Fumbling in the dark to find the switch

I think only one person saw my post last night. Was up briefly and taken down when i started to feel better. Talked to a friend last night and it kindda helped. Logic always help. Glad for the late night company.

Today’s my free day but spent almost the entire day in sch trying to figure out css and our website. I still don’t like dreamweaver, and i think i never will. The mass of codes can get quite intimidating. AND we’re still not done, not even halfway done. So, will be spending the whole of sat in sch again. yay.

Have pushed off one movie and one dinner gathering to date. So not me i know, but i guess that means work is really getting to me.

Nowadays after reaching home from sch(late) i just tend to procastinate until it’s really late before i start to do my stuff proper. And then before i’m halfway through them i wanna head to bed aldry. Tsk tsk…ok am off to bathe now.

Now, where do i start from?

This long break is doing me no good at all. I’m getting way too distracted by anything and everything and…i don’t know why.

I was talking to F on msn just last night and i particularly like this sentence from him.

do u have several beginnings to choose among or u realli cannot find the beginning in tt continuous tapestry of time?

It was a response to my nick ‘Now, where do i start from?’

And there, i got my answer.

Temptations

Pictures as promised ! ( I know i know, recently my entries seem to be all about food but this is probably going to be the last haha)

I think they already looked good before going into the oven. hehe.

Shaping the pineapple paste. I think they look like dried apricots !

Meihui in action

And into the oven they go !

Storing the tarts away

We made round ones that looked like tau sa piah…

and these pretty tarts which everybody loves.

Feeling CNY in the air yet =) ?

Anyway that was on last thursday and we spent a good 6-7 hrs making them. Difficult? No. Tedious? Definitely. But I really looooooove those yummy pineapple tarts.

As for yesterday, we made sushi. Meihui will be off to exchange very soon so this will probably be the last time we’re seeing her. Ahh guess the next time we can all meet again will be in june. Hope her exchange will be good !

Our array of colourful ingredients

The crabmeat mayo which i painstakingly shredded, cut and mixed with mayo. I think it took me close to an hour =P

Meihui made this egg mayo ! Yumyum.

Glistering pearl rice mixed with japanese vinegar

Our work area

The Art of Sushi Making

Step 1: Spread an appropriate amount of rice evenly on the seaweed.

Step 2: Place any combination of ingredients you like in the middle of the rice. (Picture taken at a different angle cos before i rmb to take pics i rolled it up haha)

Step 3: Roll it up firmly.

Step 4: Cut the roll into even pieces and enjoy !

Simple huh. Making the sushi is quite an easy task. It’s really the preparation work that takes up more time.

More pictures of the sushi

Made these too and realised they are relatively simple to do. It’s the small sushi roll that got me stumped =( Then i had to finish the whole roll myself cos the roll wldn’t stick.

Last but not least, check out peiwen’s awesome combi ! haha…we all had fun with the baking and sushi making session. And i think we should definitely make it a yearly affair

Ok i guess that’s enough food for the day, anymore and you guys might develop strong cravings for certain kind of food like…pineapple tarts. LOLS.

Bliss is such

What better way to spend a lazy sunday then to share a nice warm home-made chocolate fondue…

Note: If you are having a chocolate craving right now, it’s advisable NOT to scroll down, don’t say i didn’t warn you.

Our delightful little afternoon treat

Don’t you just adore the lovely heart-shaped fondue set ?

Freshly-cut strawberries and apples…

Oreos and Digestives !

Well, there’s nothing much i can comment on. Just glad i have a really great friend next door to spend an otherwise boring sunday with =D !

Weekends are such slow-paced days, where one tend to drift off into slumber and do things just becos you want to. Such a big difference from the hectic weekdays where everybody hurries ard to get ‘impt’ stuff done and nobody really stop to appreciate the smallest things.

Reminds me of a quote i’ve read sometime ago.

