goreng

when it comes to cooking the least favoured method for me is frying. especially deep fry. why? because the oil usage. the leftover oil is such a hassle for me. it is not the explosion and oil drops that burn your skin that makes me not favouring oil but its the oil itself. after im done cooking i cant consume the oil. throwing it away seems like a waste. unlike water, i can just make them into soup and drink it up but oil... theres no way for me to use it except for cooking. such a hassle.

anyway today i made fried seabass anyway due to sudden me wanting to fry. i cant use the air fryer because that will damage the fish. i dont have the accessories for snack or fish. anyway, back to main topic. it was good. just a simple tumeric with salt and chilli flakes and sichuan pepper coating.

didnt make the oil hot enough. the fish skin stuck to the bottom of the pan but manage to take it out later as a piece of crunchy goodness.

anyway dig in time and i was happy but then i realized..... the fish inside is not fully cooked. i fried it too fast. my mind was going 

sorry chef

anyway eat it anyway. its not the first time i eat raw fish

upgrade

soo i finallydecided to upgrade my computer a bit after a long procrastination due to refusing to learn about computer hardwares.

so yeah first i opened the computer and hoo boy its so dusty inside especially the graphic card area given that it is side by side with the wifi card. then i decided to upgrade my graphic card. i tried looking up graphic card that is not too powerful because then my cpu will just become a bottleneck and that would be wasteful. also cost is another factor. im a filthy casual, so no need for super high end graphic card.

here is the inside my amd radeon 6790 neighbouring with the

wifi card below it realllly close

see how close it was. there no room to breathe there and the dust accumulated between them is way too much

then, i went to lowyat to buy some stuffs for the old buddy. got myself a gtx 1060, pci e 16x riser and new wifi card.

a new better wifi card that can use the 5ghtz bandwidth. my unifi has 5gh bandwidth but i was unable to use it due to my old wifi card not being able to connect to it

the new gpu i bought. not the latest but still good and hence not too pricey. 

the smell of new items from shop, the excitement, but then it went downhill from that point. the first hurdle is to make sure everything fit together in the tower(desktop body). see my motherboard only has 2 pci express port: one 16x for graphic card and one 1x for anything else which i used for my wifi card. the problem is that the new gpu is huge. it is tripple the size of the old gpu. if i slot in the card directly to 16x port it totally block the 1x port, hence blocking me from fixing my wifi card.

see how close it was placed next to each other. 

so i decided to buy a riser which is cable for extension from the port to the gpu. this will allow me to put the gpu somewhere else instead of fixing it directly to the slot. the problem is not many shop sells it. most of them sells riser 16x to 1x only which will diminish the graphic card potential. its like changing from a 16 lanes road to a 1 lane road (these risers are usually used by those doing bitcoin mining where they use lots of gpu). i only found 1 shop selling riser 16x to 16x and decided to buy the gpu there. buy stuffs in bulk then you can get more discounts.  

then to my horror, the space between the gpu and tower wall is so small that theres no room for the riser to put in between. so now my graphic card is floating with no where to settle. then i decided to make a stand for my graphic card first as a temporary solution.

tadaaa.. i had to leave it outside of the tower a bit to allow the hdmi cable connected to the gpu since the normal port cant be used. made the stand from box and sticks. with the riser connecting gpu to my motherboard, i can use the pci e 1x port for the new graphic card. 

im so proud of myself for this feat hahahaha. anyway, another thing that really amazes me is the wifi card. my internet speed with the old wifi card used to be 1mbps download and upload and during off hours at most it can go up to 5mbps only. i was really frustrated eventhough unifi claims to provide 100mbps. after i changed the new better card i was really surprised to find my download speed went up to 130 mbps and upload upto 150mbps. i didnt know wifi card can be the bottleneck for internet speed. no more slow download or buffering after this.

anyway, this solution didnt last long few days later my computer started acting up. it keeps on restarting on it s own especially when im using heavy graphic programs like games. at first i thought it was because i installed the card without first removing the old graphic card driver. proceed with uninstalling all the graphic card driver, then removed the gpu and fixing it back and reinstalling the driver but it was futile. the restarting got worse over time in the end my comp cant even start. after some pondering i decided to fix the gpu directly to the motherboard and voila. everything runs smoothly. so yeah, no wifi card for me.

