Saturday, August 31, 2013

Savoury yolk mooncake and Raspberry cranberry & hibiscus flower snowskin moon cake @ Phoon Huat (31 Aug 2013)

Savoury yolk mooncake




Ingredients




Wrapping salted egg yolk into the greenbean paste


Fillings prepared


Preparing the dough






Brushing egg yolk for a nice finish


Adding sesame seeds


Into the oven


Taking them out



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Raspberry cranberry & hibiscus flower snowskin moon cake




Mixing melon seeds, cocoa into greenbean paste




Fillings rolled into balls




Preparing the snowskin - kuo fien, hongkong flour, shortening, icing sugar and puree.


Wrap the fillings with the snowskin


Into the mould


Done



More pictures: Savoury yolk mooncake and Raspberry cranberry & hibiscus flower snowskin moon cake @ Phoon Huat (31 Aug 2013)

Sunday, August 25, 2013

Sibu Trip assist (23-25 Aug 2013)

3rd trip assist, and 3d consecutive weekends diving. First time to Sibu island.

Wish everyone had a pleasant trip despite current and limited visibility.

Dive #1
Location: Tg Buntut Meriam
Depth: 5.1m
Bottom time: 43min (0958H - 1041H)

Dive #2
Location: Rimba
Depth: 10.0m
Bottom time: 48min (1747H - 1835H)

Dive #3
Location: Pulau Lima Besar
Depth: 8.5m
Bottom time: 27min (0915H - 0942H)


Canon S100 GPS Log


Chicken rice at pitstop


At Tanjung Leman


Boat briefing


Allocation of rooms




Meow


Going for 1st dive




Starfish




Lunch






OWD students recovering from a dive


Charging the tanks


Cuttlefish


Sunset






Eerie?






Boat back to Tanjung Leman


Back at Eko divers

More pictures: Sibu Trip assist (23-25 Aug 2013)

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Dayang trip assist (16-18 Aug 2013)

My 2nd trip assist.

Congratulations to the 7 OWD students in group 2 (with Freddy Goh)! A wonderful group, so nice to see how well they bonded together despite it's a short trip.

Saw whitetip shark, moray eel, stingrays, barracuda, crabs...

Dive #1
Location: Kadur
Depth: 6.4m
Bottom time: 66min (156H - 1302H)

Dive #2
Location: Kadur
Depth: 10.4m
Bottom time: 52min (1535H - 1627H)

Dive #3
Location: Teluran
Depth: 14.3m
Bottom time: 29min (1751H - 1820H)

Dive #4
Location: Lang Bay
Depth: 16.7m
Bottom time: 34min (2009H - 2043H)
*Night dive

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Dive #5
Location: Lang Bay
Depth: 21.6m
Bottom time: 53min (0741H - 0834H)

Dive #6
Location: Atlantis Bay
Depth: 19.5m
Bottom time: 41min (1021H - 1102H)

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Pitstop


Getting a bite near Mersing Jetty


Onboard Princess


Zzzzz


Dayang Jetty


Tie buoy line


Preparing to descend




Little crab that followed us up on the boat


Sotong


Blue-spotted stingray


White-tip shark


Moray eel






Leisure dive


Group photo


Noticed the heart-shaped nugget?




Meow

More pictures : Dayang trip assist (16-18 Aug 2013)