Air France is retiring the 747s from it's fleet.
Quite a sad news as most airlines are retiring them, before I could ride on one.
Now I wish that with some magic, some company is going to buy more 747-8 instead of A380, so that the legacy could continue.
Or should I start my own airlines like Sir Branson?
Well, at least, or I hope, Roni Hawi cover a trip report on the final flight.
Tuesday, 12 January 2016
how to cook when you are alone at home...
It's almost 2 months my mother is away. So I need to cook for myself. Actually, I do the cooking most of the time.
Here is my easy time-saving way to prepare foods.
First, I buy a whole chicken "breast". At the hypermarket I do my shopping, the breast cut refers to a whole chicken sans head, wings and thighs. So it's more than just breast.
And also dried kidney beans, carrots, cabbages, cream cheese and milk.
I would 'boil' the chicken and kidney beans. Is it called boiling or poaching or just making broth. Here, I get some chicken, kidney beans and broth. I also add in some of the discarded vegetable scraps (carrot peels and the outer leaves of the cabbage). I would remove some of the large vegetable scraps before storing the beans and chicken.
Then I would shred the chicken. Feeding the stray cat with the bones and fats and skin. This is the protein source in my salad; along with the kidney beans.
My salad dressing is just cream cheese, oil, vinegar and some milk and salt and pepper. Blend these et voila, my salad dressing. So shredded cabbage, carrots, chicken, kidney beans and the dressing.
Don't forget the broth. I use it for my porridge. Oats. I like my oats salty, not sweet. Just like congee, salty or umami. Sometimes it's barley.
And the easiest protein source is definitely eggs. They are versatile. I could just add them into my glass noodles. Just prepare some 'bumbu dasar' on Sunday, and what's left every morning is to soak the glass noodles in hot water (boil extra for a pot of green tea) and saute the bumbu dasar add eggs, the shredded chicken and finally the noodles and seasonings.
Eating the glass noodles, oats, barley, salad and sometimes grilled tempeh help me with my weight loss. I lose approximately 5kg in 12 weeks. Well, that and my exercise. I could say that my exercise is not very hard, just the right intensity.
And I hope I could continue with maintaining my healthier lifestyle. Balanced diet and physical activities. No fad diets, just common sense. For exercise, aim for bigger muscles, for the afterburn effect. So I do squats and weight lifting. I must admit that I hate cardio. I replace my cardio session with hiking or skipping ropes.
Wish me luck and success to a healthier me!
*bumbu dasar is a genius Indonesian invention. Just blend chillies, some shallots with oil and salt. Prepare them in bulk so that you would not need to process these ingredients everyday before cooking.
Here is my easy time-saving way to prepare foods.
First, I buy a whole chicken "breast". At the hypermarket I do my shopping, the breast cut refers to a whole chicken sans head, wings and thighs. So it's more than just breast.
And also dried kidney beans, carrots, cabbages, cream cheese and milk.
I would 'boil' the chicken and kidney beans. Is it called boiling or poaching or just making broth. Here, I get some chicken, kidney beans and broth. I also add in some of the discarded vegetable scraps (carrot peels and the outer leaves of the cabbage). I would remove some of the large vegetable scraps before storing the beans and chicken.
Then I would shred the chicken. Feeding the stray cat with the bones and fats and skin. This is the protein source in my salad; along with the kidney beans.
My salad dressing is just cream cheese, oil, vinegar and some milk and salt and pepper. Blend these et voila, my salad dressing. So shredded cabbage, carrots, chicken, kidney beans and the dressing.
Don't forget the broth. I use it for my porridge. Oats. I like my oats salty, not sweet. Just like congee, salty or umami. Sometimes it's barley.
And the easiest protein source is definitely eggs. They are versatile. I could just add them into my glass noodles. Just prepare some 'bumbu dasar' on Sunday, and what's left every morning is to soak the glass noodles in hot water (boil extra for a pot of green tea) and saute the bumbu dasar add eggs, the shredded chicken and finally the noodles and seasonings.
Eating the glass noodles, oats, barley, salad and sometimes grilled tempeh help me with my weight loss. I lose approximately 5kg in 12 weeks. Well, that and my exercise. I could say that my exercise is not very hard, just the right intensity.
