The Power of the Storm

Now on LJ.

Comments are most appreciated.

Woke up about 3 hours ago, and watched this piece of news "unfold" on local TV.

First reports that MJ had a heart attack, and was administered CPR in the ambulance.

Then that family were all at UCLA Medical Centre.

TMZ reports of his death--unconfirmed.

Now it's confirmed.

I was just talking with an old friend the other day, who was planning a trip to London to see the great MJ in his comeback tour. And now, to know that it won't happen...

Yet there is still a part of me wishing, hoping that the world media will be embarrassed when MJ walks out of that hospital...

Now up on my LJ.

Eguchi Yousuke was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident last night. Apparantly he has a fractured left collarbone, and multiple fractures in his right rib. His agency has said that doctors have indicated he will need 2 months to recover.

http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20090611-00000603-san-soci

An-chan, please recover soon!

I'm a couple of days early.

All comments welcome. Feel free to post them on vox or LJ.

...yeah. more food. ^^;

Dinner, June 9 2009

last night's dinner. there's a lot of pork and fish in the fridge, needed to clear that out. didn't have anything to cook with the fish, which is why i started with the pork. made a simple stir-fry with spanish onions and green capsicum. the end result: meat that tasted strangely similar to yoshinoya gyudon beef. interesting.

Ramune

so for some reason, there was bouts of dizziness whenever i stood and walked. concluded 2 causes: lack of oxygen or low blood sugar (or combination of both). so it was off to the asian store in the building next door for fresh air and calpis. but they didn't have any calpis so i got ramune instead. first bottle of ramune for years--can't remember the last time i had one.

Dinner, June 10 2009

continuation of pork clearing exercise: stir-fried rice cakes, shanghai style. easy meal again: frozen rice cakes, shiitake mushrooms (rehydrated), pork strips and julienned chinese cabbage. actually this is the first time i've made this dish completely alone, and the fact that nothing was stuck (rice cakes are notorious for sticking to woks), nothing got hard and nothing got burnt was quite surpising. it, um, will also serve as lunch and possibly dinner tomorrw--this is definitely something that needs to be made in bulk. anyone wanna join me for a meal?

i should probably start a food blog, instead of spamming the neighbours who have no interest in what i eat. sorry.

random thought: the rice cakes...wouldn't be surprised if the boys had a similar dish (maybe with crab? or bamboo shoots and local shanghai veges? or maybe something just like what i made tonight?) in shanghai--it's a rather famous regional dish. hm. i wonder if they got to try authentic shoronpo... if not, they need a better guide. *points to self* XD

on a completely different note, USG in Aus special is now on the must watch list. can't believe i haven't forensically gone through those vids, after almost two years...*fails*

it has come to this.

i'm ignoring my herbalist completely (haven't seen her for over a month) and going ahead with eating *gasp* chili.

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 it's so easy, i don't even want to put the recipe up...

...can be found here.

Comments are welcome on vox or LJ.

Chapter 10 will be up in a fortnight.

i can't seem to log on twitter. not by tweetdeck, or by web. am i the only one with this problem?

Show us a book you feel like you should read, but just can't bring yourself to actually pick up.

War and Peace (Penguin Classics)

Leo Tolstoy

I actually own a copy, which claims to be "the original version of Russia's most famous novel which never made it to publication in Tolstoy's lifetime. A closely guarded secret for a century and a half, this version -- with its different emphases and dialogue, and a new ending -- is essential reading for devotees of Tolstoy and new readers alike..."

More than once I've tried to read it. Yet each and every time I put it down after about 100 pages. It's baffling, really: I've read Le Comte de Monte Cristo so many times the copy is actually falling apart; yet War and Peace remains rather new looking.

Maybe Tolstoy is just not for me.