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Wednesday, July 04, 2007

Happy Birthday Gackt!

Hello!!!

Today, Gackt is 467 years old!!! xD xD xD Squeals! And and and! Today is the official launch of:

*dramatic music plays*

gackt.com

=D =D =D Isn't it exciting? Ahahaha. *squeals* When you enter the site there's this cute video of Gackt, You and shaking-butt man.^_^ When Gackt couldn't pronounce "Gackt.com", You had to correct him! *giggles* Oh. And Gackt has an eyepatch on, has shaggy long hair and is an extremely leathery outfit. Another thing, You has long, flat hair. Jiamin would be horrified.

So I was all ready to do another Midweek Men post but hey! This is more exciting! [To me. COUGHS.]

Beams. Doesn't he look great. I could post a screencap of his latest looks but it wouldn't have the same effect right? =D

His favourite food in Taiwan! =D =D =D Dintaifung xiaolongbao!!! Except, of course, I've never been to Taiwan so these are xiaolongbao from Dintaifung in Shanghai. But same thing. *nods*

And to further share the Gackt love,

Yippee! Of course, there are other bands there too. Like Dir en Grey, alice nine., The GazettE ... Oh. And to share the current top 10:
1) 30 seconds to Mars
2) Tokio Hotel
3) McFly
4) The Rasmus
5) Westlife [SNORT]
6) HIM
7) My Chemical Romance
8) Dir en Grey
9) Evanescence
10) Backstreet Boys [SNORT AGAIN]

And other news:

For the Japanese Release of the French movie "Arthur and the Minimoys," Gackt will be the dub actor for the villian Malthazard.

Others involved are Ryunosuke Kamiki, Kazuki Enari, Erika Toda, and Taka and Toshi (comedy duo).
- From the dears community.

Omygoodness! Gackt! The voice actor! He'd do well at growling into the mic.xD

I don't really want to watch Arther and the Minimoys though. I mean.. It's not very cute.O__o I'm more interested in Ratatouille which looks too cute for words.xD

Oh! We watched The Girl Who Leapt Through Time yesterday.=) I'll write up a review tomorrow. And I've got food posts to make on our brand new food blog. Once I post them, I'll put up the link! ^_^

Hmm. So apart from wishing Gackt a happy birthday, I don't have more to add. Oh. Except that I finished Season 2 of Desperate Housewives and GOSH it was exciting.xD xD xD But really. How many psycho people are they going to introduce before they are satisfied?

cheers
*[-witchstone-]*

[music : Desperate Housewives music]
[mood : ^_^]
[food : cigarettes langue!]

Squeals he looks so good here.xD So once again, Happy Birthday Gackt!!!! ^_^

Labels: birthday, Desperate Housewives, Gackt, misc

Sunday, April 01, 2007

Majestic Restaurant + Super Soft Lemon Orange Mascarpone Muffins + Desperate Housewives

Hello!

Happy April Fool's Day! =D

We ate at Majestic Restaurant today again.=D The food has not deproved thankfully. =) Glad to know that they haven't let standards drop! I also baked today and HMM. You'll see later in this entry.=P While baking, I finished watching the first season of Desperate Housewives!

Desperate Housewives. Hmm. I think it was a very nice series to watch because they have got GREAT characters but I didn't much like the ending of the first season. It was a little too abrupt and I only realised it had ended from the narrator's dialogue.O.o It's also SCREAMING for a sequel because while they finally revealed the full and complete story behind the mystery of Mary-Alice's death, they left several things hanging:
- Bree's future!
- Zac, the psycho boy.
- Lynette's future!
- Susan and Mike!
- Gabrielle and John/Carlos!
- Edie and her incomplete house.
- The new neighbour whom I have definitely seen before but can't remember where.O.o

So I'm looking forward to season 2 and Jiamin's soon to come discs that will complete what she currently has of season 2! ^_^ *hints*

I like how they finally showed Bree's vulnerable side.=) Her whole family is screwed up though.-_-" And Lynette and her meddling ways! -_-" I don't know how the hell she gave up a successful career THAT SHE ENJOYED [most important part in this equation] to take care of bratty kids though.*shakes head*

Speaking of careers, there was a feature today in Lifestyle on the top earning jobs in Singapore! Hehehe. They stressed MANY times how hard all of them worked to get to the top though.=P Like, "Please do not live in the illusion that lawyers and bankers have it easy in earning so much money. You want money? WORK FOR IT." Such a nice and gentle reminder.^_^

Majestic!

We got a room today and the light was so interesting! Haha.xD It reminds me of that "demon flower" in xxxHOLiC! xD Haha.

