The Julie/Julia Project

Banana Cake

this cake turned out to be soft, moist and very banana-tie despite the cracked and overly browning of the cake crust

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Lasagne….
NO PIC   we finished it before i got the chance to take a picture of it... haha

NEXT DISH… QUICHE! and NY CHEESECAKE

 

“..Equally disturbing are suggestions that we should be grateful to enjoy the fruits of development – the purported results of the ruling party. In fact, elected representatives who make such remarks should, by right, be eternally grateful to us for putting them in their positions.

Money for development belongs to taxpayers and certainly it is the politicians’ responsibility to implement these projects. To put it bluntly, it’s expected of them if they still want to keep their jobs.

Politicians must also be reminded that Malaysians who do not serve in the army, navy or police are no less patriotic than teachers, postmen, firemen, sportsmen or businessmen. Everyone has a role in making Malaysia what the country is today.

How we wish that some of our politicians would think before they speak. They should also not just mechanically read whatever their officials pass to them when replying to questions in the Dewan Rakyat, lest they end up with their foot in the mouth.”

On the beat: by Wong Chun Wai, 21st Nov 2010

http://thestar.com.my/columnists/story.asp?col=onthebeat&file=/2010/11/21/columnists/onthebeat/7468404&sec=On The Beat

The Julie/Julia- Inspired Project *extended*

countdown ….. 4 3  2 1 days

the girl who gives a damn about her body, soul and the environment

Dear Santa, if you really do exist, I want this for Christmas I believe I have been good *coughs* this year *shy* Thanks a bunch! In return, I’ll make you choc chip cookies
love,
the girl who gives a damn about her body, soul and the environment.


I have been reading a lot of health- related articles/blogs/websites. As I was browsing through the headlines on thestar.com, I immediately got attracted to “ Skinny Bitch- Ultimate Everyday Cookbook” and voila! there I was, sitting in front of my laptop researching about anti- inflammatory “diet”(a misnomer for the word lifestyle). I spent almost 2 hours google-ing about this topic and one thing lead to another, I ended up reading about exercise regime, how-to-run 101 etc. I personally think exercise and a healthy “diet” is in equilibrium with a happier life. It’s like a forward and backward chemical reaction. 1 mole of exercise + 1 mole of healthy “diet” equals 2 moles of happier life. haha. wokay, that is so wrong. I sounded geeky, like one of the character in TheBigBangTheory. eww, no! ROFL.
Anyway, the whole point is, I’m delighted to know, for the fact, that there are people who still thinks that skinny = sexy and beauty are both contrary terms while brains and beauty are the utmost quality that a person must yearn for. mucho love to those people!
so people!, let us all live a healthy and happy life together! It is not a bad thing and there is nothing to laugh or joke about.
~Have a good day~


p.s “Eating healthfully isn’t the whole picture – ya gotta exercise too (don’t act surprised)" – by Healthy Bitch Daily.To read more about the author and her blog/webpage, simply click on Healthy Bitch Daily in the “Check This Out!” column(scroll down, it’s on your right!).

*Gasps*

 
p.s as i write this, i have this image of eugenewee humming HP's theme song in my head.. eww.. ROFL

all of a sudden i miss her.. haha... although she loves to bully me >_<

she is so gonna kill me if she sees this pic.. haha...

XD

if you can grant me these 10 wishes ...

i want to have a picnic by the beach!

i want to run!

i wish my ankle would heal fast!

i want to bake!

i want a Caramel Machiato! with two shots of espresso!

i want to hug and kiss Mike!

i want to hug Blossom!

i want to see....

i want Jodi's House Rules

i want to go home =(

Ocean Wide by The Afters

                                                                         Look outside

It's already light and the stars ran away with the night

Things we're said, words that we'll try forget,

it's so hard to admit I know we've made mistakes

I see through all the tears but that's what got us here

If love is an ocean wide

We'll swim in the tears we cry

They'll see us through to the other side

We're gonna make it

When love is a raging sea

You can hold on to me

We'll find a way tonight

Love is an ocean wide

I'll stay right here

It's where I'll always belong

Inside your arms

Days like this, I wish the sun wouldn't set

I don't want to forget

What made us feel this way

You see through all my fears

And that's what got us here

Love is an ocean wide enough to forget

Even when we think we can't

tempted to post this on Facebook. but the thought of getting bash by 20++ penangites (those on my friends list) and not forgetting the fact that i am in Penang......errrr... i reckoned it's safer to just post it here! ^_^ V

"Deputy executive editor Soo Ewe Jin is glad that Guan Eng in addressing the Penang diaspora in Singapore back in June 2009 declared that, “Penang people are not kiam [stingy]. They are just khiam [thrifty].” Of course, you have to be a Penangite to understand the nuances between these two words."

recently a friend of mine got into a relationship which i reckoned is a ticking time-bomb because i don't trust that guy. period. i believe he's a kid living in a body of a 2* year old. trust me. 2 weeks. TWO god damn weeks were all i need to freaking shun him from my life. okay. i'm exaggerating. two god damn weeks were all i need to freaking shun him. period. what happened in those two weeks?? oh, i swear you wouldn't want to know. what i'm saying here is not to destroy this relationship. i'm just worried, just like everyone else who knows her. if you are in my shoes you would have too. my girlfriends reckoned we should talk to her about it. about the guy. as a friend we should at least warn her. me? to me it's the last thing i want to get myself into. i've been that "concerned friend". been there, done that. and you know what happened? i was misunderstood and my friend hated me. regardless of how i handled the whole thing it didn't change a single fact that my deed went from good to bad because apparently, someone didn't take that liberty to explain things properly and dragged me into a mess he created. you might not know what i am ranting here right? haha. basically, i was asked to help this friend of mine because he was having relationship problems. i thought although i can do very little to help him but as a friend i should at least help him by being a listener. for numerous times i was asked for advice. however, i did not give any constructive ones. all i said or advised him to do was listen to his own heart and make his own decision based on his conscience. he did exactly what he thought was right. in the end, when things turned out badly i found out i was being blamed for not being a good "advisor".  from that day onwards i see that person i assumed as my good friend differently. the truth is, he has disappoint me in every single way. and i'm still waiting for the day where i'd have the guts to tell him that. anyways, this happened decades ago and i wanted to forget this so badly. so, based on this awful experience i chose not to get myself involve in her relationship. if anything goes wrong in her relationship, i'd feel terrible. i know i would. but would i regret making this decision? i don't know. i might. as the matter of fact i'd always regret the choices i made. i learnt things the hard way. i fell but eventually i gathered all my nerves and got up. therefore if any thing goes wrong maybe. maybe this will be a learning experience for her. what i am doing now you might reckon it as selfish and ruthless. trust me, i hate myself for making this decision too. but having another friend hating me for prying into her affairs? nope... bad idea. sorry, i cannot bring myself to tell her whatever i should tell her. i trust my intuition more than i trust her. sorry.