Casual cheeky Chocolate Pear Tart

Well it's miserable outside, had veggies with cheese sauce for tea and finished with one hell of a treat; recipe to follow as I did free-style this number but check out how rich this puppy looks!!!

God I love that inspiration that comes along with the change of season!

Half Marathon Trainer

Since taking up jogging and distance running I found one amazing little iPhone application that I simply have to have a rant about. Its fandangle, awesome. Straight up...

Introducing "Hal Higdon's Half Marathon Training Program" from Bluefin Software. A companion piece of software for your iPhone that will track your progress, manage your goals and spin great words of encouragement in your ear as your burst through the kilometers! Like the idea of someone telling you you're doing a great job, that it's all worth it? You best your ass you do! So do I, it really works a charm. You do get to a point sometimes where you just want to take the short-cut home, but when Hal is in your ear you are reminded of your objectives and how positive an impact jogging can have on your life!

You can load all your favourite songs straight out of the application, and unlike some other applications that I have used - it seamlessly integrates altogether so your track volume is lowered slightly to allow Hal to let you know you've just passed the 5km mark! Great work!

For screen shots or to check out more info you can visit their site @ http://halhigdon.bluefinapps.com/

The best thing is there is another range of similar applications on offer; if you are just starting out perhaps his Couch to 5k would be a great place to start.

I am personally all for great tools like this that improve and allow you to get the most you can out of your exercise. I couldn't imagine training without this genius piece of software! Visit the appstore and download your copy today!

Beloved Eggy Breads, I have missed you!

Maybe your mum made you Eggy breads as a kid; maybe she didn't. Old school things have a knack for coming back around. Being somewhat stuck in the innocence and glory of the 80's, I'm a spokesman, a standup guy when it comes to promoting all things 80's.

You'll need two slices of bread, butter and two eggs. I recommend classing things up with a finishing sauce like hollandaise and fresh herbs. Cafe quality 80's goodness right up in here!!!

Joggity Jog Jog Jogging

Each and every one of us knows internally what we ought to be doing in order to get the most out of life. By that I mean the energy, passion and enthusiasm that comes along with being fit, healthy and happy.

Not only do I have a couple of extra pounds I'd like to see gone - my Border Collie is a working breed of dog and as such needs regular, daily exercise in order to spend the energy reserves that he builds up - otherwise what was the point again in getting a Border Collie? It makes me a little sick to even think about the dogs out there that are chained up and only ever get to see the inside of a property, rather than the big beautiful world out there!

The past week has seen 5 jogs, each of them were great. I did the big 11km into Papakura and through Kirks Bush whilst heading back home. Good to let Ollie off leash and allow him the freedom to explore a little ahead of me. I have developed a lot of trust in that dog that he wont become distracted and allow himself to veer off in the direction of other dogs, cats etc.

We had hit up around 6km when I started to feel a bit guilty for Ollie so we stopped by his Grand-parents house and let him gulp back some water before heading off on our 3km end leg of our journey. Stopping by the creek is always a treat for him, I cant begin to imagine what it must be like for a dog after 8km of running - he does so well and the dip is a very good reward for him. That and the due praise I mount on him every time he does well in keeping up. Mount was an interesting choice of word there I notice; perhaps not the best to use but you get the picture; and hopefully not a gross one.

Running - jogging, walking. Do it today because it gives you something just that little bit better than the effects of a few drinks; your designer recreational drugs. It allows yourself to produce your own natural, real drugs and gives you that immense feeling of joy, accomplishment and personal strength. For me it happens after the 2.5km mark, the struggle goes away and the endorphine release kicks in - that feeling is why I love jogging so much.

If you are thinking about taking your first steps since forever, my sincerest advice is to fight the mongrel part of your brain that says no and just do it! Force yourself, feel the pain of those initial steps and just push on through. Before you know it the beads of sweat will pour down your forid, your breathing will deepen and at some point you will get the smallest shiver - bang, you just hit your sweet spot. Thats when you keep on going and thats indeed when it starts to feel real, real good.

Nothing makes me feel this good; and of course proud when you see your puppy tuckered out and basking in twilight on the porch after a really good jogging session.

Good jogging Mr. Slick!

Braised Winter Lamb & Pea Pie - Success!

Well well well, who would have thought Mr. Slick would have put a beautiful braised, melting in your mouth, lamb & pea pie in his new pie cabinet? Maybe a little of Mr. Slack still lingers inside - but I'll tell you what, these pies are absolutely phenomenal.

