Blogging Best Friends Award

...among the
five that they have choosen. Thank you
mommyallehs & emmy...

I'm so happy to be awarded with this Blogging Best Friends Award from two of my wonderful blogger friends: Mommyallehs & Emmy. There are rules to abide to, and one of it is to pass this award to another five of your blogger friends in which four of them must be followers of your blog. It was such a great honor to be among the five that Mommyallehs and Ems have choosen. Thank you, Mommyallehs & Ems! Love both of ya ! :)

Rules
1. Only 5 people are allowed to receive this award
2. 4 of them followers of your blog.
3. One has to be new to your blog and live in another part of the world.
4. You must link back to who ever gave you the award.

Awardee: Marzie, Janice, Emila, LJ and Ummi.

Congratulations, dear! And hope our friendship will continue to blossom into a beautiful one. :) *Group Hugz*

First Commentator

Congratulations, LJ! and thank you for your comments love! :)

Garden Chicken

M & I were craving for chicken on Wed night. So, we decided to bake a whole chicken. Not wanting to go through the hassle of frying vege, we put the potatoes & asparagus into the oven as well. Easy enough, one tray, all in! :)

Ingredients:
1 whole chicken
3 tsp salt
1 tsp rosemary
1 tsp five-spice powder
2 tsp dried parsley
2 tsp black pepper
2 tsp sugar
3 cloves garlic (crushed and mashed with roughly a tsp of coarse salt)
1 lemon (zest & juice)
4-5 onions (skin peeled)
Olive oil

6 potatoes (cut cube)
Asparagus (skin peeled)
Butter

1 tbsp maltose (diluted with 1 tbsp of hot water)

Wash chicken thoroughly and drain in a colander for approx. 10 mins.

Rub chicken with salt, black pepper, rosemary, dried parsley, five-spice poweder, sugar, mashed garlic, lemon zest and lemon juice. Put chicken in a baking tray and add onion at the side. Drizzle generously with olive oil. Marinate for approx. 3-4 hours.

Tips: For marinating, divide ingredients into half for front & back chicken. Work with your hand and massage the ingredients onto chicken for better result.

Pre-boiled potatoes in salt water. Drain in colander for approx. 10 mins. Arrange your time so that when you've finished pre-boiling the potatoes, the chicken is ready for baking. Add potatoes onto the tray and sprinkle with salt & pepper. Drizzle with olive oil. Baked in oven for 80mins under 200°C.

Blanch asparagus in salt water. Drain in colander for approx. 5 mins. When the chicken is done with its 80 mins baking, add the asparagus to the tray and sprinkle with salt & pepper. Grease the surface of asparagus with butter. And grease the surface of chicken with diluted maltose. Baked for another 10mins under 180°C.

Tips: Maltose will give the skin a very crispy texture.

Tea Chats: This is the first time we've baked this chicken and it was yummy~licious. We've given it a name: Garden Chicken because it looks like a garden to us. :). Since this is baking and not grilling, there are sauce in the tray. So, don't bother making any sauce for this. :)

Happy Friday, peeps! Enjoy your weekend! :)




First Commentator

Congratulations, Enchie! and thank you for your comments love! :)

Bono's Twitter Meme

Bono has invited me to join him in a new meme he invented. According to him, he read that it is possible to increase the traffic of your blog through Twitter. His concept is simple: Tweet the blog that link to you. In this way you drive more twitter followers and bring some of that traffic comes back to you via the link on that page.

This is not just a meme, but a contest as well. Read rule no.8 below, The HIGHEST twitter follower on November 24, 2008 will win USD10 and on December 1, 2008 will also win USD10 via paypal. Although I know that my chances to win this are slim, but since Bono has personally invited me to join him, I will give him my full support! :) So, Bono, here I am! :))

–START COPYING HERE–
Here are the rules:

1. Copy from "START COPYING HERE" to "STOP COPYING HERE".
2. Add your site(s) to the list. Just be sure to post the "Twitter List" at each site you add.
3. Let me know your blog’s name and url by leaving me a comment HERE . I will add you to the master list.
4. Come back and copy the master list back to your site, often. This will allow the new comers to achieve equal benefit as the late comers do.
5. Register in Twitter and install twitter widget or twittercounter.
6. Go to the sites found on the list and follow their Twitter.
7. Folllow me as your friend in http://twitter.com/bonoriau.
8. The HIGHEST twitter follower on November 24, 2008 will win USD10 and on December 1, 2008 will also win USD10 via paypal.

Note: Your url will be deleted in the Master List if you do not comply to the given rules.

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD! TELL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT THE LIST. THE MORE PARTICIPANTS, THE GREATER INCREASE IN TRAFFIC!

~Twitter List~
1. Bonoriau 2.Purplefrogcat 3.Shinade 4. Anything and Everything in Between 5.IndoContest 6.Momma Wannabe 7.Heartrandom 8. A Great Pleasure 9. YOU .

–STOP COPYING HERE–
I would like to invite the following to join me & Bono in this great twitter adventure: Marzie, Emila, Janice, Bobby, LJ, FL Sam, Bro Bokjae, Shemah, Ratu Syura, Rozella, Nina, Metz, Sushi, Marvic, Manggis, Debbie, Haaziq - Bluecrystaldude, Bintang, TH, Nessa, Trinity, Vhiel, Vidst and Sabrina.

Come & join us, k! We'll be waiting! :)




First Commentator

Congratulations, LJ! and thank you for your comments love! :)

Chats On Almost Anything

It has been quite some time since my last chat at dNeero. I've been waiting and waiting for new conversations from them for so long. When i saw Debbs posted up new conversations from dNeero, i did not hesitate to take it up.

If you're not a member of dNeero yet, click here to join. [Nick, are you still lingering on your thoughts to join? :)]

A Yo-Yo Holiday


Sports Clothing - Where? When?


Yes, we did!


Zoo - You're the animals!


ok, that's it! Hope you peeps had fun doing these conversations. Happy Wednesday! :)

First Commentator

Congratulations, Bono! and thank you for your comments love! :)

Debbie's Crafty Heart

I used to spend alot of time making greeting cards for my families & friends. But my interest fades away as i grow older. It seems like I just couldn't find that much time anymore now.

Making a gift for someone you love could really light up someone's heart. It shows your sincerity & determination. So for this coming Christmas, i think i might just do something for my friends. That's why I am taking the pledge to buy or make handmade this season, and hope you guys will do the same too! :)

At this time, Debbie's Crafty Heart Online Store comes in real handy. In there, you can find lots of lovely & cute ribbons, embellishments, flowers and other craft items you may need. The pricing are reasonable too! :)


If you are not into making handy crafts, how about winning a handy craft? This lovely container was made by none other than the owner of Crafty Heart, Debbie herself.

It's actually a Lady's Choice mayonnaise jar, thoroughly cleaned and rinsed with hot water to remove its label. So it's clean, don't worry! :) What's in the jar, you ask? Lots of scrapbooking/cardmaking goodies, of course! There are a few packs of silk flowers, just like the ones I'm selling on my store. There are other embellishments such as metal flowers and butterflies, and two packs of assorted brads! I've decorated the jar with ribbons and Sticko Vellum Hearts stickers. The whole jar is worth no less than RM20! :)

How To Win:
Just tell me why you want to win this jar in the comment section.
The winner will be picked via random.org. The winner will be announced on Monday, 1st December 2008.

Let's say YES to handmade, shall we! :)




First Commentator

Congratulations, Jan! and thank you for your comments love! :)