#grandma? meh-ma

[lonelimbless]

Related to the previous post. Plus, getting somewhere with her design. (and don't mind the rushed Rayman)

[emoverted]

late night cravings-homesickness fusion

You know the saying, "You don't know what you've got until it's gone"?. This is exactly that.

Tempe talks in between ngaji, a.k.a. the only time I expose my taste buds to that many sambal.

The delicacy itself, Bubur Galaxy (technically not its official name). And if you don't mix your bubur, you're doing it wrong, fight me.

JCO. A staple, especially within my extended family because my grandma would buy us a whole box whenever it was one of her grandkids' birthday. Rekindled when it opened literally right next to my high school.

My love, my life, my everything, pukis. Would get these almost every Sunday while waiting for my brother to swim. Now that I think of it, Rp10.000 for 8? Damn. Here, I have to pay an extra approximately Rp8.000 just for a bag of Bourbon chocolate buns, and they don't come close to this classic.

Mama's chicken steak. My mom was never that much of a cook, but this is an absolute classic, alongside her chicken soup. I don't care if people say it's meh, I love it to death.

If the previous ones we're considered classic, then I don't know what this is. The embodiment of my childhood, Muti's avocado ice cream. It's basically frozen avocado juice but something about the sweetness both from the avocado itself and the additional chocolate condensed milk is just right.

I don't care, I'm gonna name this brand. Ayam Mas Mono. That's it.

And of course, how can I forget the myth the legend itself, ni ai wo wo ai ni, Mixue. What a Chad.

Now this is the real deal. Nutella Brownies Blizzard never goes wrong.

(Edit: January 12, 2024)

But most importantly, I miss the people I used to share my meals with almost daily. Eating the regular yet lovely chicken soup by Mama with my brother while waiting for my school's pick-up car to come, eating yet another peanut butter bread with my friends while talking about the same old problem I couldn't seem to walk away from, so many memories though redundant I would relive once more. If He wills, it will happen, but I know it won't last. We won't live through it for days, even months, like we would before. So if there's one thing I learned from leaving home, it would be to cherish the so-called ordinary days.

[morgan-n-cheese-91]

Rant while I’m watching

This is all season 10 the end of 9 and the begninng of 11? I think. This is copied from a chat of mine so I’m not gonna deal with the times. Please just read around them.

