Monday, January 31, 2011

Salty Caramel Cupcakes

Have been baking a lot of cookies at home lately for chinese new year... Wouldnt be surprised if i counted all the cornflake cookies i have baked in the past week and they would amount to about 1000+! That doesnt include the spritz cookies.. but ugh, that is a different matter.

Ever since i bought the piping bag a fortnight ago, i have been itching to make cupcakes with frosting. Hehe. Was never encouraged by my mother before because she hates anything with cream, but you know... that's just her taste. Cream is nice and my brother likes cream, anyway.

So here they are... Salty Caramel Cupcakes!

The picture below shows how they look like after coming out from the oven. I like the taste. Sweet yet savoury, in a way.

Here you are.. the product of my piping bag and frosting! (Picture below) Still on the look out for a good frosting recipe. The frosting was a little clumpy..




Sunday, January 30, 2011

If I Could Tell You

If i could tell you, i would tell you:

1. I know you love me.
2. and i love you too.
3. that every single thing you do for me, that shows your effort and affection, touches me
4. but of late, things seem to be a little harder
5. i wish we could spend more time together
6. yet, the distance is getting further and further
7. i know there is something you can do
8. you know, i have been trying everything i could
9. there are so many places i want to see with you
10. and it frustrates me that you are satisfied with just napping the afternoon through
11. the journey will just get tougher
12. in the near future, only trust, love and respect can keep us together
13. all i am asking for now, is just a little memory for the time when you are in india.
14. i really wish you could see
15. that sparing just a little extra time for me,
16. would mean a lot to me.
17. alas, i cant force you
18. if your freedom, cars and afternoon naps are part of the deal
19. there is nothing she can do
20. just try being in your girlfriend's shoes..
21. and you will realise the fears and worries she is carrying through
22. you will tell her to brush those thoughts aside
23. but telling a worrywart to stop worrying is like asking a dog to stop barking
24. she is not asking you to stop everything else you must and like to do
25. she just wants to be showered with a little more love before you go
26. she has tolerated so much for you
27. is it too much to ask for a little more before you leave?
28. something she can remember by in lonely times when she misses you
29. please dont leave her here, pining for you
30. all this would be solved if you could understand the msg she is trying to put to you.

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

What A Week

And i cant believe i am barely through mid-way of this week. Started with UM Next Tycoon 2011 first stage. My group qualified to the next round, but right after the station games i got a fever.. a two-day bout of fever on the weekends which prevented me from doing anything, tutorials included. When Monday started, and i was slightly better, my only option was rush through my tutorials - so last minute!

Then the SD e-mail coming in questioning on my "poor" CGPA. Ugh. It really bugs me coz it makes me wonder... are my results really that bad?!

And then, more tutorials. And now, today.

After APK, i came back home but left about 30 minutes later to Sunway Pyramid. I weaved through the jam safely but guess where i got stuck? The car park. I totally wrecked my left rear view mirror while parking. CY tried to help fix it but i think there is nothing much that can be done but buy a new one. Somehow i feel like it was so tradgic coz i watched it smash into the pillar right before my eyes.

I saw a parking spot on the left, between a pillar and another car. So i drove in but i guess at the wrong angle. I realised that if i drove in any further the car door would get scratched by the pillar so i changed my gear to reverse. The car reversed, yes indeed. And so did my rear view mirror. Ish. It happened really quickly actually, that's why everything was out of my control!

Now you know why i try to avoid driving.

Oh gosh, what else does this week hold for me? :(

Tmr, a special tutorial awaits me. I already know who will be my tutor!

Things to do:
1. Get winter clothing for ALSA Korea trip.
2. Prepare slides on environmental law for ALSA Korea trip.
3. Bake 300 cookies + that my aunt ordered from me. (looking forward to this!)
4. Complete contract assignment + tutorials + tutorials.
5. Fix my rear view mirror T.T

Actually my list is endless.

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Pardon me but i have removed two posts plus from my blog.

Hopefully my nightmare has come to an end now. Wish we never have to reach this point again. What happened today, this morning to be specific was beyond my expectation.. Imagine, the one person who is always the late one/sleeping one/lazy one btween the both of us was actually the one who was there walking towards my bed in my room at 8am in the morning. When I was still sleeping. Life is always funny in that way, huh?

Anyway, time i straighten out my life. With Chinese new year coming round the corner, i shall be getting busier! Will need to bake lots of cookies, and oh gosh, i havent finished shopping for new clothes either.

Btw i bought a pretty and delicate white dress for the ALSA Korea trip next month already. So excited, cant wait to try it on with my heels!!!

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Goodies for CNY

Can you believe it that a jar of cookies that would have cost RM10 five years back now cost like what.. RM22? Baking your own cookies are cheaper! :D

Things I am going to bake this CNY:
1. Cornflake Almond Cookies (tried and tested already) :)
3. Green Pea Cookies

and maybe a little chocolate chip cookies if i can find the time and the mood.

