Chicken Pie

ANYWAY....

Was craving for some kinda pie but felt like making my own...I tried my own hand at chicken pie the first time today!

It was the instant type lar...didn't have the utilities now for my baking and stuff, so had to make do with what I have. (It's a bit expensive to buy them all and there's no place to put it anymore. Even if I do, having the tools for it will just be an excuse for me to bake and cook and indulge sinfully. No amount of gym will help that.)

Doesn't taste too bad! I'd prefer it a bit more spicy (old habit) but this will do on a Sunday!

Couldn't upload the pictures...kept showing an error message.

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And I tried the typing thing on YF's blog, and this is what I got:

87 words

Speedtest

:)

So creepy

Has anyone ever encountered a situation so real that it actually freaks them out?

I'm sure we all have.

Either one way or another.

I would say I will always have a sense about things that are going to happen, I know it will, and it's just like waiting for it to come true. Which is a very scary feeling. (At this point, I think it doesn't make any sense but does anyone know what I'm talking about?)

It's not always necessary a bad thing that is going on, but still...if you do know what's going to happen and it does...it's just..................frightening, you know?

As well as deja vu. Like a lot of people dreamt of something totally irrelevant which will actually happen days, weeks or even years later, and it happens exactly how they dreamt of it.

*goosebumps*

I know...

They're up to something...

But I have no idea what it is...

Fresh burst

Of energy...

I didn't get as much sleep as I usually do last night, but then I woke up feeling more awake in a long, long time. (Probably cos I tortured myself in the gym beforehand, and so I slept better since I was more tired than usual.)

People had started to come back from their holidays and the place is getting rowdy again. At least it's not like dead-quiet, and there're more interesting conversations taking place around me. (Instead of the usual stuff about the weather, yada yada yada...)

Don't know what happened but we just stumbled upon this topic today. I was just talking to someone about going out this weekend, and then the rest of the people who were engrossed in a total different conversation suddenly asked me how old I am. Well, I have nothing to hide (yet), so I told them. And it so happened that I'm the youngest there!!!

MUAHAHAHAHA!!!

Dunno why but I had this sudden urge to laugh madly.

*corners of mouth twitching*

I don't mind if I'm the youngest or not, but then it's really rare for me to hang around people my age and STILL be the youngest. Fresh situation for me. A nice change for me to be the "baby" and have no one complain about it. (OK, I do realise that this is not going to last forever, but then...) So I'm determined to make the best of it!

And so, I'm bouncy for the rest of the day.

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Getting tired of thinking of what to have for lunch (and being broke at the same time...I can't wait for payday...), I decided to make something totally different. OK, not exactly different, but something that I haven't tried making before.

Mixed some minced beef with Quorn and eggs and made meatballs. Made some gravy with capsicum as garnishings, and served it with macaroni.

Doesn't look too bad...but there's just something missing in the gravy. You know, that kind of thick, rich gravy full of flavours other than salt and sugar? (I do have limited stuff in my cupboard but I'm slowly building it up again...)

Any ideas anyone?

Stayin' Alive

Was just watching this "Hits Songs List" on TV. It wasn't your normal R&B or Ultimate Ballad or Love songs or whatever. Rather, it was called "The Top 20 Cheesy Party Starters".

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???!?!?!??!?!!!!!!!????

(That's what exactly went through my mind when I was scrolling through the programmes list in the menu. I cannot believe they actually show something like this on TV.)

Flipped onto the channel...and I saw Whitney Houston's "I Wanna Dance With Somebody". Definitely cheesy.

Then...

Bee Gees: Stayin' Alive.

OK lar...I mean I (usually) like this song. So what if it's cheesy? Or so 70s? But I've never thought of the idea of watching this song's MTV. In fact, I didn't even know it HAD an MTV.

It was nothing REALLY impressive...but I never expected it to be that hilarious!

Don't believe me? Watch it then:



Damn funny right?!?!

With high-waisted, super-tight, bell-bottoms and OTT hair.

OH oh oH, and the blinding-white-porcelain-bonded-like teeth.

HAHAHHAAHAHAHAA!!!!

Flashback...

Well...not in THAT sense lar...

Was just looking at the pictures I took when I went back home and came to the ones that I took of our new house. (Technically it's my parents' new house since I don't exactly live there anymore. *sob*)

Everything was so unfamiliar to me. Even the route back home. Drove on a different road towards a different direction from the past 20 years. (I can't believe that I have actually lived in the same place for 20 years already!!!) Didn't know where everything was, had no idea what we have at home, and had no keys to the house anymore. (This is the worst part, man! I ALWAYS had keys to the house!!!) They've sold one of the cars as well...so that means I always have to make sure that I have a car before I make any plans at night.

