Tuesday, March 02, 2004 0 comments Post a Comment i'm back fm Tekong!! (think it's my last duty there. :( . after this, i should be relocated to a nearer site. hope it's better. ) *** i'll give up half my lifespan to spend that half looking at how my loved ones grief for me, how each of them deal with the loss, getting over it then having a place always for me in their minds and memories, to see how even a thought of me could bring a smile to their lips or a tear to their eyes, then wave them goodbye and be at rest. It's like watching a REALLY good tear-jerker and this time be assured that tears WILL be jerked. No. I mean it. I've always wanted to see how people react when i die. Its the worth of everyone isn't it? The value of your entire life defined by how much you will be missed when you are gone. This was not meant to be morbid. It's a happy post. :) *** Reading this chinese book called " Yao Shun Chun Qiu - China's Tale of 5000 Years " (Loosely and partially translated) Yao Shun is not YAO SHAN. *grumble* It's two emperors after Yan and Huang. The 3rd and 4th emperors of China. It's a collection of the more significant and interesting facts OR myths that took place between the time where "Pan Gu Opened the Heavens" (e beginning of everything, folklore) till Yin,Zhou Dynasty. I can see blurred eyes and furrowed brows. Ok i know it sounds terribly difficult and tedious AND boring. My first impression of it too. But i figured i can't go studying in China without knowing some hard,solid facts beside a few miserly Tang poems and some Three Kingdom heroes. But it got a bit interesting when i found out Nuwa had incest with her brother! haha. They were forced to! So the world would not end, cos they were e last two humans in e world and Tai Bai Jing Xing asked them to copulate. Hee. Then other stuff include how gross Chinese were then, there were men eating children (100% true facts) and sons (mostly princes) raping their stepmothers. And lotsa war (a bit boring) and lotsa politics (a bit huh). And u could see how weird Chinese moral standards were to begin with. They actually sang praise of this hero by the name of Wu Zixu who , with aid of his comrades, raped the concubines , wives of officials , to take revenge on this tyrannical king of Chu who killed ONLY his brother and dad. (he also dug out the tyrant's body and whipped it 300 times. man. vicious. ) But i still can't tell what's up with the HUNDREDS of country names like Chu la, Zhou la, Lu la , Zheng la. *** LOTR won all 11 awards it was nominated for. HAH. For all non-LOTR fans : shame on you. WOOHOOoooOO. *** gonna watch Mystic later w/o popcorn. (oh give me strength to resist.... ) and maybe Big Fish tml. Yes. i'm doing ALOT of movies recently. quite ex. but i dunno why i can't stop. *** Did i ever say i was a Britney fan??!??!?! *** EEEEEEEEEPs. i bought my 7th volume of sandman (about $210 spent now... *feels faint*) but cos i was in a bit of a hurry, i got e wrong cover. As in a different edition. CRAP. but i can't exchange now cos i couldn't resist and opened it. so it's non-exchangeable. But oh man. Great episode. Think it's alright since i'm not a collector. *** BO SI MAO rocks!! haha. Junjie and I sang it 4 times in the ktv. mwahahaha. It's a hilarious song. Bo Si Mo, Mi zhe ta de shuang yen ... Wo De Cuo by B.A.D. is good too. Did it 4 times too. We sang for 6 HOURS. NON-STOP. i think we did all the songs we wanted to. including some really shu2 oldies like Wang Jie and Ye Huan's " Ni Shi Wo Xiong Kou Yong Yuan De Tong " and Andy Hui's " Xiang Shuo " and even Zhang Qing Fang's " Ju Qi Bu Ding ". MAnIA. *** I'm not sick but having a perpetually stuffy left nostril. :( Tekong was hell dusty. Kept coughing. But i like my vit C tablets. Yum. *** I'm on a healthier diet ! ( not a no-eat diet ) jus NO MORE: 1) potato chips 2) solid chocolate (haha i said "solid" . :P ) 3) nuts 4) DEEP fried stuff 5) sweets but i'm still ok with icecream, yogurt and popcorn jus less of each. actually i hardly touch e stuff mentioned above in my list. Convenient diet, i don't believe in extreme diets cos they eventually wear u out and spread u thin. and THEN e glutton returns. MORE SOUPY! NO SPICY! My slogan for this diet. 3/02/2004 03:29:00 PM

