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Name: winnie
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Thursday, October 01, 2009

mid autumn festival


Another year has gone by so fast...
this year for mid autumn festival, i decided to make some snowskin mooncakes instead of the traditional ones....
(one of the reasons was cos i dun like the lotus paste u can get here... so untill i figure how to make some nice ones from scratch.. they're put on hold at the moment..hehe )

Trialling 2 flavours at the moment:
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LHS: green tea.... RHS: mango..

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got these mini mooncake holders from hk the last time i went back...
but i've already started to run out of them...so mayb need to stock a few more nxt time round.. haha

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the inside of them... tastes pretty gd if u ask me..haha.. but the skin as u can see is still a bit uneven...

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Green Tea ICECREAM mooncake
Jane made the green tea icecream..... i just asked her permission to use it to try out icecream mooncake..
result: very successful!!!!  i think this one tastes the best out of the 3 styles i made.. hehe~~

if i have time after challenge, might try experimenting w/ other flavours such as egg custart ( "lai wong"), black sesame, red bean ( "dou sa" )...
and maybe more fruit ones such as strawberry...

but we'll c... mayb after challenge i'll have forgotten this passion and gone on to the experiment on other things.. hahaha knowing me and my "3 minute hotness".... that can occur vvv easily!! hehe~ XD


Monday, June 29, 2009

KMB in Sydney!!

after lunch...we were walking along anzac parade to uni village, to see if the pool table and table tennis table were available...
suddenly, a double decker bus passed us.... my first thought: "that looks familiar"....
then we hear 2 horns beeping (at us i presume)... and there comes 2 more double decker buses!!!!!

Here they are::


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HK KMB buses!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! chiu ging!! haha
   something i would never have thought of seeing on the streets of sydney!  Apparently, some guy bought them from hk, had it shipped over via a number of countries.... to store/keep/do whatever he was going to do with them. haha.. and they were even giving free rides out to CHINA TOWN!!!

too bad we had 2 badminton courts booked... or else i would LOVE to have taken one of these buses out. hha~~ its been so long since i've been on one of these!!

no air con... still with the red coin inserting machine... low back chairs... no tv....


Wednesday, June 24, 2009

::cooking...actually, baking ::


maybe cos of masterchef, been doing quite a lot of baking recently. haha.
heres 2 of them:

choc fondant...  the one in the wedding part of masterchef looked SOOOOO nice!!!!
no where near wat this one looks but at least i got the inside to be liquid
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  It actually tastes quite nice.. but the appearance is a bit bad i think.. i'v thought of a few reasons for that.

  1. i used a small bowl as the cup..so its a bit flat. Next time should either buy a few of those    correct sized ramekins... or mayb i can try to use the metal thing used to make 'ji bao dan go'.. hmmmm

 2. the whole thing looks a bit too brown.. should use nicer chocolate nxt time.. haha. i used the cheapest coles brand for this

  anywayz. remind me to upload a nicer one nxt time i make it again


shu cream puffs

puff  this one was actually made by jane.. super easy to make.. w/ yummy custard inside... tastes very yummy!!   although sometimes the shape comes up a bit weird

  jane actually forced my mum to copy down the recipe and make it in hk.... after lots of persuading, she made it one weekend, and she and dad finished 13 of them just for lunch!!! kakakak

success XD




cherry's also promised to make a croquenboche !!! (again..after influence of masterchef).. hehe~~ well, maybe not like the christmas tree size... maybe a baby desk tree la?? the height of my kitchen counter?? hehe   + oil la cherry!! waiting to try it ar!! XD

need to make 50 cupcakes for geneve's wedding. tried out some decoration tonight.. they looked HORRIBLE!!! >.<
fingers crossed we'll eventually figure out how to decorate it.. haha.
and if that DOES happen, remind me to post the pics la



Thursday, May 28, 2009

:: one year...::

Re:

llokk: i'd say there are more interesting jobs than others.. also i'm not sure i can say the same thing in the commerce industry, cos that sounds just a bit too boring for me.. hahaha.. but i have heard from friends that they find their job very interesting and fun etc...

so should we still attempt to keep looking for such an 'interesting' job??? or will it turn into a career once we start to enjoy it so much??

sammi: personally, i think full time ministry can be a career...as long as the goal isn't to be the senior minisiter..or the bla bla of sydney etc..  cos the career ladder is mainly to do w/ money right? so end up spend all ur time in ur work, and forget the other stuff...but if ur job is full time ministry...then wouldn't you want it to be career?? haha.. cos then u can spend all ur time on evangelism!! wait... gum alice dim suen ar????

joey,kelatang: true.. hopefully we'll eventually learn to find an even point in a job we find slightly more interesting.. haha.. and ofcourse, to stand firm =P

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anywayz. Time does fly by rather fast doesn't it??? I've already been working here for almost a year!!!! well... bout 2 more weeks, then it'll be a year! thats pretty quick for me.. cos i don't feel as if i've worked here for that long.. haha~  it might be good in a sense as good times pass by faster, but then again, i can't say this is such a 'good' job..hahah

it has its goods and bads la. goods as in i have total freedom, as long as i get my stuff done, i can do whatever i want... have breaks whenever i want...for however long i want etc... and since i'm the only one here, i'm sort of a mini 'lab manager' as well, so thats given me some pretty gd skills to add to my resume for future jobs..hahah. things that i can't get from the main diagnostic lab. bads... i'm mostly the last one to leave lor, and when it gets to the busy seasons, it can realli get busy and possibly even no lunch tim..or a super short lunch. o..and need to take bus.. ahha.. b4 i can walk to work ga ma =P save a lot of time... and the job finishes late..compared to in randwick i mean.. hahah..

wat i'm thinknig now is... how long should i stay here for?? cos i think i've already learnt everything i can.. so just staying here longer will just mean me forgetting all my other lab skills..ahhha. so i guess i should start actively looking for other jobs now right? aiiii... ppl in my lab just seem to love it so much they have no intention of leaving.. ever -_-" wonder how long i still have to work b4 i retire?? hehe~~

is it ok to bok meng...climb ladders and what not for say..10 years... then retire at 30~35??? ^^
not saying that i have anything to bok though..hahah.. this industry is totally not 'bokable'..... just a thought... cos other industries, say, commerce/IT etc.. might have chance of bok..then retire by 35?? hahaha...

*dream...................

 


Saturday, May 09, 2009

::what kind of work.....::

long time haven't updated lu..

been thinking recently, what kind of work should we be looking for...?
I know the main point is so we have food to eat and place to sleep..
but does it matter what type of job we choose?

my point is, if i chose a very interesting job, one that i'm very interested in,
will it make me like work too much??
and maybe slowly head down the 'career' path as opposed to the 'job' path?
will i want to keep going to work... volunteering for overtime/shifts etc..?

if thats the case, then is it that i should just choose any random job
one with good working hours and what not??
but not interesting enough to make me want to keep working??? hahaha

how bout the pay? keep looking for jobs w/ better pay...? chance of raise..?
or just stay simple....? avoid going down the career path...?
but higher salary = nicer/easier lifestyle......

hmmm...so many questions.. hehe~~




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