Posted by eirene83 at 10:13 AM on October 1, 2007.
If I told you that watermelon means my beautiful person, would you believe me?
No? Well, I'll prove it to you!
Watermelon = Wo te mei ren
See, told you!
More interesting facts I learned from my colleague, hehehe
Posted by eirene83 at 09:12 AM on October 2, 2007.
We've been busy whitewashing the entire office and finally it's all done. Now the office looks so sparkling clean, it's really amazing... Not to mention so much easier on the eyes.
Of course into the bargain, my current room looks great too and it feels so much more comfortable to be working there... But I can't help but think of Tom Sawyer the entire time I was painting the office.
For those who've read Tom Sawyer, remember the beginning of the book when his aunt made him whitewash the fence and he got all the other boys to do it for him by making it look fun? Well yeah, it looks fun but let me tell you, it sure wasn't easy to get it to spread evenly!
Still, it's all done now... and I can say I've actually painted a whole room before too!
Posted by eirene83 at 11:39 PM on October 3, 2007.
I was thinking back and suddenly remembered how back in primary school we used to have all these cloze passages for our English examinations which was part of the Essay paper. My tuition teacher would prepare us for that by supplying passages as our homework.
I recall it was one of the easiest bit of the Essay paper. All we had to do was fill in the blanks for the 10 missing words of the paragraph. Generally, it was something that was quite easy to predict. Just read through the sentences and generally your mind would supply the missing word.
I don't know why, but until now I recall this one time when I was 'arguing' with my teacher about a missing word.
The sentence ran something like, "She cried ______ as though her heart was breaking" or some sad thing like that. I insisted that it was bitterly; my teacher said it was sadly... and I was adamant it was bitterly because to my mind, when you cry sadly, it sort of feels like you're just so worn out and tired whereas something as major as to the extent your heart was breaking needed something like bitterly...
I don't know... I still feel like bitterly would have been better!
Posted by eirene83 at 03:56 PM on October 4, 2007.
I skipped going to the gym today in favour of spending 5 hours online...
Curse the internet connection at my house! If it only the line would be stable enough! And yes, it's definitely the line and nothing to do with my modem.
Curses!
Posted by eirene83 at 01:06 AM on October 5, 2007 in Recipes.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter, room temperature
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup flour
1/2 cup chocolate chips (Or less if you prefer)
This is perhaps one of the easiest recipes I've ever come across and I think it was definitely one of the most popular recipes in my house. Of course, this was way back in high school when I was just starting to bake and all, thus I definitely recall using way too much flour since I equated a cup of flour to roughly being slightly less than a cup of water. (For those who don't know, it's not the same! One cup of flour is probably only about 140g!! I used 200g!! So can you imagine?)
I can definitely vouch that with much less flour in it, this is a much more crumblier cookie than before. I know it's supposed to be shortbread, but I've usually baked it bar-form then sliced... This time around, I made it drop cookies. Still taste as good!
It comes out really a really loose, crumbly cookie with a buttery texture but not too sweet. If you like a little variety, I think you could safely add in coconut or dried apricots along with the chocolate chips. This is definitely a fail-save recipe since it's really hard to ruin it. (Even with some extra 60 - 70g of flour)... Okay, wait, I take that back. If you add in salt instead of sugar, then yeah it'll probably be ruined... But otherwise, it's a really great easy cookie! 
Posted by eirene83 at 12:38 AM on October 6, 2007.
I think it's commonly said that the opposite of love isn't hate; it's indifference.
I suppose that's because love and hate are just flip sides of the same coin; you either hate or love... but both involve feeling something whereas indifference is just you don't feel anything nor do you care.
It's like the cold is merely the absence of heat... so in the same way, indifference is the absence of emotions... so I guess it would be more accurate to say that the opposite of any emotion would be indifference...
That's just what I think... What say you?
Posted by eirene83 at 12:38 AM on October 6, 2007.
My mom's gone to China for a holiday so there's just left my bro and dad in the house... I dunno, but it feels like there's a hitch in the routine since my mom isn't around anymore.
I woke up early to send my mom off then when I got back, I slept the whole day through... as in literally till dinner-time. I usually go to the gym Sunday mornings so felt a bit off...
Anyway, she'll be back next Sunday so it's all cool... but nevertheless I don't really like any change in routine... Not because I'm boring or anything... but still, it's nice to have something routine to come back to every day. It's like something I can depend on to not have changed after the whole day...
