today...
Friday 29 May 2009

twitter



I do not understand twitter...

I went to crayong's twitter, which led me to lynnliying, amadapanz, huhu2k, tinges, fran_lyn, mishilau, kongooi, EuLynn, Pauline Tay, iriskexin, USHA MAILVAGANAM???!!!

What is this! In a matter of seconds I'm connected to so many people...

By the way, I have not joined and do not intend to. =)

heh. hello long weekend!



today...
 @8:01 pm

Saturday 23 May 2009

weekend bake-off

So the weekend bake-off begins with...

Friday evening, I baked butter cake (from the box). But it was still quite delicious and soft too. Nice with a cup of tea. Mind you, I took these photos with the worst lighting conditions at 10:30pm!



Every morning, my neighbour's ghastly dog will bark and howl at 6 in the morning. Friday night I prayed to God and asked that the dog will just shut up, so I can enjoy my sleep in. 6am ... not one peep from the dog. 7am... cling clong clang... my dad was washing the dishes. rarh. Woke me up. So much for sleeping in.

Woke up pretty early on Saturday morning and was pretty excited to bake some green tea stuff! Mum and I went to the oriental store to try to find Green tea powder! They didn't have any! Gah... went to the Indian store...they didn't have any either... went to the Korean store... finally they had it, although wasn't sure if it was the same as matcha (Japanese green tea powder)!!! Cost 10 bucks for 50 grams! - and I used it all! I didn't know there were so many varieties of matcha (green tea powder)!


So my first attempt at making these Matcha cookies... they didn't turn out too bad, but I made a boo boo! Instead of mixing the egg yolks into the batter, I mixed egg whites... BAhhhhhhhhhh~~ But still edible and nice and soft on the inside. The green tea taste is not as strong and fragrant as I would have liked though.


I also baked Matcha cupcakes while I was at it. Pretty similar ingredients. They didn't turn out as green as I'd hoped because there wasn't enough green tea powder after having used the majority of it on the cookies. A tad sweet still, even though I cut down the sugar already. They look more like banana cupcakes.

So what's up for next weekend? Hrmm.. more baking??

Maybe I should try to make a meal from my Secrets of the Red Lantern recipe book. I really want to visit this resturant when I got to Sydney. It's not too far from the city centre, so hopefully we might have time to go there. The contestants from Masterchef went there on last nights episode! By the way, if you love autobiographies, Red Lantern is a must read autobiography/recipe book. I cried several times whilst reading - she writes very well. It's the autobiography of Pauline Nguygen as a child escaping Vietnam and growing up in Australia. I first read her story from another book called Growing up Asian in Australia by Alice Pung which is a collection of stories by Asians that grew up in Australia which is another good read. For those who are part of the generation of Asians that did grow up in Australia, you'll be able to relate to many aspects of their lives growing up in Australia too as you read their stories.

♥ weiwei



today...
 @3:46 pm

Friday 22 May 2009

TGIF!

I think I've put on weight. =(
Last night my mum forced me to weigh myself (after I ate KFC hoho~ bad bad). *double =(
I haven't weighed myself for quite some time because I'm scared of the number I might see on the scales. *triple =(

So my mum called me fat, and told me I needed to lose weight. Somehow, when your mum tells you you're fat, it's like an even deeper stab to the heart, and then twisting the knife while it's in the heart. I know my mum - she's pretty critical about these sorts of things. She often passess comments like this without realising the emotional damage she's doing. She said these comments to my cousin as well, who I think was also pretty affected by it. But when it comes to weight, girls just naturally get hurt especially if they're told they've gained weight.

Darn you winter for being so cold. But you know what the good thing about heavy HEAVY rain is? 2 days ago, my windscreen was littered with bird poo. Darn you birds for not controlling yourselves and poo-ing all over my car! Anyway, the heavy rains cleaned it all right off! boo-yeah! No elbow grease from me needed!

