The big and the small.

It's funny how easily misunderstood we can get out of each other. It's like telling a person what's 1+1 and all you get are funny answers and people thinking it's a trick etc.

My mum finally bought me round cake tins. You will see round cakes appearing soon.=) Round and round like a merry go round. I have yet to buy a spring form pan. Spring form pans are used in making cheesecakes.I mean you can always use a normal cake tin except that a spring form tin saves you a lot of trouble and time.

Have yet to bake the perfect cheescake. Believe it or not, I do not eat any of my own cakes or cookies or brownies. I have this tendency of belittling myself that if I taste my own cakes, it would turn out to be absolutely horrible and that all these time, the good comments and remarks from family and friends were just to console me to the fact that I'm such a bad baker.Low self esteem much?

By the way, I am intrigued by baristas as I find their job really interesting and fun. I mean, art in the F&B industry has always been my favourite but in coffee, one of my favorite drinks? You know those little latte and espresso and what-nots with cute and intricate designs on them just by using cream,chocolate syrup and maybe a toothpick(actually they use a small sharp metal object thingy,I call it the ''toothpick''!).


Ok, I do not know which tool is for the design making,my guess would be that small black thing with a oval-ish holder at the top. Anyone willing to teach this young,passionate but with absolutely no experience to make a good cup of extravagant coffee?Including the design making and what-nots?

I am currently blogging from my sister's old laptop as my laptop would not and could not connect to the internet at home. Even if it does get connected, it would easily be disconnected and that irritates me to the Maximum!

I thought we were special. I thought we were different from the others. Looks like we're heading towards the same direction.

Looking good.Not.

What can I say. This is harder than it looks. Looking for work in Seremban can be hard. I tried Royal Bintang and the pay was so low I'd rather stay at home as the petrol would cost even more than the pay. I tried KFC,Carrefour, etc. Filled in forms. Yada.

What can I say,my dad wants me to work in Seremban so that he can keep an eye on me. Pfffft...

Parents...

Well, I really wanted to work in the F&B industry but even getting a job there is hard.Well, in Seremban at least.

So, most probably I will spend the rest of my holidays, bumming, baking and cleaning?

Well, my sis is coming out to college soon. Need to be her driver then,drive her to college and what not. =) Yippee, sister.

... Writer's block.

Misunderstood.

Tired of being treated like a kid. I might act like that sometimes but that doesn't mean I am one.
How long are you going to protect me? How long will you be there for me? I need to face the world sooner or later.

Donning on the chef's hat.

I am going to be the chef/cook for today.Ingredients provided: 2 lamb shoulders and pork loin.
Recipe: No idea. =)

Am going to use my common sense to make something out of those meat. I have no idea what it will turn out but let's hope for the best.Am going to bake those meat and maybe just rub some salt and pepper on them for flavor.

Non-Halal post.

No offense to the halal people out there, but I love pork. =)

Dad went to the market and bought a whole lot of pork. My mum, sis and I were cutting,chopping and separating the pork and storing it into the freezer for a long winter. Poor dad has to feed an army of girls. Yup, that's us all right.

I took one look at the meaty raw pork and I went ooooooooh. It was so thick with meat and juicy. I begged my mum to let me do the chopping.

Yup, I was handling raw meat. Be careful,I'm someone you do not want to mess with. I really am thankful that my parents are one of those very rare parents that insist their kids to go to the wet market and learn to do things like running a household and kitchen. I was once scolded by my dad for not knowing how to chop and clean a chicken.A whole chicken. I mean, he literally scolded me. So I asked my maid for help and yup,am proud to say, Dixie:1,Chicken:0.

source: http://www.a-taste-of-france.com/pork-fillet.html

Delicious 3 layered pork.The crispy skin on the top, the soft juicy fat and the tender and firm meat at the bottom. The perfect trio of meat.

This website has recipes with the majority of pork being used.

Tomorrow is a special day.It is the very exact day,2 years ago, that I, Dixie Ong sat for her last SPM paper which was EST! Brings back fond memories aite?

I have been sleeping at around 3am for the past few days and now, I HAVE PANDA EYES!
Not that I am happy about it,actually I am kinda annoyed/not happy about it. Therefore, this post won't be as long as the ones before but I'll make it up to you.

