i am me

take one part sweat, stir in with 2 parts eyebags (due to lack of sleep), then add in 5 parts burnt fingers and mix in 2 parts tired legs and what do you get?

LASAGNA!

today was and still is my parents' 23rd anniversary

1, 2, 3...times 5 divided by 8 equals....23! ok, correct!


decided to make them dinner. sisters and i wanted to make it all romantic like how we did it for them during valentine's but then it turned out to be a normal family dinner. how boring.

decided to try making lasagna for the first time. and i think it turned out quite ok.

ok, i'm gonna tell you guys a secret.

the lasagna sheets i used were bought about half a year ago and have been sitting in the pantry for quite a bit.

so, today when i took them out to cook it, a whole bunch of weird looking ants came tumbling out too! and some actually got stuck and died in between the lasagna sheets! eeyieeer! it sounds quite gross and it looked even grosser.

*is there such a word? grosser?*

but then...while i was looking at it...

*thoughts fly back to eons ago*

i remembered that one time when i was helping daddy cook, actually cooked noodles that had these bugs in them before as well and when he boiled them, the bugs just floated off and died.

so, i tried to do the same thing.

and thank God it worked.

yup, so, boil, boil, boil, die, die, die, strain, strain, strain, and then onto the lasagna plate.

i don't remember getting diarrhoea from daddy's bug-drained noodles, so i hope i won't get it this time. and even if anything happens, it'll happen to me. i've got the weakest, stupidest stomach in my family.

who's got diarrhoea?
jie jie

who's got food poisoning?
jie jie

who's vomiting?
jie jie

see..it's always me. i've got a weird gastrointestinal tract.

so, i cooked lasagna and made caesar salad.

and you all know how caesar salad has lettuce, bacon bits, cheese, croutons and sliced boiled eggs in it right?

well, i forgot the bacon bits and eggs and croutons.

mainly cause when i went to shop for the ingredients, i ran outta money so i couldn't buy bacon and croutons. eggs, i just totally forgot.

so, to make up for the croutons, i heated up oil in the wok and cut up bread into little cube sized bits and deep fried them. it worked wonderfully. instant croutons. but i might have left them a little to long in the oil and it kinda turned blackish. so...instant croutons became instant charcoal pills. whoopee.

for the bacon bits, i tried to be smart. we had spam in the fridge and what i did was i sliced it really finely and fried them. till they were crispy and crunchy. turned out alright. didn't taste like bacon bits, but it made do.

talk about improvising.

but my salad was a hit and everything was eaten up. i even had to make seconds. not bad. oh and i made my own sauce as well. not baaaaaaaaaad.

happy anniversary mum and dad. love you guys.