Journey of Tofu

UK Cooking Quest

noreply@blogger.com (DrTofu) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:46:00 +0000

Ok, the name sounds like I'm going to give reviews of the restaurant outlets I've tried in UK. But its not. This post is merely a post to show off food I've made (ya, I'm damn proud of my own food hahahha) I didn't make any great food for your information. But I am a little bit proud of it, because I never thought I could cook. (or maybe I still can't, its up to your taste buds to judge it)

Having cooked here everyday, I somehow think cooking is more than just cooking. Sometimes I think you have to have creativity in the food you make. You must also have vision of what the final product is like. There are thousands of ingredients here.Most of the ingredients here are great for western food, but then, it might not suit you, or worse...you don't know what they are and their purpose.

Food here, to me, can be considered cheap, especially the raw ingredients, like onions, garlic, eggs, with a catch, if you do earn money here. Even udon noodles sounds ridiculously cheap. Its 30pence. Its like 30cents to Malaysians for them, though its raw udon.

Mushroom and sausage spaghetti. Yum!

There were pretty weird pasta I made so far, or I think so. Initially, the pasta I had was cooked the most normal way it could be, tomato sauce (bought from supermarket, I does not have the ability to cook my own yet), pasta, mushroom, sausage. Very normal, very easy.

Then one day, I got tired of eating tomato sauce pasta, I turned to what Kepong people loves...the fried pasta, Tanjung Style!!! Although I did not use the spaghetti, the shell pasta did alright too. What is lacking in the ingredient is a decent stock soup to add to produce a much more superior taste. A bit of black pepper, lots of basils (its the best ingredient in pasta dishes), onions, and lots of garlic! I managed to reproduce like 60% of the Tanjung famous fried spaghetti. Hahaha. It was hard to get those nice burnt taste there without frying the whole pot.

The "Meatballs" Pasta

Then there's the part where I had too much sausages, and instead of dropping them inside, I took off the skin, rolled the meat into a ball, and made it into a meatball. Or so it seems. It was the weirdest pasta I've ate, due to the weird taste of the sausage (that sausage isn't very nice).

Next I tried making some carbonara, which of course, the sauce I bought ready made at some supermarket. What I did, was just add in extra ingredients into the sauce. Basil (OH YEAH!), double cream (really fatty), mushrooms and some cheese. Turn out to be not that satisfying, not the greatest. So currently I'm on the quest to learn how to cook a carbonara sauce, all from scratch! No more sauce from the damn supermarket!

Cheese Tortellini with normal bolognese sauce with bits of Parmesan. Not bad

The Black Pepper Udon

After so many pasta, I bought some udon at London's Chinatown when I went down for a trip. It is one of the best food I've cooked so far. Black pepper Udon with bits of marinated chicken, capsicum and squid. Everything really taste good, except for that squid. It tasted awful, because its frozen and not fresh. Since I'm a great pepper fan, what I did was simple, add in lots and lots and lots and lots and lots of black pepper. And I do mean a lot. The result was simply fabulous. My first time cooking it, the udon taste great with the lots of black pepper on it, chicken taste awesome, capsicum bit raw (will fry them a bit before dumping in next time).

Then, tired of using raw ingredients, I've decided to do some simple stuff (plus I'm a bit sick). Bought some reduced spaghetti ready meal from the supermarket and some mash potato. Heat up both, make some black pepper sauce out of the black pepper sauce I bought in London, pour over the mash potato, tada! I have bolognese and mashed potato with black pepper sauce. Simple n nice. Haha.

The mashed potatoes, black pepper sauce and the bolognese

Next up in my cooking quest, I shall learn how to make some tiramisu (if I can) and carbonara. Both were pretty much my favourite foods. I'm going to be half Italian soon. Italiaaaanoo!!!

A Visit to London

noreply@blogger.com (DrTofu) — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:20:00 +0000

Over the weekend, I travelled to London with two of my very good friends. We took trains from Nottingham Train Station to London's St Pancras International Train Station. The journey was shorter than expected, it only took about 1 hour and 30 minutes to reach there from Nottingham. I think the train have been travelling at around speeds of 110km/h to 140km/h.

Arriving there, Ai Woon picked us up rather than Voon Yuan (his place is further and he is having class then). Her place turned out to be quite near to the station. About 20 minutes walk. So while waiting for Vy to finish his class and cook the dinner for us (Bak Kut Teh), we walked over to rest.