I'll add the photos soon but here's the guts of how to make yourself one (or 25 for that matter) tasty damn pie at your place, right now, for your slice of comfort and bliss or to share with others. It's been hard to put a price on something that turns out so delightful - I almost feel like a criminal for letting them go for only $4.90. In fact, my boss actually called me a criminal for doing so - in his lovely Turkish  accent he said that the lamb pie, Mr. Slick, is frickin good aye.

 Ingredients:

• 2kg Lamb Shoulder (Boneless)
• Animal Fat / Lard or Canola Oil
• Celery, Carrots, Onions & Thyme for Confit
• 200g Peas
• 1 Bunch Spinach
• 6Tblsp Beef Stock
• 1.5ltrs Water
• Salt + Pepper
• 2.5 Cups Cornflour
• 3kg Short-crust Pastry
• 2kg Feather Flake Pastry

The lamb-shoulder usually comes in butchers netting which is perfect. I usually just cut the shoulder through the middle and place it in a deep dish roasting tray. Add the diced celery, carrots, onions & thyme. Cover with animal fat. Cover tray with tinfoil and confit (roast in oven) for 3 hours on 150 degrees. Once done, remove from oven and check that lamb is tender. Remove and drain off excess fat.

Allow the lamb to cool before removing any netting and dicing the lamb into large cubes / rustic chunks.

In a pot add the water and beefstock and bring to boil. Check taste, adjust accordingly. Thicken with cornflour to produce the gravy and check consistency. It should be quite thick and coat a spoon very well however still be pourable, just. Poor the gravy over the diced lamb and add the peas and diced spinach. Mixed through and continue to cook out the mixture on a medium heat until the spinach is wilted. Adjust seasoning to taste and set mixture aside to cool.

Take the short pastry and roll out, flouring gently and as required. Try not to work the pastry too much when rolling it out. Take round cutouts appropriate to the size of your pie dish - test the first one and make sure its going to be big enough. Put the pastry in the chiller to firm and rest. Repeat the process in rolling out the feather flake pastry for the tops of the pies and allow those to rest and chill as well. This mixture above will make around 25-30 really good sized pies.

When the pastry has rested and the mixture is completely cool, you may assemble your pies. I would point out a few really simple but crucial things to achieving success here:

1. Make sure your pastry bottoms go right up to the sides of the pie tray, all the way around and that they even slightly exceed the height of the tin, just slightly. You don't want to create an opportunity for your filling to seep down the sides of your pastry, making it soggy.

2. Don't overfill your pies, you wont do them justice in doing so. I fill mine so that the filling is just under level with the bottom of the pastry.

3. Put all your lids on with care and crimp around the sides with your fingers, and complete the process with a fork if you like the crimped look - I do, it looks homely and people appreciate that. More importantly just be firm with the pastry and really press the top and bottom together.

4. When putting your feather flake pastry tops on the pies just wet your hand with water and wet one side of the pastry that is going to face down in the pie. Wetting the pastry aids in sticking the two pastries together whilst crimping.

Once you have assembled your pies, prick them with a fork 2 or 3 times to allow steam to escape when the interior of your pie gets hot in the oven. Brush them with a beaten egg and decorate with your selection of toppings. I lightly sprinkle this lamb pie with poppy seeds - how about black sesame, or even some dried oregano?

Bake at 190 for 25 minutes or until they are golden brown. At that time, remove them from the oven and allow them to cool before turning them out onto a rack. The pastry remains quite brittle until the pies cool down so use gentle hands. Be careful not to leave them in the pie tins, in my experience it will be more difficult to remove them from a cold tin rather than a hot one!

Enjoy them, they really are a winter treat!

Confit is the same process as braising. To immerse an item in it's own rendered fat and to cook in a covered tray for a long period & at a low temperature to achieve a moist, tender and beautiful result

Morning jog in Drury @ Slippery Creek

Well that was a bit of a slow run to get back into the swing of things having been sick for a whole week now with the absolute notorious change of season bug. I seem to always get it, not quite a full on flu but a phloem feast of ick and mucus. Nice.

I went to hit the local rugby field where I usually run; I like to do the lap thing as it allows me to set targets and goals rather easily.

Also with the help of Joglog - an iPhone application which tracks your run statistics via GPS - tracking your fitness goals really has never been easier.

Before I blurp about my little jog in Drury this morning with Ollie, my Border Collie - Joglog is available for purchase from the Apple Appstore or you can check it out at:

http://www.serenityintegration.com/joglog



We did only 3 laps this morning as the tractor was out and about doing it's thing and preparing the field for the start of Rugby season. I have been asked to play hooker for the local 2nd division side by due to my chef hours - which are pretty insane - I couldn't consider it however something I would love to do maybe next season.


