Got really tired and bored from studying in the library now. Then I decide that it's important to update my blog. Haha... Juz finish dinner at Rumours again - fish head noodles, as I'm too busy to cook today (suppose to be studying remember). Haha...
I remember having this conversation with my friend the other day. You know who you are! Haha...
Imagine this scenario:
You went for a night out and your NEW bf - Mr X, is there too. Both you and Mr X got really really drunk. You wake up, barely remember what happened last night but realise that both of you are naked.
Then... Opps... You realise that in your drunken state last night, you poo-ed (YES! SHIT!) ON THE BED. How horrible is that! How very very embarrassing! You could very well die of shame. So, you start to panic and try to cover it before he wakes up.
BUT, wait a minute! You can't change the bedsheets without waking him up! And no way can you clean the mess of poo and cover that smell!
So, what do you do?
A very ingenious Ms Y found a solution. She quickly wakes up Mr X and says: LOOK WHAT YOU HAVE DONE (pointing at the poo) !!!
5.3.08
4.3.08
Food Week
Time to update my blog again before I forgot about everything. Keke... Slightly busier (read: Lazier) last week. Haha...
3 events are held last week.
FIRST - STRATHCLYDE UNI
CNY event held by Strathclyde Uni (which is my school). There are performance by dunno who. Like dragon dance and etc... They manage to find loads of children to perform some chinese dance which is good. But I would think the locals enjoyed it more since most are amused by them. People said the food is good. Restaurant food - Rumours sponsored as well! But apparently, it's soooo good that by the time I'm there, everything's GONE!!! ArrGGhhh... (And I plan to have dinner there - FREE restaurant food!) Determined not to leave empty handed, I queue at the chinese calligraphy stall and get a bookmark with my name nicely written. Haha... There's latern making and paper cutting as well, but too lazy to queue.
Results: Off to Rumours (which is now my favourite restaurant) for REAL dinner.
SECOND - GLASGOW UNI
Glasgow Uni held a Gobal Village event where representatives from 15 countries each cook their country's specialities and we eat & eaT & EAT. Well, maybe not eat & eat & eat since there are not enough food. Couldn't even find a fork until much later. Thought I found a Coco cake at the persian stall. It's actually Coo Coo, which is ahem... gooy extreme vegetable-ish thingy. Like the curry from the malaysian stall and almond cake from the german stall most. By everything's gone when I go for a second round. Well... Coo Coo is still there! Haha...
(Seems like the organiser finds it most apt to place the Singapore stall next to the Malaysia stall. Or is it purely coincidental? Haha...)
3 events are held last week.
FIRST - STRATHCLYDE UNI
CNY event held by Strathclyde Uni (which is my school). There are performance by dunno who. Like dragon dance and etc... They manage to find loads of children to perform some chinese dance which is good. But I would think the locals enjoyed it more since most are amused by them. People said the food is good. Restaurant food - Rumours sponsored as well! But apparently, it's soooo good that by the time I'm there, everything's GONE!!! ArrGGhhh... (And I plan to have dinner there - FREE restaurant food!) Determined not to leave empty handed, I queue at the chinese calligraphy stall and get a bookmark with my name nicely written. Haha... There's latern making and paper cutting as well, but too lazy to queue.
Results: Off to Rumours (which is now my favourite restaurant) for REAL dinner.
SECOND - GLASGOW UNI
Glasgow Uni held a Gobal Village event where representatives from 15 countries each cook their country's specialities and we eat & eaT & EAT. Well, maybe not eat & eat & eat since there are not enough food. Couldn't even find a fork until much later. Thought I found a Coco cake at the persian stall. It's actually Coo Coo, which is ahem... gooy extreme vegetable-ish thingy. Like the curry from the malaysian stall and almond cake from the german stall most. By everything's gone when I go for a second round. Well... Coo Coo is still there! Haha...
(Seems like the organiser finds it most apt to place the Singapore stall next to the Malaysia stall. Or is it purely coincidental? Haha...)
Results: Off to Rumours for REAL dinner again. (What a waste of my 5 pounds entry ticket! Haha)
THIRD - EDINBURGH UNI
In the same week, Edinburgh Uni held a Singapore food festival. So, off we go to Edinburgh. We seems to be going wherever there's food. Haha... So, 5 pounds later, still a hungry me. Not enough food again!
