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===> As many of you would know, I am picky about what to watch, I have a pretty hard taste to satisfy and I practically don't take recommendations from anyone. Because only few around here understand what I like. I rather search and find for myself. However, I don't consider my taste special or above the others. Moreover, I know I am too honest about my opinions but when I say I found a certain drama/film/actor horrible then I don't target its fans, I only target that certain thing. I do not want to be misunderstood.
===> Generally speaking, I am into well-written dramas/films that make you jump of your seat, I am also fond of witty dialogues and thought-provoking events.
===> I am Films's person and Jdramas' Fan. I also like HKC cinema and K-Films Thrillers.
===> For me, two elements are crucial: Screenwriting for dramas and directing for films. While acting plays a major effect in both. I can tolerate medium acting but I can never fogive a messed up plot.
===> My favorite genres are: Mystery, Thriller, Action, Martial Arts, Detective, Wuxia, Suspense, Psychological, Comedy and Business. I avoid Melos and Romance even if I watch them sometimes. However, I never watch Medical or Horror oriented productions. My favorite themes are practically Revenge, Samurai and Gore. I dislike Slice of life dramas and artsy films don't usually fall into my field of interest with some exceptions.
===> As for my favorite Dramas, films and actors; you can check my lists' compilations above; I created a lot of custom lists about favorite actors from each country, the beloved ones, the eyecandies, the avoided ones and the black-listed actors. I created Films and Dramas' lists as well.
===> I NEVER drop dramas and naturally films or put them on hold. I hate leaving things unfinished.
===> I DO NOT rewatch dramas but I re-watch older films all the time. That's why my films' list is forever incomplete since I erased many films in order to re-watch them and add them back up.
===> I watch Thai lakorns for fun even if their productions' are a bit amateurish. I just have a soft-spot for their slap-kiss lakorns and great chemistry. I can tolerate a lot of things while watching Lakorns even if I don't give them high ratings.
===> I use speed-watching moderately. However, I never fast-forward with films or Jdramas.
These are some of my favourite expressions from the different languages of the big five Asian countries. The order of my appreciation for these languages is:
1. Japanese: My all-times favourite Asian language and I know more of it than others. It's not only a favourite language out of Asia but also amongst my top three favourite languages in the world. It's sharp, deep and absolutely amazing when it's used for cursing (Shikshu! Shimata! Hano yaro! Teme!). I adore the sound of angry spoken Japanese, it makes the words sound so different. I also love the deep toned historical Japanese. In short, I totally love the language overall!
2. Mandarin: Even though I know a little of it compared to Korean, I absolutely love the sound of it. It has the most penetrating words with many beautiful sounds. I like it a lot and by Mandarin I mean Mainland one although Taiwanese one is pretty cool as well.
3. Korean: It comes third in order of my appreciation. I like it but not as much as I love Japanese and Mandarin. I don't actually appreciate the sound of the language but I really like many words they use and the way they speak them.
4. Cantonese: I watch more Hong Kong productions than Mainland ones but I still prefer Mandarin way better than Cantonese. I still like the language though, like absolutely. They have this way of using 'aahh' at the end of their sentences that I dig about their pronunciation.
5. Thai: I used to find Thai language quite irritating when I first started to watch lakorns. But little by little I started to get used to it and I think I kind of like it by now. However, unlike other Asian languages that sound amazing when being angry and shouted (especially Japanese); Thai language is very bothersome when it's used for shouting. I hate angry spoken Thai.
P.S. Never mind some of my romanji because I literally write them as I hear them with some exceptions.
Words: Kami-sama (My dear God) / Ore (Casual male way of saying 'Me') / Yosh (Yatta, yes!) / Fuzakerna (Don't mess with me, you've got to be kidding me) / Kankinai (It's none of your business) / Teme (You in the rudest way) / Kimi (You in the most formal way) / Omaywa (You in a somewhat rude way but not more than Teme) / Yabe – Yabai – Yabai sugiru ( It's bad, It's dangerous, It's really dangerous) / Aho – Baka (Idiot) / Mizu (water) / Nozomi (hope) / Jinsei – Inochi (Life) / Shinu (Die) / Muzukachi (It's difficult) / Mamoru (Protect) / Omochiroy (It's interesting) / Kendo – Dakedo – Demo (But and Kendo is used for ancient historical Japanese) / Gambare-macho (Let's do our best) / Majide – Majika yo (For real or are you for real?) / Yappari (As I thought or predicted) / Imoto (younger sister) / Aniki – Aniwye – Ani-ja (Older brother, Aniki is also used between Yakuza members unlike Oni-san or chan between family members while Aniwye and Ani-ja are used for major respect for your older brother and in ancient historical Japanese) / Neeya (Older sister in ancient historical Japanese) / Oyaji – Oyaji-dono (Old man frequently means father) / Akachan (Baby) / Kite (listen) / Kyodai (Brothers) / Dozo (go ahead, come on in) / Domo – Arigatai (Thank you, I am grateful) / Damare (Shut up!) / Mitakata (I wanted to see you) / Shizukani – Oshitske (Calm down) / Mitsketa (I found you) / Yaretai (I want to do it) / Dassai (Lame) / Shiruka (How would I know) / Kotchi (over here) / Harahita ( I am hungry) / Zenzen (Not at all) / Ii no – Ii Jano (Okay or alright in ancient historical Japanese).
