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Tuesday, February 2007 (02/27/07) at 11:13 PM GMT :
I HATE SPAM! >_<
music: The Queen's Knights - Suikoden V Limited Edition OST
mood: Pissed off
Oh geez. I just found out that one of my entries got spammed - almost 60 rubbish spammy comments! >_< Am now having to slowly delete them one by one since Greymatter is lousy and doesn't let you do group deletes of comments. *sigh*
In other news, I had the most incredibly amazing time at Blackpool! There's TONS to talk about though, so I shall update next time with a long entry on it. (And my hook or by crook I'm getting that entry up since I definitely want to remember this in the future... my laziness is not allowed to stop me this time round! :p) [Karma: 2 (+/-)][link] [1 Comment]
music: The Queen's Knights - Suikoden V Limited Edition OST
mood: Pissed off
Oh geez. I just found out that one of my entries got spammed - almost 60 rubbish spammy comments! >_< Am now having to slowly delete them one by one since Greymatter is lousy and doesn't let you do group deletes of comments. *sigh*
In other news, I had the most incredibly amazing time at Blackpool! There's TONS to talk about though, so I shall update next time with a long entry on it. (And my hook or by crook I'm getting that entry up since I definitely want to remember this in the future... my laziness is not allowed to stop me this time round! :p) [Karma: 2 (+/-)][link] [1 Comment]
Friday, February 2007 (02/23/07) at 11:13 PM GMT :
Blackpool Weekend Trip
mood: Excited
Just a quick note - will be going to Blackpool over the weekend to attend a Magicians' Convention with the Magic Soc, so if you don't see me online on MSN you'll know why! :) [Karma: -1 (+/-)][link] [1 Comment]
mood: Excited
Just a quick note - will be going to Blackpool over the weekend to attend a Magicians' Convention with the Magic Soc, so if you don't see me online on MSN you'll know why! :) [Karma: -1 (+/-)][link] [1 Comment]
Wednesday, February 2007 (02/21/07) at 11:13 PM GMT :
I ain't no secret slave-trader!
music: Sorrow - Suikoden III OST
mood: Amused
Oh, and in answer to recent comments to my previous entry on handphone dictionaries... why does everyone seem to think that I would be the type to be hiding a couple of slaves in my cupboard? Me is a very honest girl, ok! Me no like to enslave people! Me when got treat people like slaves? :p [Karma: 0 (+/-)][link] [3 Comments]
music: Sorrow - Suikoden III OST
mood: Amused
Oh, and in answer to recent comments to my previous entry on handphone dictionaries... why does everyone seem to think that I would be the type to be hiding a couple of slaves in my cupboard? Me is a very honest girl, ok! Me no like to enslave people! Me when got treat people like slaves? :p [Karma: 0 (+/-)][link] [3 Comments]
Libras
mood: Full
Di's comment on a recent email about Sagittarius people finally motivated me to look up the qualities of my own Zodiac sign - I kept wanting to do it since I looked it up ages ago but couldn't really remember all of the points, but was too lazy to actually go about doing it.
So anyway, here's the link to my zodiac sign, Libra.
It's so accurate that I think it's almost scary (and my friends would probably agree that it fits me - especially with the part about us Libras being argumentative and bullheaded in our opinions, though described in a nicer way on that website. XD), but what I really want to say is... where my charm? Where is my elegance!? What is this that you speak of!!?? *weeps* I'm too much of a nervous stuttering wreck around strangers to exude any of that. >_< Really, sometimes I wonder where all the self-confidence I had as a child has gone to... (I used to be SUCH an obnoxious twit.) I really wish it hadn't drained away like it did, since I've come to the realisation that those people whom I've thought seemed perfect at everything that did pretty much seemed that way simply because they have confidence in everything they do, so they never seem to do anything wrong, and even if they do they know how to brush it aside so well that you're convinced they were never wrong. (And if they're good enough, they can even convince you that what they did wrong is actually right. :p) I think life would be so much easier if I could just learn to have more confidence in myself. *sigh*
And the sentence "Their cast of mind is artistic rather than intellectual, though they are usually too moderate and well balanced to be avant garde in any artistic endeavor." just confirms what I've been resigned to all my life - that I have a serious lack of any specific talent at all. -_-
Something else that amused me:
They like the opposite sex to the extent of promiscuity sometimes, and may indulge in romanticism bordering on sentimentality.
I can just imagine my friends snorting their drinks out of their noses after reading this . :p
The negative Libran character may show frivolity, flirtatiousness and shallowness. It can be changeable and indecisive, impatient of routine, colorlessly conventional and timid, easygoing to the point of inertia, seldom angry when circumstances demand a show of annoyance at least; and yet Librans can shock everyone around them with sudden storms of rage.
All very true, I think. Though when I was younger I used to get angry much more easily and didn't really know how not to show it. Now when I get pissed off, I usually try to internalise it, but apparently that has the bad effect of making all my friends scared of me when I'm angry since my anger's of the cold, furious type that's the hardest to handle as compared to pure yelly-shouty-screamy rage. :p
Their love of pleasure may lead them into extravagance
Unfortunately, my wallet knows this all too well. *sigh*
In their work the description "lazy Libra" which is sometimes given is actually more alliterative than true.
Really? Not in my case, I don't think. Mine is so literal it's not even funny. :p
They can succeed as administrators, lawyers (they have a strong sense of justice, which cynics might say could handicap them in a legal career), antique dealers, civil servants and bankers, for they are trustworthy in handling other people's money.
