tired now m(_ _)m

so! as everyone on facebook and here in liverpool already knows~ i’ve been whipping up TONS of semi-edible goodies!

Here’s the one i’m most proud of. xD

Bread!

and it’s looking like proper bread this time~! i’ve tried a ga-zillion recipes before, but this one is the first to turn out like proper store bought bread (except it also comes with the nice bakery smell that fills your kitchen so i’m doubly excited about doing this again)

the picture in the previous post was one of my housemates waking up at noon and asking if i baked (she could smell it from her room! LOL )

so yeah, bread was one of the things…and just the night before i had made 3 mini batches of milk jam (to go with the bread i was already planning to make (^______^)v )

first up is matcha milk jam~

this one turned out the best flavour wise…i’m definitely gonna be making more of this soon!

Second best was an Earl Grey infused milk jam~ i don’t like earl grey as a tea, but in muffins (and jams apparently) it’s awesome!

this last one…lol…dear god, no more & never again! it’s milo & cinnamon flavoured! hahahahahaha!

it’s just….it just tastes like milo powder + cinnamon stirred into ALOT of condensed milk…not pleasant on toast at all! (^-^);;;

still, i had fun this week with the baking~

this morning…after being awoken by the phone at what was to me an ungodly hour in the morning (9am, but in my defense, i had only gone to bed at 7am xP ), i could not get back to bed and decided to make breakfast…pizza dough for a somewhat mini margherita pizza. the recipe doesn’t require the 2 hours fermentation so it’s perfect for hungry couch potato me…xD

and, because i was half asleep and dragging my blanket around the kitchen, i made a huge mess of it and thus…the lack of photos! (^-^);> i mean, it wasn’t too bad looking (kinda like exhibit A below..haha) but in my daze, i had FORGOTTEN TO SEASON the dough! hahahahaha…i did this only above the melted mozzarella & olive oil dressing so…it was abit…strange? (^-^);>

i’ll have another go soon i suppose~!

…

Exhibit A

:: My very first attempt at pizza making ::

 

so.ba, soo.ba, soooooo.BA!

one of my little snacks to have with tea~ it’s really TINY! about the size of a £1 coin (perfect size if it were an amuse bouche ^.~ ) . but it packs a real sugar punch! awfully sweet this one is…

ah, but the sugar is not doing much for me…am proper knackered now.

*rolls around*

got up bright and early to read before meeting suzanne to eat myself silly at rasa. walked around as a tourist (which worked because i got sooooo many offers to help me get photos with buildings! lol!) then had people over for a ‘house-viewing’ xD and then had tea, followed by 3 rounds of shisha, before having more tea and literally breaking into a house then having even more tea to round things up.

now, i just want to vegetate abit before bed. so…yeah~

*snoozes*

 

holidaying…BAD!

i can’t get out of the holiday mood!

 

 

ahhh, but how i loved the trip we made to Edinburgh. Kinda happy we went when we did because the weather was spectacular. We covered ALL the touristy sites in the 2 full days we were there…so least to say, we were POOPED when we got back. i even brought back vegetarian haggis! (^-^); not really made for the vegetarian if you really asked me…it’s SO meaty it’s kinda ridiculous it’s marketed FOR vegetarians. but but but! for anyone who has not had a potato scone…you’ve GOT to try it…its rather simple to make with just flour, potatoes, butter and a little salt.

 

 

in conclusion…

i really wanna LIVE there! i could picture myself living there~! it’s absolutely stunning, the people more then the cityscape!!!

 

 

and, when we got back, the landlord we abandoned in liverpool gave us goodies!  honeyed carrot cake slices…which the boys couldn’t stand! lol, so i almost polished off the box in 3 days before Jo made it back..ah well, must share lar…however little is left *eyes the box*

ummmm, anyhoo, it’s almost 3 in the morning and i’ve only got 300 words the whole of today. not good…not good at all.

 

been awhile…

my last meal in singapore was….ice cream…

lol, of all things to be eating at 10pm at night…ahhh, it was nice…haven’t really thanked you guys for being there (^-^)/ haha, must remember i owe gong 2$ for the sundae still~

in the end, we were so rushed for time (yeah, forgot i had a plane to catch…hahaha, we can still happily plan things for next time some more xD) we didn’t get a group shot!

bleahhhhhhh

anyhoo, in the middle of the flight, suddenly feel like snacking because i didn’t quite eat anything they served (too much of the same tasting curries)…so~! the parting gifts came in handy…lol, rach’s mini mint choco and vickie’s lemon soft bites…nice larh! only got time to take photo of one…the train was pulling in as i reach to get the other lemon bites bottle..(^-^);

so anyhoo…its been a week since i’ve been back and i’ve just been too busy to do anything…its bloody frustrating…

the week i got back was spent cleaning the house and my room, doing all the last minute groceries and settling in…meeting people~ it’s been ages since i’ve seen sonia, ages more before i will again too…then arthur’s moving to bristol o(>.<)o so the minutes i landed, i had to keep myself awake to go out with them…

then the freshers started coming in in waves…and before i knew it, the week was over and work started…i swear i was still jet lagged on monday larh…

then day in day out work from 9-5…normal hours lar, but…job’s no fun larh…feel drained everyday…come home no mood to do anything…make dinner and go back to my room to (sulk and) catch up on my reading/accounts/postgrad hunting….

shoot me…just shoot me now…

on top of everything, the stress of income tax and constantly dividing all the cost in the house is just…just…grrrrrr

nvm…nvm…

smile, damnit!

read for leisure also no time…its been a week and i’m still up to page 13 of my book…crap larh…

high bloody pressure lioa sia…

 

ahhh ~~旦（。。）

my brain is confused…

it looks like tea and smells like tea…but once i brew it…

it tastes and smells like butter (still looks like tea of course!) sweet at the same time…

lemme see

1. japanese green tea
2. rooibos tea
3. rose red
4. marigold
5. blue marrow

ah…yeah…dunno why it smells and tastes like butter…lol, the flavour of the rooibos tea hits you after the initial buttery-ness…

and the scent it emits…omg…lovely…its lulling me to sleep now…kinda like the kind of tea that makes you go “aaaaa~~~” ~~旦（。。）
(haha, thus the title)

i’m just going to sit here with my face to the cup now…