Weird Al Yankovic Star Wars Parody

A cute little classic from way back! :P
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc2gqPzVjbM

Concise review on Casino Royale

Watched it last Friday. I'ts quite good, really. Daniel Craig gives the character of James Bond a bit of a rough edge, and he's certainly more built than his predecessor. I love the part when he emerges from the sea in his swimming trunks! Hehe.. and his eyes are so blue... It's interesting to see the more vulnerable, 'human' side of Bond being portrayed in this movie. He falls in love and is actually capable of getting hurt, both physically and emotionally. And Eva Green is just lovely. :) The only gripe I have is the (lack of) cool gadgets. The only gadget I saw Bond use was a defibrillator. -_-" But then again, according to the story he's just been appointed as 007 so maybe the cool stuff haven't been introduced to him yet... Overall, Casino Royale is a must-watch. Hope Craig returns in the next bond movie. :)

Turducken

Was surfing the net when I came across this interesting Thanksgiving dish. Went to Wikipedia to find out more...

A turducken ("TURkey-DUck-chiCKEN") is a de-boned turkey stuffed with a de-boned duck, which itself is stuffed with a small de-boned chicken. The cavity of the chicken and the rest of the gaps are filled with, at the very least, a highly seasoned breadcrumb mixture or sausage meat, although some versions have a different stuffing for each bird. Some recipes call for the turkey to be stuffed with a chicken which is then stuffed with a duckling. It is also called a chuckey.

The result is a relatively solid, albeit layered, piece of poultry, suitable for slow cooking by braising, roasting, grilling, or barbecuing. The turducken is not suitable for deep frying Cajun style (to deep fry poultry, the body cavity must be hollow to cook evenly). Turducken fans say that it is complex and usually quite agreeable in texture and flavor, as the juices of the turkey and chicken baste the duck, and the more robust duck bastes the turkey and chicken.

I was even more amazed when I read bout the variations of this dish:

In addition to the aforementioned chuckey, some enthusiasts have taken it a step further, and come up with the turduckencorpheail. This is a standard turducken, which is then stuffed with a cornish game hen, which is then stuffed with a pheasant, and finally stuffed with a quail. The turduckencorpheail is not for the faint of heart; it is an extremely time consuming endeavor, as birds of the proper size must first be obtained, and then prepared.

Chef Paul Prudhomme brought renewed popularity to the Osturduckencorpheail with his own Osturduckencorpheail recipe. There is a similar dish in South Africa called the Osturducken, an ostrich stuffed with turkey stuffed with duck stuffed with chicken.

A further variant is the gurducken, where the external bird is a goose, rather than a turkey.

In the UK the Turducken is commonly known as a three-bird roast. English chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall expanded this into a ten-bird roast (a turgoduckmaguikenantidgeonck - turkey, goose, duck, mallard, guineafowl, chicken, pheasant, partridge, pigeon, woodcock).

The largest recorded nested bird roast is 17 birds, attributed to a royal feast in France in the 19th Century: a bustergophechideckneaealckideverwingailusharkolanine - bustard stuffed with a turkey, a goose, a pheasant, a chicken, a duck, a guinea fowl, a teal, a woodcock, a partridge, a plover, a lapwing, a quail, a thrush, a lark, an ortolan and a passerine. Since passerine is a generic term, it is not known exactly what kind of bird was used as the smallest in the actual roast, although a pied flycatcher has been suggested. The recipe notes that the final bird is small enough that it can be stuffed with a single olive; it also suggests that, unlike modern multi-bird roasts, there was no stuffing or other packing placed in between the birds.

Omigod how on earth do you even pronounce that? Needless to say, all these dishes are great big cholesterol bombs. *drool*

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turducken

Andrew & Vee Han's 21st Birthday @ Luna Bar

*Blearghh* Still a little tired from yesterday's outings... It was Vee Han and Andrew's turn to hold their 21st birthday bash. Since we always celebrated their birthdays together, they decided to have a double event celebration. First, Hi-tea at Eastin Hotel. The food was good, with a wide variety of dishes ranging from Western to Malaysian to Thai. After stuffing ourselves and a few hour's rest, it was time for a chillax session at Luna Bar, KL. Vee Han and Andrew, love you guys lots!! Thanks for the unexpectedly nauseating wonderful night out yea!

Some pics of Luna Bar. Love the ambience of the place. We got there quite early, so we got a nice spot out in the open, by the pool.

