♥ Saturday, May 22, 2010Hello, post for december 2009. -__-Well, at least i'm trying to catch up the timeline. Mainly food-related pictures. And bird too. Xmas season. - Making baked potatoes!  Into the oven. Btw it takes like 45-60 minutes to bake a potato, which is bloody long to wait (a hungry man is an angry man) and it's a major waste of electricity. Actually there is a faster way, which is, you partially cook the potatoes in boiling water first before baking. However imo, the taste will be different of course. Not as fragrant bah.  Plain potato, baked fresh and topped with a scoop of butter. Tried another variation of baked potato too. Like, some times they sell those baked potato with fillings, or they actually mix additional stuffs into the potato itself for extra taste. Would have tried cheese but too bad i didn't buy any cheese LOLS. So i did a really simple variation.  Cut oven-baked potato into half. Scoop out the flesh into a bowl.  Mash the cooked potato and mix with butter. Fill back the potato shell, and put back into oven again to bake till golden.  Tadah~ Looks appetizing to you, i hope. =D  Yum yum. Buttery taste is always nice. And yes, the resulting potato would be more moist and soft.  Managed to bring home ikea shelves on public transport with much of my effort. It's not really, say heavy, but it's sort of big (as in tall and skinny).  We saw a fuse-beads giraffe in a shopping mall, jasmine liked it. But i told her not to purchase cus it was overpriced, and i can make a exact same one for her during the holidays. And tadah, here it is~ LOLS though now it's broken already. -_-  Here is one grumpy cat trying his best to say hi.  Had some time deciding whether the LEFT or RIGHT space planning of the storage shelves in the storeroom is better. Eventually settled on the RIGHT one. Cus LEFT one has a narrow path to walk, and if you put things that exceed the metal shelves' width, stuffs will be poking out, making it even harder to walk inside. Anyway, now the storeroom is still full of unpacked boxes at the moment, they didn't bother to pack zzzzz grr. Can't even walk in with boxes stacked till ceiling.  Bought a meow ear stud for myself LOLS. But i don't like it being orange leh. And the size is sort of too big.  You can add lemon zest (grate the skin of lemon) into your cup of cereal drink. It smells refreshing, gives a unique texture on top of cereal bits, tastes pleasant and most of all, it is nutritious, namely the vitamin c. Thumbs up. That's my usual ikea cup btw. (Lols i'm always stuck to ikea accessories, will see more later.)  Walao like that cost me 40 bucks. -_- Maybe ntuc fairprice should let me be their youth ambassador, a title like "supermarket queen" or stuffs like that, since i always shop and spend at major supermarts LOLS. I like to see new stocks that i've not seen before much in this island, and i like the air-conditioned and comfortable environment. Not aunty yet though.  The gardenia walnut country loaf is really great, though it cost double the price of normal bread loaves. Butter at the left, and skippy's peanut butter with grape stripes at the right. More ways to eat bread.  With avocado? YUP YUP!  And chicken pate (though this particular brand is too salty for my liking).  Tadah~ And some sweet dried figs. Fabulous sandwich yay.  Very vibrantly-coloured emergency exit spotted on a sbs bus. Was getting bus to go home at the interchange. Bus arrived, i ran to the berth from another berth. Boarded bus and realised my cat disappeared. T_T Must have dropped while running. Alighted one stop after and walked backed to the interchange (already midnight zzz thankfully still got bus to go home later) to see if i can find the cat. Found it at the edge of the road just below the pavement, in a puddle of rainwater.   Wet and black.  Brought home and gave a wash. Hung it on the window grill to dry. But it's scary to have a pair of eyes staring at you while you sleep.  So turned it over. LOLS. Anyway it's lost for good liao at the moment. I dropped it somewhere again and couldn't get it back anymore. Tried to search for another cat but to no avail, don't know why the cat accessories sold in many retail shops are like ugly lo, zzz. Can't find any cute ones for the time being. If got cute ones please tell me where to get zzz. Btw the bamboo blind in the above picture is bought at daiso. So nice LOLS.  