Just watching Dr Who at the moent and there wa a moment where Rose smiles at the dotor and it was amazing, made me realise how much we should all strive to smile and make other people smile.

There are many things that can be faked, emotions covered up and lies told all to mask how we feel but a smile, the rights smile is always genuine and know this because it has an effect on you, makes you smile as well.

Perhaps that's why I was always a sucker for a smile and for the most part, the females that Ive been out with have had that in common.

When you stop making the other person you with smile or you start thinking to yourself why haven't I smiled then its time to stop, take a look around and just do something beautiful.

Some ideas
a kiss
a hug
make a cup of tea
go for a walk and come back with something, be it nice or tacky
rub her shoulders
Kiss her neck or his neck
tell them how much they mean to you
offer to do something for them, like watch their programs or movies

I know all this and can impart my advice on to other people because.. I know all this and I didnt do it.

Expectations for tonight,
well not really in the mood for drinking, ive not eaten but I must not get into a state and text Kari , no matter how much I really want to. If I do then it will just get laughed at or used against me (see other posts for updates)

Will be interesting to watch the masses congregate and get drunk, like always attracts like on nights out like these, the short skirts go for the army guys, the army guys go for anything because they can.  Tonight will feel like everyone else will be having fun.

Sometimes I wish she would read this to know what she meant to me, hindsight, however the sad truth is that the part of her that would read this , the kind kari I knew isnt there any more.

Bursa'da bir kişi, tartıştığı karısını boynundan bıçakla yaraladı.

İnşaatlarda fayans işleri yapan Hüsamettin A. (33), malzeme almak için Erikli Mahallesi Üçüncüdemir Sokak'taki evlerine gitmek için 16 CAL 58 plakalı otomobiliyle yola çıktı. Mahalleye geldiği sırada eşi Zahide A'yı (30) gören Hüsamettin A, bakkala gittiğini öğrendiği eşini otomobile aldı.

Araca binen Zahide A, Hüsamettin A. ile hayatında başka bir kadın olduğu gerekçesiyle tartışmaya başladı. Bunun üzerine Hüsamettin A, “Uzun süredir bu konu devam ediyor. Şöyle sakin bir yere giderek konuşalım” dedi.

Fidyekızık Mahallesi'ndeki bir ormanlık alana giden çift, tekrar tartışmaya başladı. Tartışmanın kavgaya dönüşmesi sonucu Hüsamettin A, otomobilde bulunan babasından kalma bıçakla eşini boynundan yaraladı.

Yaralı eşini Şevket Yılmaz Devlet Hastanesine götüren Hüsamettin A, daha sonra Ertuğrulgazi Polis Merkezine teslim oldu.

Bursa Emniyet Müdürlüğü Asayış Şube Müdürlüğüne götürülen zanlının, burada verdiği ifadesinde, kavga sırasında eşini yanlışlıkla bıçakladığını söylediği öğrenildi.

Olayla ilgili soruşturmanın sürdürüldüğü bildirildi.

A few weeks ago Whitney found an old cookbook at an antique store (OK- so it is not THAT old, but from the 60s), the Margaret Rudkin Pepperidge Farm Cookbook, and we have been trying some of her recipes. We have made yummy bread, hard-as-a-rock biscuits, and tonight we made some D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S cinnamon apple bread! Let me tell you what, it was good! I got a few pictures from our creation... there are a few things we decided we would do differently next time, but it turned out better than expected.

Here are the pictures... Look at it! Can I hear a "Yumm-O!"? HAHA...

Next time, I will try to get more snapshots of the chefs and not so much of the food. ;)

**Whitney wanted me to mention- SHE was ready to take it out, but I convinced her to leave it in a few more minutes, resulting in the overly crispy edges. HAHAHAHAHA =)

Nighty-night!

Third time is the charm, eh? If this wordpress doesn't work out, I am not meant to be blogging.

Some polaroids from St. Louis.

June 11th, Nylon Tour with She Wants Revenge, Be Your Own Pet, The Virgins and Switches. It was my fourth date and last date of this tour. Krisan and Kari totaled 6 or 7.

Good times. 

