Tuesday, April 21, 2009

The inner side of me

My "baking" side of me has truly well taken over for the past few weeks. It has been non-stop baking week after week and i really felt the guilt now as i think i've put on weight from eating too many "junk" food recently. The rush of chocolate craze from easter, the growing apetite from the increasing cold weather and not to mention my cravings for different food are the culprites. Nevertheless, i enjoyed my baking a lot and i think it's all about the balance of trying to bake and at the same time maintain my current weight. Over the long easter holidays, i have the sudden urge to bake Orea cheesecake. My friends has been long awaiting for this day as we are all big fans of the club called "DESSERTS". I've started off by coarsely grinding the oreo cookies with my fingers and i realized that why on earth didn't I get a food processor which would make life easier for me? Seriously, to make Oreo crumbs is like a never ending job that particular morning as i have to grind a total of 2 Oreo packets. My goodness, by the time i've finished that task, my thumbs are numb from the constant repetitive action. However, my effort pays off when everyone gave me the thumbs up for my OREO CHEESECAKE. 
    Look at the filling - 2 blocks of cream cheese and 2 packages of Oreo (Indulgence of guilt) 

After promising my housemate on making a lunch roll for her since last year, 
i've finally got all ingredients and found the perfect mood/time to make one for her. My colleague at MPH made it for me once and i fell in love with the delicious combination of vege and cheese. I know that the roll sounds v
egetarian and it's not like something that i would opt for at first sight. However, i immediately wanted more after having the first bite of it and i've finally made it 2 days ago. It's a puff pastry with spinach and ricotta cheese in it. Sounds fatty but then i think it's quite healthy. It doesn't need much oil to cook it with. 
I can only rate this masterpiece of mine as an average after tasting it. 
It's not as delicious as i thought it would be i think i'll need to work on it again to level up myself. Probably this weekend! My inner side again now warning me of my "GUILT" again...

I am heading off to another hospital to work next week. This hospital reminds me of the hospital back in KK --- Grotty, smelly and scary. I sometimes do contradict myself a lot. I hate my future workplace coz of the poor working environment but then i think the work will be not as stressful where as my current workplace is a lot cleaner/spacious; however work can be stressful at times especially the manager is always trying to be "Tom Cruise" and stay cool most of the time. Now that im transferring to another hospital, i miss my current workplace so much recently that i hope to stay put there. What irony! I guess life goes on...life goes on!


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