Expressions: Jibun ga jibun ageru (I will take care of my own self or business) / Tada sore dake no koto (That's all what there's to it) / Yo, Hisashiburi (Yo, long time no see) / Yamete hoga ii tomoyo (I think it's better to stop) / Shipaichata Bai (In case of failure) / Atarashi sekai ( A new world) / Hitori janai (You're not alone) / Koko doko (What is this place or better said: where am I?) / Yorishite kure (forgive me) / Watashi wa anata ga dai kirai da (I hate you) / Damate Kure (Would you please shut up or stay silent) / Shikarishte Kudasai (Please get hold of yourself) / Jikan muda nandayo (It's a waste of time) / Nakayo Shiyoya (Let's be friends) / Kanbekichite kure o (Give me a break)
Aiyo (No translation just Aiyo!) / Buxing (No way) / Tai hao la (It's good then) / Qiguai (Strange or weird) / Xie xie ne (Thank you) / Wan an (Good night) / Gong xie (Congradulation) / Mei Mei (younger sister) / Nai Nai (Grandmother) / Ge Ge (Older brother) / Jie Jie (Older sister) / Fu Fu (Uncle) / Ye Ye (Grandfather) Bukai Chi (You're welcome) / Mei Yoa (Nothing) / Wo xi (I or I am) / Han yue (I like it) / Due bu qi (I am sorry) / Mei wen ti (It's alright) / Bu Dong (I don't get it) / Bu Zhi dao (I know) / Zhe shi Haoxiao (This is funny or ridiculous) / Pentan (idiot) / Ni shei shei (who are you?) / Jaiyo (Fighting!) / Zao an (Good morning in Taiwanese Mandarin) / Wo mei yo (I didn't) / Zen mei yang (What are you doing or how are you doing)/ Wo hen ni (I hate you) / Ding Hao ( great).
Ahjussi (Uncle) / Shikoro (Shut up) / Haraboji (Grandpa) / Paboo (Idiot) / Michoso (Crazy) / Gaseumi (Heart) / Heol (Wow) / Nega (Me) / Neo (You) / Gidari (Wait) / Nappun (Bad) / Jongmal (Really) / Eodi (where) / Eolmana (How much) / Apa (It hurts) / Babocheoreom (Like a fool) / Oneul (Today) / Palli (Hurry) / Naneun Miwohaeyo (I hate you) / Ottoke (What to do?) / Haengbokaeyo (Happy) / Hwaiting (Fighting) / Takenaso (It's over).
Aiyo (No translation just Aiyo!) / ngoh mh mihngbaahk (I don't understand) / Zok tin (Yesterday) / cin loi (Come here) / hon din jing (Watching a film) / jyun cyu (Far away) / fei soeng kwan naan (Very difficult) / Gaau si (Teacher) / Mouha (I don't have it) / Leng neuih (Pretty lady) / Ngoh jau sin (I am going first) / Sap sap seoi (actually a Cantonese slang used for arrogant people) / Fahn tohng (a slung used to describe a useless person) / Ci Sin (To describe a crazy person or someone who's going nuts).
Sawat dee khrap or Swat dee ka (Hello in male terms ends with khrap and in female terms end with ka) / P (older brother more like P'chay or just insert the male's name, it's also used for older sister or older male or female figure) / Khun ya (grandmother, more like Khun Yay) / Aawk bpai (Get out) / Chan gliat khun (I hate you) / Khun baa (You are crazy) / Jing Jai (For real, sincerely) / Chai (right) / Ne Khun (Hey you!) / Mechai (Isn't it? or simply no) / Mai miching chimai? (It isn't true, isn't it?) / Chan khreuuang (I beg you).
As I mentioned above, I am a bit cheap with my ratings. I only gave four 10's thus far. I rate dramas and films basing on screenwriting, acting, directing techniques, creativity, solid characters and the way it convinces me.
10/10: The masterpieces.
9/10: The almost-masterpieces.
8/10: The great pieces.
7/10: The very good pieces.
6/10: The good pieces.
5/10: The Okay pieces.
4/10: The bad/very bad pieces.
3-1/10: The horrible "give-me-my-time-back" pieces.
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A suspected trio of burglars fled form a residence Thursday, causing the lockdown of four Newton County schools.
In 1957 Bill Hoffman reached out to much of the Newton County community through the airwaves.
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Snapping Shoals EMC's linemen will be making a fashion statement and an effort to educate members and employees about breast cancer prevalence and early detection during the month of October.
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Providence Christian School is proud to announce the winners of the second annual speech meet for the Upper School, which was held on Thursday, Sept. 25. The finalists and winners are listed as follows:
The statewide burn ban for Georgia is lifted as of Wednesday, Oct. 1, according to the Covington Fire Department.
Registration is open for Newton Medical Center's Auxiliary 24th Annual Bill Taylor Classic Golf Tournament.
As we travel to the store, a friend's house or commute to work, how often do we take the time to see the true beauty our home town offers?
A man traveling south on Hwy. 212, approximately 50 feet past Hwy. 36, crashed after his front wheel came off Friday.
Potential college students hoping to explore a new career path, learn about classes for their major, or find out about student clubs and organizations, can attend the Georgia Perimeter College Newton Campus open house Saturday, Oct. 18 from 10 a.m.-1 p.m.
These days we don't use an alarm clock. Instead, we are shocked into consciousness by the frantic scratching by one of the cats at the bedroom door or the muffled whimper of Sonny the Border Collie, ready for us to get up and relieve him from the overnight company of the kitties. (We finally booted them out of the bedroom when their sleep patterns - mostly nonexistent - didn't match ours.)
Newton County residents received $2,300 in disaster assistance following the county being declared a major disaster area on April 29.
Snapping Shoals EMC's 2011 Annual Meeting of the Members will be held Thursday, July 21, at the Georgia International Horse Park in Conyers.
Flint Hill Elementary is scheduled to open Aug. 4, but Airport Road needs several improvements before it will be able to handle approximately 1,935 vehicles per day, including dozens of buses.
Two brothers were arrested after a fight involving a girl ended in blows, and with one brother wielding a hammer.
The man who shot himself after allegedly robbing a drug store on Wednesday died this morning.
An argument over a man ended with the arrest of a 22-year-old woman for aggressive driving.
A Covington man remains in jail after being charged with molesting a 6-year-old girl.
Residents have lots of zoning questions, even if they don't always realize it.
DAWSONVILLE - Dawson County officials say a 10-year-old boy died after being hit by a personal watercraft on Lake Lanier.
