A Warm Bowl Of PorK Rib Soup

I told Mom about my craving for some nice Teochew BKT and she bought some wonderful pork ribs from the wet market this morning. I love cooking but I'm the type of person who would never step into wet market if I have the choice. We split our duties. She goes to the wet market and I cook. She doesn't cooks Teochew style BKT but she cooks wonderful BKT with herbs which is clearly not my area of expertise.

Enjoying some nice you tiao with coffee while blogging...
Took hours to prepare but only minutes to finish them. I'm starting to crave for them all over again.

Procrastination, Guilty As Charged

32 blog entries for Beauty Works blog in less than 120 hours, imagine the amount of articles that I shifted and filtered through. It's one of the little thing that I enjoyed doing, reading about everything related to beauty under the sky. Being able to share the knowledge with others and getting comments and feedback's are the greatest pleasures I've gained ever since I've started the blog. If only I could do it consistently. The other thing that I really enjoyed doing is playing online games which explains the 3 windows on my computer. The game's window is hiding behind and I'm simply as guilty as charged, for playing online games in pretense of working on some serious matter.

My biggest weakness so far is procrastination in certain aspect of my life. I could be efficient in some area but at the same time I could be a slacker in other area. Once I started working on something, I can go non stop but if I never got started on anything, it will take me forever to get it started. Needed a lot of motivation to get my butt moving especially if there's a due date coming. It wouldn't be a problem if everything else comes with an obvious due date.

Like the book that I'm trying to write. Begun the project months ago and I've written bits of various chapters. Only bits of the prologue and bits of the epilogue. Only God knows how long will it takes for me to finish with this book. Will I ever achieved my life long dream to publish a book of my own? Sigh...

Another thing is the floor plans, it's been dragging for a year now. Why can't they just give me a due date? At least that would make me finish it long time ago. I must, I mean I REALLY MUST get it done soon. How soon? We shall see...

Lady Gaga on Getting Married: “I Can Buy Myself a Fuckin’ Ring”

From her first days on the Lower East Side, Lady Gaga has pushed the limits of hair, makeup, and couture.

Lady Gaga gets candid with Vanity Fair about her history with relationships: “I have never felt truly cherished by a lover. I have an inability to know what happiness feels like with a man,” the singer tells contributing editor Lisa Robinson. “I say this honestly, and this is my new thing as of the past year: when I fight with someone I’m in a relationship with, I think, What would my fans think if they knew this was happening? How would they feel about my work and about me as a female if they knew I was allowing this to go on? And then I get out.”

Will her rumored romance with Vampire Diaries actor Taylor Kinney be a departure from this disappointing history? “I have this effect on people where it starts out good. Then, when I’m in these relationships with people who are also creative, or creative in their own way, what happens is the attraction is initially there and it’s all unicorns and rainbows. And then they hate me.” But her creativity is the one thing she says she will not compromise on, no matter the cost to her romantic life. “Perhaps it’s a whose-dick-is-bigger contest. If I go to the piano and write a quick song and play it back, they are angry with how fast and effortless it is. That’s who I am, and I don’t apologize for it. But it’s a hideous place to be in when someone that you love has convinced you that you will never be good enough for anyone. I had a man say to me, ‘You will die alone in a house bigger than you know, with all your money and hit records, and you will die alone.’” In these dark moments, Gaga tells Robinson, she has found meaning in her work: “Even though I know it sounds a bit Hallmark, whenever I [was] in that kind of stressful, worthless moment, I would think, I’ll show you.’” Gaga continues, “I think what it really is, is that I date creative people. And I think that what intimidates them is not my purse; it’s my mind.”

Gaga says the weird thing is, after she’s left a few people, they’ve asked her to marry them. “How fuckin’ romantic, you asshole. Sure, pop a ring on my finger and make it all better. I can buy myself a fuckin’ ring.”

