Firestarter..Teaser No 2

After my first riddle, I have another one for you. This guy never ceases to amaze you. Not too long after the saucer/satellite dish/electric shock torture gear shenanigan, he is now up to more tricks again. Just take a look at what he is doing.

My goodness: he has lighted up the stick!!! Is he going to do the fire swallowing act?

Is he trying to burn down the house?

Seems like he is burning down the garden!!!

Like a fire breather, he breathes on the flames...

Poof!! or "boom" as Miss singapore Ris Low will say...The flames suddenly bursts!!

The flames are now dangerously out of control

Luckily, he throws it on the ground and extinguishes it

What do you think he is doing now???????? What has he just done? What did he burn???

Wok with a Hole:Answer to Teaser

Do you remember the riddle I posted earlier on a suspicious looking saucer shaped device in the making?

Well, I have forgotten to give you the answer!!!!

Too busy attending events and blogging about the attended events!!!

On top of that I attended school (work, lah) every day without fail. (That 100 % attendance certificate's going to be MINE!!)

Well, (that's two wells) the answer is HOLE IN THE WOK!!! Yes, I bought a cast iron wok and grandfather smoothened it till all the iron solderings came out and there was a beautiful HOLE IN THE WOK!!!!

My new cast iron wok that I bought all the way from Batu Pahat!!! It has a hole!!
What to do? Throw away the kwali? I cannot find it in Kuala Lumpur!!

And Grandfather only likes cast iron wok...not just any old wok but CAST IRON WOK!! (I love the word: cast iron wok, the other word I love is reinforced concrete, don't ask me why)

Look at all the tiny holes that are patched and soldered? That's the way it is...

Luckily I have a very handy diy husband

This is how he does it

Don't ask me why, ( I repeat myself a lot today) I never studied Living Skills

He saved the day, or wok.

He is very well equipped..lol..

This is the mask he used to block the sparks when he is welding!!!

Deepavali Lunch at Bombay Palace 20 October, 2009.

Went to Bombay Palace for Deepavali lunch and thoroughly enjoyed myself : unusual North Indian cuisine, great place, relaxed and fun people of international ethnic origin!

The welcoming facade of Bombay Palace....once it was someone's mansion! I wonder who?

Bombay Palace was once Tadika Yu Der and before that was owned by a Chinese family.

Now it is an award winning Indian restaurant!!!

Ladies from the IWA...International Women's Association...

Soon to be my table mates

The organising committee in their Indian finery

Anita had the ladies enthralled with the story behind Deepavali

Exquisite table setting

Not quite papadum....don't know what this is called, to be taken with multi dip in foreground

Chutney, pickle, and.... forgot to ask what they were

Yoghurt dip with herbs

For starters ; roti with garlic and parsley, potato salad, and Indian curry puff-like samosa

The main course: fragrant rice with tandoori chicken

you need to acquire a taste for this purried spinach with cottage cheese

Naan, rice, dhall, tandoori chicken, vegetables, spinach with cottage cheese gravy

Dessert: Gulab jamun and clove ice cream (sth like that) ...Then it was time for fun and games: A sari tying competition

All the time we were served by costumed waiters!!

Then the fun started: tying the sari....

Jessika from Finland got down to it straightaway!

She finished in no time....she is so expressive...her rendition of Indian gestures!!

such fun tying sari

bevy of sari-clad contestants

Shoba(in Facebook) said this sari is not for petite girls like me....Anita tied this for me

Cat walk time!!

The tall girl in red won first prize for her neatly tied and beautifully draped sari

She won the 2nd prize for best dressed sari

Admiring her prize...ooops!!! I forgot to flip this picture!!! NVM ok?

Beautiful and interesting Indian jewellry set as 2nd prize

She won the best dressed for the day.

Looks good enough to eat!!! Next: rangoli decoration time

My pattern for the rangoli

The colourful "rice" for making the rangoli

Just like the sand art Sue and Jenn used to make when they were kids, lol!

My finished product!

Ingenious!! When you join all the pieces you get instant kolam!

The first prize for the rangoli design

She won second!!!!

I had such a nice time, thanks for the extra Deepavali holiday , otherwise I would not be able to attend this!