Foodie | Simple Lobster Salad ♥

Hey guys! Hope you’re all doing well!

Today's post will be about a recipe I've discovered recently. 

Quick question! Have you guys ever find yourself with food in your fridge that you have no idea how to cook/ prepare?

Well, I have! It's weird because I don't normally have Lobsters. What more it's been sitting in my kitchen freezer doing absolutely nothing. Cause it's dead. Anyway! With the permission of my mum, I decided to embark on an expedition to find a recipe that's simple to do. And I found this recipe! 

          *Drum rolls * 

~ Lobster cucumber apple salad ~ 

First of all. The star of the dish! Lobster! as well as 

its supporting acts Apples and Cucumber. I used 

green apples and it works fine. I bought Taiwanese 

cucumber but the ordinary ones would do well too.

Before everything else, it is important to boil the lobster in a pot/wok of salt WATER!

Let it boil for about 15-20 minutes.

While the lobster is cooking away, it's time to prepare the salad!

All you have to do is thinly slice in this case I used a grater to get thin layers of

the cucumber.

Next, season with salt and sugar.

Add a couple table spoons of Apple cider vinegar. Mix well and 

leave it in the refrigerator.

Once the lobster is cooked, remove the meat from the shell!  

Leave it to cool before trying to remove the meat. Or else you'll end

up with sore fingers!

Season the lobster meat with salt and pepper.

Next add the yogurt just enough to coat, lemon juice and lemon zest.

Give it a little taste to ensure everything is right.

And Serve it up! With some sliced apples!

 That’s all for today, hope y’all enjoy this! Let me know if there’s anything I should improve on and try it out yourself!

Alexis <3 

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Perfect meal for a hazy/summery day =)

Hola!   
Hungry?
         Find yourself stuck at home due to the recent haze? 
         Or just too lazy to go out in the heat?

Well worry no more! Continue reading on and you shall be left with a grumbling tummy and watery mouth! 

Note: I'm not a professional cook. Hence, it may or may not be your kind of food. However I love this recipe and felt like sharing it! =) 

This is a simple recipe that can be prepared easily and it doesn't take long. It is not a fattening meal, you can change up the recipe according to your own liking's! 

~First you'll need the 3 main ingredients. 
  I.e. Pasta(of your choice), Courgette(current obsession), Garlic 
  And you're all set!

~Slice up the Courgette, Garlic, Tomato(for some color)

~Boil a pot of water and when it's bubbling away, place the pasta in with a generous amount     of salt

~In a separate pan, add in a small amount of olive oil. When the pan is hot enough add in the sliced up courgette. Throw in a pinch of salt to draw out the water. Season with black pepper.

~When the courgette is sizzling away, add in the chopped garlic. Do this to prevent the garlic from burning and ruining the taste of the Courgette. 

~The courgette is done when it almost turn translucent. You may want to cook it longer if you like it to be mushy(paste like)

~ By this time, the pasta may be cooked. Check by eating a strand of the spaghetti. After draining off the water, add some olive oil and Parmesan cheese. 

~ Next, pour the seasoned spaghetti into the pot of Garlic Courgette. Mix Well and plate! Sprinkle with diced fresh tomato and Parmesan cheese.

But wait! A simple drink to wash it down! 

All you need is- Sprite, Ribena and Ice cubes 

Refreshing drink for a hot sunny afternoon

With that! You'll be able to enjoy a lovely afternoon with great food and a lovely refreshing drink! Crank that music loud; sit back and relax!

Thank you for reading this! I hope you enjoy my little recipe inspired by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.

Let me know if you tried it out and loved it! Peace

Alexis

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Journey back to a few centuries ago.

History. Fret not.

It's better than the text books.

Hi you! Again! Thanks for reading. DO NOT. CLICK. EXIT!

Okay. Here goes. 

I live in a country with various types of ethnicity, race, religion, languages ie. Malaysia. Because we live in such a multi-cultural country it is hard not to miss the decorations, advertisements and preparation when a celebration is about to commence; and it is common for us to visit our friends and take part in these celebrations. 

Great food. Great atmosphere. Great time.

