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a New Toy…

Lui — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 01:42:42 +0000

Well not exactly new anymore and truth is somebody sequestered it already from me lol! I’ve blogged about wanting to buy a netbook a gazillion posts ago. I wanted it mostly because I like drafting posts even when I’m traveling or just somewhere else other than in front of my good old reliable desktop. I also wanted something where I could read my e-books but since I don’t want to buy an e-book reader ( I think they are too pricey!), a netbook was the best choice considering its small, handy size.

I decided to do my gadget buying in Manila, and I was actually torn between three choices, a Lenovo S10-3 Premium Mini, a Samsung N150P, or an Asus EEE-PC 1005P. What won in the end? The Asus EEE-PC and why I picked that? I loved how it looked, the overall look is sleek. I also fell for the really nice touchpad and comfy comfy keypads. It already came with Windows 7 plus 250 GB hard disk memory. It was good buy for its price. I got it for $490 (about Php 21,900) and since I paid in cash, I got myself a free optical mouse, a keypad protector, a headset, a 4GB USB storage device, and a slip case.

It comes in white, pink, midnight blue and black but of course, I picked the black, why? Hehe so when it gets dirty I don’t see the dirt much lol!

I was also supposed to get an Asus Portable DVD+/-R/RW External Drive or a Nokia Mobile Phone to be claimed in ASUS World in Megamall, but I was just so pissed to go there a couple of times and they keep saying they don’t have a stock until the promo claiming period was over. I was disappointed with Asus about this.

But anyway, the netbook was really nice, a great thing to lug around. It has a really long battery life, about 8-9 hours based on my experience, but they did say if you’d be able to use it for at least 11 hours if you maximize the battery and I do wonder how I could do that hehe..

When we got back here in Phnom Penh though, Hi-ace took a liking for it. It’s a tiny thing and very light so he reckons it’ll be better to bring it with him instead of his own laptop. So, now I’m stuck with Hi-ace’s Acer laptop, but I don’t really mind. I rarely use it anyway now that I’m back together with my desktop. Hayyy, what do you know, I guess I’m that old fashioned

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Food Trip Friday 17: Ginataang Santol

Lui — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 02:57:14 +0000

Another one of my father’s specialties – Ginataang Santol. What’s in it? Santol pulp, ground pork, coconut milk, and lots of chili. Okay, just the mere mention of santol makes me drool.

This is a typical Bicolano recipe and one of my favorites. When its season for santol we usually have this a few times a week. And I was quite lucky last June-July-August we have a lot of santol fruit around.

And how to make it? I only have a vague idea, lol! I was too busy waiting for it to be cooked to pay much attention. Would you believe it was still being cooked and I already had a plateful of rice with me? Anyway, dad usually saute garlic, tomatoes first, then he adds the pork, then the santol. Then the coconut cream is added, salt to taste then the chili.. And oh, he said when shredding the santol pulp, you have to make sure you don’t make it a few hours before cooking it and to soak it in water, otherwise it’ll turn really dark..

I wonder when I could have this again? **sigh** On a side note, this made me think what is ‘Santol’ in English? According to Wikipedia, santol is also referred to as ‘wild mangosteen’. Interesting!

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Wordless Wednesday 11: Doodles for Mommy

Lui — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:42:59 +0000

During our flight home from Manila, I figured my daughter Chinks would be bored, so I handed her my netbook so she could play her games or doodle around.. After a few minutes, those doodles (with Paint) were what she presented to me..

Not exactly Picasso but this is infinitely more precious for me..

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Food Trip Friday 16: Korean Dongas and Bibimbap

Lui — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 04:10:32 +0000

Not cooking this time, I guess I’m too lazy. I haven’t really tried much of the food courts in malls here mainly because I’m not a fan of the coupon system, its a hassle! And another reason is that I’m not yet even halfway trying those tempting restos all across Phnom Penh.

Anyway, yesterday Chinks wanted to go to the play area in the mall and we discovered that there is an uncrowded, and fairly big play area within Phnom Penh’s Sovanna Mall food court. While waiting for her, my sister and I ended up browsing the food stalls and we were surprised at what we saw. Tempting, yummy food at super affordable prices. The steepest price I saw was about 10,000 Riels for a huge meal!

