Spicy

I’m so in love with Cardamom @ Cardamon

It’s my new favourite spice!

*p/s : I decided to remove my entry on dreams and discontinue it for good. I felt that it if I had it up, I’d have to write almost everyday! Hard work I say

Random #02

I think my acne breakouts are caused by:

1. My peanut butter cravings
2. Exam stress

…. lethal combination, sigh

Tarot Me! Baby

Hello!

It’s been a while indeed. Updates updates – my final week of university is coming to an end, then I’ll be on 2 weeks study break (bloody insufficient) before the big E commences. Things are going great with me and hubby, he’s finally realized we’ve got to make more connection other than sex and cuddles, which is keeping us glued together momentarily. It’s not as bad as you think, perhaps he’s just a little shy when starting with conversations, leaving me with all the work -_-

Yesterday after a heavy sushi meal, courtesy of him of course (because he got his first paycheck) , God, I should be embarrassed we went back to his place. He took out a set of Tarot cards (to my surprise) and wanted to see how I’d fare in the future. I used to be interested in Tarot cards in the past, but never gotten anyone to read it for me, or even own a deck of my own for that sake! I wanted to know three things – my career in 10 years time, my health in 7 years time and finally, my love life in 7 years time as well.

My career would be a rocky one as the cards I choose were mostly cards of ’swords’. Apparently that suit of cards means difficult times/conflict and I had like 5 ’swords’ cards after choosing. Hubby says the my heart is not fully in the pharmacy line, but I’m just keeping to it because that’s the line I choose to study. There will be a lot of hard work for me …. etc. He also mentioned that I’ll be at a respectable position at work with a handsome paycheck that I’ll be happy with BUT I will feel burdened and overworked with hardly enough time to indulge socially. Buried under work perhaps?

As for my health, I would be indulging a lot this year but will still find balance to good health. Apparently next year would be a difficult one, something to do with deteriorating health due to emotional distraught? Something like that. I’m quite worried about that part and I hope nothing terrible happens. Later years would be the usual ups and down regarding my health and I was cautioned to keep a good health regime in my seventh year. Will be too stressed at work perhaps?

Love life. Now this is the interesting part as the majority of cards picked were ‘cups’ card, which dealt mostly with emotions. It was also a little scary listening to hubby interpret the cards because what he said about me was 90% true. Beginning with the person I am, I’m seeking emotional stability and I would seek someone similar, level headed and thinks the same way as me. Apparently I’ll be with someone younger or somewhere around the same age. By the time I’m 30 (7 years from now) I’d already be emotionally rich, meaning that I’ll have lots of experience with relationships and people by then. Also, I’ll be happy with my love life, happier compared to most of my friends who will still be seeking happiness with love. I would have settled down by then, but only time will tell ….

Of course, you can’t believe in these kinda stuff, but the love life part seemed to coherent with me … coherent enough to leave me pondering. I’m a little confused about my career part as I see myself loving the pharmacy the more I’m exposed to hospital attachments. Perhaps there would be something I will dislike the moment I start working. Oh wait, he also mentioned that I would be under a lot of authority at work, which leaves me quite powerless. This would probably be the part I dislike. Never ever boss this bitch around! I bite

The night ended with well, you know what and we cuddled a bit before leaving his place at 3am.

Although elated, I still wished he lived closer.

Dining Etiquette

The Korean lunch was mediocre. Throw sushi at me anytime really. I feel that many Korean dishes are repetitive.

The company was interesting yet good however There’s nothing more amusing having a bunch of really open minded girls sitting around you asking such ‘naive’ questions, sexual questions that is.

One of the most eager questions asked was how to orally please the male phallus. I’m sure these girls are good in bed with their respective boyfriends, but perhaps they just wanted to improve by taking advice from a gay man. Besides, no one else knows how to orally tease the penis than guys themselves. From where’s the most sensitive part of the dick to how deep should I blow him, the girls weren’t so naive after all.

…. and in case if you’re asking yourself “Hey, where IS THE MOST SENSITIVE PART?”, it’s the area an inch below the head. Of course, the head is sensitive as well, but its a different sensation compared to the shaft.

