I have new found respect for professional filmmakers. Every time I edit, I wonder how do they compress (edit) over a thousand of hours of shooting into two hours for a movie. After I finish editing each video, I feel happy that ‘FINALLY’ I did it. But then I wonder if I did a good job?
With that said, I tell myself ‘Beauty is in the eye of the beholder’ and here I’m translating my personal visual view through the lens and editing. And that, these are collections of my interests. Steadily, they become better. I allow myself to keep learning, plus being self-taught makes me more grateful to those who freely share their knowledge with generosity for some of us to learn from. I hope I’m contributing to the world positively.
One of the things that fill me up with joy, is the idea of being self-sufficient. To produce food at home and raise livestock. Although it’s not yet possible, but I’ll start small.
Here’s my favourite homemade cereal.
WALNUT PECAN GRANOLA
INGREDIENTS
325g rolled oats
150g raw walnuts
85g pecans
90ml coconut oil
90ml organic maple syrup
METHOD
- Mix all the ingredients up.
- Transfer into a baking and bake at 100℃ for 15mins.
- Take it out, stir and level it.
- Put it back in the oven.
- Repeat 3 more times.
- On last stage add cranberries or raisins.
- Bake for 15 minutes again (4th time).
- Stir and leave to cool for 2 hours.
Walnut Pecan Granola
YouTube has been fun, yet challenging. Suffice it to say, it feels like home. For the past decade, I’ve always wanted to document my food and interest’s journey. It took me a long time, nonetheless it happened at the right time. I really enjoy the process of learning. Sometimes, I fail to keep the camera straight or get the lighting correct. Each time, I learn and improve. I can’t wait to see how it improves in the future.
Robin Sharma wrote: ……small daily victories, performed with disciplined consistency over extended periods of time, lead to revolutionary results.
“That being scared just means you’re about to grow. And that frequent discomfort is the price of accelerated progress.”
I resonate a lot with these quotes. I never want to be too comfortable and stop learning. Life will be boring if I do that.
NO KNEAD OVERNIGHT BREAD
INGREDIENTS
400g Unbleached White Bread Flour
150g Unbleached Wholewheat Flour
350ml Still Water
5g Instant Dry Yeast
8g Salt
20g Brown Sugar
3 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive oil
METHOD
- Roughly mix white flour, wholewheat, water, yeast, salt and sugar.
- Rest for 2 hours.
- Pull and fold 6 times. Rest for 15 minutes. Do this 3 times.
- Then rest the dough for 30 minutes.
- Pull and fold again.
- Shape and transfer to the fridge for 16hrs
- Rest outside of the fridge for an hour.
- Shape and place in a cast iron pot for 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 200℃
- Bake for 55 minutes with the lid on.
- Then remove lid and bake for 5 minutes.