Chocolate Chip Cookies

Cut the crap and here's my chocolate chip cookies that I baked today!

Ingredients: (Make about 5 dozen cookies)

• 1 cup / 2 sticks / 225 g butter, softened
• 3/4 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 2 cups chocolate chips
• 1 cup chopped nuts (optional)

Method:
1. Heat oven to 375 F or 190 degree.
2. Combine the dry ingredients (flour, salt and baking soda). Put aside.
3. In another mixing bowl, beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla with mixer until creamy.
4. Add eggs, beat well.
5. Stir together flour, baking powder and salt. Gradually add the butter mixture, beating, until well blended.
6. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts if desired.
7. Drop by teaspoons onto greased cookie sheet. Bake 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned.
8. Cool slightly, remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely.

DONE!!

 

As for pan recipe: Spread batter into greased 15-1/2 x 10-1/2 x 1 inch jelly-roll pan. Bake at 375 F. 20 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Cut into bars.

Note to self:

1. I used parchment paper as well as greasing the baking pan with the remaining butter. I don't think there's exactly 225g of butter in the market. It's always 250g so the balance can be used to grease the pan. Also, I think the cookies from the greasing pan is nicer coz there's the salty taste at the bottom of the cookies.

Parchment paper

Greasing

2. I took longer time baking the cookies which is about 20-25 minutes. I like it slightly brownish. Also when taking the cookies straight right out from the oven, it will be slightly soft on top. So fear not. It's okay. It would be hardened when it's cool.

3. BAKING SODA is not baking powder. I actually put baking powder in my baking today instead of baking soda as stated. Wahahaha. Baking soda is actually bicarbonate of soda. I was squeezing my brain out to figure out what is baking soda and I just decided to put baking powder since they have 'baking' in their names. Later then when I googled it, I just knew that it's not the same. Here's the difference. We're gonna refresh our Chemistry so stay with me.

Baking soda is also known as sodium bicarbonate. When baking soda is combined with moisture and meets with heat in an acidic ingredients (e.g., yogurt, chocolate, buttermilk, honey), carbon dioxide gas is formed. This gas gives rise to our favorite cakes, cookies and biscuits. The reaction begins immediately upon mixing the ingredients, so it is essential to bake the recipes immediately or they will fall flat.

There is one drawback to the production of this gas. When heated, baking soda also produces sodium carbonate, which doesn’t taste very good. Thankfully, the metallic taste of sodium carbonate can be neutralized by acid. Lemon, yogurt, buttermilk, and unsweetened natural cocoa powder can neutralize the taste of sodium carbonate and keep our baked goods risen and lifted.

Baking powder is a mixture of baking soda and acid which means it contains sodium bicarbonate but includes the acidifying agent already (cream of tartar) and also a drying agent (usually starch). Baking powder is a part of baking soda! Baking powder is available as 'single-acting' and as 'double-acting'. ' Single-acting' powders are activated by moisture, so you must bake recipes which include this product immediately after mixing. ' Double-acting' powders react in two phases and can stand for a while before baking. With 'double-acting' powder, some gas is released at room temperature when the powder is added to dough or batter, but the majority of the gas is released after the temperature of the dough increases in the oven

Because baking powder is a leavener that contains both the sodium bicarbonate and the flavor-saving acid, it is usually paired with non-acid ingredients like whole milk and Dutch-processed cocoa

How it is determine to use which and which?

Some recipes call for baking soda, while others call for baking powder. Which ingredient is used depends on the other ingredients in the recipe. The ultimate goal is to produce a tasty product with a pleasing texture. Baking soda is basic and will yield a bitter taste unless countered by the acidity of another ingredient, such as buttermilk. You'll find baking soda in cookie recipes. Baking powder contains both an acid and a base and has an overall neutral effect in terms of taste. Recipes that call for baking powder often call for other neutral-tasting ingredients, such as milk. Baking powder is a common ingredient in cakes and biscuits.


Substituting the ingredients

You can substitute baking powder in place of baking soda (you'll need more baking powder and it may affect the taste), but you can't use baking soda when a recipe calls for baking powder. Baking soda by itself lacks the acidity to make a cake rise. However, you can make your own baking powder if you have baking soda and cream of tartar. Simply mix two parts cream of tartar with one part baking soda.

4. The chocolate chips I bought from Mee Soya accounts of about 1 cup of chocolate chips only. So for future use, buy two packets. The more, the better!!

5. Also, I've read somewhere where we need to refrigerate the dough for about 15 minutes before baking. I have different version of this. One, I bake without refrigerate which turns out nice. Second, I refrigerate the whole batter which is still in the mixing bowl for about 15 minutes and I find it easier to shape the dough when lined on the baking pan. Third, I shaped the cookies on the baking pan and then refrigerate it and it turns to disaster.

The third batch.