I guess it doesn't really make sense but yea, I like to know that no matter what I do or wherever I go, there will be something I know won't have changed.
Posted by eirene83 at 02:02 AM on October 9, 2007.
Hmm, I think I've told some people this before but the brakes on my car is really bad... As in, I think it's gotten a bit worse.
I was driving in the rain yesterday and nearly rear-ended on car going downhill even though I was stepping on the brakes. Almost almost ran into it... Had to jam the brakes on the last minute.
I know I should get it fixed but it actually functions pretty okay except when going downhill, so just have to be a bit more careful there.
Hehehe, but if ever I really do accidentally rear-end a car, then I'll tell my dad. :D
Posted by eirene83 at 05:46 AM on October 10, 2007.
It's so hard to believe that the puasa month is all but over! In a few more days, it'll be over and things will be back to normal.
There used to be a time when puasa month was when I'd try to follow it... but now all I'm interested in following is the Ramadhan bazaar! :D
Hehehe, I like going to all the bazaars and seeing what's on offer. Generally, they don't vary much with the usual stalls offering murtabak, nasi tomato, etc... But still, I prefer going to the SS14 one just up the road from the mosque.
There's so much on offer there! Fresh grilled pulut udang, putu piring, otak-otak... Most of my favourite foods! There's also a stall around the park there that sells incredible rendang tuk and serunding... I think I'll be going there tomorrow to get more to stock before the season is over.
One thing I think I've missed out on this Ramadhan is good bandung. Somehow I haven't come across any stalls selling it or if they do, it's some weirdly purpled coloured type. Bandung is basically just rose cordial with condensed milk so purple makes me a little wary.
Anyhow, let's see what I can get tomorrow! :D
Posted by eirene83 at 03:44 PM on October 10, 2007.
Only great minds can read this
This is weird, but interesting! This is a cool thing check it out.
fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too
Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.
i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg.
The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt! If you can raed tihs forwrad it
Posted by eirene83 at 04:05 PM on October 10, 2007.
I went to this really 'exclusive' restaurant tonight... Oh, nothing expensive or anything like that. In fact, the food was really affordable and the ambience was nothing to shout about...
But the reason why I say it's so 'exclusive' is because you have to fulfil one, and only one condition to eat there:
Understand Mandarin.
You have to be able to speak it, read it and definitely communicate it. Because the menu's only in Mandarin and the waitresses... Well, yeah, they only speak Mandarin. I suppose you could get by by just pointing at the pictures at the menu if you didn't care about what you ate... But then, I find it a bit weird to not know what I'm putting into my mouth.
The food was so-so only though. Nothing great... I suppose the only interesting part about it was watching my brother's girlfriend translate between us and the waitress. :D
Posted by eirene83 at 04:06 PM on October 10, 2007.
There used to be a time when I really hated drinking water. As a kid, I despised consuming that clear stuff instead always opting for juices or better yet, carbonated drinks. (Hey, I was a kid... I liked sweet stuff.) Trying to get me to drink anything beyond what was in my water bottle that I brought to school was near impossible.
In fact, that was the case right up until I got a job as a sales assistant. Then, I started to love drinking water. I got thirsty easily in being in air-conditioned surroundings the whole day, plus answering customers' questions take quite a fair bit of talking!
So, it happened that now I quite like that H2O stuff... as long as it comes in a bottle... (Still don't quite like the idea of so much water in a cup ) and in my office? Hehehe, I'm the one drinking the most water in a day!
Posted by eirene83 at 12:52 PM on October 11, 2007.
I remember back when I was a kid, my parents used to play board games with us, mainly Monopoly and Scrabble. More often than not, it was usually Scrabble since it was supposed to help improve our English... That, plus Monopoly took forever to finish.
That was probably about 2 years or so before tuition got into the way and then that was the end of board games for a while till University when I started playing again. I remember playing Upwords (my first time) and Scrabble but a lot of Monopoly... sometimes even until 4am! Hahaha, but it was so fun...
But what I disliked a lot was the money handling bit and I always wondered why didn't they just create a version with electronic money. Well, lo and behold, they have!
The Here And Now Edition comes with credit cards and a machine to punch in the amount! Hehehehe, it costs about RM150 and I'm almost tempted to get it except for the fact that I don't have much time to play something as consuming as Monopoly...
Maybe in the future? Hrmm... After all, this is literally the Monopoly I've been waiting for. Maybe not for traditionalists (It is "The Here And Now" edition!) but still, no more handling of those annoying money and having it fly everywhere!
