Crusading in my Lalaland

Thursday, December 28, 2006
For Keeping Sake

old stuff. how i wish i can just throw them all away. mum was helping me clear my drawer the other day.MANY stuff to be thrown away. and yup they shall be thrown away. period.

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Monday, December 25, 2006
Tis e season to be merry!
Its the time of the year again. christmas songs jamming up radio stations and lit up streets of orchard road. LOVE christmas shoppings! got stuff for the kids cos me and mr tng were heading to his aunts place for a little christmas gathering. disney princess accesories for the little gals. r/c tow truck for little ah wei and squishy handphone holder for his elder bro. a wallet for sheryl and adidas T for steph. hmmm...quite a boundful of stuff. But enjoyed evey tiny bit of it. heartland malls a re a great place to shop too!

bought a r/c heli for mr tng however it rendered dead by not lifting itself up. damn. headed to ToysRus but its shop assistants werent very toy savvy. they damaged a new one on the spot. foolish! got the pico heli instead. but guess these toys are just not that hardy after all.

well progress report and results day are like nearing! oh gosh. hope everythingturnsout well. it is the annual christmas party at aunty margarets house this year.

Thanks darling for the pics! and the lovely present of none other then yaself.

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Thursday, December 14, 2006
Classic Vanilla Cupcakes

1/2 cup unsalted butter softened
1/2 cup vegetable shortening softened
2 cups sugar
4 extra large eggs (l cup eggs)
1 tablespoon vanilla
2 drops lemon and almond extract optional
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 cup cornstarch
2 tablespoons baking powder
2 1/2 cups milk

Line two twelve-cup muffin pans with cupcake liners. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. (If freezing unbaked, freeze only in foil baking cups-Paper will get soggy from condensation, when thawing.)

Blend butter with shortening until light and fluffy. Add in sugar and beat well. Add in eggs and extracts. Mix dry ingredients together and fold into batter, alternating with milk. Blend on slow speed to combine, scraping down bowl sides and bottom often. Blend until smooth, about 3 minutes. Fill cupcake liners two-thirds to almost full. Place in oven, immediately reducing heat to 350 degrees F.

Bake until cupcakes test done (tops should gently spring back when touched), about 20-24 minutes depending on size of cupcakes. Freeze unfrosted. Approximately 24 medium cupcakes - 36 smaller cakes.



Wonder whether i can make cupcakes like these ones here not? hmmm darling can u lend me ya oven...please?















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Surprise

Had the biggest surprise i had this yr. First it was the hand-made card, then it was the set of sweet instructions...next was the biggest prezzie ive gotten! all thanks to mr tng! hmmm very creative dear! dieing to watch the movie clip in the phone but lab is packed with ppl. shall go to the loo and look at the clip den!thank you so much my dear...

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Monday, December 11, 2006
now digging into "Hullabaloo in theGuava Orchard"kiran desai. funny whimsical novel!applaud for this wonderful book!

just finished the chic all time fav marian keyes' "Further under the duvet"..fun loving book.

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Compounded discourtesy!
There are many a things singaporeans are bearing the guilt of. Kiasu-ness may be pardoned but definitely not bad etiquette on the mrt.

Scenario 1:An elderly man enters the train only to find it packed with no available seats. Mr kind-hearted stands up and offers his seat. (and then here comes the unexpected) Ms selfish(who is completely abled MIND U!) jostles her way to grab that seat.Exchanging glances with mr kind-hearted and the elderly man(who is darn in need of the seat) makes no signs of lifting her heavy butt of the bloody seat.

Scenario 2: A preganant lady enters an overloaded train. She stands right infront of the seat(labelled with the sign"please give up your seat to the needy")unfortunately the seat is already occupied with mr sha-la-la a young chap who is staring at his MP3 player. mr sha-la-la never once look up from his damn player. with head held low. he 'fails' and pretends to not notice the pregnant lady infront of him.

Scenario 3:ms studious is sitting comfortably on her seat in the train. then comes a mdm A(mind u its a Mdm which is one in her late 40s already) who sat snugly beside ms studious. Its as if flaunting her mp3 hp, mdm A took her hp out and started doodling on the buttons. Then came the sudden blast of music!ms studious who have already immersed into the book jolted up. while Mdm A happily bobs her head(inspite of angry stares from other passengers on board) to the music. yup yup shes the smooth 'criminal'.

Alrite! how many of u have been victimised by all these nonsensical behaviours??(im raising my hand high in the air right now). Please someone come up with either a '101 ways to MRT etiquette' or 'Courtesy for Dummies'...singaporeans are to be educated.

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Friday, December 08, 2006
Birthdays...
Ive always love bdaes be it mine or my dear frens'. Enjoyed every little bit of my bdae this year. started off with lab though but recieved bdae wishes from hwaee,ben and xuepingin the wee morning .Whoa though the msgs gave me a startle from my sweet dreams, but thanks guys!REcieved a cutsie little card from sheryl ,mr tng's lil' sis.Creativity--full marks!Den it was dinner with mr tng at the Straits Kitchen. Hehe well i kinda enjoyed myself but his stomach got the better of him...well thanks for the surprise dear!(sorry i foiled it)
Well my bdae surely did not end on 6th Dec.i got a little surprise from my darling bunch of crazy frens. Thanx ben for the wonderful cake(still cant get the name of the cake though). And to the gals, i love the bag(wrapped in that heartshaped paper..courtesy of huifang..thanks gal)! haha..and the CARD! im listening to the songs now la. My dear fren sheau ling who always have amazing ideas in card-making. And fang compiled a list of Songs with initials starting with DEAREST AUDREY HENG!touched...(im listening to the songs at this very moment). And thanks for the well wishes hui2,fen,jieying,SGG,Lin and ping.truely had a wonderful bdae.
awaiting for 21st dec!


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Tuesday, December 05, 2006
LAB

changing chemical samples for FYP. HOpe it will work better this time!mummy called from suzhou hope everythings fine there.mammy went on a biz trip to suzhou. missing her..

sorry dear i spoil ur little surprise. looking forward.......hehe

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Sunday, December 03, 2006
Happy Feet! its been a long time after Cars since ive catched such a heartwarming toony movie. Mambo was just adore!you cant help it when Elijah woods' behind the amazing voice of the tapping penguin. Just had this queer thought...should i stop eating fish??i mean it saved the lives of the penjuins in emporer land when mass fishing was made a halt rite. But on 2nd thought whoosh! i swear by my daily intake of fish!can never give it up.Trust me to bones, for those who love groovy tunes to wiggle to(well mr tng did alrite during the show)haha.this is THE show!

Eultide season is arriving and boy do i love every moment of it. lightings along orchard,christmas trees(fountain lookalike ones...dat all seem so wrong), christmas shopping, fake santas in carrefour,christmas carolling.

"Thee the season to be jolly..falla la la..la la la la.."

Red opaque ball ornaments are a definite must on the christmas tree.

in search of a pretty mistletoe...

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