Please don't remind me

4 days to my 20th Birthday (usually I'm excited bout my birthdays)...

I didn't bother to countdown this year ... and most of the time, I forget that I'll be 20 soon ...

Coz I could feel that it will just be like any other day ... nothing special will happen ...

High School friends that used to celebrate my birthday every year, can't celebrate with me anymore ...

Most of them are scattered all over the place ...

My dear dear is in Australia ...

That leaves my family ... in which, probably my dad would be busy, not being able to be at home on that day (he might probably forget, who knows right??)

... and there goes my 20th birthday =/

I could even tell you exactly what I'll do on that day, even though I'm four days away from that date ...

Call me psychic, call me Maple The Great, MUAHAHAHAHA!

Okay, let's see ...

... I would probably have my CSC 250 class in the morning ... and then home is where I'll be for the rest of the day cause it's study week, and only CSC 250 will conduct the stupid class ...

I'm not complaining though ...

It's just for the first time in my life I guess ... I'll probably have a low-key birthday ... or none at all ... sounds pathetic ...

So to not make this whole situation ... as pathetic as it sounds ... I will not remind myself that its my birthday, It will just be a normal, regular day alright ...

I don't fancy being a 20 year old lady anyways =.=

Love,
Maple

"愛情裡最常犯的錯就是把對方的好當成 ~理所當然~ 直到失去。。”

I miss my dear dear ... she flew back to Newcastle today ... I wish dear dear didn't have to go back there ... it's torturing to go through the days without you ... Miss you badly =(

I saw this sentence on Ching Ching's MSN personal message ...

"愛情裡最常犯的錯就是把對方的好當成 ~理所當然~ 直到失去。。”

Sweet Sweet ^^

It's been a long time since I last blogged ... my dear dear opened another new blog, which she wrote an entry and .... erm ... she didn't do anything about it anymore =P

Anyways, I'm here to update >.<

Few days ago, was our 9 months anniversary ^^ It was on Saturday, and my dear dear took me to eat Haagen Daz at Autocity to eat my favourite, Chocolate Fondue!!! Then she took me to Halo Cafe', just as dear dear promised ^^

Well, this wasn't the picture that we took, but we did took pictures of OUR chocolate fondue ^^

Hehe! This is the proof my dear dear too me to Halo Cafe' =)

That's how we celebrated our 9 months anniversary, there's no need for webcams, or even MSN, we get to hug and feel each other on our 9 months anniversary ... Once again, we spent 24 hours together ^^

And yesterday, after I look for dear dear cause dear dear weren't able to come and find me, cause dear dear was sick ... and I end up staying overnight with dear dear *BIG GRIN*

Yesterday I had fun going to shopping with dear dear ... I'm sorry that dear dear had to accompany me go shopping even though you're sick sick ...

This morning, I rushed back home and took shower before I rushed again to college ...

Then dear dear had to meet up with a friend after I finish class ... but dear dear asked me to go to Gurney and meet up after dear dear had dinner with that friend ...

And I did, I went shopping around with dear dear again ^^ It was a lil tiring but, it's always worth it when I get to spend even one more minute with dear dear

15 minutes before 9pm ... we were at the shop, Lovely Lace .. then dear dear said, let's play a game, and dragged me out of the shop ... We'll give each other 15 minutes to get each other presents, and the condition is ... the present cannot be worth more than 20 bucks ..

So right after dear dear said that, we go wherever we want to go, to look for perfect presents for each other ... I was rushing like mad ... cause 15 minutes ain't enough for me!!! I was like running for my life ... I went down one floor below, and can't find the presents that I want to give dear dear ...

So I ran back up two floors and ended up at XIE GALLERY, and got dear dear a mug, with a picture of a butt, hehe! So so so cute, but unfortunately I forgot to take pictures of it

But I did take pictures of the presents that my dear dear gave me ^^

Look! It's a cute lil sheep sheep ^^

I love love it <3

"The Last Lecture"

Never in my lifetime that I finished a book in a day, to be exact, less than 24 hours ...

This book has to be the best book that I've read so far that I manage to finish it up in less than a day (I usually took 2 weeks)

I laugh and I cried throughout the process of reading this book ... and towards the end, I can't control my tears that I just let it flow ...

I asked myself what was my childhood dream? I don't remember any of it, to be honest with you ...

But I certainly know what is my dream now ... My dream is to graduate at University of Swinburne and hopefully could stay at Australia for the rest of my life with dear dear ^^

I love reading this kind of books, it gives us the first hand experience of what other people have been through and it teaches you a thing or two about life ... I'm glad I always made the right decision when it comes to purchasing books. I will keep this book for as long as I live ..

