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The Hari Raya Aidilfitri is coming closer. The city dwellers are busy shopping like crazy....sales are every where. Just a brief introduction, Hari Raya Aidilfitri or Eid ul-Fitr  is a Muslim holiday  that marks the end of Ramadhan , the holy month of Islam. Eid is an Arabic word meaning "festivity," while Fitr or fitrah means "nature of origin". The holiday celebrates the conclusion of the thirty days of dawn-to-sunset fasting . The first day of Eid falls on the first day of the month Syawal. The Putra Mosque of Putrajaya, Malaysia In the early morning of Syawal, people will visits their relatives and asking for forgiving. This is reflected in the popular slogan of Aidifitri which is "Maaf Zahir dan Batin" or "forgive my physical and emotional wrongdoings". In Malaysia, Aidilfitri is strongly associated with ketupat (packed rice), lemang ( made of glutinous rice and coconut milk and cooked in a hollowed bamboo) and rendang (special

A  girl is overweight, so her doctor puts her on a diet. "I want you to eat regularly for two days, then SKIP a day, and repeat the procedure for two weeks" The next time I see you, you'll have lost at least 2 kilos." said the doctor. When the girl returns, she's lost nearly 6 kilos. "Amazing!" the doctor says. "Did you follow my instructions?" The girl nods and says "I'll tell you, though, I thought I was going to drop DEAD that third day." "From hunger, you mean?" said the doctor. "No, from SKIPping," replied the girl.

Cropping refers to the removal of the outer parts of an image. Crop factor is depending on the size of a digital camera image sensor. The smaller the sensor size, the high the crop factor will be. The crop factor is actually a ratio between a camera sensor size and a 35 mm film frame size (also known as full-frame format). Some professional DSLRs use full-frame sensors, equal to the size of a frame of 35 mm film (the price of cameras with this format can be very expensive. A higher crop factor is useful for macro and zoom-in photography. To get the full advantage of this high crop factor, a higher sensor pixel count is required so that the detail of the object will be captured. On the other hand, a smaller crop factor is useful for landscape photography or to exaggerate perspective especially for wide angle lenses. Most consumer-level SLRs use sensors of a frame of APS-C film, with a crop factor of 1.5 (Nikon DX’s, Sony alpha’s, Konica Minolta’s, Pentax’s Fuji’s DSLRs) to 1.6 (Canon’s

Thank you to CikKie for the mamagodzillalicious caramel pudding with peach pieces. Very sweet very nice.... The caramel pudding with peach pieces......yummy!

For so long this blog has not been updated. Today, I would like to share something on cooking that is one of my past-time hobby. I'm not the best cook....but I love to experiment with new recipe, ingredients and look for short-cut to produce best dishes.... :-). At this moment, I'm in Kuantan the capital city of Pahang, the largest state in the Penisular of Malaysia. Just visiting a family and good friends. We are planning to cook for today's dinner. I will cook the popular "Thai's chicken green curry", as such I will share with you the recipe (do notice that I will not really cook from scratch). The Thai's green curry paste The ingredients include green curry paste (get this from commercially available product), Thai's basil leave, Turkey berry (terung pipit)(don't really know what to call this in English...I think it is Turkey berry), kaffir lime leave, tomato, large onions, small cuts of chicken and coconut milk (preferably the fresh