‘Don’t hurry. Don’t worry. You’re only here for a short visit. So don’t forget to stop and smell the flowers along the way.‘ - Walter Hagen

Corey goes public

We made pineapple tarts on thurday and they turned out good. Was fun but bit tiring cos we took so long to get them all done. Think we made abt 90+ in total among the 3 of us. Photos to be up next week. Up next, sushi !

Gotten a piece of news to be happy about yest. Our NM2208 storybook project is chosen to be exhibited at the CNM upcoming exhibition at the Old School ! The one we worked on till 2am at the deck haha. I’m proud of us =D

Classes this sem seem to be interesting but rather challenging for some. And i can’t seem to focus fully on the readings as of yet. I call it the first week syndrome. Hmm the MNO Time Journal is starting to make guilt creeps up.

Update as of 11pm:

I did my readings for about half an hour ? =P

Ended up doing a fair bit of spring clearing instead. I think i cut out ard 30 pieces of clothing from my wardrobe. Now, i truly wonder…How on earth did i accumulate so much clothes ?? The last time i did the clearing i took out like 50 pieces. So why does my wardrobe still look full now ? Just the other day i think i threw away 2-3 pairs of shoes. Umm…i’m not exactly a shopaholic right.

And now my cupboards looks so much neater and organised. The table area got a lot more spacious too. Clearing and rearranging my stuff always makes me feel better. Gives a similar therapeutic effect like baking. If only feelings and thoughts can be organised that way…throw away the unwanted ones, and keep the positive.

Lei came over and gave me a really pretty gold necklace just now. Heh was a belated christmas present. So sweet =)

LittleMissMuddlehead

First day of school was nothing short of tiring. and this is an exception becos first week of sch is supposed to be slack as usual. I guess the 10am-9pm schedule is really draining.

So i shall reward myself with a mask. HAHA. all my masks smells soooooo good.  The apple one i have on my face smells like zappel. The red wine one smells like grapes. The rose one smells like crabtree and evelyn’s rosewater (i will SO get more of this). But i forgot how the lavender’s one smells like. Ok i have digressed, let’s go back to the topic.

Anyway it has always been a little tradition of mine to dress up a bit (Note: not OVERdress) for the first day of sch. I guess cos it signifies a new start and i want to start it off right. To do that i must first feel good about myself. So i put on my new pair of shoes for that boost of confidence, knowing full well that i WILL REGRET this vain decision a few hours later.

I also learnt today that it really is the shoes that make OR break an outfit. You can be wearing the nicest dress but with flip flops, you look like crap. Anyhow, i’ll still be wearing my comfty flats to sch tml. Along with that, tees, shorts and a makeup-less face. The tradition only takes effect for a day, and that is the FIRST day. Lols.

Super happy to be receiving money for my txtbks today though. And all of a sudden, i feel a lil bit richer. Hmm but i do hope that people didn’t buy any unneccessary stuff from me though. Afterall, it’s the buyer’s responsibility to check before purchasing, no ?

AND guess what. I actually forgot to keep the money i received at one point in time, and the buyer had to call me back. What a silly muddlehead i am. But luckily, there still exist nice and honest people ard.

I think the one month plus nua break has made me forgotten how fast-paced school life can get.

Adjust, ting, adjust.

真正的快乐

Time for one more post before sch reopen tml.

I’ll start from our thurs night out at Timbre first. Oh yes i’m back and i brought new ppl there. I think they liked the place =)

Here’s the pretty lighting i mentioned previously. I have no idea why this kind of lighting attracts me so. Maybe cos they’re not overly bright and lit up the place just right, giving it a warm and cozy feeling.

The girls. and the group shot we tried so hard to get right. Ironically, one of the first few shots was the best shot.

The drinks. Clockwise from left: Erdinger white pint, Sangria, Singapore sling, Sangria. Love the Erdinger love the Sangria, cldn’t say the same for the sling though.

Here’s another cocktail making it to the list of ‘undrinkables’. umm, i think i would rank it first over Cosmopolitan, Nothing and Sex on the beach anytime.

You gotta love the night view this place offers. Looks great from any angle, and the occassional breeze feels really good.

