Happy 牛 year!

Hei hei... it is chinese new year's eve today...apart from having to wake up early in the morning to go sch specifically to just sell a textbook to a fellow school mate, today has been pretty much pleasant.

in case you are wondering why I would agree to go to school today, well, the buyer has bargained nearly a week earlier for a lower price. I compromised a little to reduce to a slightly lower price but the person wanted an even lower amt...yada yada...so in the end.. there was impasse...and come yesterday night, the person smsed me again saying tat she agreed to buy the book... and needed it urgently... well, I empathise the pain of being a student.. so I agreed to make the trip this morning even though it is chinese new year's eve...

there wasnt alot of people in sch, ('duh'? today is Sunday and CNY's eve!) but there are still some small groups having meetings... Poor thing.. I am sooo glad i dont have to go through this any longer... haa...

anw...it is time for reunion dinner soon... hope you guys have fun and enjoy this festive! Happy Chinese 牛 Year. =p

Tired but fruitful day

Yeah, Lunar New Year is approaching soon. Just one more week and it's time to celebrate. But before enjoying e festive by gorging sinful goodies and taking ang bows, it also implies that spring cleaning is at the top of the to do list. This time round, my room was the first to be completed because I had one full month of time lazying ard at home.

Yeah, the sad news is I havent found a job. but the good news is, well, I am one day closer to finding my perfect career. Crap.

Anw, with all the cleaning up of the house, though I am pretty tired now, I still feel quite alert. But I am sure my energy level is still far behind my mom's. She is still washing the laundry now while I am relaxing in my own room, typing this blog. I am suspecting all moms in this world are superwoman! ;p

Temptation for Desserts

If there is only one thing that I cant resist falling for, then the answer might be desserts..ha


and lately, I had tried making a cheesecake again, based on a low fat cheesecake recipe from Wendy's Delight recipe book. I am still quite skeptical as to how desserts can really be low fat if you want it to be delicious. I always tot that "sinful" and "desserts" always come as a pair.

ok. side aside this argument for the time being. Most of the ingredients are quite simple and can be found at home, but most prob u will nd to specially get the cream cheese, sour cream, yogurt and whipping cream specially for this recipe. and here is the a look at the end product. the cheese part is very fluffy and light. So, my verdict is that even though this dessert may not exactly be totally 'low-fat', it can be classified as much 'reduced fat' version.

and here's the recipe:

Ingredients:

100g digestive biscuits (as base- you may use oreo biscuits instead, if you love it sweet)
50g melted butter (I used margarine)
200g cream cheese
20g sugar
80g sour cream
70g yogurt
50g whipping cream (I use whipped cream)
40g egg white
20g sugar

Steps:
1. Crush biscuits. Mix biscuits with melted butter. Press the mixture onto the bottom of a cake tin.
2. Beat cream cheese and sugar until fluffy. Pour in sour cream and yogurt. Mix well and fold in whipping cream.
3. Beat egg white and sugar at medium speed until soft peaks form. Pour in cheese mixture and mix well.
4. Pour the mixture into cake tin over the biscuit base. Bake in water bath at 150ºC for 50-60 minutes. (Water bath refers to using a larger pan containing water in which to place the smaller cheesecake baking pan. This is to prevent surface cracking. But as i flipped the cheesecake upside down to try to get it out of the pan, the surface got ruined.)

TP Alumni Nite 09 Jan 2009

Went to TP Alumni Night yesterday evening. For the very first time, it was held outside TP, at Fort Canning Centre. It was a pretty good choice of venue, with the surrounding to be serene and cooling at night. As expected, there wasnt much familiar faces. Cos i guess many of my fellow classmates arent aware and most perhaps, nt so interested to join in as well. Alright, if I ever decide to go again next yr, I will pull the rest in definitely.

There was the usual games and performances, by TP students and alumni band group. And I was glad to catch 2 songs which I felt was good, a reason being that the person who delivered did it well and more imptly, the songs are simply good. They are 'Bleeding Love' and 'Always be my baby'.