Anyway, over the weekend I'm going to bake (or try to)! I'm going to try make Matcha Love Hearts (although, I don't have heart shape cookie cutters, so I might make Matcha (Ginger-Bread) Man shaped cookies! heh heh


*picture stolen from her website*

Taken from Oh for the love of food!She makes really pretty cup cakes and inspires me to be a desperate housewife like Bree and bake all day long (if I had the time!) She also takes REALLY amazing photos (or her husband does) - and inspires me to bake and take photos. If only I had the 50mm, I'd be happy.

Thank God it's Friday~
6.5 hours to the weekend! =)

♥ weiwei


today...
 @11:03 am

Sunday 17 May 2009

sunday


The weekend is almost over.
This morning I woke up from a dream.
I dreamt Day Light Savings did not get passed through.
Didn't think too much of it.

I went to church.
Went for lunch at Happy Meals.
Had beef brisket crispy noodles.
Too much fat on the beef, so I gave it away.

Rested a while at kellsbabes house while waiting for Usha.
Watched this Egyptian mummy documentary with May.
Gross me out.
Happily reading the Ikea 2009 mag.
Played the piano a bit, after being so inspired by this.
*melts* at their talent.
Usha came home within 2 minutes.

Went to play tennis.
It was hot.
I sweated. wow.
Quite tiring.
I hit myself with the racquet.
Got black blue now. sien.
It hurts mmkay!

After tennis, Yan Jing enlightened me that there is no more Day Light Savings.
I can't believe we lost. So sad.
No more lazy afternoons at the beach till 9pm!
(not that I did that often, but the thought of it is nice anyway.)

Came home.
Ate 4 curry puffs my mum made.
[fatness] so piggish of me! (but oh sooooo yummeh)!
Only caught the last 5 minutes of Master Chef.
Garhh... didn't know it was on!

It's Monday again tomorrow.
*sigh*
That was a quick weekend.
Watch this and this.
Yes, it is the little girl singing.


♥ weiwei


today...
 @10:09 pm

Saturday 16 May 2009

screen shopping


I'm addicted to online shopping.
I have a measuring tape next to the laptop at all times.
Life without facebook has spurred another addiction!
*gasp*
Only putting stuff in the basket so far.
*phew*
Not buying...
...yet.
The models are pretty.
That's why the clothes look so good.
The bags are... just bags
I ♥ [super] big brown bags.
Oh so tempting.
I'm ready to swipe that card.
*deep breath*

Items Total:
US$803.50*
AUD1,049.61
*oops*
Maybe not?

♥ weiwei


today...
 @10:58 am

Friday 15 May 2009

everything in its time


I promise you, the answer will come

Hold on to patience and watch for the sign

Everything in its time



♥ weiwei


today...
 @11:12 pm

Sunday 10 May 2009

the sacrificial love of a mother

It is by God's will and grace that we are here and alive.

Today - almost got myself in another car crash on Vahland Ave. Caused me to freaking hyperventilate in the car afterwards, and realise how close I came to a serious car crash, going at 70km/ph.

Actually, to be honest, I think I'm still traumatised from the last one. Don't know why it has affected me so much. Maybe it was just the sandwich effect. I keep having flashbacks to that moment, and every time I do, I make the *tsk* noise with my tongue. I hate driving, especially on Vahland Ave and Leach Hwy. It's just like a street sitting there waiting for an accident to happen. I can't say much about Manning Rd either, because I had a car crash there too. =( There's no other way I can get to work other than Leach Hwy or Manning Rd. I get ridiculously anxious on Leach Hwy every morning. It's terrible.

Today, it's mothers day. I didn't really do anything too special with my mum. Went out to lunch with her and my sis on Saturday, and bought her flowers today. I think she was happy. We don't even have a nice vase for flowers. I think I shall buy one. Flowers make me happy.

Anyway, while in church - I was quite moved about some of the stories shared, particularly one little girl - whose mother is actually one of my colleagues too! (I never realised!) Anyway, the little girl was sharing about how her mother has deposited so many dreams in her heart. Taking up swimming lessons, to hopefully become an olympian one day, piano lessons, cello lessons, tuition etc etc etc.

