BITS & PIECES OF LIFE: May 2009

Friday, May 29, 2009

Banana Yogurt Cake

Bake this simple Banana Yogurt Cake few days ago. As I'm a fan of banana, I love to bake cakes with riped bananas. The end result always satisfy my taste buds. Share with you some of the pics here ...

Simple cooking

These 2 dishes are simple to cook, especially the sweet & sour fried tau kwa.

The first was sweet & sour fried tau kwa（甜酸炸豆干). I bought ready-made fried tau kwa, which simplify my cooking, I just need to make it hot on my frying pan. Also, I bought ready-made sweet and sour sauce. But I made a mistake, I should taste it before I poured everything onto the tau kwa. It was way too sweet for my hubby and my liking. I should have squeezed some lemon juice or lime juice to neutralise the sweetness of the sauce.

The next dish is a simple fried bee hoon with braised pork belly, topped with some fried shredded egg, and of course my favourite cabbage.

The braised pork belly is in canned form, can get from any supermarket. You just need to pour away the gravy, which is very oily, and fry together with your favourite noodles or bee hoon.

How to handle photos in the computer?

Frankly speaking, I don't know how to manage those photos that I have blogged already? They are still lying in my "My Pictures" folder. I wonder if I deleted all used photos, will it affect my blog? Can anyone help to enlighten me how to go about doing it? My computer is running slower and slower. I think is because of the large number of photos in my computer that cause the problem :-(

Thursday, May 21, 2009

端午节又要来临了

还有一个礼拜就是端午节了。时间如梭，包粽子的节日又来临了。说到包粽子，很汗颜，我还是没掌握好。但虽然如此，在这里还是要和大家分享如何包粽子。这是一个flash网站，教你如何快速地掌握包粽子的技巧。希望我也能在今年的端午节，尝试包粽子:-) 慢慢欣赏哦！
http://www.zhaoni.cn/f/read_3124_93847_1.html

你也可以看以下图片来学包粽子。

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

动手术

上个星期四早上，大哥的胸部疼得不得了，又上吐下泻。我赶紧打电话到医院，院方要我立刻送他进医院。隔天一早，医生就为他动手术了。

不说你不知，上个月初，大哥也因胸部疼痛，而在陈笃生医院住了一个星期，经过几轮的扫描、验血和体检，得到的结论是大哥的胰脏结了一些石块，必须清除掉。医生为大哥安排在四月三十日进行手术，但偏偏遇上来势汹汹的A型H1N1，各所医院都挂上橙色警戒，所以院方来电说手术无限期延后。我们没办法，只好等... ...

但上个星期四，大哥的胸部突然又疼痛起来，无计可施，只好送他进院。医生帮大哥舒缓了他的疼痛后，让他休息一天，隔天就为他动手术了。手术之后，大哥很快就清醒过来，还让我看一个小瓶子，里面装了一块手指头那么大的黑色石头，周边也粘了一些碎石。就是这些石块，阻碍了大哥肠内的正常运作，使到他的胸部时不时会绞痛。从上个月到现在，大哥因为要保持良好的健康状况，在饮食方面改变了许多，因此体重也下降了很多，大概有8到10公斤吧。

现在，看到他一天一天的康复，心里感到很欣慰。

在这住院、出院、康复的日子里，最辛苦的莫过于我的母亲。她无微不至地照顾着儿子，自己累了也不顾，看在我眼里，实在很心疼。我爸也是很担心我大哥的病情，八十几岁的老人家，还要为儿子操心，您说我是不是很难过！

因此，出院那天，我叫他们两位老人家留在家里，我和我的先生去接大哥就好了。我现在最大的愿望是大哥能快快地完全复原，那么我的父母亲就不会那么辛苦了。

爸爸妈妈，我爱您们，您们是最伟大的。