Saturday, October 24, 2009

愛上一個人是一種習慣

你習慣他的呵護,習慣他的溫柔,習慣他的淘氣,習慣他的笑容,

甚至在不知不覺中,你習慣用他的方式微笑,用他的方式溫柔,

你們彼此互相依賴,依賴著這甜蜜的習慣。

每天固定的,你也習慣在特定時間聽到電話鈴聲響起,

你用最溫柔的聲音期待他的回應,

但當傳來的聲音不是他時,你總是會有那麼一點點的失望,

因為你依賴著那甜蜜的習慣。



然後有一天你們分手了,你難過、傷心、失望與不捨,

因為你還是一樣依賴著那習慣,

但是你卻必須捨棄「習慣」的權利,

你不再有權利習慣他的呵護、溫柔、淘氣與笑容。




於是你有了新的習慣,

你開始習慣想到他時流著眼淚悼念過去的記憶,

你開始習慣每天睡前不再有他的耳語,

你開始習慣每天日落前站在窗前看著夕陽沉默不語,

你開始習慣。



直到有一天,你忙得忘了這些習慣,

你不再習慣流淚,

不再習慣對著夕陽發呆,

你才猛然發現很久、很久沒有想起他的溫柔了,

你甚至有些忘了他的樣子,

模模糊糊的,

你只記得他曾經有著那樣好看的笑容,

不過,都已經是模模糊糊的了。



那時候,逝去的愛情終於變得美麗,不再有遺憾,

我們害怕失去愛情,

也許只是害怕失去對一個人甜蜜的『習慣』,

或許換個角度,

我們並不是真的失去『習慣』,

而是試著習慣沒有那些習慣的生活,

這,也是一種習慣。



能清楚的區分欣賞 . 喜歡與愛的人,

往往都是一發不可收拾的人,

因為知道自己的愛並非衝動之舉,

所以不願輕許,

如果給了,

不會輕了。

Monday, April 13, 2009

老公与老婆

老公啊,我们什么时候能结婚啊?

“老公啊,我们什么时候能结婚啊?”女人一脸好奇的问,从声音分辨,她是很轻快的询问!他们在一起时间不久,两年而已,相处两年的情侣到处都是,随便就能抓出一大把,而现在的人,能有几个在交往的时候考虑结婚的?

“现在工作上也没什么突破,过两年吧!”男人轻轻柔柔道!

“哦!”没有失落亦没有兴奋,似乎预料中!

“老公啊,那假如有孩子了怎么办?”

“你有了?”男人严肃的握住女人的手,眼神犀利的盯住她!

“你抓痛我了啦!”女人喊了出来,“我是问问而已,有了我会告诉你的!”

“老婆,你记得,以我们现在并不适合要孩子,经济上也许可以不用顾忌但是心理上还无法接受,养育一个孩子不是养育一只小宠物那么简单;如果有了要告诉我,我会陪你去医院的,明白吗?”听了女人的话,男人放下心来,也柔下声音来对女人说着自己的观点!

“ 你放心好了啦,我不会那么不注意的,即便是有了也不会瞒你的,嘿嘿!”女人清爽的声音再度响起!但在心底,女人不知道是否该赞同男人的话,彼此工作其实都不错也算稳定;已经多次思考过,男人只是交往初期提到过结婚,而当彼此交往变得稳定后就没有涉及过婚姻;女人虽然大大咧咧但不是真的傻!其实真不知道他们之间的问题到底出在哪?是不爱吗?虽然感觉不到爱却也没感觉到哪不爱,也许是时间让彼此都沉静了!现在他们住的房子,一半是女人出钱按揭的;她习惯平衡!平日逛街,他也从来没有陪过她,她从来不觉得有什么不舒服,毕竟习惯自娱是最容易快乐的方式,这时候却想到这个动作是否也能衡量他的感情。

“老公啊,今天你陪我逛街好不好?你还从来没陪我上过街呢!”女人撒娇的说。

“忙呢!乖,怎么今天想到要我陪了?”男人漫不经心的问!

“那你要不要嘛?”

“自己去吧,要买什么自己去提款就是!”男人的眼光始终专注在文件上!

