p r etty+d e c e n t+obsess i o n

This was us, last nite, breaking fast w/ all my staff. The guy on the left is my TA - tgh melantak his 3rd kari kepala ikan. Food was good - fish head curry, siakap 3 rasa, sotong, telur etc (hubby tambah 3 kali!), price was okay (RM20 sorg), and we got some rebonding time w/ my beloved Unit Landskap Team - depa dok asik wat lawak we cant stop laughing ;]

Next wik maybe ajak some frenz over - supposely this wiken, but everyone’s off balik kg (except for us huhuhu) - so kena tunda. Hmm…nak masak pe ek?? Hubby’s colleagues alreadi reminded him - have to do open house after rayer - so I’m getting panic attack cause my skill of culinery is for a maximum of 4-5 ppl - more than that i’ve no control watsoeva over the taste lagi dah! hihihi so am browsing the net for simple tasty recipes that’re easy to do and hard to mess up =P

yeaah..last Tuesday we had a Jabatan’s gathering, the Planning Dept Sport&Social Club AJK for 2007 were bidding farewell. They were doing some speech and all, and I was actually not feeling too good inside my tummy …so off I went to the ladies, was back within 10 min - and whaddayaknow, everybody was congratulating me for being the new club’s president - sesi 2008! what??? can ppl do that? vote you while you’re off accepting nature call? can someone say conspiracy theory?!

and so anywaay… i’ve waved off the rights to my pan, kuali and stove today, for a yummy pizza hut buke pose! but tomorrow i might try something - hubby’s frenz who went to US brought back some extradelicious Reese’s peanutbutter cup - and I’ve been hooked on ever since! Tried my best searching for it here and KL, but to no avail! I looked up in http://gilly.ca/ yummy foodblog - and found this!! cant wait to try it - hope it’ll turn out marvellous!!

Peanut Butter Cups

2 parts bittersweet dark chocolate
1/4 part unsalted butter, softened and divided
mini muffin liners (I used silicon, but paper liners are probably fine)
fine pastry/paint brush
1 part natural peanut butter (I used homemade)
1/2 part confectioner’s sugar
1/8 part brown sugar

Melt half of the butter, along with the dark chocolate over a double boiler.  Using the fine brush, paint a layer of chocolate around the sides and bottom of the liners - thick enough so there are no translucent spots.  Set the liners into the refrigerator to set - ~10 minutes.

In the meantime, combine the peanut butter, confectioner’s sugar, brown sugar and half of the butter together until uniform and soft.

Remove liners from refrigerator.  Working quickly, add a small spoonful or two of the peanut butter mixture to each cup.  Using the greased tip of a spoon or fork, lightly press until the cups are ~3/4 full.

You may need to put the chocolate mix over low heat again to melt.  Once the chocolate is ready, spoon a little bit of chocolate over each cup, and smooth as well as possible.  Set the cups into the fridge to set ~10 minutes.

At this point, you can either freeze some of the cup, or remove them from fridge and allow to sit for 5-10 minutes to soften slightly.  Enjoy!!

Who are you to judge the life I live?
I know I’m not perfect, & I don’t live to be,
but before you start pointing fingers
- make sure your hands are clean.

Bob Marley

If

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies,
Or, being hated, don’t give way to hating,
And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with triumph and disaster
And treat those two imposters just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to broken,
And stoop and build ‘em up with wornout tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on";

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run -
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And - which is more - you’ll be a Man my son!