penny for your thoughts

i really dig poly life. it’s astounding how we can compress 4months of lessons into our brains just 4hours before the exams.

poly’s so different from jc, our lecturers have already highlighted whats coming out for the exam, and what isnt. despite this featherweight workload, we all complain we’re so stressed out. thats a result of procrastination, i love working under tremendous stress in the fight against time. which explains why i want to work as a chef and experience the adrenaline rush in the kitchen. it aso explains my shit-ass low grades.

take for example, Conventions&EventsMgt. just look at the revisions slides, only around 40 slides to study. please, thats fucking relaxed compared to jcs where they dump you with a plethora of topics and not give you any highlights. here in poly, lecturers tell us blatantly 90% of what’s coming out in the paper. the other 5% is common sense, at the remaining 5% you can just copy from your neighbour sitting beside or behind you (sitting infront of me is vance, so you get my drift…. HAHAHA).

AND, after 4 months of studying (studying here means playing disguised) for 3 papers, we get a 2month break. couldnt ask for more. well i could actually, but my advisor would probably give me some toy trucks and ask me to get the fuck out of school.

i dont see why we should be complaining when we’ve only got three, pathetic papers to conquer. we should instead be making good use of valuable time, like scribbling notes and hiding them in our underwear. more importantly, we should be planning what to do during the holidays.

people always say i’m dashing at the 13th hour, that i lack consistency and need to get rid of this bad habit.

sheesh what takes you idiots so long to realise i look so dashing?

Garlic Mashed Potatoes with Butter Prawns

i tried cooking tempura prawns yesterday using an oven but the prawns turned out as though fungi was growing on them. cockroaches and ants which usually swarmed my dustbins mysteriouly disappeared that night.

obviously, this doesnt look anything like tempura battered prawns. so i thought i’d redeem myself today by making a simple garlic mashed potato with butter prawns.

i roasted the garlic together with some leftover rosemary and olive oil for sweetness. nah just kidding i have no idea why i added rosemary but i thought it looked kinda sexy.

the best part about blogging about food is that, you can boast how great your food tasted, and no one except you knows how shitty it tasted, but this is seventh heaven for your taste buds.

i used only the lowest part of the bacon streaks, which paid off cause a tiny bacon bit was enough to flavour an entire spoonful of potato

just look at the texture of the prawns, gaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh, so sexy

and look at the colour of the potatoes, gaaaaaaahhhhhhh

i few days ago, i was complaining that if dy and xx looked so fugly, and i too looked so fugly, then why were they so popular. and suddenly, views increased 10 fold to almost 1.4k

hhaha nah just kidding photoshop one lah.

singapore’s olympic medal after 48 years

the last time singapore won an olympic medal was by Tan Howe Liang who won a weightlifting silver in 1960 in Rome.

i decided that a few hours of ping pong wouldnt hurt, since it was scheduled to end at 5:30. but jiawei and aunty Yue Gu’s loss meant that singapore was forced into the 5th set, and it also meant the match ending after its scheduled timing.

it was, perhaps, table-tennis at its best. Feng Tianwei became a heroine, winning both single sets. she finally broke Korea’s Park Mi-young’s astute defence and won 11-7 12-10 3-11 and 11-9.

The three Singaporean players were all born in China, as was their coach, Liu Guodong, the brother of China’s men’s coach.

yay!

finally, something edible

baked french fries

after studying gardening, cooking, and everything except PMKT, i felt abit greedy so i decided to cook something which was cheap and easy. potatoes are cheap, and seemed easy so i decided to have a go.

online recipes would tell you that you need to bake them for 45-60 mins but after 20 mins there was a fire engine at my lobby threatening to douse the heavy smoke from my 10year old oven. 25 mins would suffice lah.

i decided to try my own mix and used paprika powder, tumeric powder, garlic powder, crushed red peppers, leftover ginger, bay leaf, S&P, and olive oil as my coating mixture.

i dont know why maybe lucky but the skin was crisp, and the insides were fluffy like the Mcdonalds kind. the coating was delightful, nothing too bitter. the potatoey taste was oh my god instant viagra. you really should try this its super easy and cheap. beats those you get outside which are deep fried with plain salt.

its 5:48am now and i still cant get into the studying mood. i sense a disturbance in this semester’s GPA…

cannot make it

three tenderloins here, shien did a tenderloin (the one which looks like its wearing a red indian hat) coated with breadcrumbs rosemary , oregano and italian herbs. i did one with a garlic butter sauce, and another with red wine. at the centre is shiitake mushrooms sauteed with soy sauce and ginger.

everything sucked haha

mushrooms were too salty, filets were overcooked, garlic wasnt crispy enough, herbs tasted bitter.

