HP Fic of the Week

Posted by eirene83 at 04:21 AM on April 3, 2007 in HP.

A Thousand Beautiful Things
By: Duinn Foinn

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Happy April's Fool!

Posted by eirene83 at 04:37 AM on April 3, 2007.

Oooh, many thanks to everyone who texted, called, mailed, tagged and/or took me out for my birthday!

Really touched that you guys remembered me and took the time to tap out a little message. It all really brightened my day(s) [I say days because I'm still getting belated birthday messages ] and made me smile. Hehehe, also thanks to those who treated me to lunch/dinner/coffee

Well, after the weekend of slacking off, it's back to the daily grind of studying and classes... Ah well, life. Have to deal with it, eh?

Also, for those who haven't already gone, hope you have a relatively non-tiring Cheng Beng!  

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It's Your Love

Posted by eirene83 at 04:37 AM on April 3, 2007 in Music - Songs & Lyrics, Personal.

Haven't heard this song in such a long long time... I think it was one of The Songs that was most commonly played during canteen days... Way popular with hormonal, emotional teenagers.

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PHUCK!!

Posted by eirene83 at 04:58 AM on April 3, 2007.

Oh fuckity...

I broke another nail today... Pretty badly too; it's quite deep and tender tender flesh is exposed.

Oh the paaainnnn!! T_T

I'm gonna need to start drinking milk again!

Not to mention all the different burns I've received on myself are starting to heal and thus itch like mad!!!

T__T 

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Pweetttyyy

Posted by eirene83 at 04:12 AM on April 4, 2007.

Wheee, today's the 17th day of the lunar month! Did anyone see the moon tonight?

So gorgeous, so big!!!

Hehehe, and technically yesterday was my Chinese birthday

Really nice seeing it. 

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Patron Account- The End

Posted by eirene83 at 12:36 AM on April 5, 2007.

Well, it's been 3 wonderful months since I received a patron account from Roy... and I just got a mail earlier saying that my account will be expiring next week; April 12th.

Ahh... So... should I get a year's subscription for a patron account ($28 USD) or just go back to being a free account holder like I was previously?

It's been good; I like the extra categories that comes with a patron account... but I didn't upload any images into my gallery since I use Photobucket for that... And I like my current template so don't really mess around with it. Checking hit logging is useful but then there's always sitemeter...

So I'm not sure. Is it worth forking out close to RM100 for using just those few features? Hmmm...

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Second Fiddle?

Posted by eirene83 at 02:12 AM on April 6, 2007 in Thoughts as a favorite post.

Did anyone watch Wednesday's episode of "Phoenix from the Ashes"?? Lai Kuan proposed to Seng Nam... and she accepted!!

I dunno, it's all just so... weird. I mean, he knows that she loves Chui Yan and that he (Lai Kuan) is just a second choice, like a really really reluctant, far-off second choice... but he still wants to marry her!

Okay, I mean... sure it's wrong for her to accept when she loves someone else... but hey, things like this do happen... but for him to propose and not care that he'll probably never be first...

*muses* Is it really possible for you to love someone so much; for them to really be the only one... that you don't care? So long as you can be with them, protect and care for them to the best of your abilities... and just try your best to make them happy?

I mean, he said it himself. He knows he's not the first choice... but he doesn't care as long as he can protect and look after her. But isn't it bitter in some way? Being with someone yet knowing that given a choice, they'd rather be with another? But then again, it does kind of make sense...

After all, she couldn't be with Chui Yan... Sure, she could have stayed single but hey, most of us are guilty of rebound relationships. So the reasoning is probably, she's already sad... If he tried, maybe she could eventually love him and not be that bitter...

But still in the end... it just makes me wonder... Being with someone, at any cost? Is it really that worthwhile? Or is it just that you love them so deeply that their pain is your pain... and you just want to try your best to protect them, to make them happy?

