Master Chef Kitchen Bible

This title contains everything you need to know to become a winner in your own kitchen.

"The MasterChef Kitchen Bible" - all the know-how you need to become a MasterChef in your own kitchen. It features 100 classic recipes essential for every chef's repertoire from Eggs Benedict to luscious Lemon Tart and 30 iconic recipes from the TV series. You can impress your friends by filleting flat fish or baking a perfect souffle with 150 skills classes and find out the recommended kit all aspiring MasterChefs should have from the best knives to the perfect pans. Plus, "Ingredients Know-How" sections will point you in the right direction demonstrating favourite flavour pairings and tips on what's in season when so you can create a winning menu. Do you know an aspiring MasterChef? If so, then the "MasterChef Kitchen Bible" is the perfect gift for them.

About Masterchef

The authorAmateur cooks compete to win the coveted MasterChef title in this compelling cookery show.

PENANG ISLAND

PENANG, known as the ‘Pearl of the Orient’, it lies off the NW coast of Malaysia. Consisting of the Island of Penang and a strip of mainland opposite the island known as Seberang Perai (or Province Wellesley) and separated by a channel 3km wide at its closest point, they are linked by the 13.5km Penang Bridge. The islands northern coast boasts of beautiful beaches and a vibrant nightlife.

Penang's Famed Beaches Penang's northern shoreline is famous for its beautiful beaches of golden sand and deep blue seas. The Tanjung Bunga, Buta Ferringhi and Teluk Bahang beaches offer expansive stretches of glittering sand interspersed with secluded coves within the shelter of gigantic rocks. It is along this famous coastline that resorts of international standard have sprouted up, offering a host of water-based recreational facilities.

White Kuan Yim statue shrine & Gold Sands Resort Hotel
It was named after the Indian Muslim merchant, the "Kapitan Keling" (headman) Caudeer Mohudeen who built it in the early 19th century. It features an ocher yellow facade and dome-shaped minaret reflecting Moorish Islamic influence

HARI RAYA MENJELANG TIBA

Hari raya menjelang tiba, kini saatnya kita bergembira, usah di ratapi peristiwa yang hiba, kelak ianya meruntun jiwa.
hari raya hari bergembira, bersama rakan kita raikannya, sanak dan saudara turut serta, sama-samalah kita mengeratkan hubungan antara kita.
Selamat Hari Raya, maaf zahir dan batin...

Malaysia Holidays & Tour

Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur, the nation’s capital city is a modern and fast moving city. KL, as it is almost always called, with a population of 1.8 million leads the nation's fast paced development in trade and commerce and is the pulse of the nation. The city's strategic location near the heart of SE Asia, along with excellent supporting infrastructure has made it a popular venue for international events, conventions, and exhibitions.

Petronas Twin Towers The Petronas Twin Towers building is the most recogniseable building in the KLCC due to the fact that it used to be the world tallest building - until recently (October 2003) when the honour goes to Taipei 101 building. Nevertheless, it still hold the record for the worid's tallest two freestanding towers.

Sultan Abdul Saman Building
A stately, historic building rich in character, it was built in 1897 to house several important government departments during the British administration.

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Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman's Search for Everything

It's 3 a.m. and Elizabeth Gilbert is sobbing on the bathroom floor. She's in her thirties, she has a husband, a house, they're trying for a baby - and she doesn't want any of it. A bitter divorce and a turbulent love affair later, she emerges battered and bewildered and realises it is time to pursue her own journey in search of three things she has been missing: pleasure, devotion and balance. So she travels to Rome, where she learns Italian from handsome, brown-eyed identical twins and gains twenty-five pounds, an ashram in India, where she finds that enlightenment entails getting up in the middle of the night to scrub the temple floor, and Bali where a toothless medicine man of indeterminate age offers her a new path to peace: simply sit still and smile. And slowly happiness begins to creep up on her.


# Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
# Published: 05 March 2007
# Categories: Autobiography: General | Travel Writing
# ISBN 13: 9780747585664 ISBN 10: 0747585660
# Also available in film/DVD(Star-Julia Robert)

Malaysia Holidays & Tour

Selangor

SELANGOR has been called the gateway to Malaysia, given its strategic location to all major travel routes. The major airports, which are the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), Sepang and Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, Subang are located in Selangor. It is also blessed with the biggest port in Malaysia, Port Klang. There is an extensive network of highways and expressways in the state, making traveling all over Selangor a wonderful experience.

The Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Mosque is one of the most beautiful buildings in the country. Frequently referred to as the "Blue Mosque" its minarets are the tallest in the world at 142.3 meters. Its graceful blue dome is one of the largest of its kind. Decorative Islamic calligraphy enhances the dome and main prayer hall, while the overall architecture integrates ethnic Malay design elements.

Batu Caves
Located 15 km north of Kuala Lumpur, Batu Caves is the most popular tourist destination in Selangor. It consists of three big caves and the main temple cave, which features ornate Hindu shrines and has a ceiling looming over 100 meters overhead. To reach it one has to climb a steep flight of 272 steps, a feat performed by as many as 100,000 devotees during the annual Thaipusam festival.

Cameron Highland

Pahang

PAHANG, the largest state in peninsular Malaysia, lies on the east coast and has a population of one million people. It has vast stretches of primeval rainforest that dominate the state that offers exotic flora and fauna and wildlife/ It has hill resorts, waterfalls, and invigorating mountains to palm fringed beaches.

Cameron Highlands This is Malaysia's green bowl supplying vegetables to the major cities of the country and to Singapore. The cool climate makes it an excellent tea growing area, and indeed the Cameron tea is highly priced in the world market. Places of interest are the Robinson waterfall, the Rose Garden nurseries and the vegetable farms.

Cherating Beach (Kuantan)
To many, this name is synonymous with Club Med. This is natural because Asia's first Club Med is located here. Actually, only a small part of the beach is a administered by this world famous Club, the rest is a populated area offering excellent beaches

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Screw it, Let's Do it: Lessons in Life

Global entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson has built a business empire and made billions and is renowned for his approachability and ability to challenge and succeed against the odds. "Screw It, Let's Do It" reveals the lessons that have helped him through his business and personal life, like believing it can be done and that, if others disagree with you, try and try again until you achieve your goal; or that you must love what you do. These and other lessons, with examples of how he learned them and how he's used them, are included in this stirring and candid look at his lessons from an exceptional life, which will inspire you to make a difference in your everyday life.

# Publisher: Ebury Press
# Published: 02 March 2006
# Categories: Autobiography: Business & Industry | Business, Finance & Law |
Entrepreneurship | Advice On Careers & Achieving Success
# ISBN 13: 9780753510995 ISBN 10: 0753510995

Pantai Merdeka (Indepedence Beach)

Pantai Merdeka (Independence Beach) is one of the most popular beaches on the mainland of Kedah in Malaysia.
Located in Kuala Muda district, about 26 km from Sungai Petani is the perfect destination for one to relax and enjoy the sea breeze of the one kilometer stretch long sandy beach shaded by trees.
It is a famous seaside picnic spot for the locals and the neighbouring states of Penang and north Perak. The beach is also excellent for swimming at high tide.
Wide range of watersport activities available here such as Banana boat riding, sailing, waterskiing, surfing, canoeing are popular along the stretch of coastal water.
And for those with a taste for some island marooning and island-hopping, there is a cluster of three islands off Yan district near Kota Kuala Muda

They are Pulau Bunting, Pulau Song Song and Pulau Bidan. The local boatmen with their sampan docked at the beach area are readily available to ferry visitors to the islands.
Visitors can also get an insight of the fishing village lifestyle by taking a 10-minute boat ride to the nearby Telok Nipah and Kampung Pulau Sayak.
At the beach, there is a historical remnant of World War II bunker which was built in 1941 by the British to protect the inhabitants from falling bombs or other attacks from Japanese invasion.
For overnight visitors, Merdeka Beach Resort at the beach is a best place to stay in comfort with well equipped facilities to choose from such as chalets, rest house, campsite, swimming pool and food outlets.

