Kan-cheong!

Jo : Babe! I didn't know you had a blog!
Me : Yeah i do..like it?
Jo : Only 2 post?! Write somore..
Me : (frantically) Ok ok ok! I'll do it -- NOW!

(5 mins later)

Jo : Babe. Don't have also?!
Me : Wait wait...(so kancheong)

(2 mins later)

Jo, this one's for you - i miss you guys!

xoxo,
S

It's Snack Time!

This is what i got for snack today at the office. A colleague of mine, the sweet Mai Anh has always been supplying these weird thin paper looking like things for the longest time. Today, I decided to do a little bit more research as to what this fancy thing was.

So to start of with, I knew it's rice paper. And next...well I really didn't know what it was! What a shame, i've been happily eating it for a a year now without even knowing it's name and how it's made - let alone the price. Gee, i'm just so dependent on Mai Anh to keep supplying it to me i guess ;)

Took a picture and sent it to my mum and sisters..next i needed to draft a short text - gosh! what is this thing called anyway? Here goes..

S : Hey (to the girl opposite me)....sorry to disturb you but what's this thing called again?

Girl opposite : Banh Chang ( i swear i heard it pronounced that way!)

S : WHAT?

Girl : B a n h ... T R A N G ( she goes on to spell it out for me)

S : oh..thanks! hey do you know how much it is...

Girl : (obviously iritated with stupid foreigner questions) I don't know...ask Mai Anh.

S : oh ok...(shouts to mai anh) Hey Mai Anh..how much is this?

(now at this point mai anh thinks i'm being nice and wanting to pay for it, but all i just wanted to know was the price so i could type it out in the email to my mum!)

So i finally get the price, i'm not too sure if Mai Anh even knows what the price is coz for all I know, she probably got someone else (a runner) to buy it! It's around 1000 dong for 4 pieces (she thinks) which would be around RM0.20

For more information about this yummy snack, here's what i found online :-

Called banh trang in Vietnamese, the translucent wrappers contain ground white rice and water, and sometimes a bit of added tapioca flour; they are pressed flat, steamed, and dried in the sun on bamboo mats, which gives them a distinctive basket-weave pattern, before being cut into circles and packaged. Available in 8-inch, 5-inch and quarter-round sizes, the wrappers are brittle, and quite thin.

The picture illustrations shows you the process of making 'banh trang'. The ones that you see in the pictures are the real ones that the Vietnamese eat with almost anything inside - vegetables, pork, fish or even snakes :)

The one that I ate on the other hand, which is more of a snack is a little different from the the original Banh Trang. This has been 'roasted'.... again - i think as i've not really seen how this tasty snack is made. Don't think i want to either. I just like how it tastes!

You've Got M@il!

This is what greeted me this morning on my desk. The most touching gift i've ever received so far...everything in there came right from the bottom of her heart. It sure did make my morning after finding out that the my money in my wallet which i keep in my drawer and which by the way is hidden, was nicked from under my nose in my own bedroom!

To my lovely sisters, there's no words to describe how I feel. Though the miles are currently separating us, you can always count on me to still iritate you guys from far!

Love you both loads!

Yours truly,

Sums.