Patrick's Bites

And I wonder how true they are.

1.   If you drop a whole egg on the floor, pour salt all over the egg, let it sit for awhile, then use dustpan, the egg will come right up, without all that mess.
2.   Soak stained hankies in salt water before washing.
3.   Sprinkle salt on your shelves to keep ants away.
4.   Soak fish in salt water before decaying; the scales will come off easier.
5.   Put a few grains of rice in your saltshaker for easier pouring.
6.   Add salt to green salads to prevent wilting.
7.   Test the freshness of eggs in a cup of salt water; fresh eggs sink;bad ones float.
8.   Add a little salt to your boiling water when cooking eggs; a cracked egg will stay in its shell this way.
9.   A tiny pinch of salt with egg whites makes them beat up fluffier.
10.  Soak wrinkled apples in a mildly salted water solution to perk them up.
11.  Rub salt on your pancake griddle and your flapjacks won't stick.
12.  Soak toothbrushes in salt water before you first use them; they will last longer.
13.  Use salt to clean your discoloured coffee pot.
14.  Mix salt with turpentine to whiten you bathtub and toilet bowl.
15.  Soak your nuts in salt brine overnight and they will crack out of their shells whole. Just tap the end  of the shell with a hammer to break it open easily.
16.  Boil clothes pins in salt water before using them and they will last longer.
17.  Clean brass, copper and pewter with paste made of salt and vinegar, thickened with flour
18.  Add a little salt to the water your cut flowers will stand in for a longer life.
19.  Pour a mound of salt on an ink spot on your carpet; let the salt soak up the stain.
20.  Clean your iron by rubbing some salt on the damp cloth on the ironing surface.
21.  Adding a little salt to the water when cooking foods in a double boiler will make the food cook faster.
22.  Use a mixture of salt and lemon juice to clean piano keys.
23.  To fill plaster holes in your walls, use equal parts of salt and starch, with just enough water to make stiff putty.
24.  Rinse a sore eye with a little salt water.
25.  Mildly salted water makes an effective mouthwash. Use it hot for a sore throat gargle.
26.  Dry salt sprinkled on your toothbrush makes a good tooth polisher.
27.  Use salt for killing weeds in your lawn.
28.  Eliminate excess suds with a sprinkle of salt.
29.  A dash of salt in warm milk makes a more relaxing beverage.
30.  Before using new glasses, soak them in warm salty water for a while.
31.  A dash of salt enhances the taste of tea.
32.  Salt improves the taste of cooking apples.
33.  Soak your clothesline in salt water to prevent your clothes from freezing to the line; likewise, use salt in your final rinse to prevent the clothes from freezing.
34.  Rub any wicker furniture you may have with salt water to prevent yellowing.
35.  Freshen sponges by soaking them in salt water.
36.  Add raw potatoes to stews and soups that are too salty.
37.  Soak enamel pans in salt water overnight and boil salt water in them next day to remove burned-on stains.
38.  Clean your greens in salt water for easier removal of dirt.
39.  Gelatin sets more quickly when a dash of salt is added.
40.  Fruits put in mildly salted water after peeling will not discolour.
41.  Fabric colours hold fast in salty water wash.
42.  Milk stays fresh longer when a little salt is added.
43.  Use equal parts of salt and soda for brushing your teeth.
44.  Sprinkle salt in your oven before scrubbing clean.
45.  Soaked discoloured glass in a salt and vinegar solution to remove stains.
46.  Clean greasy pans with a paper towel and salt.
47.  Salty water boils faster when cooking eggs.
48.  Add a pinch of salt to whipping cream to make it whip more quickly.
49.  Sprinkle salt in milk-scorched pans to remove odour.
50.  A dash of salt improves the taste of coffee.
51.  Boil mismatched hose in salty water and they will come out matched.
52.  Salt and soda will sweeten the odour of your refrigerator.
53.  Cover wine-stained fabric with salt; rinse in cool water later..
54.  Remove offensive odours from stove with salt and cinnamon.
55.  A pinch of salt improves the flavour of cocoa.
56. To remove grease stains in clothing, mix one part salt to four parts alcohol.
57. Salt and lemon juice removes mildew.
58. Sprinkle salt between sidewalk bricks where you don't want grass growing.
59.  Polish your old kerosene lamp with salt for a brighter look. Remove odours from sink drainpipes with a strong, hot solution of salt water.
60.  If a pie bubbles over in your oven, put a handful of salt on top of the spilled juice. The mess won't smell and will bake into a dry, light crust which will wipe off easily when the oven has cooled.

There is a photography club in my company and last week I joined them for a photo shoot out using newly bought studio lights. With no proper equipment with me especially a flash light, I depends my Nikon D40 built in flash to trigger the studio light's sensor. And to prevent the built in flash's light effect on the subject, I cover the built in flash with a piece of black colored clothe. I tried white color papers early but it didn't work. It turned out the photo is quite good despite this is the first time I taken photographs in a studio environment plus the McGyver's style flash setup. :)

Introduced by Poh Sze, the store name 家家来 means 'every families come', and I found out it's really a good place to have lunch with colleagues or family. Besides roasted dishes 烧腊 like Char Siew 叉烧 and Siew Yok 烧肉, they also make very tasty Teow Cheo style steam fish 潮州蒸鱼, and chicken craw simmered in seasoned soy sauce 卤鸡脚

All fully seated even its 2.00pm, way pass lunch time and it's Saturday somemore

Roasted chicken and pork are hang for customers to see how nice it looks. Besides is the nice looking Cha Siew.

Chicken craws simmered in soy sauce and cooked with pork's leg. Besides is Teow Chew style steamed fish

Front Entrance

Logo of the Yogitree

Grilled Portobello Mushroom with garlic, cheese and bread crumbs

Brown Rice with Ayam Percik & Ulam

Butternet Squash Soup

The restaurant's environment

I will be going to climb the 4th tallest peak (over 4000m) in South East Asia tomorrow and will only be back on Tuesday.

Wish me all the best and see you next week.

 
Copy from other website first, next week will post some pictures here. This website offers good advices for climbers to be.