Miss BAPSRC
Met Miss BAPSRC (Bitchy-Arrogant-Preppy-Snotty-Rude-n-Cocky) at the mee siam stall who is a volunteer in the event. Actually, all are volunteers. Asked for 2 portions since I'm taking one for Leslie as well. After passing one to me, Miss BAPSRC held the 2nd bowl up and ask in the most stuck-up BAPSRC manner "Who is this for?".
"I'm taking it for my friend", I said. Not convinced, she refuse to pass it to me and continue to stand in a 'I think I'm a super model' position (one hand still holding the bowl high up like it contains gold and the other at her waist) looking at me in a 'I-don't-believe-you-so-i'm-not-giving-it-to-you' look. Meanwhile, holding up the other 20 odd people in the queue. A minute after me standing dumbfounded and flabbergasted at such a suggestion, another volunteer quickly take the bowl from her and pass it to me , telling her that she can't do that. Looking back after I walked away from the stall, I saw her vicious eyes following me like she's gonna crucify me if she caught me eating the bowl of mee siam. What an idiot!
Great, so after spending money and time on the train to Edinburgh and money on the event ticket, still leaving hungry, I'm probably now known as the trying-to-cheat-them-out-of-a-bowl-of-mee siam-gal.
Note: All portions/bowl are only a mouthful as they are in the most pathetic tasting portion size.
So, that's my week... And on Sunday, I'm watching - The Ultimate Crime Fighter at home. Really nice. Going to finish it soon. :-)
28.2.08
Silverburn @ Pollock
NEW Shopping Center !!! Easily one of the nicest in Glasgow opened about 2 months ago. I finally make my way there yesterday. Surprisingly near, the bus takes only 10mins from the city center.
Quite a handful of the shops are not open yet. The 'garden' is still under going renovation. But, as I say, the official opening is 2 month ago, so that's 2 months too late to visit! Haha...
In contrast, few minutes away from the shopping center is the famous Pollocks Country Park and Burrell Collection. This is one of the tourist attractions in Glasgow that I have been meaning to visit since day 1. Still planning. Haha...
So, back to Silverburn...
Had sushi there for lunch and it's erm... okie.
Quite a handful of the shops are not open yet. The 'garden' is still under going renovation. But, as I say, the official opening is 2 month ago, so that's 2 months too late to visit! Haha...
In contrast, few minutes away from the shopping center is the famous Pollocks Country Park and Burrell Collection. This is one of the tourist attractions in Glasgow that I have been meaning to visit since day 1. Still planning. Haha...
So, back to Silverburn...
Had sushi there for lunch and it's erm... okie.
- Picture 1 - La Tasca is there too! One of the restaurants I frequent as they have Tapas for a Tenner for lunch. Keke...
- Picture 2 - The sushi bar
- Picture 3 - Me sitting in a nice comfortable couch overlooking the sushi bar
- picture 4 - Me in the plush couch again!
So, I can't help showing off the nice place where I'm sitting and having an afternoon tea break. With plush sofa, immaculate carpet, nice view, relax ambience, bla bla bla... Guess where I am?
Cheapo Starbucks! Haha...
Eating aside, I bought 2 new tops. So, successful trip after all! Will definately be back! Haha...
25.2.08
Tau Suan
You should notice my new background by now. Gosh, took me hours to figure out how to change my HTML correctly. Only took a basic HTML class years ago and I forgot almost everything. Luckily the internet got very basic guides for dummies. Haha...
The next thing I'm going to change will be my Header. Will need to create one with photoshop first. Hope I'll get that up and running soon. Else this current header looks horrendous with my background.
Oh... And you noticed my 'More than you ever wanted to know... About me' section? :-)
Guess what I made yesterday... TAU SUAN.
Decide to make it as the recipe looks really simple. Like a 5 mins job. Turns out... Well actually I'm sure it's still a very simple dish but for me... I spend hours trying to get the texture right.
That stupid recipe says add in sugar then sweet potato flour to thicken. I kept adding sweet potato flour consistently till I used up like half a packet and it's still really watery. Suddenly, the syrup thickens. Phew... Finally...
And... It continues to thicken and thicken and thicken... STOP! But it wouldn't stop. Sonn, I'm left with a very thick gluey goo. Opps... So, I kept throwing out the goo, adding water, adding sugar, throwing out the goo, adding water, adding suger
And I continue the 'throw out the goo, add water, add suger' routine for an hour before it's finally decent... Think the secret trick is to give the syrup 10 mins to slowly thickens up before you decide if it needs more flour. Okie, so maybe it's not so much a secret trick. So maybe, most people knows that. BIG DEAL. :-p
Well, at least it taste like tau suan. Bought the yu tiao from the chinese supermarket. 80p each!!! What a rip-off. No choice, just got to pay for that expensive yu tiao as what I like best about tau suan is not the tau suan itself but the yu tiao. It only taste nice after it's soggy with the syrup.