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Starlight

Posted by eirene83 at 02:50 AM on April 6, 2007 in Music - Songs & Lyrics.

Catchy!!! Hehehe...

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Date

Posted by eirene83 at 02:02 AM on April 8, 2007 in Thoughts, Personal as a favorite post.

I still remember the first time I went out with a guy on a one-to-one basis... My dad dropped me off and told me to have fun on the date. I immediately whirled around and went. "It's not a date!! It's just a movie!!!"... Hehehehe

This was sometime back in college. That line, "It's not a date! It's just lunch/dinner/movie/coffee/yum cha" sure came up a lot among my friends. I guess because we associated the word date with dating/romantic interest/start of relationship/entering the world of boy/girl-friendness...

I mean, 'date' pretty much just means an appointment with another person right? But the more common usage of that word always somehow seems to involve romantic interest or something along those lines... If there was an alternative word available to be used, we would use it... Just to avoid using the word 'date'.

But anyway, over the years... I seemed to have dropped that notion and just associate with word date with... well, coffee/dinner/lunch/movie/yum cha... a.k.a just going out with someone. Hmm, I dunno if I'm the only one... or if most of my friends also say 'date' in the same context... but I do know some of my friends also still say 'date' with the connotation of going out with someone they like/interested in.

Poll, anyone?

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*mimes hanging self

Posted by eirene83 at 02:37 PM on April 9, 2007.

I have officially confirmed.

My current Civil Procedure lecturer puts me to sleep.

Saturday:
Me goes to sleep at 4.30am, wakes up at 8.15 to prepare for a 9am class.
9am, lecturer walks in and starts talking... Me try my best... 9.45 knock out.

Sunday:
Me goes to sleep at  4am, wake up at 8am to prepare for class. Goes sit in the library and manage to study until 12.30 without falling asleep though there were moments when I felt tired. And this after a week of 4.30 am bedtimes...

So yea... it's not my bedtime. It's my lecturer who's putting me to sleep. Ahh, like my friend says, there's nothing like having sweet nothings sung in your ear by a monotonous voice to put you to sleep on weekend mornings.  

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HP Fic of the Week

Posted by eirene83 at 03:19 PM on April 9, 2007 in HP.

Delicate Sound of Thunder
By: Duinn Foinn

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Posted by eirene83 at 04:01 PM on April 10, 2007 in Fun stuff.

A man riding his Harley was riding along a California beach when suddenly the sky clouded above his head and, in a booming voice, the Lord said, "Because you have tried to be faithful to me in all ways, I will grant you one wish.

The biker pulled over and said, "Build a bridge to Hawaii so I can ride over any time I want."
The Lord said, "Your request is materialistic, think of the enormous challenges for that kind of undertaking; the supports required reaching the bottom of the Pacific and the concrete and steel it would take! It will nearly exhaust several natural resources. I can do it, but it is hard for me to justify your desire for worldly things.

Take a little more time and think of something that could possibly help mankind."

The biker thought about it for a long time. Finally, he said, "Lord, I wish that I and all men could understand women; I want to know how she feels inside, what she's thinking when she gives me the silent treatment, why she cries, what she means when she says nothing's wrong, and how I can make a Woman truly happy."

The Lord replied,

.

.

.

"You want two lanes or four on that bridge?"

Hehehehehe  

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Stars Are Blind

Posted by eirene83 at 04:22 PM on April 10, 2007 in Music - Songs & Lyrics, Personal.

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Comfortable

Posted by eirene83 at 03:00 AM on April 11, 2007 in Music - Songs & Lyrics.

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Yong Qi

Posted by eirene83 at 03:44 AM on April 11, 2007 in Music - Songs & Lyrics, Personal as a favorite post.