WAIT![7:54 PM]BITCH NO YOU CAN"T KILL CAS BITCH FUCKING NO[7:55 PM]OH SHIT[7:55 PM]OH SHIT[7:55 PM]Dean just made allllllll the mirrors frost[7:55 PM]that's nnot fucking good[7:59 PM]CAS WATCHED STAR WARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Ok Sam has stopped pretending he's not scared of shit. You can clearly see the fear in his eyes now. And frankly it amazing.[11:14 PM]That sounds horrible[11:16 PM]but I'm more saying that more about Jared's acting skills.  ma dude.[11:20 PM]Sam[11:20 PM]Bro[11:21 PM]Dude[11:21 PM]nah[11:21 PM]nah Sam was complaining about Dean liking killing these vampires to much[11:24 PM]JODY IS A QUEEN AND SHE IS A GREAT MOM! TRY AND PROVE ME WRONG YOU WILL FAIL!  IS that a monster club?!?!?!?!?!?![11:27 PM]Could you settle for JB's? Was that a were shapeshifter battle?  My dude your as dead as your gf your gonna bleed out[11:29 PM]shush  MONSTER TURF WARS[11:50 PM]MONSTER MOFIEA[11:50 PM]I CAN"T FUCKING SPELL[11:52 PM]"Godfather with fangs."[11:52 PM]uh yea[11:55 PM]FUCKING SWEEDY TOD! Dean I know your bf is in a comanding roll and you think that's hot but please stop hitting on him[12:15 AM]Dam Dean.[12:15 AM]The King is back in town the king is back in town.[12:15 AM]THE King is BACK in town[12:21 AM]To the King and Queen of hell:[12:21 AM]Are we in heaven?[12:22 AM]You must be angels[12:22 AM]wow[12:24 AM]Crowley sold his soul for a longer dick[12:24 AM]pfft-[12:24 AM]I-[12:25 AM]I can't-[12:25 AM]I-[12:25 AM]OMG DUDE WHAT THE FUCK![12:25 AM]HAHAHAAAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHH!!!!!!!!!!!!![12:26 AM]his son is so disaponted[12:30 AM]Dam Crowley's son got flame[12:30 AM]holy shit   Dean I swear to god you go all Lord of the Rings on this motherfucking blade I will pull a Tony Stark and take it way.[12:52 AM]Is this the Cas is a little girl episode?[12:55 AM]or not  I'm laughing at Metron's discribtion of Cas[12:59 AM]Dean shush[1:01 AM]Dean Cas are having a domistic[1:01 AM]and Sam's trying to medate[1:08 AM]We hate men like you[1:08 AM]He's your Leader's bf  who's a little off his rocker right now so shush[1:10 AM]Dean like the Fiddler on the roof[1:10 AM]It's canon[1:12 AM]Why is 6 afraid of 7?[1:12 AM]Cas: Prime number?????[1:12 AM]Sam: The fuck? that's like a 2nd grade riddle[1:13 AM]CAS KNOWS LOTRS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![1:15 AM]SENSEBLE SHOES![1:16 AM][1:20 AM]Heaven: Your lame spring fling  Cas is dead[1:29 AM]Cas is sooooo[1:29 AM]Dead[1:30 AM]R I P[1:30 AM]Punish him[1:30 AM]Both Cas and Dean go WHAT?[1:31 AM]WHAT! OMG OMFG[1:32 AM]Pfft-[1:32 AM]Oop[1:32 AM]Rip Dean[1:34 AM]He's in love[1:34 AM]with "humanity"[1:35 AM]Thanos quoted Metatron  God Fucking dam it Dean  Dean will be glad to know that the Cubs finally win[2:12 AM]Fuck you died again Dean[2:14 AM]"you put on the flag of heaven..."[2:14 AM]Nah he put on the pan flag and then rekt y'all[2:17 AM]Dean's dead for what the 809th time?[2:17 AM]He'll be back[2:17 AM]Time will tell[2:18 AM]Sam he's fucking dead[2:18 AM]D E A D[2:18 AM]But he'll be back[2:19 AM]Chuck can't answer the phone right now[2:21 AM]ok ngl the blade doesn't really look real. It's looks like a prop[2:21 AM]Also[2:22 AM]WHAT THE EVER LOVING FUCK DEAN?![2:22 AM]HUH?[2:22 AM]YOU THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD FUCKING IDEA?[2:22 AM]NO[2:22 AM]NOT A GOOD FUCKING IDEA[2:22 AM]DUMB[2:23 AM]Ok the way they played the opening of season 10 boi that was good[2:23 AM]OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo[2:23 AM]New title card[2:24 AM]Ok so I saw this somewhere but[2:25 AM]Soulless Sam, Crazy Cas, and Demon Dean, (why the fuck are all these allterations?) all at the same time would have been a riot[2:26 AM]Cas has a cold[2:27 AM]Did I just get a read suggestion for Spn x male instert, twice in a row?[2:27 AM]YES! YES I DID![2:33 AM]THe look of relisation[2:35 AM]Cas drives like a grandma[2:36 AM]He got hannah carsick[2:36 AM]and now is also dying so[2:39 AM]Sam's gonna murder Crowley and Dean[2:39 AM]Slowly[2:39 AM]and painfully[2:40 AM]If Sam exrosised Dean? What would happen?[2:40 AM]Would he just drop his body?[2:41 AM]Or would he just straight up die?[2:44 AM]How do they keep the knives up their sleeves without stabbing themselves[2:49 AM]Dean your a fucking slut yes  Sam stays quiet.[1:15 PM]Gets punch[1:16 PM]grunts[1:16 PM]"Proof of life,"[1:17 PM]OMG[1:17 PM]OMG[1:18 PM]20 y/o Dean[1:18 PM]yo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![1:18 PM]He looks so young[1:22 PM]Ignore me just skipping all the like odd sexual sences because either they're weird or I'm very embarressed by them[1:26 PM]cas is about to fall asleep behind the wheel and crash[1:31 PM]Cas is asleep on the couch  Words hurt[1:45 PM]YOU DON'T GET TO SAY SHIT  Hahahahahahahaha[1:55 PM]Omg[1:56 PM]Smoke bombb[1:56 PM]Sam has an asmatha attack[1:56 PM]Dean just looks at him[1:56 PM]like WEAK[1:57 PM]This is payback[1:57 PM]THis is dumb[1:58 PM]YES![1:58 PM]THE PRINCESS BRIDE![1:59 PM]just heals[1:59 PM]Sam just shows up and mauls him with holy water[2:03 PM]Where the fuck did you bring him Sam[2:03 PM]What is this?[2:03 PM]HAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAW[2:05 PM]Garilla man gorilla man[2:09 PM]It's DEPRESSION DEAN but he's more homosidal  You went to fa[2:37 PM]*You went to far[2:44 PM]The music is like the Skywalker theme[2:47 PM]Lets play a high stakes game of hide and seek in the bunker[2:52 PM]HERE'S DEAN![2:54 PM]You don't want to play hide and seek anymore?[2:55 PM]Heal by hug[2:55 PM]-Cas[2:56 PM]Lillo and Stich?[2:56 PM]No[2:56 PM]Ey! IT WORKED[2:56 PM]IT WORKED[2:56 PM]IT WORKED!!!!!!!!!!!!![2:58 PM]Good plan Sam[3:01 PM]WEREWOLVES OF LONDON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![3:01 PM]AHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO![3:01 PM]AHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO![3:05 PM]Bitcoin[3:06 PM]Obama[3:06 PM]the ice caps  Did I just skip a whole episode to avoid the cringe fuck yea[4:10 PM]The two of them with cougers is the funniest thing  Ask Jeeves?[4:21 PM]More like Knives out[4:25 PM]I'm lactose intolerant[4:25 PM]Sam nice[4:25 PM]nice[4:30 PM]These ladies.[4:30 PM]Complaining about dating this guy who's 'ugly' But has an island.(edited)[4:31 PM]but thristing over Sam.[4:31 PM]Who's like I live out of my car[4:31 PM]it's not even my car[4:32 PM]It's by brother's[4:37 PM]"Not to mention Homosexuals"[4:38 PM]Don't mind me just DYING![4:38 PM]omg[4:38 PM]THE FLANNEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![4:45 PM]Dean shush[4:45 PM]your fine she's dead[4:50 PM]The snap of someone's neck sounds like a torilla chip  Cas what did you do to Jimmy?[5:14 PM]I'm sorry your kinda hot but I don't like you Hannah[5:15 PM]Hannah just dropped her vessel[5:15 PM]rip[5:22 PM]ok sometimes I feel like I care more about the car then they do  Crowley's mum?