Monday, October 28, 2013

Things You Need for Technical Interview

If you are a student and getting scheduled for a phone interview, you might find this useful.

Generally, you will need your phone (obviously), and a laptop. Remember to find a space that is quiet enough and have good internet connection. To make sure that your phone have enough power throughout the interview, you will need to have the USB cable for your phone.

Find a spot 1/2 an hour before the interview starts. Boot up your laptop with power adapter plugged in. Charge your phone using the USB port on your laptop. Connect you phone with a headphone. You are ready for your phone interview. Stay chill and confident to yourself.

In short, things that you need are:
1. Phone
2. USB cable / charger
3. Headphone
4. Laptop with power adapter

**Why laptop? Because this is meant for software developer's phone interview =)

Sunday, October 27, 2013

Roast Pork Belly improv

Today, I tried to make myself a roasted pork belly, and it is quite successful after a few tweaks.

Steps:
  1. 1. Marinate pork belly with salt, black pepper and paprika for 1/2 hr.
  2. Preheat the oven to 400F.
  3. 2. Prepare a sheet of aluminum foil and place shredded ginger and garlic on it.
  4. 3. Place the pork belly on top of the ingredients.
  5. 4. Clean and dry the skin of the pork belly.
  6. 5. Spread oil on top of the skin.
  7. 6. Sprinkle salt on top of the skin.
  8. 7. Wrap the aluminum foil around the pork belly, until the level of the fat layer, not covering the skin.
  9. Place it into the oven.
  10. Roast the meat for 20 minutes, then turn the heat to 350F and roast for 45 minutes.
  11. Check the skin of the pork, if the skin is not harden yet, adjust the aluminum foil to expose more pork fat layer and turn up the heat to 400F.
  12. Check the meat every 10 minutes, until you get the texture that you desire.


Roasted Pork Belly