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Friday, January 01, 2010

Happy Baking and Happy New Year

Hey there, how are you?

I am good.

Because i finally get to satisfy my baking crave

and when i say there is no better way to get ready for a brand new year than baking

i mean it :)

i baked a cheesecake, a fruit tart and muffins because we had guests coming on new year's eve

there was A LOT of stuffs involved

just like some complicated and messy and scandalous affairs

affairs between the very healthy

and extremely evil food.

First up, Espresso Fudge Cheesecake by Smitten Kitchen (who else?)

and this time, i used 2 packets of double chocolate chips cookies for the crust. the recipe calls for chocolate wafers but i can't find any from my local supermarket. and i was too busy to make any.

Question: What does chocolate wafer look like anyway? like Chipsmore?

mix everything in a food processor (which i dun have)

and u will end up with a perfect crust (but mine was perfect toooooo) *beams*

what makes this recipe so special (at least i think so) is the fudge/choc ganache.

i am a sucker for chocolate.

i really am.

and my friend, the amount of creamcheese that goes into this cake is

INCREDIBLE

i am glad that i don't like cheese

i really am

KitchenAid is my life long best friend.

can you see that little bottle of Hennessy XO at the background? well i don't have any Kahlua. and all alcohol taste the same to me so XO was the way to go :p

bake the creamcheese filling for 1 hr ++ until the cake cracks.

literally

cool the cake down and cover the cake with a layer of 'concealer' - sour cream in this case

garnish the cake with some leftover chocolate ganache and there you go

this cake really takes ages to assemble so remember to make ahead, make ahead and make ahead.

and please only bake this for someone really special, because it really does take awhile to make, and when i say a while, i mean 8 hours, possibly 9 or 10 or 12 hrs. not because it's complicated but because it requires a fair bit of mixing-chilling-mixing-baking-freezing-mixing-baking-freezing-frezzing-waiting-freezing-waiting-granishing-and-waiting. u get the idea. oh and the cleaning up *shivers* thank god i din make this when i was in melbourne. so people, only make this for VIPs in ur life, like you mother.

P.S. i dunno what it tasted like because i dun cheese remember? but it does look very presentable :p doesn't it?

and i made this Pear and Almond Tart again!

because i like making tart, and i like pear, and i like almond.

and because i have a proper tart mold

and have i told u that i am currently in love with almond?

almond filling into sweet crunchy baked tart

and succulent halved pears

nicely arranged on the top

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how could you NOT love baking

how could you?

and lastly~

it's good to be home!

HAPPY 2010 PEOPLE!

Labels: baking and me, family n love, holidays

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Summer Break

i have been home for a week.

i haven done much *duh*

but it was by far, the most happening week for the past year :p

yes my life is very predictable that way :)
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we had a christmas dinner 2 days before Christmas

it was an office function

with the adults

and jap food

and prezzie for 'secret santa'

so it wasn't very exciting at all :P

and since i am back, we have been playing a lot of sports

we do bowling

bowling

and bowling

because mum is really good at it

and dad is good at it as well

sis can play pretty well

and i SUCK when it comes to bowling

=.=

and this

this is my greastest establishment since i come back

it's a scarf i knitted for mum

an exceptionally easy to make scarf

and i am going to tell you a secret

promise not to tell anyone else !

promise?

i just looked up the spelling for scarf on google

Labels: holidays, home

Monday, July 27, 2009

50th AMSA Convention - Take 2

Tuesday

Hey People, meet Professor Vinay Kumar

every medical student knows Vinay Kumar. well at least every body who did their PBL because Robbin and Cotrans Pathology Textbook is like a bible that solves every medical mystery and keeps you alive and looks less foolish in your PBL. (okay i admit i exaggerate a little) and Professor Kumar just happen to be their editor.

now you get how important and famous he is among us geeky medical students?

