Here I am. This is me.
Define blue.
some day you woke up on a bad dream. feeling tired and lost. and from that moment you step out of the bed, everything went wrong.
i need some days off.
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just finish advance xi training this week. met up with the big boys (now technical architect/specialist) back in Fleet. Darren's still in Orange, Mark's in GE Healthcare, Karl's in Elyo, Higgy and Pete is still in SSL, Ian still managing Leed's office, Simon flew all the way from the states, Spike's taking a break from the support lead and Martin is in Anheuser-Bush... it's in off-days like this we get to sit around and drink/joke bout everything.
DTC for another week (Steve has come back from Botswana), hope the warlord didnt give him a hard time there. then off to Transport for London (TFL) on another XI assignment... might stumble across big bro's Axonian colleagues. hmmmmm.
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this time of year, the sakura's should be starting to bloom. wasnt having much luck locating the parks until the nice lady from "The Crown Estate" drop me some info on the best time and pointed me to some competition they holding.
so paintball on 31st, more sakura on april fool.
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oh btw.
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the annual Crufts show and all-england 2007 badminton tournament is in Birmingham last month. didn't bother to go either (reason being. /me points above).
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hokkaido beef* (cut in chunks and marinated overnight in sake)
shallots (deep fried)
sweet onions
garlic (stir fried)
assorted wild mushrooms** (picked from nearby woods).
oyster souce
spring onion
cooking oil (from frying shallots)
sugar / salt to taste
corn flour (helps thickens if lacks gelatin)
(last but not least...)
choya sake (蝶矢） (alternatively, red wine).
everything in a pot (except for sake and spring onion which goes in last few min before serving), slow cook for an hour or so until stew thickens.
voilà~!
* : i just use sainsbury's beef.
** : to avoid killing your guests, use sainsbury's assorted mushrooms (shitake and other strange looking fungi).
