Maggie mee goreng (fried instant mee)

I am in New Zealand for almost 2 months. I miss Malaysian food so much, for example mamak food ( roti canai, nasi lemak, maggie mee goreng, ayam goreng ), bah kut teh, hainan rice etc.................. and my mum's cooking!! So, Daren and I decided to cook maggie mee goreng!

Our simple ingredients :

1. Garlics, onions


2. 3 packets of maggie mee ( instant mee )


3. Fish balls

4. Eggs
5. Fish burger
6. Curry powder


Our simple methods :

1. Put the fish burgers into the oven for grilling.
2. Cook the maggie mee until soft. Drain, keep it aside.
3. Fry the garlics and onions.
4. Add in the fish balls ( before that, cut the fish balls into 4 pieces each ), fry them.
5. Add in maggie mee, continue frying.
6. Add in curry powder, salt, sugar.
7. Push maggie mee to the edge of wok to leave a place in the middle of wok. Crack in the egg, stir them, and combine with the maggie mee.
8. Take out the fish burgers from the oven and serve with maggie mee goreng.

Tang tang tang tang............. our maggie mee goreng......

Sedapnya ^^

Simple, cheap ( $4 for 2 person ) and delicious!!

人生

人生是很短暂的，人往往都不知道下一秒会发生什么事情。有些朋友年轻就车祸或是生病去世了，很讽刺！

如果你问我，我怕死吗？怕！我会回答你说，我怕死！我不像有些人不怕，他们会告诉我，生病就生病，如果真的要死，自己都不能控制的，死就死。像他们那样，那么坚强，那么positive thinking，是好事来的。可是，我好像做不到。

趁还年轻，趁还有时间，必须去做一些你想做的东西，让生活没有遗憾，让自己不后悔。可是，往往都是说容易，做艰难。有时候有些事情，你想做，可是力不从心，又或是经济上不允许。唉。。。。反正，如果可以的话，让自己过得无忧无虑，别让生活有缺陷有遗憾吧！

中秋节

I miss my home...

I miss celebrating mooncake festival at home...

I want to eat mooncake...

=(

搞笑篇

昨天

下午一点钟

Daren : 怎样？我等下两点要不要去上课呢？
Me : 随便你咯。。。
Daren : 好啦！我决定不要去上课了。我们去Alex家洗衣服，然后才出门去烘干衣服吧！（Alex家就在隔壁）
Me : 你有车出去吗？
Daren : 等 victor 上完课，四点，他就回来了。到时候借他的车用吧！（ victor 是他的室友 ）
Me : 我们有好多衣服要洗，分两轮洗吧！

下午一点半 - 洗第一轮

下午两点半 - 洗第二轮

下午三点半

Me : 衣服应该洗好了，去拿吧！
Daren : 等 victor 回来我才去拿，然后直接出去好了。
Me : 如果 victor 上完课不直接回来，去别的地方，怎样办呢？
Daren : 应该不会吧。。。

下午四点钟

Daren : 我还是先去拿衣服回来好了。
Me : 需要我的帮忙吗？
Daren : 当然是要啦！
（ 我们就一起去拿衣服了 )

下午四点十五分
Daren : victor 为什么还没有回来的？
Me : 难道他出去了？

下午四点半
Me : victor 还没有回来。。。
Daren : 都不知道他去了哪里。。。

下午四点四十五分
Daren : victor 去了哪里了呢？
Me : 你 sms 他好了。

下午五点钟
Daren : victor 那么迟都还没有回来的？
Me : 你 sms 他咯。。
Daren : sms 了，他没有回复我。。。

下午五点十五分
Daren : victor 还没有回来。
Me : 唉。。。
Daren : 难道他回来了？在房间了？！
Me : 没可能。他回来我们一定知道的。 （ 停了三秒 ）除非他是在我们过去拿衣服的时候回来了！
Daren : 去他的房间看看。。
Me : 走。。
Daren : 真的！他的鞋子在房间外面！（我们都开始笑了）


Daren 敲门，果然， victor 在房间打着电脑游戏，所以没有回复他的 sms 。

我们都笑翻了。两个大笨蛋，就这样，白白地等了一个小时多，真搞笑，哈哈！

唉

人人说纽西兰的空气很好的，皮肤也会变得更好。可是。。。。。。。。。。。我来了这里一个月多，脸敏感了好几次，又红又痒；生了好多奇奇怪怪我从来没有生过的青春痘，也一次过生了几粒好大的青春痘，唉。。

还记得好几年前，我的脸很严重，生了好多好多的青春痘，搞到要去看皮肤专科医生，一看就看了两年。还要每个月去复诊，要买医生推荐的皮肤产品，每一次都要花好几百块钱。可以想象我总共花了爸爸好多钱吧！不过，终于治好了我的脸，也让我重新有了信心。以前皮肤差的时候，我根本都不敢抬头看别人，会觉得很自卑，没有信心。。。