“老公,我突然想嫁给你了,怎么办?”清纯美丽的小脸上闪亮的大眼无辜的望着男人;这句话把男人的注意力拉回到她身上。男人望着眼前这个没被现实的残忍划下太多痕迹的女子,隐隐的不耐与无力!

“那张纸对你来说是什么意义?”男人放下手上的工作打算和女人好好的谈一次!

“不知道!想和你结婚跟那张纸有牵连吗?”

“你想结婚不就是想要那张纸吗?”男人牵动了下眉。

“如果你那样想也可以啦,你有没有想过和我结婚?其实也是在问你的未来有没有把我算在内!”依然是轻快的声音。

“从一开始我就是打算和你一直走下去的,你不会不明白。”男人间接的回答。

“你从来没有直接的回答过我的问题耶,不管是怎样的问题都好!”女人把声音放到很嗲;“好了啦,不跟你讨论了,免得气死我自己!嘻嘻,那我自己去逛街啦,不要你陪,哼!”话音一落,她拿起包以轻快的姿态走出房间!

身后的门一关上,原本笑意盈盈的脸瞬间沉下来,换上一脸苍白与哀愁,眸底有着让人捕捉不住的幽晦迷离!迈出脚步,缓缓的走在人潮拥挤的路上,脑子里一片空白却也塞满了思绪,一直都以为自己是很快就能过渡伤害放大欢乐的开心着,这次用尽了力气,却做不到;泪水直流!有的时候不甘愿输给命运却不得不屈服于宿命!快乐的妖精这会,不快乐!哭够了,收起眼泪扬起笑脸,冲到步行街给心爱的他选了十套西服十件衬衣十条领带十个胸针十双袜子十双鞋子,信用卡几乎被刷暴,但是她笑得看不到眼!这时候的她,又是一个精灵,能感染人的精灵!

东西太多扛不了,只好打车回去!得意洋洋的向他炫耀自己的战绩,他看到那么多的衣服,嘴角边隐隐的抽搐,看着身旁这个做事向来一鸣惊人的她不知做何反应!

“老公啊,这些都我挑的,不错吧?”看着自己挑的西服她自我陶醉,对自己的眼光她向来自信!

“老公啊,这些衣服记得已经慢慢穿哦,今天看到好看的心血来潮就帮你买了!哼,你要敢说一个不喜欢的字眼,我就让你吃不了兜着走,听到没?”插着腰威胁,故意板起那张娇滴滴的脸!

“好!我不说不喜欢,但是你买这么干什么?你怎么总是那么浪费!”男人语带指责。

“哎呀啦,老公,反正都已经买了你骂我也没用啊!你就多疼我一点也喜欢上这些衣服吧,好不好嘛?”撒娇的摇着他的手,一脸的委屈状!他回她一个无奈的眼神,揉揉她的头发;

“好好好!你呀,以后记得别这样了听到没?否则就算你撒娇我一样不饶哦!”

“恩恩恩恩!”拼命的摇晃着脑袋!

“ 嘿嘿...嬉嬉...”女人一直在咧着嘴傻笑个不停,男人见状亦拉开嘴笑了出来,他的女人太可爱了,和个孩子一样无忧,也有成熟女人的知性;有“妻”如她,还有什么不满足?他在心里也在琢磨着见家长的事,一直都不再提起结婚的事只是想给她一个惊喜,当初在一起的时候,他就下定决心娶她!

“老公啊,我这个月回家去陪我妈妈好不好?毕业到现在我都没有在家好好呆过呢,妈妈好想我了,我怕弟弟娶到的老婆欺负我妈,我要回去好好‘教育’弟弟去!”晚上的时候她楼着他,手在他身上挠着痒痒,他边逃开他的魔爪,边取笑:“你终于有良心记起妈妈啦?”

“嬉嬉,人家我可是乖乖女咧!老公,我买了明天中午的机票,这段时间你可要好好照顾自己哦!”

“原来你是有计谋的啊,我说你怎么忽然对我那么好!”男人假装凶神恶煞!

“哈哈,你装的都不像了啦!讨厌~。。。”

笑声溢满整个世界!

半个月过去,男人耐不住没有女人在身边的空寂,思念她的调皮,想念她的体温;拨通她电话,男人细声细语的磨女人赶快买票回来!电话里她清爽如银铃般的笑声回荡在整个脑海里令他眼圈犯红!