We jogged down to the other end of Drury today and checked out Slippery Creek. Awesome, it was a real treat to let Ollie have a swim after dusting 3km in no time at all. Here are some lovely shots I took this morning of him having a dip before I head off to work.


Speaking of which; we are starting our new range of Pies and Sausage Rolls in our new hot food cabinet tomorrow amongst other things, I hope to share some photos and recipes with you all really showing off what a good Kiwi Pie should look like!

Maratei Beach, East Auckland, New Zealand

There's something about the beach my dog Ollie the Collie just loves, and close to mine is a shelly, calm beach known as Maratei. Maratei is a Maori word and literally means, "A meeting place by the sea."

The area holds a lot of cultural significance, but most important to those that use the beach, it is a place to relax and bask in the ambiance that only our seas can provide.

It is on the eastern coast of Auckland and takes about an hour to get there by car from Auckland central. The atmosphere is calm and relaxed through the week, it has a couple of really nice cafes and eateries. 

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 There were a lot of birds out today, to be honest, the area usually has heaps of bird-life about. Ollie goes absolutely crazy when he sees all of them, so long as they are plain old gulls I'll let him see if he can chase them down.

There is plenty of parking available, I think the area is generally pretty safe so I don't worry too much if I wander out of view of my car. As many houses are on the other side of the road, I kind of get to thinking that the good townsfolk wouldn't let anything untoward go down around their "hoods". There is a police presence also, which is good to see in such a far out community. I can't recall a time that I have been out there when I haven't seen a police car slowly drive through town. I don't think anyone is getting up to mischief out there that I am aware of, it has the feeling generally of a very safe community. You can see the local front-shops just in the photo, but I can assure you that there is a fabulous little place called The Beach n Bach or something similar that does a good selection of tapas. I got the mussels kilpatrick & the chicken liver pate. Both good enough to recommend however the jelly set on the top of the pate was quite, well very firm shall we say. I am pretty much a master chef so do bear that in mind!

There are always some good folk getting some fishing done when I come down here, whether or not anything is being caught I really couldn't tell you. I do also know that yo can get shellfish from Maratei and around this area however to be honest; finding information on collection rules and guides is very difficult to find on-line. 

Ollie loves the rocks, and I love to see him in the water - its awesome. He's just a little over 1 year old, and whilst he loves getting in the water and getting wet he is still finding his confidence. It's very cute to watch.

Slick and all alien like

Well it is 2012, December 23 looms close. Here is my plan for becoming a little more like the returning ones from Nibiru. Sitchin, please meet annunaki officer slick...

Mouse-traps - double triple yumbo!!!

These are just classic afterschool 80's New Zealand nostalgia. I can't believe I'm interluding between my first and second trap to blog this to you folks!!!!

Ollie, The Border Collie

Ollie, my Border Collie is the finest dog in the world. Of course I would say that, but really, look at his perfection. This picture is a favourite of mine as his eyes and expression truly reflect his intelligent, uniquely relaxed and loving personality.

If any of you lovelies out there are considering buying, inheriting or adopting one of these amazing dogs, I absolutely encourage you to do so. A Border Collie can be the most loyal, loving & intelligent member of your family so long as his needs (and this is a little bit of a list) are met and nurtured. I can tell you from the depth of my being & spirit that the journey I have taken with Ollie has been one that has grown into something remarkable. The time spent training, exercising, feeding, grooming and, most importantly, playing has and will continue to be an absolute joy for me now and in the many good years to come.

This breed is known amongst some ranks to be one of the, if not the most intelligent breed of dogs out there. They have amazing abilities in the areas of knowledge recall. Ollie recalls the name of around 20 toys ranging from chew toys, through to Reddy the mini rugby ball. I know of one Collie whom can recall 1500 items from boardshorts through to soft cuddly toys. Outstanding. You can almost see them analyzing and considering their decisions with their discerning looks, this is what I love about the photo! Coincidence or not, most times with a new toy I will ask him to get, for example, Giraffe, a name he has not heard before and sure enough, after a little time spent decision making and sniffing through his selection - bang, picks up the new little yellow plastic giraffe and brings it right on over. I earnestly believe their decision making process is very much like ours, just smart.

