Chronicles of me and my company

Happy Chinese New Year.

Shutch's reputation was totally ruined in class today.
From a mere "Lee Shujun" to one who is a junkie, a binge-r, an alcoholic, etc.
*Msk Msk Msk*
'Cher, must keep your lifestyle hidden mah! Aiyoh.... =)

I woke up today feeling all relaxed and determined to enjoy my day, which amazingly had no plans! Heh.

Funny thing was, I got out of bed and found a note on the floor!
It read, "Daphne, like to stay for lunch @+/- 1245pm?? Will be preparing Rosemary Steak. Linda."
So sweet rite? And of cos I will stay home for lunch lah! So tempting! Hee.




Decided that I would make use of the opportunity I had to play in the kitchen! Initially I wanted to make chocolate moouse (this word is so strange! Is there a link between "mouse" and "moose"??) But I couldn't, cos I had used up the chocolate for the roasted cake the last time round! Heh. So I decided that lemon meringue pie would be a better substitute! So here goes...

This is the pie crust as it bakes in the oven...


The lemon filling. Heh. Trying to be artistic!


And the final product. With the meringue added on and left to brown.



This has nothing to do with my playing in the kitchen.
But I'm happy cos I see God doing His work around me. And it's really cool and heartwarming and just exciting to watch Him! I just pray that He will use me in any way possible to bring His people to Him. "I am here. I am willing."

Had another nice long walk home today.

The one I took occurred last Thursday nite in the wee hours of the morning. From Queenstown down Farrer, MacRitchie to home. Adventures/Encounters along the way included:

1) A bent-over old (wo)man like almost 180 degrees on the side of the road picking some weed, no shoes and all.
2) Rushing into the 24-hour Mac's along Farrer to pee oh so desperately!
3) Cutting across slip roads to highways and trekking along grass patches where the paths end
4) Encountering the same snail which I had kicked before. To discover that I had kicked it in the wrong direction! Poor thing.
5) Talking to 2 cats along the way. Poor babies... out in the cold all alone.
6) Running with my big heavy heavy bag along MacRitchie just to experience cross-country again. And also cos it's kinda scary. Geography of fear. And hearing random/continuous hissing sounds from the bushes.

But I made it home. Up the nice slope to my place. Where I imagined filming a video. And rested at the playground in solitude and peace before returning home.

It was a nice long walk with God watching over me. Great way to clear your mind and just be with God. The moon helped. =)Gave me encouragement in some sense. And good ole iPod tahan-ed even though it was on low batt. Worship songs help. Hee.


And for today's walk....

I walked home from Orchard, on impulse. Took me 3 hours... cos I took my time strolling and listening and singing to my ipod. (Well, not TO my ipod. You know what I mean... heh.) The beauty of walking alone at nite on the streets is that you kinda own the whole street... and you can sing, dance and play to your hearts' content! And there's no one to watch you and wonder if you had just escaped from Buangkok Green or something! *green*

Anyway, I met a Taiwanese couple on the way and showed them to Newton Hawker Centre. And for the crap of me, I couldn't think of what stingray was called in Mandarin!! So I resorted to describing it... literally a flat fish with a long long tail! Haha! But I told them that at the stall, of course they wouldn't see what I had just mentioned! Heh.

I'm thankful for such an opportunity and time to just walk home leisurely and peacefully. Nice weather too! But heavy bag again! Now topped up with badminton racket! Haha! But it was fun... cos I imagined being Rambo, a Commando, a Samurai, a Ninja, a farmer with a changkol, or just a normal woodcutter in olden times with a stick and a small bag attached at the end. Hee.

I stopped at the playground again. And this time I sat there and just talked and prayed to God. I love the peace and serenity at night!

During my short break today, I decided i wanted a little solitude and so I hibernated in the library.
Something just prompted me to watch the video that we had made for Shutch. And so I watched.

I din know whether to laugh or cry during and after the video. It's really quite heartwarming leh. Heh.
And I remember how Shutch ended up laughing and crying at the end of it all, and gave me a really big hug. (Cos I was the only one there at that time!)

From the beginnings (19th Oct 2005) to the cheonging part (all the places we went, the food we ate...) to development (SPDK Pte Ltd to our products to "popping up from nowhere") to the final part (when Giz and Geordie were here till we split to venture overseas).

It was such an awesome journey.
Thank God for digital cameras and technology!
Thank God for the friendships which developed out of nothing.
Thank God for the fun times, laughter and memories.
Thank God for the support He provided through the company during the gruelling time last sem with the neverending deadlines and stress.

Whatever happens from here, no one knows.
NIE this sem is so strange with all the changes... all the clashes in timetable, different modules, different classes, etc.
No more "popping out from no where", no more play sessions, no more "anything"....
But maybe it's in an evolved form.... like during the impromptu times when Pengy jiejie will come walk me to class, or meet me for lunch, etc. And we can end up laughing along the corridor such that Kenneth will stick his head out and I find that oops, I'm the last one for class and they are all waiting for me! Heh.

Though I am separated from the usual Geog class, I'm thankful that I still have my mini SS class with ZY around for me to kachiao. And my History class for me to havock... or else this sem will be kinda sad! Heh. Though VH for Youths at risk is really fun! I wanna be a teacher like her! Au naturel...