Father bought a lovebird, exactly the same species that we had a year ago (that one flew away liao within one week). Black mark on the beak of a lovebird indicates that the bird is young, below three months old, that's what i found out from the internet. I thought the beak was dirty LOLS. When the lovebird is in adulthood, there will be no more black mark. Which is true, now no more black mark liao, and very noisy also. Was getting plastic bags for making and giving away gingerbread men for xmas.  The image clearly shows glossy clear plastic bags, however it's actually those matt ones inside the box WALAO EH. Although this is cheap, but i felt bloody cheated. Cus i had to re-search again. Sibei not happy. Anyway managed to find the glossy clear bags at skp, but they sell in large amount hence not cheap, and i seriously don't need so many bags zzz. So i bought ziplock bag instead, cus it is sold in a much smaller amount.  The bird was placed in the kitchen, so it kept kaypoh watching me making gingerbread man. Now its new home is a much bigger cage in the living room though. To be honest, i used a pre-mixed package. I actually decided to make gingerbread man only after i saw it on the ntuc shelf. Using ingredients from scratch (instead of pre-mixed) actually also can, but hor a lot of wastage leh. What am i gonna do with the leftovers of various kinds of flour and stuffs? I dont bake regularly. And the old weighing scale already disappeared so i have to buy a new one if i wanna make from scratch. That's too much to handle when i already need to purchase stuffs like wooden mixer spoon (although technically that can be considered optional), wooden roller, baking sheet, cookie cutter, cooling rack, etc. So after weighing the cost, wastage and time factor, it's making time~  Recipe only calls for the addition of an egg and some butter.  Add in the cookie mix.  Mix well.  Roll out dough and cut into desired shapes.  Cus my dough is slightly too wet (due to the gradual melting of butter), dough get stretched and out-of-shape when i transferred over to the baking sheet.  Baking and expanding in the oven.  Must be completely cool before storing.  More batches of cookies. More distortions ha ha ha they look like they are doing poses of aerobics or what.  This batch kinda chaotah cus thickness of dough was uneven and oven temperature isn't constant inside the old oven.  Storing.  Decorating. =D Waiting for the icing to dry is kinda a nightmare though. Took hours to dry and i couldn't leave the tray on the table for them to dry (ants would surely come for the feast). What i did was to hold the tray in front of the fan. And it still took bloody long to dry. That explains why the cookies' texture is more cakey instead of crispy. -  Lols saw this at ntuc and it was the last one so i just had to buy (slightly overprice =C) cus it's cute. Anyway one month later, i saw this at artfriend zzzzz.  Last minute xmas shopping at ntuc is rewarded with this cute stocking. Couldn't find suitable boxes/bags earlier on. Just the right right size and theme for the goodies to give zhili for xmas exchange (which happens every year automatically since a long time ago). This stocking is packed with goodies like sweets, chocolates, facial masks, lotion, earrings, xmas card, gingerbread man etc.  Xmas card, i like what i did to the postage lols.  3M pull-and-remove adhesive and hooks are really good, haven't even dropped yet, just like what they advertised for. Tried many foam tapes (including the 3M foam one), but all dropped. It's not really that expensive. Just cost a bit more that the regular ones, very worth the price for the won't-drop quality.  I need strong adhesive to the hooks up for my wardrobe organizer (which is yay from daiso again). And the wardrobe organizer houses my little items like belts, undergarments and socks.  Gingerbread bear for each colleague during company xmas party.  Fabulous sandwich again yay. -  Fusebeads from ironing.  Outgoing xmas packages.  Famous amos brownie from jasmine for xmas yay. -  The mexican stuff (tortilla i assume) seriously looks like roti prata. Wasn't as cheesy as lg imagined to be, ahha too bad.  