La Lasagna

Mum had to attend a Techer's Day Dinner in Putrajaya.. so, that made Chef Denise in charge of dinner for the 3 girls left at home =P It was a perfect opportunity to try something new that my mum abhores~ Lasagna~ ^__^ 

First, prepare the ingredients~

 4 lagsana sheets, half a bottle of prego sauce, a cup of milk, 6 pieces of Cheesedale Cheddar, 250g of minced beef, 2 tbs of butter and flour, oil, Parmesan cheese powder, oregano, salt + pepper, chopped half a carrot, 1 onion and 5 cloves of garlic.

Then, cook the meat sauce. heat the oil, sauté the onion, garlic and carrot, add the beef and cook till it turns brown.  After that, add the prego sauce ( actually people make their own tomato sauce from tomatoes and stuff, using prego is cheating XD ) and water and let it boil and simmer for 5-10 minutes. 

Next, the cheese sauce~ melt 2 tbs of butter and stir in 2 tbs of flour over small fire. Then, remove the pan/pot from the heat and add 2 cups of milk. Put it back over the heat and add in the sliced cheddar cheese. (Packets of cheese sold in supermarket are sooo expensive, so i opted for sandwich cheese which turned out ok too ^^) Stir the mixture all the while  (u won't want it to burn ) till it is smooth.

Lastly, we layer the it~ start with the meat sauce at the bottom, then layer it accordingly - lasagna, meat sauce, cheese sauce. Keep repeating the layers and end with the cheese sauce right on the top. I managed to complete 4 layers only as my baking dish is too small.. Used up only half of the cheese sauce, so will reduce the cheese sauce recipe by half next time. =P Sprinkle a lil cheese powder on top and walah~ it's ready for the oven =)

I added a lil too much cheese powder on the top, which surprisingly doesn't melt in the oven =.= anyways, preheat the oven at 200 degree Celsius and cover the dish with aluminium foil before baking it for 40 minutes. Only remove the aluminium foil for the last 10 minutes 

 

and..

TaDaA~ ^_^

Michelle - Pass

Amy - Pass

Chef Denise's First Lasagna Attempt - PASS ~ (^__^)V

I'm a LEX student!

Remember my previous post bout how ready i was bout studying LAW? if u do, forget all about it!! Studying law is CRAP!!! The mountains load of information that we need to read and know is IMPOSSIBLE!! The acts, the case studies, the analysis! How could i be sooooo NAIVE~ How the hell am i supposed to write 12 pages of facts for my exam in 3 hours??? I didn't sign up for this Sh*t!! 

I QUIT!! Going back to UPM next week!

AAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!

Seriously, do u think I'd do that? XD I'm not going back to UPM lah..=P just fooling around.. But the reading and exam part of the above was real.. XD So.. almost done with week 2 of my Lex (law in Latin~) studies and am somehow or another enjoying myself.. =P No maths~~ Am finally free of its 13 years of torture~~ ^__^ however, every page i flip now is all covered in words.. words, Words, WORDS!! Am missing the colourful bio cell diagrams and molecule structures.. XD Seriously, there's lots of reading to do, if u don't like reading its gonna be pure torture!! 

There's also one downside bout studying at ATC... No campus life!!! T^T all my friends who entered public uni posted on facebook about how they were torturous their orientation week was.. am so envious XD well, at least they've experienced it before.. most of the atc seniors are still on holiday.. they will only be back in sept.. 


Have not got my textbooks yet.. i have to be officially accepted as a student of the University of London External Program before getting my textbooks flown from UK.. am in the process of applying now.. in the mean time.. we're photostatting! XD talk about copyright infringement.. haha.. hm.. so far the lessons are.. fast? XD we've already finished the first chapter in Contract L and Criminal L.. O.O its seems that the higher up the academic ladder we climb, the faster the teachers teach.. have to get used to studying law.. need to find my style of studying~ XD  no more spoon feeding~ XD actually am still a lil in the holiday mood..XD have to jiayou orh~ no more procrastinating! =P plus, i got myself in a debate! XD Should UK adopt a written constitution? I'm on the supporting team.. hm.. think i better start doing research for the debate next week instead of blogging.. =P




Some times there is no next time, no second chance, no time out. Sometimes... it's now or never!

better start studying.. =P

Of Uni and Decisions..

i know this post is long overdue.. anyways.. *ahem* *drumroll*...