ORLANDO - A judge has sentenced Casey Anthony to four years in prison for lying to investigators but says she can go free in late July or early August because she has already served nearly three years in jail and has had good behavior.
ATLANTA - Atlanta police say a pedestrian has died after being struck by a vehicle near a MARTA rail station.
LAWRENCEVILLE - Owners of a hot air balloon reported stolen in Gwinnett County say the aircraft has been found in the northeast Georgia town of Winder.
A Superior Court judge ruled today that the transfer of Mt. Zion and all property associated with the Oxford church to a third party was unlawful.
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SLIDESHOW: Red Mountain vs Mountain View
Neither of those facets was an issue Wednesday afternoon as the Mountain Lions battled 5A East Valley Region rival Mesa Mountain View for first place in the region. The result was a nearly flawless effort as Red Mountain handed Mountain View an 8-3 loss at Hohokam Park.
Senior Colten Sheley (3-2) pitched six strong innings and first baseman Justin Yett drove in three runs and provided superb defense to help Red Mountain take first place alone in the region. Red Mountain issued only two walks in the game and did not commit an error.
"He gave us the performance we needed out of him," Red Mountain coach Jason Grantham said. "When he stays away from walks and keeps the ball down he can tough out there."
Sheley allowed six hits in six innings and two runs. After giving up three consecutive singles in the first inning with two outs to allowed Mountain View (13-9, 2-1 EVR) to take a 1-0 lead, he shut down the Toros while their defense helped jump-start Red Mountain's offense.
A five-run third fourth inning — comprised of four Red Mountain hits and three of Mountain View's six errors on the day — put the Mountain Lions (10-12, 3-0) on top to stay. Run-scoring hits by Mickey Caldwell, Yett and Mark Jarrett were the key blows that dampened a good start by Toros right-hander Trent Stapley. Stapley gave up just one hit in the first three innings.
Another error and two more hits in the fifth were part of a three-run rally by Red Mountain the fifth. Yett delivered the key hit — a two-run double to left center. Yett isn't the most feared hitter in the Mountain Lions lineup, but plays within himself.
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"He picked us up at least four times digging balls out on throws," Grantham said. "He really helped get us a big double play in the fourth inning after we had gone up 5-1."
Stapley drove in two of Mountain View's three runs with a single and ground out. Gus Monteverde had two doubles and an RBI for the Toros.
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Definitions for fathomˈfæð əm
This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word fathom
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
fath•omˈfæð əm(n.)(pl.)fath•oms; fath•om
(n.)a nautical unit of length equal to 6 feet (1.8 m).
Category: Weights and Measures, Navy
Ref: Abbr.: f., 8 5 fath, fm 4 1
(v.t.)to measure the depth of by means of a sounding line; sound.
Category: Weights and Measures
to penetrate to the truth of; comprehend; understand:
to fathom someone's motives.
Origin of fathom:
bef. 900; ME fathme, OE fæthm span of outstretched arms; c. OHG fadum cubit, ON fathmr embrace; akin to patent
Princeton's WordNet
fathom, fthm(noun)
a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth
fathom, fthm(verb)
(mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore
penetrate, fathom, bottom(verb)
come to understand
fathom, sound(verb)
measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line
Grasp, envelopment, control.
A measure of length corresponding to the outstretched arms, standardised to six feet, now used mainly for measuring depths in seas or oceans.
Mental reach or scope; penetration; the extent of capacity; depth of thought or contrivance.
To encircle with outstretched arms, especially to take a measurement; to embrace.
To measure the depth of, take a sounding of.
To get to the bottom of; to manage to comprehend (a problem etc.).
I can't for the life of me fathom what this means.
Origin: From fathome, fadome, from fæþm, fæþme, from faþmaz, from pet-. Cognate with fadem, faem, vadem, vaam, Faden, favn, famn, faðmur.
Webster Dictionary
a measure of length, containing six feet; the space to which a man can extend his arms; -- used chiefly in measuring cables, cordage, and the depth of navigable water by soundings
the measure or extant of one's capacity; depth, as of intellect; profundity; reach; penetration
to encompass with the arms extended or encircling; to measure by throwing the arms about; to span
the measure by a sounding line; especially, to sound the depth of; to penetrate, measure, and comprehend; to get to the bottom of
A fathom = 1.8288 metres, is a unit of length in the imperial and the U.S. customary systems, used especially for measuring the depth of water. There are two yards in an imperial or U.S. fathom. Originally based on the distance between a man's outstretched arms, the size of a fathom has varied slightly depending on whether it was defined as a thousandth of an nautical mile or as a multiple of the imperial yard. Formerly, the term was used for any of several units of length varying around 5–5+¹⁄2 feet. The name derives from the Old English word fæðm, corresponding to the old Frisian word "fadem" meaning embracing arms or a pair of outstretched arms. In Middle English it was fathme. A cable length, based on the length of a ship's cable, has been variously reckoned as equal to 100 or 120 fathoms. At one time, a quarter meant one-fourth of a fathom. Abbreviations: f, fath, fm, fth, fthm.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
a measure of 6 ft. used in taking marine soundings, originally an Anglo-Saxon term for the distance stretched by a man's extended arms; is sometimes used in mining operations.
Translations for fathom
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
a measure of depth of water (6 feet or 1.8 metres)
The water is 8 fathoms deep.
