This blog will be abandoned...

...for two weeks.

Fifteen days to be exact. Till the 26th.

So if you want some read, you can come here.

But I can't guarantee there'll be any updates.

I'm off to touch my heart, in 9 hours.

BYE!

Crazy.

You have to read this.

I don't know why any kind of government body would encourage its people to smoke more, in order to help the economy.

CRAZY.

Then when the people get lung cancer then the doctors have business too.

CRAZY.

They're plain mad. Though the edict has been removed, it's ridiculous to even execute it in the first place.

Oh I must announce.

My exams are over~!

And this might marks the end of my student life.

Kinda =S but still hasn't sunk in totally.

I feel awfully weird looking for a permanent job, not a temp job any more.

And I'm kinda fed up over the interviews, because I may be sort of obliged to do a job that I don't want to do, but I have to because of the economic downturn.

Sigh. I don't really want to be in the office nor sit behind a desk.

But whatever, put all the pending problems behind me and let's think of what's gonna happen over the next two weeks.

3 days and 15 hours left!

I AM BORED.

Do I need to repeat?

I AM BORED.

I don't mind repeating again, you know.

I AM BORED.

One more?

I AM BORED.

You want to read some more?

I AM BORED.

No more? Oh don't stand on ceremony.

I AM BORED.

Let me say it once more, don't do this to me.

I AM BORED.

Thank you very much.

I AM BORED.

Okay, that was entertaining. To me at least. Because.

I AM BORED.

Not so pro after all.

4. From Monday, 4 May 2009, all NUS staff as well as student residents of NUS Halls and Residences will be required to monitor their own temperatures on a daily basis. Please record your temperature reading online or via SMS by 10.00 am each day. Details on Online Temperature Reporting and Temperature Reporting by SMS are available at http://www.nus.edu.sg/flupandemic .



Phew. That saves a lot of trouble.

Every time I dream about something, it'll never come true.

That's why I hate to dream about good stuff.

Guess I have to be mentally prepared now.

This is so wrong.

I haven't even bought it.

In fact, it isn't even released in the market yet.

So why am I so crazy about it?

I come back home and yearn that I get to play.

This is addiction.

A really bad one.

Coincidence.

Sometimes the funniest things happen and you wonder why. For instance, this afternoon when I logged into Facebook, I saw this:


Never mind that they were both of the same surname. I was thinking, the use of the same vocabulary in consecutive posts are quite okay. And the both of them doesn't know each other.

Then when I came back I saw this:


Aren't things getting a little bit too coincidental.

Stop slacking, get down to wok work!

New gadget

What, you think I'm talking about a new phone or a new mini laptop or sth?

Nah, I can only dream.

Check out the new gadget I added on top of the posts, click that, go to situation updates, and click the latest one. That'll tell you in which countries that exist confirmed cases of H1N1, and how many.

Summer is here and we all want to travel. As we're at it, travel safely and responsibly!

Pro.

4. From Monday, 4 May 2009, all students will be required to monitor their own temperatures on a daily basis. Please record your temperature reading online at https://aces01.nus.edu.sg/prjvhs/index.html by 10 am each day.

Muffins and cupcakes.

I was asked what's the difference between muffins and cupcakes some time back.

All I could answer is, muffins are bread and cupcakes are cakes. Duh, if not cupbread meh.

I think the meaning would be more explicit if we know muffins by calling them cupbread. Because the word 'muffin' doesn't tell you much unless you know what it means.

But if you really think about it, cakes and breads are kind of similar. (we can have sweet breads too ma, not only savoury)

And I finally saw some solution to it. You all should know too.

Read the link!

I so wanna tio this.

I participated in another PW giveaway, and this time I really hope that I'd be able to win!!

Oh please please let me win. PLEASEEEEEEE.

Because PW is giving away 3 sets of her five favourite things in the kitchen! Which includes a pair of Santoku knives that I've always wanted to own! And FIVE things! A lot leh! Got

1. 1 microplane grater
2. 1 baking sheet
3. 1 dough scraper
4. 1 pie dish
5. and a 2-piece Santoku knife set.

I WANTTTTTT!!

As of now there are 16907 people taking part in the draw =( So many people for three sets!! Please let me win!


Edit: BO TIO =(

Fooooooood. Part two.

And so I did.

I cooked today. Muahaha. Made me so happy.

I cooked meatballs, recipe from PW. I chose hers today (and not Jamie Oliver or Kayotic etc.) because I don't have those spices that other recipes require. The nearest supermarket is poorly stocked when it comes to spices like basil and rosemary, so I decided to do away with those and work on a recipe that didn't require any.