And since I’m a huge fan of Korean food we ended up making a beeline for the Korean food stall. Not much variety but what we saw we liked. Ouwie who haven’t tried Korean food got herself the Korean version of Dongas, breaded pork cutlets with lots of side dishes, this is of Japanese origin but was adapted by Koreans, I think.

I got myself my all time fave Bibimbap, steamed white rice with lots of veggies, meat, fried/raw egg, with lots of steaming hot sauce and mixed together..

Each set cost just 8,000 R (about $2) and we both made a promise well go back every after few days so we could sample everything they’ve got in that food court. It was that good!

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Wordless Wednesday 10: On Top

Lui — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 03:02:31 +0000

Photo taken from Singapore Flyer, Singapore

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Food Trip Friday: Chicken Dinuguan

Lui — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:48:09 +0000

I’m in Bicol, Philippines right now and of course, I’m taking advantage of my vacation here to gorge on scrumptuos Filipino food! Thankfully, I don’t even have to go out of my parents house to sample really good food. Papa is a really really good cook and he’s been indulging us with family favorites the past few days. It’s just no wonder I already have in mind to check apidexin reviews coz for sure, my weight the next few days will make the weighing scale groan out..

Anyway, here one Papa cooked for lunch the other day. Native chicken dinuguan with papaya and pineapples. It was really really yummy! And no, I dunno how to make it, though I observed him burning the grated coconut before squeezing it for its juice to give it a distinctive taste… I guess Iwas too preoccupied with eating it to ask how its made.. hehe =)

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Bone Tired..

Lui — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 04:07:15 +0000

Hmm, this week has actually gone by without me getting online or even having the itch to be online so sorry folks, if I was amiss updating the blog. I’ve been hopping on and off planes the past week that I even find it tiresome now to eat or even to brush my hair. All I want to do is sleep!! Seriously. But I can’t do that as I have tons of things to do. I feel like I lost weight without trying to, haha which is really much better than trying use diet pills that work. But I’m pretty sure I’ll gain it all back once I’m back to my parent’s place.

My father just loves to cook and he just pampers us daily with delicious food. I guess that’s why he keeps saying he doesn’t have any right to complain if people living in his house all bear a bit of resemblance to humpback whales.

Thank God, Chinks settled in nicely. She’s in Bicol right now and I’m here in Manila. Flew here last Sunday, did a lot of errands, met friends I really really missed and now I’m doing some shopping errands for Hi-ace. I’m just taking a breather when I saw this net cafe and I thought why not check on my blogs. Tomorrow, I’m flying back to Legazpi and hopefully I could get a day or two of rest without traveling or doing anything..

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Food Trip Friday 12: Pasta with Cream and Herbs Sauce

Lui — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 01:29:36 +0000

I missed last week’s FTF! I was preoccupied I think and truth is I already forgot what I was preoccupied with hehe.. I’ll probably miss next week’s FTF since I’ll be in Bicol {yipee!} catching up with friends and relatives, gorging on delicious Bicolano food and worrying about best fat burning pill, but that’s life isn’t it? We don’t have internet there. But once I can arrange for some temporary/prepaid ISP connection, I’ll be back to posting on my blogs on the second week of July, that’s a promise.

Anyway, though I was pre-occupied with plenty last week, I still found time to hustle up something for Chinks. She just loves pasta, even spicy ones she’d eat albeit with a jug of chilled water. Here’s one quick cooking pasta I’ve put together.

I just cooked the pasta (250 g) per package directions; then for the sauce, olive oil, minced garlic, once can of white cream, chopped pork or whatever meat you prefer, bell pepper diced, lots of white pepper, dried oregano and grated cheddar cheese. And tada! If you’re into herbs, you’d love this!

Technorati Tags: food meme,food,pasta,personal recipe,pasta recipe

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Food Trip Friday 13: Pumpkin in Coconut Milk

Lui — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 06:30:24 +0000

I’m from Bicol, Philippines where not a day goes by without at least one viand cooked with coconut milk. That we like ‘ginataan‘ is an understatement..Thankfully, all things I need to cook my ginataan is readily available here in Phnom Penh.

Here’s one I made a few weeks ago.. Pumpkin, chili leaves, crab and dried fish cooked in creamy coconut milk..