- vaam, vademAfrikaans
- مِقْياس الأعْماق ويُساوي ستة أقْدامArabic
- фатомBulgarian
- braçaPortuguese (BR)
- sáhCzech
- der FadenGerman
- favnDanish
- οργιάGreek
- brazaSpanish
- süldEstonian
- فاتوم؛ مسبارFarsi
- syliFinnish
- brasseFrench
- מִידַת עוֹמֶקHebrew
- गहराईHindi
- hvat (6 stopa tj.183cm)Croatian
- öl (hosszmérték)Hungarian
- eterIndonesian
- faðmurIcelandic
- braccioItalian
- ひろJapanese
- 바다나 광산에서의 길이의 단위이며 6피트Korean
- jūros sieksnisLithuanian
- jūras ass (dziļuma mērs — 1,8 m)Latvian
- fatomMalay
- vademDutch
- favnNorwegian
- sążeńPolish
- فاتوم؛ مسبارPersian
- لر) وازه (قلاچ): داوبو ژروالى ميچ چه شيږ فټه كيږى، او بيچPashto
- braçaPortuguese
- stânjenRomanian
- морская саженьRussian
- siahaSlovak
- seženjSlovenian
- hvatSerbian
- famnSwedish
- หน่วยวัดความลึกของน้ำ (มีค่าเท่ากับ 6 ฟุต หรือ1.8 เมตร)Thai
- kulaçTurkish
- 噚(長度單位)Chinese (Trad.)
- морський саженьUkrainian
- پانی کی گہرائی کی پیمائش کی اکائیUrdu
- sảiVietnamese
- 英寻(长度单位)Chinese (Simp.)
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The Chicago Public Schools does not have $44 million a year to give away.
That's the average amount CPS pays annually to employees for unused sick and vacation time, according to an analysis by the Better Government Association that ran in the Sun-Times on Friday.
For a school system in constant fiscal crisis, that adds up fast. Between 2006 and 2011, CPS paid out $265 million. The bulk of it, $227 million, went to veteran employees for unused sick days. Teachers can accumulate 10 sick days a year, up to 325 days total over a career. To turn them into cash, teachers must work 20 years or be 65 years old.
CPS must reign in this benefit, a perk it can ill afford and is virtually unheard of in the private sector. But this must be done with great care, starting with a recognition that CPS has no paid maternity or short-term disability leave. Teachers cover those leaves with unused sick leave, if they have it.
CPS is already planning to limit unused sick day payouts for non-union staffers in response to demands by the mayor. A set of recommendations are due Feb. 17. The biggest checks cut each year go for this group. A high school principal, for example, netted nearly $172,000 when he retired last year. There also is talk that CPS may, for the first time, offer a maternity and short-term disability policy for non-union employees.
But to make a real dent in CPS' annual sick pay bill, the Chicago Teachers Union contract also must be changed. Though the average union employee payout is much smaller — $14,000 a year — 73 percent of the $265 million CPS paid since 2006 went to union employees.
The CTU defends the benefit, saying the ability to stockpile days discourages teachers from calling in sick unnecessarily. Extra days, the CTU also notes, were offered in the early 1980s as deferred compensation and in lieu of raises. These are good points, but reducing the number of accumulated sick days, even significantly, would still be fair and prudent.
The strongest argument for banking sick days is to make up for CPS' failure to provide paid maternity or short-term disability leave.
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"The money never leaves," Erlanger Chief Financial Officer Britt Tabor said last week. "It's coming back, and it's fully guaranteed."
Hutcheson will pay back Erlanger's investment, he said.
Erlanger, which gets $3 million annually in Hamilton County government funding, entered a management agreement with Hutcheson Medical Center last month, pledging a make-ends-meet line of credit of up to $20 million.
The line of credit is backed up by Hutcheson's mortgage and two $10 million pledges by Catoosa and Walker counties.
The agreement also calls for a significant financial investment in doctors, facilities and other medical services — completely separate from the line of credit and "at Erlanger's sole discretion and expense," the agreement states.
A preliminary document used to brief Hutcheson board officials on the agreement estimated an investment of $15 million besides the line of credit. There is no discussion of collateral.
Tabor said he didn't know "where $15 million came from," and said the number could fluctuate, depending on Hutcheson's needs.
Erlanger reported an operating profit of $8.58 million in the 2010 fiscal year, which ended June 30.
Documents show Erlanger has $78.2 million in cash reserves and long-term investments. Tabor said the line of credit and any other investments directed toward Hutcheson will come from those assets.
But not all at once.
"Some visualize Erlanger writing a $20 million check on Day One," Tabor said. "Not true. It might be $1 million one month and zero the next, depending on operations."
Hutcheson must pay Erlanger 2 percent of "total revenues, gains and other support," plus investment income. The payments are due in 2014 or when Hutcheson's operating income is positive for any calendar quarter — whichever comes first.
The Fort Oglethorpe hospital recently defaulted on a $35 million bond and has reported $1 million losses for the last several months. In April, hospital officials announced about 75 layoffs.
A late draft of the management agreement states both hospitals will phase out "employees for which there is no foreseeable need at the hospital."
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Friday, July 9, 2010
Vegetarian Ngoh Hiang
This one is made with yam.
This one is made with sweet potato.
I really have to thank Bee of Rasa Malaysia for introducing this dish. Recently, she shared a droolworthy Vegetarian Loh Bak recipe on her other food site, Nyonya Food. Loh Bak is what Penangites call our Singaporean Ngoh Hiang. In her vegetarian version, yam is used in place of meat. As you know, I have made Teochew-style Ngoh Hiang (With Yam) on several occasions, but it never ever crossed my mind to make a yam-only, meatless version.
Of course, I wasted no time in trying this out. Coincidentally, because I also had sweet potato leftover from making Mini Vegetable Frittata, I decided to experiment with it too.
The one deviation I made was in not using Five Spice Powder for the seasoning. I am not particularly fond of it, so I used mushroom powder instead. Some of you cautioned that mushroom powder contains MSG under the guise of other less suspecting ingredients. Perhaps that could be why my Ngoh Hiang tasted so savoury and yummy despite being meatless. Haha!
The yam version is a lot more meat-like due to its denser, chewier texture. Eaten warm, the creaminess of the insides contrasted really well with the crispy skin. My husband liked it a lot. I can't wait to make more of these again, and add chopped bits of braised chinese mushrooms. Whaddya say?
