attempted to make tiramisu for the freshman bbq tmr... for the first time. spent so much on ingredients i really feel poor now =( haha but i have no one to blame since i wanted to try it..... but screwed up a bit... hope it is still edible though. i bought coffee roast instead of coffee, and as a result i had to resort to using my instant nescafe coffee to 'wet' the cake.... aargh. quite silly of me... haha but had to improvise. then had no sieve and couldn't sprinkle the cocoa powder and so i think i put too much cocoa powder on the surface of the tiramisu.... and tried to make chocolate shavings off the chocolate bar and while i was doing that the chocolate was half melting in my hand and i had to give up... haha i sound so un-pro. but oh well.... this is the first time =P
my mum sent me a box today!! complete with a new pot, jay chou's new cd, stationery, bedsheets, bird's nest, instant mixes etc etc..... and she even sent me paper lanterns and candles.. was pretty surprised but yet touched by her thoughtfulness =) it's always nice to receive parcels and boxes from home... or rather, it's just nice to receive parcels and the 'excitement' of opening up and finding out what someone has sent always thrills me somehow.. =) miss the days when people still wrote letters to one another; the thoughtfulness and effort put in by the sender never fails to make my day...
i lost my cal photo id and class pass today!! =( quite sad... now i hav to pay 15 bucks for replacement of the card and 60 dollars for replacement of my class pass!! =( why on earth was i so careless..... sigh. hopefully some kind soul finds my card and returns it...

have been seriously neglecting my blog. guess it's cos i find that i am gradually starting to keep repeating myself... and i guess no one would really like to read my grievances day after day..... and somehow i feel that my life is strangely monotonous sometimes?? hmm dunno. invited our buddies to dinner at our place that day and it was a pretty successful dinner, consisdering that all the food turned out well... and the freshmen seemed to hav really enjoyed dinner. also played frisbee with the freshmen girls the day before... though i guess the freshies are all pretty nice people, i dun really foresee myself getting to know them really well. guess it's like lack of chances to interact too.... i mean all of them in dorms and will go dc to eat etc. well of course if i really want to i can, but i have to admit i guess i cannot really be that 'on' sometimes. unlike ziyang who seems to hang out with them perpetually these days. haha. wonder if anything interesting will happen. shall wait and see. in the meantime, still can't help but feel pathetic. cos as usual, i cannot really concentrate on doing my readings. dunno why too. and wasted so much time just now surfing and browsing for random stuff. aargh.

i have somewhat mixed feelings about the classes i am taking! and i think i very mei you yong, cos i was in my econ 131 lect.. and they started talking about some mathsy utility maximization stuff and how the class will be quite mathematical.... then i felt like dropping it! =P well but i shall persevere and not act on impulsle, else i'll really be left with no units. classes are ok so far, i think i enjoy jap the best to date; esp when i get hyper teachers who just make the class more lively and fun...
ok i finally uploaded some pics of my boston/toronto/montreal/quebec trip! click here
we went out with ying xim yest for dinner and i think they guys talked so much about how cheapo they were i thought it was really funny. and i got suaned really badly for being fat. in front of the waiter some more... sigh. i mean even if i did put on weight no need to be so bu liu qing rite. sigh. but then i think i did put on weight... haha wish i looked like what i did last year =P okok now i sound like i put on ten pounds or something....
'tis a long weekend... shall try to get some readings done, clean up my room..... oh and we are inviting our buddies for dinner tmr evening... hope the food turns out fine =)