Cream Cheese Brownies

Yummyy....i get this recipe from HERE i reduce amount of sugar because it looks too much for me and the taste ...mmmm.....just perfect

Brown layer:

113 gram unsalted butter, cut into pieces
100 grams unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped
250 grams granulated white sugar ( i use 200g)
1 teaspoon vanilla powder
2 eggs
70 grams all purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt

Cheese layer:

227 grams cream cheese, at room temperature
65 grams granulated white sugar (i use 50g)
1 teaspoon vanilla powder
1 egg

-In a stainless steel (heatproof) bowl placed over a saucepan of simmering water, melt the butter and chocolate. Remove from heat and stir in the sugar and vanilla extract.
Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well (with a wooden spoon) after each addition.
Stir in the flour and salt and beat, with a wooden spoon, until the batter is smooth and glossy (about one minute). Remove 1/2 cup of the brownie batter and set aside. Place the remainder of the brownie batter evenly into the prepared pan.
- Beat the cream cheese until smooth. Add the sugar, vanilla, and egg and process until creamy and smooth.
Spread the cream cheese filling over the brownie layer. Spoon small dollops of the reserved brownie batter evenly on top of the cream cheese filling. Then with a chopstick, swirl the two batters without mixing them.

Bake in preheated oven at 160 degrees celcius for about 25 minutes. Refrigerate the brownies until they are firm enough to cut into squares/triangle (about 2 hours)

Water spinach (kangkung) with beef

Ingredients:

1 bundle kangkung
50 g shredded beef
2 cloves shallot
2 cloves garlic
1 tbsp sweet soy sauce
1 tsp vegetable oil
1 tsp cornstarch
salt as u need

- Marinate shredded beef with sweet soy sauce, oil and cornstarch
saute shallot and garlic until fragrant, add beef and stir quickly, add kangkung and stir until done

Chinese Herbal Jelly Mix

In a hot weather like today, i would prefer to have this green bean mix for dessert.


Ingredients:
Chinese herbal jelly (cincau in Indonesian-sien cau in Mandarin)
Cooked green bean
Glutinous rice balls
Crushed ice

Put everything in a bowl and pour a cup of coffee creamer(5ml is enough)on top. Best served cold

* Do not refrigerate cooked glutinous rice balls, otherwise it will be hard



Coffee creamer best goes with black coffee, also perfect with chinese herbal jelly

Easy made tofu and fish soup

Ingredients:

1 package tofu
sliced fresh tuna/milk fish(as u need)
1 tbsp thinly slice spring onion
1/5 cup shredded baby ginger
1 tbsp garlic flakes
dash of salt and pepper

- Boil water and baby ginger for 10 mins.
add fish boil for another 5 mins, then add tofu.
Remove from heat, sprinkle with thinly slice spring onion and garlic flakes.
Serve hot

Gulai papaya leaves

Papaya leaves contains a remarkable enzyme called papain, it used in protein-dissolving. In some places, papaya leaf used to wrap meats to tenderize it.
The enzyme in papaya leaves also breaks down wheat gluten and carbohydrates for extra digestive protection. The taste might be (very) bitter but its enzyme really powerful.
If you suffer from indigestion, give this recipe a try!


Ingredients:
100 gr papaya leaves (chopped and boiled with a dash of salt, rinse well)
small dried fish as u need (fried)
4 cloves shallot
2 cloves garlic
3 sliced ginger
2 sliced galangal
1/4 tsp bay leaves powder
1/2 tsp coriander powder
3 red chili (optional)
1 cup thick coconut milk
Salt as u needed.

- Saute sliced shallot, garlic, ginger and galangal over a low fire until fragrant, add chili and stir for
1 minute. Add bay leaves powder and coriander powder in, pour the coconut milk and put in papaya leaves. Cover for 5 minutes. Last, add fried small fish and season with salt. Simmer for few minutes. Done

Trip to Jhusan

Today i (and gang) went to Jhusan-Nantou County for hiking, it is mountainous area located in southern part of Taiwan around 3,5 hours driving from Taipei city. This city has always been a major producer of bamboo.
We did not drive today... instead, we take High Speed Rail from Taipei main station to Taichung. It take 49 minutes ride, then we change bus in Taichung station.
Currently, there's no HSR station located in Jhusan.
I saw beautiful and some rare(to me... especially the blue one) flowers along side the road and i take many shoot of it.

