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Ichigo's Near Death Experience

dirty face...forgot to clean it up...

I almost lost Ichigo for good this morning. Apparently she followed my aunt to feed the dogs at the back this morning and suddenly the dogs just charged at her, and she scampered away to the corners of the boxes that contains old books. I spent almost 2 hours looking for her, worried and almost gave up when my aunt spotted her poke out her face quietly among the boxes. She was traumatized and shivering when I carried her into my arms and placed her in the basket with her favorite pillow.

The poor thing hardly got any peaceful sleep, and everytime she would toss and turned and woke up as if having a bad dream. But just now, she seemed to ease up a bit and had her dinner, then lay on the newspaper and sleep. Felt like I wanted to pick her up and place her back in her basket but then, I changed my mind and let her where she is.

What a day. This is her 2nd narrow escape with dogs. The first time is when my aunt's dog, Pinky crept into the house (someone forgot to close the gril), spot Ichigo sleeping near the shoe rack and when my sister went into the living room, she saw Ichigo was already in Pinky's jaws, didn't even make a sound or stir. When Pinky saw my sister, he immediately dropped Ichigo and went out. Ichigo spent the whole day hiding under the refrigerator that day.

She got 7 more lives left and hopefully this morning's ordeal will be the last. Couldn't afford to lose another pet again. Huhuhu....

DIY - Kimchi

My family loves kimchi, a type of Korean fermented vegetable. Everytime when we purchased a container of it, it won't last more than 2 days. We can eat it with rice, or mix with soup or dump it into the instant noodles. Don't underestimate by it's 'fermented' word to it. Kimchi is actually contains lactic acid that destroys harmful germs in our bodies, rich in fiber, good for our intestinal health, lowers cholesterol and low calories.

Since the family love it so much, I actually had tried to make a batch last week and produced a jar of kimchi, it wasn't up to my expectations but my aunt said it's just nice (but I still don't think so!). Since now it's already gone down to half jar left (my godness, I think I need a tajau suda ni!) so I decided to make some more. Afterall, buying kimchi from the stores are kinda costly and when I searched for its recipe in the internet, all it needs are just some little work and patience, then you can have your very own kimchi in the kitchen! So, here's my own version of kimchi, to suit the 'sabahan' taste a bit.

Presenting.....yours truly!!! ^^ hahahahaha~

Half cup of salt, chili powder, garlic and fish sauce (3-5 tablespoons).
Note: I am using rock sea salt here, so it's very salty and the fish sauce too was salty. If you don't have fish sauce, it's okay. You can replace it with another 1/4 cup of salt. If you are using fine salt, you need at least please add another 1/2 cup from the above measurements. As for garlic, you may also add ginger if you like. But I prefer garlic more so I didn't put ginger this time. There are no specific measurements how much garlic or ginger needed, you may put as much as you like.

I am making 2 types of kimchi this time. Chinese cabbage + white radish (Ration 1:1) but you can also use just plain radish, or only the chinese cabbages (you can also use the normal cabbages if you like). Again, it's up to you.

2nd one is Chinese cabbage + china green radish..again, I'm using the 1:1 ratio. If any of you never been to the market before, take this photo and show it to the vegetable seller and tell them this is what you want. =p

Peel and cut the radishes about 1 - 1.5 inches long. Not to thin or too small though as the fermentation process will make the bits getting smaller.

Clean and cut the chinese cabbages, also in about 2 inches size. I prefer to leave the leafy part bigger than the stem. No worries about the size now as it will get smaller during the fermentation period.

Mix cabbage and radish in a basin or big bowl. Put salt in (leaving only about 3-4 tablespoons for later use) and toss it with your hands as you would do with making salads. Gently squeeze it while mixing with the salt. After every bit of the vegetable seemed to be coated with salt, pour some water and let it sit for about an hour.

Garlic chopped. I love it this way, but you can leave it whole cloves with only the skin peeled off if you don't like to have bits of garlic in every bite. Up to you lah....

Chilli powder (1/4 cup) + garlic + remaining salt + fish sauce

Mix it all with some water to make a fine paste (not too thick or too watery). You may taste it and just add more salt, chilli power, garlic according to your taste.

Okay, here's the messy part. Drain the vegetables and rinse it once with water, drain again. Put it in a basin and pour in the paste and mix it with your hands. (Make sure your hands are really clean aaa....) Owh, you may also add some spring onions to add some color if you want to.

Mixing some more, while gently squeeze it in and rub the paste throughly.

Once done, place in the jar bit by bit...

Gently press the kimchi down to enable more space to put more...

Ah yes, do not throw away the brine (excess water from the mixing bowl). Pour it into the jar as well.