So maybe I was doomed to study law from the start? *laughs* But seriously, me, handling other people's money? Trustworthy yes in terms of me not stealing your money, but I certainly wouldn't trust my pathetically maths-disinclined self to do anyone's accounts...
As for my likes and dislikes, they're all pretty much spot on. :D (Though I suck and had to check what conviviality means. -_-) Not to mention the bit about my commonly faced problems... though I think the solutions sound much easier than they actually are. (Note to self: Try not to pretend feelings you do not have .)
And I'm glad to see that my starstone is WAY nicer than my birthstones, which from what I've learned can be either rose quartz or tiger's eyes or opal, all of which I don't particularly like.
Ok, I hope that didn't bore anyone, since not everyone may be interested in astrology and/or reading about me talking about myself. :p But I know I'd be really interested to see how my friends think their sign corresponds to their personality. So now a challenge to friends who read this blog - go dig up your own zodiac analysis and then post about how accurate it is with regards to your personality! I would call this a meme if not for the fact that I'm still not entirely sure what a meme actually is, other than something that people do and then get other people to do on their own blogs. :p [Karma: 0 (+/-)][link]
mood: Full
Di's comment on a recent email about Sagittarius people finally motivated me to look up the qualities of my own Zodiac sign - I kept wanting to do it since I looked it up ages ago but couldn't really remember all of the points, but was too lazy to actually go about doing it.
So anyway, here's the link to my zodiac sign, Libra.
It's so accurate that I think it's almost scary (and my friends would probably agree that it fits me - especially with the part about us Libras being argumentative and bullheaded in our opinions, though described in a nicer way on that website. XD), but what I really want to say is... where my charm? Where is my elegance!? What is this that you speak of!!?? *weeps* I'm too much of a nervous stuttering wreck around strangers to exude any of that. >_< Really, sometimes I wonder where all the self-confidence I had as a child has gone to... (I used to be SUCH an obnoxious twit.) I really wish it hadn't drained away like it did, since I've come to the realisation that those people whom I've thought seemed perfect at everything that did pretty much seemed that way simply because they have confidence in everything they do, so they never seem to do anything wrong, and even if they do they know how to brush it aside so well that you're convinced they were never wrong. (And if they're good enough, they can even convince you that what they did wrong is actually right. :p) I think life would be so much easier if I could just learn to have more confidence in myself. *sigh*
And the sentence "Their cast of mind is artistic rather than intellectual, though they are usually too moderate and well balanced to be avant garde in any artistic endeavor." just confirms what I've been resigned to all my life - that I have a serious lack of any specific talent at all. -_-
Something else that amused me:
They like the opposite sex to the extent of promiscuity sometimes, and may indulge in romanticism bordering on sentimentality.
I can just imagine my friends snorting their drinks out of their noses after reading this . :p
The negative Libran character may show frivolity, flirtatiousness and shallowness. It can be changeable and indecisive, impatient of routine, colorlessly conventional and timid, easygoing to the point of inertia, seldom angry when circumstances demand a show of annoyance at least; and yet Librans can shock everyone around them with sudden storms of rage.
All very true, I think. Though when I was younger I used to get angry much more easily and didn't really know how not to show it. Now when I get pissed off, I usually try to internalise it, but apparently that has the bad effect of making all my friends scared of me when I'm angry since my anger's of the cold, furious type that's the hardest to handle as compared to pure yelly-shouty-screamy rage. :p
Their love of pleasure may lead them into extravagance
Unfortunately, my wallet knows this all too well. *sigh*
In their work the description "lazy Libra" which is sometimes given is actually more alliterative than true.
Really? Not in my case, I don't think. Mine is so literal it's not even funny. :p
They can succeed as administrators, lawyers (they have a strong sense of justice, which cynics might say could handicap them in a legal career), antique dealers, civil servants and bankers, for they are trustworthy in handling other people's money.
So maybe I was doomed to study law from the start? *laughs* But seriously, me, handling other people's money? Trustworthy yes in terms of me not stealing your money, but I certainly wouldn't trust my pathetically maths-disinclined self to do anyone's accounts...
As for my likes and dislikes, they're all pretty much spot on. :D (Though I suck and had to check what conviviality means. -_-) Not to mention the bit about my commonly faced problems... though I think the solutions sound much easier than they actually are. (Note to self: Try not to pretend feelings you do not have .)
And I'm glad to see that my starstone is WAY nicer than my birthstones, which from what I've learned can be either rose quartz or tiger's eyes or opal, all of which I don't particularly like.
Ok, I hope that didn't bore anyone, since not everyone may be interested in astrology and/or reading about me talking about myself. :p But I know I'd be really interested to see how my friends think their sign corresponds to their personality. So now a challenge to friends who read this blog - go dig up your own zodiac analysis and then post about how accurate it is with regards to your personality! I would call this a meme if not for the fact that I'm still not entirely sure what a meme actually is, other than something that people do and then get other people to do on their own blogs. :p [Karma: 0 (+/-)][link]
Saturday, February 2007 (02/17/07) at 11:13 PM GMT :
Oddities of handphones
music: Namida wa Shitteiru - Suzukaze Mayo
mood: Slightly befuddled
Sometimes I just don't get handphone dictionaries. I can never figure out how they decide which word gets priority over the others in the predictive text option. I mean, do they really think I'm more likely to discuss with my friends about the number of slaves I own as opposed to plates? 0_o [Karma: 3 (+/-)][link]
music: Namida wa Shitteiru - Suzukaze Mayo
mood: Slightly befuddled
Sometimes I just don't get handphone dictionaries. I can never figure out how they decide which word gets priority over the others in the predictive text option. I mean, do they really think I'm more likely to discuss with my friends about the number of slaves I own as opposed to plates? 0_o [Karma: 3 (+/-)][link]
Thursday, February 2007 (02/15/07) at 11:13 PM GMT :
Feeling Happy!