If you don't fancy yam (like my helper and kids), try the sweet potato ones. The sweet-salty-crunchy combination of sweet potato-beancurd skin-turnip strips is quite something. :)
So here you go, Vegetarian Ngoh Hiang inspired by the wonderful Nyonya Food, which I am quite sure you will all enjoy. :)
When you mix the yam or sweet potatoes with the turnip strips, be gentle. Don't mash them any further. You should cut them in thick strips as shown in Nyonya Food, not what you see in my picture above ... I used up my sweet potato from Mini Vegetable Frittata, which is why they are in small cubes.
Roll TIGHT. The sweet potato rolls are golden orange even without frying.
These are the yam ones, pure and white, and ready for frying.
Fresh from the pan. I know it's hard to resist but you've got to let them cool first.
Just take a deep breath ... and by that, I mean, enjoy the aroma. :)
For the recipe, hop over to Nyonya Food. Note these pointers from me first, though:
1. Bee told me that the beancurd skins she gets in USA are frozen and have no taste. But they are very tough and need to be sprinkled with water before usage. In Singapore, the beancurd skins we get in local markets are quite pliable but very salty. Use a clean, damp cloth to gently wipe both sides before rolling. Rinse the cloth and squeeze very dry after wiping each sheet.
2. I used mushroom powder instead of Five Spice Powder for the seasoning. One to two sachets should be sufficient for this recipe.
Take your pick. I'll take both.
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These are SO gorgeous! Thank you for sharing.. I think I'll take both too :) Added to my 'must try' list!ReplyDelete
Yummy! Reminds me of my mum's 5-spice taro rolls with some garlic chilli sauce.ReplyDelete
Oh these look so good...Ju, I want to come and live in your house for a while!ReplyDelete
Sweet pototo Ngoh Hiang! Will try these some day.ReplyDelete
very yummy! I'm very curious about mushroom powder. !!ReplyDelete
Looks good Ju! I have to look for hte very thin beancurd skin to make this. It sounds scrumptious.ReplyDelete
Adding braised Chinese mushrooms would be nice...yum yum :)ReplyDelete
It looks really good! I will like to have both too.ReplyDelete
How flexible ngoh hiang and other types of rolls are. They look good and would go well with your thai chilli sauce.ReplyDelete
Looks so yummy! Tigerfish is right. I think a version with shredded yam, enoki mushrooms, braised mushrooms, carrots and maybe even bamboo shoots would be SUPER!! Of course, super lot of work too! lolReplyDelete
looks really good especially sweet potato version cos of the bright orange color.ReplyDelete
that sounds scrumptious. nice pictures too by the way...ReplyDelete
Vegetarian Ngoh Hiang! That's brilliant. Will have to try making it for the housemate. =DReplyDelete
Wow...look so perfect and delicious!! I love the sweet potato ones :D These will make great party food too. Love all the pictures.ReplyDelete
FAb! Vegetarian Ngoh Hiang. Will have to try this out for one of my meatless days.ReplyDelete
Love your adaptations!ReplyDelete
mmm i love ngoh hiang, with all the meat! but vegetarian's good too :) u make it look so easy to make xReplyDelete
O yum! Exciting!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 10, 2010 at 3:39 PM
Looks yummy. Do you know how to get the bean curd sheet crispy? I tried frying the ngoh hiang twice but it didn't work.ReplyDelete
absolutely amazing!! bravo.ReplyDelete
- MagdeleneJuly 11, 2010 at 5:46 PM
LOOKS SO DELICIOUS! I bet it'll taste even better with diced water chestnuts in it :)ReplyDelete
I just found your site and I love it! I'm vegetarian while my mum eats fish (pescetarian!).
Have a great day :D
i really salute you leh, ju.ReplyDelete
never thought that i'd salivate at something vegetarian.
looks really really really good omg.
These look yummy, Ju. They remind me of the new kinds of vegetarian spring rolls where they put tau sar and yam paste ^^ReplyDelete
I have never had this before - I always learn something from you! I will take both yam and sweet potato please.ReplyDelete


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Mariah Carey is currently putting the finishing, perfecting touches on her new album and she even revealed two very major guest features!
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Bring the kids or just have a quiet getaway in Hillside Beach - a newly re-built house located on a one-way street serving only the residences on three blocks. It is a safe, quiet place to completely relax on vacation. Walk a few feet down to the water's edge and watch the birds, boats and just enjoy the quiet lapping of the water on an inlet of Long Island Sound. A kiddie playground across the street compliments the equipment for kids in the house.
A beautiful beach a short distance away is surrounded by interesting mansions. Bicycles can be carried on the Metro-North train which goes to Milford, within three miles of Hillside Beach so there is no need for a car. Several good restaurants are within walking distance and many will deliver food to you at Hillside Beach. Summer weather is generally warm with short rain showers to keep the flowers blooming around the house all summer.
Great place for a winter getaway to tuck in and enjoy the fireplace and watch it snow through the high winter and hurricane-proof windows.
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I'll post a few for you… She wears so many:
Not the same but similar is this one from Theory:
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I have to go, but I'll see if I can track down more later.
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Thank you. I totally get a kick out of tracking this stuff.
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Any chance you could track down the ox-blood (red/brown) leather jacket Beckett was wearing on Season 2/Ep.7?? There's a good overall shot of her when she and Castle were questioning one of the band members… I absolutely love that jacket and, from what I've seen from other posts, 'itsmyworld' seems to have a wicked eye for this stuff! Thanks for whatever help you all can bring!
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This is one of the jackets she wears often- by Tory Burch and is exclusive to Neiman Marcus. She recently wore it in Famous Last Words and Kill the Messenger.
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And another by D&G.
I'll look for the oxblood one for you. I have a few ideas. I may not get to it tonight, but I wrap up a project at work tomorrow so i should have down time in the afternoon. :)
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I find it utterly hilarious that it comes out that she wears couture designer clothes. I mean I love her jackets, and I know it's tv so they are going to go top dollar for costumes, but realistically speaking a detective would not have a DG jacket unless she has a sugar daddy (Castle?) on the side.