First image of London...its full of cars and people. Just like KL. Nottingham seems to be very quiet and serene now. Haha. After the excellent dinner (kind of miss Malaysia food after 1 month =/ ), we travelled down to Westminster area using the excellent Tube (subway train of London). I still think its the best public transport albeit a bit pricey for us Malaysians. We then have plenty of photoshots of the night view of the area. For your information, Westminter area houses London's most famous clock tower, the Big Ben and as well as the Parliament, London Eye and so on. We arrived home that night quite late, which all of us went to sleep straightaway so to conserve energy for tomorrow's journey.

The Big Ben

The Parliament & River Thames

London Eye

Night Skyline of the two icons

We went to Madame Tussaud's first thing in the morning. Tickets costs 22.50 pounds if I didn't recall wrongly. But then, it was worth it because you get to pat Spiderman's head, touch Nicole Kidman, give the Hulk a low-blow, see Hitler & Saddam Hussein, scold Simon Cowell and even punch Muhammad Ali. Its not bad finally seeing those wax figurines with my own eyes. Exciting adventure. =D

Then we head on to Chinatown of London (finally a Chinatown!!!), which Nottingham fails to possess of one, to have our lunch. Roasted duck rice, Kailan and Ma Po tofu, is the meal we ate. Succulent meat with crispy outer skin, the duck was absolutely fabulous. Only the duck is the real deal. The others were OK only. We then went to buy food from the Chinese shop in Chinatown. Absolutely fantastic. I sweeped the shop of practically anything I can. At one point I even wanted to buy a lotus root to make good soup, but then its too hard to transport, leaving me no choice but to leave it out of my list. I bought 7 packs of fresh Udon, black pepper and char siew sauce, 2 bottles of sesame seed oil, a bottle of rice wine and a bottle of Kaya (a must have!). These stuffs might not be rare elsewhere, but it is rare, extremely supremo rare in Nottingham, all because Nottingham DOES NOT have a Chinatown. Sad...

Four Seasons, the Restaurant that serves excellent duck rice

Next we went to Covent Garden, which is a must go in London in my personal Opinion. Its equivalent our Petaling Street, with more shows than sales. And boy, the people here are really into acting. Some come with full body paint, clothings and things you really can't imagine. They are really good too. There quite a lot of little stalls selling food around, one which sells Paella, a Spanish rice which I bought out of curiosity. First spoon and I have to say, its Godly!!! Its really one of the best rice I've eaten. Simple, delicious, beautiful. =)

Covent Garden!

The Paella

Next we cover the Oxford Street or the shopping street or the ladies' heaven, which is again a must go for London, especially on Boxing Day (Big Discount Day). If you go then, you'll be terrified by how many Londoners there is, especially the foreigners like myself. Hahaha.

Next day, we went back again to Oxford Street for the girls' second round shopping. Unfortunately...I have neither the passion nor the money to do a second round. Girls can get very unhappy when they fail to shop a single thing, I learned this that day. Girls can browse a long time, up to one hour in a shop of a brand, with only 2 floors for them. I learned this rule that day too. Unbelievable.

Oxford almost made us late for our train back to Nottingham. I left with Ai Woon to take our luggages (which we left at her place prior to shopping second round at Oxford St) at 2pm, we arrived at the train station at 2.45pm (the train's scheduled to leave at 3pm sharp!) after a great deal of running up the stairs at tube stations, walking with extremely big strides, and rushing. We made it!

Notts UK Fresher's Fair

noreply@blogger.com (DrTofu) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 12:16:00 +0000

Today I went to my Uni's Fresher's Fair. Its a fair by the Student Union in the university. All the clubs and societies of the university will be having their own booth here, pulling in new members to their club.

This fair is what I would call a fair. The societies here were no jokes. There are plenty of societies. From adventure to books, to martial arts, to literature, photography, and lots more. What captivated me the most is the skydiving society. It seems fun and they do sky dives plenty of times per term. I'm not sure bout the price. Should be alright. I might be joining. Going for the class as well. Why not eh?