Posted by eirene83 at 02:28 AM on October 12, 2007 in Library.
The only thing more powerful than the system, is the man that will overthrow it.
This movie wasn't so much recommended to me than someone told me about it... So I decided to go download it and see what was it all about. I didn't tell the person though, but I think this was an incredible movie.
Set in a futuristic world after the end of WW3, a new government is in control. War has been eliminated at the cost of suppressing emotions, eradicating the ability of man to feel.
Most of the movie was bleak and dreary. Colours were muted; greys, blacks and blues... but there were parts that contrasted so much with everything else, it made me catch my breathe:
The sight of a sunrise through rain, pearly pink and golden through a window...
A streak of crimson red ribbon...
A smoke-filled sunset, golden in that different way sunsets are different from sunrises...
What really attracted me to the movie was the idea of suppressing emotions.
"... it has delivered us from pathos, from sorrow, the deepest chasms of melancholy and hate. With it, we anesthetize grief, annihilate jealousy, obliterate rage. Those sister impulses towards joy, love, and elation are anesthetized in stride, we accept as fair sacrifice..."
It was both scary and repulsive to me... To lose so much in the name of achieving peace. To be able to feel. I think this quote sums it up the best:
Preston:
What's the point of your existence?
Mary:
To feel. 'Cause you've never done it, you can never know it. But it's as vital as breath. And without it, without love, without anger, without sorrow, breath is just a clock... ticking.
*~*~*~*~*~
Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
Posted by eirene83 at 01:54 AM on October 15, 2007.
Gawd, I so so hate my Internet connection! It's so temperamental, I can't stand it!
Not to mention it makes blogging so much harder since I can't update on a daily basis!!!
Gahhh!!!
Posted by eirene83 at 07:43 PM on October 16, 2007.
Solitude is a nice thing sometimes... I'll be the first to admit that I like spending time with myself and I'll definitely be the first to say that I'm rather anti-social.. (My mom says that too... She thinks I'm extremely anti-social and don't know how to make friends )
It's not that I hate people or anything... I do go out and I do mix around, but somehow it just seems like there's never quite enough time for me to see everyone... Or maybe I'm just bad at time management.
I mean, there's always 2 sides to a story. Like shopping: It's fun to go group-shopping, try stuff, get comments... But sometimes you just want to take your own sweet time, go into every single shop you see even if there's nothing you want to buy... and well, being in a group just doesn't allow that. I tend to feel like I'm holding everyone up and just go with the flow.
Or like going to the gym. Sure, it's nice to have a partner and stuff but sometimes I just like to do my own thing and use whichever machine I like without wondering if I'm being selfish. And to take as long as I like in the shower and steam room without wondering if I'm holding people up and rush through everything. :D
Anti-social or just enjoying a little me time?
Posted by eirene83 at 09:43 PM on October 17, 2007 in Music - Songs & Lyrics, Personal.
I've been awake for a while now
You make me feel like a child now
'Cause every time I see your bubbly face
I get the tinglies in a silly place
It starts in my toes
Makes me crinkle my nose
Wherever it goes
I always know
That you make me smile
Please stay for a while now
Just take your time
Wherever you go
The rain is falling on my window pane
But we are hiding in a safer place
Under covers staying safe and warm
You give me feelings that I adore
What am I going to say
When you make me feel this way
I just mmmmm
I've been asleep for a while now
You tuck me in just like a child now
'Cause every time you hold me in your arms
I'm comfortable enough to feel your warmth
And it starts in my soul
And I lose all control
When you kiss my nose
The feeling shows
'cause you make me smile baby
Just take your time now
Holdin' me tight
Wherever wherever wherever you go
Wherever wherever wherever you go
Wherever you go
I always know
'Cause you make me smile
Even just for a while
Posted by eirene83 at 01:47 AM on October 18, 2007 in Thoughts, Personal.
To you:
There's something about lying awake at 3am that starts to make your mind wander and you just end up thinking too much. I know for a fact that I end up thinking too much when I lie in bed and can't fall asleep... Or maybe it's because I'm thinking too much that I can't fall asleep!
Anyway, whichever it is... I couldn't sleep tonight and just ended up thinking... It's already so close to a year already without my realising... Despite everything that happened, I still miss you a lot. We had a lot of good times together; something I need to keep reminding myself about whenever I think of all the other times that weren't so good.
Of course, it hurts when I think about other things... but then again, that's probably just me thinking too much... I guess it's just hard to believe that a year has already passed by. Makes me wonder what I've been doing the entire year to not realise time was going so fast!