“老婆,你回来好不好?我们结婚吧!”

电话另一头刹那静如死寂!“你,不是不想娶我的吗?”沉默过后,女人轻轻的问!

“我不是不想,我是想在适当的时候给你一个惊喜,只是还是熬不过思念先说了!”男人解释着!

“嬉嬉,好啊,你等我回去好不好?”女人恢复精灵样!似乎得到了全世界一样!

继续半个月过去了,男人见女人迟迟不归,再次拨通电话;这回电话响了好久才被接起,却是女人的弟弟接的,男人询问他女人怎么还没回来,弟弟说她那里还需要处理点事,还没那么快能走开,告知很快就回,请他别挂心!

再半个月后,男人接到来自女人弟弟的电话,电话里,弟弟让他马上过他们家去,说女人有事!男人吓到了,定好机票如箭般飞奔机场!

到了x市,女人的弟弟接机,弟弟一眼就认出男人,一路沉默的把男人领到医院;不祥的预感笼罩着男人,病房门开,女人瘦弱苍白的脸震撼住男人,心猛的被狠狠的揪了一把,绞痛难耐!拖着软无力的腿,迈到紧闭双眼的女人身边,用手,轻轻的抚着那熟悉的脸颊,一下一下的抚摸着!

“姐姐胃癌晚期,拖了两个月了!”弟弟在一旁轻轻说着,女人的父母眼圈瞬间又泛红!

这个意外,真的太意外了,意外到连怎么回事都弄不清楚,意外到他感觉自己是在云端!胃癌,原来女人总是说没胃口总是不吃东西,说减肥是女人的终身事业,这一切都是借口,他责怪自己怎么就没用心去观察过;怪自己那么大意让女人独自撑着这最难熬的日子!

女人去天堂后的半个月!从女人住的那个城市寄来一封信,男人看着熟悉的字体,浑身颤抖:

亲爱的老公:

一定在想我了,是吗?一定是的,我在天堂都感觉到了呢!

老公啊,你说想和我结婚,真的好感动哦!原本以为你只是想和我在一起并没有和我共度一生的想法!老公,谢谢你的爱!和你在一起啊,真的是世上最幸福的事呢!每天早上醒来你都会喊手麻,嬉嬉,知道吗?老公,这是最最感动最最记忆犹新的片刻,在家的这些日子我都睡不着,没有你的手臂当枕头没有你的怀抱当港湾;但是我不后悔,我不愿意你看到我被病魔折磨的不成人形的样子,我相
信换你你也不会让我看到自己痛苦的一面!老公,原谅我,以后只能在天上笑给你听了!老公啊,一年前,我是多么希望时间能够定格,多么想永远永远都把你铭记于心底,但是发现怎么看你都看不够,我不知道要怎么做才能让心里舒服点,我知道你爱听我笑的声音,其实我自己也好喜欢自己的笑呢,所以就天天笑,让你永远都记得我,是不是好自私?我怕我走了之后你把我的一切都尘封进一个连碰都不会去触碰的角落里,我好怕,怕在那里我会冷,所以就用爱让你对我刻骨铭心!我把每天当成最后一天来过,所以,够了,今生有你,够了!上次帮你买的衣服袜子鞋子,你每年在我离开的那天穿上一套去看我好吗?十套,那就是十年,十年里,你只能用十天的时间想我,在特定的那天里,你才可以想起我也不准不想我,你知道我喜欢紫色玫瑰花,记得去找到哦,我对我老公可是很有信心的呢!记得,一年就是那一天能穿,别的时候不要去碰那些服装,如果你忘记了,那么在你老之后看到那些衣服,也许能想起我的这个要求呢!嬉嬉,以后你娶老婆了,记得在那天的时候带来给我看,但是不要告诉她我是谁,是女人都会介意的,就说...呃...就说我是你的青梅竹马好不好?我好羡慕那些青梅竹马长大的人哦!以后你娶老婆了,那她就是“咱老婆”,你要对咱老婆好哦,就像对我这样,因为我在天上看着呢;虽然我会哭会吃醋,但是我更不舍得女孩子伤心;你下辈子欠我一生,好不好?下辈子我会是一个好健康好健康的宝宝呢,到时候我会用力用力的缠你一辈子,直到老去!

