Homemade beef burger

Dead easy to make. Cooking is easy and quick if you plan your way around it. I made alot of patties for quick snacks at night.

The recipe?

Beef burger (6 patties)
400gm ground beef (pick a fresh, good one)
2 stalks of coriander leaves
1 onion
2 cloves of garlic
1/2 tsp ground cumin seeds
1/2 tsp ground black pepper
1/2 tsp ground coriander seeds
1 tsp oyster souce
1 egg
Some mushroom (optional)
Some green vegies (optional)
Salt to taste

Heat a grill pan. A bit of olive oil, cook halfway through on each side. Leave to cool on rack. Put in a plastic container, keep them in fridge.

Whenever you feel like having a snack, light up your stove. Over medium heat, put in about 1 tbl of cooking oil in a flat pan. Take the burgers out from the fridge, right into the pan. Cook until dark brown on each side.

Serve with watever you want. They’re burgers, they mix with (almost) everything. Greens, tomatoes, cucumber, cheese, olives, mustard, ketchup, onions, etc.

6 patties of beef burgers on fire!

Yeah it’s the second time around. This time, one ingredient is missing – coriander leaves. But all is well, they’re still tasty! Beef burgers are dead easy to make. All you need is ground beef, an egg and salt & pepper to taste. That’s the base, then you can add anything you want really. Using your hands, shape them into circles, press it down between your hands, and into the pan. You can either fry or grill them, like I did, on medium heat. Well I prefer grill since I love the charred grill marks there.. yum!

Charred grill marks - oohh!!

My burger ingredients include button mushrooms, some green vegies, green chillies, garlic & onion, cumin seeds, ground black pepper and coriander seeds. Easy peasy.

I only half-cooked them since they’re for sahur for the next 3 days. Or maybe they’re for late snacks at night. I’ve been hungry for the past few days.

Grilled chicken & tomato, with mushroom sauce

Fairly easy to do. Normally I take 2 pieces but today I didn’t have lunch so there you go. Wish I had more green vegetables in the fridge – pepper and the like. Besides, I intend to stay up all night tonight to finish up some pending tasks so I need the energy boost.

I didn’t catch any sleep last night, busying myself watching Christina Aguilera’s Back To Basics tour. Whoa some tour! And then I tried installing Gyach. I have it running now but oh my god what an ass that app is. I should submit patches or something.

Tomorrow I’ll have grilled steak, maybe. And at night grilled seafood. Yeah! Ever since my mom bought me that grilling pan the kitchen felt like heaven now. I mentioned to her only once that I had been looking for that pan, when I already had forgotten about it, it’s on my bed one day. Hmm… mothers are timeless! For the record I did make an effort to buy it myself and I didn’t ask her to buy it for me, but every time I found one it’s like RM500 or something. Why in the world people high-price these days.

It’s been so long since I had grilled pineapple. Sweet caramelized pineapple slices, dipped in chocolate sauce… oooohhh…. tomorrow it is!

Also made chocolate muffin but no pics. I made more than we could eat so I brought some today for people at the office.

Ask any children in the US about who they want to be when they grow up. Most of them would answer an astronaut or a waitress (I don’t know why they like waitresses) or a millionaire. Ask a malaysian children, standard answer should be doctor, teacher, lawyer, accountant or an architect. When asked you don’t want to be an astronaut?? Astro-what? They would fire you back. Now suddenly everyone wants to be an astronaut.

That’s actually good, I have nothing againts it. What bugs me is the kesedaran masyarakat itself about the existence and the possibility of such height is actually achievable. Why now? Why not 10 years ago? When all the hype and the glamour hits you then suddenly you want to be it. See the typical malaysian attitude here? Sudah terjatuh baru tergadah or something like that.

While I’m proud to see a malaysian flag on the astronaut uniform, I’m so dissapointed at the role we play in the arena. I’d like to see a qualified malaysian flight engineer or a qualified malaysian scientist up there in the space. Not just some people doing experiments on behalf of other people just because other people can’t go but he can.

