Phew..I feel so tired now, can finally rest a little. After a full day at work, I had to squeeze through the throngs of people at Orchard to buy some chocolates for gift exchange at my office, not just any chocolates, but Godiva chocolates. I also got some for dad too, cos he hinted not so subtly that he would love to try it. Then I had to rush to cold storage to buy ingredients for my baking, and carrying loads of heavy stuff, rushed home for dinner, and then started my baking marathorn.

Why marathorn, cos I was being ambitous. As I was supposed to bake for my office party on fri, and I also wanted to bake cookies as mass christmas present, I didnt want to leave everything till tmr, thus I decided to do as much as I could today. Sorry to brennan that I cant erm impart some of my skills as promised, but being so stressed today, and being such a perfectionist, I am sure I wouldnt have been a good teacher. Now I know why most chefs are grumpy and bad tempered..hahah..

What with endless measurements of ingredients, having to juggle a few things at one time, mum giving me the black face for turning her kitchen upside down..my nerves were quite frazzled..But the very first item that I baked turned out well..I tried baking marbled cheesecake for the first time in ages, I think its only my 2nd or 3rd attempt..and it was awesome..hahah..not that I tried it, cos it is supposed to be refrigerated overnight. But it marbled nicely and the top of the cheesecake didnt crack, and it was firm to the touch...I was so proud of myself that i was fill of self-praise..muahaah...the second item was oatmean raisin cookies. And I finally managed to achieve a nicely shaped and soft and chewy cookie, that I couldnt stop eating it...sigh..but that one is more for personal consumption cos most people don't like the chewy kind. But it really was awesome,with just a hint of cinnamon and choke full of raisins..

The last and definitely the lousiest was brownie. I used the same recipe as the previous time, and the baking time was about the same too, but yet it turned out overbaked it. The previous time it was way too underbaked, so much so that it couldnt stand by itself and this time its overbaked..sigh..so hard to get the timing right. I am quite fussy about my brownie, it must be fudgy instead of cakey...sigh..think I would bake another one tmr, this kind of standard how to let people eat, especially strangers where it is important to make good impression..heh. never know when I would get a paying customer eh. Maybe I would start a online baker thingy on my blog..still toying with the idea..

Anyway I can finally rest a little. I also made the dough for my standard choc chip cookie, but didnt bake it today due to lack of time, so I wrapped the dough and refrigerated it so that I can bake it tmr without all the hassle. Phew, the hard part is done. I still havent gotten most of my christmas presents though. But come to think of it, I refuse to buy something just for the sake of giving it, if its not useful or relevant..giving can be done anything, why must it only be during christmas?