But then somebody KO-ed early. Boo. Lousy. Haha kidding lar. Anyway li and hm left earlier due to ‘foreseen’ circumstances so that leaves lix and me. We were planning to stay a lil longer but not as long as we eventually did.

EIC was playing that night, and i think the lead singer was really good. It was a pity i wasn’t familiar with the songs they are playing though. We left after the first set cos lix wanted to check out Chinaone. Hmm is it becoming a routine ? How come Chinaone is always the stop after Timbre ? haha.

So we made our way over. Turns out that it was super empty on a thurs night, so we ditched the idea and went searching for a bite. After walking ard for a bit we decided to go have some Bratwurst. I know Lix must be secretly happy cos we had Erdinger and now Bratwurst. All things german ! haha.

It wasn’t fantastic but we entertained ourselves by watching the trans flirt with angmohs at the next table. Interestingly disgusting. Reminds me of the time when we were at macs after MOS and there was a WHOLE table of them. eww.

We were supposed to head home after that but somebody came up with the idea of staying out late by the singapore river. with drinks no less. So there and then we concluded that i would miss my last train so Cheers was the next stop. We bought Baron’s brew and bottled long island tea. Never seen the latter ard before, so we decided to give it a try.

Conclusion: Baron’s is damm bitter. I don’t think i cld have finished the whole can myself. The LIT is ok, a lil on the fizzy side though. Think they replaced the lime/lemon juice with coke.

And then we started taking stupid photos like this.

and this. I call this ‘emo kid by the river’.

We had a really long, heart-to-heart talk by the river. Something we haven’t done for ages ever since the nights back in room 309.

The times when we would just lie on our beds and talk about many things and our feelings. Sometimes sober, sometimes semi-conscious (so much so that i don’t even know if what we’re saying make sense), sometimes emo…we just exchanged a lot.

Remember that late night when we made our way back to the hostel, just the 2 of us walking on the lonely dark road ? Remember how we held hands and ran across the long eerie corridor, our fearful hearts pounding in our chests ? Remember how we found our way in Panyu with a big map, J’s phone and asking many ppl along the way ?

These are some of the things i’ll always remember. Becos we braved through them together. Becos we always looked out for each other. Becos we only want the best for each other.

And i want the best for you LR, i want you to always be happy. You’ll always be someone very special to me.

Cheers to LR/DRship. Cheers to a better year. Cheers to our 真正的快乐。

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While i enjoyed all the eating and drinking, i haven’t forgotten about my healthy eating ‘diet’ ! So err to make myself feel a bit better i went for a swim on fri ! But we arrived abit too late so before i cld swim to my fill, we gotta get out of the pool. =(

Anyway i was thinking of investing in a new swimming costume and pair of googles if i make this a regular routine. But…we’ll see first. And recently i read that jogging only makes your thighs become bigger ?!?!?! Maybe swimming would prove to be more effective than gyming.

Then we spend the night chatting, choya-ing and watching movies. Actually started feeling sleepy at 2+am ! Looks like exercising does help with reverting my bio clock to back to normal. Was a nice, relaxing night.

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Nua-ed over the lazy weekend. The last weekend before everything starts to get hectic. Got my eyebrows trimmed and gave in to a facial after some persuasion cos i needed it anyway. Haven’t done one in ages and i guess my face needed it badly.

It still hurt like hell (i still rmb my last one eons back) but at least my face’s much cleaner now. No more blackheads and clogged pores ! But it’s still kindda blotchy and red, hope it goes away tml. I don’t want to go to sch looking ugly on the first day.

Sales for textbooks is good ! I think i will feel abit richer when i exchanged my txtbks for money next week =D And then i might go and spend it somewhere else.

Anyway by the looks of it, i will most likely be having friday off this sem. Long weekend ! Something to feel happy about, heh.

I spent a good quarter of yesterday

…making these.

Floss rolls ! They are my favourite CNY snacks, apart from ba kwa Nothing like making them yourselves. It’s hard to find pork floss one off the shelves these days cos majority only have those shrimp one. And those are NOTHING compared to the floss one hmmph.

