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Sunday, November 02, 2008

A Spooky Halloween! xD

Hello!

So, 2 days ago, we celebrated Halloween with the Hong Kong and Taiwan Student Associations at a huge party in Trotter House.. Then carried on the Halloween spirit with a screening of The Nightmare Before Christmas at my house! xD

I baked a fabulous [if I do say so myself.. No pictures though. I forgot! =(] chocolate cake plucked with great foresight from Pierre Herme's Chocolate Desserts, which I purchased for [nearly] a song on Amazon. The texture was surprisingly light and fluffy for a cake that resembled a brownie. And although I used Ghirardelli chocolate [premium chocolate for a poor student such as myself.. Valrhona or Scharffen Berger will be saved for when the parents are around.=P], the chocolate flavour was intense and lovely [no brilliantly delicious Valrhona notes but still] and the cake wasn't too sweet. The best thing about it was that the cake was chocolatey yet light, so you didn't feel too full after eating it. Delicious!

Anyway, speaking of Amazon... I love Amazon! And I hate it at the same time. My love-hate relationship stems from their absolutely fabulous deals on cookbooks! All sorts of cookbooks! But ESPECIALLY my weakness: The dessert section. It's terrible! The prices are too amazingly fabulous to resist [especially when you consider the price of cookbooks in sunny ol' Singapore]. When my parents come over, I am buying a crapload of cookbooks and bringing them back to Singapore.=D =D =D

O dear. I got sidetracked by food once again! xP So. Where was I? Oh yes. Halloween!

Before the 2nd half of my costume arrived, I was simply goth girl [without the black lipstick.. Forgot to purchase that.xP]. Haha..

My witch's cape didn't quite work out as planned, but it did act as a good coat! Haha..=P I love the hat!!! xD Thanks Lihui!!!
Me with the East Ann's animal farm and a very sexy devil..=P

Cookie attack!!!

Apart from the obvious purpose of Halloween celebrations [you get to dress up in whatever you like! You get to take endless photos with your friends! You get to eat endless amounts of candy!], there was also a Haunted House, a live band [Go Shuying! xD] and a clubbing dancefloor in the basement.=D

But we mainly kept taking photos.=P Haha..

The witch and her 2 black cats!~ Meow~

A piglet and a witch! xD Haha.. Kawaii~ I loved East Ann's animal farm! So cute! xD

Best Witches! xD I love American Halloween candy.. Kawaii!

And in our extension of Halloween..

We watched Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas!!! =D =D =D It's gruesome and disturbing yet cute and enjoyable. Haha. =) And the songs helped in making it a very entertaining show. I think I can see why it's such a hit around Halloween. And the characters are really like, lovable because they endear themselves to you in a good way.^_^

The story was tied together well but I thought the romance was rather contrived..=P

So Halloween weekend is drawing to an end.. And Daylight Savings Time has been put in place. We are now 13 hours behind Singapore.^_^" The further away you are, the more distance you feel from everyone there...

Coming up in my next post: Movies I've been watching lately! Stay tuned. ;)
cheers
*[-witchstone-]*

[music : 平成十七年七月七日　アリス9号]
[mood : pleased]
[food : I want PANCAKES!!! xD IHOP!]

Labels: edibles, Halloween, movie review, Pierre Herme, The Nightmare Before Christmas

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starry-eyed: filled with such youthful hope and optimism that one's eyes twinkle even when it's dark

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ie: motivation to save money!
- clothes
- shoes [heels! boots!]
- the perfect tote
- coats/outerwear! [Soïa & Kyo, Burberry...]
- Gackt - nine*nine
- Gackt Photobooks:
1 The Gift The Sixth Day & Seventh Night Tour Document (2004)
2 Crescent Photobook (out of print)
- Cookbooks!
1 Thomas Keller The French Laundry Cookbook
2 The Nobu Cookbook
3 Emily Luchetti A Passion for Desserts
4 Alice Medrich Pure Dessert
- Anime/Manga
1 Rurouni Kenshin
2 xxxHOLiC
3 Tsubasa -RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE-
- Proficiency at Japanese!
- Learn French for Food!

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