Kari

Krisan

Wade of The Virgins

Kelsey

Waffle House employees

Krisan & Kari, waffle House, st. louis

Kenan TÜRKSEVEN/GERZE (Sinop), (DHA)

SİNOP'un Gerze İlçesi'nde başına çekiçle vurularak öldürülen 56 yaşındaki Nazif Gökmen'in katil zanlıları olarak gözaltına alınan 31 yaşındaki Nurcihan Karabaş ile eşi 35 yaşındaki Salih Karabaş tutuklandı.

Suçlarını itiraf eden Karabaş çifti, Gökmen'i cinsel ilişki teklifinde bulunduğu için öldürdüklerini söyledi.

İddiaya göre Nazif Gökmen, Salih Karabaş'ın eşi Nurcihan Karabaş'a cinsel ilişkiye girmek için teklifte bulundu. Bu durumu eşine anlatan Nurcihan Karabaş, Nazif Gökmen'e Gerze İlçesi'ne bağlı Çakallı Köyü yakınlarında buluşma adresi verdi. 34 TE 028 plakalı otomobiliyle adrese giden Gökmen, burada Karabaş çiftinin saldırısına uğradı. Gökmen, başına çekiçle vurularak öldürüldü. Otomobil içinde hayatını kaybeden Gökmen'in cesedi, çevredekilerin ihbarı üzerine önceki gün jandarma tarafından bulundu.

Araştırmayı derinleştiren ekipler, parmak izi çalışmaları ve cep telefonu kayıtlarından çiftcilik yapan Karabaş çiftine ulaştı. Dün gözaltına alınan karı- koca, jandarmadaki ifadelerinde suçlarını itiraf etti. Evlerinde yapılan aramada da bir ruhsatsız tabanca, 6 mermi ve olayda kullanıldığı ileri sürülen çekiçle öldürülen Nazif Gökmen’e ait kimlik kartı ele geçirildi. İfadelerinin ardından zanlı çift bugün çıkarıldıkları nöbetçi mahkeme tarafından tutuklanarak Sinop Kapalı Cezaevi'ne gönderildi.

Samanyoluhaber.com yazarlarından Abdullah Abdulkadiroğlu ulusalcı-sol cephenin nasıl birbirine gireceğini yazdı. Ve erken seçim isteyenlere SİZİ MEYDANLARDA GÖRMEK İSTERİZ dedi. İşte o yazı

Ak Parti’yi kapattırarak milleti dağıtabileceklerini sananların işi aslında Ak Parti’den daha zor.

Millet için artık mesele Ak Parti meselesi değil.

Kılıçlar çekildi ortalık karışacak gibi gözüküyor. Meydanlar hareketlenmeye hazırlanıyor.

Ak Parti’yi kapatmak için el birliği yapanlar şimdi siyaset sahnesine ısınıyor. Antrenman turları başladı.

Geçen hafta Ankara’daki gizemli akşam yemeğinde bir araya gelen Ahmet Necdet Sezer, Sabih Kanadoğlu, Hikmet Çetin gibi isimler CHP’yi Deniz Baykal’dan kurtarma planlarını masaya yatırdı.

Ak Parti’nin kapatılmasından sonraki süreç için çalışmalar hızlandı. İlk hedef solu derleyip toplamak. Önce yapılacak iş Baykal’dan kurtulmak, CHP’yi ele geçirmek. Sonra milletin karşısına Ak Parti’yi kapattırmış olmanın gururuyla çıkıp iktidara talip olmak.

Baykal bu kadar kolay pes eder mi, ‘buyurun ağalar’ deyip ceketi alır gider mi ?

Ben sanmam. Solda ciddi bir pandomim kopacak gibi duruyor.

Çünkü mevcut yapıya bakıldığında Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi’nde yönetime muhalif olana yaşam hakkı tanınmıyor.

Gizemli oluşum yeni bir parti kurmak yerine CHP’nin ismi üzerinden hedefe varmak niyetinde olduğundan işleri zor. Önce Baykal’ın bedenini çiğnemeleri gerekecek.

Yakında Baykal’a yönelik farklı politik operasyonlarla karşılaşabiliriz. Mesela Doğan medyasında Baykal’ı yıpratma kampanyası başlatılabilir.