Second most interesting thing is the Duke of Edinburgh Award society. I first heard it from Ai Woon, and I must say, it seems quite interesting. What they do is, you need to complete 5 different category of stuffs, before you can get the award. If I'm not mistaken, its adventure, community service, expedition, something something and something. Can't remember. Hahaha. Chance to do something good, and earn a medal for it. Hehehe. But it require up to six months to complete the bronze medal. Argh...I wouldn't mind a gold for this. Haih...see how first la!

Third, is the photography society. They do all sorts, lending out equipments, tripods, lightings, tips and tricks, and even dslr cameras to members. That is damn good. I wanna learn more bout photography. Its one of my favourite things. They even have trips to take photography. I think that'll be more valuable if I go back to Malaysia with great photos rather than some crappy photos which only I think is good. Hahaha.

They actually have a light aircraft that we can pilot when they flew it for u up there already. All just for 3.75 pounds if I'm not mistaken. That is damn cool. I hope to go up one day if can. Hahaha. I haven't found out much bout that one yet. Maybe some time later. Hehehe.

Fly~Dive~Photo!

UK

noreply@blogger.com (DrTofu) — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 10:42:00 +0000

I think this is the first time I'm able to use Internet in UK. There's still no Internet access at my house, so I'm blogging from the University's computer lab.

Arrived on Monday at Birmingham International Airport, then we took a train to Beeston (the lovely town where I'm staying at), got off, then took a cab with all our luggages home. The house is quite "lovely". Hehe. Quite small, but the rooms are actually not bad. Mine's kinda big. The heater is a real problem though, quite a weak heater. But then again, as I'm not that scared of cold, so I don't really see much of a problem. Well, if its gets colder in the winter, probably I'll go off buying some portable electrical heater. Gas is expensive like mad here. Electricity is way cheaper.

I can't believe I departed from Malaysia without trying at least to cook. But then, I managed to survive well again. Basic survival instinct =) Well, first time I cook, its pasta, I know its easy, but then, I over estimated the water needed for the sauce, therefore its a bit watery. But we ate ok. Second time, we got a bit better (I cook again XD). I added mushroom and sausages inside the sauce. Excellent, not too watery this time. Breakfast I cooked my own omelette too, with mushroom inside. Add some fruit juice as my breakfast....sweet. Then I cooked some carbonara (with the bought sauce of course haha), added double cream (I know its fattening), bacon (bacon in UK smells like shit), and mushroom again. Turn out to be quite ok la. Not the best carbonara. Hahaha. Tommorow going to try to cook ABC soup, and menu for tonight, is rice, fried vege and probably some baked beans. Not bad I suppose. Hahaha.

Transport here is great...but the price is not. £1.5o per ride to anywhere? It is quite expensive. Unless you decide to go somewhere far far far far. But the buses are very accurate. 10mins between each bus. This put KTM in Malaysia to shame. Can't even arrive accurately. And the most amazing part, I think buses in Nottingham is equipped with hydraulic suspension. They lower the front left part when someone is getting on or off according to the height of the pavement, therefore, what you get is a small gap between bus and pavement, but at the same elevation. Very friendly for the disabled. I think thats why I see so many disabled people here in Nottingham. Don't know why, is it the food? Or Nottingham City trying to pull in the elderly?

Well, seeing I'm using the University's computer to blog, I won't post any pictures I've took in this post. Maybe the next. =)

Drag Me To Hell

noreply@blogger.com (DrTofu) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 09:53:00 +0000

One of the most terrifying movie I've ever watched. And of all cinemas, I've picked a theater with the THX qualification sound system (which means more ooooooomph!!) I went to watch with Sue Lynn, my brother and a cousin.

OOMPH!!

The theater was quite empty...making the whole movie 10 times scarier. Among the 4 of us, 3 of us did not watch 50% of the movie...

Basically the movie is about this girl who is working at a bank, approving loans and stuffs. She met this grandma (sort of) who somehow looks damn horrible, scary and...demonish. And so damn lucky, she knows a curse which is just pure evil. And so bla bla, she cursed the girl because of some failed loan thingy. So the story revolves around her torture from the curse. The ending is quite good also. Hahaha.

Aunty...you look scary lar

My overall rating of this show, out of 5, is 4/5. Its quite scary. Plus the story is new to me (maybe because I didn't watch much scary show). Hahaha. To me, its a definite must watch, but only with THX. Or else the oomph might not be there =P

Come N Go

noreply@blogger.com (DrTofu) — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:06:00 +0000

Come and go...I think this is what is happening to my group of friends nowadays. The old gang no longer stays together as we all are pursuing our own path of life. There is always someone missing from the group. Trips no longer contains the whole gang too.