TAHNIAH!

Anda telah berjaya ditawarkan program pengajian seperti berikut :

KOD PROGRAM : PS26

NAMA PROGRAM : BACELOR SAINS (KEPUJIAN) -MAJOR BIOKIMIA

IPTA : UNIVERSITI PUTRA MALAYSIA (UPM)

got to know this around 2am last last friday.. XD of all my eight choices that i submitted.. this is my LAST choice.. Didn't anticipate this turn of events as i thought i would have gotten my first choice (UM's English) or at least my second ( UM's TESL) as my results definitely qualify me for them.. was very quite devastated upset bout it.. XD however, there is still hope.. once i report to upm, i have to go to upm's lauguage faculty and enquire IF there are any empty seats available.. IF there is an empty slot, i need to go back to my own faculty admin to ask for a transfer with the language faculty's consent.. IF my faculty does not want to let me go.. i have to study biochem for a semester.. Get good results and IF i'm lucky, i'll get transferred to the course i want.. IF i cant get a transfer, i need to complete my first year and try all over again.. XD

Was quite ready to take on this path when suddenly my mum's friend suggested that I might as well be studying law! Me study law? the absurdity! XD haha.. I've never considered that career path as i know i'm that outspoken type that likes to argue.. Law has always been a very elusive subject to me.. with thick volumes of books and outspoken people.. plus lawyers seem to be like elites.. black suit, black briefcase, stressful office job..
However, finding some info about it won't harm me right?
So, i started talking to people.. law students.. biochem graduates.. reading stuff.. and through them i really gained a lot of insight of what i was getting into if i were to study law or biochem.. Well, basically, biochem is more of bio.. its about the cell's biochemistry reaction.. therefore i'm going to study my form 6 bio in more minute details.. plus a lil maths and chemistry calculations.. hm..  the job prospects.. my friend is going for her masters that is not really related to her field.. some work at labs.. most goes into sales and marketing of scientific products.. direct sales.. Amway.. insurance..@.@ i dun want that! basically.. i can't imagine myself doing serious research either.. playing in the lab and copying results is one thing.. finding a cure for cancer is another.. XD

 Suddenly, law doesn't seem as intimidating as it used to be.. mountains of reading is involved.. never ending case studies.. a good command of English is required.. and also of course thinking and communicating skills ( who want a lawyer that can't think and can't speak?)... self discipline and perseverance.. basically if i work hard, i'll be able to get through.. reading volumes shouldn't be a problem to me.. plus no maths! XD alot of people keep asking me.. Are u interested in law? i find it hard to answer because i've never done it before! XD if u ask me bout history and PA i'd say yes its interesting to me.. okay, maybe i'm not as knowledgeable and up to date bout politics and government policies like some of my schoolmates are (eg. Ah Boon) XD but i do think i can do this =) maybe i'm tired of trying to understand things like chemistry.. or comprehending maths that i cant seem to be able to solve by myself.. the reason i pulled through stpm was through lots of practice.. PA was by far the easiest subject for me.. (probably for many others too) =P the more i think about it the more i like the idea of studying law. Why have i never considered studying law before this?? XD It's definitely not going to be a stroll in the park.. but i do believe i can accomplish this =)

