someone stole my yakults!!!

when i openned the fridge... i was shocked!! someone took off with 5 bottles of my yakults which i left in the fridge's pantry over the weekend.(ok, so it's not body parts... still) to think that such reputable (erm) company to have such dishonest employees. worst - it's just yakults.

"free" treat(s)

yes! i managed to utilised the "free" bday treat from gsc by watching the much hyped about harry potter's latest movie. why "free"? bcos of this "free" treat.... i ended up spending $$, more than the ticket's worth....

one of my frens remarked that it is "kinda weird going to movie (cinema) alone... i'll never do it... i rather give the movie a miss if no kaki". erm. yes. it is quite intimidating going to movie alone. it feels like all the eyes boring into your back when u walk into the movies alone. you can almost hear the other not-so-alone movie-mates whispering "alone, ah?". another of my collegue's offered a cover up: when walking out of the cinema, pretend to make a call on your hp, talking louding to ensure the ppl around you hear what you are going to say - "eh?! where are you?? the ended and you are still not here?!" .. ha ha ha... cheesy...

it was a few years back when i watched my first movie in the cinema alone. although i didnt go there alone but i ended up watching it myself as the others decided to go for the movie that i have seen. i felt horrible walking in but as soon as i sat down next to a family, i didnt feel alone at all. thanks to the little boy who smiled adoringly up at me :) maybe it was dark and he thought i am some cute chubby character from some cartoon he had watched recently :) haha... so i enjoyed the movie pretending to be part of his family.

so this harry movie ... not hesistation to do it alone. anyway, i had a very packed schedule... i had to watch it .... rush back ... clean house a little ... spend time with vodka and get rest enough to drive back to mcca. so going alone was the best solution. also the "free" ticket will expire by end of this month... haahahha ... so i procrastinated a little ...
while in the motion of sitting down... the girl next seat bumped my butt, feeling a little embarrassed, instead of saying sorry she said "hi"... whatever she meant by that i gave her a pasty smile (i guess it was too dark to notice it though). so i guess it some kind of warm welcome....
it was quite boring - the movie that is. it was a let down at least for me. ok. so i didnt take my fren's advice "dont read the book of any movie that was made based on it until you have watched it". actually, i dont like buying movie tie-in books. i actually bought the order of phoenix more than a year ago when popular sold it for rm39.90. i read the lord of the rings like years ago before it was made into a movie. i didnt finished. it as i was so confused by all the character but enjoyed the back of the book part which explained the characters and how they were related, etc. i had the da vinci code and angels & demons when none of my frens heard about them (except carol whom recommended them to me). ok. the point is i kinda dislike the idea of movie tie-in releases especially when the book was written just because of the movie's famous... come to think of it.... the only author's work that i read and love that have movies made after them - pride and prejudice, sense and sensibility and emma... the movies had almost replicated the the book. i love jane austen. (so i love to deviate....) ok. although i only read like 1/4 of the phoenix book, i find the movie left out a lot of small details and loads of scenes chopped out. probably they have like 1.5 hours only.... but they "left-out" parts made the movie almost empty ... without subtance i.e. and pretty *yawn* dull movie. however, i did enjoyed the twins fireworks and dumblemore vs valdemort fighting scenes. so i guess for those who havent watched the movie.... it is worth to wait a few more months to be aired in astro (or whatever paid cable tv u have).

for the "free" ticket i ended up spending :
1. popcorn set, 6.50 - i mean who goes to the movie without popcorns?!!
2. kaya balls, 2.20 - it was lunch....
3. 3 hair bands, rm14.70 - i need them. fringe's getting longer and hair becoming unruly and cant steal mom's as she took it to sfo
4. durians, rm24 - its DURIANS... and its d24... erm and i dont know how to belah them ...
5. doggie dry food, rm27 - vodka's not on hunger strike, you know... and it came with a free black lease ... erm not that i need them as he already has like 3 of them... but its black and its free!
6. chew bones, rm7.90 - he has chew sticks (which he can now chewed down in 5 minutes) but not chew bones.... anwyay,fyi he loves them.

hmm... but its not that bad... i had free parking as i spent above rm10 in jusco... yeek.