老公,我不想告诉你我爱你这个事实了,怕你哭!我只看过你哭一次,那次我任性和你提分手;但是现在的你一定也是在哭,对吗?不只是眼睛哭,心也在流着泪!老公啊,不要让心停格在那凄楚哀怆的瞬间,笑着面对人生,帮我笑完今生,好吗?从现在开始,不要悲哀不要消沉;想我只要用十年里的十天;十年后把我从生命里彻底清除,我自私,但是我怕我的自私让你恨我;所以我就赖你十年,就十年好不好?十年,我们就真的忘记彼此,期待来生!

已经在履行约定的傻孩子

泪滴湿了信纸,男人痛哭失声!天渐渐的暗了,黑了,窗外灯光斜射了进来,男人整理好情绪;“老婆,我记得你十年,想你用十天,来生还你一辈子!”轻轻的,对着天际呢喃

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Hokkien mee




Hokkien mee is a type of Malaysia local foods which is cooked with thick yellow noodles fried in thick black soy sauce and with lots of crunchy deep fried pork lard. Other ingredients such as fish balls, prawns, chicken slices, fish cake, and cabbages are added to improve the taste and appearance of Hokkien mee.





These are the major ingredients and seasonings of Hokkien mee:


Ingredients

  • 500g fresh thick yellow noodles
  • 50-100g chicken - thinly sliced
  • Fried pork lard
  • 6 prawns
  • 1 bunch of cabbage
  • Fish balls (optional)

(Epicurean., 2008)

Seasonings

  • 8 cloves garlic, minced
  • 2 tbsp thick soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp oyster sauce
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 ½ cups water
  • ½ tsp ground white pepper
  • 2 tbsp peanut oil

(Epicurean., 2008)

Methods

  • Mix thick soy sauce, soy sauce, sugar, and salt with water.
  • Heat oil in a wok or large frying pan and brown the garlic.
  • Add the chicken slices and fry for a minute till it is slightly cooked, then add the fish balls, and shrimp.
  • Fry for another minute until shrimp is partially cooked.
  • Add the soy sauce mixture and bring to boil.
  • Add cabbages and cover pan to wilt the vegetable.
  • As soon as the greens have turned bright green, loosen noodles and add to the wok.
  • Toss noodles around the sauce to coat noodles with sauce.
  • Continue to turn noodles around until most of the sauce has been absorbed and noodles are looking dark and sauce has thickened. Add the white pepper and adjust seasonings.

(Epicurean., 2008)


Nutrition value

Table 1.1 Nutrient information of 1 serving of Hokkien Mee

Ingredients

Energy (kcal)

Carbohydrate (g)

Protein (g)

Fat (g)

Thick yellow noodles

281.00

40.60

9.40

9.00

Chicken

76.75

2.75

8.05

3.75

Fried pork lard

120.00

0.00

0.00

13.00

Prawns

24.00

0.30

5.59

0.10

Cabbage

30.00

4.60

2.20

0.20

Fish balls

47.00

0.10

7.34

1.90

Garlic, minced

13.00

2.90

0.40

0.00

Thick soy sauce

72.00

15.00

2.60

0.10

Soy sauce

26.00

3.20

3.20

0.00

Oyster sauce

17.00

3.40

0.66

0.10

Sugar

59.00

14.80

0.00

0.00

Peanut oil

242.00

0.00

0.00

26.80

Total

1007.75

87.65

39.44

54.95

(Nutrition Society of Malaysia, 2001)




Therefore, 1 serving of hokkien mee equal to:

41.30% of total energy required daily

20.53% of total carbohydrate required daily

63.61% of total protein required daily

67.01% of total fat required daily



Metabolism involved:

Glycolysis

Since there is flour contains in thick yellow noodles, there is definitely carbohydrate metabolism involved. At first, the carbohydrate undergoes degradation and being absorbed in the small intestine. The simplest unit of carbohydrate is glucose.


Diagram 1: D-Glucose

Diagram sources: http://img.tfd.com/mgh/ceb/thumb/Structural-formula-for-x3b1-D-glucose.jpg


D-Glucose will undergo glycolysis. This reaction is an anaerobic catabolism which occurs to produce energy in the form of ATP.


