Divers Scallops!

Look at those diver scallops! I wish i could find a fresh, raw, one here. But its so expensive, the texture is to die for and the flavours are easily sealed on the surface of the scallops. What would sound more yummy is if the scallops were caramelized! Especially when you eat it with a puree. Flavours wouldn't be easily clashed, especially when scallops are used. But diver scallops, now these little babies are handpicked off a rock by scuba divers. This is a must try, maybe later on after i've gone to college, or after i've finished my studies, i'll go round the world and try these scallops.

Chefs that I admire :)

Ina Garten :)

"In 1978, Ina Garten found herself working in the White House on nuclear energy policy and thinking, "There's got to be more to life than this!" She saw an ad for a small food store for sale in a place she'd never been: the Hamptons at the end of Long Island, New York. She and her husband drove up to investigate and made the owner an offer on the spot. Two months later she found herself the owner of Barefoot Contessa, a small specialty food shop. Twenty years later, Barefoot Contessa grew to a large food emporium where twenty cooks and bakers prepared the food. Twenty-five more employees worked in the store helping thousands of customers to choose breads, salads, dinners and baked goods to take home. In 1996, Ina sold the store to her employees. In 2003, the new owners of Barefoot Contessa decided to close their doors and go on to new adventures. In 1999, Ina wrote her first book, The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook, which was one of the best-selling cookbooks of the year. The book invites readers into her specialty food store and shares the recipes that made it such a success. Ina lives in East Hampton, New York with her husband Jeffrey, who is a professor at the Yale School of Management."

Some people really underestimate cullinary arts, or people who take that particular course. For me, courses in this world, no matter how glamorous it sounds like, no matter how much it pays you, in the end it's all about you waking up everyday doing the same thing. What is your passion, what is that thing that fills your life, fills your soul with happiness and satisfaction. There is more to life than just money and big careers. It's about doing something that you're passionate about. Ina Garten used to work in a white house, got all her fancy degrees. She's a genius, but she realised that what she's been doing wasn't what she wanted to do. It's okay to make mistakes in life but get yourself back in track before its too late for you. Do something that you love, not what your parents wants you to do. Do something that you love, not what you think pays you good. And never underestimate those who wants to take something that doesn't have anything to do with science, that is something only uneducated people would think of.

Giada De Laurentiis :)

"Giada De Laurentiis has an impressive background of culinary training and a unique, personable charm. She continues to prove her skill and accessibility not only with her expanding presence beyond Food Network but also with the great success of her cookbooks, brand alliances, newly launched food products and recurring role on morning news programmes. Born in Rome, Giada grew up in a large Italian family where the culture of food was a staple in and of itself. As the granddaughter of film producer Dino De Laurentiis, Giada consistently found herself in the kitchen and spent a great deal of time at the restaurant of her grandfather. After graduating from university, her passion for cooking remained. She eventually made the decision to commence professional training at Le Cordon Bleu in Paris. She subsequently returned to Los Angeles, where her training included positions at the prestigious Ritz Carlton Fine Dining Room and Spago in Beverly Hills. She later founded GDL Foods, a catering company in Los Angeles."

I wanna go to Le Cordon Bleu, Paris. It's the top school of cullinary arts! I hateee heeer. She's such a bubbly and happy person. I wanna be like her. Always happy and bubbly and outgoing, and at the same time has gone thru hard times. Le Cordon Bleu is a very tough school, it really teaches you the complete skills of cullinary arts. It is also very expensive, very very very expensive. People that became chefs after learning there, they're just indescribable. Tough as a rock, but Giada, shes different. She's tough and bubbly at the same time. <3

YOU

yohooo, haha, i don't like permutations :P what a great introduction, i dont know why but i find differentiation even easier than that :P haha permutation is something u have to think abt deeply, unless if theres an easy method to just rearrange the numbers easily. I understand a liiiiil bit only, which is bad news! Im gonna wait for my tuisyen teacher to teach me about it, then if i still dont understand, i'll cry, knock my head on the wall for 5000 times, put my head in the toilet bowl, lock myself in my room and do 23948905728349837403298743 permutation questions! You know whts the sad thing?!?! i can't do exercises that i don't even know the basic of :P When i was in the hospital, i was so worried i culdnt catch up with permutation. Since i didnt go to school for a week, and my class has alrdy started learning tht. So i opened my reference book and tried to do some permutation questions. The only thing tht i succeeded at was on how to use the calculator :P I tried to understand the question, the concept of it but i still culdnt, i dont think im a deep thinker. Haha. I hate thinking abt something rlly rlly long but thts the price i have to pay if i wanna score on tht question la. Haih, okay, patience is the keyyy! And hardwork of course :P

Anyways, im still struggling with Interlok. I don't know why i can't even pass one page of it, its not like its complex bm, but its just too much bunga bunga around the ayat and all, its hard for me to understand. Esp when i can't even speak bm well, not even english :P ahh struggling with languages. Not surprising for a person like me. I like mathhh stuff. Hihi k thts all!

Race

Havent been updating my blog, for quite awhile. Im having a feeling tht i'll stop updating it soon, maybe until im actually free, i havent been feeling very well. Tho, that's not the story now. During the period of time where i felt rlly sick, literally sick. I noticed something that i havent noticed. For a long time. Which was the value of family. They were there for me, when I needed them. I was sick and i was so scared something was gonna happen to me. The names of people that i care and love about just appears in my mind and it was like a wake up call to me.

A wake up call telling me that i should start appreciating my life, appreciating what ive got now, instead of to blind myself and paint something thats temporary. And wow, people would just say, you just got tht wake up call now? i mean like now? seriously? just now? i know it might be a little late for that, but its never too late for me to do something about it. I've been so angry about a lot of things. I've been judging a lot of things and people. I never really had the right to. Acceptance is something hard. For me. Acceptance of life, fate. But like I said, that wake up call really did slap me in the face. If i believe in myself, I can do anything. It is the most cliche thing anyone could ever say about life, it really is. Bcause okay you have a starting line, you're in a race. Okay, you've alrdy set your mind to win. To get first place, to beat the others. To just put aside anything and focus. You're alrdy determined. Thats the first step, and then when they blew the whistle, you just start to press that green button in the middle of ur heart. And you just tell yourself, go. But then this race wasn't a short race, it wasnt just a few metres. It was a few kilometres. And you start to get tired. And all these feelings will come to you and tell you, enough, its okayy. you can stop trying now, you're too tired to face this. You're gonna fall and get yrself injured if u push yrself to the limit. And your heart which was beating so fast is listening to all these small voices that your head trasmits thru ur body, and yr heart tells you, noo, dont stop, u promised to put aside ANYTHING, tht was gonna get in your way. And you get confused. You don't know what to do, you don't know which to choose. Which decision would be the one that you wont regret choosing? That is life.

All these voices, obstacles, people you dislike, a society you think is trash, things that are a waste of time, unworthy of your attention. They are those little voices that will be transmitted through your life. Tho, life is not a race, it is a journey, so appreciate every pit stop u have, by making it worthwhile. I promise myself to focus on things that matter. And put aside most of the things that are not. I will try my best.

Appreciation of life itself, becoming suddenly aware of the miracle of being alive, on this planet, can turn what we call ordinary life into a miracle. We come awake to such a realization when we recognize our connection to a spiritual dimension. - Dan Wakefield