终于做了这个决定
别人怎么说我不理
只要你也一样的肯定
我愿意天涯海角都随你去
我知道一切不容易
我的心一直温习说服自己
最怕你忽然说要放弃

爱真的需要勇气
来面对流言蜚语
只要你一个眼神肯定
我的爱就有意义

我们都需要勇气
去相信会在一起
人潮拥挤我能感觉你
放在我手心里
你的真心

如果我的坚强任性
会不小心伤害了你
你能不能温柔提醒
我虽然心太急
更害怕错过你

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Oooo

Posted by eirene83 at 06:47 PM on April 12, 2007.

Hrmm, I just noticed that it's Friday the 13th tomorrow...

Loads of bad luck, anyone?

Oh... jeez... brain going all fuzzy and woolly... It was a really stupid thing going to sleep at 7.15 Thursday morning... and waking up at 11 Thursday morning.

Ooohhh....brain numb. Can't think.... /dies 

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Lunch!

Posted by eirene83 at 06:48 PM on April 12, 2007.

Choo Jan Leong! I know you're reading this... Right?

Hehehe, anyway, just wanted to say that it was really great fun having lunch with you (and I'm sorry for being 10 minutes late!) 'twas good to be able to continue our conversation properly, unlike that night during the speed-dating... And yeaah, I know we called each other a couple of times, but hey, most of the times you had some test or assignment to study for!

Anywayyy, thanks very much for the belated birthday lunch! And also for passing me the series. Nope, haven't gotten around to watching it... but hehehe, I've got 3 months to finish it anyway, don't I?

So just to say: I had a great time, it was good talking with you... and keep in touch!! Hehehe, later you forget all about me then so sad

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Friday 13th

Posted by eirene83 at 03:34 AM on April 16, 2007.

Encountered any bad luck today, people?

Me, I woke up at 2 (freaking) in the afternoon, thanks to the past few days of insane bedtime Hehehe... and then decided to go exercise. Jeeez, the weather's was so hot I was glad to hit the showers!!

Heheh and of course, because I worked out, it totally justified the pancakes I had for dinner! I don't know why, but I seem to have hit a pancake-phase in my food cravings... and of course, the only place I'll eat pancakes is Paddington House of Pancakes (PHoP). I find their varieties fascinating ... Pancake burgers (delicious...), chocolate crepes with peanut butter and vanilla ice-cream, crepes stuffed with cappuccino whipped cheese and Belgian chocolate filling... and I usually tend to pore over the menu... even after I've ordered and eaten my meal.

Hmmm.... I think I wanna go there again. Soon. There's this pancake nachos with salsa I'm curious about... not to mention their pancake linguine... and buckwheat pancakes...

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m (_ _) m

Posted by eirene83 at 03:38 AM on April 16, 2007.

Woww... I know it's actually been a few days since I've properly updated my blog...

Blame it on a really busy schedule and an Internet connection that refuses to work when I'm actually free... T_T

But it's alll good coz I'm back and ready to blog!!!  

Currently feeling: accomplished

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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Muffin

Posted by eirene83 at 04:10 AM on April 17, 2007 in Recipes.

Ingredients:

²/₃ cup peanut butter (I used crunchy )
2 tbsp margarine, melted
¹/₃ cup sugar
2 eggs
1 ¹/₂ cup flour
1 ¹/₂ tsp baking powder
¹/₂ tsp baking soda
¹/₂ cup milk
1 cup chocolate chips

1. Preheat oven to 180^oC.
2. Combine peanut butter and margarine until well-blended.
3. Mix in sugar and eggs.
4. Sift flour, baking powder and baking soda, add to peanut butter mixture along with milk and chocolate chips. Stir well.
5. Bake for 15-20 minutes.

Extremely easy recipe, in my opinion... and you can just whip everything up in one bowl too!! I love one-bowl recipes... Saves sooo much time in the clean-up... Though there's also the spatula, measuring cup, whisk and muffin tray to consider... Buuttt only one bowl used during the whole thing!!

It turned out pretty good too, though the peanut butter taste didn't come out as strongly as I expected it too plus it was a bit on the dry side... which could have been because I overbaked it a bit, yes... but still I'll try adding more milk next time... along with more peanut butter and margarine and chocolate chips...