Tabii CHP’yi ve solu bir çatı altında toplamak niyetinde olanların en büyük başbelası televizyonlarda ‘savulun geliyorum’ diye sağa sola sataşan Tuncay Özkan olacak.

Bir ay sonra parti kurup meydanlara inmeye hazırlanan Tuncay Özkan kendine bir oy hedefi koymuş.

Sıkı durun: 16 milyon.

Geçen akşam televizyonda kendi söyledi.

Sahne performansı; kışkırtmak, saldırmak, iftira atmak ve hakaret etmek üzerine kurulu olan Tuncay Özkan, gücü tükendikçe daha da agresifleşiyor. Aydınlık Türkiye’nin yılmaz savunucusu olan kanalını satınca sırtını dayadığı kesimden büyük tepki alan ve kendine inanan insanları hayal kırıklığına uğratan Özkan, şimdi bir kez daha ‘bana güvenin’ diyecek.

Ak Parti’yi kapattırarak milleti dağıtabileceklerini sananların işi aslında Ak Parti’den daha zor.

Millet için artık mesele Ak Parti meselesi değil.

Mesele; gelecek meselesi, özgürlük meselesi, hak meselesi, adalet meselesi, güven meselesi.

Onlar vurdukça millet; statükoya, baskıya ve dayatmaya karşı kenetlenip tek vücut oluyor.
Onun için statükocu cephenin işi zor.

Ulusalcı-sol yapılanma; bir yandan Ahmet Necdet Sezer, Sabih Kanadoğlu ekibiyle CHP’yi Baykal’dan kurtarmak için uğraş verecek, diğer yandan 16 milyon oy hedefleyen Tuncay Özkan ile uğraşacak.

Tuncay Özkan ise meydanlarda toplayacağı insanları, iktidar olduğunda kendilerini bir kez daha satmayacağına inandırmaya çalışacak.

Hele en son Anayasa Mahkemesi Başkanı Haşim Kılıç’a attığı iftira bombası da elinde patlayınca, Tuncay Özkan inandırıcılık konusunda hayli zorlanacak gibi görünüyor.

Önümüzdeki seçim heyecanlı geçeceğe benziyor.

Birbiriyle iktidar mücadelesi verecek parçalı bir ulusalcı-sol kavgası seyredeceğiz.

Eh artık millet sizleri meydanlarda görmek istiyor.

İnanın herkes bunu dört gözle bekliyor.

Çıkın kabuğunuzdan, inin meydana, milletle bir yüzleşin.

Şu millet önce bir görsün sizi, boyunuzu posunuzu.

Güvenip adam yerine koymadığınız, aldığı kararlara itiraz ettiğiniz, ne anlar dediğiniz, göbeğini kaşıyan adam diye horladığınız, köylü diye aşağıladığınız bu millet karşılarına çıkıp ne anlatacağınızı merak ediyor.

Siz meydanlarda bir deyiverin diyeceğinizi.

Bakalım sandıkta millet size ne diyecek ?

According to Felice Prudente-Sta. Maria, Karinderia and karihans are products of the British Empire. Sepoys were Indian natives who deserted British General William Draper’s fleet around 1764. They quickly assimilated into the community by marrying Filipina wives and settling at the lakeside end of the Pasig River about 18 kilometers east of Manila in Taytay and Cainta. These towns are conveniently located along the Maytime Pilgrimage route to Antipolo Church. 

Carinderias were affected by tourist transportation. The first Philippine railway was inaugurated in 1892 and ran 105 kilomenters from Manila to Dagupan. In the 1900s it was extended south to Bicol.

Before train travel, Cainta was where Marian devotees disembarked from bancas and switched to hammocks or horses with which to make the mountainous ascent to the Antipolo town shrine. But once the train service became regular, Taytay became the town where the trekking began. There would have surely been a ready market for a food service wherever the myriad of devotees stopped.

Like all busy crossroads, Taytay and Cainta reaped revenues from tourist facilities, in this case eateries. Many tourists noted that the areas from Taytay and Cainta through the capitol were punctuated by bamboo stalls offering a mixed menu that included curry. 

