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Miccy

Just in case, some of you do not know what 'ah ma' means. It means 'granny' in hokkian (it's a dialect). I wrote a message with my 'limited chinese's writing skill' to my 'ah ma' who rest in peace few years ago. In the message, it's just about how important is her appearance in our family and how much we all miss her. Here goes the message:

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每当我想到你时，眼泪开始在心里打滚。
你好吗，阿嬷？
你走了以后，家里就变的不一样。
每当家人在吵架的时候，我就会想到你。
这时候，你会说，’好了。别再吵了。吃饭吃饭。’
因为你是‘老老大’，
没人敢不听你的话。

阿嬷，你是我的避风港。
阿嬷，你是我可爱的婆婆。
阿嬷，我好想你。
我想爸爸也想你。
他被工作压力压的他好累。
我想他有时候也想和阿嬷倾诉吧。

有时候，我还是会有那种幻想，
你在家等我们开饭。
到现在，妈妈常常把你挂在嘴边。
‘这是阿嬷的最爱。那是阿嬷的最爱。’
在吃饭时，永远离不开阿嬷你。
好吃的话，你就会说‘ ho lie’。
硬邦邦的话，你就会说 ’ye ko ko‘。
你就是那么爱美食。

多希望能听到你的声音。
我以前会认为是唠叨，
但现在，才知道那是你对我们的关心和爱。


阿嬷，晓勤想你！


Not-so-professional's translation
*'ho lei'- means delicious in 'Heng Hua'
  'ye ko ko'- means the food is tough in 'Heng Hua'
  'Heng Hua'- older version of hokkian (well...that's what I think about heng hua tho)
  'heng hua' and 'hokkian' - a dialect


Grandmom, I miss you!!!


Miccy

believe it or not?! I woke up at 4.45am this morning because mosquito or some kind of insect bite my fingers, my toe and my forehead.!! WTH. restless night. The itchiness is killing me. So, I have to wake up and find something to stop this. Arghhh.. Stupiddd mosquito. Die die dieee....!!! It's weird tho; I never have so much mosquito bites while I'm in Australia for so long. Probably is because the heavy rain...well..i guess. I can't think of any better explanation for this stupid itchiness. They attacked my forehead too. Oh well.. hopefully they won't come and attack me again tonight. Btw, I'm going to perm my hair later. Weeeeee..

Miccy

Well.. at least, i'm free from exams. Huurrayy!! Since i'm so eng now, I decided to cook something to spoil myself and my sister. Heheh.. and I baked Walnut Cake today. Let me show what I did for dinner or our tomorrow breaky. teehee


Season the lamb cutlets, prawns and salad with sea salt to bring out its flavour. Another thing was I just realize we don't have balsamic vinegar and olive oil left for the dressing. So, I ended with mix the apple cider vinegar + honey together. Guess what? Taste nice too.. *phiew



Present you the burn 'Walnut Cake'. haha..obviously the top part was burn due to i was busy in the room and didn't check it after I thew into oven.


buttt... it's taste nice and NO burn

 

I'm so full now after one big plate of lamb+prawn+ saladss and few pieces of cakeyy. Super full. I'm already thinking what to bake, cook for tomorrow. hmmmm//



Miccy

Baking makes me feel good about myself

Loving myself is never my strength as I tend to spend most of my time loving the people around me. In short, I often neglect myself.

Having said that, recently I am starting to love myself more . I used to do things to please the people around me, to get their approval. Sometimes, there's a voice telling me that no matter how much effort I put in, I will never be able to please my love ones or my friends. My efforts are never good enough. So since that it the case, why not use that energy to please myself? Be selfish and have more 'me' time?

Lately, I try to look things in a more positive way. I took some time to reflect on the things that make me feel good about myself. ummhmm... I'll be free before my last final paper in about two week times. So, I decided to spend my holiday with cooking and of course... baking. I just love baking and cooking, especially for my love ones and friends. The kitchen is my heaven in the house. I can spend hours at supermarket just try to look for ingredients or just get inspiration for what to cook for tonight.

Soooo.....

I decided to start cooking & baking's period. Teeheee

Last night, I baked "Smalll cheesecakes with macerated strawberries" and it took me about 2 hours to finish baking + cleaning up the mess.



A close up with the strawberries on top


Sista with the tarts

And...

Today, I made "Apple Galettes". This time, I managed to take photos of its ingredients and how it actually looks like before I throw into oven.


the ingredients


Thinly slice the green and red apples


the pastry squares with the sieved egg yolk


pastry with almond mixture on top


then....


alternate the red and green apple slices on each pastry square. After this, brush with the apricot jam and sprinkle with the cinnamon dusting sugar


Here how they look like after being bake for 15 minutes, or until puffed and golden

Very satisfy with the baking thing today. at least, get away from sitting in front of the laptop/lay on the bed/eating junk food/ day dreaming, etc etc

Enough for today. More to come...

Miccy