mood: Happy
First off, much thanks to T and K for the words of encouragement! I was really touched by what you said, it's always good to have reassurance that I have friends who'll stick with me no matter what, even through the times when I may feel like peeling you off from me. *laughs* In any case, I think I was making a mountain out of a molehill, as I am wont to do when I'm feeling worthless... or maybe I can say that so easily now since I'm feeling much better now. :p
Anyway, update! I recently had the urge to eat some Korean pancakes - I think maybe it was because I ate some really yummy ones when I was on my family trip to New York, so the memory stayed with me and I had this sudden craving. I managed to find a recipe online (after lots of googling since I had the erroneous assumption that it was an OMELETTE and not a pancake... I fail at cooking. :p), and tried making it today (I actually had the craving a few days ago but couldn't make it yet when it first hit me since I didn't have all the ingredients), and I think it turned out pretty well! Albeit a little doughy, but I think that can probably be corrected if I ever make it again by just reducing the amount of floor. Also, I found that the dipping sauce ended up a bit too vinegary and sour, but I think it's probably because I'm not much of a vinegar person... maybe I should look for other similar recipes to improve the sauce since I really liked the sauce they gave in the Korean restaurants whereas for the one I made I had to try to put as little sauce as possible so that it wouldn't totally drown out the taste of the pancake! I suppose that's why the recipe called for so much sesame seeds - they make it taste less sour.
Looks-wise, my pancakes definitely did not match up to the standard of the ones I ate at the Korean restaurants, but for a first attempt I think it was pretty good. :D I should go take some pictures of it tomorrow and post them up in this entry... I was thinking I hardly ever put up any photos in this blog and chronicling my cooking attempts might be a good place to start. :p And I have lots of pancakes left anyway since the serving size was pretty big - I still have 3 pancakes out of 4 left, and so I think I've pretty much got enough for lunch and dinner tomorrow. *grin*
And in other news, MSS-C suggested that we should hold a Chinese New Year dinner together with some of our friends, so we're going to ask whether said friends are interested tomorrow. If so, we'll probably have a lot more fun cooking to look forward to. :p I've been craving lots of Asian dishes lately, so I was thinking of making red bean soup or those red bean paste sesame balls... *drools* Not to mention that when I went grocery shopping with MSS-C yesterday, we managed to find Nian Gao in Fresh Asia! We decided to buy one to share and so we're going to make that for the CNY dinner. I'm really looking forward to that since I absolutely love Nian Gao - it's one of my favourite CNY foods. I've always felt sad that I would be missing CNY during my studies in the UK, since CNY is one of my favourite holidays (The food! The money! And the food and the money! Need I say more? :p), so at least this year I'll be able to celebrate it with my friends and have an attempt at a CNY atmosphere. :p (Last year for CNY, E invited Y and I to a friend's house to eat a CNY dinner since said friend was good at cooking, and while we enjoyed ourselves, I think this year will be more fun since I'll be with a few close friends as opposed to just one close friend. ^_^;;)
p/s I recently found out that my Yan Can Cook Cookbook (*waits for T to bop her on the head for not calling him by his proper name*) has a recipe for Char Siew Soh! How awesome is that!? Though I don't think I'll be able to make it here since I have no idea where I can get Char Siew... but I'll definitely try it when I go back home in the summer! [Karma: -3 (+/-)][link] [131 Comments]
mood: Happy
First off, much thanks to T and K for the words of encouragement! I was really touched by what you said, it's always good to have reassurance that I have friends who'll stick with me no matter what, even through the times when I may feel like peeling you off from me. *laughs* In any case, I think I was making a mountain out of a molehill, as I am wont to do when I'm feeling worthless... or maybe I can say that so easily now since I'm feeling much better now. :p
Anyway, update! I recently had the urge to eat some Korean pancakes - I think maybe it was because I ate some really yummy ones when I was on my family trip to New York, so the memory stayed with me and I had this sudden craving. I managed to find a recipe online (after lots of googling since I had the erroneous assumption that it was an OMELETTE and not a pancake... I fail at cooking. :p), and tried making it today (I actually had the craving a few days ago but couldn't make it yet when it first hit me since I didn't have all the ingredients), and I think it turned out pretty well! Albeit a little doughy, but I think that can probably be corrected if I ever make it again by just reducing the amount of floor. Also, I found that the dipping sauce ended up a bit too vinegary and sour, but I think it's probably because I'm not much of a vinegar person... maybe I should look for other similar recipes to improve the sauce since I really liked the sauce they gave in the Korean restaurants whereas for the one I made I had to try to put as little sauce as possible so that it wouldn't totally drown out the taste of the pancake! I suppose that's why the recipe called for so much sesame seeds - they make it taste less sour.
