Saturday, February 26, 2005 0 comments Post a Comment A new blog look. The head photo is courtesy of Zhao, an impressive shot he took during his hongkong trip. (there there, chek) Alot of credit goes to the scenery but without a good camera and an appropriate angle (and of cos no shaky hands), we wouldn't have seen it. (the human factor) So i borrowed it for my March blog layout. Not any major changes of course, jus different photos and headings to reflect my life at its different stages or moods. I probably won't do any colour changes cos, well, it has always been pretty grey. And no dun be mistaken! Grey is dark but it isn't anything quite negative. When my blog turns black , maybe then u can all start worrying. ~ Found Neverland. I finally watched it. I'm the sort of movie-goer which lists out maybe 5 must-catch's and end up watching none. I must say it was pretty *wrinkles nose on the left half* ... hmm.... okayyy. Its a nice show but nothing out of the norm. The theme "Just Dream" was already cliche and probably required much more than what the movie had to actually 'hit' me. But Johnny Depp is simply a coat full of charm. Its a shame he usually only does alternative movies. I would like to see him in a Jude Law role. And of cos KATIE, my dear winslut. She got fat AGAIN. (she really is just big-boned). But she is THE lady. Never could I fall more in love with the knitted-brow look. And when she smiles, all reserved, damming this ocean of emotions, you can't help but love her. Its a wonderful cast in a lacking script. And i really liked certain parts of the show where they hop from reality to fantasy and sometimes a compound of both and you can't figure out where they are or sometimes even what happened. I found it inspiring in another sense. In the writer sense. On how you should let free imagination and how I have forgotten about the balance between accuracy and imagination. Like i was telling zhao, some writers prefer to be as accurate as possible, bringing reality to your face : they write novels which reflect the truth, whether it is describing a rainforest or depicting a certain social behaviour, their words bring about chorus, evoke agreement and disagreement, make you laugh or cry. And some others play the imaginative pen, painting castles in the air, bringing readers to somewhere foreign and conjuring situations, people and objects you have never seen before, they thrill and excite. I am more of the former and i realised how i have neglected the magic of fantasy. If there was never Peter Pan , we would never wish we could fly. And sometimes i wonder if our predecessors have conjured all the possible and impossible, leaving us to retell their stories in a different voice or serve to only add moats and flags to the castles they have left us. ~ So that leaves : 1) Closer 2) Lemony Snickett's A Series of Unfortunate Events 3) Ray (or maybe not) ~ Growing old and losing your mind and making the good natured think (secretly and timidly) that you were better off dead and being hopelessly and completely ignorant about it , IS probably the worst thing in the world to happen to you when you're old. And its called, Senile Dementia. If it happens to me, and i dun have family, i need you, my friends, to shoot me. Hmm...But all of you will probably be bedridden, cancered, struck (getting stroke) or in the same plight as i am. old age. i fear you. ~ I'm OFFICIALLY leaving for sweden! 23rd April till 8th May. Oh and meiling just told us she won't be coming back till mid august. aww. i hope she gets to send me off! or it'll be one year before we meet again. And thinking about it, it has been almost dat long since i saw mian. Its not a good idea to have 3 friends in Medicine and another 3 overseas. I've so few friends left! But hey, i'm going away myself so i can't blame noone. ~ I think my mum is chio now. fat la but chio. And my dad really is quite shuai in his late 20s to early 30s, that makes me happy cos i am supposed to resemble him quite a bit. Yay for me! oh anyway, i dug out this photo. teehee. I think he's like damned cute la. okay i'm using chinese for my heading. so can you guys let me know if u can see it or not. If u can't , go to view -> encoding -> unicode (utf-8), those who STILL can't , leave a comment for me. thanks. okay off to reading! i've lost my voice. grumble. stupid heat wave. 2/26/2005 02:24:00 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