a 15 out of 10!?!!

celebrate national day! yippie! independance to my freedom as an independant chic! it was simply a smashing day for me. i seriously can't remember how did i celebrate the previous national day but this 2006 shall be the best. enjoyed my yummy dinner, dressed up prettily, met new friends (can't remember a single name .. haha), countdown, cheered, sang a patriotic song, danced all night long, took up the bottoms up challenge, chated, laughed, took pleasure of the surroundings, glad to be able to walk in a straight line, maintained my drinking title, drove back in one piece, a nice warm shower, snuggled into my comfortable duvey, dozed off with a smiley smirk on my face, woke up late without any alarm clock buzzing and lastly ... yummy claypot chicken rice. i am just sooooooo mesmerised how my day started and ended. yup, definitely a pleasurable and satisfactory time. merdeka to ya all out there!

mushrooms

i just love mushrooms .. yummy .. mushroom soup, button mushroom, golden mushroom, mushroom pie, etc. another foody fettish of mine. maybe because i have a button mushroom nose. (^_^) v ... yeah!

a buddy of mine is facinated with his photography skill. lucky for him that i too enjoy all of his pictures altho he keeps on saying he's an amateur that lacks the professional skill. i was browsing through my yahoo email and went back as far as 2004. guess what ... found some 'ol good pic of uk mushrooms!! too bad it aint any pictures of food. enjoy looking at it as much as i do.

allo!!

how do you answer your calls? i'd always find it amusing to hear my colleagues answering my calls with their own personal creative ways. "weeeiiii ... huhhhhh ... allo!! ... ah ... uhuh ... yup ... mmmm ... what ... etc".

reminds me of my brothers. spectacular way of answering calls. "the man is in the house ... wat'z up! ... yo mama! ... moshi moshi ... ooohhh i feel sexy ... yeh bebeh! ... howdy ... *burp!! ... oh man! i have a sexy butt! ... oooooh yaa it feels so nice to dig my nose, yo!" etc. i am always entertained without fail. once challenged my bro to greet our dad with his wacky greetings (b.i.m. it's a respectful family). thought he would be a chicken to the very core and wouldn't let off his guard. should have guessed better that i should never ever challenge a lalung. "yo! daddy-o watz uuuuppp?! give me 5""what yo and o huh??!! only i can say that to you".

again today, i've laughed my head off when my director made a call with his loud speaker on (trust me, his loud speaker is extremely loud till i could hear it with the door closed). "toot ... toot ... toot ... then a funny and scary hokkien song was played". If i could jump off my seat to find out where the heck did that music came from, imagine the odd look on my director's face when he nearly jumped off his seat to look left and right and up the ceiling and finally realised it was from the other receiving end. question - had to ask why he had to look up at the ceiling for a sec. claimed that he nearly had a fright of his life and thought it was a heart attack and had to confront god immediately.

personally i darn hate it. pollution to my nice sweet innocent ears. plzzzzzzzz!! so ah beng!! *shake shake head* -_-" people these days ...

note to cheekypau - lots of people heck care to the image being portrayed. cheekypau shall always take pride of her divine etiquette.

someone

it's just so hard to find someone that's :-

• 91% cheeky
• 92% funny
• 93% hugable
• 94% sweet
• 95% loving
• 96% understanding
• 97% helpful
• 98% cheerful
• 99% cute.... AND
• 100% caring

wait a minute! hmmm ... sounds familiar ... that's ME!! hahaha ... i am so full of myself today so don't break my spririt ^_^

how should it be ...

how wonderful life should be ...

how sweet things can turn into sour ...

how simple promises can be made ...

how scary to have any expectation ...

how easily hope can be broken ...

how sad the sweet dreams were taken away ...

how difficult to understand it and why and why ...

how much thoughts were even considered ...

how much pain and sorrow it caused ...

how much drop of tears to cry out ...

how many more regrets to apologise ...

how sincerely remorseful are you filled with ...

how could you even do this to your sister, good friend and a person like me ...

how satisfied are you now ...

(~ by cheekypau ~)

i find no comfort in pain ... done is done ... bygones be bygones.

a tribute to my potato

had my yummy yummy yummy mashed potato at chillis for dinner. i am what you may call a potato freak. i just love 90% of the dishes made out of potato. the wonders of a humble potato that can be transformed into something exciting. hear no evil, see no evil and speak no evil -_- my potato fetish ain't fattening. done my research more or less 10 years ago. i'll just brush off the "fattening" remark with a smirk and forgive you for not being informative on it. for your info, a medium sized potato is only 100 calories, contains zero fat, cholesterol free and a good source of vitamins. frankly, my dear, whoever still thinks it's fattening, i don't give a damn and i just love my potatoes.

behold cheekypau's recipe. i do master some cooking skills but for my family's pleasure only. hehe. these are just a few of it :-

• potato salad:
  boil potato into salt water till tender. plunge into cold water. dice it into cubes. boil tomato into water less than 10 sec. plunge into cold water. finely dice the flesh without the seed. toss the potato cubes and tomato and lettuce leaves and mango cubes and olives and grated parmesan and black pepper and olive oil. yummy healthy potato salad!
• potato croquettes:
  boil potato into salt water till tender. drain till really dry then puree. mix with salt and black pepper and butter and egg yolk and diced ham and cheese and diced tomato. flour your hands and form into balls and cover and refrigerate. when ready to cook, coat with flour and egg and breadcrumbs and deep fry until golden brown. yummy french savoury!
• roast potato:
  boil quarter sized potato into salt water. once boil and still hot, lightly scratch with a fork. preheat roasting pan high heat and add oil (about 1cm) and when starts to smoke, add in hot potato. bake until golden brown and sprinkle with salt. yummy crispy hot potato!
• mashed potato:
  boil potato into salt water till tender. mash with a fork or masher and gradually mix butter/cream and hot milk. season with salt and black pepper. yummy creamy flavour!
• potato and button mushroom chowder:
  fry bacon cubes and potato cubes for 10min. add chicken stock and diced button mushroom and boil and simmer till potato tender. add cream and simmer 5 min. season with salt and black pepper.
• french fries:
  go to mcd! it's my favourite and the best!! hehe.

note to cheekypau: how versatile a delightful understated vegetable can be. hail ye potato!