And I hope I could continue with maintaining my healthier lifestyle. Balanced diet and physical activities. No fad diets, just common sense. For exercise, aim for bigger muscles, for the afterburn effect. So I do squats and weight lifting. I must admit that I hate cardio. I replace my cardio session with hiking or skipping ropes.
Wish me luck and success to a healthier me!
*bumbu dasar is a genius Indonesian invention. Just blend chillies, some shallots with oil and salt. Prepare them in bulk so that you would not need to process these ingredients everyday before cooking.
Saturday, 2 January 2016
New Year and the past year.
It's new year. And I am already in my 6th year of my PTSD. Something which changed my life.
Well, changes and risk is part of one's life.
Last year, I took a 180 degree turn and studied Business after 7 years of Medical School. Change is inevitable. It's quite a big risk to take. I could say that I'm not good with money. I lose some money in an investment, thanks to my uncle, who promised to take care of my investment while I studied to become a doctor.
These also drives me to understand more about the business... all the investment, the principles, ethics in business.
I could say I enjoy studying business because it involves a lot of calculation. I like maths. Well, I used to hate maths when I was younger, but then it becomes interesting after Mr. R and Ms Lu taught me the 'art' behind mathematics. (same goes with music, I used to hate music class because my music teacher is a terror, then Ms Sakai cultivate the love in music)
Enrolling into the music class was a big risk at that time. I have no basic foundation in music.
With the same spirit of taking the necessary risk, I studied business.
Changes and risks... without them life could be mundane. If I were to be a doctor now (with my PTSD), could I survive? Maybe it's a secure job, maybe it's boring, with all the bully from the senior doctors.
Well, changes and risk is part of one's life.
Last year, I took a 180 degree turn and studied Business after 7 years of Medical School. Change is inevitable. It's quite a big risk to take. I could say that I'm not good with money. I lose some money in an investment, thanks to my uncle, who promised to take care of my investment while I studied to become a doctor.
These also drives me to understand more about the business... all the investment, the principles, ethics in business.
I could say I enjoy studying business because it involves a lot of calculation. I like maths. Well, I used to hate maths when I was younger, but then it becomes interesting after Mr. R and Ms Lu taught me the 'art' behind mathematics. (same goes with music, I used to hate music class because my music teacher is a terror, then Ms Sakai cultivate the love in music)
Enrolling into the music class was a big risk at that time. I have no basic foundation in music.
With the same spirit of taking the necessary risk, I studied business.
Changes and risks... without them life could be mundane. If I were to be a doctor now (with my PTSD), could I survive? Maybe it's a secure job, maybe it's boring, with all the bully from the senior doctors.
Personal anecdote on Chinese Herbal Store.
Went to the Chinese herbal store. Apparently, Pu-erh tea are similar to wine. The older they get, the expensive. Both are fermented.
The store owner described the tea like a sommelier.
"The tea in that tea caddy is from 2005, it's worth $350. That one is younger, harvested in 2013, so a tin would cost you $50"
My favourite store is still the one in an old shopping complex in the big city, near my former school. The nice lady would spare time to explain some of the herbs and roots in her dainty store. What I like most is flower tea (tisane). Be it rosebuds, or chrysanthemum or lavender.
I like the smell of the herbal store. Maybe because of the spices such as the pepper roots and 5 spices.
And I only use watermelon frost to treat my aphthous ulcer.
Brings back the memories of the good old days, when life is about exploring and experiencing new things. And it's already a new year.
Tuesday, 22 December 2015
Doctors in the drama versus real life doctors....?
I was watching a local drama. By local, I mean drama made in this country which I reside in.
Scene 1: The doctor is in a clinic, discussing about hypertension and diabetes to the patients. Then come another patient with asthma... I assume it is asthma because the patient told the doctor that she is having shortness of breath... and because the doctor told the patient that it's asthma... well a real life doctor would inquire about wheezing, duration, intensity and so on... before coming into a diagnosis of asthma. Funny. And the doctor gave the patient prescription for her illness... so I assume that the doctor is an internist... or anybody specializing with medicine, internal medicine.
Scene 2: The same doctor received a call from his wife. He told her wife that he could not join her for dinner... because he would have to perform a surgery... yes surgery.
It's not a surprise that the laymen sees a doctor as super-human... because of the lies shown by the local drama. An Internist/Surgeon... a rare type of doctor, but not so rare in the telly. Drama doctors are cure-it-all specialist... a branch of medicine which is beyond reality yet very common in local dramas.
