things that annoyed me today

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Lawyers, because they're unjustifiably arrogant

Copyeditors, because they are wrong

But you know how they say you dislike people who are most like you.

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Things that made me sad today

Learning that my favourite musical, Rent, is going to close. I watched it four times - in Singapore, Philly, New York, and Singapore again - and every time I cried at the same lines:

Collins' quiet "I think they meant it/ When they said you can't buy love/ Now I know you can rent it/ A new lease you were, my love, on life"

and Joanne and Mimi pretty much yelling "I would die for a taste of what Angel had/ Someone to live for, unafraid to say I love you".

Over the years (I was 19 when I first saw it) I think I've memorised all the songs in the musical. Except Out Tonight, I don't like that one.

But the thought that I'll never see it on stage again is still sad. There are so many genius lines and none of it contrived. One of my favourites - "So I own not a notion/ I escape and ape content/ I don't own emotion/ I rent".

:(

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Things that made me wistful today

The NYT Property Values section. So nice, all the beautiful photos of all the beautiful homes. I wish we had something like that in our papers here, but I suppose there wouldn't be enough diversity to make it interesting anyway. I mean, you can talk about product differentiation at the high end and all these special features like indoor pools and everything, but in the end it's still condo vs condo vs condo. Bleah.

American homes, on the other hand - amazing. I prefer to look at the cheaper ones, like homes below any amount that is less than $1 million. You can see the potential of the place, and how it would be nice when it's all done up. But once in a while they have these Below $30 Million sections and they're all about five-storey penthouse condominiums - yes, FIVE-STOREY CONDOMINIUMS - that come with a three-storey-high installation artpiece. Or an Italian-style villa that has 20 baths, four fireplaces, three elevators, a two-lane bowling alley, a racquetball court and a movie theatre. I'm like, man.

Also I'm like, a hungry hippo. Again. :((

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cupcakey

The only thing I adore more than good shopping websites are good cooking/baking blogs. I don't like food blogs, because they don't require any real talent - you just go eat something that someone else made and you take a photo of it. Big deal. I also don't like "cooking blogs" that are really half a personal blog, half a food blog and half a cooking blog. That makes three halves - really too much for just one blog. I don't want to see people's faces, I only want to see food.

So I was delighted to find Kuidaore, which has these really GORGEOUS photos of cupcakes and cookies and other pretty edibles. So inspiring. Now I want to make also.

Anyone know any other good cooking/baking blogs? I want to find some cooking ones too, cos baking is really too much work for me, I hate washing up. But no fake-o sites please!

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countdown

Monday, January 14, 2008

FOUR DAYS

不用麻烦了!

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cooking for lazy asses

Wednesday, January 02, 2008

Hello boys and girls,

Today we are going to learn how to bake a berry pie. Pie, you say? Isn't that, like, difficult and stuff? No, boys and girls. Not if you do it the lazy-ass way like me! Now you will also be able to impress your husband/ wife/ boyfriend/ girlfriend/ person-you're-sort-of-going-out-with-but-not-really-it's-complicated-I-don't-want-to-talk-about-it.

Here's what to do:





Buy a ready-made 9" frozen pie crust and enough berries to fill it up.





Gently toss the berries with sugar, flour, lemon juice and cinnamon. Put them in the pie crust. At this point, pre-heat oven to 180 degrees C.





More fun with baking ingredients! Mix flour, digestive biscuits, butter, baking powder and raw sugar until it forms a lumpy, sticky sort of mess. Then spread onto fruit evenly, and put in the oven until it smells good and just before it burns.

Actually this makes sort of a crumbly top. If you want more of a pie top, see below:





Substitute digestive biscuits with flour. Hide ugliness with a tacky decorative pin thingy.





Most important step: Let cool a bit and serve warm with ice cream to a bunch of hungry boys who will eat anything.





Like so.



See how easy it is to bake a pie? And you know what's even easier? That's right, boys and girls, writing a food blog!

I have very little respect for food blogs. The only food blog I have ever liked is actually more of a cooking blog: Mad Baker. It's awesome. The food looks more like art. I would never be able to eat any of it because it would be such a waste.

Next entry: Grilled honey miso salmon!

 posted by zyn :: 11:00 AM :: 7 Comments :: permalink


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