A Day to Thank

I'm planning to start this project called A Day to Thank. Basically this is going to be my last year as an undergrad, and I don't know if I will switch univ for grad school. I can't say that my life has been all so colorful - sometimes gloominess just overshadows me. But I survived and I'm doing pretty well as a whole. There is always someone or something to thank about :) Like the big tree near the bus stop that shelters me in the morning from the scorching sunlight, the bus schedule gadget I downloaded on my computer to check when the next...

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Oven Grilled Shrimp

It wasn't what it supposed to be, but it happened that way. I wanted to grill those shrimps with spicy chili pepper dressing, they ended up herb flavored. Oven grilled shrimp with onion and garlic spicy chili pepper dip, baby spinach salad with sesame dressing, and mushroom rice side dish. Shrimps aren't that hard to grill. If I recall correctly I used 350F preheated oven toaster to cook the shrimps. Just keep basting the shrimps to keep it juicy...

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Childhood Food

I used to love corned beef. It tastes really good with rice ♫ Nasi goreng corned beef I found corned beef on County Market's shelf. I don't think I've ever seen corned beef in WalMart. I feel like County Market has a lot of 'exotic' foods not available in groceries like WalMart and Meijer. But I guess the bad thing about County Market is that it doesn't have what other groceries would normally have. Ingredients: 1Tbsp butter 1/4 tsp minced garlic 1/3...

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Gum paste!

As you all know, I have very very little experience with sweet foods, especially cakes and pies. The sweetness just... kills me. I guess I have very great sensitivity to sugar, but even then, I think US cakes are just over-sweetened. The point is... I didn't know what fondant and gum paste were until some time early this semester. I didn't even know of the differences. All I know is that it's all sugar and ingredients that can kill a person with...

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Sweet and Sour

You can't live only with sweet things. Sweet and sour pork with sauteed baby spinach Okay, I'm not trying to be sour. It just happens that when I'm sick I prefer something very flavorful. People suggesting you to eat bland, unappetizing porridge when you're sick pretty much lack empathy. When you don't have any appetite, how can you serve something so pallid to your tongue? I had a pork curry two days ago, and that was quite a bad idea since it...

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Food for the Sick

My mum hates porridge because it's a food for the sick (i.e., when you're sick, you can only eat porridge because either you have difficulty swallowing or you can't digest properly). I've been sick pretty badly since yesterday. I've taken both cough and cold medicines, took a 2 hour nap (and almost forgotten to thank my scholarship sponsor at 6 pm!!), rested my body well... but my condition was still very bad in the morning. I almost collapsed in...

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Have a Good Semester!

I remember my days back in secondary school where my friends and classmates wrote down good luck wishes on a piece of paper and passes it along with sweets, chocolates or coffee to their friends. Ever since I went to univ, I've never given anything for anyone anymore :( Lemon mini cupcakes with no frosting I bought the wrappers from Hobby Lobby. Last week was actually the first time in my life entering that store even though it has been 2 years...

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No time!!!

I don't know how many times I've said this this year but my schedule's been killing me. The credit hour limit in my university is 18; I'm taking 23. Not to mention that at least 3 of them are hard core materials. And then I'm also very involved in 2 clubs related to my major. There is no lunch time at all. And when I got home, it's already dinner time. I had no more appetite - I just want to slam my body against my bed. Then do my assignments...

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