[5:30 PM]Crowley's mum[5:32 PM]The RETREAT[5:32 PM]HOW MUCH I hAVE HEARD ABOUT YOU![5:37 PM]THE 2 QUEENS![5:38 PM]Jodie's got hunting sense ON[5:38 PM]THE BOIS NO![5:38 PM]They all are gonna know y'all and blow y'all's covers no[5:40 PM]Jodie's about to comit murder[5:41 PM]dang  CAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![6:15 PM]YOUR VESSEL"S DAUGHTER"S IN TROUBLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![6:16 PM]Claire's about to murder your ass[6:17 PM]Lucifer popped your head[6:17 PM]Cas your not making this any better[6:19 PM]Yes he owns a tie[6:19 PM]No he's not gonna wear it right[6:21 PM]Missionary[6:23 PM]Claire's a vibe[6:24 PM]I'm vibing with Claire[6:27 PM]Ketchups a fruit[6:29 PM]Cas she stole your wallet[6:30 PM]EARTH GRAPHIC[6:30 PM][6:32 PM]Yes[6:32 PM]No[6:32 PM]You had to roast Sam like that[6:32 PM]Dean and you would vibe with this girl[6:32 PM]JUST VIBE![6:33 PM]IT"S A FRUIT[6:33 PM]Ask Sam[6:33 PM]dean and claire are on the same wave lenth[6:33 PM]ask sam[6:35 PM]yes[6:37 PM]You're offended over you worth in pigs?[6:39 PM]Rowna thought he was worth anything from 180-300 $[6:39 PM]and Crowley thinks he was worth any were from 300-500$[6:45 PM]He's a teddy bear and you would get along with his bf[6:47 PM]All three have been there done that[6:51 PM]Really love?[6:51 PM]I feel like that would be a stretch for y'all  Charlie's coming back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!![7:53 PM]go get ketchup[7:53 PM]it's hell of a lot better  i like your sword char  Bad Charlie and Meh Dean is not a good combo[9:10 PM]CHARLIE JUST TOOK THE IMPALA![9:15 PM]Charlie broke his nose[9:15 PM]DAM![9:15 PM]USE THE FORSE![9:18 PM]Can we pleasse give charlie bad charlie's outfit?[9:18 PM]PLEASE?![9:18 PM]She looked so hot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Ok the impalas a bench seat[9:30 PM]there's a couple inches differance between the two[9:31 PM]I know from experance that my grandma and grandpa are only a little bit shorter than me but when I pratice driving by pulling out their car I feel crampted in the front seats.[9:32 PM]so either Sam's crampted the whole time[9:33 PM]or Dean has a little stretch to reach the petals[9:34 PM]Fuk dean just got taken too[9:35 PM]YO![9:35 PM]It's 13 y/o Dean[9:38 PM]Spit it out[9:39 PM]How have you lived this long?[9:39 PM]Huh'[9:39 PM]How are u 30?[9:39 PM]How are you alive?[9:44 PM]Doess teenage dean have the mark?[9:44 PM]I would think but?[9:45 PM]TOLD Y"ALL SAM GETSS SQUISHED[9:45 PM]Also Dean should not be driving he doesn't look legal  I’m watching you burn[10:03 PM]SHIT LITTLE SAMMY!!!!![10:04 PM]nvm[10:04 PM]You look amazing in a hoodie and nikes  Sam did you really use COBAIN as your name[10:16 PM]jesus dude  but they are listening to HOSTER!![10:36 PM]LIKE FUCK YEA[10:38 PM]Then they killed a guy  the impala has a crank[10:59 PM]i mean duh[10:59 PM]but  Charlie's not allowed to be dead[12:38 PM]she knew the rules and broke them  Dean's about to kill Sam but[12:45 PM]I'm laughing so hard  Don't mind me just refusing to watch 10 22 because Charlie died in 10 21 and I'm pissed[10:33 PM]like she knew the rules and broke them  I'm forcing myself to continue watching and Dean is getting pulled over[11:03 PM]I also just told him to be a lawful citzen even though you aren't[11:03 PM]and he's getting arsetted on non existent charges[11:04 PM]They found the id stash[11:04 PM]ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm[11:04 PM]dean used Freddy Mercury[11:04 PM]a known BI man as a cover[11:05 PM][11:07 PM]Sam has lured Crowley into a trap[11:07 PM]pfft[11:08 PM]Poor form even for you[11:08 PM]not my gun[11:09 PM]Petion to give Sam a hair tie[11:09 PM]Man bun that fucker man[11:10 PM]Dean's murdering a family and Sam's murdering Crowley[11:10 PM]What a world[11:11 PM]Die[11:13 PM]Bold words coming from you Sam[11:15 PM]Ginger whore[11:16 PM]Fucking Dean got captured by this fucking bitches[11:16 PM]you fucking dumbass[11:16 PM]both of you[11:17 PM]You can sorta see the camera in the relection of his eyes[11:18 PM]XXXXXDDDDDD[11:20 PM]I like that they stormed the bunker but no ones home because the ones who would be are DEAD![11:20 PM]and cas is where ever the fuck he is[11:22 PM]OH SHIT[11:23 PM]Let the bodies hit the floor Let the bodies hit the floor Let the bodies hit the floor Let the bodies hit the floor Beaten, why for Can't take much more (Here we go, here we go, here we go now) One, nothing wrong with me Two, nothing wrong with me Three, nothing wrong with me Four, nothing wrong with me One, something's got to give Two, something's got to give Three, something's got to give now Let the bodies hit the floor Let the bodies hit the floor Let the bodies hit the floor Let the bodies hit the floor Let the bodies hit the floor Let the bodies hit the floor Push me again This is the end (Here we go, here we go, here we go now) One, nothing wrong with me Two, nothing wrong with me Three, nothing wrong with me Four, nothing wrong with me One, something's got to give Two, something's got to give Three, something's got to give now Let the bodies hit the floor Let the bodies hit the floor Let the bodies hit the floor Let the bodies hit the floor Let the bodies hit the floor Let the bodies hit the floor Skin against skin, blood and bone You're all by yourself but you're not alone You wanted in and now you're here Driven by hate, consumed by fear Let the bodies hit the floor Let the bodies hit the floor Let the bodies hit the floor Let the bodies hit the floor One, nothing wrong with me Two, nothing wrong with me Three, nothing wrong with me Four, nothing wrong with me One, something's got to give Two, something's got to give Three, something's got to give now Let the bodies hit the floor Let the bodies hit the floor Let the bodies hit the floor Let the bodies hit the floor Let the bodies hit the floor Let the bodies hit the floor Hey! Come! Hey! Come! Hey! Come! Hey! Come![11:24 PM]Don't burn the bloody photo I'm begging you[11:24 PM]Crappy taste my ass[11:25 PM]hes gay[11:26 PM]Dean's gonna raise holy hell on all because you burnt the pic of Mary[11:26 PM]Bringing holy hell on y'all[11:27 PM]Your dead buddy[11:27 PM]You killed Charlie and your gonna burn one of his only pics of his mom and Bobby[11:27 PM]Your fucking dead[11:28 PM]The man is covered in your family's blood and your mocking him about his sister's death[11:28 PM]not a good idea[11:29 PM]HOW MANY NIPPLES YOU GOT BOI?[11:29 PM]ttttttwo?[11:29 PM]Good   Head shot![11:30 PM]Dean[11:30 PM]Brother[11:30 PM]blood[11:31 PM]think[11:31 PM]Don't kill the boi[11:31 PM]please[11:31 PM]what the fuck[11:31 PM]-_-[11:32 PM]he was a human[11:34 PM]you're being a dick right now[11:34 PM]he just broke cas' arm[11:35 PM]DO NOT KILL YOUR BF![11:35 PM]HRMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM[11:36 PM]wow you healed quik[11:37 PM]*quicke[11:37 PM]*quick[11:39 PM]I tend to read the summary of the up coming episodes and[11:40 PM]Shot interally from the inside of the impala[11:40 PM]Blah blah blah blah ghouls[11:42 PM]Sam hasn't completely fucked up a spell yet and Cas is an angel so[11:42 PM]you ain't either[11:43 PM]How about[11:43 PM]You give them the spell and they don't kill you[11:44 PM]I swear to god the fandom loves Baby more then they do