Visitor Information:

Address: Merdeka Beach Resort
Pantai Kuala Muda
08300 Sungai Petani
Kedah.Malaysia

Contacts: Tel: +604 4377555
Fax: +604 4377550
email: nikki@merdekabeachresort.com

Malaysia Holidays & Tour

Langkawi Island

LANGKAWI, which has been nicknamed as the "Caribbean of The East", is a cluster of isles basking languidly in glistening waters. Not many island resorts in the region can boast of such pearls of exotic beauty but Langkawi is an enchantingly white stretches of palm-fringed beaches. It has often been said that many locations within the group of 104 islands make idle settings for a romance novel or swashbuckling movie. it is hard to imagine that only a decade ago Langkawi is a cluster of fishing villages surrounded by coconut trees, but this is something the visitors must see for themselves.

Kuah The main town located on the south-eastern tip of Pulau Langkawi. It is the take-off point to the neighboring islands. The name "Kuah" is a Malay word meaning "gravy" and is associated with an ancient legend of two battling giants who overturned a gigantic pot of curry at the spot where the town now stands.

Tanjung Rhu,
Tanjung Rhu lies on the northern cape of Pulau Langkawi. Aptly named for its abundance of casuarinas, its enchanting beach affords magnificent views of nearby islands which can be reached at low tide on foot, an experience that is not to be missed.

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VANISHED:When Lightning Strikes & Code Name Cassandra

* Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd * Published: 31 March 2011 * Format: Paperback 544 pages * See: Full bibliographic data * Categories: General * ISBN 13: 9780857071224 ISBN 10: 085707122X * Sales rank: 39,998

Full description for Vanished:

When Lightning Strikes When lightning strikes there can only be trouble - as Jessica Mastriani finds out when she is caught in a thunderstorm. But this trouble with a capital T - this trouble is serious. Because somehow, on that long walk home, Jess acquired a new talent. She can find missing people - dead or alive...Code Name Cassandra Since developing her psychic powers, Jess has discovered that not everyone wants to be found. And, right now, Jess is one of them. Because some very important people want to speak to her about her newfound powers - people who know just how a good power can be used for evil - and the wrong decision will lead Jess into deadly danger...

Keluarga pertahan Anwar, dakwa ‘taktik politik lucah Umno-BN’