Most of the people around me, don't share this passion about this kind of books, with me ... they usually rather do anything else than to bury themselves into a novel. They'd say that it's boring. But I'll say, they miss a great book and a great life experience.

Randy Pausch with his family

I'll let you guys get this book yourself and read it on your own. It's worth every penny =)

So go to the nearest bookstore and get one yourself ^^

"The Last Lecture" by Randy Pausch and Jeffery Zaslow

 Hoping that Randy Pausch is doing fine now. And I wish him the best of luck =)

Toast bread with egg and mayonnaise

This is another bread recipe, hope it works though, coz sometimes this recipe might fail coz the eggs is not cooked enough ...

You need =>

• Bread
• Eggs
• Mayonnaise
  

Okay, first you need to put mayonnaise on the border of the bread [I mean the side of the bread, four sides of it] make sure you corner it out in a perfect square shape [I'll explain later why you have to do that] You can actually use pastry bag, or you can use a plastic bag, cut the bottom part then you can use it to put the mayonnaise on the bread perfectly

Here's a pic of pastry bag, just in case if you don't know what is it

Then you crack the egg into the middle of the bread (it might spill out a lil, coz the egg it not yet cooked and it's watery) that is why I said you have to make sure that you have to corner it out in a perfect square shape, to prevent the egg from spilling out ..

Then you put the bread into the toaster oven, let it toast inside the oven for about 5-8 minutes, make sure you keep a watch out for it, so that the bread won't be "hangus" [burnt] ... it could happen though, just be careful bout that, and also make sure the egg it properly cook [it can be a lil watery, but not too watery like you just crack it out from the egg shell]

After all that trouble, you can serve it ^^

It's not as complicated as it seems, but the tricky part is cooking it to the perfection ... this is another recipe by my mom ..

Will post pics when I have it ^^

Baked Beans with Toast

Okay! This recipe is super easy and super nice, my mom made this for me a while ago ^^

All you need is =>

• Small can of baked beans
• Bread
• Butter
• Garlic (optional)
• Cooking oil (optional)

Okay, you just have to spread butter on the slice of bread, put it into toaster oven to toast.

(Simple Version)

And as for the baked beans, pour the whole can of baked beans into the pan, let it cooked for a while before you put in the egg and let the cook. Then you can serve it with the toasted bread ^^

(Not so simple version [ma huan version])

Heat up the pan with the cooking oil in it, fried the garlic a lil, then pour in the can of baked beans in, let it cook for a while, before cracking in the egg. Then you can serve it with the bread once it's cooked ^^

P/S: You can actually add some salt/sugar/pepper to taste. Be creative, doesn't have to follow everything here =) Will add pics when I have one 

Dry Maggi Noodles

Hmm, since my dear dear keeps asking me on what to cook to eat ... I might as well write down some of the recipe (that she might not even try out) but never mind ... I still write it down, just in case she wants it ^^

Fried Dry Maggi Noodles

1 packet of Maggi Noodles (any flavour, brands of noodles you want, doesn't matter, you can even use bee hoon)i
1 teaspoon of Garlic (you can put as much as you want, I like garlic, so I put in a lot)
1 teaspoon of MSG
2 teaspoon of Sugar
small amount of cooking oil
one cup of water
2 tablespoon of soy sauce

First you would have to heat up the pan, with the oil in it of course, then cook/fried (or whatever word you use, you get what I mean right?) the garlic, when it turns a lil brownish, turn off the gas for a while, let it cool down for a minute or two before you put in the water (one full cup that is) ... coz you don't want the hot oil to go all over the place, hot and cold doesn't mix well, haha!


Then you turn the gas back on, after you pour in the water, then you can throw in the packet Maggi Noodles (without the packing of course DO NOT throw in with the plastic packing OK??!!)


After that, let the noodles cook for a while, then you put in 2 tablespoon of soy sauce (or as much as you like, just don't make it too salty, bad for kidney, 2 tablespoon will be good enough though), 1 teaspoon of MSG (if you don't want to put MSG, then it's fine) 2 teaspoon of sugar, then bring it to boil. Keep stirring it till it almost dry out and becomes dry noodle, and there you have it, your Fried Dry Maggi Noodles.

I shouldn't have called it Fried Noodles, as I didn't exactly fry it ... should be called Dry Maggi Noodles, hehe! Anyways, enjoy!

P/S: I'll post up pictures of it, if I can finally finds it ^^

PP/S: This recipe is taught by my dad ^^