Saturday, January 8, 2011

Not-So-Perfect Perfect

Okay.

So, many things have been happening to me within the first few days of the year 2011 itself. I went from a blessed life on new year eve to a life that was sent from hell in the first week of the new year. For one or two friends, you might have a rough idea of what i am talking about. It was much worse, really. But if i want to see this optimistically, i guess everything that has happened is just helping me to realise Resolution No. 2.

From that one week of misery, where i almost lived the full-time life of a zombie that had just re-lived from the dead, i learnt an incredibly important lesson that i believe will be very valuable for the time when he goes abroad. It is also something i would like to impart to all those girls out there who have boyfriends who love them but cant help feeling that the grass is always greener on the other side.

I am not saying that i am a totally-changed person now, neither am i saying that nothing has changed. No doubt, the past week was hell-sent! Please dont ever let me go through that again.. However, it did make me think through everything that has happened to us in the past few years we have been together.

And yes, i am confessing now.

You are not a perfect person. Sometimes, you forget to message me goodnight and sweet dreams before going to bed. You come at 11am when you promised to arrive at 10.15am. You get upset with me when i start to cry. You dont post sweet things on my Facebook wall when you know it would mean a lot to me. You dont show your affection for me in front of your pals. You are always soiling my bed with your dirty jeans. And yes, you are such a car junkie. An impatient, hot-blooded one, to add!

But I am not a perfect person, either. I sensitise over everything you say, or don't say. I get impatient when you are late by just one minute. I cry over the slightest things. Sometimes, I expect more than you can give at a point of time. I throw a tantrum when i don't get my way. I dream of a Prince to sweep me off my feet when i ain't a Princess.

The two things about humans and relationships is one, humans, in general, normally seem to think that what others have is better than what they have. We go about life, pursuing for more and more of something that we desire -always thinking that others have more of what we want or need. In other words, we are never easily satisfied with what we have. Second, we usually take the things closest to our hearts for granted. From parents, siblings, grandparents, friends, boyfriend/girlfriend, and no doubt, best friends. It's funny that here are the people we care about most, but are the ones we normally deprive of our true love and attention.

What i would like to say here is that, very often, we tend to forget or neglect our loved ones. Like the time i didnt realise how much it means that you can hold my hand without me asking you to, or when you stroke my hair, looking at me lovingly, or when you offer to carry my things when you know i am not feeling well, or when you dont force me to go somewhere just because i dont want to. The times when i complain i am getting fatter and you tell me i am still beautiful, or when we can have a great time talking about the future, OUR future together. I never realised how invaluable the moments are when you can pop over to my house simply to check if i had a good day, or called me to see if i have recovered from my stomach cramp. Like when you can look into my eyes and say "I love you" or when we went to Petaling Street and you produced a small bouquet of one single rose (and to think i was upset with you for being late.) Or when you let me go out with a bunch of guy friends and trust me whole-heartedly. The time when i came back from matriculation by train and you greeted me at KL Central with apam balik. When i am sobbing hysterically because Metta got injured/i had a row with my parents/etc. and you comfort me although we ourselves had just quarreled over something else. When i can laugh with you over something we share in common.

Some of these things may be cliche but the truth is, these things cannot be counted by money, time, nor words. Memories. Countless, invaluable memories. These can only be weighed by the amount of love and thought from the giver to the receiver; from the one who loves you.

It took me last week to make me realise..

Even if he can post 100 "I love you" messages on your FB wall or show everybody your couple pictures, it doesnt really mean anything if it didn't come with any thought, for you. Undeniably, it would be a bonus that he could get those roses or chocolates, (Gosh, almost any girl would love their boyfriends to spoil them with surprises!) but the point i am trying to get across here is that he must do it for you, with love.

To all those girls out there, that have encountered what i have went through, you will know what i am writing about when you read this. And know that, no matter how disappointed you are with your guy for something he did or didnt do, always remember that the most important thing is he loves you. That at the end of the day, you know that he will always be there for you. That he will love you till your last breath, and only want the best for you.

It's not to say that after this post, my relationship would be quarrel-free. But at least, what i hope is that after my first lesson of 2011, the quarrels we have in future would be ones that would help develop and flourish our relationship.

I guess when it comes to guys, the phrase, "actions speak louder than words", really does apply.



Friday, January 7, 2011

Favourite Malacca Pics

Because the photos were uploaded pretty late and i now dont have the mood to elaborate, here they are. The picture below is my all-time favourite pic. Cy got creative and got the permission from a trishaw-man to get this pic. Lunch was at Hoe Kee. I choose not to elaborate the picture below. Let's keep it a secret between the two of us? ;p

Sunset at Portuguese Settlement. This must be my favourite place in Malacca, at least for now. Well, it might be a ittle boring on normal days, but during Christmas season, boy, there really is a difference!

Now, i am still waiting for the Muar pics. Hmm..