June 1st, 2008 ideru
Invited myself to join friends to go cycling from JR Kyoto Station to Arashiyama, I was so excited for this event till the weather forecast said it was going to be raining, and it did. By 0730, received an email that it was officially canceled. Rose , Kyrie and I decided to go cycling in the afternoon to USJ , but around 0900 the plan was again put into action. Met up with Rose, kay, Romsil, Los and Arnel in Shin Osaka station around 1100 and left for Kyoto.
When we arrived in Kyoto, it was still raining… wahhhhh… But it did not stop us and off we went to get our bicycles from the rental shop. Started from Kyoto Station around 1230 and took Karasuma avenue -> Shijo avenue . Took us about 1.5 hours ( including 30 minutes lunch ).
Matsuo bridge in Katsura River
Kyoto Cycling Course
Arashiyama..The cast…
Went off alone in the mountain to get some pictures, but unfortunately ( really stupid of me ) I forgot to check my batteries , it was not charged… wahahhhhhhhhhhhhhh…..
Arashiyama, was vividly green it was really pretty and with the recent rain it was beautiful, these are my fave pic of this trip..
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May 15th, 2008 ideru
Sorry if this turning into a food/book blog. Made some homemade pizza yesterday using frying pan only 
ingredients:
- 100g flour
- milk ( optional )
- egg ( optional )
- pizza sauza / ketchup
- pizza cheese
- toppings
- mix flour and egg and milk to form a dough. ( use plain water if no milk or egg )
- on a cooking sheet, spread the dough evenly taking the size of the frying pan
- start frying ( lowest fire )
- when both side is cooked, spread sauce , toppings and cheese
- using the cooking sheet again, start cooking
Note:
- the cooking sheet prevent the dough from burning
- be sure to put the lid and use the lowest fire in cooking
- when using meat, seafood toppings be sure to cook them first before using it as toppings
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May 13th, 2008 ideru
I found another cake recipe that only use rice cooker..
I did not put confectioner sugar so it looks bare but its really good.
Here is the recipe
- 150g of wheat flour
- 5g of baking powder
- 1 pc. ( 170 g ) of sweet potato
- 30g of chocolate
- 80g of sugar
- a pinch of salt
- 1 egg
- 100cc milk
- 1 tbsp. of margarine
- wash and cut the sweet potato and microwave it for about 3-4 minutes
- mix egg and milk
- combine flour and baking powder, salt and sugar
- add the milk and egg mixture, margarine, chocolate and sweet potato
- grease the rice cooker with butter ( optional )
- start cooking
I think i put too much sweet potato on mine , that normal cooking ( same as rice ) was not enough. The upper portion was still uncooked, so I set it again and was just enough to cook everything..
Here is the original recipe in Japanese.
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May 4th, 2008 ideru
From Yakitate Japan episode 27. I did violate a sacred baking rule, proper measurement!!!. I did not have enough flour at hand and I forgot to adjust the other ingredients. The result …
I could not knead it properly because it lack 50g of flour but it still taste good though
Here are the ingredients and procedure:
- flour - 350 grams
- butter - 21 grams
- sugar - 21 grams
- milk - 35 cc
- water - 180 cc
- dry yeast - 5g
- salt - 6.5 grams
- mix flour, sugar, salt, dry yeast dissolved in water, water, milk together
- knead all the ingredients together
- when mix thoroughly, add butter
- when its no longer sticky , shape it so that its round
- leave it in a warm place for 60 minutes - primary fermentation
- next get rid of the excess gas, but using your fist and punching the dough softly reducing the size to 50 cm
- next leave it in a warm place for 60 minutes - secondary fermentation
- put it in the rice cooker and start cooking/baking
- set the rice cooker to 60 minutes, do this 3 times while turning the dough every 60 minutes
It takes a little while though but its really tasty.
