Kerine

Saturday, December 19, 2009; 2:56 PM

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Wednesday, November 11, 2009; 5:54 PM

MediaCorp is really brilliant of utilizing the many social networks (Facebook, Twitter) to attract more viewers.

Although abit ridiculous, but bravo!!!

I was on my Twitter and came across a profile of a familiar name and profile picture:

Ye Zhengkang on Twitter

On a closer look, he is actually the auntie character of Chen Hanwei in the lastest Channel 8 drama, Daddy at Home.

ABSURB???

Some may probably know now that Chen Hanwei plays a permed-haired stay-at-home daddy while his wife is the boss of a beauty salon, the sole breadwinner.

I think Chen Hanwei played the auntie role really well! Collecting supermarket coupons and cake baking classes with other auntie neighbours. WAHAHAA!

Okay, I was actually curious who would he follow on twitter and to my amazement, Liu Bang (another character in the drama) was there too!

Liu Bang on Twitter

Liu Bang's character is played by Li Nanxing who is of a traditional man, strongly believes that his wife must be a stay-home mum while he earns the dough. In the end he loses his job and joins the stay-home dad he despised.

Anyway, this is not the point of discussing the plot here but it just struck me as absurb and ridiculous that they are actually twittering in the name of these character who don't even exist in real life!!!

Even ridiculous is that people are actually communicating with these non-existing househusbands on Facebook!

BUAY TAHAN!!!

Indeed a clever strategy to grow viewers!

Tuesday, November 10, 2009; 5:25 PM

"To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot and love him a little.

To be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and
not try to understand her at all. "

-- Helen Rowland

; 1:25 PM

Heyeee! How was your weekend?

I built my own customized bear at Build-A-Bear Workshop!

It was kind of a kiddy experience but I had fun though. Kissing my bear's heart and not forgetting the little pledge I had to make, raising my right hand before bringing my bear home!

Build-A-Bear Workshop at Habourfront.

1. CHOOSE ME!

There were so many bears to choose from!

Eric and I spend 15 minutes discussing on which bears are more hugable; me walking up and down the selection indecisively, him plucking the fur of every bear I picked up to test its durability.

We'd also come to a conclusion that bears with big heads look cuter after dressing up!

I finally chosed the bear with a stitched heart. Big head, furry and extremely hugable!

2. HEAR ME!

The sound machine.

The bear can have its own sounds too! Like animal sounds, heart beats, 'I love you' and birthday songs.

Perfect as a gift to someone.

I didn't want any sounds though, I thought it was quite redundant.

3. STUFF ME!

I was asked to warm the heart with my palms, give it a little shake, kiss it and make a wish before putting it inside my new friend.

It doesn't really sound ackward here but I felt a little ill at ease and clumsy while i was doing it then!

4. DRESS ME!

The many clothes and accessories to choose from!!!

Mine with matching dress and headband. :)

5. NAME ME!

Personalised birth certificate.

Every bear was given a birth certificate and I named mine: Butterscotch!

This was also where a unique ID was created to track the owner in case it got lost and was found and returned to Build-A-Bear Workshop.

I was wondering, WHO ON EARTH WOULD RETURN? I won't, to save the trouble!

6. TAKE ME HOME!

The little bear promise I made! Which also made me felt sillly again. -_-"

Home sweet home.

They provided a carrying case that looked like a mini house for the bear. SO CUTE!

My end acheivement: Butterscotch!

You know, Eric used to tease me being such a big girl hugging my Winnie-The-Pooh to sleep.

Now he was the one who suggested bringing me to Build-A-Bear! :)

Love.
XOXO

Monday, November 02, 2009; 4:54 PM

I twitted the other day that I made a cake for Valerie's birthday.

We went for hotpot + Korean BBQ buffet (again)!

It was my first attempt on a no-bake cheesecake and was a success!!!

I wanted to literally BAKE a cheesecake as I'm more familiar with that but decided to give the no-bake recipe a try. It didn't fail me!

This is what I call: The Princessy Oreo Cheesecake

A no-bake cheesecake is one which doesn't require any baking if you haven't know. Usually uses gelatin to semi- solidify the cake without the process of baking. So for people who do not have any oven at home, could consider a no-bake recipe.

Here is the recipe:

OREO CHEESECAKE

What you need:

1. 12 pcs Oreo cookies, finely crushed (for crust)

2. 10 pcs Oreo cookies, crushed (for filling)

3. 2 blocks 250g Philadelphia cream cheese

4. 1 cup whipping cream

5. 50g butter, melted

6. 3/4 cup caster sugar

7. 3 teaspoons gelatine

8. 2 tablespoons lemon juice

9. 20cm springform pan

How to:

1. Bring cream cheese out to soften to room temperature (at least 1 hour).

2. Crush Oreo cookies in a ziplock bag with the back of the rolling pin.

3. Melt butter in a bowl over a larger bowl of boiling water.

4. Mix melted butter with crushed cookies (for crust) and press firmly into the bottom of the springform pan with the back of a spoon or measuring cup. Chill.