Soy milk banana shake

I thank aa peter for teaching me this soy milk recipe.
If you getting bored with "beany" taste of soy milk, you can try this, or add cane sugar or hazelnut syrup (like what aa peter told me...too bad i can't find it here)
To make this banana shake you'll need 2 cups of soy milk, 1 ripe banana, cane sugar (or sugar alternatives...i would prefer without sugar) mix with blender. Ummm...yum... nutritious and healthy drink

Ooooppsss...my withered flower on the background...

DPP vs KMT

Kemarin tanggal 20 adalah pelantikan presiden baru Taiwan ( Mayor Ma Ying Jeou)dari partai KMT. Waktu mau pergi beli lunch aku melihat segerombol supporter DPP yang lagi demo atas kemenangan KMT pada pemilihan presiden bulan kemarin.
Sepertinya faktor terbesar yang mempengaruhi kekalahan DPP adalah ulah dari mantan presiden Chen Shui Bian(DPP) yang telah mengacak-acak ekonomi Taiwan dan "too much" ngantongin uang negara hehee.... Apalagi anak perempuannya kalau ngomong ke wartawan dan reporter sepertinya asal nyeplos saja. Pernah dia ngatain mertuanya, katanya suruh pergi mampus aja dia.....wahhhhhh anaknya presiden tapi kok kata2nya seperti itu di depan public, kalah deh sama anaknya tukang parkir.
Image Mayor Ma yang "Harvard-educated" sebagai politikus yang "bersih" dan smart memenangkan hati para voter. Hehee aku aja yg bukan Taiwan's citizen ikut senang atas kemenangan KMT. VIVA KMT !!!!!!!!
( i write this without unsur politik....emang aku bukan politikus.... muka mirip tikus iya :p)

Spicy Ikan Pindang with gravy

I love ikan pindang and ikan asin, Diana friend of mine taught me this recipe

Ingredients:

500 g ikan pindang (or japanese salted fish)
5 cloves shallot, sliced
2 cloves garlic, slices
1 tomato, cubed
5 red chili (or more), slices
1 stalk spring onion
1 cup water
1 tablespoon coconut milk (optional)
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
pinch of salt (optional)


Method:

Fry ikan pindang/salted fish till brown. Set aside
Saute garlic and shallot until fragrant add tomato cube and sliced red chili, stir for 1 minute then add water(and coconut milk).
Put in ikan pindang and cover for 5 minutes. Add salt, and stir fry until the gravy almost dry.
Add spring onion and remove from heat

Chocolate Chips Cookies

Akhir2 ini suka bikin cookies deh, sayang gada yang bantu makan, luckily there's a kindergarten school in the next block...so i take it to them. But if you're doing weight training stuff, better navigate away from this recipe.
Recipe adapted from joyofbaking.com with slight modification, since my previous cookies was too sweet for me.

Ingredients:

226 g butter, softened (but not melt)
100 g granulated white sugar
70 g light brown sugar
270 semi sweet chocolate chips (i use hershey's)
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla powder
315 g all purpose flour
100 g walnut, chopped
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt

Method:

Beat butter, white&brown sugar and salt for 2 minutes, beat in egg 1 at a time, beat well in each addition, add in vanilla powder.
In separate bowl, combine flour and baking soda add in butter mixture, chocolate chips, chopped walnut and mix well. If the dough too soft, cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Drop 1 tablespoon of the dough to the baking tray. Bake in preheated oven at 190 degrees C for about 12-15 minutes

The little boy no ones want to know

Sedihhhh deh baca kisah si Ryan...ingin nangis rasanya
May peace be upon him
Dibawah ini aku posting testimonial yg di tulis Ryan waktu umur 16 tahun, 3 tahun sebelum dia meninggal dunia