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January 13th, 2008 ideru
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December 15th, 2007 ideru
ive been cautious about those paid for blogging post, as Ive said before I blog somewhere in this blog that I don’t blog for money, I blog because I want to share to my friends and family my life here in the land of the rising sun and maybe in land far, far away too.. but what if I can do that and at the same time earn a little, it would not be so bad .. don’t you think so..
base on the bloggers community comments, opinions and experiences, Smorty is the one that is highly recommended.. why? because its easy as 1,2,3.. very easy to understand, very easy to navigate and to people like me who don’t like hassles.. its really great..
Don’t worry dear readers ( as if ), I will do a little blog advertising on the side without sacrificing or deviating from the real purpose of why this blog was created..
so what are you waiting for, give it a try, what have you got to loose? you will get paid for blogging and still enjoy blogging..
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November 13th, 2007 ideru
So these are the bread that I made during my basic bread baking course.
( start from the top left )
Almond, Butter Roll , Cheese Roll, Dog Roll, English Muffin, Raisin Bread, Green Tea Bread
I think my fave would have to be the English Muffin and the Green Tea Bread. I was actually surprised with the Green Tea bread, cause one of its ingredient is Natto ( Fermented Beans ) and im not a fan of Natto but its Sweet Natto so maybe it would not be so bad . But it turned out to be very delicious I guess the combination the green tea(bitter) and sweet natto compliment each other.
I really wish to continue till the master course but no time as of the moment.. so maybe next year..
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October 7th, 2007 ideru
Had some things to do this morning which I finished last night, that is why I decided to take a break from Dragonboat practice. So I went with Cher to check out the badminton circle, Stardust, she once attended a few months ago.
Its not a club, its a circle. What’s the difference? A circle basically does not know anybody in the group. People just come to share the same interest, in this case badminton. Whereas a club is basically a group of people who are dedicated to a certain interest, and so everybody is close like a family. I feel its a like a gokon-sport :D.
We met at Tamatsukuri station 15minutes before 1pm and then proceeded to Tennoji Sports Center. Four courts were rented, and there were about more than 30 people who came. I asked a girl who has joined 4 times already if she knows everybody, and she said NO. Besides the organizer, and her friend she did not know anybody else. Another new comer also asked his friend if he knew anybody and he got the same answer (overheard this one).
We were paired for the first 20 minutes and did some warm up practice before the mini competition. Cher and I were paired and I did get a lot of pointers from her. Then it was random pairing for each court. We draw out a card which corresponds to a court, I was not able to play on the first draw but on the 2nd till the last game, I was on each game. Lucky!!!.. I did force myself to rest and give the slot to the other people.
It was really nice, although during the introduction it was kinda gloomy. People are not that friendly, but who cares I get to play for 3 hours and that’s all that matters
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September 19th, 2007 ideru
Maniniyot is a Bisaya word for Photographer.
Bisaya is a widely spoken dialect in Visayas and Mindanao Area of The Philippines.
Finally my Photo Blog is up. As of the moment, most of my theme are concentrated on Landscape, Flowers, Structures and Clouds. I would love to take pictures of peoples expression, but I am just to shy to approach them and ask permission and it would also be rude if I take their picture without permission .. so hopefully i will find the courage soon enough
So enjoy and please leave a comment there on how I could do it better
My Photo Blog: Here
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July 19th, 2007 ideru
It’s been awhile since I’ve last full show on a weekday. Theaters in Japan close early, last full show is usually around 8pm depending upon the length of the movie. Getting to Osaka from work takes me 1.5 hours and sometimes it is just impossible to catch up. We went home as fast as we could last night, I was really really sleepy, but don’t want to go home and sleep, weird huh. Remember that it was Wednesday, so its ladies night on most theaters. It would only me cost 1000yen to watch a movie, so I gave it a try.
I arrived in Hep Navio around 8:15pm, last full show for Pirates of the Carribean was 8:20..yatta made it just in time. Yes, I did watch Pirates. I was wondering mysefl, why I did not line up on its first day of showing, I was really really excited about this film. It’s probably because it would be the last time I would see Jack Sparrow hhuhuhu…
Anyways, the movie is awesome as I thought it would be. And Jack Sparrow is the 2nd coolest pirate of all next to Luffy
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