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- BabsW Nov 21, 2013 03:59 PM
So imagine you went out to eat for lunch and ate, and all was well and tasty. Then you went home and started to prep the pork butt for the pulled pork you want to make the next day. You made the rub, coated the meat, covered it in plastic wrap and put it in the fridge. As you did this, you washed your hands diligently and thoroughly as needed.
Later that night, you woke with horrific cramps which moved on to full-on symptoms of food poisoning which lingered throughout the next day. Not able to make the pulled pork that day, you wrap it securely and put it in the freezer.
Later on you find out that one of the cooks at that restaurant had the swine flu, which sometimes adds a lovely component of "GI symptoms" to the usual respiratory complaints, and later that month, you are thoroughly knocked out for a solid week in bed with the flu so you're never certain if you had garden variety food poisoning or a turbo-charged swine flu.
Regardless, the seasoned pork butt is still in the freezer: Do you attempt to thaw it make make pulled pork or do you toss it out, with the assumption that it is contaminated, even though when you touched it, it was before you had symptom one of anything and washed your hands frequently as you always do.
re: babette feasts
Thanks! I'd hate to toss it, but I'd hate even more to make someone sick.
I would be comfortable using it. Pulled pork is cooked for a long time and to a relatively high final temp. I usually cook my pulled pork at 225 but if you want to be extra careful you can do quick sear before going low and slow. This might burn your rub though.
CDC says that "Influenza viruses can be destroyed by heat (167-212°F [75-100°C])."
Oh and sorry to hear about that experience. It must have been horrible.
re: seamunky
Oh, good. I know that some pathogens are hardy buggers. I usually do this in the crock pot. I guess I'll do it on high.
And thank you - yes it was one of the worst illnesses I've had, and I've had food poisoning on several different continents. lol Swine flu or food poisoning, it was awful.
re: c oliver
Cool, thanks. :)
Having experienced norovirus from eating the food of a person who turned out to be ill with the same bug, I would recommend tossing it. Especially if you planned on serving it to other people. You do not want to be known as the person who caused a most unpleasant (and dangerous for certain individuals) illness that does indeed knock most people off kilter for at least a week.
re: janniecooks
Norovirus isn't swine flu and norovirus is killed at temps above 140.
re: c oliver
Of course, thanks for pointing that out. I never said they are the same. Whatever the nature of the illness, my point is valid. It is never acceptable to serve food to other people that has been prepped by a person with possibly unwashed bare hands, who later got quite ill. If unwilling to toss it, eat it yourself but do not serve to others. Were I to find myself in the same situation, I would not even eat the food I had prepared.
re: janniecooks
I've eaten meat that prior to my buying it had flies on it so obviously I have a different perspective. There are quite a few things that I wouldn't eat raw but will eat cooked. So things like this are valid to you and unacceptable to you but my mileage obviously varies.
re: c oliver
Heh. Yep, I've so been there. In some places, you don't have a choice.
I've bought beef and chicken that's been on the ground after it was cut up and it's covered in dirt, pebbles, and probably fecal matter. But then, my eggs in Sri Lanka pretty much always came with fecal matter on the shells.
So yeah. Different perspective indeed. :)
re: janniecooks
re: greygarious
I became ill from eating food prepared by someone who was ill, despite meeting your "requirements"; in fact the illness was passed on to 16 of 19 people who were present at the same event. The food was prepared by the person with the illness, then cooked - fully cooked. So your "requirements" were met. Yet 16 people were made ill by the sick person's food. Two were hospitalized. One lost a dangerous amount of weight. I was flat out for two weeks and functional but still not right for two more weeks. So I disagree with you and c oliver. In my opinion it is not a matter of opinion, but you disagree. Feel free to risk your health, I say no thank you.
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re: c oliver
No, the person who was sick did not attend the party - get this, due to her illness. But she sent her food along anyway, knowing she was seriously ill (and probably not recognizing that her poor hygiene would cause others to suffer). The others at the party did not know about the situation until they (mostly) all got sick. Like I said in my first reply, you do not want to be known as that person who made other people sick.
re: janniecooks
Okay, thanks for clarifying. So now I see she was sick and handling the food after cooking it. OP's situation is completely different.
re: janniecooks
Yuck, that is awful. I can't imagine. I've tossed foods I'd prepared that were meant for others if I so much as feel a sniffle coming on.
I know most people aren't as conservative with germs as I am, but like you say, I do NOT want a reputation as "that person" who got others sick. Especially when you cook or bake for a living, bad word of mouth spreads fast.
re: nothingswrong
Thanks for the sympathetic reply. (edited to remove objectionable content.)
re: ePressureCooker
Definitely. If OP is in doubt, that's always the right way to go. For OP.
As has been said already, cooking will kill whatever pathogens may still exist in the pork. The risk would be that if you were still ill and carrying the virus you might recontaminate it after cooking.
Not to get involved in the ongoing hot debate, but just to point out, as one who coincidentally had roommates in college who studied immunology, or one who was studying to become a pharmacist, I've been told repeatedly that you are in fact at your most contagious when you have contracted a "bug" but have yet to exhibit any outward manifestations of your illness.
It would probably be fine if you cooked it well, but if I were you I would toss it. The price you paid for it is probably low compared to the worry you will experience eating it and serving it to others. Toss it and forget it.
re: noodlepoodle
Toss it based on what please?
re: c oliver
If touching a piece of pork leads to massive cramps and food poisoning, then I wouldn't even want to take it out of the freezer without multiple layers of gloves - much less prep it again or eat it.
Even if you're not sure that's the culprit, we're talking about $10-15 of meat vs. someone's health.
re: calumin
Freezing influenza virus kills it.
re: c oliver
I have a package of Foster Farms chicken that was in the batch with the salmonella outbreak, sitting in my freezer.
