On my mind: wedding and engagement

One of the reasons I haven't been posted anything yet is because I don't have time to find the right image to go along with my story. Sigh… so, to keep my blog alive… the least that I can do for now, I'm gonna post without any images (I'll add in later on) -_-". Pardon me, if my blog won't look that attractive anymore (please just keep your criticsm in your mind).

For a start, I don't want to give a big shock or anything. But, sorry to dissapoint, I am not going to get engage or married anytime soon. But my friends are!!! I spotted over facebook, their pre-wedding photos, their status update into engaged, and yes, even their wedding photos. It's quite a surprise at first, since they are all my high school friends which are all still in early 20's (okay mid 2o's). This engagement–wedding news is just spring like chicken pox in summer. Sorry if it sounds quite harsh but seriously?!!! is it the time already?!!!

Please I really wanted to know, what age is acceptable/normal for a girl to get married? what age are you planning to get settle down your self?

Not just that, my sister seems going pretty solid with her current bf. They intend to buy a house together. And all of these, has brought my parents asking me questions about the future… which I really have no definite answer. I still have no idea where am I going to be and whom to be with. I still have no plan or definite expectations and I am not worried at all.

On the other hand, looking at my potential bf, he seems very free sprited and young at heart as a person. It is really hard to imagine a person like him to settle down. (LOL) You would get what I mean, it has been more than 6 months and we are not even in relationship yet. I just don't bother to ask him again :P when the time come, it will come… lalallaa…

Sweet signs

Created by Publicis Mojo and @RadicalMedia Director: Patrick Hughes

Something sweet for you to watch. Reminds me of my mundane life before I noticed his existance. The story has similarity with my own experience of how I met "my-not-yet-bf". Except none of us were brave enough to say "Hi" to each other, until one day on my Birthday… (read my old post, here).

Cuppa tea and forestberry muffin

It's a long weekend here in Brisbane. Today is a labour day! I was so looking forward for it. Me and "my-not-ye-bf" was planning to go to Gold Coast again. And then… he told me he had to attend a wedding for the whole weekend 0_0. Of course, I was very very dissapointed… and yet, today this last free day, he had to make an emergency excuse not to see me T_T sigh…



To redeem my self, I turn my self into baking, retail therapy and redecorating the house during the long weekend :P I am feeling much much happier after sucessfully made the right muffin. People say it's easy to make muffin. But I am so inexperience in baking. My first experience was an apple muffin. I couldn't make the texture right. Somehow, it was too dry.



But finally, my forestberry muffin is near perfect!!! I read couple few different recipes to make muffin. One tricks that helping me is by filling the paper cups with water before baking, to keep the paper moist. I tried this recipe from RasaMalaysia. I enjoy eating them with a cuppa of taiwanese green tea (All San High Mountain tea). My lovely teaset shown above was a Christmas present from "my-not-yet-bf" ^^It's such a sweet teapot.



So I spent my last Monday, relaxing… drinking tea… muching my delicious muffin :P The weather has been so nice. It's been so calming just staying at home (since I've got the whole house for my self and I've tidy up the house yesterday). There's nowhere else better to be rather then just stay at home^^

Bulgogi stew

I cooked bulgogi stew the other night. It's quite a hearty meals to have during this autumn seasons. It has been quite chilly lately.

People always think when it comes to bulgogi, as such a meaty meal. But it's really up to you, depends what do you want to put in. The beef is necessary for the broth but you could balance everything with lot's of veges and mushrooms. That's what the right bulgogi stew all about! Not just purely meat like normal bulgogi.

I love eating more of the mushrooms and usually leave all the meat behind for my sister to finish :P (well, I am always towards more to vegetarian, just incase you don't know). With the beef, there's two type you can use… the big chunk of tenderloins meat chopped or just the bulgogi beef that you could buy at Korean's shop. With the chunk of meat, long marinating is necessary (a day would be perfect). when it comes to cook it, you just boiled them in long hours, it will produce so much better broth. Since I am not a big fan of meat, I just use the thin strips bulgogi beef. With this type of meat, an hour marinate will do. However, when it comes cooking this meat. You don't want to really over cooked them (it'll become hard). You have to have your broth ready first (drained the marinate sauce from the beef, put them in. Add in chicken stock, soy sauce and sugar for taste). Put the potato noodle (needs about 20 min to be soft) and mushrooms into the stew before you put the meat in. When everything boiled and the noodle is quite soft put in the bulgogi beef (serve portions only). It will cook pretty fast since it's very thin (2 minutes will do). Have the soups straight away. You could just add in the beef everytime you want to eat.