On the same evening, Damus and Angel cooked this herbal chicken. Very good. Next cooking adventure: I'll try the Pork Chops that they made last week. They are now officially my cooking tester - they try out recipes and if it's good I'll try it shortly. Haha...
The next thing I'm going to change will be my Header. Will need to create one with photoshop first. Hope I'll get that up and running soon. Else this current header looks horrendous with my background.
Oh... And you noticed my 'More than you ever wanted to know... About me' section? :-)
Guess what I made yesterday... TAU SUAN.
Decide to make it as the recipe looks really simple. Like a 5 mins job. Turns out... Well actually I'm sure it's still a very simple dish but for me... I spend hours trying to get the texture right.
That stupid recipe says add in sugar then sweet potato flour to thicken. I kept adding sweet potato flour consistently till I used up like half a packet and it's still really watery. Suddenly, the syrup thickens. Phew... Finally...
And... It continues to thicken and thicken and thicken... STOP! But it wouldn't stop. Sonn, I'm left with a very thick gluey goo. Opps... So, I kept throwing out the goo, adding water, adding sugar, throwing out the goo, adding water, adding suger
And I continue the 'throw out the goo, add water, add suger' routine for an hour before it's finally decent... Think the secret trick is to give the syrup 10 mins to slowly thickens up before you decide if it needs more flour. Okie, so maybe it's not so much a secret trick. So maybe, most people knows that. BIG DEAL. :-p
Well, at least it taste like tau suan. Bought the yu tiao from the chinese supermarket. 80p each!!! What a rip-off. No choice, just got to pay for that expensive yu tiao as what I like best about tau suan is not the tau suan itself but the yu tiao. It only taste nice after it's soggy with the syrup.
On the same evening, Damus and Angel cooked this herbal chicken. Very good. Next cooking adventure: I'll try the Pork Chops that they made last week. They are now officially my cooking tester - they try out recipes and if it's good I'll try it shortly. Haha...
23.2.08
Pineapple Tarts
My 'auntie' life continues daily after my last midnight supermarket trip...
Yesterday, I woke up thinking of Coffee Spareribs. Think I probably dreamt about eating them, and I couldn't get it out of my mind for the entire day. Actually, I only had them once before. With Kelly at this posh chinese restaurant where her auntie works few years ago. Btw, her auntie makes excellent dim sum and most importantly, she gave us very generous discount! haha... So, I surf the internet for the recipe. Go to Tesco again to buy the ingredients. Nescafe Gold and used pork belly instead of spareribs. And the tomato sauce I used are free from MacDonalds. Haha... Kept them in the fridge after I had my takeaway from Mac weeks ago. Glad that I didn't throw them away, else I got to make another trip to the supermarket again. Like twice a week is not enough!!! Okie, too much details. Before I bore the shit out of everyone, let go to the results...
This time, even if I'm an auntie, I'm a super duper one! Haha... Recipe is given to me by Angel (Think that's another 'auntie' in the making! Ohhh... and not forgetting Leslie, I mean, at what age do people hold dinner parties? Auntie Leslie held one last Wednesday. Haha...)
Six hours later. Tada...
Picture 1: Freshly baked from oven
Picture 2: Glazed and waiting for the oven...
Picture 3: My 6 hours worth of Pineapple Tarts (Some idiots told me that my flower design looks like nipples! Argghhh!!!)
Picture 4: My improvised equipments - Beer bottle as rolling pin and straw as brush.
Next time, I'm gonna buy the proper pineapple tart's mould to make them. Well, after a tedious 6 hours, I think next time will most probably be a couple of years later. Haha...
And, the 'auntie' work doesn't ends there...