[half-blood-goods]

Disney Sequel Reviews shortly, because why not ( Part 3 )

101 Dalmatians 2: Patch's London Adventure

- Story Time: When i was little, i often went to my great-grandmother in the weekends. She had a TV and a DVD Player with 4 DVDs: Patch's London Adventure, Lion King 1 1/2, Home on the Range and a bunch of episodes of Disney's Gummi Bears. Thanks to that I saw this movie like a billion times, so i might be too nice to it. But again, this is my list, so i do whatever i want

- This is one of my favorite Disney Sequel ( it's definietly in the top 5 )

- The animation style is really good

- Cruella is back and she's even crazier than last time

- this painter guy is golden

- I really enjoyed watching Patch and Thunderbolt interacting with each other in the streets of London.

- And they actually casted a child to voice the puppy character not like in a certain other case ( *cough* Scamp *cough* )

- The worst part of this movie is the Horace-Jasper duo. In the first movie, they were kinda funny but still threatening characters. Here, they are horrible comic reliefs. A woman dress? Really?

- And HOLY SHIT THEY SENT CRUELLA TO A MENTAL HOSPITAL. That's dark Disney.

Stitch! The movie

- The animation is really nice

- This is a prequel to a TV series done RIGHT

- If you didn't know, this movie was the setup for the Lilo and Stitch animated series ( which is one of my favorites )

- I love Hamsterwheel as a villain

- 625 have all the powers that Stitch has, but he just want to make sandwiches. He's fantastic.

- Pleakley and Jumba are back, and they are just as great as in the first one

- I really like 221's Design. Kinda Stitch, but not really

Lion King 1 1/2

- ALL HAIL THE BEST DISNEY SEQUEL EVER MADE

- Timon and Pumbaa ( but mostly Timon ) are my favorite Disney characters. A movie about them? Count me in.

- The animation is Gorgeous, almost as good as the original's ( which would've come at handy in the Lion King 2, just sayin' )

- The movie have both hilarious and emotional moments which is always good in a movie.

- The songs are all great, i love them ( Digga Tunnah is hella catchy, it's remix in the credits is great, and the score when Timon leaves the colony is beautiful )

- Fun Fact: The song "That's all i need" was actually the original "Hakuna Matata", called "Warthog Rhapsody".

- We finally know why the animal tower collapsed

- Timon's mom deserves respect: she loved his son so much that she was ready to face the whole world alone just to find him. The power of motherly love is the strongest power of all.

- Uncle Max is fantastic

- Possibly my favorite Disney scene is in this movie: the montage where Timon and Pumbaa are dealing with cub Simba. Seeing how hard they are trying to keep him safe is kinda heartwarming ( especially when he had a nightmare about THAT part of the first movie which broke my heart into a million pieces )

- The Proposal. I said enough.

- Timon willing to sacrifice himself just to save Pumbaa, Ma and Uncle Max ( and leading the hyenas to Scar so they could eat him ) is ( in my opinion ) one of the bravest Disney moments.

- And of course the Cinema scenes are great. Especially the one at the beginning and the one at the end.

- Also there's like 2 million hidden Mickeys in this movie

Mulan 2

- *Very Angry Hissing Noise* D I E

- From my favorite to my LEAST favorite sequel!

- I hate this movie. Possibly the 3 good things about it are the animation ( except Shang's facial expressions ), the soldiers and the max. 2 minutes of screentime when Grandma Fa is shown.

- The moral of the story is possibly one of the worst morals: Love is the only thing that matters and fuck everything else. THE FATE OF CHINA WAS ON STAKE FOR GOD'S SAKE MULAN YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE SMARTER THAN THAT

- By the way China was possibly doomed, since the princesses didn't marry to the finger-trap guy

- BUT the biggest crime of the movie was that they made My Dude Mushu unlikeable. He was my favorite character from the first movie. Here he's just a douchebag. Plus no Eddie Murphy

- The songs are meh

- And HOW ON EARTH DID SHANG SURVIVE THAT FALL? You can't say "Because Disney", because there were several other cases of someone dying from a fall. Isn't it right Ratigan, Gaston and Cyclops from Hercules?

[lance-o-lot]

Daisy for Lance and Kia

💐 25 flower asks:

daisy - what’s your best childhood memory?

“Onleh get teh choose one? Dat’s a’ tough one teh answer…but I’d ‘ave teh say meh Granny’s stories ‘bout ‘er house bein’ haunted ‘n visited by fae folks. She claimed we ‘ad sum fae blood in us…Ma would back ‘er up ‘n say dats why all us Kingsmen were irresistible teh odders ‘r why we were sensitive ‘bout certain things odders couldn’t see.”

“I’d have to say visiting my Grandparents in New Mexico…they had this old RV that I use to play in and pretend I lived there. Plus, it was fun to watch my Grandpa work on cars or my Grandma to paint or craft her jewelry. We also use to go rock hunting in a close by ‘junk yard’ found so many interesting gems and bottles and other things out there.”

[horanghaechan]

Tag game

I was tagged by @weareindeedbastards (obrigadaaaaaaaaaaa <3)

Rules: answer 30 questions and tag 20 people (however many you want rly)

Here we go…

Nicknames: oh man, i have tons of them. My name is Maria Clara, but my grandma from my father’s side call me “Cacala”, my grandpa from mother’s side call me “Maria” while my grandpa from father’s side calls me “Baixinha Perigosa” (literally “Dangerous Small Girl” bc when i was a child i used to be really grumpy when people annoyed me and would say stuff like “im gonna shoot you/im gonna sue you”), my aunt (and some parents’ friends) calls me “Marie Claire”, my friends call me “MC”, “Marie”, “Mei”, “Mars”, “Ma”, “Clara”, “Clarinha”, “Claire, “Clarita”... that’s all i can remember lol

Gender: female 

Star sign: thanks god 

Height: 159 cm smol smol smollllllllllll

Time: 10:16 (i wont even use that bullshit AM bc we all know time has 24h not 12h+12h)

Birthday: 14/10/1996

Favourite bands: oh... my dear dear McFly (rip i’m still waiting for album 6), coldplay, 5sos, arctic monkeys, day6, piso 21 (are they considered a band, right?), jonas brothers (rip 2.0), the 1975. can i put in some kpop groups???????????????????? yeah i can. bangtan, bigbang, nct and infinite.

