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Saturday, May 06, 2006

the past 2 weeks or so...

hello. ive been tremendously lazy to blog for the past 2weeks or so. the mass last sat went really well, thankyou everyone who came down =) relatives came, and the rest of the time till abt 4am fri night/sat morning ive been absorbed in da chang jin. i could rave about the show forever here, about how suave min zheng hao da ren is (and he is REALLY suave, like the dreamboat bf or sthg *GUSH*), how pretty and brave chang jin is, how cute the auntie and uncle are, how i cry during the tenderest scenes (which involve nothing more than the usual period drama kind of placing of the girl's head demurely on the guy's chest -- sadly HAHA)... etcetcetc...woah. but i think i shan't, although i prob already have. in between the times i've been curled up in bed absorbed in the kitchen antics, perils and romance of THAT show on my laptop, i actually found time and had the consciousness to go out. Which, i believe, is truly amazing. Although i truly doubt my clarity of mind for these past few days. But its over. i've survived through nearly 70hrs of korean palace rivalry, getting really hungry for korean food in the meantime. i'm still reeling in the aftermath of the drama, the happiness of the ending, im even considering rewatching the blissful last episode. thank goodness there's no more for now. phew.

i shall blog photos from the past 2wks. however, i'm really wondering why when i go out with people, i end up taking pictures of the food, instead of the company. maybe i really wasnt really clear in my head then.

met up for the afternoon with pretty pretty shiyun! FINALLY! her exams ended and we finally found time to meet up. dear male friends who have designs on her, she is happily attached, so hands off please.

my melting centre chocolate cake! =) i finally bought little single portion sized ramekins - glassware for souffles/cakes/other stuff that can withstand oven temperatures. so i finally made 8 little choc cakes with oozy melted orange flavoured chocolate in the centre!

my cousin jingxian, who's studying medicine in msia, and came on holiday with my paternal aunts. we went kboxing together! we've been close since we were little girls, together with her younger brother. the 3 of us would play like mad whenever i went back to msia, and i still fondly remember our antics with the masakmasak, wrapping each other up in the blankets with various other (plastic toy) ingredients to make human popiahs, playing burglar whereby her little bro always has to be the burglar and we get to thrash him up (HAHA). and when we were older, just chit chatting about life and love. gosh i really love her and her bro =)

my dad's 4 sisters who came to sg for a sisters' outing (minus the grandchildren THANKGOODNESS). any resemblance there?

i baked this m&m cookie on a whim and a bored labour day morning. tasted nice, but i thought it was too cakey. perhaps i made them too thick, therefore they were less crunchy. tastes fantastic heated up with chocolate icecream though =)

went for lunch at the caffebar at parkway with zhenzhen =) and i had this delicious chocolate macaroon! woohoo! a prelude to my trip to France where i shall seek out the famed macaroons from the houses of Laduree, Pierre Hermes, Mariage Freres, Jean-Paul Hevin and more!

REALLY DAMN FREAKING DELICIOUS PANINI from Menotti! gosh. paninis are italian grilled sandwiches. i usually love the caprese salad (consisting of alternating layers of sliced vine tomatoes and beef mozarella cheese, with basil leaves) but i felt like having something warm and savoury. therefore i ordered the panini capri, which was SO GOOD I STILL DREAM ABOUT IT. the bread was so fragrant, and the basil pesto in it (the green parts) flavoured the whole thing perfectly. i am going back for more.

the oozy cheese from the DREAMBOAT PANINI. i want another one right now =(

lawrence's cannelloni, also from menotti, which we also agreed was very good. however, it was generally agreed that we both liked the panini more! haha. okay we were here for dinner before ballroom lessons, and we had alot of time to spare, so we decided to have a good meal, esp with his $30 menotti voucher HAHA. we spent about $35 in all, which wasnt very expensive still considering the quality of food we had.

lawrence with his cannelloni! ohoh and there's a glass of my favourite st pellagrino gassy water in the picture too! haha... to me, that's the perfect water with a meal. its gassy such that it's refreshing, but not too gassy that it makes me bloat up. so wonderful =)

ok and now i have to gush about our dessert. i cant remember the name of this dessert, but it was damn good. better than the panini good. these are choux pastry (the same kind as cream puffs but without the custard/cream) with vanilla gelato inside, topped with a generous helping of cocoa powder, chopped chocolate bits, and chopped nuts. the vanilla gelato wasnt melty but it was melt-in-your-mouth, wonderful texture. it had a wonderful flavour too, detected a hint of orange in it, so perfect. so wonderful. im so glad im dragging fiona, yun, ruth and grace there again on tues. haha whee!

other than all these, we also had a bbq for my dad's friends on sun night, which went really well. i seasoned all the food and they were delicious! (DUH right) haha his friend also brought over a choc fountain which we had lots of fun dipping fruits, biscuits and icecream into! =) oh and there was that girly outing on tues night to timbre with cel, chiara, xuan, and cel's friends vanessa and alison too =)

ohoh and i PASSED M1! whee! i can be M2! i survived 1 yr of guyton, snell, berne&levy, MMS, jack's essays, junquiera and more!

life is good now. i think i shall move on to rewatching that "tian zi zi" last episode of da chang jin now. =)

lin~*
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