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Cramps

A short break before i continue my cram(p) session. (as though i was studying the whole day today). i was lying on bed most of the time today as i was having a very bad cramp. hot water / heater / hot shower didnt work. still having mild cramps now. must be cause of the cold rainy weather.

I know i've been missing, you can sense another hiatus coming along. hehe. but i did "blog". on paper.

there's more:

Another emo reflect, resulting from emo songs on Ipod and staying up till 4 am that day. back date that one later. :)

On another entirely different and random topic:

Meera, this is for you. This is the new and improved version. Cooked this one lately for a party of 5 big eaters. :)

Seafood Carbonara Recipe

Ingredients:

2 Handful of Shredded Bacon

One Onion, sliced

Garlic, chopped

One handful of scallops

Some calamari rings

One handful of raw prawns (soak in cold salted water)

One handful of Mussels

5 eggs - slightly beaten (skip this ingredient if cooking for small kids or if stomach is sensitive to raw food)

One 500g packet of Fettucine (cooked, drained)

600ml Heavy Cream

Dash of milk

One packet of Powdered/Grated Parmesan Cheese

Dash of dry white wine

Dried Mixed Herbs

Shaved parmesan

Chives

Prepare ingredients - Heat some olive oil on pan - Stirfry onion and garlic till fragrant - Add in Bacon, cook well - Add seafood - Remove cooked Calamari Rings and set aside as it will harden if overcooked - When the ingredients are nearly cooked (careful not to overcook the seafood), mix the cooked fettucine into the seafood + bacon - Add about 600ml of heavy cream (depending of amount of sauce needed), dash of milk, mixed herbs, fresh basil, black pepper, salt, parmesan cheese, dash of white wine (if preferred) and stir well till it sorta boils - reduce heat and stir in the egg mixture (careful as not to cook the eggs otherwise it might turn out as scrambled egg seafood carbonara) - stir well and serve immediately, topped with some shaved parmesan & chives.

Will update this post with picture later when i manage to get it off my housemate. :)

Gotta go back to bed. Cramps getting worse.

See yous. <3

So Be It

im back from my hiatus. i dont even know whether i want to back track on my entries. so much had happened in this few weeks. too much actually. after all, not good to dwell in the past right? unless its pretty memories. =]

i have made up my mind. i will stay here in brisbane. i actually want to. im not so sure what changed my mind, because i am so set on going home. but im pretty sure God has something to do with it.

but i have one big problem.

i finally found out that i failed my Supplementary paper. Miserably. Its astonishing that results shows that i actually did worse than the first time i took the paper. the faculty was holding back our results for so long, i guess that too many people failed this course.

i have never felt so terribly disappointed with myself ever before. i was so stunned that i could not even cry. i just didn't. my heart hardened. i wanted so badly to pass that paper so that I could settle my permanent residency application, quit the cafe, get the job that i wanted, be who i want to be. but things just went really wrong this past few weeks.

the first blow was when my dad found out my police record check application got rejected. typical msians couldnt even stamp properly. 20.07.07 looked like 20.01.07. which could only mean that the money order expired and because of that they will not process the form. and it took them more than 20 days to realise that and contact my Dad. second blow was when the Health Services Australia called me up to postpone my medical check up till september. all the things just shouted "You wont make it for PR now."

and now this.

but there's one thing, I felt God's presense right here right now. So strong. Eventhough I felt like I've been sucked into a black hole, I felt that this is not the end. Even in this time of darkness, I felt free. This is just a slight drawback. One of God's plans. Why this way? I dont really know. Will I ever find out? I'm looking forward to.

Bring it on.

Amazing Freedom.

I then realised I did not cry not because i was too stunned. But because it was Him who bound my broken heart and saved all my tears. Like what I sang in church today during worship.

Say the word and I will sing for You
Over oceans deep, I will follow
If each star was a song
And every breath of wind, praise
It would still fail by far to say
All my heart contains
I simply live, I simply live for You

As the glory of Your presence
Now fills this place
In worship, we will meet You face to face
There is nothing in this world
To which You can be compared
Glory on glory, praise upon praise
You bind the broken hearted
And save all my tears
By Your word, You set the captives free
There is nothing in this world
That You cannot do
I simply live, I simply live for You

Thank you, Lord. Whatever You give, I'll take. Wherever You want me to be, I'll go.

ps: thanks to my friends too, for the eventful friday and wonderful saturday. and especially to you for listening to me vent and movie till 2am just cause I could not sleep.

Hiatus

minimum or no entries will be posted till after exams & hols.
in which u'll see weird dated entries popping up in time.
of significant things that happened during that period.

at least to me.

hehe.

to everyone having exams.

Good Luck!

Till then, God Bless.

Always mentioned, never shown

My Work Place ~ Bubbles Cafe, Bar & Dining.

Mint Bowl @ Cash Register

Me @ Work : Making Double layered cafe latte

Snippets of the bar area by my coworker who got bored after eating her single roll sushi during breaktime.

What to do when you have too many overriped bananas.

If you have these:

You can make this:

Recipe from here.


And then, add this:

Coffee Syrup with Coffee Liqour (Kahlua/Baileys)

Ingredients: Coffee Granules (Moccona), Sugar, Water, Kahlua.

No specific recipe. Adjust ingredients until you get a flowy but not too watery mixture.

(adding liqour will cause the syrup to be more water-y.)

Remove from heat and add liqour.

A scoop of vanilla ice cream, and Enjoy it while its hot!

Hoong Yit Lat Chiu Wu Jiu Fen Beehoon

HoT?

This dish will be named: Hoong Yit Lat Chiu Wu Jiu Fen Fried BeeHoon

because Red Hot Chilli Peppers is here.

and im not even going.

lame. (=.=")

initially, i was planning to fry kuetiau, but there wasnt any available in coles. I dont usually estimate what i put inside the things i cook but here's what i remember.

Ingredients:
Garlic (i jus flattened it)
Onion (rings)
Dried Chillies (2-3, soaked in water)
2 inches length of Carrot (julienned-cut into strips/shreds)
One piece of chicken thigh fillet (chopped)
5 shelled raw prawns tails on
Beehoon (after soaking in water, shd be around 2 handfuls)
A lot of bean sprouts (i love~)
Chives (i used McCormick's dried chopped ones)

Seasoning:
2 big tablespoons of sambal oelek (i still think its not hot enough)
3 shakes of oyster sauce
Dark soy sauce (pour one quick round the wok for color)
Light soy sauce (2 quick rounds or according to taste)
White pepper
Salt

Heat oil in wok - stir fry chicken - remove from oil - add dried chilli, garlic, onions - stirfry with a little pepper and salt till fragrant - add prawns and carrots - add soaked beehoon - add seasonings one by one - add the beansprouts in the end - stir fry until cooked - serve on plate - garnish with chives.

i still think its not hot enough.

serve dish with chopped red chillies in soy sauce and vinegar.

yum!