28.12.07

What The Heck?

I'm not very sure, but i think i got this from Mariam...i think it's quite funny...


Don't you think so?

L.O.V.E

I was surfing the net and stumbled upon this (IMO) nice n sweet remarks about one of my favourite topics: LOVE


What does love mean?

"Love is that first feeling you feel before all the bad stuff gets in the way."

"When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore. So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too.? That's love."

"Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs."

"Love is when someone hurts you. And you get so mad but you don't yell at them because you know it would hurt their feelings."

"Love is what makes you smile when you're tired."?

"Love is when my mom makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK."

"When you tell someone something bad about yourself and you're scared they won't love you anymore. But then you get surprised because not only do they still love you, they love you even more."

"Love is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even after they know each other so well."

"During my piano recital, I was on a stage and scared. I looked at all the people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling. He was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore."

"My mom loves me more than anybody. You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night."

"Love is when mom gives daddy the best piece of chicken."

"Love is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all day."

You really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it, you should say it a lot or else people might forget...... ...

Cookery: Chocolate Chip Cookies

If i have to make a list of things that makes my world goes around, i will have to include COOKING, because i enjoy it so much, it becomes an essential part of my life.

For this entry, i'm gonna talk about my all-time fav: Choc chip cookies. And, i really enjoy sharing (with anyone who's interested) the recipes i've tried and came out nice, so this is exactly the thing i'm gonna do: SHARE.

This is a fairly easy thing to make. Well, actually, to be honest, this is the ONLY cookies i've ever made, so maybe for me it has become an easy thing. And i HAVE been making these cookies for years. Hehe.

First, we'll start with the ingredients:

*purleez try to use standard measuring cups to measure the ingredients, k? even for the teaspoons, use the standard one

2 cups flour
1 tsp baking powder/baking soda
1 tsp salt

250g butter (try ur best to get сливочное масло (which is butter) and NOT margarine, okay? kalau confuse tak tau nak beli yang mane, kat "department" dairy products tuh, carik yang mane harga mahal2 sket, sebab kalau yang murah macam 8-9 rubles, tu pastinye margarine)
1 cup granulated sugar

1 whole egg
1 egg yolk (reti tak nak asingkan yolk from the white?)
1 tsp vanilla essence

Choc chips (kalau sebetulnye la....but memandangkan kat russia yang tercinta ni haku tak tau la plak katne nak carik choc chips kan, bole je gune chocolat bar yang dipotong cube kecik2....i usually use alpen gold's: 1 bar milk choc + 1 bar dark choc..but suke ati la nak gune choc ape2 ponn..)

NOW......cecara membuatnye.

1st skalik, pastikan butter dan telur berada pada suhu bilik, which means, kalau nak buat biskut ni time petang, kluarkan la telur dan butter from the fridge pagi tu ke, tghari tu ke...

So, kalau sume bahan dah ade kat atas meja. Kite MOOOLERR!
1) into a large bowl, combine tepung, baking soda/powder and salt dan gaul bersama using a fork, try to gaulkan serata mungkin. Then, amek sifter atau penapis yang tak begitu halus (kalau takde, pinjam je kat Amy Nur Diyana, room 214 hostel 3) and put the mixture into the sifter dan sift into another bowl.

2) into another big bowl (bape banyak mangkuk nak gune ni?), put the butter and sugar. Using a wooden spoon/sudip, beat them until kembang (camne nak tau ek? emmm.....beat 'em up sampai the colour becomes pale)......this can be tiring at first, but teruskan aje, jangan nak malas malas!).

3)then, throw in the eggs (both whole and yolk) and vanilla and kacau lagi sampai kembang.

4)bile dah kembang, masukkan mixture tepung tadi and kacau pelan2, so that muke korang tak dicemari tepung2 itu. bile dah agak well incorporated, boleh la kacau laju2 sket, sampai la sume tepung tu bercampur dan tak de napak putih2 lagi.

5)finally, masukkan choc pieces dan gaul bagi rata dan tak bertompok sana sini. basically, the dough dah siap dan kalau Lope ada berhampiran, bole la suruh die makan, sebab Lope sangat suke makan bende2 camtuh.

