i baked cakes! no high expectation pls.

gosh totally forgot abt this post n let it rot for a long long time... so convenience sake, i'll juz wrap 2 events in 1 post.. since it's all abt CAKE.


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25th march: our body system is such a wonderful piece of god's creation. as if i don know after yrs of studying that complicated n yawn-induced biology.

was rushing my arse off at last min. sympathetic activity predominates in my body. heart beating faster n harder, don feel hungry, don feel like going to jamban, armpit's sweat glands gone hyper (yerrr!) yeah my body is practically in fight or flight mode... all to prepare myself for writing up the last bit of words n hand in my assignment.

previously, my adrenaline rush ceased rite at the moment i pass up my cpp essay. so after pharmcare essay deadline, tot i'll juz k.0 on my bed, instead i was tossing n turning... strange... my body was stil pumping adrenaline to bind the adrenoceptors. i got up, wander in the kitchen for awhile. at the spur of the moment, hey let's bake a cake!

went to aldi to get sum stuff. passed by kebab shop. at the spur of the moment, shan suggested to da bau kebab. i quicky agreed cos i din have a proper lunch. when the kebab was ready, at the spur of the moment, v ate there straightaway instead of da bau. mmm~~

total RANDOMNESS. i'm loving it=)


gee back to the cake part.
bug jenny, the cake sifu for the simplest recipe possible. our 1st cake.. BUTTER CAKE!
this was our 1st baking session, while moz of our multi-talented batchmates cum future super wives cum future loving moms r oredi cake sifu. *malu

1. melt 250g butter n 190g sugar.

oh jenny even added that the recipe is fool-roof. wow.. in the hands of 3 clumsy stooges, nth is fool-proof man. stressed!

2. beat the mixture wif 4 eggs, cocoa powder n a quarter of milk.

3. pfong: hey how much milk?

me: 250ml.

4. 250ml of milk was poured into the mixture.

v beat n chat for a very long time. then v realise that hey there's sth wrong wif the consistency. y izzit stil so WATERY? oh gosh did i juz splash too much saliva into the mixture?

it muz b the milk! too much milk la.

me: jenny reli said 1 quarter de wor.

shan: ya it's 1 quarter. but jenny said it's 1 quarter of a normal cup o.

me: *faint.
my brain: 1 quarter= 1 quarter of 1 litre= 250mL. walao how can i ever assume like that?? 250mL= 2 normal cups! no wonder so watery la. oopsie!

well the moz za dou thing is that... yes yes i hope u've spotted it... that ms cheong hor... she witnessed us measuring the 250ml of milk n pouring into the mixture, AND she's the 1 who knew that it's 1 quarter of a normal cup. how come she din stop us?? well her answer was.. i can't connect both things tgt.

*.............

*sweat!

then v started to dump more raising flour, more eggs, more butter, more sugar, more cocoa butter.. more of everything! oh no.. our 1st time baking a cake... y so cruel? foolproof oso boleh jadi macam ni. MALU!

it took us hrs n finally.... freshly baked from oven.



i named it 天崩地裂. it's obvious!

mmm... luv the crust.. very crunchy. i alwiz like to eat crust! inside... aiya bit too moist. but overall, after the mistakes n chaos, n everything out of proportion.. v stil can come out wif this. pat on the shoulder~~~


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5th april: gosh that 1st cake was after my pharmcare essay deadline n now time for the 2nd cake, after my research project deadline. well it either proves how fast time passes or how inefficient of me in updating my blog.

oh did i juz say 2nd cake??

so this time it's shan who took the initiative to find recipe.
MARBLE CAKE. n weirdly they have vague instructions on choc frosting.

so everything went well this time. measurements ALL correct!! consistency.. nice. n v alternate the mixture to get the marble effect.. nice.

tho v kinda doubt that frosting. it looks so watery that v keep adding more choc n bit of flour. well... it's reli risky, n intuition juz got me that it'll do better w/o that frosting. anyway juz give it a go! it shud turn out ok.

so halfway when the cake's almoz ready, (well it looks 'done' to me. gosh it has this nice marble pattern in it , v were sooo happy!!), v poured the choc frosting over the cake n shoved into the oven.

n erm... times up! so eager to c wat we've got. n oh-my-god...

