Sep 27, 2007

Laugther is the best medicine

My little brother never fails to entertain me. Though the jokes arent originated by him, the two below were funny enoughto make me want to share with others. here goes...

JOKE 1:
Deaf Genie

A man walks into a bar with a paper bag. He sits down and places the bag on the counter. The bartender walks up and asks what's in the bag.

The man reaches into the bag and pulls out a little man, about one foot high, and he sets him on the counter. He reaches back into the bag and this time pulls out a small piano, setting it on the counter as well. He reaches into the bag once again and pulls out a tiny piano bench, which he placed in front
of the piano.

The little man sits down at the piano and starts playing a beautiful piece by Mozart.

"Where on earth did you get him?" Says the bartender.

The man responded by reaching into the paper bag. This time he pulls out a magic lamp. He hands it to the bartender and says: "Here Rub it."

So the bartender rubs the lamp, and suddenly there's a gust of smoke, then a beautiful blonde genie is standing before him. "I will grant you one wish. Just one wish ... each person is only allowed one!"

The bartender got real excited. Without hesitating he said, "I want a million bucks!"

A few moments later, a duck walks into the bar. It is soon followed by another duck, then another. Pretty soon, the entire bar is filled with ducks and they kept coming.

The bartender turns to the man and says, "Y'know, I think your genie's a little deaf. I asked for a million bucks, not a million ducks."

"I know," says the man, "do you really think I asked for a 12 inch pianist?"

Joke 2: Someone really stinks

A young couple were on their honeymoon. The husband was sitting in the bathroom on the edge of the bathtub saying to himself, "Now how can I tell my wife that I've got really smelly feet and that my socks absolutely stink? I've managed to keep it from her while we were dating, but she's bound to find out sooner or later that my feet stink. Now how do I tell her?"

Meanwhile, the wife was sitting in the bed saying to herself, "Now how do I tell my husband that I've got really bad breath? I've been very lucky to keep it from him while we were courting, but as soon as he's lived with me for a week, he's bound to find out. Now how do I tell him gently?"

The husband finally plucks up enough courage to tell his wife and so he walks into the bedroom. He walks over to the bed, climbs over to his wife, puts his arm around her neck, moves his face very close to hers and says, "Darling, I've a confession to make."

And she says, "So have I, love."

To which he replies, "Don't tell me, you've eaten my socks."


Sep 24, 2007

Orange Cupcakes with Icing

Sounds delicious isit? I decided to make cupcakes after some reports on the papers that its getting popular nowadays. Moreover I need a break from baking muffins.

Orange Cupcakes

Ingredients


1 and 3/4 cup cake flour

1/2 cup orange juice (preferrably with REAL juice)

1 teaspoon of vanilla essence

2 large eggs separated (i used 3 medium eggs)

113 grams of unsalted butter (I used maragine. Its healthier)

1 cup castor sugar

Method

Preheat your oven to 180degrees celicus

Combine butter, sugar, egg yolks, and vanilla in a mixing bowl. Cream these ingredients together thoroughly.

Mix flour, salt, and baking powder together in a separate mixing bowl. Add dry ingredients to creamed ingredients 1/3 at a time alternating with adding portions of the orange juice to the creamed mixture.

Fold in beaten egg whites. Spoon batter into cupcake liners until 1/2 full.

Bake in a 350 degree preheated oven for 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.

How about the icing? Its very easy. just mix a cup of icing sugar with 2 tablespoon of maragine and 2 teaspoon of orange juice together with a tablespoon of orange zest and ABRACADABRA!!! you got your own icing.

Sep 20, 2007

romance stucks

I'm sharing some humorous love / marriage quotes I found on the web

1st quote by
Anonymous -
Marriage is three ring cirus: engagement ring, wedding ring, suffer-ring. (guess this author isnt too happy about his/her marriage but i was giggling when i read this)

Then I saw this quote by Woody Allen,
Love and Death- "To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore to love is to suffer, not to love is to suffer. To suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy then is to suffer. But suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be unhappy one must love, or love to suffer, or suffer from too much happiness. I hope you're getting this down." (I was reading this quote over and over again to get it.. but i do not really get it. if i am not wrong.. he is trying to tell us to LOVE)

Got another joker - La Rochefoucauld wrote: True love is like seeing ghosts; we all talk about it, but few of us have ever seen one. (this quote, i thought, was good. Honestly, I felt that I never truly love someone because of somethings I done that many people deem that its not love.) Thus I tot this quote by Mae West ticklish -"Do not marry a man to reform him. That is what reform schools are for."

Other funny quotes by anonymous:
"When a man opens the door of his car for his wife, you can be sure of one thing: either the car is new or the wife is.
"

"Man is better off than woman; he marries later and dies sooner."

Sep 16, 2007

Sprinkle some sugar to my room

Its time to tidy up my wardrobe becos I do not want people to find "skeletons" in my closet. Oh yes, Ikea is a supporter for some green efforts to reduce waste so remember to bring your plastic bags on your next shopping trip.