i quote mel "this is as close as we can get to a medical celebrity" how true is that?!
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and on the same day, we had a panel discussion on medical students welfare as well

attended were from left to right
Jamie Alexander, Vice Presidenr External of AMSA
Tiffany Fulde, President of AMSA
President of New Zealand Medical Student Society whose name is unknown to me and was labelled as the eye candy on the panel by Jamie Alexander, on stage, in front of everyone (yes u hear me right) i wonder what past do they share *smirk*
and Medical Deans from Bonds University, University of Griffith and Queensland University (in no particular order)

and some one else.
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and then we were given a talked by Perry Cross

a young man who became a quadriplegic after a sport accident when he was a teenager who is now advocating on research to cure if not treat paralysis. We were given an insight of what it's like to feel unabled and were also told about how important hope is for patients. it was those kind of talk that get you thinking and appreciate what you've got.
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in the afternoon, it was workshop time! and mel and i decided to go to -->

Basic Suturing!

it was a very hands-on experience and we had it all!

trotters with a longitudinal incision at the front

CHECK!

experienced surgeon teacher

CHECK!

dedicated students

CHECK!

AND CHECK!

honestly i had never enjoyed sewing that much before in my life! i was so reluctant to leave the room actually. but thank god mel dragged me out, or else i will be the most hated people on earth because apparently there were a LOT of people waiting outside to get into the 2nd session. it was the best time of my life!!!
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Social Night:

Theme: Renaissance

Club: The Met

and this time we managed to get into the club

and it was the best social night of that week. at least the music was dance-able. we had a great time and danced a little before we headed back to our ever so comfy apartment. and and and we had CUP NOODLES for supper, i know it was unhealthy but still *grin*

Next Up - EMC and half naked competitive hot future doctors

Labels: holidays, medicine and me

Saturday, July 25, 2009

50th AMSA Convention - Take 2

Monday

it was the grand opening of the 50th AMSA Convention. and i was surprised that many people actually turned up for that event. especially after the very late night out on Sunday. But anyway, the point is, it was indeed a very GRAND opening.

this is the the National President of AMSA Tiffany Fulde

and the saying that you can either only have the brain OR the look is so not true. some poeple just have it all.
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and so if she the 2009 Brisbane AMSA Convenor Elizabeth Hayem

The Governor of Queensland, Her Excellency Penelope Wensley was invited to the Opening Ceremony.

and she is one remarkable woman. It will take me an hour to write down what she has achieved (and i dun have that patience) so i suggest you utilize wikipedia. :) She gave us a very inspiring talk on health issues *duh* but it was a shame that i kind of tuned off 30 mins into her speech. i was still receovering from my jet lag you see. *excuse excuse and more excuses*
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Speakers on board were:
Lincoln Hall

a famous Mt. Everest Survival who lost half of his distal phalanx to frost bite when he was left to die at Mt Everest and still doing rock climbing despite the fact that his touch sensory has greatly decreased since then.
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Nick Earls, a doctor turned writer

the funniest speakers of all. he told us stories about his life as a medical student, how he couldn't live up to his mother's expectations, who is also a doctor herself, expectations such as having a human liver thrown at him while doing dissection, expectation of not studying too hard as a young medical student. it was good fun. oh and he also told us baout how he got through med school, more specifically passed his last exam to become a doctor, by divine intervention. it somehow involved a pope. and it was the most unbelievable funny story i have ever heard.
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next up, Tania Major

the advocate for indigenous health. she is young and bold. some one who you really have to look up to.
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and last but not least.

Social Night.

Theme: Ancient Civilization

Club: The Chalk

mel was refused entry into the club. reason - malaysia ID is not recognizable in Brisbane. oh i mean the Chalk in Brisbane. we had no problem going to other venues (of course after having to point out that our birth date is incorperated into our ID number and 890307 stands for 7th March 1989 etc. every single time). Anyway, we were stucked outside the club, with a very drunk AMSA delegate so we decided to just leave and headed out for dinner instead.

and i am glad we did. it was a quiet night out with no hectic music people randomly making out.

and decent food too!

have i told u that the day before i had the worst fried rice ever. it was more like steamed rice, soaked into oil, mixed with half cooked peas and carrots, 3 prawns and some very few scrambled egg DEBRIS. that's what it was and i din exaggerate a bit. not even a bit bit. so i really really enjoyed the dinner ;)

Labels: holidays, medicine and me

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Friday, January 01, 2010

Happy Baking and Happy New Year

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Summer Break

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