The Spaniard Wenceslao E. Retana, an authority in Philippine studies, traced the etymology of carinderia in the 1920s to curry that is kari in Tagalog –the root word of the native dish called Kare-kare.

Information source: Felice Prudente-Sta. Maria, Governor-General’s Kitchen

Nama tempatnya adalah Fountain. Letaknya di Jalan Nangka (Tuan Tambusai), kurang lebih 500 meter dari SKA Mall (sebelah kanan jalan). Dia ada di sebelah Toko Global Bangunan. Menu utama yg disediakan di situ adalah es krim. Mereka punya menu bermacam es krim. Mulai dr Bananas Split, Sundaes, Waffle, Orchid Tower dan masih banyak lg yg lainnya. Rasanya weenak tenan [kalau saya udah bilang weenak, dijamin pasti enak]. Selain es krim, Fountain jg menyediakan menu makan, seperti Kwetiau Kuah Daging Sapi, Kwetiau goreng, Kari Daging Sapi, Nasi Goreng dan masih ada beberapa yg lain tapi tidak sebanyak menu es krimnya. Harganya es krim atau makannya relatif murah. Satu porsi rata-rata 10 sampe 15 ribu rupiah saja.

Favorit saya adalah kwetiau kuah atau goreng dan es krimnya Orchid Tower. Kalau istri sukanya kari daging sapi dan Ice Cream w/ Avocado. Ini neh kwetiau dan karinya.

Cafe Fountain ini tempatnya enak, bersih dan ber-AC. Pengunjungnya jg ramai, apalagi di malam minggu. Sayangnya, kadang ada yg merokok di dalam ruangan [liat gamvar di bawah ini, dasar orang katrok]. Padahal di luar di sediakan tempat jg. Anehnya, waiters-nya malah memberi mereka (yg merokok itu) asbak [lebih katrok lg ya].

Untungnya tidak semuanya katrok. Kasir cafe ini lah yg tidak katrok [tuch liat gambat di bawah, yg sebelah kiri]. Hehehehehe. Hayo, silahkan mampir untuk mencobanya [mencoba es krim maksudnya]. Oh ya, hampir lupa, di Fountain ada akses point internet lho. Setiap pembelian 50 ribu di Fountain, Anda akan diberi, oleh Mbak kasir, voucher internet selama satu jam.

Sebenarnya, arwah mak saya sempat ajar saya nak masak kari, tapi bila dah besar2 ni, main belasah je ;P... Janji ada rupa dan rasa mcm kari. (Isk..pelik lak panggil kari, orang Penang panggil kari ni GULAI, so pakai nama gulai la ye).

Saya lebih suka gulai tanpa santan, maksudnya kuah gulai tu dari air asam jawa aje. Pernah tengok Makngah saya masak tapi terlupa nak tanya resipi lak. Makanya dengan semangat berkobar2 nak masak gulai semalam, apa lagi...saya surf internet la cari resipi (senang betul nak masak sekarang, tak payah nak beli2 buku resipi, google je kat internet). Nasib baik jumpa. Saya ikut resipi gulai ikan yang paling simple.

Resipi tu se'simple' ni je, dan saya modify la sikit2.

Bahan2:

Ikan (jenis apa pun boleh je- saya suka ikan kembung atau ikan isi)

Bawang merah

Bawang putih

Rempah kari

Asam jawa

Daun kari

Cili padi/cili merah/cili hijau

Tomato/ kacang bendi/ terung

Daun bawang

Cara2 prepare:

1. Of course siang ikan dulu la hehe

2. Tumbuk/ blend bawang merah & bawang putih (saya ganti bawang merah dengan bawang besar sebab kemalasan mau kupas bawang merah yang kecik2, dan kuantiti bawang2 tu pandai2 la agak)

3. Bancuh rempah kari dengan air (arwah mak saya ajar bancuh ngan air asam jawa)

4. Bancuh air asam jawa (saya pakai Asam Jawa Adabi tanpa biji - sonang! Agak2 dalam 1-2 sudu asam jawa tu, bancuh ngan air)