Of course, I had my own fun listening to these girls share their own stories about their boyfriend in bed. Interesting words were ‘thick’ and ’stumpy’. Of course, few Asians would actually measure up to such an amazing length. Something got me a little embarrassed and annoyed – the girls were curious to know my size. No, I didn’t reveal anything, but one thing I left them hanging with was this …. I said “Of all the guys I’ve had sexual relationships with, be it a one night stand or an ex, none of them were greater than my extent”

Hehe .. yes, basking in self glorification here, but that’s the honest truth – which sparked even more curiosity from the girls.

Another very interesting and hilarious story would be about a vibrator this girl received as a birthday gift. It boasts of great length with many functions, speeds, whatever – you name it. Since then, a certain part of that girl’s body has not been given much rest, so I’ve heard.

Gosh, girls are as horny as guys but they are more discreet about it!

Anyways, it was fun hanging out and talking about sex during the entire meal. We did have to lower our voices when referring to certain words just in case we offend the other patrons. Oh yes, the waiters did look at us funny when we burst out laughing and hushing during our conversations

Pastuna

I had to fend for my own dinner on Saturday night since my parents had to attend a wedding dinner ( I wasn’t invited ). So much for the thought of buying food from outside stalls when I decided I was too lazy to step out of the comforts of my home. After a quick dig in the cupboard, I made myself something simple yet delicious

Ingredients

Pasta – any type u wish
Mayonaise
Mustard Sauce
1 small Red Onion
Carrot
Tomato
1 can of Tuna

Boil the pasta first in plenty of salted water with a few drops of oil until al dente (fully cooked but not overly soft). Drain, place into a bowl and chill in the fridge once the pasta has stopped steaming.

Grate the carrot, dice the onion and cube the tomato – portions are totally up to you. You can also add shredded lettuce .. etc. It’s quite a personalized dish, depending on your creativity and palate. Open the can of tuna chunks and drain the oil/water.

Once everything is ready, place the fish and the chopped ingredients into the bowl of cold pasta. Add one and a half tablespoons of mayonaise and about a teaspoon of mustard sauce. The sauces varies with the portion of pasta obviously, so again, its up to you. Just don’t add too much mayonaise or else it will overshadow the taste of the other ingredients. Add salt and black pepper to taste.

Mix everything up evenly, making sure the tuna chunks/ flakes are well separated. Chill in the fridge for 10 minutes or so before eating

Petits Pains De Vanille

In an attempt to bring failure back to success after an unsatisfactory baking session two days ago, I decided to come back in full swing with a vengeance this time with a batch of vanilla muffins.

The recipe? plain vanilla muffins, with my own slight modifications of course!

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups of All Purpose Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Baking Soda (my own addition)
1/2 tsp Salt
8 tbs Butter
1 cup Sugar
3 Eggs
1 1/2 tsp Vanilla Essence (I used 1 1/2 tablespoon instead to really bring out the flavour)
3/4 cup Milk

*Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees celcius

In a large bowl, cream the butter with sugar, then add in the eggs one by one followed by vanilla essence

Sift the powders together. To the creamed butter, sugar, eggs and essence – add in the sifted powders and fold gently, followed by milk. Do it step by step until all the flour and milk is added.

Put into muffin trays and bake for 20 minutes! Once it’s nicely done, extract some creative juices and let the decorations take place. I did three different types of decorations. One was a light dusting with icing sugar and coco powder. The other was choc olate chips and icing sugar dusting while the last one was brushed with a thin layer of icing sugar cream and some colourful sprinkles.

Makes 18!

Success! I am satisfied!

It won’t last long though, everybody wants to have a bite

Prune Cake

Ingredients

1 cup Yoghurt
1/2 cup Chopped walnuts
1 cup Coarsely chopped prunes
1 sp Vanilla essence
1 tsp All spice powder
1 tsp Nutmeg powder
1 tsp Cinnamon powder
1 1/2 cup Sugar
1 cup Vegetable oil
1 tsp Salt
1 tsp Baking soda
2 cups Sifted cake flour

* Mix ingredients together and pour into a greased and floured loaf pan. Bake at 180 celcius for 30 to 35 minutes.

Note: It took me a little longer to bake this cake as opposed to the recipe. I’d say 45 to 50 minutes would do the trick.

… and no, the cake isn’t burnt mind you. It’s the prunes that have surfaced and the walnuts that I’ve sprinkled on top