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Wordless Wednesday 09: That Red Building in Phnom Penh..

Lui — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 08:53:05 +0000

The National Museum of Cambodia located in Phnom Penh. Definitely one red landmark and a must visit!

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Wordless Wednesday 08: Loaded

Lui — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:09:39 +0000

A common sight here in Cambodia..

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Food Trip Friday 10: Tres Amigos Pizza @ NYDC Siem Reap

Lui — Fri, 28 May 2010 01:52:54 +0000

I missed a few Fridays for this meme.. I know I was always out and about plus a lot of things happened. But anyway, here’s my entry for this week..

I’ve mentioned we went for a few days to Siem Reap to give Ouwie a whirlwind tour of the Angkor Wat temples. We took the morning bus and we got there around 2 pm. Since Hi-ace is a little picky when it comes to eating in restaurants we stopped in we were so hungry by the time we got there. After a quick hotel check-in we found ourselves wandering over to Alley Street. Chinks said she wants to eat pasta and pizza so we picked NYDC..

I like their menu.. Coolness!

I ordered their Lemon Sherbet Frizz but guess who finished it? Chinks! It was really delicious..

And here’s our pizza.. The house specialty, the super thin crust Tres Amigos. Yummy!

The rest of the stay there was spent temple hopping, shopping, eating and eating. No wonder I was already thinking of buying adipex p coz I gained a lot of weight!

The photos are kinda blurred, the resto had very dim lighting and I guess I was just too hungry to fix any settings on the cam. =)

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Wordless Wednesday 07: I Heart Yellow

Lui — Wed, 26 May 2010 11:19:32 +0000

Yellow cyclo with driver in yellow shirt against the yellow backdrop of the Royal Palace

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Computer Glitches..

Lui — Mon, 17 May 2010 01:01:13 +0000

I swear I would just be cool about this. The weather is hot enough and I don’t wanna add to my stress levels and be mad about what happened to my desktop computer. When we came back from our weekend in Siem Reap, my desktop just refuses to turn on. Yesterday, we had it checked out and they recommended to have it reformatted. I don’t understand why it happened but since its like that there’s not much I can do about it.

I'm seriously considering doing this.. But I don't own a gun haha!

Good thing I backed-up the whole thing and I’ll just be losing a week’s worth of work and data. But still!! I don’t have time to install programs I need, transfer files etc. Though I think this will be forcing me too to get organized, get that project management software I’ve been planning on installing, and delete files I don’t need.

I should get down to it this afternoon coz I have loads to do this morning plus Hi-ace asked me to do some urgent lesson writing. Hayy! I wanna tear my hair out already but well I’ll just take everything in stride. Lol! I don’t want to have wrinkles just because of this..

The only good thing to come out of it is that, Hi-ace offered to buy me a blogging laptop hehe. I’m using his computer right now and it disrupts his work sched too but I declined coz really I prefer working with my desktop..

On with the work..

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Food Trip Friday 09: Seafood Lunch, Kep Crab Market

Lui — Fri, 07 May 2010 02:17:45 +0000

One of the reasons I wanted to visit Kep was Seafoods! And it didn’t disappoint. It may be a little bit pricier than in Sihanoukville, but the food was definitely worth it! We got there around lunch time, the receptionist at Kep Lodge gave us a map and recommended we have our lunch at the Crab Market. These are all shacks cum restaurants lining a portion of the beach.

Since it was on lunch hour, almost all restos were jampacked and I we were already starving. We settled on the not-so-crowded Kep Thmey Restaurant. Hi-ace wondered if the food will be any good coz how come this was the only one not full. But whatever, we were hungry so we ordered..

Ever tried fried crab? My first time and it was sooooo good! This was one of those few times that I felt the urgent need to eat without spoon or fork! Fresh crabs were stir fried with vermicelli, a bit of chili sauce, and topped with peanuts and spring onions. Truly yummilicious.. That’s one Khmer cuisine trademark, adding peanuts to dishes, it adds a lot of flavor and crunch..

Deep Fried Fish. I forgot to take a photo of the sauce. But this one was good too.

Prawn Soup with Mint..Made me sweat but it was really good too..

And we got free pineapple slices too.

We also finished off a big pot of rice. Even Chinks (who loathes getting her hands dirty when eating) ate with her hands lol! Total bill? 83000 Riels about $21.