6)eh, lupe nak cakap tadi...before nak start buat, preheat la dulu oven korang (abt 175C) ye.

7)amik baking pan, line with baking sheets/grease it.

8)so, skang nih, ntuk letak dough tu kat baking tray, korang boleh la gune tangan ke, gune sudu ke.....macam ni hah:

9)bile dah abis letak, masuk dalam oven and bakar lebih kurang 10 mins kot. Pandai2 la check sendri ek. Kalau nak tau dah masak ke blum, check for its colour. it should become golden brown.

10)bile dah masak, kluarkan the tray from oven, tunggu sejuk sket, then baru angkat biskut tu dan letak atas pinggan (or ideally wire rack) dan bagi die completely cool before transferrring the cookies in to a beautiful IKEA cookie jar.

Finally, pamerkan hasik kerja ni kat sume tetamu yang datang ke bilik........

Okay? Cube la ye? And tell me the result. Kalau tak sedap tuh, tau tau la nak tunding jari kat sape kan?

Movie comments: STARDUST







I have to admit that i haven't been watching movies lately. I don't know lah, watching movies used to be in my "top 5 things i really really enjoy doing even when it means that i'm wasting my precious time", but now, it all seems to fade away. Naturally, i blame my depression!

But today, i had a slight change in my "mood for movies" and decided to watch a movie which has been in my HD for few weeks already (got it from Amir.....thanks Amir!), called STARDUST. I kinda like the title, coz it sounds......i don't know.....magical? hehe.







This movie falls in the action, fantasy genre and it featured some well-knowned stars, like Robert DeNiro, Michelle Pfeiffer (looking super gorgeous at times), Rupert Everett (my favourite gay actor, ever! thanks to My Best Friend's Wedding), Sienna Miller and Claire Danes as the star itself (i mean, literally the star, as in bintang di langit malam....). The main actor is someone i've never heard of: Charlie Cox (sape die nih?)

Ok, the plot of this movie is not that complicated. Basically, the main character, Tristan (Charlie Cox) is a gampang, hasil drpd hubungan luar nikah of this one man (his dad), with a princess who was caught by a witch and made a slave. 18 years later, Tristan's dad gave him a letter from the mom (he grew up without his mom), together with a magical black candle (forgot its name) which can bring him anywhere he wishes to go. Tristan was in love with Victoria (Sienna Miller), but the bitchy Vic doesn't, She likes Humphrey instead (some guy, tak penting pun). But stupid Tristan still wants her, so to impress her, he promised her to bring her a star, as a sign of his love. At the same time, a star fell from the sky, in the form of a beautiful girl (Claire Danes). People on earth saw it as a shooting star. So, Tristan held the candle and thought about the place where the star landed and was brought there (of course, by magic). He got there and saw the girl. Then come another character, the fugly, old witch (Michelle Pfeiffer), who's been waiting for so long for this star to come crashing on earth. Al-kaedahnye, if she gets to the star girl and rip her chest open and get her heart, she'll become young and beautiful forever and ever (awet muda la kononnye tuh..). So, bermula la pengembaraan mereka. Banyak lagi sebenarnye, but malas nak cite.

Here are the things that i like about this movie:
1) the musical score is very powerful, at the right scenes. You can easily capture the moments by the music. Very....goosebumpy!

2) the plot is very nice and interesting, tak rasa bosan punn, even though the movie runs for more than 2 hrs.

3)kinda love the SFX, not totally perfect, but very good.

4)i really like the way htey show how Claire's character glow according to her emotions (apparently, a star shines when it's happy....) (she was shining soooo brightly when Tristan told her he loves her)(fantasy, huh?)

5)Robert DeNiro as the "fonen coverina". Hehe, sangat tak boleh blah! The first time he came out to the audience: "ever tried to get a bloodstain out of a silk shirt? Nightmare!!!" Hehe, totally got me there! Bee-atch!

So, in conclusion, this is a very entertaining movie for me and if you get the chance or if you have this movie in your HD but hesitant to watch, just give it atry...i don't think you'll regret watching it.



Wajah palsu......
Wajah asal Ms Pfeiffer