Vacations can only be done within a short span of time where almost everyone is free to join.

How sad life has become. But this is life.

I hope we all do stay together as friends till old age.

Transforminators...Hahaha!

noreply@blogger.com (DrTofu) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:14:00 +0000

MUSE!!!

noreply@blogger.com (DrTofu) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:01:00 +0000

Oh my goodness...I can't believe I missed out on one of the best band in the world. I still remember last time, Cheri and Stephanie was praising Muse, but back then, I didn't know anything about them.

Recently, I obtained a video of their concert at Wembley Stadium, 2008. Goodness...I am no fan of Muse when I first watched the video. Few minutes into it, I am now a BIG FAN!!!!

They got the best ruddy live performance ever!!! The main singer, Matthew Bellamy is so energetic throughout the whole concert. They are pretty talented lads too!!! Omg...I absolutely love Muse now! (They are better than Linkin Park at certain areas!!!) Hahaha.

Musey Musey Musey Musey Musey!!!

Back...

noreply@blogger.com (DrTofu) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:59:00 +0000

Wah...so long I haven't touched this blog. Hahaha. Sad. No time to bother at all. (Actually all available time spent on COD4). Now exam is finally over, I've got time to blog again!!! Don't know if I miss it or not. I don't mind typing, just the pictures uploading is troublesome and slow.

I'll keep this post short. Hopefully many events are coming up for summer holidays.

And hopefully this post is a sign of me coming back to the blogosphere =D

Red Carpet Affair @ Journey of Tofu

noreply@blogger.com (DrTofu) — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 08:18:00 +0000

Nottingham's Annual Dinner '09

The Red Carpet Affair

This year, the annual dinner of University of Nottingham Campus is held at Sunway Hotel Resort & Spa, located at Subang area. Along with it is free entrance to Euphoria Ministry of Sound.

It is one of the most awaited event of the whole academic year, if not the grandest. This year, finally, my friends and I managed to get a table. I still remember where I joined Ee Ling's table for annual dinner. Omg...it was kinda horrible...because I only know her from the table. It feels good to have your friends you know sitting with you. Then you know you can be crazier than usual.

Guys from my table

L to R : Darren, Adam Jong, Zi-Yian, Charly, Me

After 3 weeks of busy window shopping, I settled with a shirt from Zara I bought along with Voon Yuan last time. But damn...I seriously need to diet already...that shirt...when I wore it then, it was OK, got room here and there...this time...have to suck in the stomach at all times to prevent free flabby show. In the end, I walked 5-6 times through 1U, but bought nothing for annual dinner. Haha. Not even the shoe or socks.

Kenneth & Rebecca

So on the day itself, I was busy washing my car ( gotta show off a bit ma XD ). Washing, waxing, drying, vacuuming. Omg...darn...I was pretty tired by the time it was finished. So, at 6.30pm, I departed for the venue, the event was scheduled to start at 7pm. Being a good Malaysian, I arrived about 10 minutes later. But it doesn't matter. When I arrived, most of my table mates are not even there yet. After some photo frenzy moments, we went to our table, table 114 at around 7.30pm

Zi Yian & Fong Wen

Fong Wen & I

Furious 4
L to R : Andrew, Kelvin, Ah Sheng, Darren

Darren & I

Cow & Me

Looking Good! XD

To say, I think this year's annual dinner was somewhat lousy compared to last year's. Last year's emcee was way better, and they are from FlyFm. They at least manage to talk to the crowd and hype them up. The food was poor too. Nothing like last year's. Performance wise, this year's still lose out a lot, because the previous year had Jason Lo performing live for us, and they're good alright. But all these doesn't matter.

The first and best dish of the night...disappointment for the food

The Menu

The setting

Actually, I was highly anticipating the clubbing at MoS later. After all, its free, and no smoking allowed inside. Woo hoo!!! It was one of the clubs that I have always wanted to visit (I'm a first-timer). But my friends and I went to the wrong floor...instead of R&B, we ventured to the trance floor, but to me, its still OK, just a bit hard to dance. Haha.