They updated the set menus so there were new things to eat! =)

The starter plate, from left: jellyfish and roast pork, wasabi prawn and siew mai with loads of prawns inside.=D YUMMY! I loved the crackling on the roast pork [that's the only bit about roast pork that I liked] but they served it HK style with mustard so it got onto the yummy and not too heavily seasoned jellyfish and made it SUPER spicy. I was like, omg *stuffs food into mouth to finish it as quickly as possible*. =X Ahem. The wasabi prawn had just a wee tinge of wasabi flavour so that was good.=) The prawn was yummy! I still don't like wasabi though.=X The siew mai was GOOD! =D =D =D I haven't eaten nice siew mai in a while and this was no disappointment.=) I loved the prawns inside! *bounces around* As you can tell, I LOVE prawns.xD

This was a soup with a lot of expensive ingredients! Haha. I think they had to give me expensive stuff to makeup for the fact that I didn't get shark's fin.=P Not that I want shark's fin but anyway. This had fish maw, dried abalone, dried scallops [conpoy], mushroom and hmm.. Meat. Pork I think? Though it was definitely chicken soup. It was yummy.=) I LOVE soup! Beams.

Steamed fish with mui choy [preserved vegetables, one of them.. since there are like 3 million kinds of preserved vegetables].^_^ Yummy! I love mui choy steamed with.. just about anything. Haha.=P I love steamed fish if it's done well.. *drifts off to think about Teochew steamed pomfret*

Because I requested, my dad also ordered fried carrot cake with yellow chives [can't remember the Cantonese name.=X It's the yummy chives in Eefu meen which you eat at birthday dinners!], beansprouts and XO chilli sauce! =) Firstly, I LOVE carrot cake. Secondly, I LOVE yellow chives. Thirdly, I LOVE beansprouts! xD Need I say more? Their XO chilli isn't terribly spicy either.=D

The soup hor fun/guo tiao that came as the starch in the set meal.=) It had chicken pieces in it too! It was not bad I suppose but quite ... boring? =X Still, I love guo tiao so I have nothing to complain about! ^_^ O dear. I feel like eating guo tiao now... And pho... O.o

Dessert! ^_^ I had my usual fried durian ice cream.=P But I regretted it after polishing off my grandfather's aloe vera. Haha. Their aloe vera is not bad but I still think my mom's is the best.^_^ Beams.

A most satisfying lunch! =) And in the afternoon, after finishing the newspaper, I baked!

From the blog where I got the recipe, the Super Soft Lemon Orange Mascarpone Muffins are supposed to look like this:

What I got were these:

HMM. I sense a GREAT disparity here.

Thankfully, despite the ugliness of my cupcakes [I am CONVINCED it is the method the person recommended. Terrible. I am SO changing it the next time I make these.] they actually taste quite good.=)

The recipe calls for orange and lemon extract but because I am against such artificial flavourings, I replaced each teaspoon of extract with the zest of one whole fruit.^_^ I know. Such an elitist. But zesting fruit is fast and easy! =)

I also like the idea of using the mascarpone cheese as a filling in this cupcake [though it also resulted in the urmmmm Sunken-ness of my poor muffin].=) Mascarpone has got to be the most cooperative dairy product I've ever worked with! When I dumped it into the bowl and stirred it a bit, it became these soft folds of luscious creaminess. I almost swooned with happiness at how nice it looked. Haha.=X I can see why so many people like tiramisu since mascarpone is a big ingredient in that.^_^

So I am definitely trying this recipe again to not only improve on the looks [ahem], but the taste and texture as well.=)
- Make it less sweet
- Attempt to make the batter less thin and watery [did I mention that it was extremely watery? Well, it was extremely watery.-_-"]
- Attempt to not let it sink/be ugly
- If batter is less thin, mix in mascarpone
- Make batter lighter than now and give it some taste on its own instead of relying solely on the cheese filling
- IMPROVE ON THE METHOD.-_-" Just mix all dry ingredients and wet ingredients separately then combine?! -_-" RUBBISH.

Ahem. So yay! I was eating all the hideous ones just now. And HMM! I thought it was sweet but not too bad.=) As I said, it tastes better than it looks.^_^ And I am NOT just consoling myself.

I feel like making and eating Korova cookies! My mom just bought me Valrhona cocoa powder!!! *rejoices* And then she brought back MORE Valrhona chocolate from Hong Kong! I so feel like baking now. *inches towards oven and tools and CHOCOLATE*

We must go to Central Mall at Clarke Quay soon and check out ALL the Japanese eateries and the wannabe Japanese mall design! Maybe they'll have Japanese stores.=D Beams.