Ryan White Testimonial.
My name is Ryan White. I am sixteen years old. I have hemophilia, and I have AIDS.
When I was three days old, the doctors told my parents I was a severe hemophiliac, meaning my blood does not clot. Lucky for me, there was a product just approved by the Food and Drug Administration. It was called Factor VIII, which contains the clotting agent found in blood.
While I was growing up, I had many bleeds or hemorhages in my joints which make it very painful. Twice a week I would receive injections or IV's of Factor VIII which clotted the blood and then broke it down. A bleed occurs from a broken blood vessel or vein. The blood then had nowhere to go so it would swell up in a joint. You could compare it to trying to pour a quart of milk into a pint-sized container of milk.
The first five to six years of my life were spent in and out of the hospital. All in all I led a pretty normal life. Most recently my battle has been against AIDS and the discrimination surrounding it. On December 17, 1984, I had surgery to remove two inches of my left lung due to pneumonia. After two hours of surgery the doctors told my mother I had AIDS. I contracted AIDS through my Factor VIII which is made from blood. When I came out of surgery, I was on a respirator and had a tube in my left lung. I spent Christmas and the next thirty days in the hospital. A lot of my time was spent searching, thinking and planning my life.
I came face to face with death at thirteen years old. I was diagnosed with AIDS: a killer. Doctors told me I'm not contagious. Given six months to live a being the fighter that I am, I set high goals for myself. It was my decision to live a normal life, go to school, be with my friends, and enjoying day to day activities. It was not going to be easy.
The school I was going to said they had no guidelines for a person with AIDS. The school board, my teachers, and my principal voted to keep me out of the classroom even after the guidelines were set by the I.S.B.H., for fear of someone getting AIDS from me by casual contact. Rumors of sneezing, kissing, tears, sweat, and saliva spreading AIDS caused people to panic.
We began a series of court battles for nine months, while I was attending classes by telephone. Eventually, I won the right to attend school, but the prejudice was still there. Listening to medical facts was not enough. People wanted one hundred percent guarantees. There are no one hundred percent guarantees in life, but concessions were made by Mom and me to help ease the fear. We decided to meet them halfway:
Separate restrooms
No gym
Separate drinking fountains
Disposable eating utensils and trays
Even though we knew AIDS was not spread through casual contact. Nevertheless, parents of twenty students started their own school. They were still not convinced. Because of the lack of education on AIDS, discrimination, fear, panic, and lies surrounded me:
I became the target of Ryan White jokes
Lies about me bitting people
Spitting on vegetables and cookies
Urinating on bathroom walls
Some restaurants threw away my dishes
My school locker was vandalized inside and folders were marked FAG and other obscenities
I was labeled a troublemaker, my mom an unfit mother, and I was not welcome anywhere. People would get up and leave so they would not have to sit anywhere near me. Even at church, people would not shake my hand.
This brought on the news media, TV crews, interviews, and numerous public appearances. I became known as the AIDS boy. I received thousands of letters of support from all around the world, all because I wanted to go to school. Mayor Kock, of New York, was the first public figure to give me support. Entertainers, athletes, and stars started giving me support. I met some of the greatest like Elton John, Greg Louganis, Max Headroom, Alyssa Milano (my teen idol), Lyndon King (Los Angeles Raiders), and Charlie Sheen. All of these plus many more became my friends, but I had very few friends at school. How could these people in the public eye not be afraid of me, but my whole town was?
It was duffucult, at times, to handle; but I tried to ignore the injustice, because I knew the people were wrong. My family and I held no hatred for those people because we realized they were victims of their own ignorance. We had great faith that with patience, understanding, and education, that my family and I could be helpful in changing their minds and attitudes around. Finanncial hardships were rough on us, even though Mom had a good job at G.M. The more I was sick, the more work she had to miss. Bills became impossible to pay. My sister, Andrea, was a championship roller skater who had to sacrifice too. There was no money for her lessons and travel. AIDS can destroy a family if you let it, but hluckily for my sister and me, Mom taught us to keep going. Don't give up, be proud of who you are, and never feel sorry for yourself.
After two and a half years of declining health, two attacks of pneumocystis, shingles, a rare form of whooping cough, and liver problems, I faced fighting chills, fevers, coughing, tiredness, and vomiting. I was very ill and being tutored at home. The desire to move into a bigger house, to avoid living AIDS daily, and a dream to be accepted by a community and school, became possible and a reality with a movie about my life, The Ryan White Story.
My life is better now. At the end of the school year (1986-87), my family and I decided to move to Cicero, Indiana. We did a lot of hoping and praying that the community would welcome us, and they did. For the first time in three years, we feel we have a home, a supportive school, and lots of friends. The communities of Cicero, Atlanta, Arcadia, and Noblesville, Indiana, are now what we call "home." I'm feeling great. I am a normal happy teenager again. I have a learner's permit. I attend sports functions and dances. My studies are important to me. I made the honor role just recently, with 2 A's and 2 B's. I'm just one of the kids, and all because the students at Hamilton Heights High School listened to the facts, educated their parents and themselves, and believed in me.
I believe in myself as I look forward to graduating from Hamilton Heights High School in 1991.
Hamilton Heights High School is proof that AIDS EDUCATION in schools works."

