Thursday, February 28, 2008

I Could Cook Like Them Too

I love to watch the celebrity chefs’ shows on astro and imagine myself whipping up great dishes effortlessly like them too. Finding myself renting a room in a condominium together with some students and having an ill-equipped kitchen does not really encourage my cooking talents to bloom.

At home mother reigns supreme in her kitchen and the only tasks she felt worthy to pass over to me were washing dishes and cleaning vegetables. I told her I was not learning anything just standing there watching. Occasionally she would passed over the wok chan to me and let me stir the food a bit but that too she was too eager to snatch out from my hands. I guess she must be feeling agitated and powerless in a kitchen without her wok chan


Back to the celebrity chefs, I noticed that the cooking shows nowadays were so different from the past. They did not give recipes anymore. You want it, get it from their blogs.

My favourite celebrity chefs on astro are:

Jamie Oliver, the naked chef

Jamie never washed his vegetables and meat. He took the food out from the grocery bags, out from their wrappers and start chopping and peeling away. Eewww ... we can't do it here. we will probably have ka liu ingredient in our dishes; grubs and caterpillars and night soil, etc.

and

Nigella Lawson - the domestic goddes


she was such a hot gorgeous looking mum before she begun her recipe repertoire in the TV series Nigella Express. In the 13-part series, seen on BBC2, Miss Lawson cooks up rocky road marshmallow crunch bars, doughnut French bread, buttermilk chicken drumsticks, fried lamb chops and caramel covered croissants.

anyway, fat or no fat, she is still my favourite chef. the conclusion of the story is .... i want my own kitchen. hahaha .... hope this message get across the board.


Friday, February 1, 2008

My Diamond Ring



diamond ring from tomei


I never truly able to comprehend the estasy of owning a pretty diamond ring until i have one myself. now all i can say is ... "yohooo ...!" (^ O ^)

last week ky had to literally drag me along to shop for our rings in the midst of my frenzy marking period. but i was really glad he did so.

we had visited several jewellery shops, and got to know some really nice sales persons that were genuine to offer their help and expertise and also some not very nice ones that were only too eager to make profit from us.

anyway, ky had bought this pretty diamond ring for me and i love it to bits. It was a bit pricey and cut a deep, big hole in his wallet. but he insisted that i should have this ring. i was truly touched to receive something so nice from ky. he wanted me to have all the good things he could afford. he has read up all about diamonds and did his homework at nights before he bought this ring for me.

the diamond shines and sparkles prettily. i was told that the cut is above excellent, the ideal cut that give the stone its intense brillance and fire. i wasn't allowed to wear it when i have to go out alone, and only wear for short periods at home. Understandably, it was expensive and ky didn't want me to lose it before our ROM.