But otherwise... It. Was. Gooodddd.... And even better when you slice it in half, spread peanut butter and pop it in the toaster.

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HP Fic of the Week

Posted by eirene83 at 05:29 AM on April 17, 2007 in HP.

Pledges
By: Amireal

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Yuummm!! Korean Snacks!

Posted by eirene83 at 04:27 AM on April 19, 2007 in Food, snacks & restaurants, Foodie stuff.

My mom got back from Korea late Sunday night... (Bet you didn't even know she was gone, right? ) And she brought back, very predictably... food!

Hehehe, there was a boxful of Korean ramen... which I guessed as much she'd be buying... and the usual Korean ginseng sweets... but best of all, she brought back rice-cakes!

And not just any sort of rice cakes... but coated with chocolate and a ginseng cream filling! 

3 different types of rice cakes... Though they all actually tasted the same to me...

Yummmy... who would have guessed mochi would go so well with chocolate...? Though it might have been nicer if the ginseng cream filling wasn't so sweet. Oh yea, you can taste the ginseng... but way too sugary.

And the usual seaweed, ginseng sweets and rice-cracker thingy... which is actually pretty bland... but healthy!!

Hehehe, and sorry... none to share... coz my mom didn't buy a lot... Too expensive, really...  

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Posted by eirene83 at 04:33 AM on April 19, 2007.

Happy Birthday, Gary!!!

Not that you'll be reading this anyway...

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*grin*

Posted by eirene83 at 04:34 AM on April 19, 2007.

I try my best, dear... But my best just doesn't seem to be good enough... Hehehe

Which probably just means I'm not trying hard enough... but hey you know me!! I'm a vampire! (And this has been mentioned to me by several different people... all of whom don't know each other!)

Which just leads me to conclude... I'm a night owl... Probably can't change that unless I start working. :p 

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Honeycomb Cupcakes

Posted by eirene83 at 05:00 PM on April 19, 2007 in Recipes.

Recipe taken from The Journal of a Girl who Loves to Cook a.k.a. Su-Yin

Ingredients:

60g butter, softened
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg
3/4 cup self-raising flour
1/4 cup milk
1 Cadbury Crunchie bar, chopped

1. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy and add in the egg.
2. Fold in flour and milk alternately.
3. Lightly stir in Crunchie pieces.
4. Spoon into muffin tray and bake for 10-15 minutes until lightly browned at 180^oC.

Topping:

200g chocolate
2 tbsp cream

1. Combine together and spoon on top on cupcakes.
2. Top with remaining honeycomb pieces.

I love this recipe!!! It's extremely easy, turned out fantastically light, fluffy cupcakes and I didn't even have to reduce the amount of sugar used! And the chocolate topping was the final touch. Lovely chocolate-y flavour with each bite of cake...

Of course... it also looks nothing like what Su-Yin manages to churn out... but I'm keeping my fingers crossed that practice makes perfect... Especially when it comes to the chocolate topping. Don't know what went wrong with mine but it sure wasn't a smooth glossy sheen!

A few things I learned today, among others being...

Muffin liners... are our friends! Muffin liners goooddd... Well, I mean, nothing was wrong with the cupcakes... and it wasn't that hard to remove from the tray... but it lacked a bit presentation-wise... So yea, always use muffin liners.

One bar of Crunchie apparently isn' enough... unless they have bigger Crunchie bars in Australia (which I suspect they do) than Malaysia...

It's apparently quite hard to find something when you really want it... Because I had to go to 4 different stores(!!) before finally finding those bars of Crunchie... and there I was thinking it would be a breeze...

Anyway, I'm definitely remaking this soon... Because they kinda disappeared pretty fast. Yummmyyyy...

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Posted by eirene83 at 04:29 AM on April 20, 2007 in Fun stuff, Personal.

