Archive for April 4th, 2007

Why it’s better to be a Woman?

1. We got off the Titanic first.

2. Our guy’s clothes make us look elfin & gorgeous. Guys look like complete idiots in ours.

3. We can be groupies. Male groupies are stalkers.

4. We can cry and get off speeding fines.

5. We’ve never lusted after a cartoon character or the central female figure in a computer game.

6. Taxis stop for us.

7. Men die earlier, so we get to cash in on the life insurance.

8. We don’t look like a frog in a blender when dancing.

9. Free drinks, Free dinners, Free movies … (you get the point).

10. We can hug our friends without wondering if she thinks we’re gay.

11. We can hug our friends without wondering if WE’RE gay.

12. New lipstick gives us a whole new lease on life.

13. It’s possible to live our whole lives without ever taking a group shower.

14. We don’t have to fart to amuse ourselves.

15. If we have a zit, we know how to conceal it.

16. If we’re dumb, some people will find it cute.

17. We don’t have to memorize Caddyshack or Fletch to fit in.

18. We have the ability to dress ourselves.

19. Our friends won’t think we’re weird if we ask whether there’s spinach in our teeth.

20. There are times when chocolate really can solve all your problems.

21. We’ll never regret piercing our ears.

22. We can fully assess a person just by looking at their shoes.

23. We know which glass was ours by the lipstick mark.

24. We have enough sense to realize that the easiest way to get out of being lost is to ask for directions.

Soto Ayam

Planning to cook some meals today? Well,  try this recipe:

Ingredients:
1 chicken breast
6 cups water
1 onion, sliced
1 thumb-sized ginger, crushed
1 medium tomato, quartered
3 pcs. lime leaves
1 stalk lemon grass, sliced
1 thumb-sized galangal root
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 tsp. tumeric powder
2 eggs, hard-boiled and sliced
1 cup mung bean sprouts, blanched
100 g sotanghon noodles, cooked
some corriander
salt and pepper to taste
1 tsp. fish sauce
1 tsp. sugar

Directions:
1. Rub the tumeric powder to the chicken breast until all side are coated.
2. In a pot, combine water, lemon grass, lime leaves, galangal root and salt. Bring to a boil.
3. Add the chicken breast and cook until done. Remove from broth, let cool and dry, flake the breasts and remove the bones and cartilage and set this aside.
4. Heat the broth again and add onions, tomatoes, garlic, sugar and fish sauce. Bring to a boil. Adjust the seasoning. Turn off heat when done.
5. In a large platter, place the mung bean sprouts, sliced egg, noodles, chicken flakes and corriander.
6. To serve, take some of all the ingredients from the platter and put it in a bowl. Pour some soup on it, stir and that’s it.

Wanna know what Soto Ayam is? Click here