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Baby and I were watching the Asian Food Channel last Friday night, when we saw Nigella Lawson making some French Toast for supper. Now, unlike any other French Toast, these are meant to taste like doughnuts. So we then decided to try it out since it’s relatively easy to make. Ok, we substituted some ingredients with our own so just to make it more authentic.

Here are the ingredients you need:

Our version:

1 loaf of bread (or any bread you like depending on preference)
4 eggs
2 table spoon of vanilla essence
2 tea spoon of unsalted butter
1 table spoon of vegetable cooking oil
Coarse sugar / fine powdered sugar
Chocolate spread or Strawberry jam

Firstly, put 4 eggs into a bowl

Beat the eggs until fluffy and add 2 table spoon of vanilla essence

Next, take 4 slices of bread, and slice them diagonally and soak them in the egg mixture

Heat the pan, and put 1 tea spoon of unsalted butter and together with 1 tables spoon of vegetable cooking oil. Adding cooking oil prevents the butter from being burnt.

Put the bread slices onto the pan and fry until golden brown. Remember not to burn the bread.

Finally, sprinkle some sugar onto the bread slices and serve with chocolate spread or strawberry jam on the side.

There you have it a nice and easy to prepare breakfast with coffee to go with. You can try using other substitutes such as fine powdered sugar or even ice-cream if you want to be adventurous. Give it a try!

And yes…I’m “Better than Jamie” :p

Those of you who follow me on Twitter, you would sometimes notice me tweeting my location and what am I doing there. This is because I’m on Foursquare, a platform that lets you “check-in” your location and share it with everyone. What so beneficial you might ask? Well, think of it as a directory of places to go, things to do and travel tips for your friends or anyone from out of town who is visiting…sort of like the Lonely Planet guide, only difference is, the content is generated by contributors and users of the platform. According to Foursquare it’s 50% friend-finder, 30% social cityguide, 20% nightlife game.

BADGES

the badges reminds me back during my scouting days…hehe

One thing I like about Foursquare is that it uses a point system amongst your friends to encourage you to provide more content. Now see those “badges” above? The more different places you recommend or “check-in” the more points you get. If you’re the first one who discover the place and put it in the directory, the more points you get. The more times you “check-in” to one same location, you become “The Mayor” of that location…that is until someone who “checks-in” more times on that location than you. You get the picture right? (think boy scout badges!)

SEARCH & CHECK-IN

When you do a search for say “Mid Valley”, Foursquare will show the above screen. It shows how many of your friends have “checked-in” to the place, and what do they recommend. A great feature is that you can add a “To-do” or “Tips” for the location. It also shows you a Google Map of the location, although depending on how you enter the address when you “check-in”, the maps are sometimes a little off, but not too far off - which is still acceptable. The search also lets you know where your friends are should they “check-in”.

SCORING POINTS

Screenshot above shows the scores between my friends and I. There is another leaderboard that tabulates everyone on Foursquare in Kuala Lumpur. Now in all “kiasu-ness”, my colleagues are always fighting to become “The Mayor” of the office by the number of times you “check-in” to the location. So if one person forgets to “check-in”, then too bad…a new “Mayor” is declared! hahaha..

HOW TO ACCESS?

Right now there are only 3 ways to access and use Foursquare: iPhone App, Android App, and Mobile Web.

CONCLUSIONS

Well, I must say, this is getting rather addictive (and competitive even). I see a lot of potential for it to grow in Kuala Lumpur, provided it is properly used. You must be thinking that now you know my whereabouts, you can stalk me right? Well…technically yes and no. YES, if I “check-in” and it gets broadcasted over my Twitter and Facebook accounts (yea you can update your Facebook status with it), and NO if I “check-in” and select “stay private” function. By selecting that function, your location will not be disclosed in real-time, but the scores will be given for “checking-in”. See they thought of everything so it’s safe! So does it make you want to sign-up for an account too?

My Foursquare profile: http://www.foursquare.com/user/demonick

On Saturday, my colleagues and I went to Kepong Metropolitan Park for kite flying. I can’t exactly remember when was the last time I actually flew a kite, but I do remember making one during my primary school days (the one that can’t fly!). Nevertheless, it was quite fun being a kid all over again. Kites there were priced from RM15 all the way to RM 55 depending on type and size I guess. But I tell you, there have some of the cheesiest designed kites on sale and I think it takes guts to actually fly those.

These are some of the cheesiest kite designs you will ever find…

Look closely…that’s not Superman!

My colleague Follen actually bought a fish design kite, but we can’t seem to fly it because it seemed little too heavy or something. Then a smart ass came up and told us…”…Of course lah!….fish where can fly??!” =.=

attending to our fish kite…looks more like a dead fish to me…hahah!

My attempt #329 – Still cannot fly it! Shane is the little kid trying to fly it too

I would seriously recommend going over there during the weekends to just to give it a try. The park is also very big with a lake and jogging pathways, so you can actually bring your family there for a jog or a picnic. The bad part was we only managed to fly the kites about 30-45 mins before it started to pour. Well, it was fun while it lasted though.