Friday, April 25, 2025

Decoding my P60

 Decoding my P60


I thought I was taxed the wrong way but it was a good thing to go through over it again as I was ready to email the payroll!


I received my P60 for the year 2023-24. So in the Pay and Income details, just add all the basic pay, pay arrears and deduct the NI pension and there you will have your final Income for the whole year.



Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Making Spinach Dip

 Making Spinach Dip












Though it's not my first attempt in making a spinach dip. I like this version better



Blanch spinach in boiling water and rinse in cold. Drain and chop using scissors


Saute minced garlic and onion in butter until almost translucent.


Add chopped spinach.


Add cream cheese and cheese


Add salt and pepper.


Adjust according to your desired taste.

Top this on a toasted bread.


 

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Gyoza dipping sauce

 Gyoza dipping sauce





This is my favourite dip so far that I invented


Knorr Liquid Seasoning

Blue Dragon Mirin or mizhan Mirin

Spring onion, add a lot!

Better if one red chili or if not available, chili flakes

Pepper

Lemon




Monday, April 14, 2025

Braised Salmon

 Braised Salmon




Salmon fillets

Dark soy sauce and Japanese Mirin 1 espresso cup:2 

Minced Ginger

Spring onions


Marinate at least overnight

Panfry the salmon

Add the marinade

Add the chopped spring onions

Simmer



Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Yippee! Got my 2nd credit card approved!

Yippee! Got my 2nd credit card approved from Capital One!


And yes! Being the bearer of good news today.... I got my 2nd credit card today!! Woooohooo!!


To tell you a story, it was in my mind for weeks now to increase my total credit card limit minimum of 4k pounds so that it could also increase my credit score.


I was contemplating on applying for a credit card increase in my first credit card with a credit limit of 1k but when I did some search on how much should I ask for an increase so that there is a high chance for it to be approved, it says around max 25% of your current limit. So that is like 250 more.


So I thought why now apply for another one? If I could get another (since the 6 months period has passed, so it's safe to apply for an account), then I could add another 1k into my total limit.


God is good! All the time! I was approved from Capital One with a credit limit of 1.5k!



Thursday, April 3, 2025

How to increase credit score in credit karma

 This is something that is like trial and error.


But I discovered that you can increased that by maxing up to 25% of your credit score and leave it until end of the month.

Miso soup

 Boil water with diced onions

Add dashi and dissolve according to instruction

Add bokchoy

Add tofu

Add miso paste

Enjoy!