Right. Must go write down the list of problems with this laptop *pats it fondly* so my dad can get it fixed. Oh Laptop. It's not that I don't like you. It's just that you're giving me problems! *deep sigh*

cheers
*[-witchstone-]*

[music : Hitoiro NANA Starring Mika Nakashima + JEWELS alice nine.]
[mood : ^_^]
[food : steamboat! Which we had for dinner.=D]

Ahh. JEWELS sounds like SUCH an anime song! Haha.xD

cch: I MUST correct you. Liu xing hua yuan Taiwan version = VERY BAD. Liu xing hua yuan Japan version = MORE AUTHENTIC. ^_^ And please don't pollute my blog with F4 lyrics.O.o Not that they write their own music or anything.

wendaye: HYD 2!!! I WANT PLEASE.=D *beams hopefully* Must rescue me from the onslaught of Korean scare-me-now dramas. Oh yar! Recommend other nice American shows too! =D I'm actually curious about Ugly Betty since you said it's nice. ;) *winks and hints* Beams. I can lend you anime in return! If you want that is. Ahem. And is Yasha Japanese or Korean again?

Joyce: Over the top = cute but irritating after a while. Haha.=P And I agree that Taiwan dramas are generally something to avoid but Hana Kimi was really cute! Haha.=X Ahem. I know you disagree. You must watch HYD! =D My Chado Man! Beams! =D And how are my Sundays free? O.o Freer than yours certainly but.. free? O no.

I just realised that I won't have time to bake for all of you!!! O dear. *thinks hard* Maybe I should make my Korova cookie batter tomorrow if I am not dying of tiredness.=D

Labels: baking, Desperate Housewives, edibles, future, Lemon Orange Mascarpone Muffins, Majestic, TV

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Stress Cure: Flowers

Hello!

=D Today all of us got a flower from my friend at work [not my seat-partner, someone else.^_^] and she told me that whenever she's stressed out, she'll give away flowers! ^_^ I cannot think of a sweeter, more random gesture from a friend. Haha.

In other work-related rubbish...

As Jiamin aptly pointed out, I'm also getting very well-acquainted with the office scanner. I mean, seriously. The number of hours I spend with that machine is comparable to no one else.-_-" Since it is a multi-function machine, I am also forced to spend even more time than just scanning since it can photocopy, print and.. gets me to go around asking them where I can help in the projects. Hello dear office printer-photocopier-scanner! You are my new best friend! [An arbitrary decision based on how many hours I spend with any one person/thing.]

I am also the errand-girl. Something expected of course, considering I appear to be the person with the most free time.=P Yesterday I had to run out to buy a WIRE that didn't work... Today I went to deliver artwork to a client because it was too big for a courier to carry! -_-" The document bag was almost as tall as me when I sat down.O.o Terrible. It's nice to spend time out of the office but sometimes I do wish that I had something else to do.=P

I spent the morning busy and now.. Hmm. I wonder what people can think up for me to do?

I've been watching Desperate Housewives which is intrigue, bitchyness, laughter, sweet moments, gossip and everything a girl could want in a show. There are hot guys too. ;) It's SO addictive. I totally understand why people couldn't stop watching it when it was showing on TV! xD

We also watched Deathnote 2 over the weekend and finished Hana Kimi!!! O GOSH. Wu Zun! xD You are VERY hot and VERY goodlooking! *squee!* And Jiro! You are too cute! xD Jiamin and I also managed to fit in a spot of fangirling over alice nine. ;) Not a bad use of the weekend! Ladida.

Oh Saga and Shou! xD I love how you 2 are close friends. =D =D =D

Oh Saga! xD Your style is VERY inspiring! And I know you know how gorgeous you are but really.xD xD xD No need to pose in such a droolful manner!

I would post pictures of the other guys but I keep deleting off alice nine. stuff from my computer because I don't want to clog it up [especially since it's not mine].=P I need to clear Cutie as soon as I can so I can fill it with more joy-inducing people! xD

I would blog about Gackt except that he's once again dormant and urm.... Off the press radar. *deep sigh* Not even a magazine appearance! ;_; Wails.

I also feel like cooking. Just look at these waffles!:

Drools.

Doesn't that INSPIRE something in you?

Wee! Back to reading food blogs, surfing alice nine. and generally slacking around till I can find something useful to do. [Or remember why I actually came to blog in the first place..]

cheers
*[-witchstone-]*

[music : Wish OLIVIA inspi'REIRA (TRAPNEST)]
[mood : --]
[food : chicken rice!]

ViQue: You must be the only one who doesn't hate me for posting loads of rubbish! Haha.=D Yay! And this isn't really a JOB.. It's an internship.. Which kind of explains my brilliant amounts of free time.=)

Jiamin: I TOLD you he looks demented there. It's hilarious! Hahaha. The different coloured contacts do not help. I thought Miyavi was most secretary-ish in that picture so it kind of corresponded to my next paragraph.=) And yes! Chanel suits! Unaffordable, overpriced but PRETTY! xD

Labels: alice nine, Desperate Housewives, edibles, internship, work

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