Starting Fresh!

So its a new year, that means new resolutions! This year, i have decided that i needed a new change. Since 2009 was such a bad year, i have decided to set goals for myself to achieve. That means be more ambitious and courageous!(You know stepping outside the box) So, i plan to study harder than i am right now, take care of my hair and maintain it. Taking care of my body, which is eating healthier and getting enough exercise! Sleeping is very important, that's something that i am lacking of. School has made me so tired, exhausted and stressed! What i like to do in my spare time (and you might want to try it out also) is to take my time and take a lush bath. Lush is a "bathing" store per say, they sell bubble bars(bubble bath), bath bombs and a lot more goodies! I find taking a bubble (lush, because i use a whole bunch of their different products and mix it in) bath is soOoooOOOOoooo relaxing, the warm hot water relaxes and loosen your tense muscles, the water turns into different colors (depending on what products you use) and the SCENT! It smells soooo AMAZING! (and again, depending on what products you use) When im taking a lush bath i love doing facials and and creating a relaxing atmosphere, i lit up the candles turn off the lights and bring in my laptop and just watch my favourite shows such as, ugly betty and desperate housewives, of course my laptop is far from water so don't worry, i won't get electrocuted LOL. Sometime it's good to treat yourself after a long day. It's worth it and you should totally try it out, this year, treat yourself because you deserved it! I am also really getting into skin care and facial, spa stuff, i realized i should take care of my skin and prevent it from aging as much as possible! I feel that by setting new goals for myself i can achieve them and feel really good about it! What are your new resolutions? (LOL i know its feburary, but its still early in the year right? :P)

Hmmm...

I don't know why, but this year, I've been feeling so gloomy and emo.. Of course I'm not sad or have this uneasy feeling all the time, but it's just been a bad year. There's always something going on in my life, as much as i try to avoid drama, it just seems to come to me. Friends had come and go, some are just well, complicated. I try to think positive, but it's just temporary. I tried to avoid my problems, but it just gets worse. So I just end up taking it all in, accepting it the way it is, I guess that's why i feel so unhappy. Am i a negative force? I don't understand. Sometime I wish i could move away to a different location and start fresh, learn from my mistakes and change what I've done wrong. Sigh.. And what makes me sad the most, is that times I'm suppose to enjoy or should be enjoying the most, I'm never 100% happy at the time because there's always something that is on my mind.. Why do i have to think so much? Why??!!


(sigh)

Tapioca Tong Sui

I have been craving for tapioca tong sui for a very long time but since I am lazy to follow my mum to the market, I am ashamed to say that I do not know how a tapioca looks like! OK kidding, I've seen it before.. but if you put a tapioca, taro,yam, the whole root family in front of me, I wouldn't be able to recognize it...i think. Anyway, I only know how it looks like after it is cooked! haha so obviously when I go to the supermarket, I look for the word "Tapioca" but I have never seen a tapioca in my 4 years in Peterborough supermarkets (really kampung area). But!! Hamilton's Vietnamnese S&S supermarket sells cassavas! Both fresh and frozen kind.

DID YOU KNOW THAT TAPIOCA IS ALSO KNOWN AS CASSAVA?
other names include: manioc,mandioca,aipim,macaxeira,manioca,boba,yuca
recognize any?~ ^^

Ingredients
1 Tapioca (the tapioca that has a powdery texture are the best)
2-3 Pandan leaves (tie in a knot)
Palm sugar/gula melaka
a slice of ginger
Sago

Directions

1) Soak sago in water for about 1-2 hours. Then boil it in water till it is translucent. Let it sit for a while more(If you cannot tahan and want to eat it right away you can skip this part). Drain, rinse under cold water, and set aside.
How to know your sago is cooked? It should be completely translucent without any white dots in it.

2) In the mean time, peel the tapioca skin (have to use as big knife the skin is so tough) and chop it into desired shapes. The smaller it is, the faster it cooks.

3) Add water to a pot and bring to a boil (Agak-agak the amount of water). Add the tapioca, ginger, and pandan leaves. Bring to a boil again for a few minutes and simmer on medium heat. When it is almost cooked, discard the pandan leaves,and add the palm sugar till it reaches your desired sweetness.

4) Add sago to the dessert. Done. Serve hot or cold.

Welcome!

Hi there!

Welcome to our blog! Here, we will be blogging just about everything! Our cooking experiments, beauty tips and tricks, life experiences, yeah pretty random! Let me introduce myself, my name is Veronica and my friend's name is Ayu. We both love to cook and eat lol, so we decided to start a new blog to take pictures of our experiments on our take of the recipes and blog about it. I guess we were or I was inspired after watching Julie & Julia. I thought it was actually a neat idea, except we are going to blog about everything. Thanks for dropping by and hopefully see you again soon! =)