View of the Autumn

I heard it's mid autumn now. Not yet winter. We now have more rains, less sunshine, and shorter day length. Oh ya, never leave this out, the strong wind.

It is 12 midnight now, and the weather out there is 4'c. It is a temperature that makes me start shivering cold, or so called my freezing point. I got mild nosebleed recently. And I know it's because of the weather.

I used to love the autumn feel last time *through imagination*. I thought the scene of the leafs falling will be peaceful, in addition of a little sorrow. Yet now, the fallen leafs are all around on the pedestrian streets, soaked in the rain water, and it's yucky. It is not as beautiful as the autumn of my imagination. So, most of the time, unless you've experienced something, or you will never know how true/real it is in reality.

It was one of the sunny interval afternoon. I was on my way to attend a lecture in Brookfield, and the scenic view along the way impressed me. And so here's some nice photos for you guys =)

-trees getting bald-

-river Lee with its peaceful flow-

-colours of the Autumn-

And after the lecture, since the weather was still nice, we the ladies took a photo in Brookfield. The most random photo we ever take. HA.

-Brookfield-

- sunny = cheerful -

Well, we will be having a Dent Ball tomorrow night. So do stay tuned if you are interested to have a look on the ang mohs!

Cheers =D

Home-baked pizza

It was Saturday, and, we were in the kitchen again. AGAIN. We always came up with silly suggestion, and yet all of us will still work it out.

Lets see what we did this time...




Wow! Measuring, "massaging" the dough, flipping the dough like roti canai...

Alright. It was our first attempt to make our first ever HOME-BAKED PIZZA! Haha.

Basically, you have to roll the dough until it is elastic, and then add yeast to it, then put into the oven for 45 minutes to let the dough rise. After the dough has risen, flip the dough like roti canai until it become thinner.

After placing the dough on the baking tray, spread the chopped tomato as the base.

Then, spread WHATEVER TOPPINGS YOU LIKE on the upper layer of the base.

And here you can see the ladies were smothering the dough with whatever ingredients they had. The dough must been suffocating!


Last but not least, spread the grated mozzarella cheese on top of everything.


And then bake it in the oven for 20minutes.


It's simply fun and tempting when you see the dough rise and the cheese is bubbling in the oven!

About 20 minutes time, it is ready to be served. Prepare your stomach and enjoy the pizza!
Deng! See how cheerful Keezya was! =D


And if you wish to have a side dish, mushroom soup should be perfect enough.


It was my first attempt to make mushrooms soup, and no doubt, thumbs up! =D

-me with the yummy soup-

These are the ladies who never fail to entertain themselves with food, musics and movies.

So are you sick of eating Domino pizza most of the time? Make your own pizza now!
Cheers =D

C'est la Vie

Enya's songs comfort me the most at night.


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You know when you give your love away
It opens your heart, everything is new
And you know time will always find a way
To let your heart believe it's true

You know love is everything you say
A whisper, a word, promises you give
You feel it in the heartbeat of the day
You know this is the way love is

You know love may sometimes make you cry
So let the tears go, they will flow away
For you know love will always let you fly
How far a heart can fly away

You know when love's shining in your eyes
It may be the stars falling from above.
And you know love is with you when you rise,
For night and day belong to love

Amarantine
Amarantine
Amarantine
Love is always love...

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While Fish Leong's songs had become my favourite since last month. I think her voice resembles my mom a lot. Warm and lovely =)


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Ne laisse pas le temps te décevoir
ll ne peut être conquis
Dans la tristesse dans la douleur
Aujourd’hui, demain
Au fil du temps Le temps
C’est La Vie

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Thursday night is always good as it significances the start of my weekend! =)

Jazz Festival

Cork has been the proud host of this superb event for more than 30 years now....

So yepz, it is the Cork Jazz Festival! It is a four day celebration of the best of jazz, which starts on the Friday to the Monday.


We grabbed the chance to join this festive season this morning at the St Patrick Street. The street was much more crowded than usual as many of them including the locals and tourists were there to join the celebration too.


And this included our beloved Dublin fellows! They came all the way down from Dublin to visit us, and at the same time had the opportunity to join the jazz festival.


There is live band on the street. Of course, playing the jazz music..


And there are stalls that sell arts and crafts from different countries too..


A 10 year kid attracted many passers-by with his amazing guitar skills.


Well, if you think that's all for the festival, it is definitely a big NO NO. Many more Top Class International Jazz Artistes performances happen at night in the hotels or pubs or theatres.

We tried to find the best pub to enjoy the jazz musics last night but it was in vain. So we ended up at a light pub for some drinks..

Oh ya, if you are observant enough, there is a change in time zone on the left side bar. We are now 8 hours behind Malaysia, not 7 hours anymore. The clock ticked back to 1 am last night when it stroked 2 am. Means we had an extra one hour sleep last night. haha. And now the daybreak is at about 8 am, while the sunset is at 6pm. It really make me clueless what is the actual time when I woke up from a nap or sleep. *and make me tend to sleep more too!*

So this is my short report from Cork. I do really miss you guys back home~ =)

Simple

Finally I get to taste my lovely bitter gourd after weeks away from home!
*I have been searching high and low for this precious piece of bitter gourd!*

Dang, this is one of my favourite dishes -- fried egg with bitter gourd.


To my enormous surprise, it took me less than 10 minutes to prepare the dish. Fast, simple and easy! =D

And nowadays I learn to adore the beauty of being simple. A simple thing can actually lighten me up. Just like today, a simple lunch is simply delectable and perfect. =)


Till then. ^^