I believe he is a smart man. He’s a doctor for pete’s sake. He’s the chosen one among thousand others. Of course he went through that rigorous selection process. So that shows he deserves to go. Maybe this is a good first step towards space exploration for Malaysia.

But I already heard there’s a plan of sending a second malaysian to go next time. And the amount of money they’re going to spend – RM100mil ok. That much for one person. He better be an engineer or scientist, qualified by a known reputable institution. Meaning he takes all the test and passes, so baru la betul berdiri sama tinggi, duduk sama rendah. Bila other qualified astronauts saying things behind our back, then kita boleh back up. Ini sibuk dok compare dengan negara yang less developed, or negara yang tak penah hantar orang ke space. Seriously speaking lah kan, if you want to do a comparison, compare yourself with a better one so you will strive better. Kalau compare dengan orang yang lagi kurang, sampai sudah tak abes-abes megah sorang-sorang ye tak.

Just now visited someone in HTAR Klang. The condition there ya rabbiiiiiiiiii… punya la padat sampai tempat untuk one bed boleh share for four! Haaa RM100mil tu kalau diguna untuk expand hospital bagus jugak. Upgrade sikit part toilet untuk visitors tuh. Tak pun bagi better pay for the medical practitioners so takde la muka diorang asik masam jek sebab kena keja on weekend. Tak pun kalau nak guna jugak untuk alam maya space tu, start sponsoring bright students to study at NASA boleh? I think they didn’t sponsor students to study aerospace before because the lack of job opportunities here. So if they sponsor still, the students won’t come back and work here so that’s considered a waste of money… so they opt for medics instead. Betul tak teori ni?

Oh mannn… I’m so tired and really need to go to bed. I’m feeling so malas to buat keje and sooooo penat (just got back from Pahang) but have to force myself switch on this notebook and in the effort of not switching it off back, I’ve been cursing dalam diam and lamenting so loudly so everyone in the house can hear me and know how malas and tired I am right now and they all advise me to just to go sleep – work can start tomorrow but against my own will my hands and my eyes have been awaken by a dose of caffeine. What can I do? Everything should be ready by tomorrow for testing. I have only 2 hands and can be at one place at a time. It is well known that I might not sleep at all tonight getting the job done. It should’ve been completed if it’s not because of cuti raya and raya party at the office and this stupid *tooooot* keep on and on and on weighing myself down.

Oh well. I’m feeling sleepy.

Ooohh I love how a cake batter smells. That’s how a home should smell like.

Among all cookies cutters we have, despite my determination not to fall for heart shaped ones, I couldn’t resist.

Spent the weekend downloading movies and watching them all. Was supposed to stand by at 12pm on Saturday but I overslept. Urghhh… was embarassed to be online 1 1/2 hour late and naturally, being someone who thinks too much, I forgot to apologize. Aiyak. Nice.

Some say love, it is a river
that drowns the tender reed
Some say love, it is a razor
that leaves your soul to bleed
Some say love, it is a hunger,
an endless aching need
I say love, it is a flower,
and you its only seed

Something about watching Jude Law’s movies…. warms my heart all over. I’m starting to think I’m desperate. Erk. What did I just say??? Oh god.

But then again, maybe not. Oh I don’t know.

Change of subject. I have just realized recently I have never talked in real life to some people I chat with. Not just some people, but people I considered friends or people I’ve known their existence of for a long time. People like kacap, what’s going on with that??? Sometimes we meet, right kacap? On gatherings and meetups and whatnot. We wave hands to acknowledge each other’s presence. But we never talk to each other. What’s up with that? haha. Strange life this is. People like blek… Well given you’re so far berkelana di Europe and I doubt that we ever going to meet in person but if we ever did, I think it’s going to be just as the same. This is really amusing to me for some reason and I couldn’t really think of a reason as to why it happens though. Maybe despite the appearances, we are all practically very shy and quiet. We’re just too afraid to make our first moves. Too self concious if we’re going to get rejected or ignored. Or maybe we reason why make so much of an effort to say hi when we know we’re going to see the same face again at another gatherings. A little hi can wait.

