kill that boredom

Due to my hectic schedules lately ,
i'm finally back to my busy days ..

apparently my work has taken up so much of my time
that i literally do nothing but work , work and work ..

Beside handling the usual stresses that i'm facing ..
i'm currently down with boredom -_-
nothing seems to excite me haha ...
it's killing man !

basically
these days ... i have ...

No time for proper meals
No time to engage any of my fav activities
No time to bake
No time to swim
No time for holiday
No fav song play list
No fav shopping wish list
No inspiration at work
Nothing to look forward ..

worst !

Nothing to blog !!

Agrrrrrrrrrrrr...
everything seems dull gray to me now =/

oh well ..
but at least i had a nice dinner with sherlyn couple of days back and ended our day @ dempsey - ben & jerry ... =)

i heart BEN & JERRY !

and i really miss it ! =p

i look so retard here lol ..

alright .. i better stop rambling .. lol ..
maybe that explains my boredom =P
hmmm i guess everyone might have go thru this state of mind before
so how did you guys handle or overcome it ?
would love to hear from you .. ^-^

mid break wednesday ..

hello guys ! .. been buried with tons of work lately but i always got ways and excuses to take a break ultimately hahah ... lazy me =p .. met jeremy up in the afternoon as benjamin is apparently out of town again ( so good life ! ) and sherlyn will be heading home after work ..

so left two bored nuts !
haha , just sharing here what we did today ...

as usual , we in town again ... =/

first thing is to fill up our stomach first ...


we had pepper lunch !!


we head down to haji lane after lunch ..
as town was pretty boring ... haha ...







after a long tiring long walk under the hot sun we took a break
@ a cafe along the shop houses ..

nice place to chill thou ..



we finally end our last stop @ marina square ..

we had pasta de waraku for dinner .. slurrrp...


dinner pretty satisfying for sure ..
cuz i'm a known big PASTA lover ! =D


indeed another laid back day for me .. ( so guilty !! )
ooh well , gotta work harder tomorrow =p
and reckon will be busy for the next few months ...
been pretty troubled recently ...
hmmm , i'm not having sleeping disorder again
but i keep dreaming for the past few weeks ..
same person , same place , same scenario...
is my dream trying to tell me something ?
i seriously dunno .. mayb some things can never be explained ..
but it's really kinda disturbing ...
hopefully i can sleep in peace tonight .. haha
nite peeps .. will try to blog more often ..
c ya soon =) hugggs ..

surprise valentine ..

just wanna say a big thank you here to express my deepest appreciation to this three wonderful people who surprise me with these sweet lovely gifts .


thanks for brightening up my " lonely " valentine day ^-^
it's always the thought that count =)

Valentine's secret special ..

Hi dearest peeps !
it's valentine day again ..
but it's gonna be another lonely v day for me again .. =(
too bad nothing juicy to share with you guys here lol ( kidding ! )
but hopefully you guys still interested in my baking ?
haha .. if it is , hope what i did up specially today wont disappoint you =)
check it out ! .. =)


spend the whole afternoon preparing .... =)

i know i dun have the best culinary skills including baking , but i always believe in putting all my heart and soul while working on my creations .. therefore the biggest compliment or accomplishment will come from people who appreciate my effort and nothing else matter .

and after garnishing
my dessert ready for presentation !

DUNCAN'S SWEET V DAY CREATION

for today ,
i shall not disclose this recipe of my new creation lol
as it suppose to be my " SECRET RECIPE " of mine ... ^-^''
hopefully one day i will be able to prepare this for my very " special " one on V day ..
geeezzzzz =/ haha so how do i fair today ??? .... =p



on a side note ..
saw this awesome performance by the incredible and talented alicia keys doing this relatively old number " No one " in the Grammy awards few days back , for those who haven seen it hope you guys will enjoy this breath taking performance that i've been replaying on and on for the past few days .. she nailed it and definitely one of the most amazing performer that rock the night !
enjoy =)





oh well ...
Mr lonely duncan will be spending his v day alone sob sob ....
haha .. for those lucky ones .. enjoy this romantic day with full of loves ...
bye peeps .. gotta hide under my blanket lol .... >_<

Cny reunions ...

was out in town yesterday to run some last minute errands ..
had our so call " reunion " dinner with my usual gang of friends too ..

we didnt specially pick this place for our dinner ..
cuz basically we were all too lazy move to any other dining place in town .. ha ..

sherlyn

jeremy

benjamin

and me .. of cuz ..lol

anyway some of the random pics we took last night ..

dinner was pretty satisfying and of cuz enjoyed my friends company very much too .. =D
we ended our night with our regular singing session ..

* * * * * * * *
* happy new year *

* pull your ear .. -__-" *

* * * * * * * *

haha .. enough of my crap ... lol ..
though im not a big fan of CNY ( cny sucks ! so boring lol )
but i still hope you guys will enjoy yours ..
anyway, i hereby wish everyone in the year of rat
Full of luck , love , laughter , happiness , fortune
and most importantly stay healthy !! and stay cute of cuz ! ha ..
gtg peeps .
enjoy your reunion dinner too =D

CNY butter cookies ..

been pretty held up with work lately .. but still manage to " squeeeeezzee " out some time to " wreck up " my kitchen again lol ... but sharing here today is something very very easy and simple cause i'm baking with what's available in my kitchen ( i'm so lazy to source for ingredients !! ) haha ...

so let's check out what's left in my storage ..

INGREDIENTS

80 g margarine / butter
60g castor sugar
1 egg
100g flour
10g corn flour
10g milk powder
1 tsp baking powder

and since new year is just around the corner ..
this is CNY cookies recipe will be perfect for people who bakes ..

6 easy quick steps .

1. mix butter / margarine and castor sugar and beat till creamy
2. Add egg and mix evenly
3. Add flour , corn flour and milk powder to mix evenly
4. place dough on tracing paper and roll cookie dough to about 10 mm thickness
5. cut dough with cookie cutter ( i'm using a star shape )
6. preheat the oven to 160 degrees c and bake for 18 minutes


and after 18 mins ....


freshly bake butter cookies !! =D



FOOD STYLING TIME !

i specially did up something for this festive season ..

DUNCAN'S CNY BUTTER COOKIES

though butter cookies are commonly found everywhere and easy to bake
but i really hope what i did today will still be relished . =p
bye peeps ! ^-^



on a side note .. china heaviest unusual snow storm in 50 years have wrecked havoc on the country economy , meanwhile thousand of cars are trapped on highways , millions of people are stranded at airports and causing deaths too .. in spore we are so fortunate not to go thru this deadly climate disaster attack , so let's hope this will soon be over and everyone will able to spend their new year in peace =)