FAIL

an egg, i cannot make

poaching eggs isnt as easy as it seems. swirl the water before adding the egg in so that it helps the egg white wrap around the yolk. adding vinegar to the water helps the egg to hold its shape by causing the outer layer of the egg white to congeal faster. If you water is too cool, the egg will separate apart before it cooks; if your water is too hot, you will end up with tough whites and an over-cooked yolk. You will want to bring the water to a temperature of about 75deg cel.

the perfect poached egg should look something like this

a screwed up egg would be something like this (oh look its mine!). dent ping pong ball garnished with specks of dirt on a bed of mucus.

oh well at least the yolk was perfect. i think. (hard outside, runny yolk inside)

didnt mummy say not to play with my food…

onion volcano

ignorance ISNT bliss

source: http://singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg/singaporeseen/viewContent.jsp?error=true&id=28434
A STOMPer says he was shocked when his niece was charged $2,600 for a PSP set, with the bulk of the price charged for a modification of the console his niece was not aware of.

Said the STOMPer:

“On July 12, my niece and her mother were walking around the electronics store in Lucky Plaza to look for electronic gaming console.

“They chose a decent looking shop, well furnished and displays of game consoles and games were neatly placed.”

The STOMPer said his niece and her mother agreed to pay about $300 for the console, including accessories.

He said the sales assistant later took the unopened PSP box away and when he came back with the ‘modified’ PSP and added miscellaneous charges.

The STOMPer said his niece was not informed that any modification was to be done and that the shop did not get her consent to do so.

He said:

“The sales assistant had taken the PSP away from the shop to a ‘technician’ he claimed had downloaded software known to be able to download games and a PSP version changer.

“He claimed that it is compulsory to install this license from SONY and a software to play downloaded games.

“He did the software update without my niece’s consent.”

The STOMPer said the costs were as follows:

PSP Set $290
The STOMPer added:

MMC 8GB $98

Screen Protector $29

PSP 6 in 1 kit $69

Total: $486

Cost of modification: $2114

“Initially the total price was $3400 and they made a mistake writing $3550 on the GST 7% column which goes to show a very obvious mathematical error.

“After some negotiation the sales assistant gave a discount to $2600.

“My niece was very shocked at the price because she bought her Playstation 3 at some $700, playstation 3 is a bigger console for use with the television.

“She wanted to cancel the order as she did not expect the price to be exorbitant but the sales assistant mentioned that once the software has been installed, workman cost and product cost has been incurred and they will have to pay $2000+ even if they do not want the console.

“Given no choice, she signed the credit card and paid $2600 in total.”

The STOMPer said he accompanied his niece to the shop the next day on July 13, to ask for proof of the modifications made to the PSP set, but was told that it was an ‘industrial secret’.

and to think i was sore over my $380 psp. but hello? 2.6k can buy wii, ps3, guitar hero, rock band and still have enough money to buy enough MCs for one whole semester.

wordpress is so boring. its slow, non-responsive, and doesnt allow chatbox or ads. want anything extra must pay pay pay. can someone please enlighten me how nuffnang/google ads calculate your pay? xanga looks sucky. livejournal’s too troublesome. blogspot seems complicated. comments? heck i think i’ll use Notepad. dont worry jian i’ll send you my notepad documents xoxo

the road is long, and expensive

i’m here to report that i’m still alive after my first driving prac.

my uncle’s a funny instructor, and speaks in broken english (clutch -> kerruch)

today’s lesson was 3hours. after going through all the boring theory stuff, he took me to a carpark to test my driving skills. first was the simple turns & U-turns. he said i was a fast learner, so he took me out to the main road to drive after much practise on my kerruch.

from the side road to the main road, i stepped a little too hard on the oil, and the car BURST out of the side road, nearly killing a couple crossing the road.

“no, no,” my uncle said. Pointing to a bangala worker crossing the road, he said “that one!”

Then we did a little tour around Bukit Gombak, and disaster struck when the car wouldnt move at the traffic light. I panicked, jammed the clutch and oil, and the engine road but the car still wouldnt move.

then the car stalled.

i prayed hard, that i would receive a huge sum of money from insurance coverage and would never have to work ever. but after realising that every car around us had stopped, i regained composure, started the engine, and whisked us to safety (well not really, i was still in the driver’s seat)

Things got better when i drove around CCK, which comprised of many striaght roads. In the blink of an eye, i was cruising at gear 4, 90km/hr (thats very fast for a beginner). My uncle told be to “fang yiu” (let oil) so i thought he meant put more pressure on accelerator. the engine roared to a 100km/hr and i sceamed with euphoria, while my uncle beside me screamed in distress.

Passing by a church,
uncle: you christian?
me: yeah
uncle: good. God will protect you. how often do you visit church?
me: stopped a long time ago
uncle: then we’re in deep shit?
me: dont worry, i play expert mode in daytona

and for those of you looking for a private instructor, leave your name and number i’ll help refer you to my uncle.

ANYWAY, i had a 1hr break inbetween lessons so my uncle dropped me off at Gombak, where i used to stay. i decided to take a little neighbourhood tour to see how much its changed.

building on the far right, second storey’s where i used to live. far left is gombak MRT

then i moved here second storey (whole 2nd floor’s one unit), still in gombak. no idea why though.

and downstairs was this coffeeshop, with my favourite meepok

for just $3,

wandered around a bit more, and these mini veggies caught my attention

oh and my uncle taught me how to push a car, i never knew how light a car was.

i miss my loved one

how could they, remove sidereel’s beloved movie links. what am i supposed to do now that its the exam period.

i’m supposed to go http://www.movies-on-demand.tv , duh