Favourite solo artists: the weeknd (how can people love Call Out My Name while he also made Privilege and lets be honest privilege>>>>>>>>>comn), justin bieber (lol since 2009 and proud of it), drake, lana del rey, manuel turizo, sebastian yatra, post malone, mc don juan??? 

Song that’s stuck in your head: me llamas - piso 21 ft maluma; amar amei - mc don juan

Last movie: letters to juliet (i’m a hoe for that movie)

Last tv show: miss hammurabi (oh myungsoo you looked SO cute there)

Why i created this blog: my friend told me about this site and i wanted to check it out but ended up liking it hahaha

What do you post/reblog: i’m a phase girl, recently i’ve been back into my footballer self so i’m posting a lot of football related stuff, but i also love memes, aesthetic pics, facts and some awareness, bangtan and random things.

Last thing you googled: a documentary called “lo que la verdad esconde: caso asunta”

Why the url?: i have this babe called bamidele jermaine alli and this other babe called paulo bruno exequiel dybala, so i wanted to put their names together bc top3 babes deserve the world (marco asensio is also there but his name wont work with those other two idk i couldnt came up with nothing nice with 3 names)

I follow: 77 cute ppl

Followers: 532 amazing ppl

Lucky number: 14. my birthday and, to me, a balanced number. it’s not too far from the beginning and not too far from the end of a month

Instruments: i played piano for 8 years but i stopped bc of school, i wish i had time to practice again (i NEED to play sonata n14 op 27 n2 1st mov) and violin.

What are you wearing?: one of my winter nightgowns

Dream job: meh........... i’m majoring in International Relations, i really wanted to do something about cultures and helping powerless people... or working with Global Market... or something with writing... history+culture... idk man

Last book you read: for the 24378234th time: 9 rules to break when romancing a rake by sarah maclean (i’m a bitch for historical romances)

Top universes: one in which im with my health on point (my knee problem is gone and i can play tennis and capoeira without thinking my knee will broke any time soon), i’m gostosa (hot) without being too brainwashed by society, i have enough money to travel around the world without having to kill myself on work, i’m speaking at least 6 languages, all animals aren’t suffering (SIGN FOR CRUELTY FREE PRODUCTS PEOPLE) and don’t need to be afraid of us (trash humans), and i have a man that loves and respects me.

I tag: @wandering-poetess @tantuck @marcelovieiraa

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wanna one as things my singaporean mom has said

i got inspired and stitches from @cheonjaem ‘s wanna one as conversations with my asian mom and i have decided to make my own! disclaimer: this is not meant to offend anyone of any race, religion, status of education or people of colour, just things my mom have said to me over the years to make me into the singaporean kid i am today lol and also, this is in a singaporean context,with a mix of chinese dialect and other languages like malay!

readers’ discretion is advised

singlish glossary:

lah/ah/leh: a conjunction used at the end of a sentence to express casual(?) speaking

walao(eh): almost similar to omg in hokkien/teochew dialect; to express exasperation

meh: a conjunction used at the end of a sentence to express questioning

anot: or not

hor: a conjunction that means, “told you so” or “you’d better not regret when you aren’t listening to me”

poly: polytechnic;  of, relating to, or offering instruction in a variety of industrial arts, applied sciences, or technical subjects: a polytechnic institute. noun. 2. a school or other institution in which instruction in technical subjects is given.

ite: institute of technical education;  The Institute of Technical Education (Abbreviation: ITE; Chinese: 工艺教育学院; Malay: Institusi Pendidikan Teknikal) is a public vocational education institution in Singapore that provides pre-employment training to secondary school leavers and continuing education and training to working adults.

o level:  The General Certificate of Education (GCE) Ordinary Level, also called the O-level or O level, was a subject-based academic qualification.

mata: police in malay

kazua: cockroach in teochew

mediacorp: a singapore broadcasting station

yoon jisung:

/ child misbehaves/

mom: you’d better behave or else i will call mata catch you ah!

ha sungwoon:

mom: you know why you shorter than me? because last time your ah ma(grandma) let you be picky and you never eat vegetables!! see lah! don’t want eat vegetables somemore!?

hwang minhyun:

mom: walao you put makeup so ugly, at least people put and look better you look worse than before, and why your lipstick put half-way ah(she’s referring to the gradient lip)?! this is trend meh??

ong seongwoo:

mom: /points to tv/ see all these actor and actress, since you always like to act one, go join mediacorp and can earn alot of money

kim jaehwan:

/hears me singing/

mom: walao eh stop singing leh, the neighbours gonna come up complain you noisy already

or

mom: “几点了还不要冲凉??等下 kazua 来咬你!”

(it’s late and you haven’t showered?? later the cockroach will bite you!)

kang daniel:

me: /brings up a topic of having a pet/

mom: learn to take care of yourself first before taking care of others

park jihoon:

mom: you think you what, fashion show ah? wear until so nice for what

park woojin:

mom: you know your ballet lessons very expensive one leh, next time better make use or my money go down the drain, 你以为你的mummy印钞票ah?(do you think your mom prints money??) then you always complain your knee pain all that, you got so weak one meh? last time i join chinese dance i more flexible than you leh, where got liddat one

bae jinyoung:

mom: you this year better do well i tell you, your /inserts elite cousin/relative/ got 15 for o levels leh! better do well so can prove her wrong

during exams: it’s ok if you do badly, as long as you try your best

*does badly but better than previous exam*

wah i give you tuition no use ah? why results so bad??

lee daehwi:

/sees me procrastinating/

mom: eh you know now got how many days to o level anot? better study or your l1r4 cannot make it then cannot go poly, not i scare you one hor. when you go ite don’t come cry to me

/sees me studying but switching music/

mom: walao eh you study play what phone?? never focus?!

lai guanlin:

/sees nct dream/

mom: you see they so young earn money already, what are you doing ah, they same age as you leh

me: well mom, do you believe i would earn the same as them if you’d let me audition for sm??