Anyhow, nothing much really... Just a little stunned that it's already so close to November now and everything that's happened. And to tell you that I miss you.
From me
Posted by eirene83 at 08:07 PM on October 19, 2007.
Am supposed to be revising but I took a quick study break and flipped through a copy of Archie's I had lying around...
Which made me realise; as a kid, I read a lot of American comic strips: Modesty Blaise, Garfield, a whole lot of Archie... Even today, strips like Baby Blues, Zits...
And comparing them to manga, it's not that they're bad... but art-wise, they leave a little wanting for... and it's all easily finished in one sitting. Nothing really substantial. Okay, maybe Modesty Blaise ran for a little longer than 3 or 4 strips but plot-wise, mangas run for a lot lot longer. Even one-shots.
It's not that I'm saying one is better than the other... but I think I prefer my stories to last longer than a couple of strips. Gives something to look forward to!
Posted by eirene83 at 01:16 AM on October 20, 2007.
I work in Chow Kit.
...
In Grand Seasons Hotel.
...
And I charge by the hour.
Life is all a matter of interpretation.
*GRIN*
Posted by eirene83 at 11:53 AM on October 21, 2007.
Talking about comic strips reminded me of this one illustration I saw a long time ago, probably in a UK paper. It was just 4 panels, the first showing a guy and girl hugging. In the next panel, the guy's hand has wandered onto her butt.
The third panel, the girl tells the guy off and ask why can't they just hug for once without any other sort of touching. In the final panel, it shows 2 thought bubbles with the girl thinking, "This is nice."... The guy's? "This is boring."
I think I was still quite young when I saw that so I didn't quite get it but now that I'm a little () older and hopefully also a little wiser, I think I totally get where it's going.
Speaking personally, I've had more encounters than I can count of physical encounters turning sexual without my looking for it. For those who know me, well... I mean, it's not that I've got anything against it? But sometimes, I'm actually just looking to be hugged/held... However you look it. For those who really know me, don't snigger. It's the truth!
I mean, it's not anything... but I think no matter how much a girl likes sex/sexual encounters... there's still going to be times when she's not looking for it and just wants something... well, comfortable!
Posted by eirene83 at 11:16 PM on October 22, 2007 in Music - Songs & Lyrics, Personal.
Wouldn't it be nice if we were older
Then we wouldn't have to wait so long
And wouldn't it be nice to live together
In the kind of world where we belong
I suppose being older does make a difference; being in a different position in life, being independent, actually working... But do we really belong anywhere, anyway? Maybe it would just be acting rashly thinking it would solve things if we live together?
You know its gonna make it that much better
When we can say goodnight and stay together
But that's the thing, isn't it? We did stay together... and it did seem like things were so much better... We got used to each other, learned how to live together; learned to compromise... but it's like a whole different set of problems came up. Or maybe it was the same thing, just in a different perspective?
Wouldn't it be nice if we could wake up
In the morning when the day is new
And after having spent the day together
Hold each other close the whole night through
Wouldn't it be nice if I didn't ever have to wake up again? To be able to just go to sleep and run away from everything. Oh, I don't mean to die... but yeah, just to be able to sleep and when I wake up, all those problems would be gone?
The happy times together we've been spending
I wish that every kiss was never ending
Oh Wouldn't it be nice
Though I think if all the happy memories we shared were really never ending, they wouldn't have been so happy...
Maybe if we think and wish and hope and pray it might come true
Baby then there wouldn't be a single thing we couldn't do
We could be married
And then we'd be happy
But even so, getting married wouldn't have solved any of our problems, would it? Probably would have made it worse...
Wouldn't it be nice
You know it seems the more we talk about it
It only makes it worse to live without it
But lets talk about it
Oh, wouldn't it be nice
Still, maybe if we had really talked about things... maybe we could have saved it? We did talk, but maybe about the wrong things... or maybe just not enough... Maybe if we've really tried to communicate?
Good night my baby
Sleep tight my baby
Maybe...
Posted by eirene83 at 12:30 AM on October 23, 2007.
Something that struck me recently: We remember best that which interests us the most.
I have pretty crap memory for a lot of the things I study because it frankly doesn't interest me much. But for those certain subjects that I really like, I tend to retain a lot more details. Like reading? Even with just one reading, I can safely say that I remember more details and lines from it then from studying. And that's when I'm not even trying.
