Sunday, October 31, 2004

Cornish hen with baked rice

Saw this recipe for the Flavorwave on their website, so I decided to try it. Not too bad, but definitely too much chicken broth and not enough rice. I'll have to either increase the amount of rice, or decrease the amount of chicken broth, next time.

On a side note, I'm just starting to use this Hello BloggerBot thing. Will take some getting used to.


Frozen hen... starting to cook


Cooking...


Finished.

Thursday, October 28, 2004

The hits just keep on coming

So, after replacing my radiator, and the lower priority task of finding a store that sells Armor All CarWash Wipes (found 'em at Walgreens after an online search), I come to find that the kitchen sink is backed up.

Ran over to Rite Aid and picked up a bottle of Liquid Plumber Gel, and it's now sitting in the sink, working its "magic"... Hopefully it works. I'd hate to have to make another run for drain cleaners.

Wednesday, October 27, 2004

Fried... round 2

The fried chicken pieces last night didn't go as well as I had hoped, although it was passing... I'll have to experiment with it more to figure out the best procedure to take in frying it up. And hopefully find a better recipe so that they taste more like the ones which I have fond memories of.

I tried frying mushrooms tonight, which is the vegetarian version of the fried chicken pieces. Building on the experience from last night, they turned out much better. But still not what I'm hoping for... I guess I'm either using too much soy sauce, not enough egges, or have to actually blend the frying powder into the eggs.

This begs for further testing at a later date.

Tuesday, October 26, 2004

Car now in the shop

So I drove over to King's Discount Tires and asked them to replace my radiator. It seems that they will be able to get their hands on a new radiator today, so I decide to leave the car there and rent a car to get to work.

Sam at King's suggested to rent from Budget, instead of my usual Enterprise rental, I figured since I've never rented from Budget, I'd see how they compare to Enterprise. Plus typically there's some kind of deal to get a rental from a store that the shop recommends. They took a very long time to get there to pick me up, I guess there was some miscommunication between Sam and the Budget rental place he called.

Now I'm rolling around in a Daewoo Lanos, until King's is done with my car.

Monday, October 25, 2004

Note to self

Apparently Central Autobody moved about a year and a half ago, 'cause today when I drove over to have them look at the radiator they installed, it was a different shop. They told me that Ming (owner of Central Autobody) had moved his shop to Arcadia. I couldn't find his shop listed in the yellow pages, so I guess I'll just find a good shop to replace the radiator, instead of hanging on to the hope that I'd get some kind of deal since the radiator was somewhat defective to begin with.

On a side note, there was some important person's funeral today... As I was driving to the auto shop, there was a whole line of cars in procession, complete with police escorts.

If time permits when I get home from work

I think I'm gonna try my hands at making some Chinese fried chicken pieces (鹽酥雞). Hopefully the basil leaves I have right now are not too old for it. Assuming that's the case, I'm only lacking one other ingredient, aside from the chicken.

Sunday, October 24, 2004

Need a new radiator

Looks like the radiator they put in my car after the accident has reached the end of its life cycle... and it was never working too well in the first place.

I'm going to take my car back to Central Auto Body for them to look at and see what they say, but there can be no doubt that I'm gonna need to replace it.

Friday, October 22, 2004

Armor All CarWash Wipes

So, after several days of rain, it looks like it's gonna be clear for a short while--the weather forecast says there's more rain coming next week--so since I've used up my last sheet of this stuff, I figure I'll just pop into the nearest auto parts store and pick it up, right?

No such luck.

The nearest auto parts store happens to be an Autozone right across the street, which is where I picked up my first pack of Armor All's CarWash Wipes. Couldn't find it. Went to several other stores--a Kragen's down the street, another Autozone in Alhambra (close to work), and the Pep Boys on my way home--Nada. Strange how none of these stores seem to be carrying them. Maybe I'll ask a clerk next time.

At any rate, I'll be going to the car wash tomorrow. But I'd like to have some of these car wash wipes handy in case it does rain again.

Thursday, October 21, 2004

Be careful using Tilex Fresh Shower

Slipped in the shower while spraying it down with Tilex..

Yup, that's right--I ignored the instructions warning and sprayed while I was standing in the bathtub. How else was I supposed to spray the shower door?

Now I have bruise mark on my right hand. No other damage, as far as I can tell.

Tuesday, October 12, 2004

Dreams

Had a dream about Tomoko today. Strange. Haven't thought about her in a long time.

In the dream, we were having some kind of party, in a setting that's similar to school, but felt like home.