sooner or later, we push up flowers

there are those times when you miss being home.

yes, i do admit, i like it overseas, if nothing else, the weather treats me better for the most part.

but when you wake up with a mindwrecking headache coupled with a hacking cough and cold and fever, there really is, nowhere like home.

when you're living on your own, even when you're sick, you still have to drag your body out to get your own meds, get your own drinks.. and meals. aye, you even have to do your laundry as there's no one else to do it for you.

and.. at times, it feels so depressing, that even sick you can't just lie in bed and snooze but you have to still do things, still study, still finish assignments.

at times like this mum, i definitely appreciate all you've done for me and how well you look after me all these years. and of course that you've armed me with an arsenal of what-to-get-medicine knowledge.

i miss home, i wish i could just curl under my covers and try get some sleep. and have someone tuck me in and tell me i'll be just fine.

=((



p/s: emo post will be deleted when i'm better. toodles~

crayons

We could learn a lot from crayons: some are sharp,
some are pretty,
some are dull,
some have weird names.

All are different colors,
but they all have to learn to live in the same box.

modern art and banksy

yea i've never been a fan of modern art and banksy, a british graffiti artist got it right.

he does seem to be the an exception.

some of banksy's work



interesting point of view, no? what say you?

mastercard

new power supply unit: $50
thermal compound paste: $10
a functioning wicket: PRICELESS


yay to my functioning computer and to ivan who actually took wicket apart and fixed everything and to my baby for giving me the prelim diagnostics and stuff.

oh and to vin for being able to stand for SO LONG last night, happy 21st babe!

may the force be with priceless wickets,
cheers~

my darling wicket

dear dear computer, please work..

i love you so much but i can't do anything with you shutting down every 10minutes. and i'm sure you're wrecking hell on your system =(

i can't even do my work or listen to my lectures anymore. please, why?

please let you be fixed once the psu's changed.. please? it will kill me if its the motherboard problem, and i know you know so too =(

*crosses fingers*

please, dear dear wicket *sobs* i can't live without you!

=((

may the force be with my poor dear overworked wicket.

time stop

I thought this was good



until i watched this:



sourced from here

freezing time in the grand central. one word for it: wow.

may the force be with the best pranks ever,
cheers~

angels and devils

i'm officially twenty one and i had a fabulous time =D

started out my weekend at VII.
it was the angel and devil themed night and can be seen, i went as a devil (;




saturday was spent at my bro's.. watched rocky balboa and then we went to Edward Scissorhands - the musical. it wasn't bad.. although a bit weird coz there's no singing and stuff.. it's like a very extended dance. wicked was still better but thanks to my big brother for taking me to the musical =D

they (my bro, madison, enghoe and nelly) took me home where they surprised me with a cake !
and lo and behold, my housemates too came out with twenty-one cupcakes! teehee, thanks ppl =D

my twenty one cupcakes that could smile at me =)

from my family's side

my housemates - ken, jien, vin and ivan

nelly and eng hoe

my bro and madison

ken lighting the candles

cutting the cake and..

trying to fish the candle out with my mouth where yea, the usual happened.
video of me having my face smashed into a cake (first time courtesy of madison and the second by my bro, lol) below

headed MercaDante last night for dinner with some friends. had a combined party with matthew, who's also born on aug 3rd, lol.

the organiser - jien lim! thanks babe, so much! =D

me and matty.. and our cakes

me and my mango gateau, courtesy of davis and guan =)

and... homer simpson decided to join in too, lol

twenty one ! though it looks like i'm saying i'm twelye, lol!

hers and his

group shot =)

penangites

davis, pei shan and jien

cal and ej

him trying not to be associated with us, lol

bri and ej

we then adjourned to the lounge

mamavin!

josh and jason

jee keng, pei shan and davis

ken-jien

wilson and cal

tracy

ivan and matthew

jee and pei shan

and look who turned up! LOL
thanks for taking the time dude =D

thanks everyone for making it a blast. and for taking the time to make it a really memorable twenty first =) i had a great time and really, it couldn't have been any better (;
cept maybe if fatty was here, hmm, but still he stayed as long as he could.

and of course for like.. all the presents, teehee, i always liked presents =p

BIG THANKS AGAIN
and for all the wishes and stuff, meloves so much !

may the force be with the sweet souls who made my twenty-first such a blast,
cheers~

T-W-E-N-T-Y-O-N-E

i'm TWENTY ONE! teehee!

more of my celebration(s) later!
lotsa love !

may the force be with the legal one,
cheers~

the diamond

and you will never keep a diet in our house

as i'm sure everyone who visited strawbunny blog can see that it has been dead for sometime. i blame it on the author touring europe so anyway, i decided to rescue it from somewhat total boredom with a guest post.

oh and i dual-posted it coz, well, hey, my hardwork! lol

this time, not grudgingly allowed by strawbunny (;

German Pop-Up Pancake

• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup flour
• 6 eggs
• 1/4 cup melted butter
• dash salt
• 1 tsp of vanilla essence
  
• Preheat oven at 400*F

The key to this recipe is to blend the ingredients together with a blender or food processor. Whisking it works but it doesn't turn out as smooth. Grease a muffin tray and half-fill each compartment.


Bake for 15 minutes, or until puffy and golden on top. If greased properly it should pop right out. Top up with strawberry jam (i find homemade strawberry jam taste tonnes better than the ones you buy off the shelves) and whipped cream.

to make strawberry jam, cut 250g of strawberries into small cubes and mix throughly with 250g of caster sugar in a pan. let it sit for an hour then add juice of half a lemon/orange and boil on a slow fire for 1 and a half hours or until it is thick and syrupy. add a bit of gelatin powder to make it more firm.

other serving suggestions include topping the puff pastry with whipped cream and adding ur favourite fruit.


Another favourite snack of mine is cheese baked oysters. paying 17 bucks for half a dozen of measley oysters causes havoc on my wallet so the best compromise is to make my own (;

Cheese Baked Oysters

1/2 c. unsalted butter, softened
4 lg. cloves garlic, finely minced
4 tbsp. fresh parsley, chopped
Fresh ground pepper to taste
mozzarella cheese
two mushrooms and slices of ham, cut into small pieces

a half dozen oysters

Preheat oven to 425*F. Thoroughly beat softened butter, garlic, parsley, mushrooms, ham and pepper with wooden spatula. Apply garlic butter mixture to oysters and sprinkle mozzarella generously on top. bake for 7 minutes. Serve garnished with a wedge of lemon.

made the pancakes for jien and kenneth this morning. and yes, it's homemade strawberry jam coz ms. jien lim doesn't like jam unless its made from real fruit. ken had to leave before i finished but at least jien seems to have enjoyed the pancakes loads, teehee. sorry vin! i make for you next week ok, promise! but at least u're on falls creek having tonnes of fun, not stuck down here like us, *sobs*sobs*

oysters were for our appetizers last night. sigh, after fatty left i kinda feel somewhat pointless hence turning back, once again, to baking.

anyway, yea, whatevs. i'm gonna get my life up and running again!
may the force be with fattening food,
cheers~