The BEST birthday present

hey ;)

YAY ok lemme just enjoy the few more minutes of my birthday <3 HAHAHH

My mom made this!! <3

Spent my birthday a little unusually this year, with the start being ahem ahem LOL. Last night MY and Theresa came to my hall to drink and they really surprised me with a cake!!! :>

I really got damn shocked cause I didn't expect them to get a cake for me <3 Love you guys :') I was really really really touched!!!!

Then yupz Dong and Leumas came by before going together ^^

Anyway, I met up with BBB at vivo to eat lunch at Marche. And Dong was just quite fail at making the non-surprise a surprise and she was desperately trying to save what's left of the surprise LOL. HAHAHA. Last year for my birthday we also went for Marche, but this year's a little different, cause we are missing 2 of our BBBs :( Ass and Nhu are overseas studying now which makes me feel so empty, like there's something missing even when we were together. But I really really really missed hanging out with all of them, and catching up with BBB. Guys I rly missed uall <3

And we just did really random life updates which were stupid but hilarious HAHA. And just chatted about about all our worries, troubles, basically just life. I felt so comfortable talking to them and actually their existence and them being there for lunch with me was already a really really really great birthday present <3

(Marche was really good omg AHHAHA)

ALI STOP POKING ME

Actually they gave me a OBEY shirt which was actually quite funny AHAHA I would never wear it actually but ok la I will wear it for y'all k since y'all bought this for me <3 HAHHAHAH.

Went home after to have dinner with my family, and when I reached home my mom was making a birthday cake for me <3 OMG I was really really really touched cause we kinda quarreled before that which made me feel really shitty about going home but she still made me a cake :')

Ordered Pizza Hut for dinner in the end cause my brother refused to go out to eat dinner, but at least we got to eat the new cheesy pizza which was INSANELY DELICIOUS. OMG I really loved it. And the truth is actually my dad forgot about my birthday also LOL.

Initially he wasn't coming home to eat dinner, but I think my mom called him again to ask him to come home to eat LOL. And my dad just went "why you never tell me today your birthday"

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HAHHA I got nothing to say but aiya I don't really care about that la lol.

OK anyway just chilled at home watching movies and falling asleep.

AND THEN

Janey Waney chat started coming up. IDK but I felt a sense of familiarity just talking to them on the group and spamming and reliving JC days when our group chat can actually be spammed so so so so so much <3 And we were even searching for photos from our JC days and actually we all changed, regardless big or small, the change is still there. And because we are all in different schools (except for me and Lars but Lars med forever busy :( ), naturally we would have drifted away and distanced. But whenever we come together to start talking, it just felt like we didn't stop talking, just that we are really outdated about each other's lives so we NEED some catching up to do.

Janey Waney!! <3

Really, I feel so blessed to have all of these real and genuine friends in my life, where we just say what we feel and not try and hide anything. Being able to just be myself and talk to them is really really relaxing, like how we can talk about anything under the sun <3 Uni life may have taken up most of our time, but it hasn't taken a toll on our relationship. I won't say what my wish was when I blew the candle, but I really hope that it's one that will come true :>

OH and thanks for everyone who wished me throughout the day <3 I was really really touched by all the messages!

I think it's the effort and thought that counts and I'm really so grateful meeting each and everyone of y'all <3

And I got to talk to people I haven't talked to for a very very very very long time, which I really missed and I wished I had more time to meet up with everyone :> I've learnt to cherish everything that I have and all of you are my favorite gifts :>

Luv

Dental // Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip MnM's cookies

heyy ;)

Stayed at home today the whole day again, although I was supposed to go out for breakfast and lunch but some SBOL decided to pangseh both. SBOL if u see this i hope u feel guilty hehe. ANYWAY,  went for dental checkup at 11 cause its been more than a year since I went for a dental checkup. Kinda guessed it and I need filings :(( OWELL. Actually I don't really understand why people are scared of the dentist, cause I LOVE GOING TO SEE THE DENTIST. Maybe cause when I was in Primary School whenever we had dental checkup we go to skip classes and I clearly <3-ed that HAHAHAHAH. skipping school since 1996 OK KID.

BAKING AFTER A LONG HIATUS

So DAMN happy I got to bake today ;)) I think the last time I baked was a few months ago?? Baking today was soooooo liberating. Though it's something I do alone, I just feel so happy :') I really have no idea why LOL. And the baking websites I usually go to HAVE SO MANY UPDATED RECIPES I'M SO HAPPY. Lemme give a list of some I frequent ;) (they're really easy to make too!!)

Half Baked Harvest

Humming Bird High

Joy the Baker

Top with Cinnamon

Love and Lemons

Joy of Baking

Chocolate Covered Katie

Yeah they're really awesome bakers!!! Still gonna search for more baking websites after exams are OFFICIALLY over!!!

Anyway, baked cookies from Half Baked Harvest today ;)  ->Chocolate Chunk Peanut Butter Honey Cookies (original recipe)

But I changed some ingredients and decreased the amount of sugar cause I feel that recipes from baking websites are too sweet for my taste; not that I hate sweet stuff, just that they're too sweet I cannot take it :(( and the product was really good!! For me it came out as soft cookies but I really love them so if you do too, then this is for you!!!!! PLUS theres peanut butter, and chocolate, and I even added MnMs ;))) SINFUL DELIGHT

Anyway, this is my 'ingredients-tweaked' recipe :) Basically its around the same though HAHA

Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Honey Cookies + MnMs + Less Sugar (you can decrease the amount of sugar if you like it less sweet!!!)

INGREDIENTS

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (280g)

1 teaspoon baking soda (I used 4tsp of baking powder cause I ran out of baking soda :(( )

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 cup (2 sticks) salted butter, softened (225g)

40g granulated sugar

130g packed brown sugar

3 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 whole egg + 1 egg yolk

150g creamy peanut butter

2 tablespoons honey

Desired amount of Chocolate chips and MnMs

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.


2. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt in a small bowl. Beat the butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla extract in large mixer bowl until creamy, about 3 to 5 minutes. Add the egg + egg yolk and beat well. Beat in the peanut butter and honey.


3. Gradually beat in the flour mixture. Stir in the chocolate chunks and Reese's Pieces.


4. Roll the dough into scant tablespoon size balls. Stack two balls together and place them two inches apart on the prepared baking sheet.


5. Bake for 10-12 minutes, but no longer. Over baking them is never good! Allow to cool three minutes then eat warm or move to a cooling rack to cool completely. (I baked for 13min or more cause it was a little too soft :(( )

[caption id="attachment_38" align="aligncenter" width="241"] est mass of butter[/caption]



Don't they look pretty ;)I couldn't wait cos i was rly hungry while making this hehehehe



Had to clean up after that duh ;(




DON'T THEY LOOK BEAUTIFULLLL ru hungry yet n_n

HEHEH they taste nawbad <3 a little soft but I just popped them into the oven bit more LOL

alrighty time to watch my drama!! (though I rly shld b studying)

Luv, Olliee