Rain

Rain, rain go away,

come again some other day,

Rain, rain go away,

little yan hua wants to play.

It's raining, it's pouring,

and the old man is snoring,

he went to bed and he bumped his head,

and he couldn't get up in the morning.

I'm singing in the rain,

Just singin' in the rain,

da-da-da...da-da-da-da...

(I don't know the lyrics anymore)

yup, I'm going MAD!

It has been raining for the past week everyday without fail! It's so annoying!!!! But how can that be? I came from a country where it rains all the time...actually pours cats and dogs...

I suppose it's because the rain here actually doesn't rain...I mean, it drizzles (but Aussies call it showers) It doesn't just drizzle for a couple of hours and then stop the rest of the day but it drizzles for like 10 minutes and then stops for another 10 minutes and it rains again!

Accompanying the rain is strong winds...i tell you, the umbrella is of no use. seriously. it's better to wear a wind-breaker that comes with a hood (wait, all wind-breaker comes with a hood. what am i talking about!) However, there is a technique in using the umbrella if you insist on using it. Don't open the umbrella fully and point it in the direction against the wind.

I'm looking forward to Friday. Do you know why??? Because it's SUNNY!!!!!! well, at least that's what the weather forecast says...and i trust it very much. Now i can sing:-

The sun will come up,

on Friday,

bet'cha bottom dollar that on Friday,

(I forgot the lyrics again)

bubur craze!

Just last Friday, I went to a friend's house to experiment making Bubur cha-cha. Why? Well, church is organising a Mamak night where (well, the name says it all) mamak food is being sold! I think it's a semesterly thing. Anyway, I was tempted to show off my cooking skill (yea right) by setting up a stall. I invited my friends, namely Jaclyn and Cheah Yen to set it up with me (I can't be doing it all by myself!) We decided to make 'bubur's...Bubur cha-cha, red bean, black glutinous rice, barley (Hehe...so exciting just thinking about it ^^)

Back to my story.

On Friday, we went grocery shopping. This is our first time making it so, we wanted to test it out before selling it. It's really easy to do actually.


Ingredients:

• Yam


• Sweet potatoes


• Rock sugar


• Coconut (we used cream because they didn't have any other type)


• Sago


• Pandan leaf (shredded and tied tightly)

Method:

1. Steam the sweet potatoes first, then the yam as the yam softens faster.


2. Cut the sweet potatoes and yam into cubes or any other shape you would like it to be.


3. Boil some water and put in the sago. Remember to constantly stir so that the sago will not stick to each other.


4. After the sago becomes transparent, put in the coconut cream, sugar and pandan leaf.


5. Wait till the rock sugar has disolved and then put in the cubed sweet potatoes and yam.


6. Cook for awhile longer and TA-DA!

After making the bubur cha-cha, Jaclyn and Cheah Yen took it to their cell meeting (hehe...making the cell members the guinea pigs =P) and apparently it was good.

Bangga........ ^^ not bad for first timers.

You know what, i think the secret is in the amount of coconut you put in. Of course not too thick!!! It'll be too jalak!! *bluek*

Too bad I didn't take a picture though but this is what it's suppose to look like...

I'm determined to make one for myself! MUAHAHA! Next experiment would be red bean soup, barley and the black glutinous rice.

ps: any other tips that you can share?