DISASTROUS!!

the supposedly nice-looking n nice-tasting cake juz turn to this horrible choc shit! ill!



c.. the marble effect was gone!!

sadla... thanx to that STUPID CHOC FROSTING. the instruction juz ended at the pt when the mixture was done n din told us wat to do wif it! n ppl who r noob in cake-baking juz don have the sense to do the rite thing.

well v did finish a lot of it anyway haha.

pls pls pls no more failure ok. that's so demoralising n resource-wasting. guess v r stil not the multi-talented batchmate cum gud future super wive cum future lovin' mom material muahaha. cheh like i wan to b 1..


=PMSPenny=

of youtube n deadlines.

it's interchange btw winter n spring. felt pretty gud. however it's oso the deadlines' season, or rather the Deadliest season in MPharm degree. damn!

i know i know i can't do assignments any earlier... i juz have to do it last min AGAIN!

so i tot... gotta cut down the time on cooking, bathing, fat ngau dau, grocery shopping, pak toh, talk crap bla bla... n i did! so that i can stay more in my room n get focused wif my pharmcare essays.. note the S.

... which is totally STUPID! since i've got an awfully short attention span, i shud've known it CAN'T work!

so instead of reading more journals, i was blog-hopping, youtube-ing n anime-ing EXCESSIVELY, the rate rising exponentially samo. well at least i know i'm not alone =)

n then i discovered sth! haha not a big thing unless u r a fan.

i was watching LMF's videos on youtube, not the S again keke. gosh i luv LMF since my secondary skool days! *nostalgic* they were the ones i listened to in the hk scene.. bsides beyond n king lychee. but i din buy their album, 1. i was juz a kong shue sang,
(c i don buy ciplak lou fan, i stand on high moral grounds, kerana gua punya moral dapat A1 muahaha )
2. i was too chicken to play songs like h** g* l**g rite into mummy's ears. how sinful is that!
(c i respect my parents... ppl who listen to 1 or 2 foul language songs r not bad kids ok.. LMF is educational)


STOP! *the trademark pfong way**
i think i swayed away from my main pt. i said i discovered sth rite?

while watching 1 of the LMF's video... i spotted a guy. i tot to myself. "hey this guy look like 李灿森 la so funny 1"... secs later... "waa reli look like him wor"...

WAIT A MIN! it IS sam lee! according to my observant eyes.


yeh it's this comical dude playing comical roles in slap-stick hk movies.


so i decided to googled a bit n CONFIRMed.. this dude was once a member of LMF!!

shame on u lin-sama... how dare u claim urself a LMF fan!

sheez i nvr know abt this until few days ago, long after they disbanded... i'm so outdated weh. only know of MC Yan rapping in that pervert edison's songs.. wasted wasted.

o' skool metal rap rocks man!

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n i made a promise to myself not to fool around anymore... it's final yr project. it's hell lotsa credits don play play.

after making that promise... i slept at 4am ytrday. i watch anime non-stop for hrs... n then went on to finish up manga.. that's it! no more anime/ manga til 4th april. of course stil can watch tvb drama la.. if ban that oso wil b too cruel to myself liao.

n then today, went to library wif pfong. can u blif it?! i went to the LIBRARY! borrowed sum books on molecular modelling n drug design. shit i don even know how to borrow books, gud that i went wif pfong, well she din know how to return books either.. muahaha.

BOOKS! tsk tsk so proud of myself n yes... =hardworkingHillary= is in da house.

SLAP ME!!

=stressedSheryl= : omg omg anime tvb drama entertainment shows... episode after episode... r u out of ur mind??? u have 1 1/4 essay + 3 portfolios to go!!!

=selambaStella= : relak la sheryl-sama... damn whoever who postponed the deadline to nx tues, made me lost all sense of urgency n sense of crisis liao...

=stressedSheryl= : @#$%^&*#
*pokes a needle into stella's butt
5 mg/ml sense of urgency i.v
ngek ngek ngek!!

oops stil blogging crap... gtg!