I don't know what happen to cause this batch so flat and squarish.

 

From my reading, the purpose of chilling is to enhance the flavor and more even browning. If you put a warm, melty dough into the oven, your cookies will spread before they begin to set up. Too often they'll run into one another, becoming a single crisp, crunchy mess on your cookie sheet. the cooler the dough when it goes into the oven, the less it will spread.

 

(Which makes me wonder why my third batch of cookies are still so spread when I had chilled them in the oven. My guess would be because I've lined them on the baking pan first before refrigerate and earlier on, they've exposed to the hot temperature (surrounding) too long.)

 

Another reason that the cookie dough is refrigerated is that it gives the gluten time to relax. You don't want to mix a cookie dough containing wheat flour any more than absolutely necessary, as the more you mix it, the more the gluten develops, the more rubbery your cookies will be. Letting the dough rest in the refrigerator for at least half an hour does wonders for relaxing the gluten and producing cookies that are soft and crunchy (depending on your preferences), but not tough and rubbery.

 

Lastly, letting the dough rest in the refrigerator also gives the flour more time to absorb the liquid more fully. This allow the dough to become drier and firmer, which produces a better consistency in the finished cookies and also better taste. Even Ruth Wakefield, creator of the Toll House Chocolate Chip Cookie, said she chilled the dough overnight.

 

(Actually, I don't see a difference between chilled and not chilled dough. Perhaps I need to bake chocolate chip cookies a few more time to be able to tell the difference)

Thanks for reading.

Mwah mwah

 

p/s: this recipe is obtained from the back of Hershey's chocolate chips packaging.

MYO Pizza from Gardenia bread

(I'm suppose to post this recipe up but complications came.)

Teens these days including me are very lazy. Admit it! We rather spend time sleeping, surfing the net, playing smartphones, hangout with friends rather than picking up a hobby to do. Of all the hobbies out there, I bet cooking is the least favorite. But how hard can cooking be? Cooking can be as easy as frying an egg, making pancake etc. Here's a simple recipe to satisfy your hunger when you're too lazy to cook a decent meal. Or when you're at the end of the month, with shortage of allowance but are craving for pizza. Pizza can be quite pricy at times especially when it's 4 piece for almost RM11 which makes a small slice of the pizza worth RM 2.50.

 

Pizza Hut's pricing and menu

 

Domino's pricing

 

 

 

 

Don't just stare and drool

Get your ass up and start working!!

 

Ingredients:

• A loaf of bread
• Canned pineapple
• Canned of Prego Spaghetti Sauce (Traditional)
• Mayonnaise
• Sausage
• Crabstick
• Tuna
• Margarine
• Cheddar cheese (coz it's convenient)

(I don't have the exact measurement coz it's practically depends on individual preferences)

 

 

Method:

1. Steam the sausage and crabstick firsthand.

 

 

2. Line aluminum foil in the baking pan. Grease it with margarine.

 

3. Spread the bread with the Prego Spaghetti sauce.

 

 

4. And start throwing / dumping in the pineapple, sausage, tuna, crabstick etc.

I did two types. One with sausage and pineapple to resemble Hawaiian Supreme and the other one is tuna, pineapple and crabstick just like Island Supreme. In this part, you can have pepperoni, onions, green pepper, button mushroom and many more.

 

5. Cut the cheddar cheese into half and just lay it above the ingredients. Using the tip of the plastic bag, squeeze out the mayo.

 

6. And your MYO pizza is ready to do into the oven at 170 degree for about 15 minutes.

A nicely baked pizza with crusty bread and delicious ingredients.

 

To be more specific with your choice of ingredients, you might consider this

 

Super Supreme

• Ground beef
• Beef pepperoni
• Capsicum
• Onions
• Mushroom

Hawaiian Supreme

• Chicken meat
• Chicken ham
• Pineapple
• Mozzarella cheese

Island Supreme

• Tuna
• Onions
• Crabstick
• Pineapple
• Mozzarella cheese
• Thousand island sauce

Chickensaurus

• Roasted chicken
• Chicken pepperoni
• Button mushroom
• BBQ sauce

p/s: if the slice of pineapple is too big, you might want to cut it into smaller and thinner slice

p/p/s: I'm using the English sausage. It taste way better than the normal ones.

 

In case you've never seen it before, this is the one

 

The reason why it is a Gardenia pizza recipe it's because I'm using the Gardenia bread. In Malaysia, Gardenia is dominating the market with their variety of breads, buns and rolls. It is also said that it is the most preferable brand in Malaysia with an enviable 70% share in the bread market. However, recently, Massimo is the new rising star. So if you're doing it with Massimo bread, you shall name it Massimo pizza recipe!

 

Thanks for simply just reading my bored entry

Mwah mwah

Go get hungry!!

Curse You!!

