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Friday, February 03, 2006

Painting (a picture)...

Painting jobs resumed after the New Year break. Been busy painting the bedrooms. This time around I got more involved meaning I had to paint my own room. The colours? I mixed and match two colours while my brother is taking three. Melampau sungguh budak itu. I have no idea how he is painting his. Must be planning to do some abstract thingy or something.

Didn't have much trouble painting. It's pretty easy to wipe off should it spilt anywhere. Easy to scrub off merely with soap and water too. The paint also has this sweet smelling floral fragrance and was fairly smooth. Try the Dulux Supreme. The 5l paint (kot) cost RM125. The exterior of the house we're sticking to Dulux Weathershield. We're waiting for suitable contractors to take on the job. Looks like I won't be able to see the finishing touch on the house.

No idea what to write actually. Am flying off on Monday. I guess will just enjoy the few more days I have here. And I shall leave you to try this:

English Roast

Beef/chicken/lamb

Spices for seasoning:
Mustard (English/ French)
Paprika (mainly for colouring but can add more for spiciness)
Salt
Black Pepper
Thyme (if you're using beef) or Rosemary (lamb) or Oregano (chicken)
Extra virgin olive oil
Butter
Carrot, leek, onion, celery (chopped coarsely)-not to be served, just to give some flavour to the meat during baking

Season the meat with all the spices above. Place the meat on the tray with the vegetables. Place dabs of butter on the meat. Don't have to smear the butter all over the meat. The butter will sort of tenderize the meat.

For every 1/2kg of meat takes about 15 mins to bake.

p/s: When it's the not-so-pro cooking, it's hard to recall measurements thus the agak-agak, n sesedap rasa dan mata memandang lah. =P


It's down to these. Got to make this life make sense. Dear heart, please be strong. You've already gone this far. March on. Don't be a disappointment. Mistakes, too long, too late, forgiveness...