Basically, glycolysis occurs in the cytoplasm in the absence of O2. It is the pathway that converts glucose, C6H12O6, into pyruvate, C3H5O3-. In overall, glycolysis yields two molecules of ATP two molecules of pyruvic acid and two "high energy" electron carrying molecules of NADH. There are 10 steps of glycolysis which is separated into 2 phases which are preparatory phase and pay-off phase.

The preparatory phase involves converting D-glucose using 2 molecule of ATP into 2 molecules of glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate. The payoff phase involves converting G-3-P into 2 molecules of pyruvate, generating in the process 4 molecules of ATP, and transferring some of the energy into the electron carrier NAD+ to generate 2 molecules of NADH.

Below is the link of an animation of glycolysis reaction:

http://www.science.smith.edu/departments/Biology/Bio231/glycolysis.html


Aerobic metabolism

When oxygen is present, the pyruvate will enter mitochondria to be fully oxidized by the Krebs cycle. Acetyl-CoA is produced from the pyruvate molecules. Krebs cycle begins with the acetyl-CoA and end with oxaloacetate. Krebs cycle produces in total of two GTP, six NADH, two QH2, and four CO2. The Krebs cycle is always followed by oxidative phosphorylation. This process extracts the energy from NADH and QH2, oxidizing them to NAD+ and Q, respectively, so that the cycle can continue. In overall, the citric acid cycle and oxidative phosphorylation produce equals about 30 ATP molecules.

Below is the link of an animation of Krebs cycle:

http://www.wiley.com/legacy/college/boyer/0470003790/animations/tca/tca.htm


The other fates of glucose

The excess glucose is stored as glycogen and converts back to glucose when it is needed. Gluconeogenesis is the process whereby glycogen is converted back to glucose.

Diagram 2: Gluconeogenesis

Diagram sources: http://themedicalbiochemistrypage.org/images/gluconeogenesis.jpg

Besides that, when glucose intake exceeds the body's energy needs (and after saturation of glycogen stores) the acetyl CoA can be used for fatty acid synthesis (in the liver) and storage as triglyceride in adipose tissue. This is occurs in the cytoplasm of cells.


Diagram 3: Fatty acid synthesis

Diagram sources: http://www.wormbook.org/chapters/www_obesity/obesfatfig5.jpg


Lipid metabolism

Hokkien mee contains different type of oil and especially the fried pork lard. These few ingredients contain high amount of fat. The fat digestion mostly takes place in the small intestine. This is done by mixing the fat with the enzyme, lipase. Bile, secreted by the gall bladder, emulsifies large fat particles and breaks them into a smaller size so that pancreatic and intestinal lipases can digest the fats. Lipase would breakdown the fat into fatty acid molecules and glycerol molecules. The fatty acids that has been breakdown thus will transport via the bloodstream to the membranes of adipose cells or muscle cells, where they are either stored or oxidized for energy ( Whitney et.al pg 147-150).

The pathways that involved in lipid metabolism are biolysis, beta-oxidation, and ketosis and lip genesis. Biolysis and beta-oxidation are the process where the oxidative degradation of fatty acids in which two-carbon units are sequentially removed from the fatty acid molecule with each turn of the cycle in the form of acetyl-Coal, which can eventually enter the TCA cycle (Wikipedia Fatty acid metabolism 2009). Ketosis is the process when our body is converting fats into energy; ketones are produced as a by-product. This happen when our body does not consume enough carbohydrate or experiencing starving, it will begin ketosis to obtain energy from its stored fats (Laura Dolson, 2008). Hokkien mee contain more fat than carbohydrate thus ketosis might happen if we consume too much. Lipogenesis is the fat synthesis in the body. This includes the synthetic in the body. This includes the synthetic processes of fatty acids and subsequent triglycerides in the liver and the adipose tissue ( Lipogenesis 2009).