Looks-wise, my pancakes definitely did not match up to the standard of the ones I ate at the Korean restaurants, but for a first attempt I think it was pretty good. :D I should go take some pictures of it tomorrow and post them up in this entry... I was thinking I hardly ever put up any photos in this blog and chronicling my cooking attempts might be a good place to start. :p And I have lots of pancakes left anyway since the serving size was pretty big - I still have 3 pancakes out of 4 left, and so I think I've pretty much got enough for lunch and dinner tomorrow. *grin*
And in other news, MSS-C suggested that we should hold a Chinese New Year dinner together with some of our friends, so we're going to ask whether said friends are interested tomorrow. If so, we'll probably have a lot more fun cooking to look forward to. :p I've been craving lots of Asian dishes lately, so I was thinking of making red bean soup or those red bean paste sesame balls... *drools* Not to mention that when I went grocery shopping with MSS-C yesterday, we managed to find Nian Gao in Fresh Asia! We decided to buy one to share and so we're going to make that for the CNY dinner. I'm really looking forward to that since I absolutely love Nian Gao - it's one of my favourite CNY foods. I've always felt sad that I would be missing CNY during my studies in the UK, since CNY is one of my favourite holidays (The food! The money! And the food and the money! Need I say more? :p), so at least this year I'll be able to celebrate it with my friends and have an attempt at a CNY atmosphere. :p (Last year for CNY, E invited Y and I to a friend's house to eat a CNY dinner since said friend was good at cooking, and while we enjoyed ourselves, I think this year will be more fun since I'll be with a few close friends as opposed to just one close friend. ^_^;;)
p/s I recently found out that my Yan Can Cook Cookbook (*waits for T to bop her on the head for not calling him by his proper name*) has a recipe for Char Siew Soh! How awesome is that!? Though I don't think I'll be able to make it here since I have no idea where I can get Char Siew... but I'll definitely try it when I go back home in the summer! [Karma: -3 (+/-)][link] [131 Comments]
Tuesday, February 2007 (02/13/07) at 11:13 PM GMT :
Quack quack!
mood: Soothed
Thank you, blogging, for being so cathartic.
I think it helps that I'm the proverbial duck that lets water slide so easily off its back. I suppose when I get the blues bad, I get it really bad, but thankfully once the black cloud is lifted it stays away for a while.
*feels better already* [Karma: 4 (+/-)][link] [174 Comments]
mood: Soothed
Thank you, blogging, for being so cathartic.
I think it helps that I'm the proverbial duck that lets water slide so easily off its back. I suppose when I get the blues bad, I get it really bad, but thankfully once the black cloud is lifted it stays away for a while.
*feels better already* [Karma: 4 (+/-)][link] [174 Comments]
Tired of being me
music: Earth Song - Michael Jackson
mood: Annoyed
I'm tired of keeping my thoughts to myself, of not being able to let others know how I'm really feeling, of saying pacifying things I don't mean just because I don't want to make others feel bad, of not being able to scream out what I want to say because I don't want to be hated others, of not even giving myself the chance to yell at someone and let it just develop into a proper fight, or to even acknowledge the fact that what I really want is just to get into a good and proper fight so that I can just out all these pent up emotions.
Why do I insist on bottling myself up like this? Why am I so non-confrontational? Why can't I just gather up the courage to clash horns once in a while? Why do I have to care so much about what other people think of me? If they know me well enough, it should be something that we'll be able to get over and still remain friends. But I can't do it. I never have and never could. And I hate it.
It's a wall I've built around myself, isn't it? The glass of this bottle is what separates me from the others. And it's no one's fault but mine - the cork was wedged into the neck by none other than me. I know it would probably be better to be more open and honest, and that friends should never mince words around each other, and that my friends would probably prefer me to tell them what I'm thinking instead of hiding it all in. I know I would hate to find out that my own friend has been wanting to tell me something negative but has kept it a secret all this time - friends are supposed to be able to discuss their feelings with each other, aren't they? But I just can't bear the thought of being hated. To be hated means to lose them. And to take my friends away would be I would be left with nothing.
Sometimes I wonder whether the only reason why I'm nice to others at all is because I don't want to lose them. Do I really mean what I say? Or have I perfected the art of pretending to the level that it confuses even me as to whatever I say and do is what's really coming from me, and not something crafted out of a neurotic fear of being abandoned? And if all my niceness is just a facade, then what am I really?
Do I really want to smash open that glass barrier? Because for all I know, once I do that, I may find that instead of being able to climb out of the broken shards around me to advance forward into the relief of freedom, I'll be the one who's scattered into pieces on the floor because I was nothing other than the hollow glass shell of the bottle. [Karma: 3 (+/-)][link] [4 Comments]
music: Earth Song - Michael Jackson
mood: Annoyed
I'm tired of keeping my thoughts to myself, of not being able to let others know how I'm really feeling, of saying pacifying things I don't mean just because I don't want to make others feel bad, of not being able to scream out what I want to say because I don't want to be hated others, of not even giving myself the chance to yell at someone and let it just develop into a proper fight, or to even acknowledge the fact that what I really want is just to get into a good and proper fight so that I can just out all these pent up emotions.
Why do I insist on bottling myself up like this? Why am I so non-confrontational? Why can't I just gather up the courage to clash horns once in a while? Why do I have to care so much about what other people think of me? If they know me well enough, it should be something that we'll be able to get over and still remain friends. But I can't do it. I never have and never could. And I hate it.
