One week breaks come as fast and go just the same. Back to the grind, back to facing boring and sometimes not that boring lectures and tutorials. Time to get my ass working again.
Baked another banana bread/loaf/cake on Saturday. The muffins I attempted to make on Friday turned out, to put it quite bluntly, horrible. Tossed them away and reverted to the fail-safe recipe. Looked nicer than last week's one but a little too compact and moist. Not the fluffy texture that I wanted to get. Could see that the mashed bananas sank to the base of the loaf. Fortunately, the taste and smell are distinctly banana-ish. Ah, well, practice makes perfect. Just need to find more mouths to test and feed my goods to. Friends commented on my cake and one even said it looked like fried carrot cake instead of banana cake. Overall, I'd say it was a pretty good response. Need to try to bake the muffins again. Must get it right next time.
It's about another month before my shortest semester yet ends. Can't wait. Directly the day after the last day of the semester, the family and a whole bunch of relatives and cousins will be taking a holiday to Shanghai, China. It's not that I don't like China specifically, but the country just never reflected that well on me. Probably because I think it's always the ideal holiday destination for old creeky folks to go to and reminiscence about their "kampung". So, it's given me this impression of ancient huts and straw houses with nary a slight acknowledgment of proper plumbing facilities. But yes, as this is a big family trip, each one of us are compelled to go with despite me secretly not really anticipating this vacation. Not to say that I'm not grateful for the trip away from home, but give me Singapore or Kyoto anytime, please.
HP: GOF is hitting cinemas next week. I'm actually getting all excited for this movie like I did for the previous LOTR movies. All three of them. Somehow, I have a good feeling that this one will be the best one out of all the four yet.
I have an assignment due this Friday and another one the following week. Almost done with the first one. Hardly done with the second.
A change of pace would be good now. It's getting awfully boring having to go through the same routine day after day for so long. The wait to fly the coop is almost unbearable. Anxiously waiting for acceptance letters are not nice at all. It would also be terribly embarrassing if after waiting for more than a month and nothing arrives in the end. Embarrassing and bad, because that would mean another year in this crap-hole. I don't understand why I keep insulting my own home. I think it's just myself getting tired of the same environment for almost twenty years of my life already. Got to stop being so negative.
Everyone's favourite OCD detective, Monk is back on Starworld. Right after Numb3rs, that is. I think I'm watching a bit too much night-time television. But it's not entirely my fault that I like these shows. Is it?
In any case, going off now. Sorry for the slow news week. I do apologize for the lacklustre recent entries but that's just how it is.
had this to say at 10 November, 2005 19:24
when r u gonna let me try the banana bread eh? my house is just 5 minutes walk away!!! :P
shanghai! how long will u be there? hmm..i went around this time of the year, 2 years ago as well. pretty nice weather. chilly. be sure to travel light, there'll be alot of moving around. r u to go to 1 place only? beware of ur handbags n personal items. carry water if possible. ppl in china r....disgusting. completely unhygienic. be prepared. nevertheless, the view of the place is spectacular. would love to go for the scenary anytime. enjoy urself there! :)
btw! i passed by ur house the other day, saw a man fixing (what seems like) the air con. nothing much. just thought of mentioning this.
take care! :)