This is a rather useful trousers hanger because 1st, it allows me to hang 5 pants. Plus, I do not need to re-iron my trousers as I usually fold and stack them together.






Next, I got myself more than a dozen of these woody and hardy hangers. Instead of seeing different type of hangers (in terms of colour and material) in my cupboard, now I have a more uniformed look in my closet. However, its not enough!




Is it some screen or what? Neh.. Its a scarf cum tie cum "loose accesories" hanger. It looks pretty isnt it? Well, though I do not own that many "around the neck" accessories, I do find it interesting to own.

I did not leave Ikea without having their meat balls and chicken wings! hehehe.

Sep 15, 2007

The lessons I learnt so far..

I've learnt
Not to put a full stop to everything. You never know when you will turn back or have a surprising & pleasing U-turn.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I travelled with someone I dislike during my teen years. The trip made me realised that the person wasnt that bad afterall. I gave myself a chance to know her again. hmm.. all along, it was ME who stopped myself from doing things.

I've learnt
to reintroduce myself.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
During these few months, the new people I met and the new things I done made me realised that I have stopped living for myself for sometime. I am slowly understanding myself.

I've learnt
Life isnt always fair (but that doesnt mean I'll go into some self-bashing or depression).
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Everyone has their rough times (either a lost of a job, friend or relationship, anxiety over the future or just full of crummy situations).
While it is easy to complain about all of the ways these situations we face bring us down, it is more beneficial (I think) to look at the ways in which they didn't break you.

I've learnt we cannot always get what we want / planned

It seems that there is someone of a higher power to determine the route I planned to take. I though that everything was going smoothly but suddenly something would just pop out and it will change or delay the process. Its frustrating sometimes but its really beyond your control. you know what I mean. I am still learning to accept rejection, learning to reject acceptance and still learning to accept not to change the people who are or going to be closed to me.



Sep 9, 2007

Yogurt, honey & nuts muffin


Its my baking day again! This time, I tried something healthy. It got this recipe from a cookbook I borrowed from my colleague.

Ingredients:
55g butter
5 Tbsp clear honey
250ml plain yogurt (I used peach yogurt)
1 large egg (I used two small eggs)
65ml lemon juice
140g plain flour
170g wholemeal flour
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 cinnamon

Method:
Preheat the oven to 180degree celisus
In a saucepan, melt the butter and honey. Remove from hea and set aside to cool slighty
In bowl, whisk togehter the yogurt, eff, lemon juice. Add the butter and honey mixture. Set aside.
In another bowl, sift together the dry ingredients (I sift twice)
Fold the dry ingredient into the yogurt mixture to blend,
Fill the prepared cups two third full and bake for 20-25 mins or until its golden brown.

Salt water wells in my eyes

I visited my aged grandma. . my mother's maternal mother @ TTSH. After seeing her on the bed, I realised that she has aged SOO much and she lost lotz of weight. She looked frail. My tears almost rolled down my cheeks but I told myself that I had to control. I could not understand what she's saying but its heartening to know that she recognised me.

She had two "boxing gloves" tied to both of her hands. Isnt that abuse? Neh.. the nurses got to do this to her bcos she didnt want to be fed via tube. she got no choice but to be fed this way bcos the doctors are afraid that if she continue having solid food, she may get chest infections.

She always gave either my mother or me the look to help her to get the two gloves out but of course we did not remove it.

Sep 7, 2007

Flash back

RETRO is the theme for my company 2007 D&D. I have been brainstorming since last week. I shopped @ River Island, Daniel Yam, Mango, Zara... but I saw nothing refreshing UNTIL i talked to a friend who gave me some ideas.

Should I impersonate the sexiest woman of the century? The white, pleated Deluxe Marilyn Monroe dress defines the seductive style of this silver screen siren. A realistic replica of the dress as seen in the film, 'The Seven Year Itch'. I need to get the wig too. Sounds very interesting, isnt it? 1st I must find a place that rent such clothes 2nd, if i can carry this look.


Another idea- to look like this Soda Pop gal. this look seems easier to create cos I have wavy hair too. Guess I just need to source out the places. Sunday seems to be a good day to go costume hunting! Actually I was thinking of looking for dresses that are inspired from the movie "HAIRSPRAY". To look like on of the character, I need to get my hair done with lots of hairspray sprinkled onto my hair to get the BIG look. if not.. get a wig.

Sep 2, 2007

Dash's "best" friend

Kitty was the 1st pet in our house. She's a stray cat however she possesses some wit. After being the dominant for more than 1 year, she got a new addition: DASH. However, Dash doesnt welcome Kitty. He would chase her and bark at her. He will not stop unless Kitty leaves the house. He will be then satisfied. Jealous freak, isn't he? Well, guess all dogs are possessive.
However, when its Breakfast time, they are very friendly to each other. No scratching or growling at all. One of Dash's favourite past-time is to look at Kitty while she's having her breakfast.

Look at him.. doesnt the expression oozed out the "greediness" in him? My dad managed to train him well enough to sit opposite Kitty to observed her quietly. His reward would be some treats from Kitty's breakfast.