I'm not going to cook that either. You may be right that it is safe if properly cooked, but the cost of throwing it out is low and the cost of not killing bacteria that others have strongly indicated is in the meat at high levels, is much higher. For me, the same reasoning applies here.
re: calumin
I'm not saying that anyone should eat anything they're not comfortable with. I drink tap water all over the world which skeeves plenty of people out. But please allow me to point out that influenza is a virus and salmonella is a bacteria. Influenza virus is be killed by freezing but salmonella bacteria isn't killed by freezing. So they can hardly be more different, IMO.
Just gotta ask :) Why is that chicken still in the freezer?!?!?
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re: c oliver
Just laziness -- I figure it won't do much harm in the freezer but I need to throw it out at some point.
Are you sure influenza virus is killed by freezing? I have read the opposite.
re: calumin
Throw the chicken out before you forget that it's supposed to be in quarantine! As for the pork, my personal choice would be to err on the safe side at all times and toss it out too... there's no way to be SURE exactly what kind of nasty they succumbed to, and it could possibly have been something that would survive on the pork to make you sick again... but I'm sure I've eaten all kinds of unsanitary things in my life and I haven't died yet - it's just the thought of it that squicks me out.
re: c oliver
"I'm not saying that anyone should eat anything they're not comfortable with."
Then OP can prepare the pork and serve it to guests, but should let them know the issue beforehand. Let the guests decide for themselves.
re: nothingswrong
"I hope you enjoy my sneeze-dried pork."
That'll bring 'em back for seconds....!
Lunch to later that night does not seem like a long enough time to incubate the pathogen you described.
My father recently ate some macaroni salad he bought at the store. He ate it around 6pm and then started having the 'GI symptoms' at 9:30pm. I am quite certain it was not the macaroni salad. I could not convince him however.
By the way, I would worry about anyone getting ill from eating the pulled pork if you cook it properly.
re: John E.
Did you mean to write you "would NOT" worry?
And this is swine flu that's being referred to. It's not commonly associated with diarrhea although that can occur. And it appears that the incubation period is from a day to a week. I also wonder how the diagnosis of swine flu was made.
re: c oliver
Yes, of course that's what I meant.
I have not had the GI thing for several years. The two worst times were after a family wedding and after Thanksgiving at my grandmother's house many years ago. There were two others who were ill after the wedding, but I tend to think that both of these instances were not because a food born illness.
Oftentimes, people assume they got sick because of food, when in fact it was from touching a common object that an infected person had previously touched.
Isn't Swine Flu a respiratory illness?
re: John E.
Mostly a respiratory illness, yes. Sometime diarrhea but far less common. As I understand it, to truly diagnose it, a swab has to be taken from the nose or throat. I agree with you that most cases that are thought to be food-borne are, in fact, not.
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John E.
It is the opposite--the government studies say that MOST of the time when a person has a GI tract illness, it IS from something they ate. GI viruses like the stomach flu are actually not that common and only come in bursts when they are the "flu of the season."
The reason we may not know whether we have a food illness or a virus we caught is because most people don't require hospitalization when sick, and even if they do, the ER doesn't often take cultures or samples to test for what type of illness the person has.
The food that causes the vast majority of foodborne illness is fresh produce: unwashed or improperly handled fruits and vegetables. This is the biggest worry when you're eating out, as you have no idea where your salad came from or if it was even rinsed off before being served to you. The other issue is cross-contamination of fresh produce in restaurant or home kitchens (i.e. sharing cutting boards with raw meats).
Lastly, there are quite a few different types of food poisoning. Some of them are "delayed release," i.e. the sufferer won't experience symptoms until many hours later, or even up to a few days. But some types of food poisoning produce almost immediate symptoms, in as little as an hour.
My mother is a physician and has had this happen twice. Both times required hospitalization, and both times she tested positive for salmonella after eating chicken at restaurants. She became violently ill on the way home in both instances (less than an hour after eating). The second time, she took a piece of the chicken with her for testing at her hospital and it did in fact come up positive for salmonella. Nobody else who ate their own chicken those nights got sick at all.
There was also an incident where she was at a doctor dinner out at a fancy restaurant. One of the other doctors started feeling sick as dessert was arriving. She threw up in the bathroom for half an hour before she felt okay enough to come out and ask for a ride to the ER for fluids and nausea meds. The other doctors were all okay, but they snagged the sick woman's leftovers for testing at the lab as well. It came up positive. This woman was puking her guts out within 30 minutes of eating the contaminated food.
re: nothingswrong
Having once had a mild case of salmonella (in my case I ate, wasn't feeling quite right overnight, but didn't become really ill until unfortunately after I got on the BART train and was in the train tunnel underwater between Oakland and San Francisco. (It wasn't pretty, totally humiliating.) I then became so deathly ill that when I arrived at the office I had to lay down all day in between bathroom runs before I could summon the energy to go back home...
And even though I had a very mild case, it was far and away the worst illness I've ever experienced, and I wouldn't recommend risking it to anyone...
re: nothingswrong
I would like to see your links. I did not say most times the GI illness was not caused by food, I said often times it is not caused by food. In the two instances that I mentioned, the wedding incident caused illness in three people out of a couple hundred; the Thanksgiving episode I was the only one to become ill out of about 40. I would say that neither was caused by food born illness.
re: John E.
I didn't mean to imply that in YOUR cases, food was the culprit. I'm just saying statistically and rhetorically, food is most often the culprit.
There are thousands of cases and studies for you to browse if you feel inclined to do so. I do not have specific studies on hand that I'm recalling information from, but you can peruse this if you'd like: http://www.cdc.gov/foodborneburden/tr...
I am someone who contracted salmonella in my early 20s after eating some chicken from a restaurant. I did not get sick until the next day. The salmonella entered my body and damaged my vagus nerve in an irreversible manner. I've spent the last decade in and out of hospitals, fed through a feeding tube, intravenously, etc. due to one chicken dinner and some bad luck.
Through the years I've spent countless hours reading up on the topic. I apologize if I don't have all my sources at hand.
