On the Hunt

December is here. the year is coming to its end soon.
Life still goes on as it does, sun still rises and sets
But the financial year is coming to end soon, targets to be achieved, clock is ticking ... fast

During this month, I feel like a prey
Insurance companies, Bank marketing been hunting me like a chick cornered by troop of cats
phone is ringing non stop
Instant messages keep beeping
People kept popping up (without notice) upon the door
Sticking their butt forever even when I said I am busy (you want the money, right? I need to work for that bloody money, damn it!) and worse, following to gym
Bombarded with tonnes of financial advice about death is certain, dead husband, dependent kids, etc etc... my goodness. Just because I don't buy insurance from you, doesn't mean I am totally ignorant about my future.
Plus, the husband and kids part doesn't affect me at all >.<

These people do not understand the word NO
I do understand they need to meet their ends, but I have every right to decide my own financial arrangement
Some... after rejected, gave a super sulk face, like I have been robbing their "future" bonuses, and go bitching around
Some... begging for pity, that if target not hit, they will not get their commission

Still, it is very unfair for me to be stalked.
I do not know you before, I do not trust you, I do not owe you. I don't even remember your name.
It is unethical, I really hate it when they followed me around just to get me sign that piece of paper
I am not interested
Even if I wanna keep my money under my bed, it is still my decision

My cooking: Cashew Nuts & Banana Chips

  SAVOURY COATED CASHEW NUTS

I made 2 version of these, left one is simple savoury with some spices, while the right one I add a little chili.

Room for improvement:
I could add more chili and spices, maybe double coat it too to give more kick.

 SUGAR COATED CASHEW NUTS

I made some mistake here, I didn't dissolve the sugar properly before adding up the nuts. And what happened next is... the sugar didn't stick properly, leaving chunks of sugar.
I took out the nuts and re-dissolve the sugar again, then reintroduce the nuts. Now it sticks, but some sugar crystals remains. It is OK, it actually give a unique texture and look to it.

Room for improvement:
Dissolve well before adding nuts. Maybe next time I will try to caramelise the sugar for better colour and flavour.

CHILI-PASTE BANANA CHIPS

We have so many banana chips over the last few weeks. I love it plain, but I get bored of it, so I tried to make a banana version of Padang's Keripik Balado.
I prepared from scratch, starting with making chili paste from fresh chilies. Can you believe it? Hehhehe....  After a few trials, I think I finally get an OK result :)  It is so spicy yet yummy

Room for improvement:
Reduce the chili percentage, the last time I made... it is a bit too spicy, but it is so addictive. Hum...

CHOCO BANANA CHIPS

I made this for Nara's snack. He loves it. He even help with the cooking part :)
This one is easy, I just melt a compound chocolate and dip the chips and dry it on a rack. It kinda test his patience before devouring the chips. Hahhaa

Yellow Layered Soap

Always wanted to make my own soap from scratch. I asked a friend to get me a kit from States expecting it to contain everything that I need in making soap. Well, it does, it is also easy to use - just melt and pour. This is my first time doing it, so I am quite happy with the result. Learning by doing, right? But I almost used up the supplies just for making a few pieces :(

I am curious about making my own base soap now, but probably I will need to have more gadget other than a microwave and a mold. Need to invest more :)

Gym Freak Wanna-Be

I've been hitting the gym for quite a few month now. Any difference in me yet? Well, not much. My weight stay stable, maybe increasing by 1 kg, I guess. My arms feels more firm, but that's all. I still have my belly, I don't have the guitar figure yet, most probably because I still eat like a normal me (meaning I am taking normal course of breakfast, lunch and dinner).
I bet I can look better if I go on strict diet, but not for now. I wanna build more muscle before stripping my fat - and since I am not taking any protein shakes, supplement or any other drugs, seems like I hardly grow any muscle.
Anyway for this time being, I am happy with my new regime, enjoying the sweat and pain. Love the burn!!! It's funny how I long for the soreness after workout. I don't feel it much now, maybe I am numb...

Addicted to CC

Here is the proof that I've reached the satanic level in Candy Crush

I don't always play CC, I can fast for months... So when I wanna play, I just turn the time back to months before, and start playing... and kept on adding the hour when I ran out of lives (basically I have unlimited lives), until I get bored, and fast again.... :)

Frog in a Box

When I was in elementary school, one day, my classmates made a prank on me. They gave me a box, asked me to open it, there was a frog inside. The prank didn't work well, as I didn't scream or faint (as they expected), on contrary, I pet the frog and set it free at school's bushes. The whole class was disappointed about it.

The reason why it is so disappointing is because they prepared a prank based on their own assumption, in this case, their fear. Most of them are scared of frog - ranidaphobics. Based on the hypothesis, they expected everybody else do too. But that isn't always the case.



In the case of Prince Charming, all women have a list of criteria of their ideal Prince Charming. The reason why someone leave their previous BF for another potential partner or the reason why someone marry a guy, isn't quite the same from person to person. What you find as the most important yet attractive attribute of your partner, might be just nothing to others.

Your Prince Charming might means the ultimate world to you, but that's for you; I have my own picture of what my Prince Charming gotta be, and that is not the same as your Prince Charming, not him. Sorry to disappoint you.
Yet many act based on their own hypothesis, their own likes and dislikes - and thought the world runs as it is too.

What is spoken out of a mouth are the window of one's mind. It reflects what your mind is thinking about. When someone constantly talking about food (like me now), you can be assure that the person is like to eat, very interested in food, or very very hungry (like me now... hiks).

But then, I shouldn't jump into conclusion that everybody else are into food too, right? I cannot assume or demand every human-being to be hungry, just so I feel good about myself. 

I need to settle my own hunger with a good portion of cheesy pizza. Yum!
I cannot expect every hungry person long for pizza - who knows, maybe they are into a bar of Snicker!