This is the 2nd jar. I made 2 jars altogether. Seal the bottle/jar with a plastic bag but don't capped it too tight as there will be air bubbles formed and it might leak a bit after a day or two. Place it in a cool, dark place for 2-3 days and you can put it in the refrigerator after. The longer it fermented, the tangier it gets. ^^

Tada!!! This is how it looks like when it's done and ready to eat! Well, actually this one's is from my 1st batch...it doesn't look nice though..hehehehe....amatur baa....

Kimchi is good as an additional flavor to the soup (especially fish), or just simply serve it cold as a side dish for your meal, or you can make kimchi fried rice!

Have a nice day everyone! =)

Interest To Impress

It's funny to know that sometimes, there are some people are doing lots of things just to impress the person that they fancied. A guy that never loves cats, suddenly taken interest about it. A lady who has no idea what jungle trekking is suddenly found herself scaling the jungle, slapping away mosquitoes and hoping that will impress the guy.

I bet some of you readers out there must knew anyone that been through this. I remember there is a lady who could have sworn herself that she can't eat meat (not by religious obligation, she just can't take it cause she said meat makes her nauseous) suddenly dragged her friend to KFC to 'learn how to enjoy meat', well...chicken at least because the guy that she fancies loves meat, a lot.

Then there is this guy who knew that the lady that he fancies loves animal, then he made a 'special' date to bring her to the pet shop and could give her a detailed explanations to all animals that's on sale in the cages more than the pet shop owner himself. Impressive(?).

Well, for one thing, it is good if the changes of new interest might give benefit or taken as new hobby for that someone. Learn something new. If that guy loves scaling every unexplored jungle tracks and this lady follows suit just to be with him, it's a positive turn if she began to love it as well and pursue this as her new interest.

What if we don't like it but still have to 'love it because the other person likes it so much'?

Why force ourselves to love something that we don't...and we don't talk about if the other party has kids (well, that's another issue and non-exceptional too). But we are talking about the interest. Sometimes we don't need to share the same interest to get together. It's an added advantage if we do, but if we don't, why force ourselves?

Ok, some of you readers out there might say "Aiya AngeLBeaR...if you don't get to learn and explore about their interest, then how you know what they like? How to communicate? Tak kenal maka tak cinta maaaa...." Ya laaaa...but do we have to get ourselves involved? Just because the other person likes to play paintball and the girl is not for she's doesn't fancy getting shot, get down and dirty for all the paintball has to offer, does she has to force herself and join, in the end crying out from the field? There's a difference between genuinely love the hobby or faking it. Yeah, you read me. Faking it. Impressive one can do it as seem its real, but totally not a good image when it seems fake. Normally, it shows. Believe me, the fakeness shows.

My sister in law, Tracy doesn't play. But you can't bluff her about paintball thingy. At least she knew the basic safety rules and regulations. She would scold the person herself if she saw any unsafe acts. Not just because she's part of the KKPC management too, but her key is - she listens and observes. She doesn't have to play. Can't remember if she did fired a single shot! Hehehehe...I knew other ladies who escorted their husbands or boyfriends did the same as well. My brother loves her for just that. Else he would have not married her at the first place, right?

One doesn't have to be into the thing that the other party loves if you don't have any single interest to join it. But we don't turn blind eyes on it either, so at least that other person would have appreciated that you can be someone they can count on. Ask what is bowling is all about, why it interests him/her so much or why that football player got a penalty kick, and so on. This way, it's a win-win situation - the other party gains new knowledge, yet don't have to get exactly involved with it; the other one finds someone who's interested to know about their interests and knew that there is someone supported him/her in what ever they do.


Just because the other person loves guns then does this other person has to start get a gun license and do shooting ranges?!? What next? After the relationship didn't work out then how about the items that was heavily invested? Or the cat that no longer looks cute, the dog seemed to be more irritating and an eyesore eventhough he was sleeping on the front porch, that poor mutt suddenly looked more like a piece of junk.

And yes, even by means to impress, please do not sound as if you knew everything (if you really don't)...else you might sounded more like an idiot than to impress. Ask - it won't hurt to ask rather than make one look stupid by babbling something that is somewhat not interesting or wrong info.

I always got this remark "Paintballing? You mean shooting? Yeah, I shoot as well. It feels good to be able to shoot anything in the jungle. Eh, can purchase that gun to shoot stray dogs outside my house kah? Bring your paintball gun lah, then we try!" Strike 1 - Hunting and paintballing are 2 different things; Strike 2 - It's a 'marker' so marker is not meant to be used to kill/injure people/living things/cause damage to private property; Strike 3 - I don't fancy bringing a paintball marker to shot anything outside the field. 3 strikes, you're OUT!