They definitely need to be worked, they love nothing more than to please their leader. In this I mean they love to be pushed. I run with Ollie 5 days a week, consistently through the run I will give him a bit of a rev up - Go Ollie, go boy! Come on, push it boy! Sure enough, that loyal puppy of mine will drop it down a gear and off he goes, check me on out Dad! There is a real pleasure to be had at the end of the run, usually we will go for around 4-5km. I think it is important not to push a long haired variety of dog too hard as you must remember that dogs do not sweat, rather they pant and loose heat through their mouths and feet. When we arrive back at the gate, Ollie will be at my side and we will both be recovering from out work-out. Ill praise him and offer him fresh water. True bliss really, a simple activity that delivers so much joy and pleasure for both dog and owner. Bottom line, this is a medium to large sized dog and as such, they require exercise. Do not even contemplate having one of these awesome dogs if you are not prepared to actively exercise them for at least an hour, and at least 5 days per week. In not providing this exercise, personally I think you are doing a great injustice to the animal, and frankly, yourself!

From my experience, Border Collies may not be suitable for families with small children. Their natural herding instinct is always there, I understand in some dogs it is stronger than others. With this inclination, they may attempt to herd children and whereby, as they do with sheep - if they resist and run out of fear, the dog will then escalate its attempt to herd through a nip to the leg. The aim of course is not to cause any harm, but rather to cause enough fear in order to obey the dogs herding command! Of course children wont see nor understand this, and without the strength to control the dog - obvious problems can occur.

In saying that Ollie is amazing with children. My mother owns a child-care center and Ollie visits around once a month. He is marvellous with the children, and shows particular care with those kids with special needs. Perhaps this further reinforces my belief that these dogs are extremely sensitive, smart animals.

They shed a lot of hair. I recommend to never ever shave or cut your dogs hair, it will grow back thicker each time. Rather invest in a quality brush and hair removal tool. I personally spent NZ $120 for a Furminator, and it is amazing. It keeps his coat absolutely stunning and looking, well, like a million dollars. I recommend getting one of these, it will also remove dead skin as well, excellent for keeping them nice and clean. A bit pricey but it is a life-time investment in your dogs health and well-being, not "el cheapo" out on these types of things. This is a decision you should make before taking on the responsibility of a Collie, you will be parting with more cash than the initial cost to purchase, register and vaccinate your puppy.

What have I spent? Well, a fair bit - Ollie injured one of his claws recently. A trip to the vet meant removing the nail and bandaging up under anesthetic; $300.00. Flea treatment @ $120 for around 4 months. I'm sure there will be more expenses in the future, but this is a decision again you make before you get your puppy. He is part of the family, and will receive the same kind of care any member of the family would receive.

You can bathe them if you like, no more than once a month I would suggest. Personally Ollie loves swimming, a dip in the sea or our local river is enough of a wash as far as I am concerned.

I would not swap Ollie for anything in the world, I adore and cherish all the time I get to spend with him. I would love nothing more than to leave the big smoke, purchase a farm and get him a few brothers and sisters and put them to work doing what they you bred to do - herd :)

Perhaps one day Mr. Slick will live out this dream, until then I shall continue to run with Ollie, play tug, go to the beach, socialize him with his lovely friends - here is Cassie, he is just so gentle with her it is adorable!

Border Collies are amazing, Ollie is amazing, life is amazing.

Mr. Slick.

A trip to Waiwera Thermal Resort / Hot Pools

Well, my very cool and lovely boss has rewarded my efforts in the kitchen with a romantic holiday to Fiji for my lovely lady Leanne and I. Wicked. Unfortunate for her son however, obviously dissappointed about not coming - we decided a day out as a compensation to where-ever he chose might be in order. Not much lingering on choices, a prominent Waiwera was the decision made.

Excellent, I mean, I love a good dip in a nice warm pool. I have fond memories as a child having come here on occasion. I also recall doing a bit of a double date as a teenager with my good mate and his girl-friend. If I remember correctly, my date and girlfriend at the time was my high-school sweet-heart, obviously a story for another time.

So, the guts of it - Waiwera Thermal Resort & Spa NZ. About 45 minutes north of Auckland city, just past a town called Orewa.

21 Waiwera Road,
Waiwera, Auckland

This is my take of the place. Big expectations, thought that it must have changed for the better since the last time, 10 years ago, when I visited. Long of the short, good but not impressed. The kids were happy, that was the main thing.

