Status Report for 2008 - Out of 3 attempts:
- 2 Successful endeavours!!!
Mango Sticky Rice from http://chezchristine.typepad.com/chez_christine/2006/04/coconut_sticky_.html
Mom's Apple Cake - makes one juicy apple cake, do cut down on the sugar to maybe 1 and a 1/2 cups if you don't like your desserts too sweet!
http://smittenkitchen.com/2008/09/moms-apple-cake/ - 1 big Botch-UP :{
This came out sticky sweet soft like a nutty brownie gone high on CRYSTAL(Sugar)!!! It seems like the recipe could've done with more flour and don't forget to grind your nuts before folding them in... http://dubdew.com/2008/10/30/pistachio-love
Yes, 2008 is officially over, looking back, I'm pleasantly proud of all I have managed to get done so far. Learning belly dancing, experimenting in the kitchen, picking up new friends, reviving old friendships, painting my room on my own, dancing up a storm {: the list goes on
So importantly now, what can 2009 lead on to? I just came away from watching the Episode 6 of Iconoclast Season 2 on Channel News Asia and wowee. Maya Angelou is one grand dame. And it just made my insides thrum and sing with a happy song. I hope 2009 is a year where myself and everyone I know can have the courage to live and love just like she says...
{ Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtues consistently. You see? You can't be consistently kind or fair or humane or generous, not without courage, because if you don't have it, sooner or later you will stop and say, "Eh, the threat is too much. The difficulty is too high. The challenge is too great." }
Dr Maya Angelou
And lastly,
maggie and milly and molly and may
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maggie and milly and molly and may
went down to the beach(to play one day)
and maggie discovered a shell that sang
so sweetly she couldn't remember her troubles,and
milly befriended a stranded star
whose rays five languid fingers were;
and molly was chased by a horrible thing
which raced sideways while blowing bubbles:and
may came home with a smooth round stone
as small as a world and as large as alone.
For whatever we lose(like a you or a me)
it's always ourselves we find in the sea
E.E.cummings
Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year~~
