Not here anymore

I don't blog here anymore - it's all at www.jewoley.com

Thanks!

Hello!

Do not change my blog address yet because I'm still trying to work out the new template and stuff...don't think it's going to happen by this week, though.

Meanwhile, I will be updating here until I get the hang of things and until my very eligible *ahem* housemate gets back from India.

One more thing

...to take up whatever time that I have in my hands.

No wonder I like being alone - there are too many things to do!

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I now have WordPress installed by my very eligible housemate.

*ahem*

I am not happy because the test site is exactly like everybody else's who have WordPress installed - I want to come up with my own theme! Ambitious gila gila...

One day I will get it done...just not now. It's too crazy.
The tutorials are as if written in another language that I cannot understand. Either that or I'm not as quick of a learner in all things non-work related anymore (oh no! What else can I do then?)...

Welcome to a whole new world of CSS, XHTML, PHP...etc.
Not that new but still, it's confusing.

Why must I be so ambitious and insistent on wanting everything my own way?!

*wails*

Just pretend I didn't say I was on an internet/blogging break lah...*hehe*

If you haven't noticed...

...I'm taking a break from the internet. Sort of.
(Yeah right. Pfft. Two days and you call it a break...and it's off blogging, not really the internet.)

Will be trying out probably two other recipes for CNY. It's next month!!!

Nothing I can write about here at the moment, life has been TOO eventful. *ahem*

While searching for recipes, I found Che-Cheh...guess what was the first thing that got my attention?

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I accidentally deleted my own template. Thank God for internet cache's...

I'm frustrated trying to figure out how to work the classic template of Blogger. I've searched through the help page but it's all for nothing. Why can't I find a code for the "label" tag?! I don't want it to be before my signature, I want it to be after!

GARGH!

I can't even space it out further away from my post...don't know how (but I know something CAN be done because I've seen it on Jenny's site.

*sigh*

I think I shall dedicate one day (or more) to migrate to WordPress...if I feel brave enough. I pening looking at the instructions and all. Anyone wants to help me? (Whether it's to migrate or to solve my problem!)

Any volunteers?

Any idea what is it?
It's not biscuits though it needs rubbing the butter into the flour...(and I AM interested to try AuntyJo's recipe one day)

I think before anyone reads this, I would already have gotten my voluntary guinea pigs at church tomorrow. *hehe*

I said I have something new to try out...and it's actually pineapple tarts! I wanted to try making them because I thought for this year's CNY I could make some for ourselves (rather than buying and this is one of mom's must-buy)...mana tau mom tells me they are not coming back.

I still chose to make it because I've already bought some of the ingredients/items to practice with, so practice I shall! At least I would have some pictures to show mom. *hehe*


I "cheat" this time by buying the pineapple paste because I want to get the pastry right first. This would be the first and the last time I would want to buy this paste (or at least, from this particular shop) because it's soooooooooooooooooooooo sweet!
Take one or two pieces, I think you'd be sick of it already.


It's literally back breaking to make these morsels. Ugh!
I'd not complain about the price of tarts next time...it IS a lot of work and it's tedious.

I'm really glad that the pastry came out right!
Wheeeeee!!! Melt-in-mouth buttery!
It shouldn't come as a surprise since the ratio of flour:butter is around 1:1 if not more butter!

Mmmm-mmm! (If I may say so myself *hehe!*)

I'm seeing another attempt for this...and still using the same paste, only because I've got loads left.
Anyone wants to help make 'em?

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Edited 855pm [6th January]

Hmmm...I've tried searching if it's possible to reboil the pineapple paste and make it less sweet but nothing comes up. Any idea? Anyone's mom knows?
*hehe*
I have quite a lot of it left and the verdict I got today - it IS super sweet. Ugh. Thinking about it now makes my tooth (yea, this particular one on my lower jaw on the left) hurt...

If there is no remedy, I guess I will have to prepare more pastry for the paste the next time I attempt this again.

Less paste + more pastry = more work!

The second and third batch of tarts that came out, the pastry wasn't as melt-in-mouth because I kiasu and left them in the oven for too long...because they didn't brown nicely even after glazing it with egg wash. Probably I would have to follow the recipe directly to use egg yolk only instead of the whole egg. I thought since AuntyJo used the whole egg+milk to glaze her biscuits, I could use the same method to glaze the tarts. Tak jadi pulak...

Maybe by the time board-game's night comes around, you'd get to have some? *hehe*

For you to see, LC

You know we all wished that you could be here with us...here are some updated links.

New Year's Eve with SKL
New Year's Day with SKL
Kin San Kichi - 1.1.08

Other updated links

[Birthdays]
Joanne's Birthday - 5.12.07
Joanne's Birthday - 10.12.07
Sze-Mien's Birthday - 20.12.07

[Events]
Leonard & Vivian's Wedding in JB - 22.9.07
Leonard & Vivian's Wedding in KL - 29.9.07
Christmas Musical 2007

[Outings]
Pancakes and Cards - 23.12.07
Christmas 2007