My Sunday

My Sunday was rather well-spent. In my opinion, it was. Hehehe...

1) 12.30pm - Went for a 25-min jog @ the gym. Covered 3.1km. Had a quick shower and rushed home.
2) 3.30pm - Brought my mum for a massage session.
3) 4.40pm - Queued for 20 mins for some donuts which my mum adores.
3) 5.30pm - Went to 2 boutiques and spent 1hr 30mins trying on various outfits with my mum together. I paid for everything. My mum was happy. I was happy.
4) 745pm - Met up with the rest of my family in town and had some chinese cuisine for dinner.
5) 8.40pm - Waited for almost 30 mins for a cab.
6)9plus - I was finally home.

That's my Sunday. =)

21.07.07

Starting to miss P already. Sent him off @ the airport on 21.07.07 @ 7ish am. After a night of partying and slept for a mere 1 and a half hours, I managed to drag myself out of bed very reluctantly @ 7am. There's no way am I going to miss the send off. If I do, I'd regret for the rest of my life. I was really quick in changing up for once. Without any make-up on, I was done in 15mins! It was a lucky day for me. The moment I got out of my house, I got myself a cab. Had a nice chat with the cab driver all the way to the airport. I just simply LOVE to talk. Call me talkative or sociable, or maybe, maybe I treat him like one of my audit clients. Tired, very tired but just thought it'd be lovely to commence the day with a nice chat. Illogical reasoning. Still, I am confident that the cab driver enjoyed chatting with me. Heh...

Thought I'd cry when P was leaving for the departure door but I couldn't. But when one of our friends did a video conference via her mobile phone, I started to get emotional the moment I saw the departure gate leading to the plane. I broke down. He did too. One less person to listen to my whinning. So now, I am left with two pals S and J.

Work again.

Been feeling moody for the past few days. Planned to take leave this week but was being plotted on a new engagement for a couple of weeks. Arrghhh!!! And now I've to wait till my engagement is over. Still feeling down. The time now is 3.10am. Was terribly dead beat earlier on so I took a nap first. I am starting to continue with my work now. I shall target to finish my work in 1hr's time. Ideally. Wish me luck.

We're different.

Yes, I was upset. I didn't expect to see him with another girl. He didn't expect to see me either. I totally construed that both of us belonged to different sides of the universe. I felt silly. I'd enough of "I'm so sorry that I hurt you so much." especially through sms. The thing about sms is that you can sound so sincere when you are not.

My dinner

Had dinner at my favourite Japanese restaurant near my workplace before I meet my friends for drinks at some club last Friday. This is my third time during the month of July having Japanese food at the same place. However, I always order a different main course. I had teriyaki chicken set and it cost S$18++. My favourite Japanese dish is Unagi. I love Japanese cuisine so much that I can have them everyday. But then again, I need to spare a thought for my financial pocket too. I like this other favourite Japanese restaurant of mine in town. It is called Sun with Moon Dining. I love their grilled osyters with bacon and spinach and Amaebi sashimi. Yummy!! I love good food, they need not be expensive.

Brownies...yummy

Baked some brownies earlier in the week since I've 'slightly' more free time now. Changed some techniques for my brownies baking process and the result was thankfully not disastrous at all. My weighing scale performed a 'disappearing' act just when I needed it so much. I find that it is a prudent attitude to measure the ingredients rather than using estimation when it comes to baking. For me at least. Glad I have a cook book which provides me with measurement conversion from grams to ounce. Glad again that I've a measurement cup. Finally, I started baking. I am pleased with what I baked. Yes, yes, I am self-praising myself. Truth is, I think my brownies taste better than my previous bakes ( they're delicious each time I baked, but this time it is better). I offered my brownies to my family (they've to show moral support by consuming them) and my friends and boyfriend (future). I'll always without fail, taste whatever I bake/ cook to ensure they're safe for consumption. I've a high level of integrity. Don't try to doubt me even for a second. I received good reviews from my family and friends. I'm gonna bake more brownies and more cookies and try different recipes.

Brownies Recipe

120g of plain flour, sifted once

3 eggs -room temperature, avoid chilled ones

75g brown sugar

100g brown sugar

100g walnuts, roasted and chopped

100g chocolate chips - optional

250g unsalted butter, softened - I use golden churn brand.

200g baking chocolate - melted

Steps:

1. Add 75g brown sugar to the butter and mix well.

2. Add one egg at a time to butter mixture and mix well.

3. Add 100g brown sugar to the plain flour and mix well.

4. Add the flour mixture to (2) and mix well.

5. Add the walnuts to (4).

6. Add the melted chocolate (cooled, still in liquid form) to (5) and mix well

7. Bake at 180 deg celsius for 35mins.

Note: I use a silver-colored tray instead of dark-colored tray. I find that my brownies turned out to be a little moist. Well, you can try using two different type of trays and see the effect.

Donuts

A couple 0f months back, I saw a long queue of people outside a Donut shop. I was like, "Are they really that good?" Queuing seems like a national trait of Singaporeans. Whether it is freebies or not, we 'love' to queue even for worthless stuff. And that makes us 'Kiasu' aka afraid to lose Singaporeans. As the queue was seriously too long, I aborted the idea of getting one myself. Besides, I am not a big fan of donuts except for Sugar donuts where I can get from any bakery shop. Everytime when I pop by the Donut shop, there will always be a string of people lining up to buy them. No way am I going to queue for an hour for these donuts. So yesterday when I was shopping with my mum, I saw that they opened another branch and there wasn't a long queue, say abt 10 people in front of me. And I decided to get these donuts while waiting for my mum to finish to her facial treatment. I am not particularly very impressed, my family like them though. I tasted better ones in the States. I must admit they do look cute and pretty.