/silence/

mom: 你不要发明星梦我跟你讲(stop dreaming)

[coffee-and-kpop]

Got7 As Stuff My Grandma Has Told Me Admin Vanillakookie

Requested by ma homie Luna🍭😂😂 Shout out to meh wise grandma -🍪

Jackson: Expressive perfumes come in small packages

Youngjae: When they tell you "you have to become tough to survive" respond "no, they should learn to be more human"

Mark: If people were blind, how many of them would impress?

Jinyoung: Don't give up when you're sad, don't make promises when you're happy and never make decisions when you're angry.

Jaebum: One 'be careful' could hide all the 'I love you's in the world.

Bambam: If someone mistakens you for a toy, show them who can play better

Yugyeom: Never fall in love with someone who treats you like you're something ordinary.

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What is Edamame and How Do You Cook It?

Lightly boiled and perfectly salted, edamame is the classic Japanese snack that is not only delicious to snack on but also packed with a nutritional punch. Learn how to cook these young soybeans with the authentic Japanese method. 

Edamame (枝豆), pronounced eh-DAH-ma-meh in Japanese (ay-duh-MAH-may in English), is most popularly known as the little snack that is brought to you when you sit down to a table at a Japanese restaurant.

With a sweet buttery taste, these lightly boiled or steamed soybeans are not only delicious, but they’re also fun to munch on while waiting for the rice bowl or ramen or sushi platter to be served. If you’re in Japan, you’re most likely enjoy these fun snacks with some foamy cold beer.

What is Edamame?

Edamame are edible young soybeans that are harvested and picked before they have ripened. In Japanese, eda 枝 means ‘stems’ and mame 豆 means ‘beans’, as they are often sold while still encased in pods with the stems attached.

Long been consumed in Japan since the ancient times, edamame is now considered a mainstream ingredient in the US in the recent years. They are just as common as peas where you can find them being sold in plastic bags in the freezer aisle at most of the grocery stores in the US. They are also available shelled, fresh or frozen.

They are in season between June to September, so this is a good time to hunt for fresh edamame at your local Japanese grocery stores. To cook edamame with the classic Japanese method, look for fresh pods with stems attached and they should look bright, plump and slightly fuzzy.

Health Benefits of Edamame 

Low in calorie and high in fiber, edamame have always been considered as a healthy food in Japan that delivers many nutritional values. Just 1/2 cup of these soybeans a day punches up the vitamin and mineral content of the diet needed by our bodies.

There are plenty of reasons to include edamame in your diet, and here are just some of the health benefits they offer:

1. High in Dietary Protein

With a complete source of plant protein, edamame provides all of the essential amino acids needed for the bodies, which may help reduce insulin resistance and prevent hypertension. A great protein choice for those who follow a vegetarian or plant-based diet.

2. Calcium

The calcium in the soybeans may help to increase bone mineral density, regulate blood sugar and lessen symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) among women.

3. Rich in Vitamins and Minerals

Edamame is also rich in several vitamins and minerals, especially vitamin K and folate. Adequate folate intake is particularly important for pregnant women and young children as it is responsible for red blood cells and brain health.

4. Iron

For a plant food, edamame provides an excellent source of iron. Sufficient iron is essential to transport oxygen throughout the body, ensuring the energy level of our bodies. It is also necessary to maintain the health of our skin, hair, and nails.

The Right Way to Prepare Edamame

1. Cut off both ends of the pods

I still remember spending my summer evenings at my grandma’s house where I was assigned the task of trimming edamame pods. Do you know why we cut off both ends of the pods? We do that so the salt water will season the soybeans inside the pods when boiling. What a neat trick, isn’t it?

2. Rub with salt

Sprinkle salt and rub the edamame pods against each other.  This helps to remove some of the fuzzy hairs on the pods.  It also helps to retain the bright green of the pods and absorbent of flavors while cooking.

3. Boil in 4% salt water

A rule of thumb is to blanch edamame in 4% salt water (so don’t mess up the classic method). It’s easy to remember 40 grams of kosher salt for 1000 ml water. 40 grams of salt is used for rubbing the edamame before boiling and for the boiling water.

Once you finished cooking, do not rinse under water.  We let the edamame absorb more flavors from the pod naturally. It is not required to sprinkle salt after cooking in salt water.  However, you can sprinkle a tiny bit of salt if you like.

Various Ways to Enjoy Edamame

Of course, this is not the only way to enjoy the versatile soybeans. You can quick blanch edamame and pan fried them in a pan and season with soy sauce and some Japanese hot pepper like shichimi togarashi. You can also toss the shelled edamame into your salads, soba noodles or fried rice. Here are another two edamame recipes you’ll enjoy:

Spicy Edamame

Japanese Fried Rice

Need a Beer to Go with Edamame?

Japanese Beer Guide

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Edamame

Lightly boiled and perfectly salted, edamame is the classic Japanese snack that is not only delicious to snack on but also packed with a nutritional punch. Learn how to cook these young soybeans with the authentic Japanese method. 

250 g edamame ((8.8 oz) (can be between 200-300 g))

40 g kosher salt ((1.4 oz, or 2 Tbsp + ½ tsp))

1000 ml water ((4 ¼ cup))

Remove pods from the stems.

Measure the weight of edamame pods (if you do this once, you know the rough amount next time without measuring).

Now we’re ready to begin. Prepare 1000 ml water (4 ¼ cup) and 40 g kosher salt (1.4 oz, or 2 Tbsp + ½ tsp)

Start boiling water in a pot. Using a pair of kitchen shears, cut off both ends of edamame pods. If the water starts boiling, cover and turn off the heat for now.

Place the edamame in a bowl or tray and sprinkle 1 Tbsp of (40 g) kosher salt. Rub the pods against each other with hands.

Add the rest of the kosher salt into the boiling water. 

Then add the edamame pods WITHOUT removing the salt. Cook on medium heat for 3-5 minutes depending on the size of the pods. It’s easy to remember 4 minutes, but start checking the doneness after passing 3.5 minutes. Remember we do not run cold water on edamame after boiling so I recommend under-cooking slightly.

Stir occasionally to make sure all the pods are cooking evenly. If you see the foam forming on the water, remove it with a fine mesh skimmer because we do not wash the pods after cooking.

Drain water in the sink or scoop up the edamame pods to a sieve. Let cool naturally so the edamame can absorb the flavor (If you skip cutting the ends of pods, please leave it for at least 1 hour). If you like, sprinkle a little bit of salt (I used sea salt flakes). Enjoy!

