Lifeblog
Updates and announcing my new blog
As my regular readers know by now, I’ve been feeling a bit dejected these days with the lack of job prospects I am getting. I currently have just 1 last potential job offer for a job which I don’t really fancy, and no other interviews scheduled.
I am still applying for positions and trying to keep [...]
Homework of the day – 2008 Georges Duboeuf Beaujolais Noveau
The wine Japanese people swim in (Photo: Reuters):
Beaujolais Noveau – unlike the typical red winemaking process which can take many months or years (including barrel ageing), this wine is marketed within 8 weeks of harvest. It is made using the carbonic maceration technique whereby grapes are fermented whole (instead of the typical winemaking process which [...]
Second attempt at baking pineapple cookies
Still not very good I think. I followed the recipe found in the Sunday Times. Either it sucks, or I must have screwed up somehow along the way. The pastry turned out crumbly and not as firm as I like it to be. I thought it was due to the fine flour I used the [...]
Managing one’s expectations in life
Yesterday night I was thinking, life is so short… although I may have another 50 years to live based on statistics of average life expectancy… but that’s just if I am lucky (and if I take care of my health). One in four Singaporeans will die of cancer. And that’s just cancer only… there [...]
Butter cookie baking
Second attempt at baking cookies. Not so good this time ‘cos the butter was not cold enough.
High Tea Buffet at Zhou’s Kitchen Jurong Point
The most horrible buffet I ever had. Cheap, but food is not even worth the cheap price.
Toronto – Montreal (Day 110)
I only planned for a half day layover in Toronto, and I’m glad I planned it that way – there’s nothing much to do in Toronto – not much sightseeing besides the CN Tower (another one of those tourist traps where you pay $20+ to take an elevator up, wow at the view from the [...]
Day 76 in Vancouver
Tomorrow I’ll be going to the Rockies! So excited about the trip, but also worried about all the work and chores I have to catch up on when I return…
Dumpling rice noodle soup…
Cherry blossoms are blooming all over Vancouver…
More reading week vacation photos
Really plump bird (left) at Stanley Park…
Bird of paradise… think this was at the Vancouver Aquarium…
Dolphins performance at the Vancouver Aquarium…
Ice cream place with over 200 flavours…
$5.50 for 18pcs of sushi plus miso soup… not very good though…
Fireplace at the UBC Macdonald’s…
My stash of food… just a small portion of it… =)
View from UBC… breathtaking!
Taken [...]