However, I do agree that sometimes we just get sick and it could be for any number of reasons. I am just particularly aware of food safety practices due to my condition, and foodborne illness certainly is much more common than we'd like to think. Most doctors will tell you that you probably get exposed to foodborne pathogens multiple times per year, but you either are asymptomatic or experience such mild symptoms (such as a little stomach upset or very mild diarrhea) that you don't think twice about it.
re: nothingswrong
I'm still not certain that the run of the mill, mild vomiting and diarhhea episodes are mostly caused by food born illnes.
I am sorry that you suffered from a dangerous food born illness that has left repercussions. I know of one case in Minnesota (where I am from) where ecoli left devastating results to a young lady from undercooked ground beef. (I no longer ever buy ground been in the 'chubs' that come from ground beef factories.)
re: John E.
Wow, that is a terrible story. It hits close to home, and I really feel for her not being able to walk.
I can't stomach ground beef anymore, but I remember my mother switching to freshly ground sirloin many years ago after reading about what grocery store ground beef is made of. She buys whole sirloin steaks and has the butcher grind them in front of her. I do the same when I need ground meat to cook for others.
Not to get too off-topic, but I guess for those of us who have had life-altering repercussions from food poisoning, food handling safety is of the utmost importance. I cringed when I read the topic of this thread, and the description of the pork and OP's illness. While I can understand peoples' desire to not be so overly cautious with germs (or frugality? I don't know the motivation), I also would give anything to have my life back. And that includes wishing the meat I had eaten all those years ago was handled properly before it was served to me.
Essentially, the condition I developed from salmonella is like having food poisoning every minute of every day for the rest of your life. That is how it is described by doctors. It is also said to produce a lower quality of life--on average--than going through cancer treatments.
All from a piece of chicken! I am not angry, but rather sad. A person shouldn't have to risk their quality of life to have a nourishing meal. The number of mass outbreaks of contaminated food in the US is frightening.
Anyway, you are right that maybe many of the GI upset instances people experience may not come from food. I suppose there is no real way of knowing for sure.
re: nothingswrong
May I ask are you able to ingest food or are you sustained via TPN or tube feedings?
re: MamasCooking
I just finished 7 months of TPN. Now I'm only on IV hydration/vitamins at home. I have a picc line. I've been sick for 9 years but it keeps getting worse. Even with the IV, I suffer from severe malabsorption and have developed numerous neurological, cardiac, lower GI, and renal issues in recent years. It's like the gift that keeps on giving!
I do eat by mouth to keep my gut working. Like I said, what I have is akin to having food poisoning day in and day out for the rest of your life. So eating is exhausting. My body wants to expel anything that goes into my stomach. I have learned to keep it down as best I can, but we are advised not to eat more than a few bites of food at a time, and space it out every 4-5 hours. Between those 4-5 hours, I have to sit still and try and breathe through the involuntary heaving and gagging.
I also have to take handfuls of pills throughout the day to try and force my stomach to contract and digest, as well to fend off nausea.
That being said, I bake every day and I cook when the urge strikes. Sometimes I can only take a bite, but I will spend all day making something because I get to savor that one bite and be around the food during the process. My taste buds have become very very sensitive and "appreciative."
About once a year in the summer I will treat myself to a bite of fresh, ripe, juicy fruit (usually pineapple or strawberries). I have to spit it out after I chew it--it would make me sick enough to land me in the hospital--but it makes me cry. Every single time, it's like the most beautiful thing I've ever experienced.
Occasionally I'll get to thinking, and it's hard to wrap my head around what happened, but there you have it.
I'm still over here hoping OP threw that damn pork away...
Anyway that's much more information than you asked for :)
re: nothingswrong
That just sucks in so many way. :(
I hope you can regain your health.
re: nothingswrong
I have never heard of a situation such as yours. I hope the infectious disease doctors can figure out something that will help you to recover. You certainly have a positive attitude. Good luck to you and your family.
re: nothingswrong
So, so sorry that that happened to you.
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Thank you :)
Even among those who have relatively minor symptoms and soon feel better, there may be a whole spectrum of serious longterm health issues which do not manifest until much later and are only beginning to be identified as linked to food poisoning. These can include not just the chronic digestive problems you might expect to be related, but also reactive arthritis and high blood pressure, along with significantly elevated risk of diabetes, heart disease and kidney failure. It will be very difficult to determine how many cases of these conditions may be related to previous bouts of food poisoning, especially since until recently nobody suspected the possibility of any connection. Countless millions of us have had minor cases of food poisoning at some point in our lives.
A Scientific American article on the subject from 2012:
re: eclecticsynergy
Interesting article, thank you for sharing.
re: nothingswrong
Let me add my voice to the sympathetic chorus here. My heart goes out to you, nw, and I wish you well.
re: eclecticsynergy
Jeez, thanks you guys. Appreciate it.
A recurring lament on Chowhound is people rallying against wasting food. To some extent I agree but I would nix the *dirty* pork and be done with it. Why risk exposing people to possible food borne illness? I suggest you read the posts written by poster *nothingswrong* regarding what happened to her secondary to consuming contaminated chicken:( All it takes is a tiny exposure to certain pathogens for severe damage to ensue. Do you have a clean bill of health now after all of that:) I hope so!
Bet you got food poisoning from the restaurant...as did the cook. Makes sense, right? You got sick a few hours after you ate, yes?...And the pork butt is fine, as u believe it is. U were not hasty in your prep, like u said. U washed your hands, prepped it, & washed your hands. That did not lead you to become deathly ill nor transmit anything from u to the meat or vice versa. To me, that all makes sense. Would it make sense to biopsy a piece of the meat & take it to a pathologist? My guess it would just be a matter of looking at it under a microscope - something a microbiology student could do. Or your local vet! Idk, just for the sake of getting to the bottom of this & not reading posts on it for a year! Good luck...and sorry to hear of your suffering.