They have a few different pools. A movie pool, which didn't have anything playing at all when we arrived early at 10am on a Sunday. It was a rainy day and there were not that many people there. Interestingly enough, if you want to watch a movie whilst in the pool, try and be creative and take a chair of floating thing so you dont have to stand or lean against the side of the pool. Aside from dunking your legs over the side, there aren't any ledges or seating should you wish to watch the entire movie from the pool. There are BBQ tables however, ensure you have a towel handy.

Complicated locker system, for 5 dollars for a good amount of time, 5 hours if I remember correctly. This was a good deal as far as I am concerned, I am the type whom likes to opt for the secure options!

An adults only pool, which was outdoors but tucked away a little bit. Bathed with my lady and checked out the local lesbians opposite us. I reackon they were up to something beneath the surface, my girl thinks I am just a dirty bugger.

Food, well, these days you cant take your own food. Which I get I guess, I mean they do need to make money after-all. A local Waiwera mate of mine told me the food was terrible, I was pleasantly surprised. They do kids meals for 8 bucks, or dollars for those international readers; all your usual choices. The chicken burgers went down well with the boys.

The slides, what happened to them? They actually have less than they did 10 years ago, bit stink if you ask me? The place overall was good, the slides were not bad - in fact, here is a snapshot of one for you lovely readers:

I would say that it was a good day out however I would also say that I suspect they aren't in the business of maintaining their loyal Auckland followers, if they were perhaps they would have re-invested money in keeping up with maintenance and making the place feel modern? Maybe I am just being a mitch (male bitch) but hey... and to have one less slide that last time, what happened? I think they could improve their capture of the local market in putting a few new really excellent slides and tubes in then hitting a bit of a marketing campaign! 

I'd rate it 6 out of 10, but as I said, kids cant see these little picky things so as long as they are thrilled with their experience, why not?

It cost me 45 dollars for entry, 5 dollars for the locker. This was for two adults and two kids.

Lunch all up cost us 45 dollars also, so a day out for under a hundred was not bad going. Check it out for yourself!

Oh Hollandaise, oh how I love you...

Just a completely velvety finish for my Chefs day off 10am breakfast. I mean, check this shiz-nizzle out would you! Just go on and feast your eyes first on today's play on the old favourite classic brunchie item; Eggs Benedict.

Eggs Benedict, here's what comprised mine today. Grilled rashers of honey cured middle bacon, sauteed English baby spinach leaves, poached free range eggs, tiger bread toasted in the pan juices (all that lovely bacon fat just adds so much crunchy goodness to each side of the bread as it sucks it all up and goes lovely and crispy, to hell with the plain old toasting method! Finished with my lovely hollandaise sauce, chopped chives, sword fighting chives and on the side you see some finished button mushrooms and baby vine tomatoes, all of which have come from my garden.

Delicately arranged on a platter to make me feel like a real king, my arteries possibly clogged a little as a result of this feast but was it all worth it? Absolutely, yes.

Here is my recipe for hollandaise sauce, follow my deadly instructions and you'll be sitting on a deadly sauce to finish your Sunday brunch big brekkies or benedicts, montreals, florentines, oh the list of lovelies goes on.

Hollandaise:

Ingredients

Sauce

500g Butter, unsalted

8 Egg Yolks

1tblsp Whole-grain mustard

Salt + Pepper

Vinegar Reduction:

150ml White Wine Vinegar

1 Shallot, finely chopped

Fresh sprig of Tarragon

2-3 Peppercorns

100ml White Wine, any open will do here

 Add all the ingredients into a sauce-pan and turn on the heat baby! Reduce the liquid, allowing the aromatics to infuse. Reduce this right the way back until you have around 30 or 40 mls left, this is going to provide the acidic component of the sauce and give it the balance between the richness of the fat and eggs.

Add the 8 egg yolks and mustard into a food processor. Mean while heat the butter in a saucepan or microwave until boiling hot, the butter must be extremely hot for this sauce to emulsify correctly.

Strain off the aromats from the reduction and turn on the food processor. Add the reduction into the eggs whilst the machine is going. Allow to blend for a minute, the egg yolks will become a little frothy and probably double in size as it becomes aerated.

With the machine still blending, slowing trickle in the hot butter a little at a time, drop by drop. The hot butter will emulsify into the egg yolks. Providing the butter is hot and is added gradually, trickle by trickle, the sauce will not split or curdle.

Once all the butter has been added, stop the blender and check out the result. You should have a smooth butter sauce commonly known as hollandaise, well, at least my convenient spin on it! Season with salt and pepper (really crucial a good amount of salt is added, the difference is very much notable.)

