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Why no updates these past months? Well, I was basically busy writing papers for school. I've been done for about three weeks but I've been so sick with writing, typing and computers in general that I vowed not to peck at the keyboard longer than to answer short urgent e-mails. It's only these past few days that I've dared to come back and sit at the computer for longer periods of time. I'm updating right now (at 2AM) because I know Alice will ask me later today if I updated the page or not...and if I don't update she'll probably continue prodding me to do so. So here goes.
So what have I been doing these few weeks? Well, I spent some time so experimenting with cooking... I tried to whip up a few different versions of phad thai to little satisfaction. I can never seem to get sufficient flavouring in my sauce. I guess the Achilles heel to my style of "cooking" is that I rarely go by recipes and measurements...I go by tasting and the what "looks good" method. A recipe for disaster you say? Well, this method has produced successful results, but I'll admit when it fails...it fails badly.
Really badly.
Like Titanic-and-the-musicians-are-still-playing-as-the-ship-goes-down badly. I once whipped up my version of simple spaghetti for a friend:
Her: "I never knew you liked to cook! You never told me you liked to cook..."
Me: "That's because you never told me you liked to eat dog food."
So why not go towards measurements and recipes? Well, that's because I'm a typical guy, and we men are totally impatient with any and all manuals. Have you seen any guy sit down and study instructions before trying to assemble something? No. We just go by male intuition. Case in point, get a typical man to assemble pre-fabbed furniture from Ikea. We first bring out the power tools and the band-saw and bang away for about an hour. If we get a bookshelf out of what was supposed to be a sofa, we *might* check the diagrams in the manual an hour later. That's if you're lucky.
Anyhoo, I think I will try using some tamarind and maybe a little of coconut milk in the next batch.
I spent some time shooting photos these past weeks and the results look fairly decent, but I still need to buy a film scanner before I can put them online. I think I'll purchase that in the next month or so. Stayed tuned for brand new picture updates (coming soon).
Funny episode several weeks ago... I met dream girl #147 at a friend's party. I approached her with my usual grace of stumbling over a chair...
Me: "Hi....blah, blah, blah..."
Several minutes later we're casually drifting towards the subject of age/school. I'm thinking she HAS to be in the 21-23 neighbourhood. I ask.
Her: "Yeah I'm younger than I look...I'm 17."
Uh oh. Jail bait.
Me: "But I'm SO hooked." *sigh*
Her: "Excuse me?"
Me: "Ummm....nothing..."
Apparently I'm not that bad at guessing ages as one of my friends. He has particular problems estimating ages of Asian girls. Fortunately, he tells me he hangs out with older girls who offer him sisterly advice:
Him: "What about her?"
Them: "Uh...she looks 16, hun..."
Him: "Oh."