Bold the statements that are true to you.
Italise the statements that you WISH are true.
GREEN are some of my comments
Then, stab 3 people to do the same test:

I miss somebody right now.
I do not watch tv these days.
I wear glasses or contact lenses.
I love to play video games.
I have tried marijuana.
I have been in a threesome.
I believe honesty is usually the best policy. (Nope... I think I'm too cynical for that...)
I have changed mentally over the last year. (OH YEAAHH, definitely I would say so... Physically too, I think)
I carry my knife/razor everywhere with me.
I curse. (Who doesn't?? )
I'm totally smart.
I've broken someone's bones. (Not for lack of trying... /smirk)
I'm paranoid sometimes.
I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar-free.
I need money right now.
I love sushi.
I talk really, really fast.
I have long hair. (And trying to get me to cut it is like trying to get me to cut off my fingers... Really.
I have lost money in Las Vegas. (Urm... I don't think spending money in the arcades count as losing money... Right?
I have at least one sibling.
I have worn fake hair/fingernails/eyelashes in the past.
I couldn't survive without Caller ID.
I like the way I look. (Yes I do.. Really really... Even if certain people think I look ah lien-ish.)
I am usually pessimistic.
I have a lot of mood swings.
I have a hidden talent.
I'm always hyper no matter how much sugar I have. (Used to be... but I've grown ollddd...)
I have a lot of friends. (Right? Right??)
I am currently single.
I have pecked someone of the same sex.
I enjoy talking on the phone.
I practically live in sweatpants or PJ pants.
I love to shop.
Enjoy window shopping. (And in UK, that really was 'Window' shopping)
I would rather shop than eat.
I don't hate anyone.
I'm a pretty good dancer.
I'm completely embarrassed to be seen with my mother. (Nope! I love my mom!)
I have a cell phone.
I believe in God.
I watch MTV on a daily basis.
I have passed out drunk in the past 6 months.
I've rejected someone before.
I want to have children in the future.
I have changed a diaper before.
I've called the cops on a friend before.
I'm not allergic to anything.
I have a lot to learn.
I'm shy around members of the opposite sex.
I have made a move on a friend's significant other or crush in the past.
I have tried alcohol before.
I own the South Park movie.
I would die for my best friend.
I think that Pizza Hut has the best pizza.
I have used my sexuality to advance my career.
I love Michael Jackson, scandals and all.
Halloween is awesome because you get free candy. (Candy goood!!)
I watch Spongebob Squarepants and I like it.
I am happy at this moment!
I'm obsessed with girls.
I tie my shoelaces differently from anyone I've ever met.
I study for tests most of the time. (Yeah, like every single day)
I am comfortable with who I am right now.
I have more than just my ears pierced.
I walk barefoot wherever I can.
I have jumped off a bridge.
I love sea turtles.
I spend ridiculous money on makeup.
Plan on achieving a major goal/dream.
I'm proficient in an musical instrument.
I worked at McDonald's restaurant.
I hate office jobs.
I love sci-fi movie.
I think water rules.
I went college out of state.
I like sausages.
I love kisses.
I fall for the worst people.
I adore bright colours.
I can't live without black eyeliner.
I don't know why the hell I just did this stupid thing. (I was bored.)
I usually like covers better than originals.
I can pick up things with my toes.
I can whistle.
I can move my tongue in waves, much like a snake's slither.
I have ridden/owned a horse.
I still have every journal I've written in.
I can't stick to a diet.
I talk in my sleep.
I try to forget things by drowning them out with loads of distractions.
I have jazz in my blood.
Climbing trees is a brilliant past-time.
I wear a toe ring.
I can't stand at LEAST one person that I work with.
I am a caffeine junkie.
I cosplay or know what cosplaying is.
I have been to over 15 conventions.
I will collect anything, and the more nonsensical the better.
I'm an artist.
I only clean my room when necessary.
I like a person of the same sex.
I love being happy. (Endorphins gooddd...)
I am an adrenaline junkie.