Protein metabolism

Hokkien mee contain high amount of protein which mainly come from chicken and mee. Prawns and fish ball only contribute few protein compound in overall. The protein will breakdown into amino acid. The digestion of protein mainly occurs at stomach, chiefly with the action of the hydrochloric acid that is produced there, and by the enzyme called pepsin. Digestion continues in the upper portion of the small intestine under the action of the pancreatic protein enzymes, trypsin. The amino acids are absorbed by the blood capillaries of the small intestines, carried through the liver, and then go into the blood of the general circulation. Excess amino acid will be metabolized into glycogen and used for energy.


What are the benefits of HOKKIEN MEE ????

As the dish name is shown, noodles are the main ingredient for this food. From the RNI table, we can see that noodles contain high amount of carbohydrate and protein. This is why when we consume Hokkien mee; we feel satiety as carbohydrate will provide energy for us. Proteins are very important in the contribution to our body cells. They are involved in virtually all cell functions. Some proteins are involved in structural support, while others are involved in bodily movement, or in defense against germs.

The chicken slices do contains proteins, B vitamin, niacin, and selenium. Niacin is contributing in helping us to protect individuals from age-related deterioration of mental skills and Alzheimer’s disease. Vitamin B6 has many good qualities, one of which is to assist enzymes in completing metabolism reaction. Besides that, it also helps our bodies in the processing of carbohydrates--breaking down glycogen, sugar stored in muscle cells that is needed to fuel our bodies. Selenium play roles as an anti-oxidant enzyme which helps prevent damage to the cells by free radicals. Lastly, chicken contains large amount of phosphorus which aid in maintaining and formulation of bones and teeth (Food nutrition facts 2007).

As for information, prawns contain cholesterol. Some of you might think prawns contain high level of cholesterol. Instead, research has shown that the cholesterol level is significantly lower than previous thought. An average 3 ¸ ounce (100 gram) shrimp portion contains about 150 milligrams of cholesterol, or about half the cholesterol found in one chicken egg. Therefore, it’s unnecessary to worry in consuming prawns as it is not a health problem as long we consume in balance. By the way, prawns is low fat with a rich content of highly unsaturated fatty acid which lead to the formation of high density lipids known as good cholesterol (HDL). HDL is the lipoprotein that helps to lower blood cholesterol level. Other than that, prawns is also a good source for calcium and phosphorus (Delicia Sea 2007)


How to make Hokkien mee healthier??

  • The easiest way to reduce the total energy of hokkien mee is reduce the portion size of every ingredients especially pork lard as pork lard contains very high amount of fat. 1 tsp of pork lard contributes to 120 calories (Nutrition Society of Malaysia, 2001). High intake of fat might be lead to cardiovascular diseases, high blood pressure, stroke and others. Therefore, small amount of pork lard are recommended to enhance the flavour. All the quantity of ingredients and seasonings should be cut down in order to promote a balanced diet.


  • Beside that, sunflower oil is suggested instead of peanut oil to cook hokkien mee can improve the health benefits of hokkien mee. This is because sunflower oil contains high amount of linoleic and oleic acid. Both of the fatty acids are unsaturated fatty acids which are better for our body (National Sunflower Association, 2009). As when the fats are broken down or oxidized to produce energy, thus an unsaturated fat molecule contains somewhat less energy and fewer calories than saturated fatty acids. Furthermore, sunflower oil is light in taste and appearance and it has a high Vitamin E content. It is a combination of monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats with low saturated fat levels as it is produced from oil type sunflower seeds (Wikimedia, 2009).

  • Do not reuse the cooking oil because when the same pot of oil is repeatedly reheated, the oils will begin to degrade and release some substances known as polymers and polar compounds that can become absorbed by foods. If we consume the particular foods, it might be increased our blood pressure (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2003).

  • In the other hand, varies types of vegetables can be added to hokkien mee such as Chinese pak-coy, carrots, bean sprout and others. Vegetables with high fiber content are most often associated with protecting against heart disease and diabetes by lowering blood cholesterol and glucose level. Beside that, fibers also promote bowel movements and alleviate constipation (Whitney et.al pg 106).


  • The amount of salt and sugar can be reduced eventually. High amount of salt and sugar will contribute to high blood pressure and diabetes. Besides, oyster sauce actually can be eliminated because oyster sauce contents high amount of sodium, 2933mg per 100g (Whitney et.al pg H-36).



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Prepared by:

Lim Zhi Hern 1000613394
Teoh Lay Yau 1000613412