It's a wall I've built around myself, isn't it? The glass of this bottle is what separates me from the others. And it's no one's fault but mine - the cork was wedged into the neck by none other than me. I know it would probably be better to be more open and honest, and that friends should never mince words around each other, and that my friends would probably prefer me to tell them what I'm thinking instead of hiding it all in. I know I would hate to find out that my own friend has been wanting to tell me something negative but has kept it a secret all this time - friends are supposed to be able to discuss their feelings with each other, aren't they? But I just can't bear the thought of being hated. To be hated means to lose them. And to take my friends away would be I would be left with nothing.
Sometimes I wonder whether the only reason why I'm nice to others at all is because I don't want to lose them. Do I really mean what I say? Or have I perfected the art of pretending to the level that it confuses even me as to whatever I say and do is what's really coming from me, and not something crafted out of a neurotic fear of being abandoned? And if all my niceness is just a facade, then what am I really?
Do I really want to smash open that glass barrier? Because for all I know, once I do that, I may find that instead of being able to climb out of the broken shards around me to advance forward into the relief of freedom, I'll be the one who's scattered into pieces on the floor because I was nothing other than the hollow glass shell of the bottle. [Karma: 3 (+/-)][link] [4 Comments]
Language Blog
mood: Grey Sky Morning - Vertical Horizon
A while ago, I got the idea to set up a language blog where I could practise writing posts in Chinese and Japanese, since I figured I really needed to practise my languages badly - I can read way better than writing or speaking, and the discrepancy between those three is really shocking. (In a bad way) I suppose reading is easier since I don't have to use up as many brain cells trying to think of which words to use and I can always cheat and try guessing what the passage I'm reading is saying.
Anyway, I discussed the idea with DDT, and while they all agreed that they would like to take part in the language blog too, and I had the layout halfway made and uploaded, I never really got around to finalising the thing out of laziness. But today I finally made my first (horrible) post and the blog is officially up and running! So D & D, do tell me if you want to join in and I'll tell you how to log in and make your own accounts and start posting! Also, xxCxx (Is that the way you wanted to be referred to? I can't remember if I have too many "x"s...), if you're reading this, and want to join in thetorture fun, feel free to ask me too!
Here's to our future as polyglots! *clinks glasses* [Karma: 14 (+/-)][link] [1 Comment]
mood: Grey Sky Morning - Vertical Horizon
A while ago, I got the idea to set up a language blog where I could practise writing posts in Chinese and Japanese, since I figured I really needed to practise my languages badly - I can read way better than writing or speaking, and the discrepancy between those three is really shocking. (In a bad way) I suppose reading is easier since I don't have to use up as many brain cells trying to think of which words to use and I can always cheat and try guessing what the passage I'm reading is saying.
Anyway, I discussed the idea with DDT, and while they all agreed that they would like to take part in the language blog too, and I had the layout halfway made and uploaded, I never really got around to finalising the thing out of laziness. But today I finally made my first (horrible) post and the blog is officially up and running! So D & D, do tell me if you want to join in and I'll tell you how to log in and make your own accounts and start posting! Also, xxCxx (Is that the way you wanted to be referred to? I can't remember if I have too many "x"s...), if you're reading this, and want to join in the
Here's to our future as polyglots! *clinks glasses* [Karma: 14 (+/-)][link] [1 Comment]
Saturday, February 2007 (02/10/07) at 11:13 PM GMT :
Amusing Tidbits
music: Nocturne - Mizuki Nana
mood: Hungry
Some interesting things I've come across:
Resistentialism. A very interesting concept that I bet most of us would definitely attest exists. The last example in that article amuses me. :p And although this is an interesting read too, it sounds almost tongue in cheek at times... especially the sentence "The success of these experiments naturally switched Clark-Trimble’s attention to further research on resistentia, a fact which was directly responsible for the tragic and sudden end to his career when he trod on a garden rake at the Cambridge School of Agronomy." ^_^;;
And a cool word that many of us rain-loving Singaporeans would appreciate knowing...
petrichor (PET-ri-kuhr) noun
The pleasant smell that accompanies the first rain after a dry spell.
I know I'm going to go around shouting it in glee every time it pours when I'm all nice and snug at home. :D [Karma: 1 (+/-)][link]
music: Nocturne - Mizuki Nana
mood: Hungry
Some interesting things I've come across:
Resistentialism. A very interesting concept that I bet most of us would definitely attest exists. The last example in that article amuses me. :p And although this is an interesting read too, it sounds almost tongue in cheek at times... especially the sentence "The success of these experiments naturally switched Clark-Trimble’s attention to further research on resistentia, a fact which was directly responsible for the tragic and sudden end to his career when he trod on a garden rake at the Cambridge School of Agronomy." ^_^;;
And a cool word that many of us rain-loving Singaporeans would appreciate knowing...
petrichor (PET-ri-kuhr) noun
The pleasant smell that accompanies the first rain after a dry spell.