Why we tried to hard to be someone else when being ourselves is much more easier? If that someone can't accept us for who we are, what's the reason of being together? Is it worth it to do things we didn't like to be, be someone we didn't want to be; or the changes brings more pressures than pleasures - and yet we are forced to do it because we think we had to? Does the other person appreciate us being ourselves and love things we love to do or otherwise?

Think about it.

Rise Up and Move On!

Once upon a time, there is a man who claimed he has the most beautiful heart. It was perfect, with no wounds whatsoever, and indeed, everyone said it was the most beautiful heart they ever seen. Thus, the man became well known all around town for his heart, he became boasted and proud. Every day, he would go out and showed it for everyone to see.

One day, while he was showing his heart to see, an old man stepped up and said "If you think your heart is the most beautiful, see mine. It is more beautiful than yours." Saying so, the old man shows his. The crowd and the man looked in disgust. For the old man's heart was full of scars, there are even some bleeding wounds and some parts of his heart has holes while there are some holes were filled with pieces of what appear from other hearts but it doesn't fit the holes exactly and not to mention there are jagged edges around it.

The man laughed at the old man. "This is what you call 'beautiful'??? You must be kidding me! Look at my heart. Yours is not even close to what I have. It was perfect, no scars and certainly, no holes!" The old man replied, "Even it is so, I would never want to trade my heart to have one like yours. You see, every tear represents every person that I gave a piece of my heart. Everytime I see them, I would give a piece of my heart to them, and so often I received a piece back, which I put it in the holes to replace my pieces I gave, that's why it doesn't fit perfectly. It has some rough edges which I cherish them a lot, because it reminds me of the love that we shared.

Sometimes, I gave a piece of my heart away, but the other person didn't return it back to me, which is why there are some holes remained opens. It is painful, but it reminded me of the love that I have for these people too, with a hope that someday they will fill the space that I had been waiting. Now do you see what true beauty means?"

The man who had been listening, stood there with tears flowing down his cheeks. He then walked towards the old man and ripped a piece of his perfect heart and offered it to the old man. The old man took it and gave his own as an exchange. The man then placed the old man's piece into the place where the hole has been. It fit, but not perfectly, with some jagged edges.

The man looked at his heart, no longer perfect but more beautiful than ever, for the love from the old man has flowed into his heart.

This is life. There are so many times we gave the pieces of our hearts and received other's in return to fill the holes from where we ripped it from. Sometimes, we received, sometimes we don't. Sometimes someone just tear a piece and let it bleed, leave us wounded.

But...would I want a perfect heart than the ones that has been scarred, wounded and with jagged edges with unfit or missing pieces? I would say, I had been choosing the heart that has been broken a lot with lots of scars and wounds than a perfect one. True, a wounded heart is hard to heal, it has lots of scars that one can't even think of how deep the cut was.

A wounded heart determines if I want to give up or move on. I choose to go on. What doesn't kill you, it will makes you stronger. You may blurted out "He/she left me, I feel like I want to die." or "I can't take this any longer, I wish I was dead." - yes, I did feel that way once until I realised that I am still living and alive and breathing, I fought my way and here's where I am today. Little do I realised that the reason that I am still alive and moving on it's because I already have that will to move on, it's just that there are still a strong urge to let go of the pain and leave the past behind.

Some of you readers might say this (as you reading my post) "It's easier said than done, AngeLBeaR...what do you know about my problems????" True, I don't know what are your exact problems. But who lives without any problems anyway? Where there is a problem, there is a solution.

If it's about broken relationships, everyone has it! I had mine. Yeah, you might say "I been with this girl/guy for 20 years, now we broke up...so yours are not as bad as mine." Any broken relationship hurts. It doesn't care how long you had been in relationships. It's just a matter on how we cope with it.

A wounded heart is not something to be ashamed of. It's not something to be left as a burden in our souls. A wounded heart is supposed to make us stronger to face our tomorrows, to be able to laugh at ourselves when it's already passed behind us. To be able to face a greater challenge ahead, to be able to help others as a good role model that if we can do it, others can too. Moreever, the more reason to love, the more reason to appreciate what will be given to us after the storm has passed.


If you love, and get hurt, love more; when you love more and get hurt more, love even more; When you love even more and get hurt even more, love some more until it hurts no more. And you know that you healed when you no longer remember why it hurts at the first place.


Rise up and move on!

Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri to All!

To all my Muslim friends,

and to the rest of my friends, drive safe and enjoy the holiday.

Best wishes from,
AngeLBeaR & Family.

Ollie, Ichigo & Salem

Ollie tries to squeeze into the pillow...

Salem's contented look ^^

naaaa.....start suda pushing here and there

haiya....fighting over the pillow!

Salem: look, this pillow is mine, okay!
Ollie: Why can't we share? there's enough room for both of us!