There're loads more new places in BP that I've never been to before. The area around Jalan Tan Swee Hoe and Convent used to be just made of up trees and grass. But now it's all full of shops and bustling with life even at night. We've got a BP mall in addition to the Summit, and countless other restaurants that we never had before. (OK...it might still be a far cry from KL but then...I think it's pretty good for BP's standards already.)

People have changed so much. How they look like, what they're doing, and where they're going. And we say this every year, but I'm going to say it again. The crowd we get around Chinese New Year just gets smaller and smaller each year. This year, it's almost non-existent (except for Grace, RueyJiun and me). The same goes for our yumcha sessions.

And I've only been away for 18 months. Come to think of it, it's not that long. But it's not that short either. The only difference is I've never realised changes can come so quickly in one place and you'd never have felt it that much if you were always there.

The same thing goes for me, I don't feel like I've changed a lot, but then I got a lot of weird stares when I was out back home, as if I'm foreign. As in not from BP. At the customs as well, both Singapore and KL. One thought I was a tourist from far away and another wondered if I could speak BM.

*sigh*

Wonder how much BP will change when I go back the next time.

Craze on Wii

OK...about the craze on Wii...

There's this Sport Relief thing going on recently and the people at work decided to play their part as well.

Some decided to run the marathon...or come up with quizzes and games...and the most absurd of all...(I still can't believe that it happened) is to have a Wii Olympics.

I've seen people brandishing their arms in thin air and they looked absolutely ridiculous.

On the good side, everyone had a good laugh.

It is funny lar...imagine right, two guys on Wii Boxing and they're actually punching nothing and staring at the screen. Or they're just running across the room as if they're really playing tennis. Or pretend that they're sprinting the 100m in (Cartoon) Olympics.

And you know right...all these games can get addictive (I know coz I've got the experience) so I wouldn't start it in the first place unless I plan to get a Wii myself in the end.

But then again, it wouldn't be fun if there isn't a bunch of people there as well. (So boring to play by yourself, right?)

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See that?

Was just on FB and came across this application. But I never expected something like that lor.
(Most of the time all these stuff are a load of bullsh*t. Don't even come near.)

Ignore the "Description" part. Makes no sense whatsoever. But as for the rest...hmm...I like it. HAHA!

A weekend of nothing...

Nothing much, I would say. (But this doesn't mean that I just sat on a spot and did absolutely nothing for the whole weekend.)

On the contrary, I did go to Bridgend for a while. (When everyone's busy with the Rugby Grand Slam, I was going in the opposite direction coz I have no interest in rugby whatsoever.)

Bridgend reminded me of Sunderland, and I could only compare Cardiff to Newcastle. So people who have been staying in Newcastle and then been to Sunderland for a day trip or something like that, then you would know what I'm talking about.

It's just a nice quiet town that's somewhere in between Cardiff and Swansea, and loads of people from work actually travel from Bridgend to work daily. (Plus it's only a 20 minute ride on the train so it's not that long. It would have been longer to drive though...distance and traffic conditions make it so.)

Had a nice quiet night at home, didn't get much to anything except some chit-chatting. (Besides...who knows what the town would be like at night coz it's very much dependent on how the results of the rugby went: Wales or France)

But after some talking and thinking (Yes, I DO think!), I think:

• When guys gossip, they're worse than girls.
• Girls are (usually, but not necessarily) more aggressive in office politics than guys.
• Some things never change. Never have, never will.

An abrupt change of topic back to my trip:


My latte over lunch in Wetherspoons. Most of the shops weren't open. Either they're too hungover after all the celebrations or they're just too depressed over the loss. (I don't know why but that's what I'm guessing.)

Had mixed grill for lunch...but forgot all about my camera by the time the food arrived (I was starving), so no pics then, unfortunately.

So had a nice weekend generally. Wasn't really busy but wasn't totally unproductive either. Would wanna go down to Bridgend again. I haven't got the chance to go to the designer outlet, which I heard was quite good. Must go, must go!

P/S: Wales won the 6 Nations Rugby. So they must be hungover then. :P

No pain, no gain

My legs are wobbly right now (I practically had to cling onto the railing while coming down the stairs in the gym so that I won't roll all the way down)...and I can hardly type properly because my hands are shaking so much so that it's affecting how nimble my fingers are.

And I never thought that I'd see personal trainers from hell.

(OK, he's not as THAT bad...but he's definitely bad enough...but he makes it up with his looks so it's I guess it counters the cons out. OH MY GOD, I'm so vain!)

I was made to do 4kg weights on each hand...for 80 reps!!! I've never done that!!! (And I still can't believe that I actually did that.) Plus another 45 reps with 6kg weights and 1km on the rowing machine...and 1 mile on the bike.

I'm not kidding...it is DEFINITELY NOT easy.

