Havent been blogging much lately cos life's been pretty boring..readings readings and readings. Sigh, and it doenst seem to stay in my head, I forget about what I read as soon as I put the books down..

Saturday was quite a fun day.. My cousin Cecilia came over to my house to bake for her husband as its his birthday soon and she wanted to give him a surprise. After an enjoyable lunch of walnut muffin and cafe latte at Cinnabun cafe, we proceeded on. After much work and making the kitchen a mess,which I am thankful that I dun have to clean up, we successfully called it a day and proudly surveyed our results. Her millionaire shortbread, which is actually a bar made up of a shortbread crust, a layer of caramel and topped with chocolate was delicious. My own strawberry jam walnut choc bar(what a long name) was very satisfying as well. The jam was bubbling when it came out of the over and the aroma was sinply overwhelming. I dug into it as soon as it was suitably cooled and it was soooooo yummy. AND I COULDNT STOP EATING IT..sigh...thats the worst thing about baking, I cannot help eating what I bake. So most of the time, I prefer to give it all out on the same day, if not it would most likely end up in my tummy and my friends would never see it...

Met steph and his friends at Thai xpress at Holland v and I could only watch and smell longingly at the curry, fried chicken wings, fried rice, that everybody tucked eagerly into. I didnt eat as I was supposed to have dinner with dad, who was extremely late... ok la, at least I got a bite of the fried tofu and some pad thai fried noodles...but it so wasnt enough for me...I am so craving for thai food now, come some pineapple fried rice,tomyam soup,green curry,and the least goes on and on.. I went with dad to have dinner at chinatown at Smith street where he had porridge and I went straight for All balling tang yuen,which I love.

Today, dad brought me to some supposedly famous place at Ang Mo kio for Beef noodles for lunch. There was a long queue there though it wasnt quite lunchtime yet. I didnt quite like it, and almost puked at some pig stomach thingy that was inside,and felt distinctly queasy after eating it. But I ate everything cos Dad would scold me for wasting food,sigh. Think there is something wrong with me. I dont like local food at all. Call me weird, but I don't like hawker food, I emphasize food, I am quite ok with going hawker centres. But I don't like bak chor mee, fishball noodle, lor mee,laksa, nasi lemak, carrot cake, char kway teow, osyter omelette.... and I cant remember the last time I ate chicken rice, balking at the supposedly oily food, preferring to stick to fishsoup noodles, ban mian and the likes. Yet I have no qualms with tucking into equally fattening stuff like chocolates and cakes and pastries or my fave baked pasta at NYDC which is topped with lots of cheese and thus equally 'fattening' .....hmmm...

I had no idea its so hard to find tuition nowadays. I have been calling up agencies for weeks, but none has gotten back to me..sigh. I definitely need to find work soon. $200 a month barely meets my needs. $50 for transport. $100 for food(at least), and the other $50 for spending, clothes, toiletries, leisure,whatever, and how about savings? Its so hard to get money from my dad as he is so tightfisted, I have been asking him for money for my books for this semester and he tells me to get from mum. And I don't really like to ask for money from mum as she is always complaining about her financial problems. Asset rich, cash poor? Whatever it is, she would ask me to get from dad,so......

I am not complaining, just hope that I can find a tuition kid soon so that I can at least be more independent. Right now, I am still surviving on last month's paycheck,so I am learning how to be more frugal. What a laugh...