I think I'll like the recipes with more spices better. Anyway, here goes!


Finely chop the onion.


I chop until damn swee right. WHAHA.

Airpork.

I really wanted to dig the white parts out but stopped myself because that would be never ending. I just hope that the chopping board and mincer and whatever else they used to make this portion of $2.80 ground pork possible is clean.


The pork was on special offer. My mum said it could be because of swine flu so people don't wanna eat. =S Oh no.

Oh and this recipe calls for beef but I can't cook beef at home, so I subsituted that with pork.

Anyway, in went the oats. This recipe uses oats instead of breadcrumbs/crackers.


Got milk also.


Onion.


Salt.


The black pepper. One of my good friends in the kitchen.



Done with all the ingredients! Now is to mix them all together.

Ah!

Before that, make sure you wash your hands. Swine flu you know. Hahhahaahhaa.


The picture above makes me feel kinda sad because my hand is so fat =(

Okay I know it must be the angle. *self consolation*

Anyway, here's the result. Reminds me of ngoh hiang before I put the meat into the beancurd skin. But of course, of a very different aroma.


I then scooped them out by the tablespoon and rolled them into medium sized balls.


Did someone say balls?

I know these meat 'balls' aren't the roundest things on Earth, thank you very much.

Into the freezer for five minutes.


Then take them out and dredge them in flower. I mean flour.


Ta-daa.


Oil into the saucepan.


Ah, I later figured that I put too many for one batch.


There are 13 balls altogether by the way. How lucky.



Ok I know I don't have the nicest meatballs here but we're gonna eat them, so heck!

HAHA.

And here's them with the sauce poured over. The sauce is made up of ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, vinegar, onion, ....and I can't remember already.


And the baking dishes at home are either too big or too small. I settled with too big.

Afterwards I sent them into the oven for forty minutes.

The recipe said 45, but I can't really bear to see more of the sauce drying up.



Verdict: I think it's quite nice, I was quite surprised by the taste because I thought it'd be quite normal. But I know I won't make it again. Mum only ate one, she said she doesn't like the sauce. Dad ate a few, he said that it's too sweet. Bro ate a few too, he said it's not bad.I ate a lot. Shit.

Fooooooood. Part one.

When was the last time I blogged about something I cooked?

Hmmm. April 3. Nearly a month ago. About the banana cake. And that post was nearly a month late. =(

Which implies that.....I haven't been doing what I like to do =(((((

Okay la, I've been actually, here and there, and really ugly comfort food.

I was alone at home one night and had to make my own dinner.


So I had coleslaw...


...some potato bake (or do you call it gratin?)..


...and vanilla ice-cream with fudge. Yikes, how sinful. No wonder I've been gaining pounds.

One fine day I baked muffins. Again. The very same ones. This time I baked them at a lower temperature. And they took longer to cook.


Any occurrences of waves splashing down like the ones in this post?

Nearly.


That makes zero! Muahaha. And the colours are more pleasant this time.

Yesterday when walking around Cold Storage with RC, I wanted to get a muffin mix of another brand so that I could bake today, but he didn't allow me to =( because I haven't finished exams ma. But in the end I still did cook and bake la =Þ more about it in the next post.

And then I made agar-agar. Mixed them with orange juice and realised I put in too little sugar so it was quite sour. It didn't help that I had it in the orange skins, and they got kind of bitter too. I'll try for more lovely flavours!

One breakfast I decided to make some kind of roll. French toast (I put lots of spices into that egg mix) and then rolled ham and cheese inside it. YUMMY. But quite messy cos got to roll.

Okay, more food in part two!

Boohoo.

Ethan peed on my bed =(

Some pictures.

See the wet spot? T_T


Good thing my mum bought some Febreze.


I've been sleeping on this mattress for 15 years now, and apparently it's getting flatter. Or it's just me growing up and getting heavier. And then fatter.


It's just like how a cake would shrink when it's not well-baked.

I can't wait for Wednesday to come.

I don't like this whole studying thing.

And I'm very screwed for tmr's paper. So so so so doomed.

Shit man.

Why do things always turn out this way?

Funny song.

This is hilarious.

Rain

Ahhhh. Finally it's raining.

Though not that cooling, but it's better than a hot day. And it's not very windy I can leave my windows open without the rain pouring in.

What do you call rain that comes through the window?



Looks pretty dark.

But actually I manipulated the camera to capture little light. It's pretty bright now. I can do my work without switching on the lights.

One thing I realised about myself recently is that I'm talking in short sentences. And I don't like it.

I like to go on and on.