Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies

I had to try it.... Flourless Peanut Butter Cookies.... is that possible??

Good timing too as the bottle of peanut butter I have is just about to expire tomorrow.

Came across "Joy The Baker's" blog and wonderful stuff she's got there and this is my attempt to try this http://www.joythebaker.com/blog/2009/04/flourless-peanut-butter-cookies/

The ingredients so simple:

• 1 Cup of Peanut Butter
• 1 Cup of Sugar (a little lesser would have been better)
• 1 Egg
• 1 teaspoon baking soda or 4 teaspoon baking powder

Here are the cookies before baking....

And it looked amazing after baking... just like flour-based cookies...

Still skeptical.... I tasted it and its yummy! :D Easiest cookies I've ever made :D

Pet Search

We decided maybe its a good time for us to have a pet. Deciding to have a pet dog is new for me. My family cat is about 12 years now and she's a sweetie. Cats are independent but dogs are the opposite. I don't know the first thing about taking care of dogs but I am sure they bring joy too :D Here's the start of our journey of our search at PAWS.

Clay Charade

Here's what you get when adults play Clay Charade. Guess which is mine?
A hint: Its not the nicest in the bunch ;D

Philippines Dec 2009

Philipines I have learned to be an interesting place more than I had anticipated it to be.

The highlight of the trip for me was walking through the villages of Borocay and Cebu. What pleasant and friendly people they are and away from the tourist places we get to see the place as it is. It's been long... long overdue but here's snippets of the highlight of the trip for me:

Spotted these kids from afar while they were playing soccer. Such eager kids... they were running and scrambling at me wanting their pictures taken.

Cebu is popular for guitar making. I was most looking forward to seeing how they make guitars.

Came across this lady in the village of Cebu. It was about Christmas then and she's one of the carollers.

I noticed many of the dogs in Philippines were thin and have a sad look in their eyes. Here's one.

Here a piece of wood is tied to the mould so that it keeps to the shape of the guitar and will be used as part of guitar making

The people there are predominantly Catholics. Was in one of their larger and traditional church. This is a view from the inside of the church.

I would go again if the opportunity permits. The next time to more of the off the beaten track.

Pics for [P] & [L]

Still learning to put into practice things learned in Siem Reap. Those things are still not natural to me. But here are my favourite shots of [P] & [L] and family :D

PMPE Stage II @ Siem Reap

Its been a while but here I am. It still feels as though I have just been back from the trip. It was a very enjoyable trip, so much learned and made new friends :D Here's a thread of PMPE II

http://www.photomalaysia.com/forums/showthread.php?t=76820

We have got a photobook coming up from this trip and it looks good so far. Here's a preview of the photo book:

Check out more sneak peek of the photobook:

http://www.photomalaysia.com/forums/showthread.php?t=79192

Looking forward to PMPE III! :D

PMPE Stage I

It was a long but fruitful weekend of learning more about photography. It was a 2 day packed day with overview of Photography and very enlightening indeed. The immediate things I have learned I'll need to....

• Use ARGB!
• Calibrate monitor to best nearest Gamut of what I see
• Try out those fantastic RAW stuff shown
• Try about Lightroom and maximize use of Bridge
• Apply the composition tips
• Go research Siem Reap before going! :D

From Here - by Big Daddy Weave

Another very touching lyrics from the same album from an interesting view of a person....

My child, I’ve hoped and I’ve prayed for this very day
Since you were just a little one
And oh how my heart swells with pride
As I watch the man that you’ve become
But this life offers no guarantees
And though my time on this earth had to end
I’m sure that your heart would know peace
If you could just see where I am

From here, the race has been run and love’s already won
I see clearly the end and the start
From here, I’m cheering you on
So live out each breath with all that you’ve got
And know until I hold you close
I’ll be holding you dear in my heart
From here

I’ve seen your tears as you’ve waited alone
Longing for that special one
And now all the waiting is done
As you gaze into her eyes
Seeing the reflection of love
Life’s road may seem rough up ahead
And for now you see only in part
So hold onto each other and know
That there is an end to the dark

Heaven is calling and my heart keeps longing
Looking so forward to the day
When we’ll be together forever in eternity
Just you wait and see

What Life Would Be Like - by Big Daddy Weave

Came across this song and its touching...



I wish I was more of a man
Have you ever felt that way
And if I had to tell you the truth
I’m afraid I’d have to say
That after all I’ve done and failed to do
I feel like less than I was meant to be

What if I could fix myself
Maybe then I could get free
I could try to be somebody else
Who’s much better off than me
But I need to remember this
That it’s when I’m at my weakest
I can clearly see

He made the lame walk and the dumb talk
He opened blinded eyes to see
That the sun rises on His time
Yet He knows our deepest desperate need
And the world waits while His heart aches
To realize the dream
I wonder what life would be like if we let Jesus life thru you and me

What if you could see yourself thru another pair of eyes
What if you could hear the truth
Instead of old familiar lies
What if you could feel inside
The power of the hand that made the universe You’d realize

All our hearts they burn within us
All our lives we’ve longed for more
So let us lay our lives before the one who gave His life for us

Adele 19

Wacthed snippets of the Grammy's and it lead me to find this cool, soulful British artist.


Popular for her single "Chasing Pavements" also nominated at the Grammy's. But the song "Best for Last" is my favourite... have a listen... even her live performance is just as good!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTu1TShzxro

IT Sanity Checks

Came across these sanity checks and they are amusing and some true! :D

Here are the summary of the sanity checks and some of my comments... you can go read the details at the links:

5 things that suck about working in IT
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/hiner/?p=822

5. You get a lot of fingers pointed at you - yup that has happened many times
4. People assume you’re an expert in all things tech - hahha... how true.. have had many requests configure home streamyx.. computer la... etc..
3. You have to continually re-train, on your own dime - good thing so far never at my own expenses.. but so much to keep up
2. The hours are long and irregular - how you can you not agree
1. The job market is tumultuous and in transition - we will know in time....


Five things that make it great to work in IT
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/hiner/?p=823&tag=rbxccnbtr1

5. You’re the hero when you solve problems
4. You get to play with cool stuff
3. You help make people more efficient
2. Your job is rarely dull or stagnant
1. You get to be a revolutionary


10 dirty little secrets you should know about working in IT
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/hiner/?p=546&tag=rbxccnbtr1

10.) The pay in IT is good compared to many other professions, but since they pay you well, they often think they own you
9.) It will be your fault when users make silly errors
8.) You will go from goat to hero and back again multiple times within any given day
7.) Certifications won’t always help you become a better technologist, but they can help you land a better job or a pay raise
6.) Your nontechnical co-workers will use you as personal tech support for their home PCs
5.) Vendors and consultants will take all the credit when things work well and will blame you when things go wrong
4.) You’ll spend far more time babysitting old technologies than implementing new ones
3.) Veteran IT professionals are often the biggest roadblock to implementing new technologies
2.) Some IT professionals deploy technologies that do more to consolidate their own power than to help the business
1.) IT pros frequently use jargon to confuse nontechnical business managers and hide the fact that they screwed up