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Starlight

Posted by eirene83 at 01:57 AM on April 22, 2007 in Thoughts, Personal as a favorite post.

It was a beautiful night sky... It had poured earlier in the evening, hence the sky was now cloudless and a deep shade of blue blending into black... Looking up into the sky at first, you wouldn't miss anything... Then you notice... hundreds upon hundreds of twinkling pin pricks of light...

I forgot when was the last time I saw so many many stars out against the night sky... with a pale crescent moon glowing silvery-gold against it all... And with the chill wind blowing, all in all, it was perfect.

Then I got to thinking... love and being in a relationship is something like looking at stars...

Sometimes it's a little hazy and you don't see as much of it as you normally do...
And sometimes storm clouds get in the way and you lose sight of everything but the loud crashes and bangs...

Other times, we just take it for granted and just walk looking at the ground and miss the beautiful sight above our heads...

And sometimes... we catch our breath upon looking up and glimpsing something so beautiful, so perfect and just makes you feel so complete.

The thing about stars... and hopefully love... is that, despite everything... and through anything... it's there. A constant. And all we need to remember is that even though we can't always see it and sometimes it doesn't seem to be there... is that, it is there... Just waiting for us to look up and notice it.

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Bugger Malaysian Post!

Posted by eirene83 at 02:02 AM on April 22, 2007.

I'm pretty sure I've ranted about how much I dislike the postal here... and with good reason too, I think!! It's just... I haven't had many good encounters with the people working in the postal system here. Sure, you could say I'm probably just prejudiced... and that everything's not that bad... but still... I don't like it.

And the latest reason for me to drag this out and rant... is because I received an opened box today... Which just reminds me of times when I've had boxes thrown over my gate (with 'Fragile' labels on them!!), people attempting to do a balancing act with a really big parcel on my gate (It's not just a question of it falling over... What if someone came along and took it off my gate?!?), opened envelopes...

Anyway Matt... thanks very much for the CD... The other one went missing... Unless there was only one to start with... but then, if you had only sent one,  well... why write 2 on the label? Btw, your writing hasn't improved much, has it?  

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Posted by eirene83 at 03:57 AM on April 23, 2007.

Funny thing about letting go... It only hurts at that moment. The emotions swamp you and you can't bear it...

But walk away from it, let it hurt and you realise... The pain only lasts for that moment and then you can cope.

 

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Money-tree, anyone?

Posted by eirene83 at 03:33 AM on April 24, 2007.

I'm so incredibly broke right now, it's not even funny...

But still, I feel that it was money worth spending... Short-term pain, long-term enjoyment of the fruits of spending... I hope! *fingers crossed*... But in a way, it's also kinda bad for me since there's some stuff in the future that require heavy spending and so the money I'm forking out now? Shouldn't actually have been forked out

Anyone can recommend anything that gives good returns for small capital?

Thank God it's nearly end of the month!! But still, I hate the feeling of digging into my bank account...  

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Posted by eirene83 at 03:35 AM on April 24, 2007.

I finally figured out the reason I kept having headaches last week... and I'm so happy to say that it's not because I need new prescriptions on my lenses! Not that I wouldn't like to get new frames... but still, I'd rather my prescription not go up again, after being relatively stable the past few years... Relatively meaning that it has gone up a few degrees but using that new prescription gives me a headache...

Anyway, the reason why I was dizzy and headache-y... was all due to lack of sleep! (I can hear a lot of you out there rolling your eyes and going, "No duh!! Stop sleeping at 5am!!" )

And I figured that out today after rolling out of bed at 2pm... and back in again at 4pm, waking up at 6pm... and feeling totally refreshed and not the slightest bit dizzy!

Yay! No need for new prescriptions!  

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HP Fic of the Week

Posted by eirene83 at 03:55 AM on April 24, 2007 in HP.

