Japanese Curry Rice

I had curry rice yesterday for my dinner. I don't know exactly how to do it, but the internet really helps how. So I searched down the net to find the recipe...^__^ he he he..This is all the ingredients I used:

onions + carrots + potatoes + rice + curry roux = curry rice

So, this is the curry roux I'm using bought from the mall....Vermont Curry..hm..with a touch of apple and honey...

The inside of the curry contains 6 pieces.... hu hu ..^.^

Potatoes & carrots..... ~~~~~

So, mix together in a pan, bla bla bla......so....TADA!!!!!

Ha ha..the curry rice is ready to be eaten by yours truly

The Sukiyaki Song

I remember when I was learning the Japanese Language, my sensei, Soeda sensei teaches us a song, called Ue O Muite Arukou (上を向いて歩こう) by Kyu Sakamoto. Well, it's the Sukiyaki Song made popular by 4PM if you ever know the tune, but the lyrics are way different from the Japanese version. My sensei said that some Westerner at that time, heard this song and they like the tune very much, but they don't know the title of the song, so they named it sukiyaki, cause apparently at that moment they were having sukiyaki at a restaurant. Sukiyaki is a Japanese Beef meal. So correct me if I'm wrong on this one.

This is Kina Grannis, doing a cover of this song. Lovely song and perfectly done.

Ue o muite arukou

Namida ga koborenaiyouni
Omoidasu haru no hi
Hitoribocchi no yoru

Ue o muite arukou
Nijinda hoshi o kazoete
Omoidasu natsu no hi
Hitoribocchi no yoru

Shiawase wa kumo no ueni
Shiawase wa sora no ueni

Ue o muite arukou
Namida ga koborenaiyouni
Nakinagara aruku
Hitoribocchi no yoru

Omoidasu aki no hi
Hitoribocchi no yoru

Kanashimi wa hoshi no kageni
Kanashimi wa tsuki no kageni

Ue o muite arukou
Namida ga koborenaiyouni
Nakinagara aruku
Hitoribocchi no yoru
Hitoribocchi no yoru

~~ English Translation ~~

I'll walk along looking up
So tears do not roll down
I remember one spring day
Lonely night

I'll walk along looking up
Counting the stars which spread
I remember one summer day
Lonely night

Happiness is over the clouds
Happiness is over the sky

I'll walk along looking up
So tears do not roll down
I walk crying
Lonely night

I remember one autumn day
Lonely night

Sadness is in the shade of the star
Sadness is in the shade of the moon

I'll walk along looking up
So tears do not roll down
I walk crying
Lonely night
Lonely night

nyum nyum

oh, i haven't post anything since new year.

just some pictures of japanese food i bought at the supermarket. i'm so craving for okonomiyaki and takoyaki **nyum**

This one is takoyaki, but it doesn't taste that great, 2 stars ***

And this got anchovies on it......... ~.~ ?????

Year of The Ox

So the year of 2009 is the year of the Ox. I received an email from about.com about this article of year of ox. Ox in japanese is ushi.

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009!!!

Wahey!! Ello.....

In a few hours from now, another year is coming ahead.. and it's new year 2009.

How time flies! Usually me and my family would have some small BBQ to celebrate the coming new year and watch tv for the countdown. ^.^

Hehe, and some would bath themself when the clock strike midnight to wash away all the bad luck. ^.^

Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu.

明けましておめで とうございます｡

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2009

Minasama no gokenkou o oinori moushiagemasu.

皆様のご健康をお 祈り申し上げます｡
Wishing everyone good health.

A Plant In Japan Actually Blogs! Amazing Facts!

I found something pretty interesting in the newspaper today. It's a blog, and the writer is suprisingly a plant named Midori. And Midori-san is an plotted plant placed on a cafe counter in Kamakura, Tokyo. In Japanese, midori means green. The plant is a hoya kerrii and also known as the sweetheart plant due to it leaf shape. Well, me, myself don't know what is this hoya kerrii plant. But the name sounds so kawaii. Well, the blog is fully written in Japanese. I have my hard time reading it too.

Here's the blog. (it's written in Japanese, I don't even know how to read it)

Here some of the blog post I took from Eastern Times, October 22 :

"Today was a sunny day and I was able to sunbathe a lot...I had quite a bit of fun today", Midori-san, whose name means "green" in Japanese posted on Oct 16.

And the latest entry reads: "It was cloudy today. It was a cold day".

Wow, the technology is so amazing now. They can even know what plants says. There were sensors on the plant that allows data to be sent to computers. So from that, it can easily translate it into words that we understand. It would also be good if they can do it with the hamster. :)

I owned a pet hamster named Chi-Chi.

ShabuKun Japanese Restaurant

It's been a while since I had my Japanese cuisine at Sakae Sushi in Penang.There's one Japanese restaurant at my hometown called ShabuKun Japanese Steamboat restaurant. I went there with my sis and mom. I had my beef rice. It tastes great. The baby octopus tastes a bit weird for me and the chuka wakame is still acceptable.They even selling edamame there but I haven't try it yet. I got some pics here.

This is the chuka wakame:)

Beef Rice

Baby Octopus!!!! include the heads too... Ramen..yummy oishii yo!

Daruma Doll on Display

Displays of the restaurant

Chopsticks