It’s really easy to make them yourself, and they’re relatively fresher and cheaper(i guess) this way. But yeah it does take some time.

Completed those in about 6 hours. and i wonder how many episodes of moonlight resonance i watch in the process. It’s one great HK drama. Can’t wait to see the floss rolls turn golden brown and crispy !

Just been to the new Jurong Point on mon with lin and wen. like finally, so i am mountain turtle no more heh. I thought it wld remind me of vivo, but…not exactly. There’s even a ‘Chinatown’ part which remind me of those shopping malls in KL and China. Ehh abit dodgy if you ask me. But the yogurt place is there ! So i had their granola one yumyum.

It was well…a BIGGER shopping mall. Nothing really exciting, maybe cos i wasn’t looking for anything in particular. Oh but there’s this icing store which let people decorate the icing on their own cakes ! That’s kind of innovative but unless your art is decent, your cake might turn out looking err…really special.

I wld choose to bake my own cake anytime over this, but this is indeed a convenient way to ‘customise’ a cake for your love ones.

Ahhh this reminds me of the second tiramisu i made. And this time round it’s for my mum’s birthday ! I cut down on the sugar and added coffee to the kahlua this time. BUT i made the terrible mistake of dipping the ladyfingers for too long. So they still turned out kindda soggy =( I would be less greedy next time.

The cozycot blogshop weekend saw us getting some cheap bargains and as of now i have more new clothes than i will ever need for the cny. The excuse is officially OVERutilised.

Sch’s starting real soon. I better post up my txtbk for sales aldry. Bidding has been a major headache so far. I just hope everything gets settled soon. Sigh, year 3.

It CAN BE done.

That’s it. I’m going to start losing weight. I can’t put it/brush it off anymore. I’m not going to remain fat forever. gah. No, this is not an on-a-whim-of-moment thing. I’m particularly inspired after looking at old pics (lei wld noe abt this) and reading a blog today.

Might start to cut down on carbs for a start…the rice the noodles the potato the bread the cakes the cookies the what else is there ? But i love potato so =( and i might stop baking so often aldry.

And i need an exercise buddy lar…so hard to find one nowadays. I wld want to go swimming/gyming but i really don’t like to do this alone. Any takers ?

No more late night snacks too…this might be the HARDEST part. Because i stay up late all the time ! And when i’m stressed out/bored i tend to snack A LOT.

Anyway, lo and behold ! My stash of masks.

Yar, i know i’m crazy. But they make me feel good. =D

for fear you’d be alone

Started off the year with a mask frenzy and a deep fried platter from manhattan. Doesn’t seem to go eh ?

And it’s all cozycot’s fault. But i am really stocking up on my masks now. They should be able to last me for 2 and a half months, if i mask religiously for twice a week. Do your maths. Let’s see what it will do for my complexion.

So girls, if you all need mask, i can lead you to the cheapest deals for the best masks LOLS.

Met up with H and F for lunch at The Central today. Manhattan is my choice. The giant fried platter is theirs. When i saw the platter being served, my immediate thought was why on earth did i agree to share in the first place. Guys. What’s with them and fried stuff ?

H was really nice cos he picked us up at bb and sent us back. I can easily see how pw got used to the comfort of private transport.

It’s been a long time since i last met H. And next sem will be the last we share together. It was fun meeting up with them. But i bet they had more fun laughing at me. -_-

Admittedly, i think i’m really frivolous when i’m put beside them. I just can’t seem to talk abt serious stuff. And when they do, i space out for a while. haha, this, ladies and gentlemen, is what you call selective attention.

Anyway, i saw this on somebody’s msn nick today.

for fear you’d be alone you do so many things that aren’t you at all.

And the truth in it struck a chord within me. Then, I turned it around and now it reads: for fear you’d be alone you don’t do things that are you. that is what you truely want.

Life’s too short for regrets. I will not let this fear hold me back this year, not anymore.