FOOD food food...

lauders
o'neills
counting house
the goose
drums n monkeys
tiger-tiger

oh wait i'm not having a trip to the ZOO ok.

these r pubs/bars that v dined in truout our stay in glasgow- places that v can afford (named after animals samo). but nth is more satisfying than having a meal with Fantabulous Food from our homeland... esp when u r abroad for soo many months n u miss the food haven that u hailed from so dearly...

n whoala... on 8th march: a lunch outing to a newly opened msian restaurant near our area...
RUMOURS! i forgot to wrap this up in my weekly rhapsodee of 3rd - 9th march.

v were in time for the set lunch. 6.50 pounds for starter, main plus tea.


cute rooster tea set... aww i miss hiong pin, gok bou n long jeng...

recommended starter: satay!! tho it looked more like chicken skewer, the sos! my gudness! reli satay sos yo, dun play play.

the sambal egg n acar were very nice too. juz not as dai as the satay. dah la the egg n shredded vege r cheaper than chicken meat, they samo served in smaller portion pulak!


ta-dah~ my dish.. pineapple fried rice. tot it's gonna b sth exotic.. served in a real pineapple wif very rich thai taste to it. dsshh... too high expectation =( but surely taste much better than my own fried rice keke.


c.. got prawn n fish cake... mmmm!!


shan's nasi lemak. sambal up to msian std in ang moh country! wat a rare gem. muz try!




char kuey teow... not bad too!



the way the si tau po switched effortlessly btw mandarin n cantonese ... ahhh confirm kaki-nang la... it felt SOOO GOOD to b in the cosy cafe that after finishing the food, v juz chatted n chatted like any ordinary yam cha session in kl. it shud b named GOSSIPS la~

when v asked for the bill, found that the si tau po gai cho sou. since v r kaki-nang, v pointed out that she counted 1 set less, damn HONEST weh!! if it's in a pub/bar, v wud've fled the place like road runnner as soon as v paid the bill. *beep beep

yeh defly gonna go back again!

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10th march: movie outing at cineworld. v watched national treasure. wa long time din watch movie adi, 2nd movie outing in glasgow since transformers haha! n here, the movies r WAY outdated compared to msia. pathetic! anyway the movie boleh tahan la.

well gud things alwiz come later. after that, v went to MUSSEL INN! yes, they served mussels. n yes, i ordered half kilo of mussels in cheese, bacon n cream. (5.30 pounds, gud deal!). waaa damn deprived of seafood weh!!! so me n dear decided to add on half dozen of oysters. u hear me rite... chilled oysters!

the mussels went reli well wif the flavour! v were hoping that they wil serve extra bread since our batchmates said they wil, but dunno la.. mayb v yong soih.. v din get extra bread=(

the oysters were so yummi-ly fresh! it's so smooth.. juz 1 slurp n felt like it melted in my mouth... WOW! that was a great dinner.


12th march: dear had diarrhoea until fatigue got over him, his hands n legs went numb. time to nurse a big baby... tho my porridge cooking skill hasn't reli improve haha...
so cud it b the oysters on 10th march?? hmm...


=waisekMeow=

Election 2008!

for 50 yrs of independence in a so called 'democratic' country, 1st time... v get a sweet taste of DEMOCRACY! as a msian citizen, v have all the reasons to rejoice! *pops champagne

libra's 2/3 majority was denied, 5 states were conceded to the oppostition party. wat a crazy crazy feat man! muahaha it's the AGE of INTERNET!

hah so wat, u think u can stop raja petra, u think u can sue namewee, even if u bought over all the mainstream media in msia, u can't hide wat u did, ppl wil know, bcos this is the age of internet!!!

u think u can shut the mouths of the bloggers... look where's jeffooi, hah azalina ur turn to shut up!
u think u can suppress the voice of a mass rally by spraying tear gas n detaining the leader... well manoharan tastes victory while laying his ass in kamunting detention camp.

pak lala n gang muz b dumbfounded.
mr. semi-value has not much of value left.
guan eng waves gudbye to koh (shu) koon.
chew si lai goes home n bake cookies.

n moz rakyat malaysia hollered, yeh!!!

well of course it's too early to say anything since the government is not formed n v have yet to see how the opposition parties perform to serve the rakyat. or wil they too b corrupted by power n wealth? don disappoint us la weh. v'll c.


*i heard michael buble singing ---> it's a new dawn, it's a new day, it's a new life~~~~*



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5am!! wat a record! damn siao. this is the 2nd FIRE ALARM that went off in the WEEEE hrs IN A WEEK! the 1st time pfong n i were very excited, indeed v were the 1st to rush out of the building (am i dreaming or wat?) n find it even funnier when v c the smoke came out of our living room window haha. *dup dup heart skipped a bit. oh gosh it cudn't b us who cause every1 walking out in the pjs rite?! 2 chickens so afraid to b cursed by fellow batchmates. phew luckily not us haha. but hey 2nd time in a week is no more fun ok, ya ya curse the angmoh downstairs!



