January's Yummies....

I love dessert, I love chocolate, I love yogurt <3<3
And I ate loads of them this month...
Let me introduce them to you:

#1 Triple Chocolate Cheesecake Yup, you didn't read it wrongly, it's a triple chocolate cheesecake. Rich chocolate cheesecake, with generous chocolate chips topping(milk choc, dark choc, and white choc.), and chocolate ganache swirls. Found this beauty on promotional price, and just couldn't resist it. It made me very happy in the morning, as I had it for my breakfast. A slice a day, keeps the moodiness away.

#2 Fresh blueberries + yogurt Surprise, surprise.... Alison and I saw the fruit store selling blueberries when it's suppose to be out of season. What's more interesting is that they were selling it really cheap, 99 pence for a full box. I grabbed the bargain, washed the fruit thoroughly when I got home and threw them into my pot of plain yogurt. I took a spoonful and it tasted heavenly, the sweetness of the blueberries was just right, not too sweet, to accompany the creamy taste of the yogurt. Now, I'm thinking of adding fresh cherries to my yogurt next.

#3 Tiramisu
This Tiramisu is simply gorgeous. It's made of mascarphone cheese, coffee liqueur, sponge and Marsala wine, all this for just cost 1.82pounds. Unlike the Tiramisu that I've tasted in certain well known cake shops in Malaysia (which was just awful), it has a light creamy texture, with hint of the coffee liqueur. I rank it 2nd best, next to my mom's homemade Tiramisu.

Chinese New Year Is around the corner

Two more weeks to CNY!!!
Just like last year, the University and the Sunderland City Council will hold a Chinese New Year Celebration in the Stadium of Light on the eve. The picture above is taken by me (^^), from my block kitchen. I assume that each block will have one, since the RSA was the one who came and put it up in our block. Hehe... if you can read from the photo, there will be some traditional Chinese performance, lion dance and authentic Chinese buffer.
Hmm... not sure if I'll join the celebration, cause it's on a weekday, and I've been busy since the new term started, and no one that I know seems to be interested.
So how do I plan to celebrate CNY this year?
No plans at the moment, my block mates and I will think of something after our WebCT test next week.

Finally......

I've finished and hand in my MPH214 Pharmaceutics laboratory book, after weeks of hard work. And here, I wish to thank my friends for helping out in completing this lab book, especially Adrian.
Thank you Adrian for teaching me how to use SPSS, without your help, I don't think I'll be able to finish the statistical questions.

For those who are not familiar with the SPSS abbreviation, its stands for Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. It's a killer statistical software, especially for a computer idiot like me.....yes, I'm really bad at it, I didn't even know how to label the variables when I tried to do it on my own.

It's been a week since the new term started, and the weather have not been kind to us, its still freezing cold outside + strong winds.
There's also loads of coursework, presentations and test lined up for us for this new term:

• Next week: Japanese language test, Numeracy Test I
• 3rd week: Therapeutics presentation
• 4th week: Arachis oil analysis report, Pharmaceutics WebCT test.

So far, these are the few confirmed.
There's lots of work to complete.....so,wish me luck and pray for me :)

Snow ~***

It finally snowed in Sunderland~*
It actually started snowing early in the morning around 3am, but it was really light...

Around 12:16pm, it started to snow heavily. However it only last about 5minutes .....how disappointing.... I thought it would be heavy enough to cover the whole Sunderland in a white blanket.

Of course it's now freezing outside (-3 degree Celsius), too cold, wouldn't want to step out of my cozy room unless there's something urgent. Hopefully it will be warmer by next week when the new term starts, even an increase by 2 to 3 degree Celsius would be nice.

These are picture taken from my room window.

Happy New Year!!!

Happy New Year to everyone.....

I spent the new year eve cleaning up my room, putting thing into order to give the new year a fresh start.

I took down all the Christmas decoration in my room and the kitchen, and put them away, into storage.
I really would miss 'them', they really brighten up the mood of the room ......too bad, will only see them again in a year's time.



Most of my friends went down to London, others went to Edinburgh to spent the New Year with friends or family members, only a handful of us remained in Sunderland.

Since it was New Year's Eve, I made chocolate mochi (Japanese sticky rice cake) for the remaining handful of us to eat during the mini countdown Jac proposed.

According to my Japanese language teacher, mochi are eaten during the New Year. So course they are eaten all year round, but it's part of the New Year's tradition.

I must say it taste really good, especially since it was my first try at making it. I flavored the mochi with melted milk chocolate and wrapped chocolate filling in it....
Jeffrey mentioned that the filling tasted like Cadbury chocolate........hahaha......see how successful I was at making it :)

We gathered in the kitchen at 11pm, and played Mah-jong while waiting for the countdown. When the clock strike twelve, we can hear fireworks, randomly set up by the neighboring houses near the student accommodation. It was really pale in comparison to the fireworks display my friends and I saw in London last year.

Year 2007 just ended like that, and when I wake up in the morning, a new year begins.
Resolutions for the New year?
Hmm... let me think.

• Need to read the Bible more often - please pray for me (> <)
• Really need more determination in my studies - consistency
  
• Need to exercise more.....been lacking on my Yoga exercises
  

So, what are your New Year resolutions?

Whatever they are, I pray that everyone to be healthy and blessed in the New year.