The picture above was taken using my trusty human tripod. :P

L-R: Xian-Nian, me, Vee Vern, Meng Lee, Andrew, Wee Lip, Vee Han, Shing Wei, Seng Kiat.

...Meng Lee doing what he does best...

Cam-whoring in the washroom. Apparently the guy's toilet has a beautiful view of KL.

Dun need to tell what this building is, right?

The birthday boys having their Flaming Lamborghinis. Erm, I'm no expert when it comes to alcohol ya, took this off the net: The green stuff is a mixture of different types of liquor, usually Kahlua/Bailey's, Curacao and Galliano. The waiter lights up a glass of Sambuca. As he streams the flaming liqour down into your martini glass, you suck it all up at the same time. The effect? Cool blue flames and a fantastic warm rush.

You can't really see it from the pics, but the stream of alcohol flowing down to the glass is burning bright blue.

Yours truly having a go at a Flaming Lamborghini. It proved to be an interesting experience, but with some not-so-pleasant effects.....-_-" Sorry guys, it was my first time!

After having one too many drinks, Andrew becomes the victim of Meng Lee's passion...

...and this provides the rest with some fun-filled entertainment.

The end. Don't be fooled by this pic. What ensued shall not be disclosed here.

FIGOAT

Sucks. I've put off writing this entry for so long that now I've forgotten what I wanted to write. Another month has gone by with nothing much done, no thanks to procrastination. By the time I finished my job in McD's, the last few Karate classes for the year were over! *sigh* No more Karate ever... not that I was that good at it anyway, but still...

Despite a long-standing ban on keeping pets in the apartment, many residents here have dogs and cats. Fishes and turtles are OK (had a bunch of turtles myself). When I thought I've seen it all when it comes to pets, one guy decides to push the boundaries of neighbourly tolerance even further. He bought his son a pet GOAT. Yes. A brown baby goat. How on earth does one keep that in a tiny apartment? I bet their apartment stinks like nobody's business. Not only that, that goat is so noisy. The guy lives a few floors above my parents apartment. Every afternoon, we can hear the poor creature bleating. At first my mom thought it was someone's baby crying. Mana tahu it turned out to be a GOAT. Wonder what are they gonna do when it gets bigger. Slaughter it, hold a kenduri and make mutton curry for everyone ah? It even has a collar and leash like a dog for goodness sake! And the ironic thing about all this is the guy is one of the committee members for out residential community. What next, pigs and cows? We can have a nice little animal farm in our home then...

On another note, I attended the 18th FIGO World Congress of Gynecology and Obstetrics in KLCC on Tuesday. Xian-Nian had an extra guest pass, so might as well take the opportunity to experience it. Heh... we aren't doctors (yet), let alone Ob/Gyns, so we didn't really expect to understand the lectures, but we attended them anyway. Learnt some stuff bout endometriosis, latest ultrasound techniques and some interesting drug controversies. It was good a good experience. Lots of people from all over the world, mostly specialists and researchers I think. It's quite amazing lor, that our country has to privilege to host such a large-scale event this year. I doubt it'll be held here again anytime soon. There were a couple of exhibition halls. Most of the booths were set up to promote new drugs and medical equipment. There were also some local and international tourism booths too as some of them are bidding for their country to be the host of the next congress (which I think is in 2012, not quite sure :P). FYI it was Xian-Nian's second day there, so he had already went around all the booths the day before. There were lots of freebies being given away. So being typical Malaysians, we did the typical thing...

There was this particular booth where you had to fill in a questionnaire about the company's drug and if you get all the questions right, they'll give you some free stuff. So we filled in the questionnaire and got our gifts la. Then we noticed that everyone were given some pens when they took their questionnaire. So Xian-Nian went up to one of the representatives...

XN: Excuse me, we filled up this questionnaire earlier, but didn't get any pens.

Lady: *Looks at Xian-Nian. Seems rather convinced, then looks at me. Gives me that one kind look, and glances at our guest passes.*

Lady: Sorry, these pens are for delegates only....

Wtf?? Like that also can! It's not like they're some cool gold parker pens or anything. They're just plastic ball pens with the company logo printed on it. Like those you get from buying Domino's Pizza or vitamin pills. Maybe it's because I didn't look like a doctor, cos everyone there are all middle-aged and matured-looking. I quote my sniggering boyfriend: "....little little girl... Yesterday I took also they never say anything." *sniggers some more *

Yeah well Dear, I guess your beard and size makes you look like one of them.:P

Andrew and Vee Han's double-event 21st birthday celebration is tomorrow. Can't wait for that.