There was this Archie Digest I read long ago: Basically the plot was how the guys did better than the girls in History and the girls blamed it on History just being too dry; nothing interesting. Yet, they could retain so much gossip because it was juicy.
Which is pretty much it: The more something is interesting and catches our attention. the more our mind remembers it. We pore over the details and we retain it. And even if it was long ago, even if we didn't study it for long, we remember it.
There's so much I can dredge from my memory: events so random that even the people who were involved forgot about it, details from pictures I scanned through once, books I read long ago. Anything that I saw with my own eyes...
Especially books. And photographs. But not very much anything to do with my studies.
Posted by eirene83 at 11:20 PM on October 24, 2007 in Thoughts, Personal.
I've just blazed through Phillip Pullman's Dark Materials trilogy in the past 3 days... and well, while I'm going to reserve comment regarding what I thought about the novel, there was something towards the end of the series that pricked my attention. Something random and trivial and I doubt many people would see that as a point of discussion...
But anyway! I was referring to towards the end when Lyra and Will tried to figure a way they could both be together. Different universes, neither can live the other's universe for long without coming to an early end, etc etc... And how in the end, they had to both return to where they came from, never ever be in touch and the only sort of connection between the two would be spending an hour a year sitting at a bench in a park and thinking about each other...
(Just a rant on that: Geeezzz!! One hour a year! The Celestial Lovers at least meet once a year! But I guess that's a sight better compared to PotC's Will and Elizabeth... They meet once every 10 years!!!)
Okay, diverging away from what I wanted to write about! Yes so, back to the topic of the whole not being able to see each other but still thinking about that. In a way, that's really a lot like how I see a long-distance relationship (LDR)...
You truly genuinely love a person, but circumstances just aren't right for you two to physically be together. But you remain in each other's thoughts. I'm not saying LDRs don't work but it takes a lot of work. But it's just so painful. To love someone but not be able to see them, yet going on with life as though they're physically a part of it. Not to see them, hear them or have their support except in your mind.
I know the argument for LDRs: our grannies and grandpas all did it before and managed successfully to keep in touch with letters. With all our modern technology, we should have it easier! But in a way, I think it's that same technology which makes it harder. To constantly hear someone's voice, see their faces, get their mails... Almost like they're right with you... Instantaneously... Yet not. I think we tend to want it all or nothing. Either always with you, or not... Not this almost in touch and together yet not quite thing... In a way, it plays havoc with your emotions than not...
So, that's what I thought reading about Lyra and Will... How painful a LDR really is and why in a way, I really wouldn't want to get involved in another one.
Posted by eirene83 at 02:37 AM on October 25, 2007.
Just yesterday I was telling my mom that what with Raya just over, the decorations that should be coming up in malls should be for Christmas. She didn't believe me. Since after all, Deepavali is next month so that should be the theme to come first...
Well, today I went shopping and lo and behold... I got jabbed by a very angry branch belonging to a plastic Christmas tree, bedecked in baubles and ribbons.
HAH!
Posted by eirene83 at 06:17 PM on October 26, 2007.
I just bought a couple of bottles of Sunseed food supplement which claimed to promote health and detoxification along with all claiming to improve hair and skin condition. On top of it, I can supposedly use it as a meal replacement! One cup of Sunseed mix of about 25g is supposed to be around 250kcal and I can drink it twice a day.
So I started thinking about, assuming I drink Sunseed for breakfast and dinner which makes 500kcal but have a super incredibly caloric-rich lunch which say, let's exaggerate here, is about 1500kcal... That should bring my daily intake to 200kcal.
Now, a person's metabolic rate is somewhere between 1500 - 2200 kcal depending on gender. This is how much our body will burn a day if we don't do any sort of activity but just be a couch potato. So that means if I just slump around the whole day and consume those 2 drinks and that lunch, I should be on my way to maintaining my weight, since I consume as much as I burn.
But let's face it, not many of us actually bum around the whole day not doing anything. Even as students. Even not going out, we'd probably be around the house playing computer or something. That counts as activity.
So let's take that diet of Sunseed meal replacement and heavy lunch into a day where I'm working, running around and going to the gym on top of all that. It would be logical to say that I would need a lot more that 1500kcal to support all those activity right? And if I'm only giving my body 1500kcal...
Well, let's just say no wonder I can lose weight! :D
Posted by eirene83 at 11:43 PM on October 27, 2007.
It's been a while since I last caught a movie so today I decided to check if anything was interesting. Which is how I ended up watching Stardust. I think it was among the first Neil Gaiman's novel I read, not counting Good Omens... and I was curious to see how it translated to the big screen.