5. Cili padi (3-4 biji diketuk aje) atau cili merah/hijau (belah tengah) - ikut suka, kalau yang suka pedas la.

6. Tomato (belah 4) / bendi (boleh potong kalau suka) / terung (potong ikut suka hati..haha)

7. Potong daun bawang agak2 dalam 1 inci.

Cara2 masak:

1. Panaskan minyak, tumis bahan tumbuk/blend + daun kari sampai wangi.

2. Masukkan rempah kari, tumis sampai pecah minyak.

3. Masukkan air asam jawa. Biar mendidih. Masukkan garam.

4. Masukkan ikan. Kalau nak kuah lagi, masukkan lagi air/air asam jawa.

5. Bila ikan dah masak, masukkan cili, tomato/bendi/terung.

6. Bila bau kari dah menusuk hidung tu, kira dah masak la tu.

7. Masukkan daun bawang. Tutup api.

8. Siap dan sedia dihidangkan dengan nasi panas atau roti benggali.

Ta da! Senang kan?

Sebenarnya kalau detail lagi, ada halba campur. Lagi sedap la. Tapi sebab ni gulai malas, maka masukkan mana yang patut aje lah ;P

Saya suka gulai yang masam2 sikit, sebab tu letak banyak air asam jawa siap tambah tomato lagi. Lepas tu kena pedas, baru kaw! Dan rempah kari pulak of course la guna rempah kari yang diimport khas dari kampung...

Hmm...ni lah dia gulai ikan ala2 Kedai Che Abang! Hehe

** Kedai Che Abang - restoran yang glamer di pekan Kepala Batas.

Yesterday we went to the beach and the pool. Later, Whitney, Ashlyn, and our friend went to the mall (blah) to do a little shopping.

I decided to stay back and go to the beach again to go fishing with my dad, mom, and Grayson (well, more accurately, me and mom watched them fish). So anyway, we noticed a huge storm coming.... it was getting really dark. We also saw a humongous shark cruising through the water (by the way, that is what they wanted to catch- a shark). It started to pour- I ran up to the pavilion (without the keys... ugh) and waited for it to pass. Then me and mom walked back up to the condo.

They didn't catch anything, but they will go back this week.

Here are some more pictures...

These pictures are all within 30 minutes! You can see how clear it was and then how dark it got.

Today we are having friends over for dinner... tomorrow more beach! =)

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After some breakfast and a nap, we were ready to go down to get some sun (well those of us who weren't still asleep... *Cough* Whitney and Ashlyn *Cough*). So me, Grayson, and Desirae went down to lay out and play around. Then Ashlyn joined us followed by Whitney when she woke up. We stayed for about 2 1/2 hours then headed over to the pool!

More....

We looked up at the sky while we were at the pool and realized that a "biggo" storm was coming! Every day around the same time it does this in Florida. We got used to it after a while.... =) Anyway, so we ran up to the condo and had some lunch.

And that was our day so far. ;)

Ashlyn, Desirae, Whitney, me, and Grayson:

Then this morning, we got up early to go see the sunrise. All of us "kids" went to go see it, except for Ashlyn- she was busy snoring... just kidding. It was very pretty, but it was still really smoky outside! Grayson was holding his nose the whole time- actually right now he has toilet paper up both his nostrils to "keep the smell out." =)

We will go to the beach later and maybe the pool...

Update: On the left-hand side I put up a link to Ashlyn's Blog: http://ashlynsway.wordpress.com/

She doesn't update it much, but I think she needed a little bit of motivation in order to do so. Hint-Hint ;)

Sunday- Fast Lasanga, salad, garlic bread

Monday- Left over's

Tuesday - Impossible Easy Cheeseburger Pie

Wednesday- Chili, Italian bread

Thursday - Tuna Crescent Sandwiches

Friday - Left overs

Saturday - To be determined, maybe more left overs if there are any

Extras for the week - Crumb Coffee Cake (breakfast) & Fruit Salad (snacks)

If you want to read up on my new addition and family update check out: http://yarnballs.wordpress.com/2008/05/03/thomas-owens-arrival-how-it-is-going

Hot and barren, Kenya´s dry lands have long been unfit for agriculture, at best merely a grazing area for wild animals and livestock.
Today, the landscape is more picturesque and productive, lined with golden stalks of wheat yielding precious grain for Kenya´s farms and families. The wheat is a new variety, one that is high yielding and resistant to drought.
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But quickly I wanted to let you know that I will be going into the hospital on April 29th to be induced.  I will hopefully be able to start putting my weekly menu online this upcoming weekend.  It will all depend on my recovery of having baby #2.  I will keep you guys updated!!!