If you want to preserve the edamame, cook the edamame and then freeze. You can defrost naturally but you can also quickly blanch in boiling water or use microwave to reheat.

Recipe by Namiko Chen of Just One Cookbook. All images and content on this site are copyright protected. Please do not use my images without my permission. If you’d like to share this recipe on your site, please re-write the recipe and link to this post as the original source. Thank you.

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Oh, God! Question meme! A really long one! Run! Hide!

Tagged by @ajaysims. *points* It's his fault! His! Not mine! ;)

This is really long, since it's a synthesis of two of these questions memes and I have verbal diarrhea. So, I cut.

Name: Katrina

Nicknames: Most RL people other than my kids and grandkids call me Kat because one syllable is less than three. :) Simmers call me iCad because that's what I chose to call myself when I started participating in the community. Hubby calls me Kitten. Kids call me Ma, usually in exasperated/long-suffering tones. Grandkids call me Mimi because I hate the usual things that grandmothers are called because they're associated with old people. I may be old, but I'm not old, y'know? :)

Zodiac sign: Taurus, but astrology is still bullshit.

Height: A hair less than 6'0/about 182cm. And very underweight due to digestive/metabolic issues mostly because of a malfunctioning liver. (No, not from alcohol. From having had asymptomatic Hepatits C that I most likely got from a blood transfusion in the early 80s, before they screened donated blood for that. It sucks, y'all. Cherish your liver. Baby it. Seriously. Stop with the alcohol. Just stop. Do weed instead.)

Orientation: In experience/practice: A Kinsey 2. In terms of the kind of person who attracts me: People with IQs over 130. I really, truly don't care what you look like, what gender you identify as, or what sex organs you have or don't have. Smart is seriously sexy. So, I'm sapiosexual. :)

Ethnicity: Whitey-white-white, yay! :| Glow-in-the-dark white. I-start-burning-in-the-sun-in-30-seconds white. Damn-near-albino white. Also, mostly of Welsh descent. Only sort of half-second-generation American on one side; my paternal grandma was one of those horrible immigrants who took a job away from a Real American(TM). She was even a somewhat illegal one, for a few months. But she was white and British so I guess that's OK.

(Sorry, as a person married to a man whose mum -- who is awesome -- was born in Mexico and who came here legally with her family when she was 7 and is a citizen but she still gets shit these days because she’s “a Mexican,” I've sorta come to really hate the kind of people who tend to call themselves Real Americans(TM).)

Favorite fruit: Okra, especially when part of aloo bhindi masala, an Indian dish. Okra IS a fruit. Really. Look it up. Also, tomatoes.

Favorite season: Autumn, when everything is dying. MWAHAHAHAHAH!

Favorite book series: Still Sharon Kay Penman's "Welsh trilogy." Also, though not really a series, per se: The Star Trek novels that were published in the 80s. They got mostly stupid after that, but there were some gems that were published in the mid-80s, before The Next Generation was a thing.

Favorite flower: Calla lilies. Usually used in funeral arrangements, along with Easter lilies, yay. Flowers of death! MWAHAHAH!

Favorite scent: Lilacs. Lavender. Honeysuckle. And this "rain" scent scented candle. It's so clean and fresh and not-perfumey, yet it manages to drown out the brine smell that eventually permeates everything when you live close to the shore...

Favorite color: Greens. All shades, although I prefer the yellower shades, especially the darker ones like army green. Also, orange.

Favorite animal: The spotted hyena, but I already extolled their many virtues the last time I did this list, so I'll refrain. Also, elephants.

Coffee, tea, or hot cocoa: Hell no, maybe, and yes please (if it's vegan), respectively.

Average sleep hours: Sleep? What is this word? *just came off a 38-hour work "day" a few hours ago, and I'm too wired to sleep.* YAY SHOWBIZ! :| But generally, when life isn't crazy, usually about 6 hours per 24 hour period. And I'm nocturnal, so those six hours are usually between about 0900 and about 1500. :)

Cat or dog person: Both person. And llama person. And alpaca person. And horse person. And snake person. And spider person.

Favorite fictional characters: Spock. (Well, actually, pretty much the entire original Star Trek crew except, well, Kirk. Whom I hate. With a passion. I really like Abrams-Kirk, though. Oddly enough. So it might just be that I can't stand Shatner...) The Cardassian characters from Star Trek: DS9, but especially Garak. Also, Julian Bashir and Miles O'Brien from DS9. Jack O'Neill and Rodney McKay from the Stargate franchise. KITT from the original Knight Rider. And Jayne Cobb from Firefly. (Hi, @eulaliasims!)

Number of blankets you sleep with: I'm in SoCal at the moment. No blankets because I tend to sleep in the warm part of the day. And when I do sleep at night, there's a furnace-like husband and a large, furnace-like dog in the bed with me. Blankets would be overkill.

Dream trip: Still Antarctica. Or space. But Antarctica is more likely at this point. ;)

Blog created: I think it was December of 2013. Maybe November. Ahhhh, those halcyon pre-2016 years...

Number of followers: Right now? 1443. It might change in an hour or so.

Time right now: About 0220 Pacific Time, Wednesday, March 22. One month and one day until my birthday. I expect presents, people! (Nah, I kid. Birthdays after 50 don't mean much. Hell, birthdays after 18 -- or 21, nowadays, I guess -- don't mean much. :) )

Last thing you googled: I was looking for some textures to use for some recolors I'm working on during downtimes at work.

Fave music artist: In terms of non-classical stuff: Queen, always and forever. But I also really like the Barenaked Ladies and other such alternative groups from the 90s as well as 80s New Wave stuff. Also, Metallica. In terms of "classical" stuff: Beethoven, always and forever.

Song stuck in my head: Beethoven's 8th piano sonata, 3rd movement. I was playing it at work today...on my cello. I'm working on arranging the entire sonata for solo cello...starting with the 3rd movement because I do better working on things backward. (Since I'd be willing to bet most people don't know the tune off the top of their head, here's Dubravka Tomsic playing it on youtube, if you're curious.

Last movie I watched: Star Trek Beyond. I liked it better than Into Darkness but not as well as the first Abrams-verse one...