KUALA LUMPUR, 5 April — Keluarga Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim mengambil pendirian berani menonton klip seks yang kini disebarkan menerusi dunia siber dan membuat keputusan muktamad — ia “satu lagi contoh taktik politik lucah diangkat dan dijulang Umno-BarisanDalam satu kenyataan bersama dikeluarkan hari ini, isteri Anwar Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail dan keluarganya berkata:“Dalam kes video terbaru ini, kami sekeluarga memutuskan untuk menonton sendiri rakaman tersebut.“Video tersebut adalah bukti paling kukuh bagi sesiapa yang benar-benar mengenali Datuk Seri Anwar bahawa tuduhan terbaru ini satu lagi fitnah zalim dan palsu.”Kenyataan bersama itu berkata, video seks yang disiarkan di hotel Carcosa Seri Negara dua minggu lalu disebarkan sebahagiannya di laman web-laman web tukang sorak Umno.“Keluarga kami telah diuji dengan pelbagai dugaan sejak 1998. Pelbagai fitnah dan tuduhan telah dilemparkan terhadap Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.“Setiap tuduhan tersebut adalah sendirinya terlalu berat, tetapi Datuk Seri Anwar terpaksa melalui satu demi satu tuduhan yang busuk, jelek dan jijik,” tambah kenyataan itu lagi.Wan Azizah juga merupakan Presiden PKR, komponen Pakatan Rakyat yang diterajui Anwar.Anwar kini berada di Sarawak sempena kempen pilihan raya negeri Sarawak.Namun jika disenaraikan semua tuduhan tersebut, kenyataan keluarga Anwar itu menambah, nyata sekali tidak masuk akal bagaimana Anwar dapat melakukan kesemuanya yang bertentangan antara satu sama lain.Malah dalam kenyataan itu mereka berkata, “siapa lagi yang lebih mengenali beliau dengan begitu intim kalau bukan kami, keluarga terdekat beliau, yang telah bersama beliau dalam susah dan senang, khusus dari saat bbeliau berada di arus perdana kepimpinan negara hinggalah ke hari-hari beliau mulai pulih dari serangan apabila beliau dibebaskan daripada penjara.”Kenyataan itu juga berkata, jelas kelihatan susuk tubuh badan pelaku dalam video tersebut amat berlainan daripada susuk badan Anwar.Hal ini diperkukuh lagi memandangkan sejak lebih setahun yang lalu, anak-anak Anwar Ibrahim sering menemani beliau setiap kali beliau pergi melakukan aktiviti senaman dan fisioterapi selaku sebahagian daripada aktiviti pemuliharaan kesihatan tulang belakang, kata kenyataan tersebut lagi.“Oleh itu, kami sekeluarga berpendirian bahawa keluarnya video ini adalah satu lagi contoh taktik politik lucah yang diangkat dan dijulang Umno-Barisan Nasional.“Kami menolak sekeras-kerasnya politik sebegini dan mengajak rakyat Malaysia dalam bersama menegakkan keadilan dan menolak politik kotor. Kembalikan agenda perjuangan menuntut reformasi menyeluruh dalam sistem politik, ekonomi dan sosial negara,” kata Dr Wan Azizah dan keluarganya dalam kenyataan satu halaman itu.Dalam menghadapi dugaan ini, kenyataan itu menambah, mereka yakin isu semasa ini ada hikmah di sebaliknya.“Pendedahan sedutan video ini dibuat pada 4 April 2011 — ulang tahun ke-12 PKR yang lahir daripada kegawatan politik negara.“Fitnah dan tohmahan ini berpunca daripada ketamakan terhadap kuasa dan politik yang sudah hilang nilai moralnya. Kita sewajarnya berbincang secara kritis perbezaan pandangan kita, bukan dengan serangan peribadi yang kotor dan hina,” katanya.Oleh itu keluarga Anwar berharap semua rakyat tidak terperangkap dengan permainan Umno-BN ini, sebaliknya meneruskan usaha menegakkan keadilan dan memperjuangkan kebenaran.Klip video yang mengaitkan Anwar melanggan seorang pelacur asing kini dimuatkan dalam YouTube dan beberapa blog pro-Umno.Klip itu yang panjangnya 107 saat menunjukkan dua lelaki dan seorang wanita berada di sebuah bilik sebelum aksi seks dengan pelacur berkenaan, didakwa dari China.Rakaman asal yang dipertontonkan kepada media di hotel Carcosa Seri Negara pada 21 Mac lalu dilaporkan panjangnya 21 minit.Klip video hitam putih itu turut membawa jalur warna putih di bahagian bawah dengan tulisan Thai, yang tidak terdapat pada rakaman yang didedahkan kepada media sebelum ini.