My first image upon stepping into the trance level is...Holy shit...they've got one hell of a speaker set. Lets put it this way...its LOUD and the dance floor...it TREMBLES ...
I love it!!! Go in for a while, and you will come out with your ears experiencing the ringing sensation...all the way till tomorrow. It sure feels good to try out new things. I like the dancing part, though I'm a complete noob when it comes to that. Hahaha. Its good to release some stress.

I came out at 2am in the morning to drive back to Semenyih. Damn...I was freaking tired by the time I reach home. So I bathed quickly and jumped into the bed, anticipating another great event...(to be continued)...

MY HONDA CITY!!!

noreply@blogger.com (DrTofu) — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 06:56:00 +0000

AAAH!!! ITS HERE!!!

MY HONDA CITY IS HERE!!! WOO HOO!!!

HAPPY!!!

HAPPY!!! HAPPYYY!!!!!

I LOVE!!!

I LOOOOOOOVEEEEEE!!!! <3

But no car -.-""

Sob sob...today I was suppose to drive the Honda City back to my house...happy and superly contented. My dad told me the car is available at 11am. So I waited excitedly till 11am. No call...haih...waited till 12...and finally my dad came to pick me up to go pick up my car. OH YEAH!!!!

Go there, see the car...woooo...can't wait to lay my hands on the beautiful car. After everything, the salesman asked me who to drive it out (its inside the showroom). Its a new car, and I'm kinda afraid to drive out the small slot (only a double glass door...small space). So thinking that guy has sufficient experience, I let him drive it out for me. SUPER DUPER BIG MISTAKE!!!!!

Barely 1 minute later...BANG!!! WTH!!!!! He banged my left side mirror!!!!! !$$^&%$$ KNN...Luckily no scratch. PHEW!!!

10 seconds later....BANG!!! WALAO EH UNCLE...WAN BANG HOW MANY TIMES???!?!?!

This time...kena the side fender (above rear wheel, right side) TWO SIDE ALSO WANNA BANG...WTH...SERIOUSLY WTH N WTF...

GG lo...new car already scratched...not by me...but by the salesman...Bugger...got new car but not happy. Haih!!! SAD!!!

Revealing...

noreply@blogger.com (DrTofu) — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 12:04:00 +0000

See that?? Sold to me...

No??

This should be better...hehehe.

Its my own Honda City!!! XD Happy!!! Its been so long now. I've been waiting for some time already. Finally its here...OH YEAH!!! FINALLY ITS HERE!!! Revealing my Honda City!!! Woo hoo!!! Gonna get my chance to drive it this coming Friday! Oh yeah!!!! I can't wait to drive it. Horribly plagued with car problems this semester. Finally a car-problem free car...hahahahaha!!!

Its not bad to me. Quite sporty looking...and the best part...the paddle shifters!!!

Facebook Joke

noreply@blogger.com (DrTofu) — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:41:00 +0000

Haha, one thing you should never do is ask your friend to look out for your computer with your facebook logged in...because a lot of things would happen. This is what might happen to you!!!

Freaking funny...hahahahahhaha

Roasted Pigeons...

noreply@blogger.com (DrTofu) — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 05:01:00 +0000

Haih...very sad...

Nottingham's Badminton court no longer available to students for playing...now got a bloody "pigeon" flying around squawking loudly there. KNN...I hope I have a gun.

I'll gun down that pigeon, then I'll gun down the sports officer...geram

Random random stuffs...

noreply@blogger.com (DrTofu) — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 06:39:00 +0000

**When I say random, its really random**

Random #1
Now its already the 3rd week of the sem. But I'm still in the holiday mood. No mood and initiative to go pick up the notes to read at all. Where's the after exam parties????? O.o

I want ONE!!!!!!

Random #2
Haih. Just feels like wanna sleep all day long without worries. New sem new lecturers new boring classes...new experience.

All this add up also makes me lazy to blog. Hahaha. Nothing interesting happening lately..or there is? But my lazy brain don't wanna do anything. Hahahaha.

Random #3
Suddenly love to blast song loud loud. Temper still in check, luckily.

Random #4
Also finding money is hard to manage now. =(
Seems like forever lacking money. Argh!!! Where is the good old days where I can save up to RM100???????? Shit la. Should seriously consider much more economical style of eating already. Can diet oso =P

Dieting is trend nowadays?? Or always have been?? Aiwoon also wanna diet. Damn...kena infection. Hahaha

Random #5
Suddenly love speeding again @$%@. Damn la...been driving a bit stupidly recently. Hoho.

