My strawberry cream cheese bread is baking away!

Ready in 2 more hours.

In the meantime, here's the recipe:

Strawberry Cream Cheese Bread
1/3 cup milk
1/3 cup mashed strawberries
1/3 cup cream cheese
1 tbsp butter
2 tbsp honey
1 tsp salt (I reduced it to 1/2 tsp because the cream cheese itself is already salty enough)
1/2 cup oatmeal
1-1/2 cup bread flour
1-1/2 tsp dry active yeast

Everything has to be prepared in room temperature. If you know you're gonna bake in the evening, take the refrigerated ingredients out in the afternoon. Cold / hot ingredients will kill the yeast, if you aren't careful.

It's so easy. Will show pictures later.

I can't wait!

My mi called me just now and asked me to bake her a bread over the weekend.

I looked through the recipes and decided to bake her either a Brownie Bread or a Strawberry Cream Cheese Bread.

Am curious to know how does Strawberry Cream Cheese Bread would taste like, so I am most probably gonna bake this

+++ Pictures later!

Girl: *Hic*

7 seconds later

Girl: *Hic*

Boy: You having hiccups ah?
Girl: *Hic* Yeah
Boy: Ok. (went on reading on his laptop)
Girl: *Hic*

Few minutes later

With the bulgiest eyes, widest-opened mouth and loudest voice, Boy went...

Boy: HAAH!!!!!!
Girl: *shocked!* Stupid idiot! Why you scared me for!
Boy: Neh, now you see, no more hiccups right? *grin*
Girl: *pause for a moment to listen*
Girl: Eh yeah wor! No more! Thank you!

Boy: Scold me idiot somemore lah! *Hmmph*

One pretty weird day today.

Got to the HSBC bank to activate my internet banking. This girl (the staff attending to me) was nice and we started chatting away. And after awhile, she started asking me whether I have savings. Doesn't need a genius to answer that really. (DT, right?!)

So she explained how the whole thing works, yada yada yada. And suddenly it made me realise that it's about time I do something about my financial plannings. I need to seriously start saving and stop buying every single damn dress, bag and shoes that I lay my eyes on. Having said that, I just realized I am in the process of becoming a Rebecca Bloomwood.

So, anyways, I got kinda interested. She printed out this whole lot of papers for me to read. Lost me by the time we've reached the second paragraph. All I could see were just numbers, percentages and bla bla bla. Numbers and me don't go well, you must understand this.

I told her I needed time to think (but of coz!), thanked her and stuffed the lot of confusion papers in my bag. Mental note to self: To be digested and explained by DT later. One of the many wonderful uses of having the Boy around. Heh!

Then, I hopped on a cab to get back to the office. The cab driver was INSANE. I kid you not, he was insane! But insane in a very delightful way. An old Indian man who spoke fluent English. He started talking to me, occasionally injecting his infectious laughs and then... he did his thing.

Cab Driver: Do you ever wish you could make more money than you already can now? Are you currently satisfied with your current income now? (yada yada yada)...

Cab Driver: Let me introduce you to a new way of making money. These people you see here (showed me some colorful brochures), were lawyers, engineers, etc etc and they quit their job to do this. And look at their success stories there.

Eyes shot wide open. Mind, which was on the black bag I saw on display in KLCC the other day, flew back to Cab Driver's conversation. Yes, I was interested. So I focused hard for the next few minutes in hope to discover the secret formula in becoming the next millionnaire.

Then... all dash of hope went *pfffftttt* when he showed me the Elken brochure. KNN. Another MLM shit. I hate MLMs. I honestly think there are better ways to generate money than doing MLMs. But, that's just my thoughts anyway.

A very money-significant day for me indeed. Perhaps it's God's way of telling me that I should quit the Rebecca Bloomwood stunt and start saving.

But I still have that perfect big black bag to hunt for ya?

I love #10 and find #5 very amusing ... lol!

Not so nice part:
So I had the craziest diarrhea ever. And the legs feel like jello now.

No, I do not think the diarrhea came from Batu Pahat. Been having it since last week.

Nice part:
Batu Pahat was nice  The air, the old colonial buildings, the short sight-seeing tour, cheap great-tasting noodles, the "we might be indecent but we're true" friends of his, the 2000 KTV (hehe), and the very nice family of his. 

You... thank you for sharing them with me.

BATU PAHAT!

When God created woman he was working late.

On the 6th day an angel came by and said: Why spend so much time on that one?

And the Lord answered: Have you seen all the specifications I have to meet to shape her?

"She must be be washable, but not made of plastic, have more than 200 moving parts which all must be replaceable and she must  function on all kinds of food, she must be able to embrace several kids at the same time, give a hug that can heal anything from a bruised knee to a broken heart and she must do all this with only two hands.

The angel was impressed.

"Just two hands... impossible! Too much work for one day... wait until tomorrow and then complete her."

"I will not," said the Lord. "I am so close to complete this creation, which will be the favorite of my heart."

"She cures herself when sick and she can work 18 hours a day."

The angel came nearer and touched the woman.

"But you have made her so soft, Lord."

"She is soft." said the Lord. "But I have also made her strong. You can't imagine what she can endure and overcome."

"Can she think?" the angel asked.

The Lord answered: "Not only can she think, she can reason and negotiate."

The angel touched the woman's cheek.

"Lord, it seems this this creation is leaking! You have put too many burdens on her."

"She is not leaking... it's a tear." the Lord corrected the Angel.

"What is it for?" asked the angel.

And the Lord said: "Tears are her way of expressing grief, her doubts, her love, her loneliness, her suffering and her pride."

This made a big impression on the angel. "Lord you are a genius! You thought of everything. The woman is indeed marvellous!"

Indeed she is! A woman has strengths that amazes man.

• She can handle troubles and carry heavy burdens.
• She holds happiness, love and opinions.
• She smiles when she feels like screaming She sings when she feels like crying, cries when she is happy and laughs when she is afraid.
• She fights for what she believes in. Stand up against injustice. She doesn't take "no" for an answer, when she can see a better solution.
• She gives herself so her family can thrive. Her love is unconditional. She cries when her kids are victorious. She is happy when her friends do well. She is glad when she hears of a birth or a wedding.

Her heart is broken when a next of kin or friend dies. But she finds strength to get on with life. She knows that a kiss and a hug can heal a broken heart.

There is only one thing wrong with her...

She forgets what she is worth.

***

A lovely email I received from a friend. Sends a warm feeling in my heart. Thought I'd share this with you people. I am glad to be a woman. Are you?

Football fans in other blocks surrounding my apartment are driving me nuts.

This is the 3rd day that I haven't been sleeping well. Thanks to the nightly 3++ am shouts of "GOALLLLLLLLLLL" and "AWWWWWWWWWW". I is pissed.

Last night was the same. So feeling fed up, I got up at 6.30am and signed myself into the gym. I ran 8KM today. So happy!  Even happier when my whole top was drenched with sweat. Heh! Now my knees and ankles feel like shit.

Went for X-Men last night. It was superb! I love it, love it, love it! I am a Jean Grey / Phoenix fan, so it was kinda disappointing to see her die (again). Am sure there's a fourth instalment somewhere. People who haven't watched it, please stay on till the credits finished rolling. It is a long wait. Yes, it was. But stay on and you will know what I mean when I said there's a fourth instalment (I hope!)  

I love running!