Just Dropping A line!

Its been a pretty long time since i have dropped a few lines in this blog. Its been a normal week besides the fact that my holidays start officially TODAY!! till the week after next. I just sat for my first test in sydney! Haha..will mark this day. :-)

I was home the entire weekend.Didn't feel like going anywhere. Laziness was one but on the other hand i was short of cash..hehe..So quietly sit down at home la ah. But i did lots of cooking. I made mee goreng on saturday and i must say it did turn out well. I made sewiyaan kheer on sunday. That was good too!! But thats a very basic recipe. Monkey see, monkey do kind of thing!

Oh yes! I made sambal on friday and it turned out WELL...yummmmm..i did not add so much oil like how the makciks do. The oil is literally floating on top of the sambal. I wanted something healthy. I have already been putting on weight with all the cakes and biscuits. I have been snacking very unhealthily thus i have decided to stop buying any biscuits altogether and just stock up on fruits and it has been working well so far.

I learnt how to goreng macaroni the malay style from my housemate, Diyana. She is an EXCELLENT cook and i hope to learn a thing or two from here. After all i am here for a learning experience. I think my dad will be thanking god i would be able to cook a decent meal. Haha..

Its been a rather quiet week. its been puring over here. The street lamps are out so the road in front of my house is rather dark. The cars' headlights are the only source of light. But i guess thats how it is like here. Unlike back in Singapore, a street lamp is down , the street lamp will be up and working within the next hour. We can't expect the same thing here as probably because its a bigger country. UMMMMM...i can't think of another reason...haha..

We have a singaporean gathering over at melati's place on friday. I am supposed to make sardine curry..Will update you on that gathering in the next entry. Its just a get together with all the singaporean students from singapore.I need to settle my grocery list. I just want to go out tomorrow. I will probably head down to Auburn and do my shopping there. Have a sinful slice of hazelnut mouse cake with a flat white coffee...my mouth is already drooling at the thought. I finally finished my sambal and sabji today so i shall cook chicken curry tomorrow and probably dhall and taugay over the weekend. Well this is how i excite myself at times. What to do?? I don't have a television to entertain myself so got to make to with something else.Cooking is therapy for me. Its an outlet for me to have fun and relax. I have not been the cook in my house back in Singapore. My mother does all the cooking. I just observed and helped whenever help was needed or when my dad happily volountered to have me do the cooking over the weekend. Now i treasure those 'lessons'.They have paid off well. I can't see myself surviving on sandwiches. Tried that for two weeks and boy!!! was i so damn sick!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well thats it for the latest update in Parvin's life. Sofia i am still waiting for the sambal goreng and asam pedas curry recipe PATIENTLY!!!!