Bring Me To Life
By: I Got Tired Of Waiting

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Kooky...

Posted by eirene83 at 04:10 AM on April 24, 2007.

Or rather, cookie..

There are a lot of things that make me happy... and among the top few are going shopping and buying baking stuff...

Even if it's nothing more than a couple of muffin liners and jelly moulds. Ah, I'm so easily satisfied... Hehehe, and if you toss in some new baking trays or cake tins or baking sheet... I'll happily break them in and give you cookie dividends.

Same goes if you get me recipe books. :D

Ahhh, now to have fun with my new toys... maybe cookies... and definitely more muffins!  

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Single's Night Out, anyone?

Posted by eirene83 at 03:14 AM on April 25, 2007.

I was here during New Year's Eve... Frankly, I thought it was a pretty nice place. Cosy, not too crowded, good ambience... And they organise fun stuff!! Me, I'm just more interested in seeing what it's really like... ala what I said during the blind-dating during Valentine's! To meet new friends!

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Orange Poppy Seed Muffins - Cheat

Posted by eirene83 at 04:46 PM on April 25, 2007 in Recipes.

Ingredients:

1 pack muffin mix
70ml water
1 egg
50ml vegetable oil

1. Combine the first 3 ingredients with a mixer for one minute.
2. Scrape down bowl, add vegetable oil and mix for another minute.
3. Spoon into muffin tray and bake at 200^oC for 15 minutes.

Hehehe, one of the ways to cheat when you want something home-made and fuss-free... I don't really like using mixes well... partly because I like making things from scratch and also because most of my experiences with mixes were the things usually turned out dry...

This time, I decided instead of adding the egg straight in, to separate it, beat the egg white till stiff and fold it into the mixture. I'm not sure if it helped but the muffins turned out light and springy and not in the slightest bit dry... So yummy! Orange flavour was nice and not too strong... This is one of my mom's favourite muffin which is surprising... because she normally avoids all things orange-flavoured.

Anyway, I think I want to try and make this from scratch next time... Btw, just some trivia... Did you know that if you eat enough of poppy-based products; ie poppy seed cake or this sort of muffin, you actually test positive for drug-abuse?

I told this to someone recently, can't remember who... but that person misunderstood me and thought you'd get addicted... Heck, you'd need to eat a heck of a lot of poppy seeds to actually get addicted!! But to fail a drug test, apparently just a slice of poppy seed cake is more than enough... It's been proven too! Cool, eh?

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More Toys!!

Posted by eirene83 at 04:41 AM on April 26, 2007.

... Though I don't think anyone else would refer to bars of chocolate, packets of spices, bottles of chocolate chips as toys...

But I do! And I'm very happy too!! Because I now have loads of ingredients to play with... And most exciting, I found strawberry chips! How cool is that?? Now, it's just too bad they don't sell peanut butter chips... or I could load my peanut butter muffin with peanut butter chips!

But sigh... I wished that I had some nice relatives in the US who comes back to visit every now and then. I've been looking through Amazon and there's so many book that I want to get!! Fiction, non-fiction, cookbooks... and it's cheaper if you get it through the Amazon Marketplace... except by the time you include international shipping charges, you might as well not bother... 

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Official Secrets Act

Posted by eirene83 at 04:01 AM on April 27, 2007.

It's been a while since I last encountered anyone who felt the need to O.S.A a recipe... I mean there were a few way back in primary school when my friends would bring something home-made to class and I brought some home for my mom to try who'd then ask for the recipe. Request denied, of course... probably because my friends' mom wanted to, I dunno... be the only one who knew how to make it or something...

But since recipe columns and Internet became popular, it's rare to find someone who isn't willing to share a recipe... Unless they have a business selling said goods then it's totally understandable. After all, it is their rice bowl they'll be sharing.