5. Dissolve gelatin with 1/4 cup of boiling water. Stir until completely dissolved.

6. Whip whipping cream in a mixing bowl over a larger bowl of ice water (to prevent the cream from melting into water or turning into butter form).

7. Beat softened cream cheese and sugar with a whisk / electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Fold in lemon juice, dissolved gelatine, whipped cream and crushed cookies (for filling).

8. Pour filling into the prepared crust. Refrigerate 4 hours or until firm.

Monday, October 26, 2009; 6:38 PM

Brought Furgie for a 4.30pm appointment at the vet on Saturday for a dog vaccine but we were late for 30 minutes at 5pm.

SHINGZ!

So Furgie was lucky she didn't get the jab on her butt!

We're very fortunate that Singapore do not have cases of Rabies.

In case you do not know what exactly Rabies is, it is an infectious disease of dogs, cats, and other animals, transmitted to humans by the bite of an infected animal. Usually fatal if prophylactic treatment is not administered: caused by an RNA virus of the rhabdovirus group; hydrophobia.

Symptoms include excitement, aggressiveness, and dementia, which eventually followed by paralysis and death.

You can read it more here.

I searched for Rabies on youtube:

Boy with Rabies (believed in Angola).

It is uncontrollable, so anyone with Rabies is being tied up as they have the tendency to bite.

Why would such a young boy needs to suffer from such mishap?

As Rabies is a forgotten disease, it'll be really advantageous if more people are being brought to the attention and that more public awareness being created.

Saturday, October 24, 2009; 1:58 AM

Shan and Rozz with the BOOMZ GIRL!

Ris Low responded with KNNBCCB to Rozz's question!!! And using "FUCK" without hesitation in an interview!!!

OMG, she's so funny!

And I really have to admire her courage for mocking at her own 'BOOMZ' and 'leopard pringgs'. Even openly discussed in the show that she has poor command of English and is currently attending English lessons to improve on that, moreover admitting that she can't pronouce some English words.

She is so brave. NEW IDOL!!!

That's what they say: If you can't beat them, join them!

But she looked fat in the show and her boobs are so small with flabby tummy.

SHINGZ!!!

Wednesday, October 21, 2009; 1:51 PM

Eric and I went to Little India to get indulged in Indian cuisine last week on our 1st Year Anniversay.

FYI, we were having dinner in Little India before we got together a year ago! But decided not in patronise the same restaurant 'cos the food was bad.

We circuited along the street of many curry houses before deciding on Muthu's Curry, and I've got to admit that I liked the former a little more than Samy's Curry.

I am a huge fan of Samy's Curry if you haven't know!

But Muthu's curry fish head bought my heart over and got my 'devotion' swayed. HA!!!

I don't know why but Indian restaurants are always full of angmohs. Can they handle Indian's hot spiciness???

Stir fried Chennai cabbage

The normal-est vegetable dish on the menu!The rest are of curry, cheese or cream-based gravy style.

I'd prefer my vegetable done simple...

Chicken Tikka Masala

Chicken (marinated with yoghurt, tandoori powder, spices) cooked in masala paste.

Fish head curry

Award winning signature dish!!! Difference between Muthu's and Samy's is that Muthu's serve their curry fish head in bowls while Samy's serve them in claypots. I find that Muthu's serving is little small though.

Plain naan

Awfully divine to go with curry or masala sauce!!!

Super satisfying dinner I had. I wanna have it again soon!

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Tel: +65 6293-2389

Thursday, October 15, 2009; 12:48 AM

ALEXANDER MCQUEEN
- Resort 2010

& my personal favourites:

Nude stockings are so <3 !!!

Monday, October 12, 2009; 7:05 PM

14 years ago, I was a chubby little girl striving hard in studies for PSLE. He was a chubby little boy playing hard in class.

We hardly talk though we were in the same class for 2 years. In my vivid memories, he was just a computer geek who excelled in Maths.

13 years later, we met again at a Primary school class gathering.

Now, we walk together as one.

He smiles when I smile.
He comes to me when I pout.
He is my shelter, shielding me from the rain.

Today, is our 1st year anniversary.

Thank you for your love, baby!

Friday, October 02, 2009; 3:50 PM

I went for another jog again, this time at the park opposite my block.

MAD TIRED.

With the 3kg weight gain, it's tough carrying those excess weight around!

I don't know what got into me but the numbers on my weighing scales has been increasing each time I stepped on it. I COULDN'T FREAKING CONTROL MY DIET. WHY???

I remembered asking Eric one day, "Do you think I have 暴食症 (complusive eating disorder)?"

Say hi to BYE BYE ARMS AND THUNDER THIGHS.