Oh yeah, short update,I might have a job already. =) Not confirm yet but I'm 70% sure I'll get the job, unless, for some unforeseen reason that cannot be explained then yeah...

Toodles...

About Beef Wellington and Hell's Kitchen...

source: http://hellskitchen.edogo.com/

I have been watching Hell's Kitchen and it really has really perked my interest in working under duress. It was fun watching Gordan Ramsay shouting his arse off. His favorite phrase is, "Move your bloody arse" in his oh-so-delicious British accent. He has a kind side to him if you do not annoy him. What surprised me the most was, majority of the contestants weren't academically trained in culinary. They just had sheer determination and ambition.That was what really got me interested. I had to watch Hell's Kitchen on Youtube as my television at home is spoiled. So far, Gordan Ramsay's menu which I have noticed consist mainly of beef wellington and pea risotto although I have no idea what risotto taste like.

source: http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2538/beef-wellington

Basically beef wellington is just a big slab of beef rolled into puff pastry, sounds easy isn't it,wait until you watch how some of the contestants struggle to cook it to the chef's standards. I mean, if I were in Gordon Ramsay's place, I might have felt the same,minus the swearing. =)

I am really interested in making this dish although the cost of the beef would be expensive. Oh yeah, it suppose to have some pate or liver thingy to wrap it but there was this recipe that used minced chicken meat. Mmmmm, delicious! This website teaches you how to make beef wellington!

Oh yeah, update on the book reading. The Peter Pan in Scarlet left me.......... clueless.

I have no idea what the book was rambling about. It was confusing, the book was leading me nowhere, the plot in circles. Sorry dear author of Peter Pan in Scarlet, but I have no idea what the whole book was. No offense but, it was a waste of time.

Anyone wants to sponsor me to Hell's Kitchen? Hey, I might win the challenge and become the head chef in one of Gordon Ramsay's restaurant. Just saying. =)

Indulgence...

Thanks to my sister, I've been binging on junk food which I've craved for a very very very long time. I have this bad habit of trying to control my eating habits especially when it comes to junk food as I use to eat them everyday when I was young. I've been snacking on Twisties and Cheezels for the past 2 days already. Not to mention all the exercising I've been putting in trying to drop of the few kilos I've picked up from the past few stressful months. It looks like the exercising is working but thanks to the junk food I just ate there goes my determination out the window...

So, to curb my ever longing for junk food, I've made myself a cup of coffee. When I was young, I never really tried coffee and hadn't really thought about it until I reached the age of 15. After that, I never looked back again. The aroma of a freshly brewed cup of coffee is enough to tingle your senses, making you long for a sip. Besides, now, coffee even look pretty and amazing.

source:http://www.scottscoffeehouse.com/gourmet-coffee.html

The pictures below are obtained from this website. Amazing isn't it?

I had finally decided to snip off my fringe and I had planned to do this on my own without having to pay people just to snip a small portion of my hair. I was ready to snip it off when my mum came and volunteered. Well, happily I passed the scissors to her.=)

As she snipped and snap and combed. I took one look at the mirror and burst out laughing. I had wanted a slanted/layered fringe and that was exactly what my mum did. But on the very much shorter version than what I had imagined.

Now, I look something like this.

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source: http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/emma-watson-cut-hair-for-dragon_1157389

Hah! I wish.


Actually, more of like this.

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Nah, just pulling your leg. Hahahha.

Ok, serious now,it's something like this but a little shorter.

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source: http://www.freakingnews.com/Haircut-Pictures-34926.asp

HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHA,I'm sorry but I couldn't help myself. Am imagining your faces. Teeheeeeee. =D

Okla, the picture below is somewhat like my fringe but on the shorter side. Much shorter.

source: http://www.celebrity-haircut.info/tag/mens-hairstyles/

After the hair cut, my mum, Chrissie and I couldn't stop laughing. I literally had tears in my eyes. My mum laughed so hard she had stiches at her sides. =)

I insisted it looked funny but my mum insisted that it looked alright and when I stared at her, she was trying so hard not laugh and when she finally did, she blamed it on me saying that I was the one making her laugh. It was fun,all of us laughing, at the expense of my hair.

More updates soon! See ya!

Before that,I'll leave you with another picture.

http://www.overidon.com/2009/09/excellent-shave-and-a-haircut-at-fast-eddies-coast-barber-shop/