Hehehehe… must admit, this is worth a thought. I don’t mind at all the way they choose to be, I’m just thinking out loud here. Kepada kacap and blek, rencana ini ditulis berdasarkan pemikiran hamba semata-mata. I’m sure you’ll have your reasons. Anyway I have another example: me. I sometimes skip saying hi to people I know when I meet them and just smile and nod from afar. It’s okay if you’re not close but if you were best friends before, for instance, you should at least extend your warm hands and give them a hug shouldn’t you? I fail in that department sometimes. Sometimes I don’t even realize I’m doing it. Such a sad story.

Well, got to go. It’s raining. Should be nice lying on bed with pillows and comforter with the fan spinning on max with air cond blaring. Ah bliss bliss.

Can I just end this post with this little snippet from a song. I’m so high… the emotional hormone is not at its normal level tonight. I’m feeling needy all of the sudden. Talk about perks of being a woman….haha.

No matter what I say or do, the message isn’t getting through,
And you’re listening to the sound of my breaking heart.
I really want you.

I hope that the days come easy and the moments pass slow
And each road leads you where you want to go
And if you’re faced with a choice, and you have to choose
I hope you choose the one that means the most to you
And if one door opens to another door closed
I hope you keep on walkin’ till you find the window

If it’s cold outside
Show the world the warmth of your smile
But more than anything, more than anything

My wish for you is that this life becomes all that you want it to
Your dreams stay big and your worries stay small
You never need to carry more than you can hold
And while you’re out there getting where you’re getting to
I hope you know somebody loves you and wants the same things too
Yeah, this is my wish

I hope you never look back but you never forget
All the ones who love you in the place you left
I hope you always forgive and you never regret
And you help somebody every chance you get
Oh, you find God’s grace in every mistake
And you always give more than you take

This is my wish
I hope you know somebody loves you
May all your dreams stay big

Was on medical leave for 3 days! Huwallllamakk… well couldn’t help it. I threw up a few times.

Some pointless pics.

Made these for the farewell party, each for everyone. It’s blackcurrent. Glad that they all liked it.

The finished product actually had fancy and colorful icing on top but I didn’t take the pic as I was in a hurry.

I breathe in smoke every day here. Apparently there’s some fire going on in the woods and I hate it when this happens. Some irresponsible people just burn everything to make way for their plantation and now look what has happened! When it gets dark it gets worse. I have headache practically every hour…. The authority hasn’t done anything. Or maybe they have but the outcome has yet to be seen. Help! We’re choking to death here…..

And the haze oh my. It’s just too bad.

I’m going to close all the window, switch on the air cond, bury myself under the duvet and have a good night sleep!

The dough.
The ingredients
(some of them).
The blank paper.
The coloured paper.
Cheese sprinkling.
Before and
after scenery.

On a much heartwarming note, Mueh made me breakfast before I went to work last Saturday. And he washed my car yesterday. How would you feel if you brother does that for you without you asking for it first? Not that I wanted to ask him to do anything. Seriously. I’m so lucky.

Usually mom would prepare the breakfast every morning for us and pack some for me to take to work. But my parents were not around so I didn’t really mind not having breakfast that day. But there it was on the table that morning, some food for my early digestion.

I had planned to wash the car last weekend since the last time it had taken its bath was like a month ago…hehe…. yeah that’s one big downside of having a car. You have to constantly wash it. But who was to know, PMS hit me right in the middle of pizza delivery. I couldn’t stay standing up anymore after that. After it cool down a little bit, I walked out of the house and saw the car already shining. Of all the sisters in the world, I’m the luckiest of all.

I’m telling you people, that’s love, written all over the place. He doesn’t have to say it but I know my brother loves me.

See the books I’ve ordered have arrived. I’m taking the extra step here to advance myself. I don’t want to be stuck with one technology all my life. Better do something about it and be happier.

Look at the flower closely. Doesn’t it make you feel like there’s a lighted candle inside?

p/s: The pics look peculiarly clearer and brighter and sharper this time don’t you think? Yeap I got a cam last Fri. Sadly, as much as I would have wanted it, it’s not black. It’s BORING silver. Nevertheless, hopefully this one will not be stolen like the one before. Now my phone is purely my loyal mp3 player. Woohoo!