I received an SMS from Pengy jiejie today... and it went,

"Banana Banana yellow or green
Banana Banana boat or split
I don't like banana, you like banana
O banana...."

Hee. It sounds ridiculous but it made me laugh out loud! So out of the world! Heh.
Like men dun have pets (pads), as compared to ladies. Hahaha!

Hmmm, the highlight of my day was when I walked to your Geog class today. It was quite nice seeing the Lit ppl (CY, LY and SW). And I was so intriqued by LY's dolphin(zzz) that I grabbed it and lo and behold! It died! Hahaha! Then I pulled the ribbon on CY's blouse (you know how she always ties it to the back of her blouse?) and retied it in front and then behind! Hahaha! She went, "Now I look like a bloody ba(4) zhang(3)!" It was funny! And I also discovered something else! SW is scared of being tickled at the neck! Mr BBB Lobster found that out when he crept onto her shoulder and tickled her neck! Heh.

All in all, it was fun. I miss Geog class.

Though I wish you all had stayed outside a little longer to play with me. Heh.

ZY and myself were studying about the appeasement which led to WW2. And there's this guy known as Chip. He's called Chip cos his roommate was called Fish. We immediately thought of FishYee and wondered if she would get married to a guy named Chip. Imagine... welcome to the wedding of Fish & Chip! Would the jie meis be known as coleslaw, you think? =)

K, shall stop being mean.

And what did I do on my free day?

I indulged in more cooking! Hee. My version of playing at home! I'm wondering if I like this more than going to NIE. I think I might! Hee.

Introducing the products...
1) Pasta in pink sauce with garlic and vegetables
2) Roasted chicken thigh
3) Mashed sweet potato with caramelized sugar crust





Mmm... what should I cook next?

Na.

u can take a look at this when u r hungry! =)

Maybe one day, the princess will become a chef. who says chef must be a male?

HNG~~

HNG~~

swallowapple is (not) proud to present her attempt to cook.....

can anyone tell me what is this?


No prizes for guessing it wrong!

Everything that could go wrong, went wrong. =) With regards to the cake that I had offered to bake for an auntie at church tomorrow! Hee. Cos it's her birthday mah and also one of the little boy's... then she volunteered to bake a cake. I thought it quite strange to bake a cake for your own birthday, so I offered to bake it. Heh. It's interesting cos I haven't really dealt with chocolate before cos they are so messy. And neither have I baked a huge chocolate cake before! So it was an adventurous endeavour, I would say.

So well, what happened?

Firstly, the chocolate refused to melt. So the impatient me dumped it into the microwave oven, and it turned out burnt! Black, dried chocolate. So byebye to one bar of chocolate. Then as I finally put the cake batter into the oven, and was busy making the glaze, I smelt something burning! Hmm.. but I thought, couldn't be my cake, cos I just put it in for like 10 mins! But my mum came running out of the room... to find my cake BLACK! And the oven emitting lots of smoke! Hahaha! To my horror, I had ROASTED my cake! Hahaha! So effectively, I had one burnt cake! (New recipe: ROASTED CAKE!)Totally BLACK on the top! So we cut off the top layer and continued to BAKE the cake.

But I was paranoid liao... cos my mummy had mixed everything up. And you are not supposed to do that cos then the cake will sink. So I hurriedly made another batter from scratch. *scratch scratch scratch* But by then my head was already spinning... so I forgot the sequence of lots of things, like the sugar, the butter, mixed up the egg white and the egg yolk, the egg white refused to transform, etc. But thank God it turned out well lah, despite all the damage control. And then we forgot to glaze the tin with butter, so of cos the cake stuck! Hahah!! It was comical... but I'm gonna top the second cake on top of the first, then use the choc glaze to cover the ugly cake... so cun see! *grin*

Anyway, here are some pics...

BEFORE: the blacker one is the roasted cake. heh.


AFTER: the final product...


Recipe: Always be patient and clear-minded when you are baking. Use a glaze to cover whatever ugly cake you have. Continue to poison others with your experiments and pray they'll still be your friends.
I'm gonna push my luck and add banana slices to the middle of the cake the next time i make this. That is, if those who eat it dun die tmr! Heh!

Hello! Thought wanna doodle on this neglected blog (myself as one of the guilty culprits) to check on you guys - see whether you are still alive and check back on this blog! Heh.

Have a suggestion to make so that we can have a foursome thing at least once a week, and that is to go for lunch together on Tuesdays! When my church stuff's moved to Sundays from March onwards, maybe we can meet on Saturdays instead. What are your schedules like?

Kway chap this coming Tues? =)

Am bringing my HK friend visiting from London to Night Safari next Monday; you all want to come and play? =)

Just thought I would leave a short blog, since it has been rather neglected.

Guess what? I tried making chocolate toffee bar! And I think I passed my own standard lah... Hee. So gonna let my history classmates be the judge. Hope this humble toffee bar finds favour in them! Hee. It doesn't look too pretty but I guess what you just pop into your mouth doesn't need to look too pretty? Not like something big on your plate which you have to look at for the rest of your meal and feel happy cos it smells good and it looks yummy?

Next one will be mashed sweet potato with maple syrup before the ultimate pumkin pie! Heh. Then I would have satisfied my current cravings... to cook and to eat.

And I smell of toffee now. So I am gonna shower and smell of dettol.