Official Annoucement

It has been so long. I have shifted blog since 2009 owing to a dispute with some colleagues.

Recently, I keep coming back to read the old posts. I've been blogging since 2004. That is a long time. I have never stopped blogging, so this means 7 years of life recorded on the internet.

Talking about connection, I am not very IT savvy and I keep falling behind times. MSN? No longer there. Friendster is just ancient. Facebook, I deactivated it today due to some personal reasons. Twitter? Never got the hang of it. Android? Truth is, there are so many of them I dunno how to choose so I give up trying to choose.

I doubt anyone is reading this blog since it has been defunct for more than two years. If you are reading this, hello. This is a surprise and you are truly, to quote a friend, "rare".

Au revior, but not here anymore.

Christmas Preparations

2 more weeks to this year's Christmas Eve Dinner. Dad bought an oven last week at Best denki, so this year, guys, expect alot more roast and baked stuff! I'm in the midst of testing out Christmas recipes. Here is a sneak preview:

Apple Cake:

Ham and Cheese Muffins:

I really hope all my invited guests can turn up. So fast it is 4+2+3+2=11, plus me and my mum and sis, it will be 14 of us. Gawd..and I really hope the table can squeeze so many of us =/ It will be a really really tight squeeze. Eugene reckons my table can only sit 10. Thinking of it...yes my table can probably only sit 10. I have to lay the table somemore so it wouldnt be just putting chairs.

Speaking of laying out things..I think my house doesnt have enough christmas decorations. Hope you all dont mind la.

Here is a list of the Christmas dishes which I may be preparing:

Roast Turkey, Baked Ham, Baked Pasta, Black Pepper Seafood Spaghetti, Shephard's Pie, Grilled Spareribs/Chicken Wings, some soup...and I'm still thinking and consulting my cookbooks.

Desserts/Appetisers: Siena Chocolate Cake, Apple and Cinnamon Cake, Non-bake cheese cake, Ham & Cheese Muffin, Chocolate muffins, Jam muffins, noodles, crab mayo crackers, salads, prawn dips, ice cream and sashimi! (Anything more u would like, pls tell me!)

Drinks: Sparkling, Juices, Lemon Tea. (Enough?), I would love to make cocktails, but wait till I lay my hands on recipes..

A New Dawn

Some friends are truly meant to be there. Whichever situation you meet with, there is bound to be someone you think of immediately. Such beauty in friendship, must be treasured. Such comfort in companionship, must not be taken for granted.

It seems, that perhaps there might be some headway to the current problem I face. Yes, there is some effort to salvage the situation. Though spoken words cannot be reverted easily, they must be burried if there's something more important to hold on to than hurt and hatred.


To my friends
I am sorry I missed out the gathering today. But...I will put in my efforts to create a pleasant and of course, sumptuous Christmas tea party this year. It is my way of saying I genuinely treasure our friendship. Every mouthful that all of you might eat are going to be made with my loving hand. Aww...I didnt mean to be mushy, but I am just grateful. Besides, cooking is one of my hobbies other than stitching and reading about art and history.

Sidetrack..
Honestly, I think if I were living in the past where Statistics, Specialist Measurements, Physics of Buildings and those annoying brain clogging stuff belong only to egoistic men, I would be a very fine lady indeed. But, whatevers, hecks! I am a modern lady with the intelligence of both tradition and progression.

Anyway, Fumin sms me and told me about the girls' suggestions of an overnight party. Fabulous! We will be inviting Christmas together. This gave me the idea of a traditional dinner party.

Traditionally, a Christmas eve supper should be held in candlelight after the stars come out. AND, one should traditionally stay awake throughout the midnight. You can see some resemblence here to our Chinese New Year eve tradition, haha. But in our case, we might most probably be playing Mahjong through the night after we have christmas dinner.

Basically I will skip all the weird games that children play during parties. Dont worry we will not be playing muscial chairs or biting apples that are hung by the string. Neither will we be throwing flour at each other. Hence the most important part of the Christmas party will be the Christmas Eve dinner. I will have quite a number of guests including my family. Gosh...I wonder how the table is going to fit. Plus my dinning room is not exactly airy and we are going to eat under candle light...somebody will be complaining it is too hot! Haha..

Now, I will have to rack my brain for Christmas recipes. I really love cooking but since my oven broke down 2 years ago I havent baked any cakes. However, I see my daddy looking for cheapo ovens at supermarkets nowadays. Perhaps he does miss my apple cakes after all =) Thick apple cakes with real apple made syrup poured onto it..yummy! If he manages to get an oven before Christmas, then I will be baking lots of goodies including cakes, muffins, sweet breads and other things you tend to see only in books. However, if he doesnt, I may have to buy them. I totally cannot tolerate Christmas without at least 5 different kinds of cake.

This year, I may have to work out things on a tighter budget. It wouldnt be gracious to ask guests to pay. So I will try my best to provide sparkling, fruit punch, finger food, chocolates, cakes, muffins, etc etc....and at least 10 dishes for main course. And I hope you all wont be bored just listening to Christmas carols. I will have to checkout what Starhub cable tv offers on the night of Christmas eve. I hope there will be something good otherwise you all will brand me a lousy host, haha.

My next few posts will be on Christmas recipes. Time to get into some actions to forget the negative feelings. Feel free to tag and give comments in case my taste in food is different from you guys! And ya...expect to receive my official invitation in about a week's time! I will be writing them out. The theme is traditional, remember?

And perhaps I will buy Christmas hats for everyone to wear during the party!!

Happy holidays~

Post Exam III

I woke up with an immense throbbing pain in my heart this afternoon. The pain made me lie in bed for a very long time. It set me crying and set me thinking.

When I got up, I went to take a look at all my fish tanks. I took a quick note that all of them are alive. But I sense no happiness. Then I looked at my planted tank. More grass are dead. One of the stem plants had broke into two. A stalk of hair grass had disrooted and is floating on the water surface. The suction of the hang on filter is stuck with dead leaves. But I didnt feel anxiety or panic or frustration as I should have. All I could think of is the ringing words of his distain in my hobby. All these that I am doing...each day, each morning, each evening, each time he is not there with me. These things, he shows no interest in. He rather I did not have them.

But I proceeded to switch on the lights, clean the tanks, add the fertilisers, feed the fishes. I felt monotonous. There seem to be no point, no happiness in doing these. And then I saw a tank, where a female had dropped fry. I didnt feel delighted. I didnt feel excited. Because all I saw was his disinterested face when I try to share my excitment with him.

I scooped out the fry and I took a picture of them. But...the excitement, the happiness...are absent.

If I cannot share such happiness and excitement in my life with you. What more can I do? What am I supposed to share with you? What can I share with you to make you happy? What? What?