My Flat's Kitchen.

You know, the kitchen of my flat is such a happening place there I doubt there's any kitchen in Dunedin that's as interesting as mine.

My flat kitchen.

Looks like an ordinary kitchen to me. But you don't know what happens in this little kitchen of ours. You can categorize the incidents that happen in there in 2 groups: GOOD and BAD.

Let's just start with the BAD then.

Incident #1:

Here's the scenario. Sis and I cooking dinner. Flatmates #1 and #2 comes in to cook too. Stove has 4.. Erm.. Let's just call them heating elements. So we were using the bottom left hand one. Was cooking sweet and sour pork that night, so left a plate on the bottom right element which wasn't on. Flatmate #1 wants to use top right one, so switches it on. After a long while, I realised the kitchen towel used to soak up the oil for my pork pieces on the plate was turning black in the middle. I thought to myself, "Hmm, what's happening?" and immediately realised that THAT heating element was switched on!!!

I said, "Er, I think you guys switched on the wrong..." But before I could finish what I wanted to say, the plate FLEW towards us!!! IN BITS AND PIECES!!! Our pork pieces were flying too, and the kitchen towel, soaked with oil, landed on the stove and lighted up!!!! Flatmate #1, my sis and I just starred at the flame not knowing what to do, and flatmate #2 (male) quickly took the towel up and threw it into the sink. Thank God no one was hurt. Thank God Janice was wearing my furry pink slippers, or else her foot would've been cut by a huge piece of the plate.

The bad thing was: We lost some of our pork pieces, and my pink furry slippers died cos the piece of the plate was so hot it stuck to the slipper. SO I tried to pull it out and the pink cloth came off together with the piece of plate. ): Oh well... Too bad I didn't take any photos... I was too shocked I guess.

Hmm. I think I'll just leave the BAD incidents there, or else all of you will get a heart attack. Haha. But... Another bad thing that can happen in my kitchen is... BAD FOOD. Take a look at this:

Who bakes such fugly muffins?! Tell me tell me tell me. Do you even know those are MUFFINS?

It's a disaster, I tell you! I was pouring the mixture into each muffin cup and tried not to have too much in every single one of them, so I could avoid something like this to happen. But apparently it was still too much. So this happened. Crap.

Even after some 'decorations' done to those pathetic looking muffins, they still look... Pathetic. But hey, we shouldn't look at things on the outside, right? They actually taste quite good. YUM, hundreds and thousands chocolate muffins!

On the other hand, 1 GOOD thing happened in my kitchen today. HX and I baked cream puffs and it was a success!!! How excited can I get?

Puffs in the oven. The aroma... Indescribable.

Piping hot puffs straight from the oven! Time to stuff the custard into the puffs to make them cream puffs! -duh-

A whole plate of cream puffs for the flat. AHHH, going crazy.

A close up. Someone please lock me in my room.

Time for our customers to try them!

Looks like they truly enjoy them. YAY!

Presented to you by Jessica and Hooi Xian! Thanks for the cool recipe, HX! We should trymaking egg tarts soon! WOOHOO.

Our flat should just try to keep our kitchen clean and safe.

Random snapshots.

PHOTOS! :D

Ben gone way too Chinese during Evangelism classes. LOL. Oops, Josh and HX at the back!

Yum Cha session with Mum, Jan, Ben, Jo and David when Mum was here.

The hairband gang in the flat. How fun. Hurhurhur. Taken when Jon and Mum were here.

A picture of our cutey AJ gone bored and.. gay? Haha.

The 6 of us before our performance @ the Taiwanese dance competition. No, we weren't in the comp, we were just performing.

Yeah, I just felt kind of random tonight. Some photos just purely for the fun of it.

The tough test... is over!

Nadia and I looking sooo happy @ Wellington

I PASSED METABOLISM 2! :D:D:D And so did Nadie nad nad! Weee~!

The Sian-ed Night.

It's a quiet Wednesday night at 11:45pm, and here I am blogging.

Nadia and I acting lame with bubble tea cups in Wellington

Just got back from Central Library after an intense 3hour mugging with Nadie nad nad. We were studying for Metabolism 2. Hmm... I intended to study till about 1am before I plop onto my bed, but I'll see how things go.

I had a bout of break down just last night. I was flipping over pages of my thick Metabolism booklet, thinking of what I should study for the 2nd test while chatting with 2 of my friends. One of them was Thazin, and I was (as usual) complaining to her how sian I am because of this module. And she had to add that Eifer (minus poor me) was going out for dinner that night. At that moment my heart just... dropped. I was ultra sian. My 6 other pretty girls out without me, for the trillionth time. No, it isn't their fault that they left me out, but it's just because I am a 10hour flight away from them, 4 hours ahead of them.

Me at Carisbrook, Dunedin in 2004 (the 1st year in NZ)

I never regretted coming to New Zealand to study, because I managed to get into the course I desired and there's nothing more I can ask of. When I was 16, my mum asked me if I was ready to come to NZ to further my studies (right after my O's). I wasn't, and I rejected her offer, simply because I couldn't bear leave all my friends back in Singapore. So I proceeded to ACJC when I played my year through (what a retard). SO, eventually, I had to come to NZ after wasting a year of my life in JC (of course I haven't forgotten the good friends I met in AC. (:)

Me with Shuo and Joan Tayyy.