I know my parents, my mum also had hopes and dreams for me. To play the piano - like every other Asian parent. But that was an epic fail. I couldn't do it. To go to Chinese school - like every other Asian parent raising ABC kids. That was another epic fail. I couldn't do it. I hate disappointing my parents but I guess in the end, my parents have always just wanted us to be happy. They were never too pushy, and in some ways, I wish they made us persevere more.

There are so many times, when mum will ask me what I want to eat and cook it for me, not even asking my brother or sister what they want to eat. Makes me feel special as if she's cooking only for me, to make me happy.

There are times when I'm sick and would be sleeping home all day, and she'd come home and make me a lemon and honey drink, give me a panadol to calm my fever and ruffle my blanket. It's a nice feeling when you're being looked after by your mum.

She knows I love camera stuff so much that on two separate occassions, she has actually bought the wrong camera for me. But it's alright, as long as she bought the right brand, I'm cool with it. =)

Recently, I've noticed that mum even knows my favourite colour is green. She knows I hate bitter guard and ginger - even though she insists that when I get pregnant she will cook ginger dishes for me all day long. =( She knows I don't really like the cheena kinda veges too much, yet she still hides them under the rice in my lunchbox! *sneaky* Even things that I don't realise she knows, she knows. I guess that's the beauty of a mother isn't it?

Overall, I realised how old my parents have become, yet I'm still amazed at how gung-ho they are in the way they live out their social life, the way they approach work without complaint and general house duties. I only hope that I can grow up to be as gung-ho as they are.

I know they litterally gave up everything for us. Moved to Australia, not even knowing English, not knowing the laws, starting with nothing and working their way up. For that, we can never repay, we can only make their retirement so comfortable and make them proud, that they didn't leave their life behind in vain.


I ♥ my mum, and dad.
♥ weiwei


today...
 @10:50 pm



a night out with PMS


Last night, went out to cblu with PMS. (Paw, May, Sha)
Forgot to take pictures of the food.
Instead, we took retarded photos of ourselves.
Had fish and chips, caesar salad, lamb shanks and fettucine.
Had a pint of coke.
Seriously too much coke for one month!
Didn't even finish the coke.

Saw a family of rabbits on the beach?!
They looked cute, but still freaked out.
They ran into the bush.
Then we went jogging on the beach-sand at 9pm.
May says not good to jog after eating.
Food can get stuck in the appendix!
What the!
It felt good after the jog.
Feet was super exfoliated after that.
*happy*

Found this gym on the beach.
Fantastico!
Played on the monkey bars - reminisced of primary school days.
Too fat to do the roly thing on the bars now. =(
Tried to do push ups on the bar.
Got stuck.
Paw had to rescue me.
*fatness and weak arms* =(
(Going to have bulging biceps on left arm though, from carrying fatty-bom-bom cutie-pie Aimee)
Mission: to hold her at least once a week. *must* on a Sunday.

Sat on the bench a while, admiring the stars and girl chatting.
Talked about starting an Astronomy Ministry in church *giggle*
Hoped to see a shooting star.
*SQUEEEEAAAAL*
I saw a shooting star.
Made a wish.
Don't believe in that rubbish.

Went to Subi to Dome it.
Had hot chocolate.
Imagine the calories we had that night.
*sigh*
Should I join the gym?


Had a fantastic night with the girls.

xoxo


♥ weiwei


today...
 @10:48 pm

Thursday 7 May 2009

writers block

I've had a lot on my mind recently.

There have been lots of things that I've wanted to write about and discuss and debate with myself...

but I have writer's block... so you're just going to have to wait a little longer =)

♥ weiwei


today...
 @10:21 pm

the author


♥ samuel tan
♥ she really likes green stuff.
photography is one of her on the side hobbies (when she has time) ♥
♥ lomography and toy cameras
she ♥'s teacups and homeware
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she hates super dislikes the cold.
she ♥'s 45 degrees in perth.
she enjoys reading autobiographies.
she would ♥ to travel around the world... one day.
she is a child of God ♥
... and she gets called a lot of names!

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