Kari

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees
• Fry your ground beef, when done dump the sauce in the hamburger
• While fying your ground beef, combine in a bowl the ricotta cheese, 1/2 of the mozz. cheese and 1/2 the parmesan cheese, mix well
• In your 9x13 pan layer as follows:  Sauce/ground beef, Noodles (remeber uncooked), cheese mix and Repeat for three layers ending with sauce
• Now top with the remaing mozz and parm cheese
• Bake at 350 degrees for 55 minutes or until cheese is golden brown
• Let stand for 10 minutes before serving (very, very important)

"Ellu" in tamil means sesame seeds. I wish I could give you a specific meaning for "kari" without resorting to the commonly misused term "curry" which is often used to describe the gravy or sauce of a dish. The problem I have with the over-generalization of curry as a sauce is that in Indian cooking the sauce is integral to the preparation of the dish and is not prepared or cooked separate from what the "star" ingredient is. Yes, there are some dishes such as Kofta and Kadhi that you can "assemble" before you serve. For the most part, the meat or the vegetable is cooked in the gravy from the beginning of the preparation. Enough of my tirade....

So, ellukari is a palakkad iyer specialty that was a staple in our home growing up, when Chenai (or Senai Kazhangu or Yam) was in season. The other, more prevalent preparations of chenai in the south is to fry it or "roast" in oil (this is a typical tamilnadu preparation) or Chenai upperi or mazhukuparatti (these are Kerala style preparations). This recipe of ellukari is my mom's- I love the recipe for its simplicity and yet the complexity of the flavors it has..not to mention that a little bit is enough to get those taste buds going!!

My mom is a very creative cook- she finds uses for ingredients in Indian cooking that one wouldn't think of- for example, tomatillos. It was my mom who started using tomatillos as a substitute for tamarind in sambar and rasam. I remember when growing up, we used to taste a different cuisine almost everyday- one day it would be a maharashtrian thalipeeth, the next day a punjabi kadhi and then a traditional south india meal. I think I'm inspired to tinker with recipes because of my mom, and get the passion for discovering a myriad of tastes from her.....Ellukari is my contribution to Pedatha's JFI event- JIHVA for Love.

What you Need

1. 1 Pkt Frozen Yam�
2. 4 Dried Red Chillies
3. 1/2 tsp cooking oil
4. 2 T Urad dal
5. 1 cm piece of Asafoetida (or 1/2 tsp of asafoetida powder)
6. 4 Curry leaves
7. 2 tsp of black sesame seeds
8. 1/4 cup of coconut (optional)�
9. 1 Tbsp of Tamarind concentrate
10. Jaggery (optional)
11. 1/2 tsp of Turmeric powder
12. Salt to taste
13. 1/2 cup of water
14. For Tempering- 1 tsp of cooking oil (sesame oil will give additional flavor),1 tsp of mustard seeds, 1 tsp of Methi (fenugreek) seeds

How its done

• Defrost the yam and cut the pieces into smaller pieces (tastes better in small pieces)
• Heat the oil in a heavy bottom saucepan and add the mustard. When the mustard starts spluttering, add the methi seeds.
• Now, add the defrosted yam and roast for a few seconds.�
• Then add the tamarind, water, salt and turmeric and let boil till the raw smell of tamarind is gone- 3-5 minutes.
• In the meanwhile,in a small pan, roast in 1/2 tsp of oil ingredients 2 through 7 till the urad dal is light brown in color and a nutty aroma is emitted from the pan. If using coconut, add it at this stage, mix and turn off the heat. Grind this masala into a smooth paste.
• When the yam is half cooked in the tamarind water, add the masala paste and cook for 5 minutes till completely cooked. If using jaggery, add it after the yam is cooked and heat through for a minute before turning off the heat.