Is 27 April my unlucky day? My #17daysofhappiness shall end here. Sometimes plans just don't go according to what you've expected. Tigress boycott me today after her story of being bullied by her friends in school were known by our god-mother. Blame half on my big mouth and the other half  on Dylan. I told him because I can't stand it any longer. Just wanting to let my frustration out but he tell his mum. I'm not sure what exactly is the conversation between her and Tigress but I know Tigress didn't want to make a big fuss on it. Can you imagine, sitting alone on the first day of school when you have people you called 'friends'? Can you imagine, your so-called friends boycott you because according to them you are no smarter than them? Can you imagine your friends pour water on your bag just to prove that your bag is waterproof without reason? I  don't know why such bitchy people still exist. They are definitely not friends but BITCHES! Tigress is super stress in school with this kind of friends and I fell so helpless. Each time I hear her story, I can't be grateful enough to have such a great friends like Dylan, Wei Qi, Lynn, Chua, Audrie, Darunee, Alicia, Hung Yen and Ang in my life. Thanked them for my wonderful high school days. Thanked them for simply being awesome.

And I got slapped in PUBLIC by mum. Great! Just great! My holidays can't be any better. I was blame for something that was not even my fault. How can she say the standing fan in the living room spoilt because I was the one who set it up. FUCK YOU LA!! The whole house knows the fan spoilt because her po pui / anak emas / her golden son who dropped the fan. Curse you Kevin! Fuck you for the slap I received. Perhaps my language was a little rough but then I stand him very long liao lo. When he sit in the living room, I went to the kitchen. When I was watching tv, he came back, took the remote and change my channel away, I just walk away. To avoid further argument, I ran away. Let him has his way. For days being at home, everyone just leave him. Perhaps she just can't accept that it's Kevin fault. If it's his, she can't really scold him since he's the apple of her eyes. Finding a scapegoat and I became one. FUCK! No matter how hard I avoid him, at the end it will eventually come and bite me off.

That moment, I wished nothing more than the Earth to open up and just swallow me down. Save me all the embarrassment and the tears. Right now, I want wish for nothing but to cancel my flight on the 3rd and just pack my bag and go back KL by dawn tomorrow. What's the purpose of staying her if I'll be remind of the humiliation I receive? What's the purpose of me staying here if there's nothing more to hold me here? Wait. Maybe there's one. Xiao Ai. He's the reason that I'm home. He's the reason I'm looking forward to coming back every holidays. Pathetic right? The only thing that ties me is only a dog. Not my family members.

I want nothing more to go back and forget everything that happen here. No longer want to speak to her. What's the purpose of talking? No longer want to Skype with her every night. No longer wants to wait like an idiot in front of the laptop waiting her to go online. Hate her so much right now. Finding my solace. A place where there are everlasting happiness. A place where there are no tears. A place where everything is possible. Books is what I need now. ROMANCE! FANTASY! A place where there's love! That's the purpose of me actually reading. Finding a solace.

I think I finally got answers to questions I often asked, "Why do you want to be a pharmacist?". The answer is I want to impress Mum. I've tried to impress her since small, wanting that slight attention. Perhaps if I'm a little smarter, she'll pay attention to me. Perhaps if I become a Pharmacy, she'll start to notice me a little longer. She'll be proud of me being her daughter rather than her useless son. Few days before the finals, I asked myself, why am I still studying in science major when I clearly love business major. Why? Why? Why? And now I got my answers.

Can I just go KL, work by myself, financially support myself and go thru my foundation and degree myself? By then, I can show her I can live well without her money.

CURSE YOU with every drop of tears that flow tonight!!

No Bake Cheesecake

Yesterday was CHEATDAY!! Mum is coming back on this Friday and I'm bored to death already. There's no fun without mum. Told Mum I'm bored and guess what? This is what she replied me

@.@ Speechless So am I suppose to be enjoying my holidays by eating?

And getting fat?

 

Well, since eating is my expertise, I baked cheesecake yesterday. Well, not actually baked coz we don't use often. Aiyah. You understand what I mean? Clever! Applause please? A simple recipe with a little budget of approximately RM 30. Sipek easy to make in a short amount of time.

Source: cikepal06.blogspot

 

This is all the ingredients needed

 

Ingredients:

• 250g Philadelphia cream cheese
• 3/4 F&N creamer
• Nestum
• Fresh milk
• Hup Seng Deluxe Crackers (Original)

There's no amount or measurement for Nestum coz we're just gonna sprinkled it on the mixture later on. You'll understand if you read on. So is fresh milk since we're just gonna dip the crackers in only. As for the amount of crackers, it depends on how big your container is.

 

Method:

1. Using an electric mixer, beat the cream cheese.

 

 

2. After beating to smooth it out evenly, add in creamer to the sweetness that suit you. I added 3/4 of the tin. You can adjust to your preferences.

