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Somehow it's just aint enough...

Where the major part of my money will be going this month:

• Liang Court with Alvin
• Lunch with Kaijun
• Lunch with Molie
• Mother's Day dinner (split cost with my sister)
• Bintan booking
• Birthday presents
• Dinner with Qian, Jules and Eliza
• Tailoring of shirts

YIKES! Thank goodness for growth dividends!

Fics fics fics!

"I am the intimidator. I am the cheeky little bastard."


HAHAHAAHHAHA... :)

The line above is from my favourite Lord Vampire series.

1) Cake
2) Cinnamon
3) Caramel
4) Clove
5) Candy

Sushi!

How to eat sushi properly:

1. Pour soy sauce on the small individual plate.
2. Hold one piece of sushi (including the ball of rice on the bottom) and dip the fish side into the sauce. Avoid dipping the rice into the sauce.
3. Place the whole piece of sushi in your mouth.
4. Refresh your mouth with a slice of ginger.
5. Eat sashimi sushi (individual slices of raw fish) by dipping the fish slices into soy sauce. If desired, order a side dish of rice and take a few bites after each slice of fish.

About Wasabi:

Some people mix a little wasabi into the soy sauce; however, even though the wasabi is there on your plate, it's really considered bad manners to do this, because the sushi chef has already placed some wasabi on the rice roll. If you add more wasabi, you are essentially telling the chef that he or she did not do a good job.

Above tips from Ehow

Having problems?

• Hold the sushi firmly with your chopsticks such that the filling will not fall off into the soy sauce and be too salty, you may tilt your chopsticks slightly to hold the sushi properly
• If the sushi is too big to fit in the mouth, it's a sign that the sushi is poorly made. However, living in Singapore means that small pieces of sushi will usually come from high class restuarants where people will rarely complain about cost as they understand how to eat sushi. As such, you may bite your sushi into more than one mouth, take care not to drop your sushi!

Types of sushi:

1. Nigiri sushi: Sushi with the filling on top (nigiri refers to the rice being shaped by hand)
2. Gunkan sushi: sushi with the filling on top, wrapped with a layer of seaweed around the rice (gunkan meaning 'steamship' that refers to the shape of the sushi)
3. Temaki: Hand roll (Te literally means 'hand')
4. Maki: Sushi roll (standard sushi roll that is shaped with the bamboo mat. Futo maki is --> Fat maki which is a really big maki)
5. Inari sushi: Sushi that is enclosed in the sweet beancurd skin

Hope this makes your sushi-eating experience more worthwhile!

Ficcies!

“So was I right, or was I right?” Saitou asked, rubbing a hand up and down her arm.
“You were right,” she murmured contentedly, nuzzling his neck.
“Damn straight I was,” he said.
“Granted, there was tampering on your part to ensure that you stayed right,” she began.
“Technicalities,” he said nonchalantly.

I TOTALLY HEART SAITOU/TOKIO FICS.

This is from 'Captain Miserable Finds The Greener Grass.' :)

Saitou Hajime

Graduation!

Ruizhi's graduated!

My other bestfriend in the other part of the world! Australia!

She so totally rocks!

Girl logic than men cannot understand...

HAHAHAHAAHA... Click to see the larger version

Comic from Questionable Content..

Hmm..

I think I shall pick up writing after the exams.

The key to good writing is to continue writing.. and writing and improve your writing..

And to search out all the japanese food blog entries as there is apparently a tagging feature blog entries..

Music

I have found that the music I listen to is often reflective of the mood that I'm in.. Here are some of the latest songs that I've been into..

1. All good things (come to an end)
2. Accidentally in love
3. Suddenly I see
4. Seven day fool
5. Way back into love
6. Again and again
7. You belong to me
8. Just my imagination
9. The magic position

Of course, me being me will not fail to see the irony of the songs so... with a little rearranging.. the order becomes..

1. Accidentally in love
2. The magic position
3. You belong to me
4. Just my imagination
5. Suddenly I see
6. Seven day fool
7. Again and again
8. All good things (come to an end)
9. Way back into love

Amusing, no?

Things to do post-exams..

1. Enjoy sashimi slowly, leisurely...
2. Catch up on my fics... all of them..
3. Go cycling
4. Watch movies
5. Watch anime
6. Play games
7. Sit by somewhere nice and cozy with a good view, nice drink and slack the afternoon away

That's all I have for now~

Musings of a library student helper...

Ever wondered why there are restrictions on bringing food and eating them into the library?

There are some reasons why:

1. Itsy bitsy spider..climbing up the spout... OH wait.. I mean cockroach climbing up your leg..
2. Reach for book... pull it out and "Hey.. what's that looking at me?" *shriek! toss book in air and the perpetuator of the crime, Mr Lizard escapes*
3. Marching... Marching.. the ants are marching.. in a straight line across... *freak!* my laptop!
4. Found a book for my project!! YES! Flip, flip.. Flip, flip.. Ewwww.... potato chip stains and cookie crumbs in the book... *Turns book upside down & shake rapidly*
5. "Err... yes. I booked this room" Have YOU ever walked into a room where students that have just vacated the premises eating pungent stuff like hokkien mee?

And the TOP reason of all...

Get a life. Take a break.

Don't mix your studying with your meals.

Take 15 or 30 mins off to ease the strain on the eyes, refresh the exhausted spirit and top up your energy tank.