I know I'm going to go around shouting it in glee every time it pours when I'm all nice and snug at home. :D [Karma: 1 (+/-)][link]
Wednesday, February 2007 (02/07/07) at 11:13 PM GMT :
Cooking exploits
music: Last Blue by Rocky Chack - Zegapain OST 2
mood: Amused
I just tried making some Tamagoyaki for dinner from a very easy recipe I found online, but it didn't turn out all that well since it got slightly burnt (since it has sugar in it it burns more easily tha normal) and was kind of lopsided with one side being thicker than the other. But well, it wasn't THAT bad... I just picked off the burnt parts from the top layer, and since I'm the only one who's eating what I'm making, I don't particularly care how it looks. :p But I think I'd probably try making it again a couple of times in the future to see if I can "perfect" it so that next time I can try making it for my friends... and I doubt most people would be enthused at eating something burnt and unpresentable. :p
This actually kind of reminds me of the time I tried to make Oyako-don - while it tasted ok, it didn't exactly taste like the real thing. Of course, this probably had to do with the fact that I was missing a lot of the proper (and possibly essential?) ingredients needed to make it, and just improvised as I went along as I am wont to do (mostly out of laziness. *grin*)... not to mention that I made it with turkey instead of chicken. *laughs* Sometimes the extent to which I "improvise" my recipes amuses me, since that's just an euphemism for a lot of omitting of ingredients and/or trying to substitute them with other similar (and possibly not so similar. *snerk*) ingredients which doesn't always turn out so well. :p
Though in other better cooking news, when Dunkirk C stayed over last weekend, we (M, D-C [Haha, I need to come up with better ways to refer to her... D-C sounds like DC comics. :p] and I) ended up making lasagne since although I had bought the ingredients, I told them I probably wouldn't have bothered making it myself anytime soon since it's pretty time-consuming. And it turned out really well! We were are very pleased and satisfied with it, since it tasted great - the only problem was that the lasagne sheets were kind of hard but that may have been due to the lesser quality of the lasagne sheets (I bought the cheap kind) or the fact that we may have over/undercooked it. Though to be honest, I didn't actually really do all that much, since both my mom and sis called while we were making it, so while I was on the phone D-C and M did most of the work. ^_^;; We were joking about how ironic it was that although D-C was the guest of the sleepover, she was the one who did most of the cooking. (Since she cooked pasta for M the night before too.) :p As much as I loved the lasagne though, I probably won't be making it that often since it's rather expensive (lots of ingredients) and complicated to make compared to my usual "Cooking on the go" slapdash meals. Definitely a treat to have when I feel like having something nicer to eat though!
Something else I've tried making is plain Rosti, which ironically I seem to be making LESS well the more I try making it. When I first looked up recipes it all confused me because some said you had to boil the potatoes beforehand, some said you had to do that AND store it in the fridge for 24 hours, and yet others said you didn't need to boil them at all. And of course, being me, I chose the last method for obvious reasons. :p It's a really easy dish to make, though - all you need to do is grate the potatoes, try to squeeze out the water, season it with some salt and pepper, and then fry it in a saucepan with lots of butter (Unhealthy alert!). Then you can top it with cheese or eat it with sausages or whatever. For such a simple dish it tastes surprisingly good... or maybe I just like the fact that it's made out of potatoes as opposed to eating yet another rice dish. ^_^;;
Oh, and in case anyone was wondering why I seem to keep trying out all these new dishes, it's because I'm getting kind of bored of my usual "one meat in sauce plu rice and vegetables" meals. And I have the notoriously bad characteristic of being the kind of person who just won't eat if she doesn't like the food or is bored of it, I thought I'd better start looking up some new recipes to try my hand out at before I end up starving to death. ^_^;; It's pretty bad, actually - due to irregular sleeping hours during the exam period, I had been eating at all sorts of weird hours and now I find it kind of hard to settle back into a regular routine. I think I definitely lost some weight because of this - while normally most girls would be glad to have lost some weight, I'm weirder than most people and would rather not lose weight if I can help it. Though of course I'm also vain like most normal people and would definitely not want to gain too much extra weight - one upside of losing weight I suppose is that I lost my tummy that I gained when I came to the UK. :p But then it worried me since it made me realise just how MUCH weight I must have lost - I don't want to become an underweight skeleton! ^_^;;
So anyway, I'd welcome any suggestions for new recipes to try out! (Speaking of which, I may try making baked apples sometime soon... my maid S made awesome ones which were apparently pretty simple to make) Easy ones, please, because as you all know I am Lazy with a capital L. :p [Karma: 5 (+/-)][link] [No Comments]
music: Last Blue by Rocky Chack - Zegapain OST 2
mood: Amused
I just tried making some Tamagoyaki for dinner from a very easy recipe I found online, but it didn't turn out all that well since it got slightly burnt (since it has sugar in it it burns more easily tha normal) and was kind of lopsided with one side being thicker than the other. But well, it wasn't THAT bad... I just picked off the burnt parts from the top layer, and since I'm the only one who's eating what I'm making, I don't particularly care how it looks. :p But I think I'd probably try making it again a couple of times in the future to see if I can "perfect" it so that next time I can try making it for my friends... and I doubt most people would be enthused at eating something burnt and unpresentable. :p
This actually kind of reminds me of the time I tried to make Oyako-don - while it tasted ok, it didn't exactly taste like the real thing. Of course, this probably had to do with the fact that I was missing a lot of the proper (and possibly essential?) ingredients needed to make it, and just improvised as I went along as I am wont to do (mostly out of laziness. *grin*)... not to mention that I made it with turkey instead of chicken. *laughs* Sometimes the extent to which I "improvise" my recipes amuses me, since that's just an euphemism for a lot of omitting of ingredients and/or trying to substitute them with other similar (and possibly not so similar. *snerk*) ingredients which doesn't always turn out so well. :p
Though in other better cooking news, when Dunkirk C stayed over last weekend, we (M, D-C [Haha, I need to come up with better ways to refer to her... D-C sounds like DC comics. :p] and I) ended up making lasagne since although I had bought the ingredients, I told them I probably wouldn't have bothered making it myself anytime soon since it's pretty time-consuming. And it turned out really well! We were are very pleased and satisfied with it, since it tasted great - the only problem was that the lasagne sheets were kind of hard but that may have been due to the lesser quality of the lasagne sheets (I bought the cheap kind) or the fact that we may have over/undercooked it. Though to be honest, I didn't actually really do all that much, since both my mom and sis called while we were making it, so while I was on the phone D-C and M did most of the work. ^_^;; We were joking about how ironic it was that although D-C was the guest of the sleepover, she was the one who did most of the cooking. (Since she cooked pasta for M the night before too.) :p As much as I loved the lasagne though, I probably won't be making it that often since it's rather expensive (lots of ingredients) and complicated to make compared to my usual "Cooking on the go" slapdash meals. Definitely a treat to have when I feel like having something nicer to eat though!