made a run to lowyat again to buy a usb wifi dongle since i cant use wifi card. the reason why i dont buy usb wifi in the first place is because 1. i prefer card. its constantly there and i wont lose it unlike usb. 2. id like to leave my usb slot free for something else. 3. i believe the card wifi works better in performance compared to the usb version. of course i choose the best usb wifi to match with the new wifi card. dont want to have slow internet anymore.

so while i was there decided to buy a new monitor as the new gpu doesnt have vga port so my 2nd monitor cant connect to it. also bought a new headphone razer elektra. my WoW bluetooth headphone keeps on disconnecting that i cant use it at all. besides, the new headphone has a better mic so i can stream better. now all is good. not gonna tinker with my desktop anymore for now.

next project would be regarding cpu, tower, and motherboard and maybe ill build a desktop myself and leave this comp at home for my parents to use.

fusion HA!!!

off day means cooking day for me. so i planned to cook the beef that i bought few days ago. to big slabs. first one i just coat the beef with salt, pepper, and chilli powder then panfry with butter and garlic. the result is so gooddddddd

didnt know that my housemate was having guests. they asked me what i was cooking last night as it smelled good. of course the smell of fring beef with butter will always be good.

and today i decided to use the remaining beef differently. marinade it with some salt, pepper, chilli powder, chilli flakes, mixed spices, mustard, and wasabi dressing mixed with chopped onion, garlic and carrots.

then i stirfry the beefs and veges to be eaten with mashed potato.

since i only have one stove, i cut the potatoes to smaller slices and just microwave it after that added with milki just blend it to become smooth mashed potato. i was thinking of adding some cheese for th emashed potato but that would be overkill to go with beef dish.  also added some chopped raw leeks.
a mix of western and eastern food. still good but lacking of something. oh well can be improvised later

crap i forgot to use the mushrooms that i have in the fridge.

time for some avocado smoothie

living a healthy life

i want to live a healthy life but at the same time i want to cook. just that when i cook means i eat more than i should hahahaha. still havent make exercise a routine in my daily working life. so much things i want to do but being lazy takes precedence over anything else after working for long hours. anyway, hope i can make full use of the time now

listening to music while lying on the bed watching the fan moving with blank mind 

living in the city

im living in a big city now. i see lands  filled with tarry road, concrete buildings reaching the sky, and cars roaming the land i dont have land and soil no more.

hmmm im thinking of trying indoor gardening. should give it a try afterall my living room is basically empty. i can use that space to experiment a bit.

anyway, i still wantg to try to make compost from organic matter and kitchen compost.
i noticed that weather plays important role in aking compost. i can just dump everything and mix with soil and leeave it in container back in ireland and the scraps wil just slowly turn into compost without any problem. in malaysia the weather is hot. dumping the scraps and trash without proper management will just lead to the scraps rotting and producing foul smell in just few days. not to mention the amount of pest it attracts. ill be making a breeding ground for flies and roaches. that is somethign that i want to avoid especially if im doing this indoor.

how should i make small scale composting but fast enough to show result.....

Thefatrat  - Mayday

masak lagi

i started to cook again now thanks to getting new equipments and me having enough time to cook. i was able to bring bento to work.

today  i made bolognese using ground buffalo tomato puree added with mushroom and raddish. unfortunately i wasnt able to make it taste good like the usual bolognese. guess i put too much tomato puree. anyway since i cooked it already ill just eat it. suprisingly the flawed bolognese taste is completed with the raw celery. spicy meat with acidity from tomato combined with crunchy refreshing taste from raw celery fits just fine. lol unexpected. yeay for me. i can eat happily then.

turned out to be so simple lol

anyway, im curious how radish taste like when cooked and how it can be used. never use it before. unlike carrot that taste bland raw but gives sweet flavour when cooked, radish has a sharp taste and smell. cant really tell whats the difference with adding raddish to this dish though. oh well, lets try again later.

fashion sense

i know i never really care on what im wearing and i certainly dont care about fashion much. thats why you can see me wearing shabby clothes. i often receive remarks like my clothing makes me look like an old guy or something like that. there's this one colleague always commenting on what i wear saying i look like an uncle and on the third day the comment goes like this.

"eyyy your fashion sense eh............ nevermind"

im intrigued on what is supposed to be at the end of the sentence but then again i still dont care how do i look as long as im comfortable.

now... if only i can wear a round neck shirt to work...