Scene 3: The same doctor rushed into a labour room. Apparently, his wife is in labour. He then donned a surgical mask and help the midwives. No cardiotocogram (CTG) machine seen, which is funny since it is a vital apparatus in the labour room... well at least in this region. Even if the baby is crowning, there's no way that the CTG machine would be removed from the suite. And he is not wearing any apron... funny.
If I were the doctor, I would wear an apron first... maybe two layers of apron, after an incident which I have to walk back home in a scrub because my trousers were wet from the gushing amniotic fluid. Surgical mask is not necessary considering that the mother to be is my own wife. So apron first then mask. Mask is important too because we may not know what the patient have; TB, flu etc.
I guess the doctors in the drama are superhuman since they can monitor the fetal heart rate without the CTG machine. Yes, we do use Pinard's stethoscope but to monitor one, you'll have to listen to it for the whole night... or day... and using a Pinard's stethoscope is not easy.
Now the big question, is the doctor an internist or surgeon or OB/GYN specialist?
Scene 1: The doctor is in a clinic, discussing about hypertension and diabetes to the patients. Then come another patient with asthma... I assume it is asthma because the patient told the doctor that she is having shortness of breath... and because the doctor told the patient that it's asthma... well a real life doctor would inquire about wheezing, duration, intensity and so on... before coming into a diagnosis of asthma. Funny. And the doctor gave the patient prescription for her illness... so I assume that the doctor is an internist... or anybody specializing with medicine, internal medicine.
Scene 2: The same doctor received a call from his wife. He told her wife that he could not join her for dinner... because he would have to perform a surgery... yes surgery.
It's not a surprise that the laymen sees a doctor as super-human... because of the lies shown by the local drama. An Internist/Surgeon... a rare type of doctor, but not so rare in the telly. Drama doctors are cure-it-all specialist... a branch of medicine which is beyond reality yet very common in local dramas.
Scene 3: The same doctor rushed into a labour room. Apparently, his wife is in labour. He then donned a surgical mask and help the midwives. No cardiotocogram (CTG) machine seen, which is funny since it is a vital apparatus in the labour room... well at least in this region. Even if the baby is crowning, there's no way that the CTG machine would be removed from the suite. And he is not wearing any apron... funny.
If I were the doctor, I would wear an apron first... maybe two layers of apron, after an incident which I have to walk back home in a scrub because my trousers were wet from the gushing amniotic fluid. Surgical mask is not necessary considering that the mother to be is my own wife. So apron first then mask. Mask is important too because we may not know what the patient have; TB, flu etc.
I guess the doctors in the drama are superhuman since they can monitor the fetal heart rate without the CTG machine. Yes, we do use Pinard's stethoscope but to monitor one, you'll have to listen to it for the whole night... or day... and using a Pinard's stethoscope is not easy.
Now the big question, is the doctor an internist or surgeon or OB/GYN specialist?
Hate crime...
Hate crime is wrong at all level.
Example, the hate crime towards the Muslims in the America, could affect the non-Muslim in a Muslim majority country.
Those hate crimes could be an excuse to retaliate back, by committing hate crimes towards the local Christians, because the Western world is often associated with Christianity, however absurd it is like how the Western world would associate Arabs and Islam.
Crowd mentality is hard to curb with social medias nowadays. One silly, absurd post on Facebook or Twitter could provoke anger... which then leads to irrational actions, such as mobs and of course hate crime.
People would be paranoid, felt threatened. The Muslim in the other part of the world would feel threatened by those Islamophobic actions, and if one clown provoke their anger, God knows what would happened.
So, in lieu of the coming Christmas and Prophet's Birthday, let's make the world a peaceful one...
Example, the hate crime towards the Muslims in the America, could affect the non-Muslim in a Muslim majority country.
Those hate crimes could be an excuse to retaliate back, by committing hate crimes towards the local Christians, because the Western world is often associated with Christianity, however absurd it is like how the Western world would associate Arabs and Islam.
Crowd mentality is hard to curb with social medias nowadays. One silly, absurd post on Facebook or Twitter could provoke anger... which then leads to irrational actions, such as mobs and of course hate crime.
People would be paranoid, felt threatened. The Muslim in the other part of the world would feel threatened by those Islamophobic actions, and if one clown provoke their anger, God knows what would happened.
So, in lieu of the coming Christmas and Prophet's Birthday, let's make the world a peaceful one...
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