The making of fried ribbon biscuit

If you are not sure what is ribbon biscuit we usually called in Penang, pictures below will help :D

If we buy the ready biscuit, it usually cost around RM 13-18 per bottle, depending on the size. When I passed by Sunshine wet market, there was a store selling the raw ribbon biscuit skin from SP. SH said SP ribbon biscuit is famous, so I bought a packet to try out :D

Ladies and gentlemen, changmeikuan.blogspot.com is now proudly present: The making of fried ribbon biscuit. Please give your round applause.

*sweat* I must be too tie with work, till coming out such cold joke :p (Hopefully you were not clapping also, or else you might be like me, tie with some work :p )

Anyhow, let's start.

Cut the skin into around 1.5cm width. For the skin I bought, it is approximate to 8 cuts which are marked dotted line below.



After that, cut there line in the middle as the right skin in picture below. You may use knife or scissors, up to your most efficient way to cut all of them ;) It is always good to cut with 2 skin together, we are going to fold it to become that in the left of the picture, thus if both are cut together, it will be easier to fold and looks nicer too.


To fold, turn one side into the middle line, as below:


Then pull it gently.


Make it into nice shape. We are ready to fry the skin now.


There are few tips on how to fry something well, I afraid I have to share those in other post other day. The final product.


One packet of skin cost RM 6, 500g, which resulted below.


I tasted, it is really nicer than other ribbon biscuit out there, softer yet crispy ;)
Drooling? Hehe. Happy CNY :D

Bone health check

In conjunction with my workplace health week program, Anlene setup a free bone health check counter at the exhibition booth. In order to perform the check, the testee first need to fill up some information e.g. name and age, he/she then need to take off one shoe (and sock) and put that leg onto a machine. That little machine looks similar to an Osim foot massager. The tester will key in some information which I guess is age, then spray some water on your ankle, which will be intact with the machine when the check start. Wait for a while, then remove the leg. The machine will show the result.



The greater the number, the better it is. I remembered my last year reading was 1.x, this year is 2.3. Although I am not really sure how accurate the result is, but at least there is some improvement ;)

What did I do for the past year? Sleep earlier, be happier, less meat, minimal dairy product (I don't drink milk), more fruits and vegetables :)

Fresh Shitake Mushroom by Agro Bio-Future Gunung Jerai

Fresh mushroom can be hardly find in Malaysia last time. In recent, it is easier to find in grocery store. I just got to know there is also mushroom plantation at Gunung Jerai, Kedah. The mushroom is freshly pick and pack. It taste good :D

According to the seller, using packaging below, it can be kept for around 1 month inside fridge, although it might become more dry eventually.





The packet (if not mistaken is 500g) cost RM 17.50. Smaller packet is RM 5 at 150g.

Website of Agro Bio-Future http://www.agrobio-future.com/

Wheat Bran

Want to increase fiber intake? Besides psyllium husk, there are also bran. Below is wheat bran where you can get from Adventist Bakery @ RM 1.50 for 300g. I am not sure if it is consider expensive or cheap, seldom see this product elsewhere.



To consume, my colleague told me just put 2 table spoon with oat in hot water.

An umbrella

Get this from a forwarded email. I pass by a shop selling umbrella everyday. The umbrella looks like a normal black colour umbrella until you open it, there are painting of blue sky and clouds inside the umbrella.

In our life, there could be more raining day, cloudy day than sunny day. I can't change the weather, but I can decide on my 'mind weather'. I hope you will have all year long sunny day inside your mind from now on :)

[TH, if you are reading, I am thinking of your umbrella song in KBox :D ]

A short saying to share, by 葛洪 in his writing 《抱朴子》：
"若要不死，肠中无屎；若要长青，肠要常清。"
In english, it means if we wish to stay healthier and longer life, it is very important to keep our colon and intestine clean and clear.

By theory, a good habit is to have 3-4 times pass motion a day.

Take care

Island Hospital is sort of a well known hospital in Penang, beside its medication quality service and also slightly higher price. Besides, there are few hospital as well e.g Gleneagles, Adventist and etc.

I recently visited Island and Adventist for a medical check up. I have different thoughts on these two hospitals after my visit. First of all, this is just my personal experience, it may vary depending on the doctor you visit. Secondly, things changed, the story could be different after few weeks/months/years.

	Island Hospital	Adventist
Registration (RM)	5	-
Doctor consultation (RM)	40	60
Procedure (RM)	30	50 + 65 (using scanning machine)
Total (RM)	75	175
Quality of Service (Most importantly)	Dr E is very friendly, talk in gentle way to calm patient's mind. He gave appropriate advice to monitor the status, instead of pushing patient for operation.	Dr C is quite friendly but talk in a way of 'threaten' patient for operation. (E.g. you are covered by insurance, don't worry about money")

Choose your doctor wisely. I heard from other friend, some hospital in Penang started to charge unreasonably due to insurance medical card coverage. I do not think that should be the way, it will indirectly cause the insurance premium to be more and more expensive. And some more, where is the doctor ethic?

Oh by the way, don't worry about me, it was a normal gynecology check up and the result is well. I just would like to create more awareness among public to seek for second opinion and don't just rely on doctor says, it's OUR BODY!

If you can spend 1 hour test drive a car, can you also spend 1 hour for your own body health? If you will ask thousands of questions before buying a house, can you also ask thousands of questions when discussing your health status with the doctor?