 

 

3. Dip in the cracker into the fresh milk. I flipped the cracker over and over again while counting to 15.

 

 

4. Lay in your cracker in a container or baking pan. I used a container coz I don't have a square baking pan. It works perfectly fine.

 

 

5. Layer it with the beaten cream cheese and spread it out.

 

 

6. Sprinkled some Nestum on the surface

 

 

7. Repeat the process of dipping the crackers, layer them in the baking pan, spread the cream cheese and sprinkle the Nestum until you reach the height you desire.

 

Since I'm working with a small container, I need to cut the edges of the cracker to fit them in. It's quite troublesome here. So, I measured the crackers! That way I know which container to use next time. Hehehe...

 

It's the perfect recipe for teatime, party and such. So easy to make. And it's delicious too! The whole house love it! I'm glad.

 

 

So it's 4x4

 

I made two containers. So here's the second one!

 

This is easier as the crackers fit perfectly

 

Ta - daaaa!!

 

 

Welcome!

And don't blame me if you gain weight after eating this! Muahahaha

My attempt to make you guys fat since there's no way I'm going to lose weight when I'm back home.

 

=P

 

*p/s : It must be DELUXE CRACKERS!! I searched the whole town for it. So good luck!! And there's about 40 pieces in a pack

p/p/s: I don't bother decorating since it's for own consumption. But you can put strawberry etc to beautify the cake or in between the layers

Losing weight

I'm always being chubby since small. I am the first child so I guess for the first two years, I was being pampered by all to the fullest. I used to eat 2 plates of rice each meal when I'm small. Weight is not a problem back them. Mum and the rest didn't complain on my eating habit. No one did to correct or advise or stop me. So I keep the habit till Standard 6 (12 y/o). And some how, weight suddenly become an issue. Whenever we were asked to weigh in class, I would always find a way to be the last one or ran away from it. Suddenly, at the age of 12, I need to find adult jeans and clothes already. No more kids wear for me. But by then, it still wasn't any big issue. It was when I'm 14, when the issue started to raise. Issue where I'm too fat and has no boyfriend. Issue where I'm too fat to fit on my school pinafore that I need to wear the biggest size available in the market. Issue where every new year I need to settle with jeans and tees coz there's no dress for me.

I tried to lose weight. I swear I did. But it wasn't as easy as it seems. It's not easy to change a habit as old habits die hard. Reducing my meal portions and exercise. Weight suddenly become a sensitive issue. I became ashamed of my weight that I avoided it as much as I can. People would always compare me with Brenda and Niki who have a slimmer body. Saying how pretty they are. Saying how perfect is their body shape. The most hurtful things that were said to me was that because I'm too fat that no guy wants me when SHE has people queuing up to date her. It was a slap on the face. I cried and cried to mum and Niki. Niki was the one to console me. After that, I do tried to lose my weight but it only lasted for a while.

It was back in the December when I made a life-threatening bet with CK Pa to lose as much as 10 kg in two months. Everyone said it was impossible. They don't trust in the girl that used to eat in big portions can cut down her meals or start putting the effort to hop on the treadmill. Literally, no one has faith in me. But at the end, thou I do not lose a total of 10kg but then I made it to almost 9 kg, at 69.8kg (as for January 2014). That is close enough. And as for now, my weight is 71.6kg. It was higher in the beginning of April at 72.8 kg. Blame that on nasi lemak and fried kuey teow. Was constantly eating at the campus with Sha. I guess I've found my eating buddy. From the stress and such, I managed to lose weight almost a kilo in 3 weeks time. One might says that," Nah. You took diet pills."

I dare say that I do not take any diet pills or any other slimming products. I don't take anything during that interval of time. Make that clear. I do admit those slimming products are very tempting. The impossible seems possible looking at their advertisements. Imagine losing 9 kg in two weeks without any exercise or changing you diet. Who the hell do not want that?! You can still continue eating and at the same time, you're losing weight. That's heaven. I said I do not take any diet pills back during December but I did not said I never take slimming products. Like everyone out there that wants fast result, I did consume slimming products. When I was 13, I took the Jus Mate 5 by Datuk Dr. Rozmey. It was a hit back then. I convinced mum to let me have it. As far as I can recall, I had it for months.

Jus Mate 5 packaging

  Advertised testimonials on the products

It suppose to control eating appetite, blocks the formation of fats, reduce sugar intake, increase metabolism and convert carbohydrate to energy. I was so impressed with the testimonials. 25kg in 3 months. Imagine that happen to me. We're just required to have it once in the morning for breakfast. As for lunch, it is recommended to take soup or sandwich and a little amount of rice if needed. As for dinner, eating fruits such as green apple is enough. Jus Mate was easier to consume as it taste like orange juice. I don't remember experienced any symptoms while taking it. Jus Mate 5 did reduce my weight but once I stopped consuming it, I gain weight back.