One other thing to note, if you are using enoki (golden) mushrooms. Just blanch this mushroom with hot water for few sec then top it up in your bowl (you could see in the picture, the enoki just placed in the corner by it self :p). Don't put in enoki mushrooms together with the stew. This mushroom is just as nice to eat it raw. I just knew this recently btw ;)

For the recipe, please visit here. It's slightly differents steps since it used the big chunk of meat. It's really up to you. But remember, in order to have soft chewy potato noodles you need to boil it for awhile. Hope you'll like it.

Sicky week

I've been having a sore throat since last week. It's progressing to chesty cough now >_< But comparing with my previous cold sickness, I think this is quite moderate. I've taken precautions quite early. Except, one stupid mistake… I drank wine twice!!! It kinda made my throat feels more itchy :P

I've been so busy taking Salsa class too. Sorry, after arrived home I have no more energy to blog. Well, I kinda got really hook into dancing at the moment. Rehearse the steps every now and then. It has been so much fun. I am not saying that it's easy. That's why I keep on practicing. At least, I've made a progress^^ I recieved a very good praised from "my-not-yet-bf". It feels nice to hear it from him while he spinned me around and kissed my forehead. He is apparently a very good Salsa dancer ;) He teaches me from time to time. I feel very lucky by having my personal private instructor… hehehe…

I am so happy that I finally learning Salsa. I've been wanting to learn it since at High School!!! It's been a long waiting. Talking about waiting. I really can't wait to get my $900 incentive from the government. (Yup, here at Aussie, the government giving away $900 for any people who have done their tax return last year. Jealous?!!) It's not like that money gonna last long. Pretty much going to be gone to pay my dancing tuition >_< arghhh…

Teal blue outfit

Admittedly, I am completely a pink person. Everything that I am wearing has a tinge of pink. You just need to go out with me for couple of times to find out my favourite colour. But I don't know why I've always been attracted with this kind of blue. Especially when I am heading out in nice breazy weather (and yellow if it's summery). Let me tell you another secret, I keep wearing this same outfit for EKKA festival o_0! Can you believe?! same outfit for same event, every year. I just realised I have tendency to do that.…

Don't you love Saturday morning?

Saturday is the most relaxing day of the week. The day when you can do whatever you like and not worrying what to do tomorrow (since it still Sunday!!!). You can wake up late and snooze all day.

But no! I definitely won't let my Saturday morning passed away like that. You know, it's a very rewarding feelings to have a relaxing morning through out your busy week. You wake up early… (not too early, around 8 am) then you just relax, make a coffee for your self or just have a sip of tea, listen to birds chipping around. No rushing preparing sandwich for lunch, showering, having breakfast, make up, etc.




On previous weekend, me and my girls decided to grab breakfast together. It was such a lovely weather. I went out with my teal blue outfit and my flowly skirts. We had breakfast at New Farm. The caffee called Cirque. I went there for the first time with my ex. I couldn't believe it has been a year since I've been there. This would be my second visit. I've been looking forward to go back and have breakfast there. But never made it 'till now since all my friends are not really a morning person. (so dissapointing isn't…)


That would be my sister muching her big breakfast called Chowdown, complete with 2 sausages, bacons, 2 poached eggs, sour dough toast, hash brown, caramillised onions, wilted spinach and tomato. For my self, I prefer to have the Vegodown, same like my sister without the meat and as exchange I've got half sliced of avocado (only!!!, no wonder I was the first one who got hungry). The atmosphere on the caffee were just so lovely. We were just chatting and gossipping and had a sip of mocha.



Well, it wouldn't be a perfect Saturday morning without getting any macaroons. Unless you don't know, I am a macaroons lover. But macaroons at Chouquette Patiesserie is the best at Brisbane. You definitely don't want to miss it if you go to New Farm in the morning. Since you can only able to buy them before 12pm, otherwise at most time it will be sold out! unless you're very lucky.

We visited the lovely French Patisserie and bought our macaroons. I was a happy girl on that Saturday, very happy girl. Check Cirque review by other blogger here. More details about Chouquette here.

What do you usually do on Saturday morning? Hope you guys had a great easter break.