Photos Of The Week - Tofu & Trucks

2 weeks ago I taught my maid to steam tofu. Obviously she has never done steaming before with a steamer, so I told her to put the square soft tofus onto a metal plate and steam it for 10 mins. When I came back I was surprised to see the following dish on my table!

This was her steamed tofu dish with fried garlic on top.....but it was all mashed up and out of shape! So the next day I asked her what happened and she told me that she steamed the tofu for >1 hour!!

No problem, she was on her learning curve. However, last week the steamed tofu dish came out to be like this....

I was surprised again. Not only the tofu is all mashed up, it was perfectly round. I ate half of the tofu dish and asked her what happened the next day. She said, "I used a plastic container to close up the tofu and steam it".



I almost fainted when I heard that she put a plastic container covering up the tofu and put it on a metal plate to steam under the >100c steamer! The plastic would have melted and I would have eaten all the toxins from the heated plastic container. I have been poisoned by my maid.... She was banned from steaming tofu from that day onwards.



In Palembang, all the trucks that carry fertilizers into the estates are only limited to 8 tons compared to Malaysia's 20 tons due to the bad road infrastucture. Any trucks > 8 tons will not be able to enter the dirt roads.



They have funny funny writings all over the trucks and this is one of them.... KEKASIH HALAL - literally it meant LEGAL LOVER. So what does Legal Lover mean? I am sure it does not mean THE WIFE.

Photos Of The Week - 1st Week Of July'09

A shot of my son's face after he took a bite off a J.Co donut. When his mother knew that he had donuts from his dad, she said, " donuts are bad! It will make you die!" I think once in a blue moon is still alright though....;)













Broken grasshopper leg. I caught a grass hopper that was only 2" long but one of its legs broke off. I think it is one of its survival or "escape" mechanisms because everytime I catch a grass hopper, it only has 1 hind leg. Playing with grass hoppers helps my son learn how to handle with animal gently.

You must be perplexed after reading this sign?

SOFTEX = sanitary napkins

CLOSED = toilet bowl

"Do Not Throw Sanitary Napkins Into The Toilet Bowl"...got it?

Photo Of The Week - MONKEY SHOES

I was surprised to see this pair of sandals at my doorstep this morning. Just could not imagine who would buy these kinda sandals to wear? They are my maid, Aini's! A few thoughts came into my mind:

• Ape man came to town?
• King Kong lost his foot? (pun intended!)
• Who stole Chewbacca's shoes?

p/s: I hate to check for ticks.....so I'd better get her to change her sandals.