 The second sliming products that I took was from WXY, S'Nutri + Mocha and S'Nutri + Beauty Solution. It works magically. S' Nutri + Mocha is taken in the morning before I went to school while S'Nutri + Beauty Solution I took before dinner. The mocha one is easier to consume coz it's basically just like hot coffee whereas the one I find it hard to drink is the Beauty Solution coz it's fiber based. Basically, it's like drinking people's vomit. I can't stand but still drank it for the sake of beauty. The Beauty solution works to allivate constipation. Drink already confirm pang sai. 

 Comes in different flavors

From my continuous 3 months drinking, I lost a total of 9kg in that year. They do really reduce my appetite. Wait, scratch that. I don't feel like eating at all. In the morning, I took a cup of the mocha flavor and at night I have the beauty solution. That is all I have. As far as I can recalled, I don't feel like eating at all. Nothing. No more feeling hungry no matter what time it is. Beauty comes with the consequences. Each time I tried to stand up, after sitting down, I felt so dizzy that I have to stand still for a minute to regain my sight since I didn't take any solid food in. As for the mocha one, each time after I took it, I'll experienced a terrible stomach pain in school that my face would go pale. So pale that my friends were worried of me. It was a terrible experience. Experience that I wish not to go through again.

So how does the diet pills actually works? Different diet pills contain different ingredients. Therefore, their side effect also vary. Since our aim is to lose weight, the very first thing that the diet pills must do is to block the fats. Fat blockers like orlistat (Xenical) remove excess fat via intestines which will in turn cause discomfort cramping, gas and diarrhea. The drugs also reduce the body's adsorption of essential vitamins and nutrients. Therefore, those taking Xenical are advised to take daily vitamin supplement.

Sibutramine (Meridia) and other similar appetite suppressants stimulate the sympathetic nervous system which can raise blood pressure and heart rate. The increase of heart rate can lead to the increase of risk of heart attack and cardiac arrest especially those who are already suffering from high blood pressure, irregular heartbeat and heart disease. Minor side effects include constipation, headache, dry mouth and insomnia since the chemicals in the drugs will also influence sleep patterns.

Here's the list of drugs and their side effects

Brand Drug Name	Drug Category	Common Side Effects
Adipex-P (phentermine)	Appetite suppressant; sympathomimetic amine	Increased blood pressure and heart rate, insomnia, nervousness, restlessness, dependence, abuse or withdrawal may occur with long-term use
Alli (orlistat) - over-the-counter (OTC) only	Lipase inhibitor	Oily spotting, gas (flatulence), fecal urgency, soft stools, fecal incontinence; take Alli with a daily multlivitamin
Belviq (lorcaserin)	Selective serotonin 2C receptor agonist (suppresses appetite)	Headache, nausea, dizziness, fatigue, dry mouth, constipation; euphoria/ dissociation may occur with higher doses; do not exceed 10 mg two times a day
Bontril PDM, Bontril SR (phendimetrazine)	Appetite suppressant; sympathomimetic amine	Increased blood pressure and heart rate, insomnia, nervousness, restlessness, dependence, abuse or withdrawal may occur with long-term use
Desoxyn (methamphetamine)	Appetite suppressant; sympathomimetic amine	High abuse potential; use only if alternative treatments are ineffective; increased blood pressure and heart rate, insomnia, nervousness, restlessness, dependence, abuse or withdrawal may occur with long-term use
Didrex (benzphetamine)	Appetite suppressant; sympathomimetic amine	Increased blood pressure and heart rate, insomnia, nervousness, restlessness, dependence, abuse or withdrawal may occur with long-term use
Diethylpropion	Appetite suppressant; sympathomimetic amine	Constipation, restlessness, dry mouth, Increased blood pressure and heart rate, insomnia, nervousness, restlessness, dependence, abuse or withdrawal may occur with long-term use
Qsymia (phentermine and topiramate extended-release capsules)	Combination appetite suppressant-anorectic; exact action of topiramate on weight loss is not known	Paresthesias, dizziness, altered taste, insomnia, constipation, dry mouth
Suprenza (phentermine)	Appetite suppressant; sympathomimetic amine	Increased blood pressure and heart rate, insomnia, nervousness, restlessness, dependence, abuse or withdrawal may occur with long-term use
Xenical (orlistat)	Lipase inhibitor	Oily spotting, gas (flatulence), fecal urgency, soft stools, fecal incontinence; take Xenical with a daily multivitamin

Herbal diet pills, thou are "all natural" doesn't necessarily means "safe". They can have potential side effects too depending on their ingredients. According to experts at Mayo Clinic, diet pills can be effective if combined with a healthy diet and regular exercise. But then, think again and reconsider your options. There are just too many side effects of taking diet pills. It's just not worth risking your life. So what if people didn't want to date you if you're fat. I would say it's their loss. They prefer the skinny bimbo who ain't got nothing but bones!