Random #6
Sleep is peaceful nowadays (more than before) but...its always not enough...yesterday also not enough sleep. T.T

I WAN SLEEEEEEPP!!!!

Random #7
Now damn addicted to Rubics Cube. Can't stop playing that stupid square thing. =( Can play for hours without stopping...but...shit...still can't get it. Random one...Cuckoo.

Random #8
Suddenly miss Mr George...my KDU Chemistry lecturer who always says "Cuckoo"!!! XD

Random #9
Also again...sooooo suddenly...feels like writing up to random stuff number 10. Hahahahaha! Too free la...

Random #10
Wow...random #10!!! =D

I hate my car

noreply@blogger.com (DrTofu) — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 04:13:00 +0000

Woowww...so long never update my blog. Haih. Not much of a mood to write blogs. Hahahaha. Finally I'm getting lazy to update already.

Again...my car broke down. Don't know what is wrong omg...I feel like going to a whole car change i.e buy new car. hahahahaha. But that is not possible...haih.

Wira oh wira...
why you suck so much?
you shall be named as proton sucker instead of wira...

Blown FUSE???

noreply@blogger.com (DrTofu) — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 08:16:00 +0000

SHIT!!!!! SHIT SHIT SHIT SHIT!!!!

Almost 5 months into using my speakers...now can't on =(((((((

And this has gotta happen during my exam period!!!! ARGH!!!! I can't study without music!!!! ='(

Shiiiiiiiiiittttt!!!!! And I don't even know whats wrong with it...damn it...Hopefully just a blown fuse. If it is...then I'll be glad I don't have to send this speakers away. Haih...

***Update***
My speakers indeed have a blown fuse...one quick replacement, its functioning again!!! =D

Exams again =D

noreply@blogger.com (DrTofu) — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:26:00 +0000

Well...January's exam time...Hahaha. I hope I can get good grades this time. Got some new pushing "fire" behind me...hahaha. A little bit different...not regret this time.

I still don't know if I'm confident or not. I also do not know whether I'm ready for it or not. Many modules are not done yet...yet time is little, but also seems to be just enough for me to prepare.

Hahaha. I think I'm pretty relaxed...still got time to blog something so stupid. Haha. Usual pre-exam customs...Haha.

Can't wait for exams to finish. =)

Well...all the best to myself, gotta study hard!!! Its expensive to continue onto tertiary education. And money is getting harder to come by for the few coming months or maybe year...economic recession...sigh...

Study Study Study

2008-2009

noreply@blogger.com (DrTofu) — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:36:00 +0000

Wooo!!! Its already 2 hours 36 minutes into the new year as I was typing this post. =)

Happy New Year everyone!!!

Its been long since I've felt so energetic for a post. Hahaha. I think its obvious from my not so consistent blogging. Its because I felt kinda bored sometimes...nothing to blog bout, you know??

But then, its the end of 2008, a year full of wonders, sadness, joy, excitement for me. Aaah....but I can hardly remember. Hahahaa

I remember a bit bout my days during the exam period for foundation, which is around May 2008. Gosh...stupid pharmacy students...their exam ended so early...can go out have fun, while I'm stuck with the exam till one of the last days of exams. Aaaaah...blast!!!

Then, come June till September, a sort of life changing moment for me.

Went to work...for my DAD!!!

Erm...don't like it one bit. Hey...construction's not for me, eventhough I think its one of the most important work in a country. Without it, many would be jobless, and the whole country's economy would cripple. (That's why my dad is so proud of his own job...wth...) Due to extreme tulanness...I decided to spend a lot on food, to compensate on the stupid job I had (actually the job is pretty easy, but I just don't like it, coz...not of my interest hahaha). Work for 2 and a half months, and...hehe, my biggest present for myself from the money, is my lovely Logitech Z5500 speakers!!! =D Still love it. Never regretted that I bought it!!!

Ok...maybe a bit...its so expensive...

Then come September and my First year in Degree of Mechanical Engineering at Nottingham University, Malaysia Campus. Woo Hoo!!!!! First Year babeeeeh!!!

Met lots of crazy people inside, like my friend, Malcolm, Andrew, Charly, Albert, Kevin, Marcus, Kam Hing, you guys rock!! =)

They made it possible to carry on through all those mundane boring sleepy classes. All of it. Hahahaha.

