*812 - my newest love affair

... is YEAST. Specifically, making yeast breads from scratch. Ahhhh :)

It all began when I bought that giant bottle of active dry yeast three weeks ago ... and since then, I've been kneading, baking, eating, inhaling, dreaming bread. Four loaves and a huge stack of naan devoured in three weeks? No wonder my jeans are getting tight.

Rosemary and romano foccacia with caramelized onion


Indian naan (with homemade chicken coconut curry)


Cinnamon raisin swirl


Rosemary and cracked pepper loaf with a parmesan swirl


Babka with the prettiest twists of chocolate


There's something brilliantly therapeutic about getting your fingers into mounds of dough, catching deliciously earthy whiffs of yeast, watching the dough rise and smoothen, waiting a painful half an hour for it to bake ... and then slicing through the loaf, getting a puff of steam in your face, and delighting in how pretty your swirlies turned out :) Mmmmm.

*811 - bunion twangs

I have weird bruises on places that are not easy to bruise by accident, e.g. the inside of my elbow. And the bunions are acting up again!

In happier news, Vday: a no-less-special day to celebrate the specialness of everyday :) And CNY, but all I did was to lou hei and eat Chinese food that disagreed with my tummy (must be the grease).

And in very outdated but exciting news: TAKOPACHI in 128C, thanks to Mr. Ex-Roomie. Also Mr. New-Roomie's first time eating octopus. And the flipping of balls was most exhilarating (heehee).

*810 - too many late nights

Sleep deprivation! Gyoza and broccoli! Sniffles and aches! And fresh baked rosemary parmesan bread!

*809 - save the schwartz

I'm highly disturbed by the disproportionate amount of budget cut imposed on the Department of Theatre, Film, and Dance: $2 million out of a $6 million budget cut in the College of A&S! We're just one department out of 27 in the entire A&S College. Professorial faculty are protected, but it is the practical, non-professorial type of education that complements the academic teaching and makes the department as strong and as wonderful as it is now.

The Cornell dance program changed me (cliched but true): my beliefs, my ideals, my personality, my happiness, my lenses through which I look at ... life. Don't cripple the department. The arts are no less important.

*808 - aw crikey

My favorite roomie left for Down Under :( So this is our last 128C roomie picture altogether, because we always take group pictures for our parties' fb pages (we're cool like that):



Happy kangaroos, teehee. Aussie-themed party for a send-off to Aussie!

BYE CASTO!! I will miss our fun times in the corridor, in the kitchen, and in diapers :)

*807 - flat sprite and grenadine

Not what I was expecting, but you always make me happy :)

*806 - have you?

I HAVE DISCOVERED THE G-POOP.

And the g-piggies that blink twice.

HAHAHAHA.