(If anyone doesn't believe me, then go ahead and join a gym and TRY it yourself. Provided you don't usually do weights.)

Although I admit I said that I don't want bingo arms...but I don't want Popeye's either!!! (That would be so unattractive...especially on me when I'm already vertically AND horizontally challenged.)

I complain, he continues as if I said it's too easy for me. (But he is definitely a great distraction. Hey, but what's pain without a little gain then?)

Is my language THAT horrible?

Work has been shitty today...really shitty.

Not only did my dilution not go right, but my results didn't go exactly right either when my dilution was right. Spent the whole day doing loads of things without them going right.

Meaning? I have to do this all over again tomorrow. (And with limited stuff to work with plus being on procedure = big problem)

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Back to my language.

Someone at work commented that my language is bad. Not in the sense that I have a problem with my vocabulary, grammar or self-expression. It's just...not the kind of way a "lady" would be talking in.

But let's face it. Who talks like that anymore? Hardly, I think. Plus I'm so expressive, I usually need more than just good vocabulary to emphasize or prove my point.

Besides...I think words like crap, damn, shit, bloody, hell is not the worst one can get. You normally hear it in day-to-day conversation nowadays. And what's so horrible about that?

Plus, nobody else minds and I don't think it's a problem. Especially when you're talking about issues that concern you, and ONLY you. It's different if you use words like that to (openly) insult people with ill intentions, but that also depends on who's your subject and audience, isn't it?

SO?

The consequences of a kick-ass workout

...especially if you've not been working out for ages...

Is that you feel like your limbs are going to fall off anytime after that.

Wahlau...I can hardly walk up and down the stairs ok...never had it that bad since...since God knows when.

And I thought Pilates the other day was quite bad. I thought wrong...very wrong...

Need to get some water downstairs. *ouch*

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On a totally different note, I've been following the results of the election throughout yesterday.

It seems like BN's lost 5 states...something I've never heard of in the electoral history of Malaysia. How bad is it, huh?

I wonder what will happen now?

Raindrops...

...are falling against my window. (I'm not barking mad to be standing in the rain, you know...)

But today's weather is just as bad as it usually is, so I'm not going into town to do my shopping.

Instead, I went to the gym and got a complimentary personal training session.

I got my ass kicked man!!! (In a good way, of course.)

The thing about personal trainers is that they push you to go where you would have given up usually. And that's what mine did today.

"Great! You can do it! Halfway there! Don't give up! Doing absolutely great! Almost there! Well done!"

They constantly shout out motivational phrases at you so that you take it in subconsciously and push yourself to the end. (Which is rather useful on me, I think. Yeah yeah...I'm easy to satisfy.)

So, I worked more today than any of the past days this week when I went to the gym. But this does NOT mean that I did NOTHING when I went on my own. What I meant is that I worked out more intensively than I thought I had did.

All those kick-boxing and punches...WOO!!! (It's definitely more interesting than just running on the treadmill pointlessly.)

*In a sing-song manner* I wanna go again! I wanna do it again!

New Year's Resolution?

Definitely not...since it's March already.

I'm now plopped on my bed typing this entry after a short workout at the gym:

Yes, people...I've joined the gym.

Previously, there has always been something that somehow or rather kept me away. Now, I don't really have a good reason not to anymore.

• I'm working now so I can afford to pay for it myself. Not dad.
• I live, like, just 100 steps away from Fitness First. How far can it be?
• Besides walking to work and around the lab, I haven't been doing anything else (besides retail therapy). Need some exercise before all my joints get rusty early.
• They're open until 10pm, which is more than enough for me to work late, come back, bathe, eat and then pop in.

So...difficult to say no right?

And so to say, I'm not the only one at work who goes to the gym, almost 60% of the people do! (OK, probably that's because most of them are guys and they do some kind of sport or another...but that's besides the point.) The point is, going to the gym here is like, so normal?

Back home, whenever we talk about going to the gym, people usually picture a small room with lots of heavy weights and sweaty guys. Which is almost true coz small town gyms doesn't seem to be that popular among women.

I won't say that it's dominated by female over here, but then there is definitely an approximately equal ratio of men and women who come to the gym according to my observations today. OK, so the free weights section are STILL male dominated, and they're always trying to impress their mates or whoever that's watching by going with the super heavy weights. Other than that, everything else seems fine.

Oh, oh, OH! And there's this steam room and sauna and, that super chic locker! They're sensor operated, so it's locked by a mere scan of your card! And there's the tanning beds as well (though I'm not particularly interested in that...I just got tanned from my trip back home...and I take forever to untan anyway.)

And the classes, they have Pilates...which I've been wanting to try for a while now, and not to say some kick-ass Boxercise!

Erm...I think I'm starting to sound like I'm advertising for them already. Probably time to stop.