I buy, I cook and I eat

Sympathising a senior blogger who still has to buy meal by meal from a nearby low cost take-away shop in Singapore, I have been cooking my own food in England with ease, finishing in 30 min. Healthy, tasty really.

Steve's way of cooking

A portion of pork, 2 big onions ( after making 4 quarters), 4-5 tomatoes (as a whole), 5 large flat mushrooms (dont slide), one handful of chopped carrots, some salt, some soya sauce, a spoon of sugar, seasoning powers (pepper, ginger and onion powder, some herbs) and olive oil are ingredients. I put together into pressure cooker for half an hour. That's it.

While I am working 58hours per week at least, cooking is still a manageable business. Who said "no time to cook" " busy life", "need to buy food", "I am very important person in our firm" ...... "no cook, no cook, no cook. "



Hospital accommodation. Everything cheap. I never use this kind of small toaster before. £10 worth kettle takes ages to get boiling water, up to 3 min. At home my own one is only 40 seconds. But I like the grill on the top of cooker. Very good for grilling pork chops and chicken wings.


After 30 minutes


Start eating.

World's CCTV capital

Today is Boxing day, so most shops are closed. But a few shops are trying to clear unsold items with so-called discount prices. For example, I bought a pair of discount shoes (£55) from Jones bootmaker. It's original price was £85. In fact, people are talking about Boxing day discounts much more than actually it happens.

Well, today I popped in Canary Wharf which is business and shopping complex in East London area and bought above shoes. I took a couple of photos as my hobby.



You may notice a CCTV in the photo. The news papers claimed that everyday, average Londoners are filmed by CCTVs for over 200 times on the street, on the bus, on the tube, in the stores and so on. In public places, your activities may be recorded from different angles all the time as millions of CCTVs are working 24/7 across the UK. If you parked your car on the double yellow lines or restricted area, nobody does not seem to be care. You would be happy as no police man and no traffic warden disturbed you. But you will get a £60 penalty notice in next few days. You car has been framed by local council CCTV. Definitely.

So a lobby of people have a concern about a matter of privacy issue. But the number of CCTVs has been increasing all the time across Britain, especially after 7/7 terrorist attack in London. Since then, all London buses have got CCTVs. In fact, I also fixed a couple of hidden security cameras at my place. One is for my car and one is for the main door. But these are not CCTV. I record only when I need.


This is the view from Poplar rail station. HSBC tower, Bank of America building and Canary Wharf tower. I just took this photo in time before ?changing ownership after credit crunch. In fact, whoever the ownership is, those buildings sprang up by means of British tax payer's money, I think.


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5 Kyat currency note in central London

I think it was in last July. I went to Tottenham court road where I normally buy books. I was surprised when I saw this 5 Kyat note with the Bogoke's head. Just sharing what I saw.

Train without driver

It was 2 months ago,I went to East London for some reason. I was on Dockland Light Rail. You may notice there was no driver on it.

A veiw from Greenwish

Greenwish, originally uploaded by steve_ever_green.

Today after having a buffet with a friend of mine in Greenwish while I am in London this week, I took this photo with my motorola. It was south of River Thames. You can see Canary Wharf and some business buildings. In fact River Thame is more or less the size of Hlaing River, May be smaller than that in many points. I feel Irrawaddy is a King River.

Dockland

I took this photo from Excel Exhibition Centre in Docklands.

Near London Bridge

This post does not mean anything. I took this photo a few months ago when I came out from London Bridge Tube station.

Today's London and murdered teenagers

If you google the UK News, you can easily see the following news. Teenagers... killed by gunshots and knives in London. This evening, one more has been shot in Plaistow which is only 10 minutes drive from my place.

Teenager hurt in street shooting
BBC News - 2 hours ago
A teenager has been shot and seriously injured in east London, a few streets from where 15-year-old Adam Regis was killed last month.
Teenager shot near murder scene Guardian Unlimited
London teenager seriously wounded after shooting InTheNews.co.uk


Fresh Calls to Fight Gun Crime After Latest Teenage Shooting
ChristianToday - 35 minutes ago
A teenager has been seriously injured in an east London shooting incident, which took place just minutes from where youth Adam Regis was killed last month.
Man Arrested After 19-Year-Old Shot In London Life Style Extra
Teenager hurt in street shooting BBC News


Boy killed in knife attack
ITV.com - 25 minutes ago
Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with a gang knife attack that left one boy dead and another critically injured. A 13-year-old and a 19-year old are in custody in connection with the attacks.
Third arrest over teenager's stabbing Guardian Unlimited
Murdered boy had been stabbed before Independent