现在，每一天看着我的皮肤一直差下去，有时候真的想哭的，有时候好想飞回去马来西亚，至少在那里我可以找我的美容师洗脸，至少我在那边的时候皮肤不会那么差！我好怕我的皮肤会变成以前那么丑的时候，很怕会丑得变回没有信心。

每个人都有自己的死穴，自己最在意的事情，而我呢，最在意的就是我的脸了，看到它变成那么差，我又不懂该怎么办，唉。。。来到这里，生活习惯又不一样了，我在家的时候会天天上厕所，在这里，我已经一个星期没有如厕了，真糟糕。。。

如果皮肤真的一直差下去，生活就没有意义了。。。

Fried egg

In my 24 years of life, I have not fried an egg. I did it when I was in New Zealand hahaha. One day morning I decided to have fried egg with bread as my breakfast. So, I went to the kitchen and tried my first fried egg and yes I succeeded :p

^^

Soy sauce chicken

Tonight I cooked soy sauce chicken for dinner. It was my second time of cooking it. This time is much more delicious than last time hehe. My cooking skill is improved! :p

First time

Second time : Soy sauce chickens, potatoes and mushrooms

My simple instructions :

1. Marinade the chickens with dark soy sauce, light soy sauce and cornflour.
2. Fry garlic and ginger.
3. Add potatoes and mushrooms, fry them.
4. Add chicken and fry until golden brown.
5. Add seasoning ( oyster sauce, dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, salt, water and cornflour ).
6. Close lid, cook until the chickens are cooked thorough, add water if needed.

Hokitika, New Zealand

Daren was doing his pharmacy placement in Hokitika, west coast New Zealand last week. We drove there. The journey from our place, Dunedin to Hokitika needs around 8 hours. Luckily his flatmate, Victor, decided to go visit his sister in Christchurch (there was an earthquake with magnitude of 7.1 in Christchurch one day before we left) therefore both of them can take turn driving. Christchurch is the biggest city in South Island and is located in between Dunedin and Hokitika.

After 5 hours of driving, we finally reached Christchurch. We went to the famous Chinese restaurant, Ancestral (老地方) to have our lunch.


I ordered pork mince rice (鲁肉饭) because Daren told me that pork mince rice there is very x10000000000000 delicious!!

er not bad...

After finish eating, Daren sent Victor to his sister's house. After dropping him, we continued our journey to Hokitika. The drive there had such an amazing view. We could see mountains and hills full of snow far away, and the sun was shining so brightly with light breeze.

We thought that it was gonna be an awesome journey there but it turned out to be a nightmare soon. After about 30 minutes of driving, we came to Arthur pass, which is few kilometers of mountain pass to get to the Arthur town township. It is 740m above sea levels and therefore we had to drive through winding and narrow road up the mountain. It started pouring heavily once we started our journey up Arthur pass and we could see snow around the pathway as it was snowing there just a few nights ago. The rain did not stop but continued to pour even harder. The road was so narrow, and we could hardly see anything in front. On top of that, small rocks from the mountain started rumbling down on to the path and we had to drive so slowly avoiding them. It was such a frightening moment and I was really scared. But Daren told me not to be scared and to trust him. After 2 hours of driving, the rain was starting to clear and we were out of Arthur pass on to the main highway and I was relieved by then. Another 30 minutes of so, we finally reached our destination, Hokitika.



There were quite a few backpackers, bar and cafe. One of them was Stumpers Bar and Cafe. It offers budget accommodation in the centre of Hokitika. Furthermore, it is just next to the Westland Pharmacy ( Daren's pharmacy placement ). Therefore we decided to stay there. We stayed at the ensuite room which costs $60 per night for 5 nights.

Living room

internet fee = $1/10 minutes

The small kitchen :

microwave and fridge

kettle, toaster

Daren's pharmacy placement :

Westland Pharmacy

Pictures below are some of the views and buildings in Hokitika :

Westland District Council

cute toilet's sign

Dinner for 2 nights :





The journey back to Christchurch was not as scary as when we went there because the weather was better.

Goodbye Hokitika ^^

Otago Peninsula, Dunedin, New Zealand

Daren brought me to the Otago Peninsula on 28th August, Saturday. Otago Peninsula is the wildlife capital of New Zealand. With its 20km long Otago Harbour, Otago Peninsula is the home for abundance world famous wildlife - the royal albatross and the endangered yellow eyed penguin.












After visiting the Royal Albatross centre, we went for a walk. The scenery is so beautiful.







After tired of walking, we decided to go back. The journey back was so beautiful, of course must take picture hehe ^^

Daren with his posing :p

Finally, we saw sheeps. They are so cute!!




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