Recently I had the opportunity to visit the Monsopiad Cultural Village which is located not far from KK city. This village basically is a privately owned museum that displays the Kadazandusun culture. (one of the many ethnics in Sabah state) It is a great place to learn about the culture of Kadazandusun's from their traditional dances, food and wine making to legendary stories. 

While we were there, we were treated with some local wine and traditional food. There was a performance on traditional dances (Sumazau, Bamboo dance, Blowpipe shooting etc) Before each performance there would be a brief explanation on the dances and how it was performed as well as the objective behind each dance. We had the chance to participate in these dances as well! Next we were given a brief tour around and got to try out a very interesting delicacy known as the 'Rich man's meal' which is basically a huge juicy sago worm. Yes. WORM! (not for the faint hearted) We learnt how the people used to make traditional wine/ vodka from distillation processes and also visited the legendary House of Skulls where there are skulls of real humans, weapons, traditional artifacts and images are displayed. The tour guide also told us the story of the legendary Monsopiad; a warrior who grew up at the same village and protected the people with his fighting skills. It is said that he collects the heads of other warriors who terrorized his village as trophies. Hence, the House of Skulls. 

All in all it was a very productive and interesting day besides the fact that we were attacked by huge HUGE swarms of mosquitoes that left us dancing and prancing around. 

Note: DO NOT WEAR SHORTS. Please cover up. Unless you are willing to feed these bloodsucking monsters with your blood.

Another NOTE: 

The entrance fee's are a bit pricey because it is privately owned because there's huge amount of money needed in order to keep the village running properly and to preserve the place.

I would like to not only encourage the tourists but also the locals to visit this place to show support for a dying culture because sooner or later these traditions will not be around for you to experience. It is important to understand and appreciate the people we live with in a country filled with interesting cultures.

Traditional herbs for making wine

Borneo Vodka

Sago worm

Lighting fire with dried bamboo

A video of my trip would be uploaded on my YouTube channel soon! Stay tuned!

More info on the Village here:

http://www.monsopiad.com

The world of editing

Hi peeps!

Yes, another blog post. Fed up of me already? Aw, c'mon I promise it's good stuff. Or maybe not. Anyway, to you who is reading this right now. Thank you very much from the bottom of my heart =D

Well I'm sure from the blog title above you'd somehow guess that I'll be blogging about stuff related to editing. Doesn't take Sherlock Holmes to figure that out aye?
Recently I've entered the world of photo editing. Now before you start judging my photo's, let me note that. I'm not a professional photographer neither am I a professional photo editor. Therefore, whatever my work that I post shall be what satisfies my taste as well as me not being that handy with the program since I've only been using the program for  2 days to be exact!

The program I've been using is the Adobe Lightroom 4. It's a fairly simple program that you can use to colour correct, enhance the photo's etc. I have used Adobe Photoshop before and it's not a simple program to use unless you take the time to really try and understand as well as read up on the basic techniques that are required to produce a nice looking photograph.
So anyway, if anyone of you are looking to edit photos in a fairly simple way. Check out the Adobe Lightroom  4 at :

http://www.adobe.com/sea/products/photoshop-lightroom.html

You could download the trial version or buy it online. (or other methods if you know how)

After watching a few tutorials from YouTube. I decided to try out on some of the photo's that i took and hadn't the time to edit them. Here are a few of my photo's before editing and after editing.

Before

After

Before

After

Before

After

London Bridge

Roman Bath, UK

So there you have it. It's amazing what a little bit of tweaking can do to a photo.

Hope this was interesting for you!

Alexis

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Feel free to hit me some questions! =)

New project ~ Short Video ' Who am I'

Hello peeps!

After a night of YouTube tutorials on editing and 2 days of shooting with 1 week of editing. I finally produced my first video inspired by the short 'Identity'. Couldn't have done it without the  Reloaded youths. Of course not forgetting God's guidance.

This video idea has been in our thoughts for almost a month and now it's out. One of the main reason I was excited to do this project was to maybe inspire the younger youths to explore their creativity and use whatever talents they have to glorify God. So to you junior GCE youths who's reading this. You can do anything if you set your heart to it =) I'm blessed to be a part of the lives of these young people who one day would be the leaders and incredible people that will touch the lives of many.

Anyway, I hope this video would be able to touch lives and move the hearts of many.





The casts: