Fried Veggie/Mushs

ok jeremy. before you start saying that i so cannot cook again, just let me be for this post ok? Need to record these down before i forget and die from withdrawals there.

Fried Veggies

1. Heat up oil in pan.
2. Stirfry garlic till fragrant aka golden brown
3. Blanch veggies in salt water
4. Pour in oyster sauce + corn starch water into garlic and stir till thickened
5. Drizzle over veggie

Fried Mushrooms

1. Heat up oil in pan.
2. Stirfry garlic till golden brown,
3. Throw in mushrooms and fry till almost done
4. Pour in oyster sauce + corn starch water and stir till thickened.

Fried Beef with Ginger and Spring Onion

1. Put oil in pan and put in thin ginger slices.
   
2. Fry till aromatic (not benzene please)
3. Marinate beef with oyster sauce, soy sauce, dark soy sauce etc (need to confirm again)
4. Just before cooking, add a pinch of sodium bicarbonate (dont ask me why)
5. Fry till almost done and add in the spring onion sections (about 4cm in length)
6. If it gets too thick, DO NOT ADD WATER but add a little bit more oil. As the dish is set aside, it will release some moisture so if you add water, it would become too watery.
   
7. End result: Hotplate venison wanna-be! :)
   

Cranberry Pie

finally finished the bag of fresh cranberries in my fridge! and although i kind of like cooking/baking, i'm the clumsiest person in the kitchen minus the one in rg!

this time round it was cranberry pie. its actually quite yummy! the sweetness of the pastry + the tartness of the berries. perfect combination!

anyway, i can't stand how recipes that people upload aren't very clear about the quantity. maybe its just that i'm not used to it. it was like 1 cup of flour so i happily took out the measuring cup and was wondering why is it so little! then mum told me that it should be 25og. ok good. same for the sugar. and smart smart me actually measured the flour and sugar one after the other and cos of the unequal weight distribution in the container, i think you know what happened. ><

Ingredients

1. 250g all-purpose flour
2. 250g sugar
3. 1/4 tsp salt
4. 2 cups fresh cranberries
5. 2 eggs
6. 1/2 stick of butter/margarine
7. 1/2 tsp of vanilla essence
8. 1/2 cup walnut (optional)
   

Method

1. In a large bowl combine flour, sugar, and salt. Add the cranberries, stir gently until coated. Half the cranberries if necessary (too big)
   
2. In a separate bowl, beat the eggs. Combine the melted butter and vanilla extract with the eggs. Mix the wet ingredients with the dry ingredients, alternating them till doughy.
   
3. Spread into a greased 9-inch pie plate. (used a pyrex dish)
4. Bake at 180ºC for 40 - 50 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Serve warm with whipped cream or ice cream if desired.

might be a little doughy still though so adjust accordingly.. hehehe..

its less than 4 weeks till i leave for tassie. guess im filled with trepidation yet im really excited about this whole new life i'm going to have over there. there's lots to be learnt and i really hope that i will be able to cope with it. things are looking good so far - know the singaporeans in JFH, know 3 other people in med etc. so woohoo! life's great i guess.

its amazing how far i've come. from not even wanting to do med at first to mediquiz to not getting into nu5 to going to uta5. its been a long arduous journey. at least it is something i want to do. overheard mum telling her friend that if she didn't let me go, if i cant get a good job in future, i might blame her for not sending me over. its not that i couldnt make it but rather i wasn't allowed to go. guess thats true to a certain extent. many times have we made the wrong decision, only to regret it later. sometimes we make the right decision, but still regret it later. the grass is always greener on the other side. even if you're a doc, life would be tough and there will be times you will regret your decision, but at the end of the day, its your passion, i don't think it is a wrong decision but rather just a wrong perspective. would you rather work or lie in the hospital bed? to be able to walk around and wake up to a new day is already a great blessing.

farewell party yest. seriously if you ask me, i don't know where all my time went! im like "hmm what did i do.." anw, thanx to all who brought presents! they were so cute and nice.. :)

1. yinjia, bel, sean, peisi for the CK bag (finally after so many mths..)
2. yinjia for her nice nice touching letter!!
   
3. ami, grace, monic, jessie for the blouse
4. s13 for the card! (thanx ar. the availability F)
   
5. asik, shumin, jane for the earring and necklace
6. melissa and derek for the tiramisa which we all shared (yummy!)
7. daxiong for the goofy, minnie and mickey doctor softtoys!
8. lao vincent for that green squishy thingie
9. joanne and huiying for the pillow
10. dawn for the strawberry cake
    
11. jeremy for the steth pouch and book + the necklace the other day

peisi was really funny! too bad yinjia you left liao..! :( she insisted in sitting in sean's boot! then bel sean and i were like 0.o and she refused to come out so sean refused to drive. HAHA! i'll upload the pic.. hiak hiak hiak.. but later she relented and came down and sat normally. spent quite long trying to persuade her to come down! sean was like "i shouldnt have opened the boot for her.. ><"

didn't really get to talk to all of them.. now i know wad ruth when she told me bout nat's party. :S im sure her parties are like MUCH bigger. but anw it was nice just seeing familiar faces once more.. :) eh you all must email/fb/msn me k! stupid sia.. 500mb/mth.. nvm go com lab! i'll be a regular face there.. hehe..

with so few weekends left, im still supposed to go out with the medsoc ppl.. s13.. vtoo+yj for our sushi (she tagged me on fb!) >< life's really good. i will seriously miss s13 for all their nonsense. actually i think i enjoyed every part of my life except rgs school life. i loved rgac. i just felt like a nobody there so i didn't enjoy it that much. lower sec life seems like a blur, i dont even talk to any of them now. upper sec still not that bad, still talk to a few occasionally online/msg.

cny's coming! time for angbao and what nots. cookies and family and fun (aka mahjong + blackjack!) then it will mean that its time for me to go. :((

well well. nth much to update really. ><

will update when there's something more interesting to talk about.

so just chill and wait k? :)

i'm less wise today than yesterday. :(

removed a wisdom tooth. feels odd and somehow i can still taste a little of the blood. eww!

had predep@rture briefing today. the talk itself wasnt exactly informative but i guess meeting the other peeps going over was great!

so far i've met a few of them and they're nice. at least thats how they seem now. haha. i know i sound cautious but i think it shouldnt be a problem since we're all there together. it may be competitive at times but after all, we're all gah ki nang.

so here's a brief intro to who i met today..!

presenting the seniors..!

• s@leh - pres of SSA : 3rd yr ch3m
• t@mmy - secretary : 2nd yr zo0logy
• ibs3n - PR : 2nd yr l@w

freshies..!

• Christin@ - med
• F@ith - Fin3 @rts
• J3remy - L@w
• M@rcus - M@rine Science

there're more but they didn't come say hi so too bad i dont know them. f@ith will be on the same flight as me! and so far all of us are at j@ne's except j3remy who's at christ's. guess its gonna be an exciting journey into the unknown! there's another guy doing med too but i didn't see him but thats what chrissy said.

AND AND AND i heard the toilets are shared...! like ok fine whats the biggie bout it..





BOTH GUYS AND GIRLS SHARE THE SAME TOILET!!

*i wonder how true that is* ><

now this sucks big time.

oh well. what an eye-opening experience thats gonna be. :P

1. What did you do in 2007 that you’d never done before?
teach + hr + making indigo and other organic substances + driven a car with a license + losing my cool that very one time (in sept) which made me really upset

2. Did you keep your new years’ resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
i didn't make any! but i think i shall make a few for 2008. hopefully this is will help to keep things on track.

1. ENJOY 1st yr of med school
2. be more patient/understanding
3. MAINTAIN existing friendships
4. *i'll add on once i think of them!*
   

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
nope.

4. Did anyone close to you die?
nope.

5. What countries did you visit?
msia. jb to be exact. twice?

6. What would you like to have in 2008 that you lacked in 2007?
same wishes as ruth. in her words "more time. more energy. more memory space."