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Wordless Wednesday 05: Sompiah

Lui — Tue, 04 May 2010 13:58:44 +0000

A cute statue making the traditional Cambodian greeting called the ‘sompiah’ and welcoming guests in Kep Lodge, Kep Cambodia.

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Add A Contact Form To Your Blogger Blog

Lui — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 03:54:31 +0000

It has been awhile since I’ve posted something about blogging and though I’m a huge fan of WordPress blogging platform, I also like Blogger for its ease of use so I still have a couple of blogs on Blogger.

When I started out, one of the things I found lacking in Blogger was the ability to add a contact form. For WordPress, its a breeze, just pick a plugin, upload, activate that’s it! Blogger doesn’t have this easy functionality but there are ways around it.

First you might ask, why do I need to have a contact form? People could just leave comments on my posts if they have something to say. Right, but adding a contact form gives your blog a more professional feel, and more importantly contact forms (direct to email) are the best way for readers, advertisers to contact you. Most people are wary about sharing personal details or financial details on a comment page with everybody seeing it, so having a contact form is important.

Just an example, for my Blogger blogs I’ve added contact forms and you know what? Every month since I’ve added it, I had been receiving at least 3-5 advertising/linking request directly. And just for my two blogspot blogs I earn around $30-$50 per month from direct advertising who contact me via my contact form. Not a lot but I’m happy coz adding just a little tidbit of form is working and adding some moolah to my Paypal account!

Adding it is quite easy, you don’t need to be a computer geek to do it. There are a lot of tutorials about this, here’s one with step by step guide on using Google Forms.

Anyway, I’ve done it a little differently coz I used a free contact form script to generate my contact form. There are actually a lot of free contact form generator scripts you can choose from, and here’s some:

EmailMeForm - free, signup required.
Kontactr – free, signup required.
Wufoo-3 forms free, signup required.
FreeContactForms – free, no registration needed.
WRASAP (Will Reply as Soon As Possible) – free, signup required.
Response O’Matic – free, signup required
My Contact Form – free, signup required
Odio Works – free, no signup needed
123 Contact Form – free, signup required
Foxy Form – free, no signup

There are still more providers out there and since I can’t possibly list all of them, just do your own little search. Here’s a short tutorial on how I added a contact form on one of my Blogger sites using EmailMeForm.

Go to your Blogger Dashboard, then create a NEW PAGE. Name this ‘CONTACT’ or whatever page name you want to use. Save.

Create another page as your THANK YOU page. Add some text as confirmation etc.

Go to Email Me Form, sign up for a free account.

Click on ‘Create a New Form’. Enter your details, your form name, email addresses (up to 10), the URL of your ‘Thank You’ page, and how many fields you need. Click Next.

Enter the size of the field. Ex. 30 if you need 30 characters for the email field. I usually just skip this..Click next.

Customize and style your contact form. Pick colors, font etc to match your template. Again, I usually just skip this.. Click Next.

Form preview. Check if it looks fine, click Finish. If not, go back for some modifications.

Finished page. Click on the ‘Get HTML Code.’

Click inside the code box, CTRL A then CTRL C to copy.

Go back to your Blogger editor, select the Contact page, select HTML editing, and paste the code. Save. That’s it!

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Wordless Wednesday 04: Best Friends

Lui — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 02:28:33 +0000

Sambo, Phnom Penh’s resident elephant and his caretaker

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Food Trip Friday 07: Beef Koh Kor and Kway Teuw Noodles

Lui — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 05:04:18 +0000

On our Saturday biking trips, we usually have breakfast wherever we feel like. Several times, I would just order Beef Kway Teuw Noodles in Clear Beef Broth Soup, but a few weeks ago, Hi-ace urged me to try the Beef Koh Kor with Kway Teuw Noodles. I’ve tried this before, but not with noodles..

I was game to try it and I loved it! I can’t begin to describe the soup, it was a bit sweet and a little spicy plus the beef was so tender! It was also served with fresh monggo sprouts and more servings of chili. I can’t believe I slurped all that in less than 5 minutes (I’m a slow eater..) and I’m counting the days when I could have it again…

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Lui — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 02:42:51 +0000

Photo taken from my mom’s fern garden, Albay, Philippines

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