Make sure you are aware of the sign effects before taking

So here's to share my own diet to lose 9kg in two months time. I admit that I don't exercise at all. In my opinion, exercise tire me out and by that I'll eat more instead of reducing my portions. What I do is to take oats for breakfast, steamed dim sum/ dumplings for lunch and as for dinner, I had some fruits and again oats. One might asked how do I eat my oats. The one I had is the instant one. I had in a cup, two tablespoon of oats with a teaspoon of creamer. I love to take my oats warm. As for lunch, I usually have around 6 pieces of steamed dumplings. Or in certain days, I would have pork porridge for lunch where Popo used brown rice. I guess eating oats only will really kill me. No taste, or anything. This is where the fruits come into place. I usually have an apple or some watermelons. Please don't tell me that, "Green apples are way better". I just need some sweetness in my systems. Something like a reward after a whole day of eating oats. And also drink lots of water.

The one trick that I do when I'm on my diet is to poop more often. It is not advisable to do this but then I take constipation pills (Senokot) in 6 tablets daily. I'm fully aware that it was way pass the amount prescribe but then I guess it's better than eating those diet pills who contain far more chemicals. I was on a bet so I need to lose weight fast so I guess you don't need this. And I have constipation problems since I don't take vegetables. It's a bonus if you eat vegetables. Perhaps you can consider salad. That's your choice. Perhaps losing weight is not all about being pretty and sexy. Maybe for once I want to be healthy but doing it right and by right I mean not taking diet pills. 

And also, I stop drinking cold water. I love to drink cold water especially orange juice that Popo made. I don't know how to explain this in English but the Malays often said that drinking cold water can "kembang urat". The direct translation to it is swollen vein. Huh? It's what old people said. So I really refrain myself from opening the fridge and take a sip of the cold and sweet water during the period. And now, I still refrain myself from having cold water. Once in a while is okay but not too often. I don't know how it works but then, I did really lose weight right? So it doesn't really matter as for it really contributes or not.

 This entry was written because I was so terrified for my friend, AJY who's currently taking weight loss supplement who's quite famous in the market. And no, I don't take that brand even thou I heard lots of testimonials about it. Currently, she was having gout from taking it. I don't what happen but she was so desperate to lose weight and I fear for her. I hope she'll come round to see how beautiful she is and stop taking all these weight loss supplements as they did no good but harm to the body.

 I really really wish that people would consider other options rather than consuming diet pills. I hope my way of losing weight do really inspire others by showing them that we can still lose weight even without weight loss supplements. To achieve great result, there's no easy way. It's either you exercise and cut your meal portions or taking diet pills and bear with the consequences later in older days.

This is my weight as 17 April.

As for this morning, it's 70.8kg!
Applause please?

Thanks for reading chubby girl's weight loss journey
Kay! Thanks! Bye!!
Mwah!

Part 2 of my weight loss journey is up in this link

Meeting Up

This shall be just a quick and short entry on my hangout with Annie and the rest. 22 March 2014 is the day that I went to meet up with Annie, Kitty and Wee Kiat. I don't normally make an effort to meet up with someone. Rarely. But in such an unexplainable case, I feel relatively close with these three and also another one, Christine. Missing Annie and Kitty like crazyy. Can't miss Wee Kiat coz Annie will kill me. Buahaha.

It's nice to go out with them. Just like old time sake. It has been almost 9 months since we parted. The trio are now doing their degree in IMU. Two in Pharmacy and one, Kitty in Dietitian so after this, can seek for her advise to lose weight. Dietitian ma. It's all about food, balanced diet and proper meals. And pharmacists can ask free weight lost pills. How on Earth am I so lucky to have such incredible friends? Confirm have to keep them close with me. Hahaha. Enough of nonsense.

They came and met me here (feels so bad for them, coming all the way here to meet me) and from here, we went to One Utama, just like old times. By the time we reached One Utama, it's already 1.30 pm. So we went to have lunch at Xiao Bar Wang and sat there for more than an hour talking and chatting. Apparently, Christine gotten a scholarship from Singapore for Diploma in Nursing. Sipek envy. Feel so happy for her. Finally she can go pursue her dreams. Hope to see her one day in Singapore. As for Annie and Wee Kiat, they're still together. Sweeter than ever. Even bought couple phone. Kitty? Stull single. So faster faster pray she find her Mr. Right so next time we can gossip more. =P Talked to Annie so much on holidays and clothes. She wanted to go overseas for holidays. She's considering Taiwan but when I told her Bangkok is nicer with cheaper clothes, she's excited. Hahaha. We should really plan a trip to Bangkok one day. Since I knew the road there already, I can be their tour guide. Right? But it would be difficult to find the right time coz when I'm on my sem break, she and rest have classes.