The sauce can be kept for a couple of hours at room temperature, use a fork or whisk to move the sauce every once and a while to ensure it doesn't form a skin. The sauce cannot be refrigerated, and should be used fresh as it is made.

The recipe above will produced around 500-600ml of lovely sauce, half it if you are only cooking for 3-4. I would suggest that this recipe would suit 7-8 eggs benedicts, or whatever it is you are concocting.

If you curdle the sauce, you are unfortunately a bit of a novice and, if you are lucky and comment on my post, I may reply and let you know how you can recover and split hollandaise sauce, resurrect you might say!

Lovely lovely, happy cooking,

Mr. Slick.

Fixing that damn Neopad 8650

Hi all,

If you are reading this then you probably have been searching for a while finding out how to Root or reflash / reinstall the Android Operating system on your Neopad 8650.

I picked up mine from 1-day.co.nz as a deal for $150.00NZ, along with a stylus and 4GB Micro-SD Card. Here are the machine specs:

Brand: Neo Pad

Model No: NEOPAD8650 (This is also known as a WonderMedia WM8650 or an Eken M009S, Eken being the original Chinese firm that made these things.)

CPU: ARM926EJ-S rev 5 (v51)

Memory: 512MB

Screen: Resistive (2 finger multi-touch) 7" @ 480 x 800

Green Power LED

Vibrates on Startup

Power, Black Headphone, slot for USB x 2/ RJ45 Ethernet Extender and MicroSD slot at bottom as well as two speaker holes

WI-FI

NO GPS

NO 3G inbuilt (but 3G USB dongle ready)

Accepts up to 32Gb MicroSD

If you are having issues with you Neopad out of the box, you aren’t alone. I have had numerous issues trying to set mine up initially, then realized that the OS installed on the device by default meant it was little more than a glorified E-Book Reader, and it didnt do that very great either.

In order to get the most out of your Neopad8650, I recommend installing a Custom Android “ROM” onto your device which will allow you to access the Authentic Google Android App-market, as well as give you root access to the file system, install a whole lot of nifty excellent applications for you, and finally give your tablet a newer look, feel and as I am noticing, speed in it’s operation. However, this is all of course down to the designer of the custom package.

Now look, unless you follow my instructions, you are going to end up spending alot of time following various threads out there, installing many different Roms and selecting many different options without much success. Sometimes the ROM will boot, sometimes it wont. Sometimes the WIFI will work, sometimes it wont. Sometimes the touch screen will work, some times it wont.

So, enough with the rant, here is what you need to get started:

1. Neopad8650 (Sold in Australia and NZ)

2. 2GB Micro SD Card

3. A Windows Computer w/ capability of reading and writing to your Micro-SD Card

4. Winrar installed on the machine.

Check, ok, now follow these simple instructions.

1. Go here and download this 7z ROM file to a directory on your Windows machine.

http://www.mediafire.com/?im2gb2g11uiifm2

or .... http://www.4shared.com/file/l591EPml/Universal_Uberoid_v912XL-Ubert.html

2. Go here and download these specific files that contain hardware information on your branded Neopad8650.

http://www.mediafire.com/?c178b13ywkcxihl

3. Insert your SD Card into the windows machine, and format the card as Fat32.

4. Uncompress the 7z Uberoid Rom Folder into a temporary folder (call it what you will) on your Windows machine, I actually just unzipped to my desktop.

5. Run the changer.bat file and select option #1, follow the remaining instructions in the script to copy the installation files to your SD Card.

6. After completion, unzip the Neopad Original Files to a temporary folder (again, call it what you will or just use your desktop).

7. You will find there is a wmt_scriptcmd file, this needs to be copied to the root of your SD Card to replace the one that was copied previously.

8. You will also find an env folder, copy this to the SD card also and replace the file that is currently there.

9. Unmount your SD Card and remove it.

10. Turn off the tablet, and ensure it is plugged into the wall.

11. Put the Micro-SD card into the SD card slot on the tablet.

12. Turn the tablet on and allow the installation process to copy all the files from the SD card to the device. After it completes it will ask you to remove the SD Card.

13. Once SD card is removed, it will proceed to boot for the first time. It may take up to 15 minutes, be patient and wait. Any longer than 30 minutes, and there is an issue. I am confident if you have in your hands a Neopad8650, you should be now very gracious and happy for these instructions! :)

14. Remember to clear up the mess made on your desktop machine, delete the files as you dont need them any longer. Also you can format you SD Card again and copy whatever you like onto it, music, software etc.

Your Neopad8650 has now been jailbroken and you may enjoy using again!

Enjoy.