The ratel is an amazing animal; it embodies the kind of values I admire: tenaciousness, courage and intellect, amongst others.
This video proves it visually. Pay attention especially to the last part. It’s incredible.
Filed under: diary
I asked my friend why he chose to stop staying in the student residence at the university.
He said, “Life is so boring there I rather spend the time travelling.”
I made this to complement the pork chops. This is the first time the sauce turned out well. The flour and the simmering process are the critical bits. The recipe is not cast in stone; vary ingredients to achieve optimum result. I used Swiss brown button mushrooms.
Mushroom sauce
Ingredients
Butter – 1 tbsp
Chicken stock – 1/2 can
Mushrooms – half a box, chopped
Flour – 1 tbsp
Salt and pepper to taste
Steps
1) Heat up butter and stock to a boil
2) Turn down heat, add mushrooms
3) After about a few minutes, add flour to coagulate sauce. Stir to break up clumps of flour.
4) Let sauce simmer. Add salt and pepper to taste.
5) When appropriate viscosity is reached, remove from heat and serve.
Filed under: alcohol | Tags: graham's late bottled vintage 2003, port, review
This stands in contrast to the Graham’s 10 Year port. Raw and intense with its deep ruby colour, yet held together, with a strong taste of fruit. I prefer the 10 Year for its refinement, but this wine has its own character and perks. Even 1 week after opening, its sharpness has dulled only by a bit. It warms my mouth and body still. Yet it develops still. A port with a twist. I eagerly await sampling it at the second week of opening.
Filed under: soundtrack
I lost it a long time ago.
The sense of uncertainty and vulnerability that pervades this song speaks to me in various ways. As with most art, there are layers of meaning and this song bears various meanings for me.
As I grew older, appearances and reality diverge more and more, and the idea of the world being an essentially benevolent place is replaced by a more realistic conception of the world as essentially ambivalent to human life. Speech is politicised as human interaction is laced with the poison of power plays between jostling competing humans.
Oh, it has quite a nice tune too.