Friends. They are such a big part in my life that I even rejected my mum's offer to go to somewhere with wider range of courses I can choose from.

Now you see why I felt terrible after Thazin told me they were going out for dinner together. Eifer has never disappointed me in any way, and even though Thazin and I aren't in Singapore most of the time, they will always imagine the 2 of us there. Not until they start talking to space, duh. But, you get what I mean. Even without me, I always hope they will enjoy their time together and just have fun! One thing I always look forward to when I fly back to Singapore is to be Eifer-ed. LOL. Damn, I sound so lesbian out of a sudden. But you see, that's friendship!

6/7 of Eifer. I'll be back! (:

Eifer always. (:

Oh, back to my sian-ness that night. After Thazin told me they were going out for dinner, another friend of mine (a male) who is on my MSN list but hasn't spoken to me since decades ago messaged me out of the blue! What I thought was, "Wow, what made him come talk to me after such a long time?" I was quite happy cos it would be cool to have a friend whom I haven't spoken to for such a long time speaking to me again. So Mr. W started with a hey, so I hey-ed back. Okay, quite normal. Then, he abruptly asked "do you know this girl called Miss T? Can you intro her to me?"

!!!!!

Guess what sian-ed I was. Gees! Fancy him being a 20 years old dude and using this kind of technique to know girls. Arh!! No matter what, the MAIN problem was, he made me the sian-est person on Earth at that point. 3 things made me so sian back to back.

So I went looking for the boyfriend and cried my heart out. I think my hormone levels were swinging up and down too. I doubt I'd react so strongly if it wasn't for this to be happening at the same time. So this morning, if those of you who saw me with swollen eyelids: Yes, I did cry, but not because I broke up with my boyfriend, thank you very much.

2 days to hols! No, let's say it's a day to my 2 weeks holidays!!!!!!!! :D:D:D But before that, Metabolism 2. bsssh.

Busiest Weekend of my LIFE

Fridayyy. (: I don't know why this word just sounds so.. pleasant. Haha.

Am slacking in Med Library for lunch time when the rest of them comes. This week's been busybusybusy.

• Had to hand in my Genetics report on Thursday. I rushed like crazy on Monday. Ben and Thazin proof read my report. Thanks guys! :D

• While Thazin was proof reading my report, we were talking via MSN phone and coincidentally, NDP (it was National Day!) was on TV. So she switched the TV on super loud so I could have a teeny bit of the National Day spirit. I can see that Thazin's one PATRIOTIC chic cos' she was singing the National anthem and saying the National pledge. Lol. Anyhow, I had fun chatting/listening to her sing for 2 whole hours. We need more of these sessions! For the rest of Eifer, we can conference in future! Maybe via MSN phone or even Skype! Go download!!

• Steamboat session with Janice and Michhh. Thanks for the company, Mich! Sorry for leaving so early though.. You know why lah.. Hahaha. Would love to have another girlie session with you again! (:

• Metabolism 1 computer test was crazzzzzy. I managed to pass by 1%. THANK GOD.

The weekend for me is gonna be even crazier! I've got choir practice, evangelism class, SingHealth seminar, National Day potluck session, Elim Church's Outreach Nite and 2 of my friends' birthdays (plus church service which isn't counted cos' it's been a routine.) ALL SQUASHED IN A WEEKEND. I'm so stressed out because I have 2 tests and 2 presentations coming up this week! -takes a deep breath in-

Looks like I need to sleep for less than 8 hours every night to study. ): I need at least 7 hours of sleep every night, or else no one can see my eyes, because my dark circles and eye bags will combine powers and make my eyes super small. -.- Now that's a life of a med student. zzz.

Updates!

Mooloo. (: Hope all of you are doing fine... Seems like life's kinda busy right now for yours truly here, but I had an urge to update my blog cos my lil' sis did so... Speaking of who influences who.. Haha. Anyhow,

Updates!

1) I've got loads of assignments piling up now. ):

2) I received Qi's letter today!!!!

3) I sms-ed Nien today cos' I miss her.

4) I'm broke. And so is Janice. LOL.

5) I'm stuck with my report on Charcot-Marie Tooth Syndrome. Help!

6) Dance on International Week sucked for me. And for some of the others too.My hair was happily flying everywhere and some got stuck onto my lipstick. MAN.

7) My major headache finally gave up trying to kill me and let me off this morning.

8) I caught the common cold (=RHINITIS!!!)

9) I love bible study!

10) Yes Thazin, I'll join your mugger club. Can I get a high post? Pretty please?

11) According to my diet analysis, the % of Total Energy Intake from fats is way too high for me, but at the same time, I'm deficient in iron, calcium and dietary fibre. Hur hur hur. Time to get healthy, Jess.

12) Final Year Examinations is scaring the sh*t outta me.

13) I miss hanging out with Eifer.

Alrightey, TIME FOR ME TO JUMP INTO BED!