Ichigo wants a share of the pillow too!

Nah..puas ati suda dapat tu pillow?

This is Ollie, named after Ollie Lang, the famous Paintball player from Team Ironmen. Ollie was a stray kitten, where my sister in law Tracy found him in Donggongon, sick, hungry and full of fleas. He was still very tiny and can even fit inside a small shoe box when I first got him. Very quiet, and always tries to join the other 2 kitten's game whenever he could.

Ichigo. Named after a famous Japanese anime male character (Kurosaki Ichigo), 'Bleach' that I love to watch, and still following the episodes. Ichigo is actually a female. I was thinking to name her 'Rukia' or 'Kuchiki' also from the same anime but it seems her hyper active, wild personality didn't suit her. We still stick to call her Ichigo better. Can be very loving sometimes as there are times I caught her licking Salem or Ollie's faces before they sleep. Sweet.

And this is Salem, because he is black, it reminded us the black cat 'Salem' from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch series. A bully and always love to annoy other kittens at the house. He and Ichigo was found abandoned in front of my mom's house in kampung. So she had them sent to my place and I'm gladly accepting them.

The 3 kittens that I adopted recently had adjusted very well to the new surroundings of the house. Each one of them has their own personality that makes me enjoyed watching them. Despite with being sick with flu and cough, these little furballs still jumps and runs around the house, knocking things down or had a playful chasing games until they got exhausted and fell asleep.

It reminded me the days when Invert still around...and I still miss him a lot. At least, these 3 new kitties brightens up the lonely house once again.

Meme: Save Yvonne's Sight

We see things everyday. We saw how blue is the sky, how bright is the sun. We differentiate flowers based on the petals, color and smell. We enjoy the green grass waving in the breeze, or the blue sea. We hear the sound of thunder, the pouring rain, the bird singing. We saw God's creation the moment we woke up and opened our eyes. But then...what happened when one day, it was taken from us?

This is what 16 year old Yvonne Foong felt and still fighting for. Diagnosed with Neorofibromatosis ( A genetic disease characterized by the formation of neurofibromas, sometimes accompanied by physical deformation and a predisposition to brain tumors and various forms of cancer), she has lost her hearing and only communicated through writing a small white card board. Now, her needs another operation so that she won't lost her eye sight. The operations is due in December, and she needs to raise funds to meet the medical bills that costs 44,000USD (RM154, 770) and her estimated cost of hospital stay for 2 weeks is 915USD (RM3,219).

So far, RM10, 000 was made and she is hoping to raise more funds by republishing her book, "I Am Not Sick, Just A Little Unwell" in English and Chinese as well as selling T-shirts at bazaars.

You may help to send the word to everyone out there in you blog list by following this steps:

1. Create a blog entry entitled "Meme: Save Yvonne's Sight"
2. List 3 things that you love to see. Add in the picture of Yvonne's book cover.

3. End with the line 'Yvonne Foong is in danger of losing her eyesight thanks to neurofibromatosis (NF). Please find out how you can help her by visiting her blog at http://www.yvonnefoong.com'

4. Tag 5 blog friends, and be sure to follow the steps above =)


Now...about the 3 things I love to see?

I can't figure out which 3 things that I love to see...I just compile it into one - I wanna see the world and God's creations everyday, and thank God that He let me see the wonderous work He has done. =)

The 5 friends that I tagged is:

1. Eugene
2. TwoFiveSix
3. Greg
4. Unczee
5. C.Alv.B

If you read this, but you are not in the tagged list, feel free to spread the news as well. I am sure Yvonne will appreciate that.
Yvonne Foong is in danger of losing her eyesight thanks to neurofibromatosis (NF). Please find out how you can help her by visiting her blog at http://www.yvonnefoong.com

I hope all goes well with you Yvonne. My prayers goes out to you.

The Camera, MV Doulous & The Bear

Okay, I am supposed to share my loot from MV Doulous but before I can do so...my mom already 'robbed' me all of it...so can't show you all what I got from there lah...but I can assure you, the books that I got is damn cheap...I had it as low as RM8 for a book and some at RM20 for 3 (nah...bagus lagi beli buku dari 10-3) However...some of the pics will explain it..hahahaha....this is actually a pending post...I went there like...2 weeks ago (?) with my best friend, Leanna and yes...she is the one who's responsible that took my photo the one with the Kadazan costume recently and this time, this 'mamarazi' again took my photos again for her collection.

Sorry ya...if the photo didn't seem to be up to your standards cause, well...yours truly here is a very so not professional model here, plus, I am always the one who holds the cam...not 'in' the picture (I'm camera shy~~ huhuhu)....well..here's some of her work...and thank you Leanna for those nice photos...love it a lot! =)