Malay Traditional Home Made Kueh or Cookies

I found some very interesting and lovely homemade traditional cookies or 'Kueh' at one of the most recent Brunei fairs today! They offered free testers on a variety of different ranges and selections and as you can see here, definitely the way they packaged those delicacies is becoming trendy! Many things were on sale and on display and if you happen to be in Brunei.. they have a showcase for 3D LCD watching Monsters and Aliens..

Personally, I also bought something nice, a bottle of sambal belacan sauce from one of the sellers from Keningau, Sabah.. Super hot and spicy.. Tested a lot of different cookies from Kueh Sagu, Kueh Moor, Kueh Cerelak, Kueh Kelapa, Kueh Oat and many colored Kek Lapis too! Sellers are very friendly and smiled a lot at us despite us buying not too many for a start...

Spaghetti, Linguine and Fetuccine! Marinara, Bologna and Aglio Olio..

Fancy Italian for the weekend? Slurpy spaghetti bologna.. or Linguine marinara (seafood)? Usually tomato puree, parsley, olive oil, chives, sugar and butter are main ingredients.. But it takes a real chef to cook a hearty dish tasting the way it should.. What is the difference between Spaghetti and Linguine? Spaghetti are round cylindrical wheat noodles. Linguine are flat and lesser in width over fetuccine.. So they taste exceptionally good in pure tomato and seafood.

Fetuccine on the other hand usually goes better in carbonara.. Fresh seafood such as prawns, mussels, sea shells add in that slightly sea salty taste to the marinara. Fish fillet (cod) can be cooked in carbonara sauce with Fetuccine. There are other types of pasta such as bow ties and macaroni..There are even healthier options out there labelling 'organic' and sold in different colors.. Sometimes, it makes people wonder, what is the catch with so many different shapes and sizes? are they part of wheat noodle marketing? Aglio olio (vegetarian pasta, cooked in olive oil).. yum yum .. Primavera (many many things inside) ..

What to do when you are Sad?

You should watch a movie at the comfort of your home.. you should eat and drink whatever you like and you can think of revamping your closet.. Think of selling or donating all those old clothes that you ain't wearing no more.. Learn to grab a book and read some words of enlightenment.. Go to eBay and do your favorite shopping.. After all, what is the meaning of life if you dont even know how to make yourself happy?? You should make yourself happy, if life does not happen the way it should, well at least for today, you can give it all up and live just the way you want..
Clean your house, change that curtain blind, wear that new shoes, go out and buy that pair of ear ring you dreamt of and learn to brace yourself despite feeling very sad over some irreversible misfortune.

Some people choose to listen to nature, you can too.. Just drive over the beach, the lake, the river or that old willow tree site.. and sit there.. Meditate.. remember the good old days and call your best friends to get some words of comfort.. Learn that your life is still worth living and do not give up hope..

What to Eat and Drink when you are Sad..

If you are experiencing some very unhappy moments in life.. learn to live on several items such as beer, or any type of booze that is available to you or you can endure. At least they make you more relaxed to face that temporary moment of sadness. Next is you can grab your favorite food such as instant noodles or a piece of cake (your favorite cake).. Eat them to remember how to love yourself while you can.. And listen to some nice music.. Life is full of ups and downs.. Just remember that if something bad happens to you today, you live on it for today and by tomorrow things would have changed for the better.

Or if certain things would never change or has become irreversible, perhaps the one that would change to become stronger, is YOU.. or perhaps better things await.. All you need to do is to eat and drink and do whatever you like when you are sad and think over those matters of concern, seek reason and solace.. and soon, you will find that it is not too bad after all.. perhaps there are many others suffering more than you on what could be worse..

Give yourself a good break.. and just dont continue to think about the bad things that happened.. think of what you can do to love yourself all the better.. start tomorrow.. its ok to mourn today..