7. What date from 2007 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
i don't really rmb dates but so far i can rmb 19may (posting), 29jun (social nite), 6 aug (school starts), 12 sept (utas offer), 19dec (comm ball), 31dec (played mahjong through the new yr!)

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
hmm. getting into ut@s?

9. What was your biggest failure?
not getting into nu5?

10.Did you suffer illness or injury?
flu + cough. quite a bad one. was sent home by bansl once. hahaha! must thank the others for taking my classes. :) but apart from that, the others (if any) were minor enough for me to forget.

11.What was the best thing you bought?
cardio III at a discount!

12.Whose behavior merited celebration?
hmm mine! yeah. i think i am a better person when i was teaching/working. haha! at least i learnt to control my temper but now that i'm slacking at home, i think i've just reverted back to the old me. oh dear. but i'm tryinggg... >< pam and ruth too! for being my buddies all these years! esp this yr.. if not for you all i think i would have gone mad during the 1st half of the year! yinjia my twin..! if not for you i would have gone mad during the second half of the year.. :) thanks for keeping me sane! tyg for trying to make amends. HAH. brian nguyen for being my gossip aunt.

13.Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?
someone A. someone B. i guess i'm rather easily affected by other's comments. unless they are my close friends and i know they mean well. someone B for just being itself. >< kinda used to it but still gets on my nerves at times. its aloofness and heck-care-dont-care attitude.

14.Where did most of your money go? instruments? steth, torch, tendon tappers, diagnostic kit. book? netters, ganong, patho, tortor@, snell, wheathers..? nike bag?

15.What did you get really, really, really excited about?
nuh att@chment!! cny at mrs choo's house! hall orientation! erm RT for a while. ><

16.What song will always remind you of 2007?
jacky cheung's yi lu shang you ni

17.Compared to this time last year, are you happier or sadder?
happier! i think i was still worrying about hr work and stuff. esp since i think i got told off by bigbigboss over the obituary thing around this time. ><

18.What do you wish you’d done more of?
gone out with friends. made more friends. done something more about it. taken korean lessons.

19.What do you wish you’d done less of?
sleep. procrastination. being a busybody. :S

20.How did you spend Christmas?
cheonging korean drama! 10am - 1130pm! with canadian pizza for lunch and easy to cook beehoon for dinner!

21.Did you fall in love in 2007?
nah. immer gleich. :)

22.How many one-night stands?
i sit at my desk. not stand. too tiring for an all-nighter.

23.What was your favorite TV program?
ch u korean dramas!

24.Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
no

25.What was the best book you read?
harry potter! haha might not be the best in terms of content but it was the most satisfying one. finally finished the series.

26.What was your greatest musical discovery?
my piano's out of tune.

27.What did you want and get?
ut@s med. actually any med but getting ut@s was a gift from above since its the cheapest!

28.What did you want and not get?
overseas sship. cambridge. nus med. bf? hah jk!

29.What was your favorite film of this year?
wasn't a movie buff this year. watched all the free ones online. but it prob has to be simpsons or music&lyrics.

30.What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
19!woke up to greetings. nothing much happened as everyone was having exams. at least the ntu people were while the nus people were mugging their asses off.

31.What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
hmm. i really dont know. perhaps whatever i wish for would have changed something else which might not actually result in it being more satisfying but maybe more money would do the job. :)

32.How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2007?
tees and berms/pants + jacket. sucks totally. tried to dress better in ntu but thanks to yinjia (thanks for being so cui!) i gave up and reverted back to my old ways.

33.What kept you sane?
friends and family. plus wonderful students like heidi, thashi and jermaine!

34.Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
none i guess. not a fanatic but i just go crazy over the characters and maybe the guy if they're cute. but thats bout it. and it only lasts the duration of the show.

35.What political issue stirred you the most? not interested. sorry.

36.Who did you miss?
s13!!!! erm tyg + 409 (at times but only a select few) + rgs staff + ntu + vj friends like sherli!

37.Who was the best new person you met?
YINJIA! since its singular. but i really love the ntu people. bms + hall 8.

38.Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2007:
things happen for a reason. don't give up the dream.

39. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
"i'll always remember, it was late afternoon. it lasted forever, but it ended so soon."