Something else I've tried making is plain Rosti, which ironically I seem to be making LESS well the more I try making it. When I first looked up recipes it all confused me because some said you had to boil the potatoes beforehand, some said you had to do that AND store it in the fridge for 24 hours, and yet others said you didn't need to boil them at all. And of course, being me, I chose the last method for obvious reasons. :p It's a really easy dish to make, though - all you need to do is grate the potatoes, try to squeeze out the water, season it with some salt and pepper, and then fry it in a saucepan with lots of butter (Unhealthy alert!). Then you can top it with cheese or eat it with sausages or whatever. For such a simple dish it tastes surprisingly good... or maybe I just like the fact that it's made out of potatoes as opposed to eating yet another rice dish. ^_^;;
Oh, and in case anyone was wondering why I seem to keep trying out all these new dishes, it's because I'm getting kind of bored of my usual "one meat in sauce plu rice and vegetables" meals. And I have the notoriously bad characteristic of being the kind of person who just won't eat if she doesn't like the food or is bored of it, I thought I'd better start looking up some new recipes to try my hand out at before I end up starving to death. ^_^;; It's pretty bad, actually - due to irregular sleeping hours during the exam period, I had been eating at all sorts of weird hours and now I find it kind of hard to settle back into a regular routine. I think I definitely lost some weight because of this - while normally most girls would be glad to have lost some weight, I'm weirder than most people and would rather not lose weight if I can help it. Though of course I'm also vain like most normal people and would definitely not want to gain too much extra weight - one upside of losing weight I suppose is that I lost my tummy that I gained when I came to the UK. :p But then it worried me since it made me realise just how MUCH weight I must have lost - I don't want to become an underweight skeleton! ^_^;;
So anyway, I'd welcome any suggestions for new recipes to try out! (Speaking of which, I may try making baked apples sometime soon... my maid S made awesome ones which were apparently pretty simple to make) Easy ones, please, because as you all know I am Lazy with a capital L. :p [Karma: 5 (+/-)][link] [No Comments]
Tests
music: Get Over - Hikaru no Go OP
mood: Sleepy
Hm, I don't think this really sounds like me? I find the quiz confuses me because it has way too many options (I can't just pick one!) and the answers tend to be rather similar/long.
EDIT: (12/02/2007) Hm, actually, now that I read it the second time over, I DO think it quite fits me. I don't know why I didn't think so the first time round - maybe I was too tired and my brain wasn't really functioning. :p
Haha, I wish. I don't think I'm actually as sarcastic/witty as I'd like to be. And it often depends on my mood too.
Hmmmmm, reeeeeeally? I would think it would be way more. :p [Karma: 2 (+/-)][link] [No Comments]
music: Get Over - Hikaru no Go OP
mood: Sleepy
| You Are a Dreaming Soul |
 Your vivid emotions and imagination takes you away from this world So much so that you tend to live in your head most of the time You have great dreams and ambitions that could be the envy of all... But for you, following through with your dreams is a bit difficult You are charming, endearing, and people tend to love you. Forgiving and tolerant, you see the world through rose colored glasses. Underneath it all, you have a ton of passion that you hide from others. Always hopeful, you tend to expect positive outcomes in your life. Souls you are most compatible with: Newborn Soul, Prophet Soul, and Traveler Soul |
Hm, I don't think this really sounds like me? I find the quiz confuses me because it has way too many options (I can't just pick one!) and the answers tend to be rather similar/long.
EDIT: (12/02/2007) Hm, actually, now that I read it the second time over, I DO think it quite fits me. I don't know why I didn't think so the first time round - maybe I was too tired and my brain wasn't really functioning. :p
| You're Totally Sarcastic |
 You sarcastic? Never! You're as sweet as a baby bunny. Seriously, though, you have a sharp tongue - and you aren't afraid to use it. And if people are too wimpy to deal with your attitutde, then too bad. So sad. |
Haha, I wish. I don't think I'm actually as sarcastic/witty as I'd like to be. And it often depends on my mood too.
| You Are 52% Addicted to the Internet |
 You're somewhat addicted to the internet - but who isn't? You can keep it under check, and you're by no means a hermit. |
Hmmmmm, reeeeeeally? I would think it would be way more. :p [Karma: 2 (+/-)][link] [No Comments]
Tuesday, February 2007 (02/06/07) at 11:13 PM GMT :
Missing friends and home
music: Nocturne - Mizuki Nana
mood: Sad
Argh, I definitely should not be reading certain peoples' blogs. It's making me so homesick that I can't stand it! (And friendsick... though that's a bad word to use since it sounds like I'm sick of my friends, not the other way round. :p)
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music: Nocturne - Mizuki Nana
mood: Sad
Argh, I definitely should not be reading certain peoples' blogs. It's making me so homesick that I can't stand it! (And friendsick... though that's a bad word to use since it sounds like I'm sick of my friends, not the other way round. :p)
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School has resumed!