=excitedElisa=

of SNOW! n CPP essay...

weekly rhapsodee: 3rd - 9th march

3rd march: it snowed in glasgow! damn excited since the moment i crawl out of bed. in n out, in n out... v went out of the house 3 times for the SNOW! semangat~

1st time: not snowing adi but everywhere was covered wif a thin layer of snow... stil happy.

snowman n sexy snowbabe ini bikini.. wiu-wit!


2nd time: bfor i cud settle down, omg... it snowed again!



me n 38 housemates (except the si gu gu 1) ran out to play wif the snow. v ran abt, taste the snow... n got excited like budak kecik.

haha competing to c who collect the moz snow flakes on their hair.



n yeh... i got a lot! i think i won!



well if there is 1 moment that i shud rmb abt snowing in glasgow... this is it! it's such a wonderful feeling to b embraced by nature!! it's freedom n tranquility that i felt while sitting on the grass n let the snow shower all over me... from my gloomy n confused 'transition state' in imu days, i'm glad that i slowly find myself during my stay abroad. n this snow shower juz happen to remind me of this.


bfor i cud open my comp, WHOA yau lei!! this time it's a heavier.


waa luckily my window was repaired rite in time.


*catch catch catch... aww damn fun catching the snow flakes. juz a tip for u guys how to recognise my hand. c my last finger FOREVER cacat 1, don ask me y i dunno!


in case u wonder wat's this... i'm sticking my head out of the window to collect snow flakes. "the stunt was performed by well-trained professional. don try this at home."


the snow gets heavier n heavier n FUYOH! look at this...



can't tahan adi... went out 3rd time for more pics.

tralalalala... byk-nya bintik-bintik putih! so beautiful!


ill ill ill.. PINK! oh wth the fact that i was in this oversized liong pink jacket n oily hair killed the beauty of the pic.


wahaha that helmet hair was a bigger laughing stock compared to my pink jacket. it made me =barberBarbara= ytrday.



then v compact the snow into a snowball... no, not having snowball fight. instead v attacked the J2 windows muahaha... yeh yeh it's so FUN but too bad my snowballs were alwiz not on target *eesshh!

- 3 eskimos posing wif phone booths

on the way to tesco... weee stil snowing!

the whole day was pretty much distracted by the snow n not much progress on cpp essay. mayb it's the mind-cleansing effect of the snow, my cpp headache (literally) was gone!

this was the enjoyable kind of heavy snow... not the crazy blizzard at cairngorm mountain that made u crying for home! oh reminds me that i stil i haven't write on my skiing trip ahhhhhh...

=kiddoKate=


4th march: i look into the the mirror n i look like shit, i look around my room n my room look like shit.

i feel like a junkie... *harh... a seaweed junkie la. can't stop eating it. when i get so sick of my CPP essay i have to eat it!!... psychological dependence...


luckily it's a healthy snack.

pretty stressed out wif cpp cos i dunno which shud b my recommended therapy since i don have enuf info to help me decide! it's reli insecure to think that i may head the wrong direction how how how?!

finally, my mind was set to support drug A.


5th march: i was rite behind that pepsiholic but *bam the door was locked! thanx to hsheong, i got in the classroom at last tho it took quite awhile. it muz b that day of the month for mr. pepsiholic... kesian the presenters. he later punished the absentees to write an essay abt professionalism n apology letters for those who were present.

*ptui!

y izzit that only my group was punished? other grps leh? yalar yalar my grp don have ang moh, don have nagging murray, don have sushi bday gal. alwiz so inorganised n likes to make changes at short notice! c'mon who shud b writing an essay abt professionalism...

on that nite itself... i suddenly came across a finding that made me switch to drug B... harh after all the research i done on drug A... =stressedSheryl=

6th march: mind finally set on drug B.

7th march: changed my mind to no absolute recommendation. A or B, depends on the patient la. due to my fickle-mindedness throughout the entire week, swirling between 2 options, i only managed to pass up w/o final editing by 4.40pm. that was close! gan cheong like hell! luckily it's only a 2 mins walk to uni.

when i got home, the adrenaline rush ceased n so did the adrenaline effect. off to bed... k. o. -ed.

=relievedRiley=