So to me, it kinda not made sense when my friend's mom (she's a teacher) didn't want to share her recipe for Indonesian Layer Cake.. I'm sure she has her reasons... I just don't know what they are. Yea, I can Google the recipe... but it's always nice working with a recipe when you've tasted the end product before.

Ah well... Anyone have a good recipe to share for Indonesian Layer Cake?  

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Books Galore

Posted by eirene83 at 04:02 AM on April 27, 2007.

I found some pretty great books while surfing Amazon.com... Yea, I know. I'm lousy at resisting temptation... And now I so want to get these books... without having to pay some exorbitant price for them... I checked at Borders and most of these are going for around RM50-70... T_T

Gregory Maguire:

Mirror Mirror

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister

Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West


Son of a Witch


Anne Bishop:

Sebastian (Ephemera)

Belladona (Ephemera)

Yes, I know... Images different sizes.. but I got it online and couldn't be bothered to resize it... The books by Gregory Maguire are all re-telling of fairy tales. I'm pretty sure you can guess which by the titles I've always loved the re-telling of Snow White by Neil Gaiman... I guess I just like alternates to the well-worn fairy tales we know. And Anne Bishop is an author I totally adore, after reading her Black Jewels trilogy.

Ah well, shall wait for the prices to come down... or for someone to visit a country Amazon delivers to!  

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Birthdays, birthday...

Posted by eirene83 at 04:02 AM on April 27, 2007.

It's my dad's birthday today... Birthdays aren't really that big a thing in my family... Well, not including my mom's really, but hers fall smack in the middle of the holiday period so I guess that's why.

My mom made me make some agar-agar for him... (Though I don't know why she couldn't have just made it herself... I mean, in the end, she's the one who does most of the work. I only measure the ingredients and pour the mixture into the moulds... -_-) and I played around with food colouring. (Me likey food colouring... Me likey playing around with it )

Anyway... we didn't even eat the agar-agar today since we were too full after a really simple dinner at this Korean place... So... that's the celebration, I guess *shrugs*

Birthday... not a big deal really...

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Because Of You

Posted by eirene83 at 04:04 AM on April 27, 2007 in Music - Songs & Lyrics.

I heard this today on Fly FM's most wanted download chart... while stuck in a jam trying to get to class. Going off tangent here, this is the first time I've seen traffic so bad around Brickfields at 6pm... But then, I guess it's probably due to the long weekend and people trying to get to Sentral to go off and also a lot of roads near the temple being closed to prepare for tomorrow...

And anyywaay, the song I heard:

Want to, but I can’t help it
I love the way it feels,
It’s got me stuck between my fantasy and what is real
I need it when I want it, I want it when I don’t
Tell myself I’ll stop everyday, knowin’ that I won't

I got a problem and I don’t know what to do about it
Even if I did, I don’t know if I would quit but I doubt it
I’m taken by the thought of it, and I know this much is true
Baby, you have become my addiction, I’m so strung out on you
I can barely move but I like it

Pretty catchy...

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7 Years 50 Days

Posted by eirene83 at 05:42 AM on April 27, 2007 in Music - Songs & Lyrics.

Damn... this song has been playing in my head the whole day, since I heard it in the gym... Lately the staff have been playing a lot of Cascada and Groove Coverage, and their music is really catchy... and now it's stuck in my head!

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Posted by eirene83 at 04:56 AM on May 1, 2007.

Oh gods I feel like dying...

I have this pounding headache, specifically just around my right temple for the past few days. Not migraine; can still think, walk around and function... but man, does it hurt...

It comes and goes but today it's bad enough to make me feel like puking. Think I'll finally pop some Panadol...

Urgh...

And on the topic of being ill, I finally got hold on my Singaporean friend and turns out he just got out of the hospital today... Got admitted for high fever some 2 weeks ago but no idea what caused it. Anyway, get well soon, kay JJ?

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HP Fic of the Week

Posted by eirene83 at 05:18 AM on May 1, 2007 in HP.

Invisible Encounter
By: Katie of Gryffindor

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