Ok the blasts for the past need to stop RIGHT NOW.
Freeeeeaking me out seriously man.
What is with this barrage of primary school friends hunting me down on Facebook?!
Well ok the main thing that freaks me out is how I immediately recognized their names and/or faces. I thought they would be unrecognizable (after all, the last time I saw them was when we were 8...) BUT NO, THEY LOOK EXACTLY THE SAME... Just stretched out and wearing funkier clothes.
WOW.
Wait till Lucy hears about this.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Saturday, June 06, 2009
Just baked pineapple tarts! Here's a look:
And the aftermath of dishes :(
For my first attempt (alone, w/o Vanessa's supervision), sans weighing scale (I googled approximate gram-cup conversions heh) I would say it's not too bad. I was a little heavy-handed with the flour, and the jam was too sweet (again!) but the combination with the dry-er pastry with the sweet-er jam negated each other so YAY FOR LUCKY BREAKS!
Took me about 4-5 hours in total. :O
Prob be faster the next time I do it... Jam took >1 hour to thicken. The molding of the tarts also took eons. My neck hurts from hovering over the kitchen table.
If you're wondering about the peculiar shape of my tarts... It's because I used a soup spoon to mold them!! HAHAHA. The dough was too dry and crumbly to roll into balls so I had to use the spoon. I would have used an ice-cream scoop if I had one but no :(
I think they're kinda cute, regardless... Like little armadillos. :D
And now it's time for an afternoon nap... Ah...
And the aftermath of dishes :(
For my first attempt (alone, w/o Vanessa's supervision), sans weighing scale (I googled approximate gram-cup conversions heh) I would say it's not too bad. I was a little heavy-handed with the flour, and the jam was too sweet (again!) but the combination with the dry-er pastry with the sweet-er jam negated each other so YAY FOR LUCKY BREAKS!
Took me about 4-5 hours in total. :O
Prob be faster the next time I do it... Jam took >1 hour to thicken. The molding of the tarts also took eons. My neck hurts from hovering over the kitchen table.
If you're wondering about the peculiar shape of my tarts... It's because I used a soup spoon to mold them!! HAHAHA. The dough was too dry and crumbly to roll into balls so I had to use the spoon. I would have used an ice-cream scoop if I had one but no :(
I think they're kinda cute, regardless... Like little armadillos. :D
And now it's time for an afternoon nap... Ah...
Thursday, June 04, 2009
So this weekend I welcomed my first couchsurfer. He's a very unusual type of guy... Let's just say I did not sleep well this weekend, was constantly worried for his (and my) welfare, and resolve to scrutinize everybody's references (or lack thereof) from now on... INTENSELY.
With the same intensity that I tweeze my brows. I spend at least 10 mins with my face up against the mirror, sometimes my fingers cramp up - it's very intense.
Edgar also stayed over during the weekend in case I needed a latino lover to wield 2 knives and defend me from the worrying couchsurfer surfing my couch. He was pretty scared himself though
Ugh I feel evil complaining about my couchsurfer on my blog. Please ask discretely if you want details.
Some nice things that happened this weekend:
Went to the Farmer's Market and saw some really pretty/ cool things -
'Tu va bien' in French means 'You are good', which figuratively speaking, probably means 'It's all good' or something to that effect...
Pretty flowers that I wish I could buy... But judging by how my basil plant got taken over by disease and weeds in 2 days, I'm going to leave the gardening to the professionals.
Aside from the Farmer's Market, I also went to the Henry Vilas Zoo for the first time!! That was pretty fun, babysitting my CS-er aside. It's pretty small and the landscapes aren't as cool as the one at home. But it was nice to just be in a fun environment with kids running around... The orangutan looked like an overgrown redheaded mop though. The poor thing looked like he had dredlocks, I wanted to shave him.
Eurotrip update: I have accom settled for every place except Venice! Yayyy... And I feel like I'm going to be staying with reaaaally cool people while I'm travelling. I need to think of good gifts for all of them. The girls in Malta seem pretty chill and into cute/ sophisticated things. The guy in Pisa is vegetarian, so I'm going to find some good tofu recipes to sample. The girl in Bucharest... I don't know what she likes! I'll just bring a random souvenir from Singapore/ Wisconsin... The guy in Sofia looks really cool, I might get him a cigar or something. Or more food.
Maybe I should just hit up the asian supermarket and get snacks before I go.
I'M SOOO EXCITEDDDDDDD WHEEEEEEEEE!!!!
Oh Rock and Roll fun fact of the day: Did you know that the 'day the music died' from the American Pie song is really referring to the day that the plane carrying Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper, crashed? NOW YOU KNOW!!
Also: Did you know that The Hollies were initially a tribute band to Buddy Holly, and eventually started writing their own songs and became a full-fledge band? YES!!
Ok, goodnight.
With the same intensity that I tweeze my brows. I spend at least 10 mins with my face up against the mirror, sometimes my fingers cramp up - it's very intense.
Edgar also stayed over during the weekend in case I needed a latino lover to wield 2 knives and defend me from the worrying couchsurfer surfing my couch. He was pretty scared himself though
Ugh I feel evil complaining about my couchsurfer on my blog. Please ask discretely if you want details.
Some nice things that happened this weekend:
Went to the Farmer's Market and saw some really pretty/ cool things -
'Tu va bien' in French means 'You are good', which figuratively speaking, probably means 'It's all good' or something to that effect...
Pretty flowers that I wish I could buy... But judging by how my basil plant got taken over by disease and weeds in 2 days, I'm going to leave the gardening to the professionals.
Aside from the Farmer's Market, I also went to the Henry Vilas Zoo for the first time!! That was pretty fun, babysitting my CS-er aside. It's pretty small and the landscapes aren't as cool as the one at home. But it was nice to just be in a fun environment with kids running around... The orangutan looked like an overgrown redheaded mop though. The poor thing looked like he had dredlocks, I wanted to shave him.
Eurotrip update: I have accom settled for every place except Venice! Yayyy... And I feel like I'm going to be staying with reaaaally cool people while I'm travelling. I need to think of good gifts for all of them. The girls in Malta seem pretty chill and into cute/ sophisticated things. The guy in Pisa is vegetarian, so I'm going to find some good tofu recipes to sample. The girl in Bucharest... I don't know what she likes! I'll just bring a random souvenir from Singapore/ Wisconsin... The guy in Sofia looks really cool, I might get him a cigar or something. Or more food.
Maybe I should just hit up the asian supermarket and get snacks before I go.
I'M SOOO EXCITEDDDDDDD WHEEEEEEEEE!!!!
Oh Rock and Roll fun fact of the day: Did you know that the 'day the music died' from the American Pie song is really referring to the day that the plane carrying Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper, crashed? NOW YOU KNOW!!
Also: Did you know that The Hollies were initially a tribute band to Buddy Holly, and eventually started writing their own songs and became a full-fledge band? YES!!
Ok, goodnight.
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