So, this morning a search in Google was all I need to do. The results showed me Mariah Carey's 'Always be my baby' but it wasnt what I wanted. So, after clicking more options, it brought me to the right one- David Cook's version. The song which he sang while he was in Top 7. It is not that Mariah Carey's wasnt nice. It was perfect actually. It is just that perhaps as a female, David Cook's version touches me feeling more.

Meanwhile, enjoy the video.

Nothing will be the same again

Let me tell you why this feeling...

One of the last 2 movies which I caught on New Year's eve was Twilight and Ip Man. Yes, 2 movies on the same day, one hour break in between. It was sort of a movie marathon as my sister managed to secure 3 free movie tix, of which, the condition was to use it on the same day as dec 31 was the expiry date. And since she had watched Ip Man and has whole heartedly recommendeded it to me, I decided to watch it alone... while she will watch twilight with me.

After the 2 movies, my sis even took the trouble to sms me to ask for my review of Ip Man. Well, this was the first time she did that. I guess she really idolised Donnie Yen after the movie Ip Man. Ha. But much as I enjoyed the movie, I would say that the vivid images in my earlier movie was still encapsulated in my mind, and would have affected my mood for the latter one. So, sorry sis, I still prefer twilight.

It was an irony that when the movie 'twilight' first started, I hadnt got a faint idea that the movie has already started cos there wasnt the usual intro. It was a minute later that I (or we) figured out that the movie has started. I guess it was also becos there was only abt 15 minutes of trailers and commercial as compared to the usual 30 minutes practice at gv. It was lucky we werent late or I will certainly regret it.

As the movie plot unveils itself further, you will somehow get more and more thrilled. Some Twilight fans have said that the movie wasnt as good as the book itself but I find that it wasnt very fair to say that cos the actors and actresses in the movie really did a great job portraying the characters. Besides, you cant really squeeze in one whole book of events in only 90 minutes of movie right? Except maybe it is a little pity that the character, Alice was given less emphasis in the movie as compared to the book.

Now that I have watched the movie, it really sparked off my interest to read the other twilight saga series. And nothing will be the same again. Reading the story really somehow changed part of my feeling abt family, love and sacrifices.

It was really one of my regrets that I simply ignore the books when it was still in stock before the movie started. So now, i am sort of searching high and low for them. But well, I am sure there will be stocks soon.

By the way, filming for New Moon (2nd Book after twilight by Stephanie Meyer) will be starting soon. It will be on big screen in end Nov in US so perhaps dec in Singapore again? Meanwhile, enjoy the trailer of the movie if you have not catch it (or let it recap yr mind if u have seen it). I am sure you will all like it no matter what. My fav scene (also my sis') was when the Cullens played baseball in the woods and how Edward protected Bella from the untamed villain vampires.

To look at the trailer, click the link: http://www.twilightthemovie.com/

Related websites:
1. http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/
2. http://twilightsingapore.com/
3. http://www.edwardsmeadow.com/ (Newly added)

4. http://toptwilightblogs.com/ (Newly added)

P.S. I will be keeping a close track to this Twilight Saga. If you are also a fan, keep coming back or also add on more updates pleasse. Thanks!

A fresh new year!

Hey hey.. Happy New Year 2009!! Say goodbye to yester-year...

Anw, it is always unbelievable that the year can pass by so fast. On this day last year,I was still a year 3 student, looking fwd to the end of the year so that I can graduate, find a job, earn money and pay off sch loan. In essence, to step into the working society once again.

but things seem to be not within my expectation yet, cos I am still unemployed now. ah! I know this is my very first post in 2009, so I better quit being pessimistic! So anyhow, I am not gonna lose my fighting spirit.. I will get a job i want! Well, I have to!

So a fresh new year often means some new new resolution. In past years, I seldom publish my new year resolution cos I never bother to achieve them. So when i decided to do so this time round, an article from BBC states that "Resolutions 'bad for your health'".... ha... but I have still decided to go ahead and state mine here.. let's see if I manage to complete them by 2010?

1. Find a job I want
2. Learn basic Japanese or any 3rd language
3. Be more patient and tolerant twds others

and newly added to the list after new yr lunch and afternoon tea with felicia, nick and company...
4. Lose weight!