In fact, heck, I didn't even know there was going to be a movie version of it til I saw today's paper. Michelle Pfeiffer as the Lilim queen? Hmmm, okayyy...
Anyhow... It was overall... an actually okay movie. Nice effects, maybe a bit overdone... and everything wraps up nice and neat, and oh so sweet, Hollywood style. I suppose you could say it's an entertaining movie to while away a hour or so.
But translation-wise? I think it should have just stayed a book instead. I tend to much prefer things as a book than a movie... So in that vein, I don't think I wanna go watch The Seeker... Have no interest to find out how they've butchered Mary Cooper's The Dark Is Rising series...
Posted by eirene83 at 12:40 AM on October 28, 2007 in Recipes.
Ingredients:
250g butter
350g chocolate
150g sugar
2 eggs
220g cake flour
Yeay, swirls of chocolate!
This isn't the first time I've made this, so I'm a little surprised by the difference between this and a previous batch I made... I suspect the difference is due to my mom making me smooth the tops of the brownies with a spoon dipped in water. That had the unfortunate effect of making the crust extremely... well, hard.
It's still chewy but it's not as moist, not to mention the crust resembles a French bread crust... Obviously, this is best eaten fresh and warm, with maybe a scoop of vanilla ice-cream but I wouldn't turn it down cold with a swirl of whipped cream! :D
Posted by eirene83 at 04:59 PM on October 30, 2007.
Always mentioned in connection with some well-meant action, usually birthdays or trying to help someone out. It just somehow implies like things didn't quite turn out the expected way but nevertheless was well appreciated because of the thought behind it.
It's a very overused line that is usually consolatory. In a way, I find it quite annoying since it's comes across a little patronising. The person tried hard... so just say thanks and be done with it. I dunno... To me, it's rather like, whatever the thing was, even if the event didn't fall out as planned, but the person spent a lot of time planning it and well... in a way, isn't that rather like how the person thinks of you?
Okay, better put, I guess what I'm trying to say is rather like the action planned is sort of like a condensed version of how that person is like and how they think of you. So sometimes, when you just wave it off with, it's the thought that counts or ignore the gift, you're also indirectly ignoring the effort and thought the person put into it.
I feel like any present or action in a way, shows how well that person knows us; their intentions and thoughts... So next time, think a little before smiling and saying it's okay since it's the thought that counts...
Oh well, just a thought anyway... After all, it's the thought that counts right?
Posted by eirene83 at 05:03 PM on October 30, 2007 in Recipes.
Ingredients:
Crust:
150g chocolate biscuits (I used those 3 teddies biscuits)
60g butter, melted
Cheesecake:
16oz cream cheese
100g sugar
2 eggs
60g heavy cream
1 cup brownie cubes
Ganache:
120g heavy cream
200g chocolate
I found this was one of the better cheesecake recipes I've ever come across. The cake was nicely done at the prescribed 45 minutes, not too cooked but also not so undercooked that the tester came out coated.
It's not too rich or sweet, like some of Secret Recipe's cakes and also not very dense. It has just the right texture to it without making you feel like you have a cannonball in your stomach after just one slice. The brownies kind of get a cheesecake texture after being chilled and the the chocolate ganache sets everything off nicely... In fact, it has a rather fudgy texture if you don't freeze it.
Overall, I like this recipe. It's easy, everything can be done in one bowl and there's leftover brownies too in case you feel like whipping up another batch!
Posted by eirene83 at 01:36 AM on October 31, 2007.
This phrase was made for people like me! Hehehe, there was an article in the Star today and I just read it out of boredom... Organiddling is basically where you do everything but that oh so important project due soon, a combination of organising and idling. You clear your trashcans, organise your pen holders, arrange your books, sort out your folders... But avoid that research sitting on your desk waiting for you.
In a way, I think a lot of my friends and I have been doing this since college. You know, it's where you're busily organising your folders, getting all that crisp white sheets of paper binded, tabbing important pages you need for your research, highlighting the main points... Everything but sitting down and getting that project produced.
Apparently, it is just that satisfying feeling of having produced and done a lot without actually getting anything done. Frankly, it's not much different from procrastination or just plain avoiding the whole thing... But apparently according to the article, it's good! And important for getting that right mind set for tackling the main project!
Hahaha, kind of like getting all those other things that's niggling on your mind off your mind so you can focus on the project! So, three cheers for organiddling!