Isu Alkitab: Belum ada penyelesaian muktamad,

KUALA LUMPUR, 4 April — Formula penyelesaian 10 perkara yang diumumkan Putrajaya kelmarin dalam usaha meredakan rasa tidak puas hati di kalangan masyarakat Kristian berhubung isu Alkitab masih belum muktamad, kata Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein hari ini.Sehubungan itu kata Menteri Dalam Negeri, perbincangan berkenaan isu itu masih berjalan.“Kami masih di pertengahan perbincangan. Belum muktamad lagi,” kata Hishammuddin (gambar) kepada The Malaysian Insider di sini pagi ini.Naib Presiden Umno ini Perkara utama ialah kita kena bergerak ke depan menggunakan cara yang munasabah, yang tidak bersifat polemik,” katanya.Hishammuddin juga enggan mengulas cabaran Mufti Perak Tan Sri Harussani Zakaria agar Putrajaya menggugurkan enakmen Islam berkaitan dengan larangan bukan Islam menggunakan kalimah “Allah” ekoran formula penyelesaian diumumkan oleh Menteri di Jabatan Perdana Menteri Datuk Seri Idris Jala, kelmarin.Dalam kenyataan dikeluarkan kelmarin, Jala berkata, kerajaan pusat mengumumkan 10 formula untuk mencari penyelesaian, antaranya kitab Injil dalam semua bahasa, termasuk Bahasa Malaysia atau Indonesia boleh diimport ke Malaysia bagi menyelesaikan isu Alkitab.Selain itu, Putrajaya juga memutuskan Alkitab juga boleh dicetak di Semenanjung, Sabah dan Sarawak.“Ini adalah perkembangan baru yang seharusnya diterima dengan senang oleh kumpulan Kristian,” kata Jala.Bagaimanapun, bagi menghormati komuniti Islalam yang besar di Semenanjung, kitab Injil dalam Bahasa Malaysia/Indonesia mesti tertera dengan “Penerbitan Kristian” (“Christian Publication”) dan tanda salib pada kulit hadapan.Demi semangat 1 Malaysia dan akuan bahawa ramai yang berhijrah antara Sabah, Sarawak dan Semenanjung, tidak terdapat larangan bagi mereka yang membawa kitab Injil dan bahan bacaan Kristian semasa melawati negeri-negeri tersebutJala berkata, “adalah harapan saya agar jalan penyelesaian yang berdasarkan 10 aspek yang telah dikemukakan diterima oleh kumpulan Kristian secara positif, adil dan munasabah.”Bagaimanapun dalam komen kepada The Malaysian Insider yang disiarkan pagi ini, Harussani mencabar Putrajaya membatalkan undang-undang Islam sekiranya masih bertegas mahu membenarkan penggunaan kalimah “Allah” dalam kitab Injil versi Bahasa Malaysia.Mufti Perak itu menegaskan sekiranya Putrajaya membuat keputusan untuk membenarkan penggunaan kalimah Allah dalam kitab Injil itu, maka secara automatik enakmen agama Islam yang tidak membenarkan agama lain menggunakan istilah eksklusif bagi agama Islam terbatal sama sekali.Hishammuddin berkata, tidak guna membuat spekulasi mengenai apa yang akan berlaku kemudian, sebaliknya mahu fokus diberikan ke atas perbincangan yang sedang diadakan.“Biar perbincangan membawa hasil. Biar (kita) lihat hasilan akhir dan kemudian kita bergerak dari sana,” katanya lagi.Rasa tidak puas hati juga dilahirkan oleh Pertubuhan-pertubuhan Pembela Islam (Pembela) hari ini, yang menyifatkan langkah Putrajaya menawarkan 10 formula menyelesaikan isu kitab Injil dalam Bahasa Malaysia sebagai keputusan “mengalah” kepada desakan-desakan dibuat oleh kumpulan masyarakat Kristian dan mahu ia dikaji semula.Pembela yang dianggotai 19 badan bukan kerajaan (NGO) juga menegaskan langkah terbaru Putrajaya itu akan menyebabkan desakan sama berulang kembali yang bertentangan dengan Perlembagaan Persekutuan.“Bagi mereka yang mengikuti perkembangan isu ini sejak ia mula dicetuskan oleh kumpulan-kumpulan Kristian, ‘Formula Idris Jala’ ini jelas merupakan satu keputusan mengalah dan menunduk kepada strategi konfrontasi, manipulasi dan mendesak yang digunakan oleh kumpulan-kumpulan Kristian untuk mencapai tujuan mereka dalam isu ini,” kata jurucakap Pembela Dr Yusri Mohamad.

Bina keyakinan Diri (finale)

GEMBIRA DENGAN APA YANG HENDAK DILAKUKAN

Cara menyebut tentang pentingnya merasai "perasaan" kejayaan.
Perasaan akan mempengaruhi minda kita, dan minda kita pula akan
mempengaruhi tingkah laku kita. Bina keyakinan diri sendiri
dengan memenuhi minda kita dengan perasaan gemgira.
Perasaan gembira akan menghilangkan segala perasaan negatif
dalam diri sendiri.Cuba anda ingatkan kembali apabila anda berada
dalam keadaan gembira, adakah anda fikirkan pekara-pekara yang
negatif, seperti hutang yang belum langsai, kerja yang belum
siap atau tanggungjawab yang belum dilaksanakan?
Untuk membina keyakinan diri kita, lakukan sesuatu yang
menggembirakan. Ini bergantung kepada individu apa yang
menggembirakan anda? Mungkin keluar bersama keluarga, pergi
menonton wayang atau membeli-belah. Apa sahaja yang menggembirakan
kita akan memberi kesan-kesan positif kepada diri sendiri dan dapat
membina keyakinan diri kita. Apabila hati gembira, keputusan
yang kita akan dapat pasti akan menggembirakan juga!