Saturday, September 29, 2012

Midnight Sun

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OH MY GOSH!

I was almost giddy with excitement when I realised what Midnight Sun was. I could not stop smile, ear to ear, and I was really really wishing that it was the weekend already where I can take it slow and read letter by letter, line by line, without ever needing to stop.

Edward was never really my favorite character, I somehow prefer Jacob because he was funnier. Yes, I do have a thing with joker/funny guys. Edward, while he is sweet and very gentlement, is just too patronising to my liking.

But whoa... After reading the midnight sun, I understood him more, and I came to like him a bit whole lot more. I now see him clearly, and after seeing the conflicts and thoughts in his mind, I came to appreciate and like him more. He actually sounded normal, unlike in twilight - where he appears to be like too worldly-goody-two-shoes. 

It was a journey on its own, seeing him trying to understand all those unknown feelings. Knowing what his life was like before Bella- or i should say lack of life.  He never knew what love felt like, never knew the intensity of jealousy could bring, never knew what happiness really meant. And to see his rage, when he was jealous or protecting Bella from harm was endearing. Not forgetting when he tries so hard trying to understand Bella was quite comical. Stalking her without her realising, ignoring all those risks and making all sorts of vampire faux pas,  like walking in the sun just trying to peek her book when she was asleep or when he did all those surveillance - anxious about wanting so much for Bella to also like him.. I then finally understood why he was like that in Twilight. 

It is nice to know that he doesnt always hold it together, and he too are battling with insecurities and he struggles too like each one of us, and he has a darker side.

It is enlightening, to say the least.

In short I no longer see him as the annoyingly perfect creature Bella seem to have potrayed him to be, but instead I see him like the heartthrob everyone else seem to think he is :)))

Honestly, I don't know myself anymore...... (drooling mode on)... :D


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Note: midnight sun is a partial rough draft of Stephenie Meyer's book which was leaked online. It was meant to be Twilight companion book- the tale re-tell in Edwards view instead of Bella. 

I am not going to post it here , out of respect for the author, but if you are interested in reading it, i think u can find it on Stephenie's official website.

I do hope that she would finish it, cos I enjoyed reading what little of it way way to much. :)


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Twilight Saga the movies

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Again, this is one of those belated post. I have actually watched the movies a while back, but I just didnt feel excited enough to write about it.

The movies were, if I have to summarised, just such a big disappointment.

I was sooo glad that I had opted to read all the books first, rather than do the shortcut and watch the movies. Because peeps, I tell ya the movies seriously did not do justice to the funny, witty and entertaining book they are.

I dont know if it was the bad acting, or the lack of depth the movie presented or what, all in all the movie just didnt impress me. To the point that I almost could not bother to watch the remaining sequels after twilight. ( the sucker that I am, I did watch anyway though with much less enthusiasm). Believe it or not, the one person I actually enjoyed watching in the movie was Charlie, cos I thought he did a great job realising his character on the big screen. The wolves clan came second,  especially Sam and little Seth. Jacob is definitely someone to drool at though in twilight he wasnt much, but he grew in his character especially towards the breaking dawn. 

There are just gazillions funny, sarcastic and heart fluttering moments in the book that was not captured, instead they had to pick the dull ones (to me at least). If you just watch the movies you are really missing a lot, it was just too bland and monotonous to my liking.

So there you have it - my take on the twilight saga the movie. I could read the book over and over again, but I cant say the same for the movies. For me, it was far cry from the great novels they really are. What a shame ....




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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Osaka Cake

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With this, I declare that I am totally done with baking.  DONE. DONE. DONE!!!

Sebab frust, malas nak cakap bebanyak.

This is how the kitchen looked like:


And this is how the outcome is like:


Dont ask me why it became senget benget, because i seriously have no idea. And kalau senget benget but edible takpe jugak, ni nay, it is not fit to consume either... Huhuhu..

And since the filling was successful (after two tries i hv to say) ,I just improvise and makan with apple instead. Habih cito..



By the way this is how it is supposed to look like:

Osaka cake, recipe n image from : 
http://nasilemaklover.blogspot.com/2012/04/hokkaido-chiffon-cupcakes.html 



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Thursday, September 06, 2012

Strawberry milkshake

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Two words : easy peasie!

What u need (to make about 1 ltr):

1. Strawberries 25 pieces ripe medium size
2. 3 tablespoon cream ( i didnt have milk, so i substitute with cream)
3. 200 - 300 ml chilled water or crush iced
4. Sugar 4 tsp 
5. Blender 

The process:
1. Blend the strawberries with water
2. Add cream and sugar, blend a bit more

And we are done!




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Monday, September 03, 2012

Day one - In the quest to shred 5 kgs in a month

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Breakfast - one mug nescafe + 1 karipap

Lunch - tofu soup + chinese tea

Teatime - one bun + breakfast bar

Dinner - mushroom soup + steak + corn + tomatoes

Exercises:
- 20 minutes of alternate briskwalk + run
- 7 mins workout

Pix: ( home made dinner): not mine, I had half of those

Cream mushroom soup

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Never knew that Oyster mushroom could also be used to make mushroom soup.

I googled up and saw some others making it with assorted mushrooms like button & wild ones.

Since oyster mushroom's all I have, and I have a lot of those, i just gave it a go.

I didnt measure exactly so I'll just use rough estimation in the list.

Ingredients:
-oyster mushroom (1 bowl / 2.5 cups)
-water (1 bowl / 2.5 cups)
-half piece chicken stock cube
-6 tblsp olive oil (if still not enough add a bit more)
-shredded cooked chicken meat (3 tblsp
-2 tblsp cream
-2 tblsp thyme
-salt n pepper to taste
-italian parsley (garnish)

The method:
1. Sautee onions until translucent
2. Add mushroom, sautee till soften
3. Add water and chicken stock cube
4. Bring to boil
5. Add thyme, salt and pepper
6. Simmer until taste is blended well and soup thickens a bit
7. Turn off fire and blend the mushrooms. I used a hand blender so it can be done on the pot itself and while its hot. If using a normal blender please cool it off a bit before blend.
8. Once blended, simmer a bit more and add the cream

Serve while hot, and dribble a bit more cream as deco, and garnish with italiab parsley if prefered.