Robinson spends time on the set of Lady Gaga’s most raw and personal video to date, “Marry the Night.” It is “autobiographical,” according to Gaga, and required the grueling task of “getting ready to relive the worst day of my life.” She has never talked about it before. Prior to filming a hospital scene in which Gaga, appearing bruised and drugged up, is wheeled on a gurney into a women’s clinic, she asks Robinson and a few others in her trailer how far she should go with the re-enactment; she decides to commit to it fully.

“It’s chaotic and sad. But I don’t want it to be safe,” she says.

Via Vanity Fair

Looking Back

What exactly had happened in that particular year for you? Was it a bitter or a sweet memory for you?

Have you ever wished you could turn back the hand of that clock on the wall? Or go back even way beyond that? I do actually.

My entire core was based on certain belief. I was enthralled in a trance as if I dabbled in some sort of cult. I had always believe that if I'd be a good being, earned some brownie points and held on to it long enough, it would bring me happiness. It had almost caused me my sanity and my life.


One particular year, this entire core of mine had collapsed when the bubble that I grew up in had been pricked repeatedly by some unmentionable beings. The bubble that held myself and my belief together. Deeply shaken, it was the most difficult time of my life. It was so painful that it felt surreal. The thought of it always brings tears to my eyes.

I had been trying to rebuild my core from that day onwards and I'm still working on it. I don't know how long will it takes to finish or if it's ever finish. Looking back, it would be much easier if I could just turn back time and back to the days of the innocence. At least I was a still a piece of white canvas to begin with.

Another unresolved matter that dragged on for another year for me. Anyone else out there?

Anyway, Happy Winter Solstice everyone!

Getting Sick

I'm feeling so sick now and my nose is running everywhere. I hope these 2 little blue pills will help me to catch my nose. Remember the red and the blue pills in the Matrix? Not that they are relating anyway. The drowsiness is creeping up now...

NAPBAS 2011

LAST FRIDAY WILL BE A REMINDER TO EVERY BLOGGERS IN THIS REGION THAT HARD WORKS REALLY PAYS!

It was one the biggest Nuffnang events ever, it's the Nuffnang Asia-Pacific Blog Awards 2011! It's equivalent to the Oscars for the blogsphere. 550 bloggers from 10 countries flying in to attend it: Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Australia, Thailand, Hong Kong, China, Brunei and even as far as Japan.

It was pretty awkward for me to brave it all alone as I'm not really the sociable type. Sometimes I would take forever to get warm to someone. So, I just stood there pretending to be some life sized statue until I gathered enough courage to talk to a few bloggers.

The owner of kuE


The Hall Of Fame
My initial plan was to meet the bloggers that I've always been following and maybe had some pictures taken with them.I saw Wendy Cheng, Ringo Tan, Ken Wooi and Cindy Tey but I was simply too shy to approach them.

I met this lovely young lady named Clarice (I hope I get her name right). She reminded me of my teen self. She's so bubbly and very much an enthusiast. Too bad she couldn't infect me with some of them.

The menu





Congrats to all of the winners

Best Photography Blog - Photoblog.hk
Best Geek Blog - Geekout.ph
Best Food Blog - LadyIronChef.com
Best Fashion Blog - Cheeserland.com
Most Original Blog Design - EatShowandTell.com
Best Parenting Blog - Childhood101.com
Best Travel Blog - JustWandering.org
Best Entertainment Blog - Beautifulnara.com
Best Lifestyle Blog - Jenniepperson.com
Hidden Gem - Googlygooeys.com
Best Micro Blog - @kennysia
Most Influential blog - XiaXue.sg
Region’s Best blog - XiaXue.sg


It was certainly something to remember.

Why Bother To Ask The Obvious?

Festive seasons and weddings are supposed to be happy occasions for everyone except for the singles. We dreaded to meet our relatives and friends during those times. These people really dampen our mood with some dreaded stuffs.

The mood spoiler?
"When is your turn...to get married?"

Why bother to ask when it's so blatantly obvious? Obviously, there'll be announcements and invitations given if the event in question really takes place. These people has nothing better to say?


Next time I will ask these very same bunch of people at the funeral the same question. "So, when's your turn?" It's obvious that you are bound to die sooner or later right?