i think i like to bake when i'm feeling kinda stressed up. but then baking takes me one whole day already.
abstinence from baking from now till after exams.

and weather is getting much colder now since its winter and i have the freaking urge to buy clothes. so many sales! stock-take sales, mid-year sales, etc...DAMNIT.

photos of tiramisu i made recently. didnt like the texture but the taste was there....will attempt making it again with another recipe.

tiramisu, pandan cake, jap cheesecake...all these on my waiting list.

kinda baked a few more stuff like cinnamon rolls and apple cake (more like bread tho) but no photos available ;) i will try baking again another time....HOLIDAYS ARE FOR FULL-FLEDGED BAKING! muahahahhaha!!!
exams.......SIGH...i need to get started soon. someone pass me something that can help me concentrate please?!????

exams are nearing

so many assignments, so many presentations. so many things due before exams

and exams are in a month's time. it sucks, and this has been the only time i feel so helpless. it's so bad cuz i don't freaking understand what has been taught for the past 3 months. it's so so horrible cuz i have never not understood big chunks of lectures/big chunks of material. i think now i understand the use of frequent tests. really really helpful.

and it doesn't help matters when 75% of the entire subject's mark is taken up by the exam grades.

what can i do but help myself since it's my grades and i can't rely on others for exams? sigh.


tried baking pandan cake for the very first time recently and sad to say it wasnt very successful. didn't have the lightness of a pandan chiffon cake and the airyness. it was too crumbly and a little too moist. i must perfect it.

so sick of studying. BUT I MUST GET THE FKING DEGREE.

new school term

it's the start of a new term after a 2-week break.

during hols i've went to melbourne for the easter weekend, which actually wasn't good enough as most shops were closed. but owell...did enjoy myself.

and i've tried baking 2 cakes, NY cheesecake and strawberry shortcake. i think it's kinda influenced by my mum who likes baking...but i havent actually baked whole cakes before. so this was my first time baking those.

didn't turn out perfect but was alright. i'll improve on those someday, after i try baking other stuff. (photos on facebook, lazy to repost it here)
those on my mind are japanese light cheesecake, marble cake, pandan cake. anymore suggestions?

rest of the holidays were spent slacking and watching some episodes of a korean drama. how i wish i could slack for much much longer...

back to sch, and kinda sucky when sch reopens, first day, u get an assignment.
owell...guess tt's uni life. enjoy while it lasts eh?

unlucky day

woke up a little later than usual in the morning but still managed to get out of the house in time to catch the bus. an li wanted to leave with me, but she needed another 10 more mins to get ready so i told her i can't afford to wait...so i left first.

so happened that i sat down on the seat in the bus, 15 minutes later i alighted at my destination. then i realised, the back of my jeans were damp, and that wasn't right cuz i definitely can control my bladder. touched it numerous times to make sure i wasn't hallucinating, and then i put my fingers to my nose and to my utmost horror, it didn't smell pleasant.

i think that's karma, for not waiting for an li

rushed back taking the next bus, immediately washed my jeans (smelled kinda like hamster pee, but nah i know it's human pee...) and showered.

missed my lecture just because of that...sigh.

was wondering what else would go wrong in one day....

then came practical session..we had to count number of cells infected with bacteria among the heaps of cells present. and i got sick, car sick kinda sick. nausea, dizziness, shortness of breath... i''m so not kidding...it was that bad, i could only count one slide while wen counted the rest. thank god i'm not doing it alone. thank you wen!!!! *bows 90 degrees*

didnt feel well so i had to take a short nap at zhan's place while waiting for dinner to be ready. now am still not feeling completely well but no worries, will be okay after sleeeeep.

heading to melbourne tmr night....HOLIDAYS!!!
but shucks. assignments due in a week's time. sigh....

life kinda sucks sometimes hey?

retail therapy in the market

mid-sem break soon, can't wait. but there's lots of things left to be done before i can 'relac one corner'. blame myself for my inconsistent work, and my laziness/tiredness being more dominant than my motivation.

prepared dinner twice in a row. and i cooked bittergourd as well as 丝瓜 (silkgourd). so happy!!! didnt know 丝瓜 is seasonal and 2 weeks ago i was craving for it and now it's here! the elation of seeing the familiar gourd, you wouldn't understand unless you wanted it as badly as i did. =D but of course, if it's demand is low, prices aren't good as well. but once in a while, i'm satisfied.

one more month, and it will be my bro's ROM. can't wait....can't wait....

tt's all the updates i have. lazy to post photos up+my eyes are closing soon.

the end of 2nd wk, the start of a new wk

apologies for the late update...been pretty lazy to type out an entry on what's happening around here, but now i'm pretty bored and after having finished watching new episodes of ugly betty and grey's anatomy (new season finally!!), i suddenly remembered i own a blog that has been forsaken..

so...updates!

the 2nd wk of a new semester has ended, and a new one's about to start in a few more hours. assignments haven't been plenty yet, but soon. and with my bad habit of doing last minute work, i can't seem to find the drive to start off reports soon enough. of course i will get them done eventually, i HAVE to, definitely with deprivation of sleep.

apart from school stuff, we now have new additions to the clique, with of course a few who left us after one sem ended. it's fun too, with all having the same nationality, u would understand things being said and dont really have to speak proper english, so that's what i call ultimate relaxation =) and mahjong sessions has been a weekly affair. which is good as well cuz i can improve on my playing. haha! i know my mum definitely wont like it tho...;)

everyone has been taking turns to cook dinner almost everyday now, which is gd. and i tried frying beehoon, which was quite disappointing since it didnt have the flavour i'm used to with mama's version. i seriously don't know what's lacking.....sigh.

i need more ideas on what to prepare for future dinners. dishes to accompany rice/porridge, or other one-dish stuff...anyone wants to help me??

weather's been pretty drastic, on days it can reach as high as 31, as low as 17. okay not that drastic but yeah, sometimes i wish it would be more consistent......

recently i have been to henley beach, first time there and it's really nice (except for all the seaweed/sea plants or whatever u call them floating on the water). sun, sand, sea...ahhh....

ooo and i've tried kangaroo meat last wk as well, after my friend bought a chunk to roast. tastes of...hm...meat? like how beef has it's own smell and pork as well, it tastes of kangaroo. haha! it isn't that bad.....rather pleasant taste. and texture's a little like beef, only more tender.

yeah i guess thats most of the stuff that's happening around and to me now. hope everyone's doing fine and still healthy, since the flu virus has been going around infecting people happily. drink more water, get more sleep, and practice proper hygiene...i believe these are the most basic and important steps to keeping viruses at bay. so take care everyone =)

it'll be goodbye soon

shit man. only a week left in sg, and i can't bear to leave. sigh sigh sigh........

what's worse is that my bro's ROM is on Vesak day (May) AND IT'S NOT MY HOLIDAYS!!! arrrrgggghhhh!!!!

life's been good...surprises spring up once in a while which spices things up. and i'm really thankful for the people who make my life so wonderful.....

i'm so fortunate. really.

it's all the little blessings that count.