"what you call a very hairy efren reyes ? - hairy potter"

(chunky) cheese brownies

i am so crazy over brownies! baked another batch of brownies with a cheesy twist... literally and figuratively. yipeedeeda! it turn out great but the cheese sandwich could be better ... maybe because it was in the freezer which "killed" some of the creamy cheese texture.... also it wasnt really chunky as most of the chocochips melted when baked... maybe it will harden when refrigerated.

he's camera shy

i noticed vodka's camera shy. it's so hard to take nice potrait of him. one of my fave angle is to take from top down which has nice effects.
just discovered that vodka is silver frosted goldendoodle! ha ha very glamourous, eh?

a lot of ppl whom seen him when he was younger always asked in confusion "eh, why grey now ar?!"
i always answered nonchalantly "old d mar.... hair turn grey lo...."

sick human poor dogs

really sick sick human. i nearly cried when i read this article. these dogs had to endure 40 mins of torture. one of the dogs suffered multiple injuries and broken teeth! how can they continously beat the dogs? maybe they were high in drugs? i believe the thieves will get their payback soon.

[ http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/7/12/nation/18280747&sec=nation ]

chewy chocolate brownies

thank god i am recovering from the much despised flu. my appetite wasnt so great which was good actually but this caused bloated tummy as i ate irregularly. i miss my mom and her cooking!! haiz.... she was planning to extent her stay ...ok, so i dont really have mood to eat but the sudden thought of chocolates perked me up and my digestive juices started flowing... then i remembered having a great slice of american chocolate brownies in secret recipe on my birthday... that what i called CHEWY!! i hardly find really chewy brownies here. i guess malaysians dont really like the chewy texture... moist yes but chewy maybe not. it's an aquired taste, i think. why? cos most of my friends dont really fancy chewing their cakes.... mom certainly doesnt but maybe it's her dentures :P so my quest to look for a chewy brownies recipe begun... and yipeedidee! found one which is simple and has some rave reviews... bake it with the tweakings as suggested and it turn out yummy! however, i think i will cut down the baking time to maybe 25 mins so it would be goo-eyer. maybe i will drizzle some sheridan (baileys would be better but i dont have it here...) on top..

* i tweaked those ingredients in []
2 BIG eggs [ 3 medium eggs ]
1/2 cups butter, melted[ 1/4 cups vegetable oil ]
2 cups sugar [1 1/4 cup]
1 cup flour1 cup cocoa powder (i used the cheapest local cocoa from "bake with yen". i reckon if you use those higher quality cocoa powder, your cake will taste better)
2 tsps vanilla essense
1/4 tsp salt [i omitted the salt]
[a small fist of choco chips]

1. melt the butter and mix the vege oil and sugar while the butter is warm. put aside to cool.
2. shift the flour and cocoa powder together into a bowl.
3. pre-heat the oven to 160C or 325F
4. beat the eggs lightly and fold it into the wet mixture.
5. fold in the wet mix to the dry mixture.
6. mix then together until combined but do not over mix else it will be cakey.
7. i swirl in the chips before pouring the batter into the pan. original recipe uses 8x8 square pan. i used a 8" round pan.
8. bake for 30 mins in 160C. but i think should reduce to around 25mins.
9. to check for doneness - which really depends on how u like your brownies, insert a toothpick and if it comes out clean IT'S TOO DONE!!! for me i think it should have crumbs sticking to the toothpick but not too wet.

5sc.1 class of 93

this photo certainly make my mind racing back to those times where we pulled cheeky pranks on teachers and friends, exams, teeny bopper mags, exams, silly crushes and miami vice. did i mention exams?

note : actually i lost all my secondary school photos. i accidentally thrown the photo albums while shifting houses. so i would be really great if someone can sent me somemore pictures...