Covid-19 MCO : Day #43 (I Watch Too Much Netflix)

On day #41 and day #42 I ate A LOT of CARBS. So today I am doing penance - chicken soup! But I got confused.

I confused tapioca leaves (daun ubi kayu) with sweet potato leaves (daun ubi keledak). What I usually eat at the restaurant is sweet potato leaves which my partner and I love. 

What was available at the TTDI market was daun ubi kayu (tapioca leaves) which I bought thinking that I was buying sweet potato leaves. Well, when I received my order, I was like errrrrr....

Apa tuuuu??? Kesilapan teknik. So I did some googling and I found some nice recipes using tapioca leaves and I realized that I have eaten this before at chap fan stalls. Since I already bought these, I used some in my chicken soup. 

The leaves are tough so I scrunched them up before boiling in the soup. They turned out quite delicious. I'll do something else with the rest tomorrow.

This is my family favorite condiment to take with soup or noodles. Sliced chilies, chopped garlic with light soya sauce and vinegar and a little bit of sugar.

So. Have you been watching a lot of TV? I haven't watched so much TV in my life, probably clocked up more hours than during my childhood and young adulthood combined hah..hah..

My grandparents were quite strict when it came to bedtime on school days, so there was not much TV during the week except the weekends. When I lived with my parents, my mum was even more strict. Even weekends, TV time was much restricted.

Ultraman - My favorite TV show when I was in primary school

When I went to matriculation and university, I gave up TV altogether. At the university hostel, there were 3 TV rooms (one each for RTM1, RTM2 and TV3) and you had to share space with other students.

You know what shows were the most popular? The Hong Kong serials and my Malay sisters loved Chow Yun Fat. Me, no thank you. I don't understand Cantonese/Mandarin and therefore those Chinese serials did not attract me.

Generally speaking I don't watch TV series in languages I don't understand but when Narcos came along, I changed my mind. Most of the dialogue is Colombian and I did not mind one bit.

Narcos was so intriguing and addictive that I binged watched right up to the last season.

Besides, one of my heart throb favorite actor, Pedro Pascal, is in it. And then I discovered another heart throb nice looking fella, Alberto Ammann who plays Pacho Herrera. 

Sorry, I digress.

So far I have also watched the following :

1. The Stranger

It's a British thriller. Not bad.

2. Broadchurch

A British series. This one is crime and investigation. Quite compelling.

3. Line of Duty

Also a British series on police anti-corruption investigation. I loved this series especially season 4 (with Thandie Newton) but unfortunately this series has been taken off Netflix recently and I did not get to watch season 5.

4. The Innocence Files

This one is a documentary on wrongful convictions and how The Innocence Project helped to secure the release of 9 individuals who were wrongly convicted due to unreliable forensic evidence and dubious eye witness identification. 

5. Pandemic

Ah! Something close to what we are experiencing right now. This documentary was made before the current Covid-19 pandemic and seemed rather prophetic in predicting the next global outbreak.

6. Safe

I am currently trying to watch Safe but I find it very hard to accept Michael C. Hall speaking with a British accent because I have always known him as Dexter.

But I discovered a very cool theme song which I like a lot.

Well, you would have noticed that I am into crime and investigation and Latino men.  

Today I will give my cat a break but you will see her tomorrow. Bye!