side for the soupy base of the vegetables, and the tofu minced meat was not as 'tasteful' enough. Maybe I could have added a bit of sesame oil and also marinate the meat somewhat before hand. But it was my first try having to cook two dishes... so I guess it was still alright.

Post box painting competition!

Saw a bunch of people painting the letter collection box on Sunday near the Bugis MRT. Thought they were vandalising... until I realised that they were re-painting the box in a nice manner...

I walked over and asked if they were contractors for SingPost... then realised that it's a painting competition! haa haa me 'mountain turtle' = 'suah ku'... ahem...

here's the pic I took (with permission of course)...

We're entering the age of the Matrix!

Was about to sleep.. an decide to pop by some sites to check out on new techno stuff and saw this!

Woooooow! We're entering the age of the Matrix? I, Robot? Lolz... at least something to brighten up my day (night...watever...). Time to sleep... and dream of robots... and aren't we all just biodegradable 'robots'? More environmentally friendly I say...

News article 1: Robotic age poses ethical dilemma
An ethical code to prevent humans abusing robots, and vice versa, is being drawn up by South Korea.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6425927.stm

News article 2: Robots could demand legal rights
Robots could one day demand the same citizen's rights as humans, according to a study by the British government.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6200005.stm

It was a lunar eclipse on Saturday!

heh... lunar eclipse! oh well no big deal...cos it apparently occurs 0-3 times per year...
here's the link about the one on Saturday...
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2007/12feb_lunareclipse.htm

Wonder what happened to the news about the flying comet seen by many Singaporeans many many Saturdays ago? Is it really a comet?

Protege

Watched Protege today with a bunch of frens... unplanned movie trip actually...

And it's a great movie! And yes... Zhang Jing Chu is quite chio... hmm big eyes effect with fair fair skin...waaaahhhh... only part I didn't catch fully about the movie is the part when she put something in the letterbox (when her husband and kid moved ahead)... what's that about?

At the beginning and the end, it was asked 'which is more lethal, drugs or emptiness'... the movie is about the drug trade. It's pretty ironic that emptiness could drive people to do so many other lethal things which result in emptiness. What then is the opposite of emptiness? Purpose? It's also pretty ironic that those with supposedly 'purposes' in the movie (Andy Lau and his protege, nick) end up with nothing as well.... one dead when he was about to leave the trade... the other nearly become a drug addict (or was he already one?).

So is apparent 'purpose' better than emptiness realised? Blessed then is the fool with apparent purposes and woe to the smart who realised his emptiness. Maybe we all know this... which is why in the modern day city... many people rush about with apparent purposes... we're happier that way? ... dunno... only know that at this point in time, Bailey's on the rocks is still a good drink compared to Yakult with Bombay Sapphire.... and my purpose right now is to fully enjoy the drink...