I think Great Tiger plans to bring all of us to Bangkok at the end of the year together with his kids. Yeay! But somehow, he plan to go on November. *finger cross coz there's no holidays for me in November. By November it would be almost end of my semester. Will be busy with assignments, finals and such. Hmm. But I really want to go lo. So please please go after my finals.

I bought nothing there because nothing is on sale. Padini was on sale but nothing was eye-catching enough for me to spend my money. We basically window shopping, entering Forever 21, Cotton On, Uniqlo etc. Hmm. I don't gedit. Why is Forever 21 so boring? Nothing's nice. But when you see their clothing in the magazines, they were all like "WOW" but after entering the shop for 4 times, Nah, they just not wow. Recently, I'm so into sweater/ hoodie / jacket kinda thing. Forever 21 has this leather kind of sweater but it was 70 bucks. So kill me. Walked away with a gloomy face. =(

Wee Kiat really wanted to go back to those KBU days so we flew from One U to The Curve and landed at Ikea for their meatballs while I settled with Chicken wings, popia and also mushroom soup. The mushroom soup was good. Just like how I like it. I think that's all of the outings. We then went to Tesco as they wanted to buy their daily necessities and to VS shop later before going back. On the way to Tesco, there's this Japanese (I think) pianist playing Mama Mia song. It was awesome. *double thumbs up By the time we're done, it's almost 7. So quickly we grabbed a taxi and headed back. Am so touched when Kitty and the rest are worried of me sitting taxi alone. Mwah mwah. Love them.

My favorite. It will always remind me of our friendship 

My Kitty!!

Why do I look so ham sap here?!

@.@

 

Pakat wear white tees and didn't tell me >.<

 

All looking exhausted after a day

After this, don't know when we'll meet again

 

Goodbyes are not forever,

Goodbyes are not the end.

They simply means "I'll miss you" until we meet again

Mwah mwah :-*

#17daysofhappiness

 

I still can't believe that I've finished my first sem. Four months passed in a blink of an eye. Thou I'm not satisfied with the management, I cannot deny the fact that I made lots of new friends and also experiences more things. From a small town, been to college with 9 course mates, UCSI definitely taught me something new. For instance, never judge a person based on appearance, the feeling of being in class of 80 students, having more friends and such. It was a great semester with Ms Hasyimah (Bio), Ms Carolyna (Intro to Probab & Statistic), Ms Kaldip (Fundamental of Math), Ms Hidayah (Malaysian Studies) and lastly my fav lecture, Mr Teng (Physic). Well, I actually left a bad impression for Ms Hiayah coz I totally ditched them for potluck the other day. LOL! I just don't feel like going since I'm not that close with the rest. The others are like so kam cheng so if I go, I probably just sit quietly in the corner, eating my pizza. Besides, the next day I have FOM test. Heh. Yeah right. I'm a homie. Even my best friends find it hard to jio me out. So if we just happen to be normal friends, don't expect much. I prefer to stay at home more. Call me antisocial, it's just me.

 

With Ms Hasyimah

I have Sahar in front of me and Mary on my left

Mary is going for a Degree in Fashion

And Sahar is the future chemical engineer!

 

Kinda feel pity for Mary thou. It's her third sem with us and she said it was the best. As for her first and second sem, she said she has no friends for people doesn't want to befriends with her. I can't imagine how she survive two semesters without friends. I was dreading when I went to classes for a day and still have no friends. Salute her. What? Isit because of her skin color or she came from? If that's the reason then I feel sad for them la for Mary is a great friend! Anyway, their loss is my gain. Same goes to Sahar. She said during orientation, no one wants to speak to her. Sipek sad lo. I know this feeling coz I was a minority in school back then. Been there. =.=

 

Sit Malindo flight back home. And it was disastrous! I was carrying a backpack with laptop inside. When aboard, the flight attendant told me to put my back down below. And so, I put it "DOWN BELOW" on top of my feet. And she came back and stated that it must be under the chair. I refused. And she started her lecture on me on the importance of putting my bag under the chair for an hour flight and the disadvantages of having the bag on my lap in case of emergency. Bla bla bla.. Let me tell you. In case of emergency, I bet you with my life that I'm still gonna dig out my bag from under the chair and wasted a few precious minutes there to just bent down to get my back when I can just grab it from my lap before heading to the emergency exist. And I bet most of the people out there would do the same thing too. It's an instinct to grab on your personal things. And it made my experience flying with Malindo sucks. The incident with the flight attendant made me so unhappy. There goes all my happy mood to be back home. So FUCK her for following the protocol.

