Pew Pew **

I met Jet Li =D HAHA. That's as close as I'll get to Jet Li, may not be the real package, but much cuter lmao. Thank goodness for this trip. I hope my plan works haha~ I am keeping it as a souvenir from Vancity.

Take Two!

I used the above M&M chocolate chips to bake these new batch of cookies =D but this time it didn't turn out as well as the last time (first time of baking the CHEWY chocolate chip cookies). They say, beginners luck, well I agree. It's always like that with everything I bake, the first time is always the best tasting. I can never replicate my recipes aw man!! Well, at least... I gave it a try and it was a great time killer. I enjoy baking a lot actually. I think I am eating too much of my baked goods, I should stop baking hahah! I am gaining weight XD I baked these cookies with M&Ms because my mom doesn't like chocolate chips that much, well too bad the tiny gold container only had two cups of M&Ms but I needed 4 cups of chocolate chips LOL, so I HAD to add extra chocolate chips that she didn't like =.= I guess that was pointless. One day, I want to open up my own shop of bakery hehe.

Square Pearls

最安全衛生的珍珠奶茶
Now we can make square tapioca pearls for our own bubbletea!! looks like it is worth trying at home =D

An Inspiration?

“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is God's gift, that's why we call it the present.”

Joan Rivers quotes (American humorist, b.1935)

This quote appeared in the movie, the Kungfu Panda. I was once reminded by a friend of this quote, it's quite interesting and very wise. I will think about it whenever I think life is useless, hopefully this qouls be my inspiration to keep going. As the Taiwanese say, add oil~

Summer Baking 101

This is what happens when I get really bored... after looking at online food blogs =.= Then the worst part is, I eat them all because it's so GOOD! The recipes I use are all from online sources, I can't take credit for any of them =)

I baked these super chewy and soft in the center chocolate chip cookies for a friend's birthday, yum yum yum. It still stays soft and chewy after 4 days of baking, it is definitely worth a try yourself =D

Chocolate Chip Cookies

• 1 1/2 cup butter
• 1 1/4 cup sugar
• 1 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 1 tbsp vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 4 cup flour
• 2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

1. Beat butter, vanilla, sugars and eggs together
2. Stir in flour, salt and baking soda to form a stiff dough
3. Stir in chocolate chips.
4. Drop dough by 1/4 cup measurements onto ungreased cookie sheet 2" apart
5. Bake for 12 to 14 minutes at 375 degrees

These blueberry muffins are REALLY yummy also, I love how jumbo sized they become and how moist they retain even after a whole week of it stored in the fridge =) I love to eat the cap also, it is crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. The recipe is adapted from Simply Recipes, I changed the plain yogurt to blueberry yogurt to give it that extra berry kick.

Blueberry Muffins

3 cups of all-purpose flour
1 Tbsp baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt

10 Tbsp unsalted butter (1 1/4 stick), softened
1 cup sugar
2 large eggs
1 1/2 cup plain yogurt
1 teaspoon grated lemon peel

1 1/2 cups blueberries
1 Tbsp flour (if using defrosted frozen berries)

1 Adjust the oven rack to the middle-lower part of the oven. Preheat oven to 375°F.

2 Whisk together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt and set aside.

3 In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar together, beating until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, beating until incorporated after each one. Beat in the grated lemon peel.

4 Beat in one half of the dry ingredients until just incorporated. Beat in one third of the yogurt. Beat in half of the remaining dry ingredients. Beat in a second third of the yogurt. Beat in the remaining dry ingredients and then the remaining yogurt. Again be careful to beat until just incorporated. Do not over beat. Fold in the berries. If you are using frozen berries, defrost them first, drain the excess liquid, and then coat them in a light dusting of flour.

5 Use a standard 12-muffin muffin pan. Coat each muffin cup lightly with olive oil or grapeseed oil using a pastry brush, or with a little butter. Or use one of those convenient vegetable oil sprays. Distribute the muffin dough equally among the cups. Bake until muffins are golden brown, about 25 to 30 minutes. Test with a long toothpick (we use a thin bamboo skewer) to make sure the center of the muffins are done. Set on wire rack to cool for 5 minutes. Remove muffins from the tin and serve slightly warm.

Simply Recipes http://simplyrecipes.com

Friend Outing and More +

Tonight was full of surprises and good times.
First, I went singing with Jason and Kennith,
then we got hungry, wanted cheap food,
oooooh **light bulb moment** DENNYS~!

=) you look good

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I found my KTV collection from my external hd
wow lots of good songs =)
and thanks Mr. Loner for introducing me to PPStream~
I watched lots of goodies
thanks Mr. Luu for giving me back my stuff,
you look good, very good =)
next one would be lucky to have you

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When you're lonely, who would you think of?

Beautiful song with two different versions above...
Singer: Nicholas Zhang
張棟樑 - 當你孤單你會想起誰


English Translation:

Your mood will always change
You run after every little thing
Wanting to hold on to some comfort
You like to walk in the middle of crowds
Your greatest fear is the coming nigthfall
But the sky will grow
The people will eventually leave
There's no one who can acompany someone forever
And that lonely feeling must be eventually faced by all
Not only you, but I will feel that tiredness

When you're lonely who will you think of
Do you want someone by your side
Your happiness and pain
can only be felt by me
Let us walk together for a while

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I feel the song and the sorrow
only, no one to sing it to me T_T
it's okay, I'll imagine Nicholas Zhang
he's cute =)

I should start feeling better
because, I eat when I'm sad,
my body is like a balloon,
only the opposite of a balloon
easy to expand,
hard to deflate ...
F**K, I tell you,
gym would be my second home..
lock that snack pantry away from me,
only gimme tea and more tea.
TONIGHT, is my last night of binging.
oh MC is here, great. just what I need...
more pain.

%$@^%$%$#@$!!! I swear, no more junk food
NO MORE! f"
my daddy made me cry today =.=
my mom still unreasonable.
my cat is my best friend <3 sam

&& props to the song writer

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New

I wanna start new,
be a better self,
be a stronger woman,
be an intelligent woman.

Away with sadness,
welcome happiness.

Oh and hopefully,
my social life would come back too. ha-ha-ha....

Commitment

Sometimes I wonder what is true love?
I've seen lots of examples of love, where it doesn't really sound like love to me. I see how each couple interact, I see how they hurt each other, how they make each others' lives happy... I see how they may break up. For what? at the cost of what? Well, this entry isn't about my commitment, it's some pondering after hearing some news from my family and whatever is going on with that family member.
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A girl is being asked to marry her 4 year+ long-distance boyfriend but not because he asked, because his parents and her parents asked. Do we expect them to get married simply because Chinese culture says so? Would this marriage be happy and faithful? I absolutely love the girl and want her to have the best in everything, but in this case, even I can't help her. She's stuck in this transition of career and love. If career only comes because of love... is it even a true self-earned success? I don't honestly know what is going on but I can only hear so much information. She's too upset to talk to me right now, she told me "everything is fine, don't worry," but she said that with a sadness in her voice. I know she's been crying, I can tell but what can I do? Let her have her quiet time, let her think it through. Even if I was beside her, would she let me help her? I can only communicate with these people through a modern technology that isn't so modern anymore, a telephone, or better yet, digital phone - skype. I wish and hope everything works out for the best, the best of everyone. Also, I really hope that she would come to me first before I have to hear it from a third person. To think, I am her younger sister after all.