COFFEE SPARERIBS
Yesterday, I woke up thinking of Coffee Spareribs. Think I probably dreamt about eating them, and I couldn't get it out of my mind for the entire day. Actually, I only had them once before. With Kelly at this posh chinese restaurant where her auntie works few years ago. Btw, her auntie makes excellent dim sum and most importantly, she gave us very generous discount! haha... So, I surf the internet for the recipe. Go to Tesco again to buy the ingredients. Nescafe Gold and used pork belly instead of spareribs. And the tomato sauce I used are free from MacDonalds. Haha... Kept them in the fridge after I had my takeaway from Mac weeks ago. Glad that I didn't throw them away, else I got to make another trip to the supermarket again. Like twice a week is not enough!!! Okie, too much details. Before I bore the shit out of everyone, let go to the results...
Let's just say that the taste is not exactly the one I'm thinking of. Haha...
And... This last section is specially dedicated to my mom. As everybody knows, my speakers are broken. So... My new speakers! (Believe me, I got really cheap ones from Amazon!) So please don't forget to return the money back to me. You could add it into March allowance. Haha...
21.2.08
My New Books
I'll so wait till next month before I'll be buying my HDD. Another 10 more days. And the reason: So bloodly obvious! Arrggghhhh!!! Well, meanwhile, the books I ordered from Amazon arrived 2 days ago.
Been busy reading Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella. She's currently my favourite author, responsible for writing the funny and witty shopaholic series. The only fault I find in her books: taking too much time to write them. Haha... Think I'll start reading The Appeal by John Grisham a few days later. Btw, that's his lastest book. I got it at 50% disc from Amazon. So much cheaper then Borders.
I thought I'll start on The Appeal immediately by currently, there's something alot more interesting. One of TVB lastest drama series: Wasabi Mon Amour <和味濃情>
I'm currently at episode 10. Not as funny as I expect it to be but tentatively, still beats reading The Appeal. Haha... Now that I mention TVB, my mind automatically starts thinking about Edison Chen sex scandal. It intrigues me so much that I'm constantly checking for updates. I mean, how often do you hears news like that! Involving not one BUT SOME of the top actresses in HK. My sympathy goes all out to Bobo Chan - Quit the entertainment circles for the wedding then wedding called off becoz of the pics! OMG! Don't expect me to give you the website for the photos thou'. Haha... :-p
19.2.08
Annoyed with printer!
At last my printer arrive today. Canon MX310. Tried playing with it 
and realise that there are only TWO ink cartridges. Not the 4 or 5 individual colour ink cartridges that I would like! In fact, I have to replace the entire ink head thingy, which means, the cartridges are alot more expensive than usual. Even the non-canon, compatible ones.
Haiz... And I spent hours and hours looking into them. I'm so sure it has individual ink cartridges. Went back to the website and it's not written there. Think I saw a cheaper one with individual cartridges and just automatically assume that all those that are more expensive will come with this function. Apparently not! And I'm still laughing happily, thinking I got a good deal that cost only 2 pounds more and comes with fax funtion! Not without a catch!
Arggghhhhh~!~!~! Like it won't get any worse, my speakers just miraculously stop working today. Won't make any sound except a very loud 'zzezeezeeezee' sound. Even after I turned the volume off! :-(
Well, at least the printer looks cool... At least, I'm getting new speakers soon... Next on my list - external HDD. Couldn't make up my mind if I should get a portable one - lighter, smaller, do not need to be plugged into electricity point BUT less space for the same price, to a not desktop one. Western digital and Iomega both have nice glossy ones. But, how, how... Need it quick, need it quick... Got no more hard disk storage space...
and realise that there are only TWO ink cartridges. Not the 4 or 5 individual colour ink cartridges that I would like! In fact, I have to replace the entire ink head thingy, which means, the cartridges are alot more expensive than usual. Even the non-canon, compatible ones.Haiz... And I spent hours and hours looking into them. I'm so sure it has individual ink cartridges. Went back to the website and it's not written there. Think I saw a cheaper one with individual cartridges and just automatically assume that all those that are more expensive will come with this function. Apparently not! And I'm still laughing happily, thinking I got a good deal that cost only 2 pounds more and comes with fax funtion! Not without a catch!
Arggghhhhh~!~!~! Like it won't get any worse, my speakers just miraculously stop working today. Won't make any sound except a very loud 'zzezeezeeezee' sound. Even after I turned the volume off! :-(
Well, at least the printer looks cool... At least, I'm getting new speakers soon... Next on my list - external HDD. Couldn't make up my mind if I should get a portable one - lighter, smaller, do not need to be plugged into electricity point BUT less space for the same price, to a not desktop one. Western digital and Iomega both have nice glossy ones. But, how, how... Need it quick, need it quick... Got no more hard disk storage space...
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