Yay watched alvin and the chipmunks 2. I badly wanted to watch cus we watched the first alvin/chipmunk movie together like two years ago~ And saw the big big chipmunks at cathay. Needed to wait until people take finish before i can take photo with them too, ha ha.  LOLS looking stupid.  Simon LOLS. Skirt is too long, got it tailored some inches away and now it looks right. But the more i wash the dress, the looser the top straps get and exposing more. -_- Anyway, it's weird that when i wear a high-waist two-piece (blouse and skirt), people will think i'm wearing a dress with a belt. When i wear a one-piece high-waist dress with belt, people think that they are separate-garments. -_- And i actually long figured out that i'm a left-faced person when taking pictures. Just that i haven't really compared. And two pictures below happen to prove this theory though.  Right face cmi, looking weird. Unfortunately, this is also the side with the dimple.  Left face seems so much better, that's what i always find so. It has to do with my face being asymmetrical and hairstyle's parting. -  Doing work in an ikea-full environment in the middle of the night. -.- Bro's ikea lamp and side table. My ikea writing mat (though i flipped over to use to smooth side instead of the rough surface).  Birdbird giving sly look.  Lovebirds don't normally close their eyelids (which is sort of a furless membrane) when they sleep. Birds normally sleep and wake according to sun rise and sunset (just think about rooster). So when birds as kept as pets, lights do affect their sleeping behaviour. When you have lights off, they tend to sleep. And vice versa. But in our homes we often have to make it bright most of the time (natural lighting during day and artificial lighting for night) so we can see. But birds won't automatically sleep in a lit environment, since their body mechanism takes the cue that "oh light = sunshine = daytime = wake". So with shorter sleeping time, they get sleepy and the need to sleep arises. So they see the need to sleep even with lights on to replenish for their lost sleep. They close their eyelids only when environment is bright. Btw lovebirds often have double chins which is so cute LOLS.  Another behavioural characteristic of birds. They preen/groom themselves, similar theory to a cat licking fur. But this particular bird likes to clean its feathers just before bedtime.  Leisure reading of magazine with refreshing avocado drink is definitely enjoyable.  Saw this advertisement on one page of the magazine, like lols sia.  Ending this post with a picture of 85 market bakchormee! (LOLS obviously it's a takeaway cus the bowl and chopsticks are mine zzz.) - YAY finally finish with 2009, lols like really FINALLY. -_- Showcase of milkshakes for january 2010 post. Going bath and out for task liao, now 9+am. Zzz no sleep for today. I seriously don't understand why there is only one post appearing on the front page suddenly, despite my publishing setting has always been six posts. Okie. 5:50 am
|
我爱沈先生，since 15JAN07。 • KIM- • 05july1990 • twenty • bedok north secondary • nanyang academy of fine arts • muscle defect (dimple) Disenchanted Words • The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. • Destiny is a name often given in retrospect to choices that had dramatic consequences. Long Long Ago• April 2007• May 2007 • June 2007 • July 2007 • August 2007 • September 2007 • October 2007 • November 2007 • December 2007 • January 2008 • February 2008 • March 2008 • April 2008 • May 2008 • June 2008 • July 2008 • August 2008 • September 2008 • October 2008 • November 2008 • December 2008 • January 2009 • February 2009 • March 2009 • April 2009 • May 2009 • June 2009 • July 2009 • August 2009 • September 2009 • October 2009 • November 2009 • December 2009 • May 2010 • June 2010 • July 2010 • September 2010 • December 2010 • May 2011 • June 2011 • July 2011 • August 2011 • December 2011 • January 2012 • February 2012 CrossroadAll links below open in a new window/tab.Jukeboxsilverbluez @ hotmail.com Copyright © 2008-2010. All rights reserved. Best viewed in Internet Explorer 7 and screen resolution of 1280 by 720, although Mozilla Firefox 3 will also do (with extremely small font size for headings). |