Then there's also the first time I've tried out welding and cutting metal through our practical classes. Not bad!!! I even cut the metal into my own name =D

Then December arrives, which also means my birthday!! XD

This year, my friends in Uni totally blew me off my feet by giving me a surprise party. Yea...totally surprised...shit. Hahahaha. And with them, I've got myself some "smashing" time at the party...yar...my face got smashed into the cake wth...no more Doraemon cake ( that's what they got me )...hahahahaha.

And then, Christmas this year...eh...last year I mean...was a little bit dull...just go play pool...chit chat...then...tada!! Merry Christmas already...omg...time pass too fast. =(

And the New Year Party this year, is at Yiew Wen's house, which I just came back from. Hohoho!!! It was a BLAST!!!! But then ah...too much food...can't finish. Hahaha. But this party gave me some experience in cooking!! We had a potluck party, and I made potato wedges. =D I think it was OK la...but bit too salty to my liking...hahaha. Still...people manage to finish half of what I made...I'm already happy!! =D 50% to my potatoes then. Hahahaha. I'll have phobia of it for a while now...omg...too many leftovers...shit.

Ended 2008 with a happy day. And will start 2009 with a happy day too. =D Very good indeed. I hope that is so la. Happy New Year!!! Woooo hoooo!!! EXAAAAAMMMMSS!!! LOVEEE!!!! ROAAARRR!!!

Birthday 1

noreply@blogger.com (DrTofu) — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 15:43:00 +0000

I gotta separate my birthday celebrationS into two separate post...cause I have no idea how to link them up together. Hahaha. My first birthday dinner was at Beach Cafe with my uni friends. They were so kind...kept it well in secret...I didn't know until...someone brought me there. OMG!!! What a surprise to see everyone there...hahahaa.

Those who attended, THANK YOU!!!! =D

My Doraemon Birthday cake!! Haha

I kinda like the cake...unfortunately...the candle in the nose of Doraemon, why its there??!! I gotta take it out for Doraemon's sake!!!

And so they pushed me into cake while I was helping Doraemon...wth...now my Doraemon is disfigured...his face is on MY FACE now!!! AAAAA!!!

With a red nose and blue forehead...I think maybe I am Doraemon...wth! CAKE NO MORE!!!

And with those face oil, pimple puss,nose hair, facial hair kutu in the cake...unbelievable...somebody still wanna eat the cake...bravo to you guys...Hahahahaha!!!

Fong Wen : Nice or not William's kutu infected cake?
Darren : Eh, not bad...go try see...yummy ler!!! =P

The game continues with them forcing me to finish that drink. OMG...I was freaking full already...Lucky they didn't go on...or else I would've vomitted...Haha. Seriously freaking full. Thanks to two special slices of cake from Secret Recipe

I forgot to take a picture of the present they gave me. Its a lovely Badminton bag!!! =D Thanks again guys!!! =)
All the best to u guys!!!

Fong Wen's Birthday!!

noreply@blogger.com (DrTofu) — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:52:00 +0000

Today went to buy Fong Wen her birthday present. Haha, it was rather last minute. The problem is...nobody knows what to buy for her...so in the end we bought her A LOT AND LOT AND LOTS OF TURTLE/TORTOISE related items. Abel got her a pair of turtles. Me, Zyian, Sue Lynn, Charly went to get her a HUMONGOUS birthday card. Hahaha. Well, its my first time seeing it too. I think everyone love the card more tonight. Hahaha. Anyway, again, Happy Birthday Fong Wen! =)

Gok Hau loves our tortoise! =D

We love it!!! XD

And she loves it too...the birthday gal!

And her boyfriend...same...loveeeee...

Happy ending for her =D

Relieved!!!!

noreply@blogger.com (DrTofu) — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 08:04:00 +0000

Very busy for the past 2 weeks. All I know bout last three weeks...is only 2 things, assignments and deadlines...horrible. Very horrible. Assignments come non-stop. First come the Pro-E drawing on the program itself. Thought I finished...but then...found out I didn't complete yet only hours before the hand up. OMG...Then there's the lab report...which is supposed to be handed up only one day after the drawing. Disrupting my work is the welding and cutting day...which took the whole day. Sien...eventhough that day was kinda fun.

