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Or better known as Nasi Goreng Kampung. Photo by hpgonline The first time I had this was when I visited my late paternal grandmother and an aunt had made this. It was different from the fried rice I've known; it's spicy, a little on the salty side and hits the spot and burns the tongue, just the way I like it. Ingredients 2 bowls of cooked rice, preferably stored in the … 
+ Photo of fried Maggi noodles by Brian J Chong Photo of fried rice by iriskh What do you get when you combine two different things, two different dishes into one recipe? Something totally new. While I was in uni, a friend of mine came up with this recipe, incorporating fried instant noodles and rice together. It's easy and superbly filling too. Ingredients 1 packet … 
Over the weekend, my friends and I headed down to the Goodman Arts Centre for the adult mug making class. Ceramics/clay works was something most of us have not tried and we thought, why not? On that scorching, Saturday afternoon, I met up with Sarah, Joelyn, Avariel and Raven at Mountbatten. Before this, I've never even heard of Mountbatten and didn't even know how to get … 
On Saturday, my parents decided to take take my sister and I for a drive after our Tarawih prayers, to see the Eid decorations at Geylang and see how bad the crowd was. Look at the crowd! I was glad that we didn't decide to park the car somewhere (assuming we could actually find a parking spot) and walk around the bazaar area that covered majority of the Geylang Serai … 
Photo by snowpea&bokchoi I actually discovered this a week before Ramadan, while I was searching for a light lunch at work. It just so happened that I dropped by the tiny cafe near the office and they had this. It's so easy and I just had to share. Ingredients Bread Nutella Banana Told you it was easy. Toast the bread to the desired level of toasty-ness. Any kind of … 
Photo bykthread Eggs are one of the most versatile food stuff. There are so many uses for it and you can even have it on it's own. One of my most favourite egg related food item are omelettes. You can do so much with it and the best of all, you can have it as a meal at any time of the day. Omelettes are a must have breakfast item for me when I go for a holiday and when the … 
Photo by LOLren Every couple of weeks, I would drop by the big bookstore in town just so that I get my fix of book fondling. Yes, I love to fondle books; molesting their spine, take in … 
Photo bykkmarais Dear Coffee, I seem to have a love/hate relationship with you. Right now, I'm so full of love for you that I don't know how I'm going to deal with not having you around when Ramadan rolls in next month. How am I to wake myself up and start the gruelling day at work if I can't have you? Heck, I can't even have your sister, tea. No caffeine fix for me in … 
One of the best ways to write better is to write constantly, every day. Write about everything you see, you hear, make up stories and the like. And that's why I don't write as well as my friends and the writers I adore. I don't write enough. Being busy with life shouldn't be an excuse to not write. Neither is the lack of ideas or mood. If I want this enough, if I was … 
Photo by Joe and Jo I saw a variation of this dish a long while ago on the Food Network, though they used bacon to flavour the oil and then to sprinkle on the top. While looking for that … 
When they go through the city and experience life here as a non-local? Photo by jjcb I wonder what do they think of the clean streets and beaches, without knowing that there's an army of cleaners who work very hard in the wee hours of the morning to clean up the mess that we, 'responsible' Singaporeans make. I wonder what do they think of the strange, seemingly … 
I was twenty when the first Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, came out in the cinemas and I went to watch it. That was a decade ago and yesterday, I went to watch the last instalment of the Harry Potter movies. I'd always had the policy of reading a book first before watching the movie and that was the main reason for me to pick up Harry Potter & … 
Over the weekend, Dude convinced me to join him for dinner with a group of his army buddies, the men he spent his National Service and reservist trainings with. I didn't know what to expec … 
Photo by jetalone The first time I encountered green curry was when my colleagues and I went to Bali Thai, for a fellow colleague's farewell dinner. I didn't know what to expect as I've never had it before. I was surprised at how creamy, yet spicy it was. At that time, I was on a cooking binge so I searched and found a relatively simple (but tedious) recipe for green curry … 
Photo by Steven Snodgrass Sometime last weekend, during the Potter Party, the following conversation occurred. Me: Mints? *opens a can of mint candy and passes it around* Raven: How come you always seem to have mints on you? Dude: *looks like he just had an epiphany* So that's why you're called Mintea! I've been asked multiple times, why does my online handle sound a … 
I've never been very into photography, since my style of taking pictures is just basically point and shoot. I don't even bother editing the pictures either. So it's very much a surprise to me when I started to develop an interest in analogue photography. Avariel has been part of the local lomography scene for a while and she always seemed to have the cutest camera when she … 
Photo courtesy of Raven One of the best things about having friends that are very big Harry Potter fans is that they plan really cool parties. Since the latest Harry Potter movie will also be the end of the series, my friend Sarah decided to organise one for the fans, to celebrate, to recap and I think, also to mourn the end of a decade of Harry Potter movies. The party … 
Photo by irwandy My best friend is an awesome cook and I really like the way that she does her cooking; simply throwing everything together, roughly cut and just going with the feel of it. One of the many recipes that she shared with me is the black pepper beef, which is versatile and simple to do. Ingredients 1/2kg of beef, thinly sliced and marinated with chicken stock … 
Photo by Nestle I grew up drinking MILO, the popular malted chocolate drink. It was one of the first things I asked for when I woke up and still remains one of my comfort food/drinks when I'm feeling low. It's also a meal replacement for me when I'm just too lazy to eat or in need of a quick snack. I didn't realise that MILO has been in the region for far longer than I … 
As I mentioned before, I love all things related to vampires, werewolves, magic, witches and fae. So when was done with the previous series that I was re-reading, I picked up the one that went back to urban fantasy. I picked Patricia Briggs' Mercedes Thompson series. Mercedes Thompson, the protagonist of the series, is flawed (as all interesting and believable characters … 
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