 

Since mum is not around to fetch me from the airport, she got my uncle to do it. My uncle as in mum's big brother, my Kuku. Feel so bad for troubling him. Wanted to get a taxi but mum insisted. I just need a car and I can damn well drive home by myself. Asked mum to left a car there at the airport and passed me the keys when she was in KL but she said it was ridiculous. =.= Heh! On the way home, uncle was asking what's Mousy gonna take after this as in what is she plans to further her studies and what course is she gonna take. I don't know what's her plan and don't even bother to ask. I been in that situation where everyone keeps asking what I wanna do and I find it irritating enough and since I find it irritating enough, I shall not irritated her much further. It's her future. My advice for her is to go for STPM as she's still gonna enjoy the comfort of being at home for another 2 years. I don't think she can survive out there alone. After STPM, she can straight go for degree. And by that time also, Tigress will finish high school. Then perhaps they can go to the same university. But then, see her ai mian want, confirm she won't go for STPM. Those go for STPM ones really no class. But if I have the ability to turn back time, I will definitely go for STPM. Staying at home for extra two more years. No need to wash your own clothed, no need to live alone. Who doesn't want that?!

Then the conversation went much further downstream to Dad's will, money matters and such. To things that I don't want to know and much well avoided. I don't want to know what's in Dad's will. I don't care. Uncle was saying, in 10 years time, he predict that the five of us will fight for money and such. In 10 years time, I would be 30. By then I hope I'm married into a happy life, with kids. Shall not bother what's in the will. I dare say that we won't fight. Everything is clearly written in the will. I may not want to see the will but I trust Dad to prepare and lay everything out already. And as long as Great Tiger is alive, there shall be no war. Want to divide whatever's on the will means declaring war with him and I suggest better not to even think about it. I just hope by then we're still as a family. You know how people can go to such an extent when talking about money. I've seen much where son threw his mother out once got money in hands and how siblings fight over lands and money, I don't wanna go through that. I hope I will never.

 

This cute fella was the first to greet me

 

And we went to the beach!! We were so happy until I spotted a couple playing water by the water. The lady was flapping the water, like a bird. Wahaha. Big, fat bird. =P DAMN! There goes Xiao Ai's running time. I'm well aware that the beach is not MY private property. But where we stay here is quite secluded already so I prefer them, the public to not come so near my area coz I love letting Xiao Ai run without a leash since they're so afraid of Xiao Ai. At the end of the day, I probably need to chase Xiao Ai down for chasing them or putting him on the leash and we're both unhappy. I guess it's better with Xiao Ai. If he chase people, I think I can still catch up with him. But if it was Tiger or Kiko who's doing the chasing, then I shall just remain where I am, enjoying the free scene. There's no way that I can catch up with Tiger or Kiko when they're running. They're Great Danes for God's sake!!

 

We don't stay long. It was about meal time. The funniest part that happen during meal time is that Xiao Ai feared I left him again. Lolol.. Serve him right for not giving me goodbye last the other day when I want to go back KL. I remember I was so sad during the journey to the airport. Almost wanted to cry. He was eating and so I left but he followed right behind me. I had to accompany him till he finished his food. That's ridiculous. Xiao Ai, you better not do that often or I shall leave you hungry. He's such a cutie. Popo was saying the other day, when the rest went to Hong Kong, Xiao Ai was searching the whole house. Popo even said that Xiao Ai look so pitiful at that time. No one around to play with him. My poor boy!!

 

Poor boyy

 

Did lots of catching up with Popo and Tigress. I'm suppose to be mad at this but I find it hilarious. I was asking my maid that is Tigress sleeping in my room when I'm not around. I knew from the start that she slept my room coz I notice that things in my room got touched. And I know my room damn well. I just need conformation. But then she told me Tigress do not sleep in my room. I was confused and I asked Tigress. Tigress admitted. I don't really mind Tigress sleeping my room. I just wanna know. It's mine room after all. Tigress was supposed to share a room with Mousy. That's what they chose back then coz they're afraid to sleep alone. Me, on the other hand, don't like sharing since small. So I took the smaller room. And now, Mousy is enjoying her room too much that she decided she doesn't want to share anymore. And being a mouse, you know how dirty and messy is her room. The characteristics of a mouse is really there. So I was thinking to just give my room to Tigress since I don't come back that often anymore. I barely have holidays. And when I come back, I can just snuggle with mum. I don't mind. Gonna talk with mum about this soon.

 

That night I've became slave, driving them down town. Brought Popo down to buy some praying stuff and sent Tigress to tuition. And so I decided to go Hock Kee Seng, the new one. Astaka has been fully transformed to Hock Kee Seng. Nothing changed except the uniform on the workers there that spelled "Hock Kee Seng" instead of Astaka. So when we're paying, suddenly the lights went off. I got a shocked. I guess after the flight incident, I always have this bad feeling that something bad is gonna happen. Like terrorist, robbery or something. Quickly, we took our change and I tried to get Mousy and Popo out from there as fast as possible. Thank god we went out safely without trouble. Damn you, Hock Kee Seng for making my first visit a memorable one.

 

Cheers to #17daysofhappiness

 

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