Spicy bean curd

Ingredients:

1 package bean curd/tofu, cut in small square and deep fry
3 cloves garlic, sliced
5 cloves shallot, sliced
3 red chili, sliced
1 stalk spring onion
1 teaspoon minced ginger
1 tablespoon dried shrimp, minced
1 teaspoon shrimp paste (terasi)
1 tablespoon sweet soy sauce
1 cup water
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
sugar and salt as needed

Method:

Saute sliced garlic, shallot, ginger, dried shrimp and shrimp paste over a medium heat, stir for 1 minute, add sliced red chili stir for another 40 second add fried bean curd.
Stir in soy sauce, sugar, salt and water, simmer for 3 minutes
Add spring onion.

Pearl by Sade

Pearl

There is a woman in somalia
Scraping for pearls on the roadside
There's a force stronger than nature
Keeps her will alive
That's how she's dying
She's dying to survive
Don't know what she's made of
I would like to be that brave
She cries to the heaven above
There is a stone in my heart
She lives a life she didn't choose
And it hurts like brand-new shoes

Hurts like brand-new shoes

There is a woman in somalia
The sun gives her no mercy
The same sky we lay under
Burns her to the bone
Long as afternoon shaddows
It's gonna take her to get home
Each grain carefully wrapped up
Pearls for her little girl

Hallelujah
Hallelujah

She cries to the heaven above
There is a stone in my heart
She lives a life she didn't choose
And it hurts like brand-new shoes


This is the way my Mom loves me and my brothers.
She's my real angel and hero (dad too)
I cry sometimes when i hear this song.....
I love you mom and dad...i love u both....if i have to die for you, i will....

Pineapple Tart

This is an easy-made Indonesian cookies especially for Chrismast or Hari Raya

Ingredients:

400 g all purpose flour
300 g butter
50 g icing sugar (optional)
25 g parmesan cheese powder(optional)
3-4 egg yolk
1 extra egg yolk for garnish
2 cup pineapple jam

Method:

Beat butter, egg yolk, icing sugar in a high speed for 2 minutes, add in cheese powder beat again for about 1 minute.
Fold in flour and mix well.
Roll the dough and fill with the pineapple jam.
Place on the ungreased baking tray and freeze for 10 minutes
Paint the top of cookies with egg yolk and bake in preheated oven at 180 degrees for about 30 minutes



Another shape of pineapple tart

For homemade pineapple jam, here is the recipe

Ingredients:

2 large pineapple
50 g sugar (or more)
1 teaspoon vanilla powder
1 tablespoon butter
50 g pine nut, toasted (optional)
Pinch of salt

Method:

Blend pineapple using a food processor
Cook pineapple juice add butter, sugar, salt and vanilla powder
Simmer until almost dry, add pine nut and remove from heat

A year ago

A year ago... same date as today, i'm lying on the hospital with stiff neck, scratches and blue black all over my body.
The night before, after work at 2 am, i'm "racing" with a friend.
That moment, the road seems very quiet and not even a cat or dog there. Suddenly a car with high speed coming from the opposite and..... that's it.
I still manage to run away before they call police and doesn't really care with a traffic camera on the corner of the road. My motorcycle broken into pieces but thanks to God i still alive.
Year of 2005 is the worst year for me, with 4 accidents.

Sakura

I get this picture from Ryo my Japanese friend...2 years ago. Dunno where and how he is now.
God bless him always.