Uff... This blog is the same as my desk. Dusty! It has been a long time. A year maybe? Almost. It's 9 months and 2 weeks, I guess. So many things have changed in that time. Many. Let's make a list about that, shall we? I want to know how much have I learned.
1. I moved out from my parents' house. For me who can do nothing, what a brave thing to do, ha?
2. I have learned to cook. Still learning everyday actually. I have got to learn, to be exact since no one can cook for me now. I brought my recipe collection to my new house, but many of them are about cakes, brownies. I browsed for recipe and printed it, but there are too many papers and one time our house got flood so I had to put them in the bin. Then I bought recipe book to help me. This book really helps. I bought another book because I got bored of cooking the same thing for months. In all these months, some of my cooking turned out good, some turned out not good and few turned out delicious. Well, I can only think of one that turned out delicious. It was when I made roulade for a little reunion at home with friends and their family. Everyone said it was delicious and they even asked me for the recipe. Quite proud of myself that day :D That's one and maybe only one of my success story. The other day, I tried to bake steamed banana cake and it was a disaster. The last one to steamed ended up burned and my steamer was... also burned of course. It was burned till there was a hole in the steamer! The temperature was too high and I forgot to add water in it. And voila, I have got to buy a new one.
2. I try to do the house chores regularly. I made myself a schedule in order to make the house clean and comfortable to live in. My schedule starts at evening. It's when I prepare ingredients to be cooked for tomorrow morning. I chop onion, garlic, grind ginger, turmeric, pepper, wash vegetables, put them all in a separate bowl and place it in the chiller. At night, the hardest part of my routine. I have to grab my recipe book and choose what is the menu for tomorrow. Sometimes I had to think for a whole day to choose one. When it's done, that's a moment when I can sleep peacefully. Kidding, I always sleep peacefully. The next day, after morning prayer, I cook what I have prepared and get a lunch box to put them in. Yes, we bring lunch for work. This way helps to save money. Breakfast? I make tea and sometimes toast or bubur kacang hijau and ketan hitam that I have cooked the night before. After cooking, time to buy groceries just a few houses away from my house. It doesn't take too long since I already have lists. Then time to clean up the house. Sweep the floor, wipe it, do the dishes, laundry. Usually at 9 or 10 I can get all done. In the afternoon, at 2pm I do the ironing and then have some rest till afternoon where I start over my daily routine.
3. I baked a lot now. I have bought a mixer with a bowl that I have always dreamed of LOL. I bought it at TIP TOP supermarket and they got a good price on this item so I bought it right away. Not only that, I have now mini cake molds, big cake mold (18cm), serving plates. I still dream of an oven. I need it and want it so I can bake chocolate lava cake or anything that needs to be in the oven. I saw a good price of an electric oven Sharp Libre, but I forgot in which supermarket LOL. I wish I have a free standing oven, but it cost me a fortune. Fairy godmother, you know what I want for birthday.
What else to add in the list? Nothing more. I wrote long enough.
PS. I realized this is going to be the first blog in 2013. A first blog in October! >_<
1. I moved out from my parents' house. For me who can do nothing, what a brave thing to do, ha?
2. I have learned to cook. Still learning everyday actually. I have got to learn, to be exact since no one can cook for me now. I brought my recipe collection to my new house, but many of them are about cakes, brownies. I browsed for recipe and printed it, but there are too many papers and one time our house got flood so I had to put them in the bin. Then I bought recipe book to help me. This book really helps. I bought another book because I got bored of cooking the same thing for months. In all these months, some of my cooking turned out good, some turned out not good and few turned out delicious. Well, I can only think of one that turned out delicious. It was when I made roulade for a little reunion at home with friends and their family. Everyone said it was delicious and they even asked me for the recipe. Quite proud of myself that day :D That's one and maybe only one of my success story. The other day, I tried to bake steamed banana cake and it was a disaster. The last one to steamed ended up burned and my steamer was... also burned of course. It was burned till there was a hole in the steamer! The temperature was too high and I forgot to add water in it. And voila, I have got to buy a new one.
2. I try to do the house chores regularly. I made myself a schedule in order to make the house clean and comfortable to live in. My schedule starts at evening. It's when I prepare ingredients to be cooked for tomorrow morning. I chop onion, garlic, grind ginger, turmeric, pepper, wash vegetables, put them all in a separate bowl and place it in the chiller. At night, the hardest part of my routine. I have to grab my recipe book and choose what is the menu for tomorrow. Sometimes I had to think for a whole day to choose one. When it's done, that's a moment when I can sleep peacefully. Kidding, I always sleep peacefully. The next day, after morning prayer, I cook what I have prepared and get a lunch box to put them in. Yes, we bring lunch for work. This way helps to save money. Breakfast? I make tea and sometimes toast or bubur kacang hijau and ketan hitam that I have cooked the night before. After cooking, time to buy groceries just a few houses away from my house. It doesn't take too long since I already have lists. Then time to clean up the house. Sweep the floor, wipe it, do the dishes, laundry. Usually at 9 or 10 I can get all done. In the afternoon, at 2pm I do the ironing and then have some rest till afternoon where I start over my daily routine.
3. I baked a lot now. I have bought a mixer with a bowl that I have always dreamed of LOL. I bought it at TIP TOP supermarket and they got a good price on this item so I bought it right away. Not only that, I have now mini cake molds, big cake mold (18cm), serving plates. I still dream of an oven. I need it and want it so I can bake chocolate lava cake or anything that needs to be in the oven. I saw a good price of an electric oven Sharp Libre, but I forgot in which supermarket LOL. I wish I have a free standing oven, but it cost me a fortune. Fairy godmother, you know what I want for birthday.
What else to add in the list? Nothing more. I wrote long enough.
PS. I realized this is going to be the first blog in 2013. A first blog in October! >_<