Found out more about studying law in ATC in KL.. surprisingly the fees does not amount to 100k.. the whole degree program costs about 45k.. inclusive of books, exam fees and etc.. going to apply for PTPTN loan which covers it.. Went to ATC yesterday just to enquire more info.. and i ended up registering with a mere deposit of rm50 and was ushered to class.. XD but guess what? there were already 4 CHSians in class~ =P Zhao Ying, See Khee, Yen Hsien and Yet Han.. plus me, 5, plus boon next week, 6! Well at least there are some familiar faces =) the lessons started.. i've already missed 2 classes, however the lecturers are still going very slow.. giving out sound advices and telling us what to expect of the coming year.. some lecturers have already started a lil on their lesson.. even though some of the times i'm not familiar with the topic however it is nothing that i can't read up by myself.. after the day's lesson, i realised that i have a lot of reading to catch up on.. Thank God for the internet! ^^ haha..
so basically, i'll be doing Contract Law, Common Law, Criminal Law and Public Law for my first year.. 4 subjects per year for 3 years.. so.. i'm taking an hour long bus ride from my home to kl and back again.. not to mention the walk from home to bus stop and from bus stop to ATC.. haha.. so far lessons will be conducted 3 days per week.. the only thing i'm going to miss will be my campus life.. which is a huge part of uni experience.. cuz ATC doesn't have a campus.. =/ and there are only like.. 8 clubs to join.. XD

I know that i don't know a lot of things that i should.. however, i'm willing to learn.. =) maybe i'm not as ambitious and as passionate as others are.. maybe i'm very naive and am not aware of the hot soup i'm getting myself into.. however, i'll perservere.. when there's a will, there's a way~ I don't know whether is this what God planned for me.. However, i know that He'll always be with me ^__^

At the end of the day i asked myself, is this what i want? me studying law is very sudden.. is this a rash decision? do i still want to study biochem in upm? cuz i'm only reporting at upm this sunday.. i can still make it if i want to... do i want to??
 i smiled...  cuz i already know my answer... =)

no regrets.. it's all onwards from now.. 

no looking back..

Family Movie Night

Watched Prince of Persia at 6.55pm at Cheras Selatan today~ ^__^

Hm.. the movie was nice. haha.. but if u compare it with the awesome Pirates of the Caribbean.. Prince would be an average good =P Guess my movie expectations are quite high.. haha.. However, some of Prince's scenes were very well shot =) Some of the surreal fightings scenes really made me jump in my seat. haha.. did u know that this movie was originally a video game?

Anyways, did some window shopping before the movie started..

i like this^^ 

pretty shoes like these are not meant for me.. they kill..XD

bought this tshirt at the end of the day~ ^__^❤

*Going back to Sg. Pelek tmr to make Chinese Dumplings ~ Yummy ~

Moonlight Swim

Finally got to do what i wanted for a long time... =)

A Reason, a Season, A Lifetime

People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you figure out which one it is, you will know what to do for each person.

When someone is in your life for a REASON , it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally, or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend, and they are! They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrong doing on your part, or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. Sometimes they die. Sometimes they walk away. Sometimes they act up and force you to take a stand. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered. And now it is time to move on.

Then people come into your life for a SEASON, because your turn has come to share, grow, or learn. They bring you an experience of peace, or make you laugh. They may teach you something you have never done. They usually give you an unbelievable amount of joy. Believe it! It is real! But, only for a season.

LIFETIME relationships teach you lifetime lessons: things you must build upon in order to have a solid emotional foundation. Your job is to accept the lesson, love the person, and put what you have learned to use in all other relationships and areas of your life. It is said that love is blind but friendship is clairvoyant.

 a lifetime..