music: Super Generation - Mizuki Nana
mood: Gleeful
Man, I have a relatively icky timetable this semester compared to last semester's... almost all my lectures are in the afternoon (which I suppose is a good thing since it means less possibility of oversleeping, but it also means my days end later), and not only do my Japanese lessons clash with my law lectures such that I'll have to miss an hour of Japanese per week (out of only 3 hours per week. ^_^;;), I'll also have to do a lot of running in between buildings on Tuesdays and Thursdays to make it to my lessons on time. It's mostly the Japanese lessons' faults, though... oh Japanese, what sacrifices I make to be able to take you. *melodramatic sigh*
But exaggerated whining aside, I think my timetable's actually way better than a lot of other people's - law students only ever have 2 hours of lessons per law module, which means that I only have 6 hours of law a week. 0_o And considering that my Chemistry friend has only three modules this semester but has 24 hours a week, it means that she has more hours per module than I have for all my law modules. XD Though I suppose we law students make it up in terms of hours put in for self-studying... or more like I SHOULD put in for self-studying. *guilty look*
Also, I'm actually quite pleased with the new lecturers this semester - my Land and EU lecturers especially are really good. Considering how boring I find EU, my lecturer actually manages to explain it such that's it's not only easy to understand, it's also more interesting - though I must say her lectures are very taxing on both my hand and brain since I have to copy notes at such top speed that I practically don't have any time to breathe. *laughs* It's good, though, since I'm not just mindlessly copying either, since I actually understand what she says unlike last semester. Oh, and my Criminal lecturer is also the guy who wrote our textbook... it's never ceased to amaze me that I'm actually being taught by the people who write the textbooks that we're studying out of. :p It's especially interesting since sometimes my image of them from reading the textbook is completely different from the actual person - for example, even though last semester's Land lecturer somewhat fit the proffessorly image I had of him, this year's Criminal lecturer is totally different from what I expected. I had imagined him to be a sort of tottering rambly old man, but he turned out to be a middle-aged man who, other than his grey hair, looks really young and is very friendly and talks in a pretty ubeat manner. So it was quite a jolt when I saw him for the first time. :p
And oh! Good news! I haven't gotten my law results back yet (ugh, not looking forward to that), but I had my first Japanese lesson of this semester, and so I got my exam results back! And I got a First for my Japanese! *bounces around the room in glee* I'm so glad I did well since I found the exam pretty difficult and was worried I might have bombed it. I did notice that my oral only achieved a score of 18/30, though... methinks I need more practice? XD But who cares! A first! Hopefully this is going to help me pull up the rest of my grades, since I'm sure they're in sore need of some serious pulling up. -_-
Interesting link of theday entry: Parkour
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music: Super Generation - Mizuki Nana
mood: Gleeful
Man, I have a relatively icky timetable this semester compared to last semester's... almost all my lectures are in the afternoon (which I suppose is a good thing since it means less possibility of oversleeping, but it also means my days end later), and not only do my Japanese lessons clash with my law lectures such that I'll have to miss an hour of Japanese per week (out of only 3 hours per week. ^_^;;), I'll also have to do a lot of running in between buildings on Tuesdays and Thursdays to make it to my lessons on time. It's mostly the Japanese lessons' faults, though... oh Japanese, what sacrifices I make to be able to take you. *melodramatic sigh*
But exaggerated whining aside, I think my timetable's actually way better than a lot of other people's - law students only ever have 2 hours of lessons per law module, which means that I only have 6 hours of law a week. 0_o And considering that my Chemistry friend has only three modules this semester but has 24 hours a week, it means that she has more hours per module than I have for all my law modules. XD Though I suppose we law students make it up in terms of hours put in for self-studying... or more like I SHOULD put in for self-studying. *guilty look*
Also, I'm actually quite pleased with the new lecturers this semester - my Land and EU lecturers especially are really good. Considering how boring I find EU, my lecturer actually manages to explain it such that's it's not only easy to understand, it's also more interesting - though I must say her lectures are very taxing on both my hand and brain since I have to copy notes at such top speed that I practically don't have any time to breathe. *laughs* It's good, though, since I'm not just mindlessly copying either, since I actually understand what she says unlike last semester. Oh, and my Criminal lecturer is also the guy who wrote our textbook... it's never ceased to amaze me that I'm actually being taught by the people who write the textbooks that we're studying out of. :p It's especially interesting since sometimes my image of them from reading the textbook is completely different from the actual person - for example, even though last semester's Land lecturer somewhat fit the proffessorly image I had of him, this year's Criminal lecturer is totally different from what I expected. I had imagined him to be a sort of tottering rambly old man, but he turned out to be a middle-aged man who, other than his grey hair, looks really young and is very friendly and talks in a pretty ubeat manner. So it was quite a jolt when I saw him for the first time. :p
And oh! Good news! I haven't gotten my law results back yet (ugh, not looking forward to that), but I had my first Japanese lesson of this semester, and so I got my exam results back! And I got a First for my Japanese! *bounces around the room in glee* I'm so glad I did well since I found the exam pretty difficult and was worried I might have bombed it. I did notice that my oral only achieved a score of 18/30, though... methinks I need more practice? XD But who cares! A first! Hopefully this is going to help me pull up the rest of my grades, since I'm sure they're in sore need of some serious pulling up. -_-
Interesting link of the