My photo wall is slowly growing at a steady rate. The following picture is the latest addition.
Personally, I love the dreamy look.
Nope, this is not a painting like some of you may think. It’s a photograph that I took just hours ago downstairs of where I live.
It’s actually from a fake plum blossom flower that someone stuck at a palm tree downstairs where I live. Did some post processing to change the color of the flower from red to a slight tint of pink.
The blur part (bokeh) is of course from my new favourite lens, the Voigtlander 58mm Nokton. Just love the dreamy effect it produces wide open.
Hope you like it!.
Published on
February 19, 2009 in
My Home.
I bought another nifty item for my house lately; an Olee Dehumidifier.
For those of you who’ve came to my house during the daytime, you might have noticed that my house is pretty dark most of the time as there is no direct sunlight coming into the house. For that reason, it somehow seems that my house can be pretty damp especially in the kitchen. More specifically the kitchen sink cabinet. Over the year, it seems like it has developed a damp smell that’s becoming rather nasty to me (I have sensitive nose).
I started out using those Thirsty Hippo passive dehumidifier which contains some crystal like particles that will liquify by absorbing the moisture in the air. It kinda worked but it requires replacing too fast in my case. So, coming across the Olee Dehumidifier which is an active dehumidifer that requires power to run, I was pretty much interested.
Olee Dehumidifier.. Notice the amount of water it collected.
It’s got a 500ml storage tank and it can collect up to 250ml per day. The dehumidifier will turn itself off when the water tank is full and that’s when you can just take out the water tank and pour away the water. I currently only turn it on at night before I go to bed and turn it off before leaving for work. So far I have it running for about 2 weeks and I must say it’s running pretty well.
The cabinet seems less moist. It better be considering it has collected about 750ml of water just by having it on at night for about 2 weeks. The funky smell seems to be slowly dissapearing which is a good sign.
The dehumidifier's home at the kitchen sink cabinet.
So if you have a small concealed area that’s damp, I do recommend you do something about it. We surely don’t want mold or what not to develop in those areas. The Olee Dehumidifier is a solution for me so it might work for you as well.
Published on
February 18, 2009 in
General.
Facebook has got this “People You May Know” feature. Don’t think I need to explain what it does since literally everyone in the whole wide world is in facebook now.
Anyway, spotted someone rather interesting.
Someone familliar.. don't you think?
Well, he’s probably not the real deal, but I do find it rather amusing. Wonder if my hero RPK is in facebook….
Published on
February 8, 2009 in
Food.
Good food can be fast food..
No I’m not talking about those fast food like McDonalds, KFC and such. I’m talking about home cooked, real good food and fast.
Juicy Ribeye Steak
My dinner for tonight was a nice juicy Ribeye Steak with asparagus that I cooked. How long did I take? 30 mins for 2 portions of it, minus the time it takes for the meat to defrost as I bought frozen ribeyes. It’s less time than I take to go out and grab myself a takeaway or even to order a delivery service. Including eating it and doing the dishes, it’s slightly over an hour.
So what do you think? Fast enough?
Published on
February 1, 2009 in
Food.
Was out almost the whole afternoon today doing some shopping. Bought myself a decent set of knives for the kitchen. Maybe I’ll blog about that later once I have used it a few times.
Anyway, was at Carrefour and manage to find some frozen Duck Legs. Duck parts is something I can’t really find at the neighbourhood NTUC. Ducks are almost always sold whole so seeing the frozen parts, I immediately bought a pack home to try out.
So here you go, my braised duck leg dinner. A first attempt at it though as the only other duck dish is know is ginger duck.
Duck Leg with some greens
Didn’t really know how to cook the duck initially. Seen quite a few recipes for ducks from books as well as on the internet but unfortunately it was either way too complicated or I didn’t have the necessary ingredients.
So I just did a quick seasoning with salt and black pepper, browned it in a pan and finally braised it with sauteed onions and chicken stock. So luckily it came out decent (at least for myself and the mrs).
A close up of the succulent meat. Yummy
Well, still got 2 more duck legs in the freezer. Maybe I can attempt a roast duck leg for those….