New LG hp - adopted

After many months of saving, i finally got a new phone~ ^^ 

❤ LG KM900 Arena ❤

Well... it's not really brand new.. I bought this 3-5 month old baby for rm800 =P (original price is rm1599) Though there are a few scratches, which are not really noticeable, it is still a fair bargain for a good phone. =) Touchscreen, 5MP camera + secondary camera, dolby speaker, 8GB in built memory, wifi, 3G and etc.. hm.. the screen detects heat therefore pens and fingernails are useless.. it also has a 4 customizable interfaces - communication, multimedia, contacts and widgets. I get to choose which contacts, songs, pics, apps and widgets that i use the most to display on these interfaces which is very handy ^_^ but the background of the interfaces are un-customizable.. unlike Sony Erricson phones, Arena can't use cute cute themes.. i can only change the wallpaper..XD My only and main setback is.. i have to charge it almost everyday! @.@ the big screen demands lots of power.. not sure is it bcuz of a weak battery, or maybe i'm playing with it too much.=P it still has 7 months of warranty left, will go back to the shop if the battery proves problematic.. 

anywayz, took these pics before i slept..

see it? haha.. the secondary cam is not as clear though..

I got this cute pad with Arena too ^__^ it was either pink or black..

 black looks manly+business -ish XD the ornament is mine =) 

good night~ =)

Don't worry precious, cuz i'll treat u right.. =)

A Thousand Splendid Suns - Khaled Hosseini

A Thousand Splendid Suns recounts the experiences and emotions of two Afghani women, Mariam and Laila, whose lives become entangled with the history of recent wars in their country. Mostly bleak and heart-rending, their story does offer the promise of hope and happiness in a land ravaged by warfare, gender conflicts, and poverty.


Just finished reading this... if u haven't read this, i highly recommend that u do =) this is a splendid read~ its the kind of story that dwarfs the stress, financial issues, relationship problems and etc that we face in our life, the kind that makes u feel very very lucky just to be sitting here.. Sometimes we really need reads like this to just remind us that how truly lucky we really are and that we should always ALWAYS be grateful.. this story depicts the wars which were happening in Afghanistan a few years back.. which also lead to the 911 incident.. how war tore families apart, how thousands of innocent people were killed, how Islamic women were oppressed and abused.. and the saddest part is even though the characters were fictional, in reality, the truth is that there were many who suffered the fate of these characters or an even worser fate than them.. 


Hope to get my hands on this next, does anyone have it? =) there's a movie also.. =P

Stranger..

Confused.. Saddening.. Disappointed..
Are u really the u i know? Did not see anything of the u i've known and admired.. 
Was i fooled? Or are u putting up a facade? i don't know..
U're like a totally different person.. A stranger..

 Time don't really change people,

it changes the understanding between people..

Sports Day ~ From a teacher's view =P

8 May 2010

Sports Day~~

For the CHSians, u know how its like.. ;) The usual hunt for recyclable items, shopping for pelaka, cooking glue, getting costumes done, and 1001 things to do. XD haha.. Well, this year, Amy has been busy with these stuff.. I only pop by the Hijau room every once in awhile to see how the juniors are doing.. (btw, i'm a red house teacher this year.. but im still helping the greens anyway.. =P) so, after much preparation, the big day finally arrived~ haha..

This year, as a teacher, i was assigned as a Hakim Penamat. sounds grand right? XD haha.. basically we just sit at the benches at the finishing line to see who finish first, second and etc.. And well, since we have a new Photography Club, a dozen or so students were seen everywhere snapping shots with their very pro(expensive too) DSLRs. XD so, without furthur ado, let me show u their fruits of labour~ this is gonna be a very picturey post! haha.. enjoy! =)

(have no idea why some are smaller..=/)

band leads the march

a lil disappointed that they didnt have tails..XD

ungu tent - under the sea~

(honestly, they did a much better job then hijau a few years back..XD however, i still like the costumes i came up with esp the mermaid~ ^^ ungu has a sour faced mascot this year, unfortunately, no one caught her on film =P )

merah tent-santa n sleigh
hijau~ ninja turtle
biru~ avatar

cool right? ^^

hijau mascot

merah's santa

kuning- transformer~ i like their costume ;) plus their mascot at the middle

michelle in the band~

my only photo that day.. XD certainly not one of my best.. =P
cheerleaders~very neat =)

amy running~

we have a gunman this year~

at the end of the day...