yi A student (and maybe one always) / from Singapore in Shanghai / a hopefully chronic baking OCD / aborted mission Noble entirely / decided to stop believing in change and creation but work on succeeding heritages / food is culture. culture is heritage. / dreams of cooking classes in France where everything is white, light & shadows and old mastery - a typical Western enchantment/ wonders if Singaporean food will ever turn into haute cuisine/ will hump a madeleine more than anything else (for now)/ half-worried and half-proud that solid lava cakes distress him more than alot of things/ baking is my first (practical) skill/ believes that fine food can be found in the dodgiest alley after China/ will one day make his baking compulsion serve Charity / The Yi Cafe (a concept not a name)/ has the most pot-bellied father and a kitchen-prodigal mother (thus!)/ the second son with the less discerning tongue/ an aged interest in literature/ a perpetual weight issue / grams not pounds / measuring out my life with tbsps/ feeds the one with a sweeth tooth/ says, "my heart is stollen" homemade berry tart for the jaundice. SH culinary endeavours 1 : tang yuan in glutinuous rice wine SH culinary endeavours 2 : morbidly obese morning sandwich SH culinary endeavours 3 : herbal chicken soup YOU HEAR : Joni Mitchell - You Turn Me On I'm A Radio oh honey you turn me on i'm a radio i'm a country station i'm a little bit corny i'm a wild flower waiting for your broadcasting tower waiting for you fellow pebbles Archive Archives 10/12/2003 - 10/19/2003 10/19/2003 - 10/26/2003 10/26/2003 - 11/02/2003 11/02/2003 - 11/09/2003 11/09/2003 - 11/16/2003 11/16/2003 - 11/23/2003 11/30/2003 - 12/07/2003 12/07/2003 - 12/14/2003 12/28/2003 - 01/04/2004 01/04/2004 - 01/11/2004 01/11/2004 - 01/18/2004 01/25/2004 - 02/01/2004 02/01/2004 - 02/08/2004 02/08/2004 - 02/15/2004 02/15/2004 - 02/22/2004 02/22/2004 - 02/29/2004 02/29/2004 - 03/07/2004 03/07/2004 - 03/14/2004 03/14/2004 - 03/21/2004 03/21/2004 - 03/28/2004 03/28/2004 - 04/04/2004 04/04/2004 - 04/11/2004 04/11/2004 - 04/18/2004 04/18/2004 - 04/25/2004 05/02/2004 - 05/09/2004 05/09/2004 - 05/16/2004 05/16/2004 - 05/23/2004 05/23/2004 - 05/30/2004 05/30/2004 - 06/06/2004 06/06/2004 - 06/13/2004 06/20/2004 - 06/27/2004 06/27/2004 - 07/04/2004 07/04/2004 - 07/11/2004 07/11/2004 - 07/18/2004 07/18/2004 - 07/25/2004 08/01/2004 - 08/08/2004 08/08/2004 - 08/15/2004 08/15/2004 - 08/22/2004 08/22/2004 - 08/29/2004 08/29/2004 - 09/05/2004 09/05/2004 - 09/12/2004 09/12/2004 - 09/19/2004 09/19/2004 - 09/26/2004 09/26/2004 - 10/03/2004 10/03/2004 - 10/10/2004 10/10/2004 - 10/17/2004 10/17/2004 - 10/24/2004 10/24/2004 - 10/31/2004 11/07/2004 - 11/14/2004 11/14/2004 - 11/21/2004 12/05/2004 - 12/12/2004 12/12/2004 - 12/19/2004 12/19/2004 - 12/26/2004 12/26/2004 - 01/02/2005 01/02/2005 - 01/09/2005 01/09/2005 - 01/16/2005 01/16/2005 - 01/23/2005 01/23/2005 - 01/30/2005 01/30/2005 - 02/06/2005 02/13/2005 - 02/20/2005 02/20/2005 - 02/27/2005 02/27/2005 - 03/06/2005 03/06/2005 - 03/13/2005 03/13/2005 - 03/20/2005 03/20/2005 - 03/27/2005 03/27/2005 - 04/03/2005 04/17/2005 - 04/24/2005 05/08/2005 - 05/15/2005 05/22/2005 - 05/29/2005 05/29/2005 - 06/05/2005 06/05/2005 - 06/12/2005 06/19/2005 - 06/26/2005 07/03/2005 - 07/10/2005 07/10/2005 - 07/17/2005 07/17/2005 - 07/24/2005 07/24/2005 - 07/31/2005 07/31/2005 - 08/07/2005 08/07/2005 - 08/14/2005 08/14/2005 - 08/21/2005 08/21/2005 - 08/28/2005 08/28/2005 - 09/04/2005 09/25/2005 - 10/02/2005 11/06/2005 - 11/13/2005 12/11/2005 - 12/18/2005 01/22/2006 - 01/29/2006 02/05/2006 - 02/12/2006 02/26/2006 - 03/05/2006 03/05/2006 - 03/12/2006 03/12/2006 - 03/19/2006 05/14/2006 - 05/21/2006 06/11/2006 - 06/18/2006 06/25/2006 - 07/02/2006 09/17/2006 - 09/24/2006 10/15/2006 - 10/22/2006 11/26/2006 - 12/03/2006 12/17/2006 - 12/24/2006 06/03/2007 - 06/10/2007 08/26/2007 - 09/02/2007 11/04/2007 - 11/11/2007 09/07/2008 - 09/14/2008 12/14/2008 - 12/21/2008 12/28/2008 - 01/04/2009 01/04/2009 - 01/11/2009 01/18/2009 - 01/25/2009 01/25/2009 - 02/01/2009 02/01/2009 - 02/08/2009 02/08/2009 - 02/15/2009 02/15/2009 - 02/22/2009 02/22/2009 - 03/01/2009 03/15/2009 - 03/22/2009 & I want these Apron Stains! Madeleine Attempt 3 (with baking powder?!) ML's Stollen SY's Baked Almond and Marzipan (urgh) Peaches ZW's Ricotta Cream Cheese Pudding Citrus Delight 4 Lavas + 4 Purins for e Family replica of JG's FG with port gelee, candied pistachios and dried sour cranberries Upcoming Gastronomic Gorges Haiku by Hatsune Geylang Tze Char Pilgrimage Peranakan Food Liver @ Hong Long Xing