The next week...car jack poster, drew it single-handedly. Hahaha. Lucky there's my groupmate to help me find out bout the info...but aiya...surprisingly, it took me long enough to finish the bloody drawing. Then there's the thermodynamics which is actually handed to us long time ago, just didn't do. haha. Haih...also got the stupidest C language, which was thought by the lecturer which I don't really like. Sien ler...finally its over. Maths test was surprisingly easy. =)

Cutting and Welding!! =D

noreply@blogger.com (DrTofu) — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 07:43:00 +0000

Last Sunday, I had a chance at doing welding and cutting of metals. =D This is one of the extraordinary experience for me. Maybe not so for some.

Group Pic

Crazy Friends...haha

Gathered at uni at some 10 minutes before the said time, which is 7am. Bugger...turned out the bus only arrives at 7.40am...wasted my sleeping time -.-

Spent that 40 minutes chasing and disturbing the peaceful morning of the Nottingham ducks. hahaha.

Then got onto the bus and I slept almost throughout the whole journey (damn tired la oi). It was when the bus stopped, and my friends all got up to get down, only I woke. Damn! Hahaha.

Then after a short briefing from the trainers there, we had a light breakfast at the cafeteria there before starting.

I was in the welding group for the first session.

Welding!

Seen through the mask

Ok...seriously...I don't think I fancy welding thaaaat much. First of all, the electrode which is used for welding sticks so much to the plate we're suppose to be welding on..after a while...the fun was all lost.

Meanwhile, the cutting seems much more fun ( And it is!!! =D) First you turn on the gas without oxygen, light a spark over it and wah laaa!!! FIRE!!! HAHA. I enjoyed it very much. There's no difficulty in it...except..gotta becareful...because its hoT hoTT and its HOT!!!! hahaha. But nevermind!!! Heat can't stop me..haha. I managed to cut my own name in time before we go back. Hahaha. A fun day!!! =D

See?? So much fun!!! =D

Allan's Birthday and the weekend

noreply@blogger.com (DrTofu) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 07:44:00 +0000

Phew...finally the badminton tournament is over.

Spent the weekend over at Semenyih. Haha. First time oh. Luckily, I have my friends together to teman me over here. They are Charly, Gok Hau, Sue Lynn, Reggie. Thanks guys. You guys made my weekend =)

Also I went to Allan's ( a new friend from Civil Engineering) birthday party over at his rented house, which happens to be juz a minute's walk away from my place. =) The party was great! There were of course many civil engineering students there. Me and charly were like intruders. Hahaha. Sorry Allan didn't buy you any present, just sponsor satay. Hahahaha.

The Allan. Funny guy. =D

Street soccer...joga bonito!

After the party, a few of his friends asked me to join them on Street Soccer!!! Yes, we did play football on the street, with my sandals vs their shoes...omg...lucky nothing bad happened there. Must be Allan's super aura that day haha.

But I didn't stay long, just a while...because I was quite tired, so I left at 12am.

The Polar Bear and his middle finger =D

Next day, went to Midvalley with those Gok Hau, Charly, Sue Lynn and Reggie. Went to watch 007. Hohoho. It wasn't super nice, but it didn't suck all the way too. Then had some Carl's Junior ( I had some double western blabla burger, super!!!) Burgers before heading home. It's been so long since I last tasted their burgers. Now talking bout it, feel hungry for it again. NOooooo!!!

Then went shopping a while. Sue Lynn bought a book, named Brisinger. That's the book for the Eragon that movie's fantasy stories. I think I will buy. Its quite interesting, and I haven't read any interesting book for a long long time already =)

Sieeeenn...

noreply@blogger.com (DrTofu) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:33:00 +0000

Haih...so long no blog...no interesting event oso lately. Maybe except being so busy with the Badminton Club's Tournament. Haha. Now I know being the umpire is quite hard. Need to focus so damn hard. If not will make mistakes, and called "Noob" by the players =(

I find juggling time for studies and being part of the event is hard. This week planned to study some Thermodynamics, Solid Mechanics and Materials (haven't touch one bloody bit...I'm gonna be dead, Dr Ng, Dr Cheah, Dr Lim, please don't kill me...), I found myself almost without time at all with the event ongoing.

Now's the time =D Today back early. But seeing so long I never blog, so just type somethings here la...to update a bit. Muahaha. Also because I don't want to start studying so early. Cuckoooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ARGH!!!!!!!