Was reading a few of my past entries…i think i’ve changed a lot. The people around me has changed. Life changed. Circumstances changed. But like always, life goes on.

So whats changed from the last entry?

I’ve graduated from uni, completing my masters now which is taking ages because my “case studies” always end up “stale”.

I’ve learned lots, lost lots, and possibly learn not to take anything for granted.

Proud to say im still working at the same place – would have been teaching there 3 years come next month! Work is okay…always good to be in an environment surrounded my beautiful people and beautiful music but i think my temper has grown much shorter and working there has held me back from lots of things. I guess realizing that plus learning that sometimes people take you for granted has made me stronger and more prepared for the next step in life.

Anyways, enough of this becoming and emo entry.

I’ll definitely try to keep this blog running again with all the usual – the rants, food, and random stuff!

Everyday rojak indeed.

Signing off for now…

While you’re there, feel free to join the competition and name teddy and the snowman (:

NEVER EVER buy plane tickets way way in advance.

Once isnt enough…gotta learn the same lesson again. Hehe.

Looks like i wont be going to Gold Coast and Melbourne anymore! Boooo. Don’t know if its supposed to make me feel better that im not the only one not going. Brandons back in Kuching.

But but butttttt! Going end of the year!

Anyway, so exhausted, this whole week is gonna be full of conference stuff then the ‘real’ holidays kicks in.

And PHEW my results are out and im pleased with the results (:

Celebration much?

So what do you do with leftover/stale croissants? A croissant and butter pudding

Caramel Croissant Pudding

This was a take on Nigella Lawson’s…i was in a toasted cheese croissant phase for a while and then had plenty of leftover croissants that needed to be used up. I can’t remember exactly how much of what went into it but this is a good guess :-

2 large or 4 medium sized stale crossaints, torn into rustic large pieces
1/2 cup sugar
2tbsp water
knob of butter
1/2 cup cream (double cream works best)
1/2 cup milk
2 eggs, beaten
splash of bourbon (optional)
Grated cinnamon/nutmet/orange zest (optional)

In a saucepan, slowly melt sugar and water. Do NOT stir it but keep an eye on it because it burns really easily. Let it brown and turn into gooey caramel (deep rich amber colour). This will take around 3-5 minutes.

Remove from heat and very quickly whisk in cream, milk and butter. Add a splash of bourbon at this stage if you prefer. As it cools down a little, add your eggs. Make sure you don’t add them when its still hot or they’ll turn into scrambled eggs (: Add grated orange zest or preferred spices.

Steep the mixture with your crossaints for 10 minutes and bake in preheated oven at 180C for 20 minutes or till golden brown and puffy.

Serve hot with some ice cream or a dollop of cream.

Fluffy crossaint pudding

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The first time i made this i halved the sugar and found it not sweet enough. I then melted some dark chocolate and poured it over the pudding and it was…heavenly to say the least. So you could do this if you wish to or go according to the recipe.

Comfort food indeed! I wish this was supper everynight…

80gm butter
1/3 cup sugar
1 tbsp honey
4 cup cornflakes
handful of silvered almonds (optional)

Preheat oven to 150C. Melt the butter, sugar and honey in a saucepan till it boils and becomes frothy. Remove, stir in cornflakes and almonds and spoon to little paper patty cases.

Bake for 10-12 minutes and cool. Stores well in airtight containers for 2-3 days (if you can resist finishing them).

Did you say it? I love you. I don’t ever wanna live without you. You changed my life. Did you say it?

Make a plan. Set a goal. Work towards it. But every now and then look around you. Drink it in. Cuz this is it. It might all be gone tomorrow.

It sounded like a kitten purring or something, so my housemates and i went out to investigate. The sound apparently came from a bush. So we took a torchlight, with 7 people starring at a bush..we didn’t find anything. We even opened a can of tuna trying to lure it out.

I think it was hours later when we realised that there was NOTHING there. Then it was when one of my housemates realised that the sound was coming from underground. So we thought it was the pipes.

But hrm…

It’s not. We experimented with the taps and pipes…its not the pipes. Besides pipes don’t purr.

The sound only happens when the sun goes down…and its really loud. When we go out the sound dies down. WTF WTF WTF.

Best of all that bush is right outside Jason’s window (:

Btw, did i tell you that right next door is a burnt down house?

I think i must have watched The Sound of Music about a hundred times now. IF my family were to have our own movie, it would be Sound of Music. Every holiday, or even weekends, when i was little…we would sit down and watch this – over and over again. And we didn’t watch this on DVD, not even VCD or cassette tapes..we watched it on the huge record discs, you know those which looked like the gramaphone discs? So cool. We still have it at home and i must remember to watch it again one of these days.

I would remember the lines and lyrics to everything, my sister and i would act out the parts in the film (cuckoo – cuckoo!) and we never got sick of it. Its a classic i suppose.

So last week when my boss brought in the film and some hot cross buns for the little ones to watch during lessons it really hit the spot. Bring back memories!

Anyway, i downloaded it and i watching it…over and over again.

So…what’s your most watched film?

Anyway, possibly the best ramen in Perth…

Soft pork ramen (AUD9)

Can be found at this very very small stall named Dosukoi Ramen & Bubble Tea in the Fremantle markets.

Melt in your mouth pieces of pork, perfectly spiced concentrated broth and “chewy” noodles.

Takoyaki

And they’ve got awesome tako balls with huge pieces of octopus in it. (:

Perfect for winter which is…just around the corner i believe.