Last TV show I watched: I have Stargate Atlantis paused on my computer screen at the moment. I plan to work on furnishing/decorating the house I put up for download tonight when I'm done with this, and I usually have a TV show playing while I build/decorate stuff in my game. :)

What I’m wearing right now: A pair of black sweatpants and a Telluride Daily Planet T-shirt. (That's the local newspaper at home. :) ) Boring white underwear. My fleece-lined moccasins because my feet are always cold.

The kind of stuff I post: Sims stuff, duh! At least on this blog. :) The other blog has the ranty/political stuff.

Why did I choose my url: Because I like to point and laugh at silly internet drama and because I own llamas, and I added dingdang because dramallama was taken and because of this song.

Gender: According to every one of those silly "What Gender Are You?" online quizzes, I am male, mainly because I'm a self-confident, argumentative, assertive, non-empathetic asshole who doesn't do "feelings." Yet, I have girl plumbing. Go figure. Meh, it's all just social conditioning and expectations, anyway, so...I rebel. I reject gender labeling and their associated roles.

Hogwarts house: I took a quiz once and it said Gryffindor. I've never read Harry Potter or seen any of the movies except one of them during an airplane flight...and I fell asleep during it, so...Yeah, I don't know what it means to be Gryffindor. Don't much care, either.

Pokémon team: Don't know anything about Pokemon, either.

Lucky number: 13 because I am anti-superstition. (Well, except when it comes to white pianos, of course, but I have hard evidence that they are evil, so it’s not superstition. ;) ) Or 42. Take your pick.

Dream job: I once said "Not having one" but then followed it up with "but that's boring." So, I decided to take on some work through June. And you know what? I'm gonna go back to "Not having one." I just need to find some volunteer work to keep me occupied for a few hours a day. Not for 38-hour "days," though. :p

Relationship status: I is married to my second husband. He's cute. And a lot younger than me, woooooooo! First marriage wasn't nearly so fun, though. The only good thing that came of it was my kids.

Pets: Oh, God. Most of them are back home in Colorado (where I have a 39-acre ranch) while I'm here in California, but:

A herd of llamas and alpacas, about 50 total at the moment, but "unpacking" season is approaching, so that number will be going up to about 65 soon. 5 horses 2 nanny goats...which actually belong to a neighbor but they're currently housed on my property, so...they count! 8 dogs 5 cats...although sadly that will probably be going down to four soon because the 18-year-old whose had health problems all her life is currently quite sick and likely won't be getting better. :( Also, there are a ton of barn cats, but they don't really count as pets. A flock of chickens. 1 rooster, the rest hens. 1 California kingsnake 5 tarantulas, various species 8 dragonfly nymphs. I think 2 will become dragonflies this year because I've had them for a few years now...

Last song you listened to: Beethoven's 5th piano concerto, for somewhat sentimental reasons.

Favorite TV Show: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. I love the original series a lot, too, but DS9 surpassed it in my book.

First Fandom: Star Trek, of course. I remember declaring that I would marry Spock when I grew up. I was 3 at the time, in 1967, watching the episode "Amok Time" (in which Spock almost gets married) in its original run. We'd only just gotten a color TV a few months before, so it was REALLY COOL. I also wrote a crapton of fanfic in the 70s/80s and a bit in the 90s. Even published a 'zine in the 80s. It was expensive as hell back then but SO MUCH FUN!

Randomly Tagging People I Don’t Think I’ve Tagged For This Thing Before: @randommindtime (It's what you get for following me!), @yandereplumsim, @elfpuddle, @halousims, @nuttydazesublime, and @kayleigh-83. As always, feel free to ignore for whatever reason. :)

[itsfallingforsnow-blog]

Okay, it’s April and I am writing a blog post about March. I mean it is the usual thing for me to write every month. As for today I feel a bit meh-and-uh, but lets start shall we!

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March 3,

So I spend my Friday going out with my mom, my brother and also my boyfriend. As we went to Gadong Properties Food Court, well it’s been a while. The last time I went here was with my boyfriend, and as for my mom hmm probably years. I tried Laksa Sarawak, expectation; spicy, reality; not, but it was okay.

March 5, 

I tried to do “Flatlays” because I have been admiring and following instagram accounts of flatlays related. It’s so nice and simple, yet hard to find the right angle, also lighting most importantly lighting! The background as well. I am a purple kind of girl or probably a bit of pink – okay a lot of pink sheesh. But what I need is a white background and tadaa! I really like it a lot! Tell me what do you think about the pictures!

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March 6,

It was cold rainy Monday, which is a good start! I am wearing my favourite sweater today! Not until I reach my class at the IBM knowing that there’s no air conditioner ON. And it was hot hot hot. My class starts at 7:30 AM, waited until 7:45 AM or something. Just got an announcement that our class cancelled. Ah I walk as fast as I could to go back to my car, going home, in my room, standing RIGHT in front of my air conditioner. #Life Took a nap before my next class which is at 4:30 PM. (DO YOU SEE THE GAP?) Had our presentation, it went well – kind of.

March 8,

A gloomy Wednesday, and it’s raining. Not good. Just because my E-business class is so damn cold, adding up with a rainy day? HP – 1000 FREEZING! but hey we got a guest lecture, which I thought that he or she would be a Bruneian lecturer, but actually he’s from Korea. To be honest I am excited to be taught by international lecturer, I mean besides than Bruneian lecturer. Don’t get me wrong, my lecturers are fine, my point is that THATS A FIRST! But I hardly understand what he is trying to say. He did apologised for it in front of the whole class due to his different accent-ish. Overall it was fun.

Bonus point:

Another month for both of us. As for this month we went to Cherry Cafe. My current favourite would be Laksa Sarawak. Not too spicy but I was expecting it to be SUPER spicy (again, me and spicy food). As for him, Buttermilk Chicken of course. Also, to celebrate we bought games! Corpse Party! The anime is ah-mayy-zinng! I’m a gore kind of girl – how meh? Hmm I should probably write about Top 5 all time favourite gore anime or something. Hmm probably.

March 15, 

We’re going on a trip! Well it’s not that far away. E-Business Class trip to iCenter. I have always been wanting to know what it is about, I know it’s business related. I NeeD MORE! I am amazed with the talk, the short tour and get to know local entrepreneurs, kind of get the idea of the programs as well. Looking forward to be here again. And I met both co-owners of BruVera! which I was going to have a mini talk session soon. Do visit their website as well! Support local you guys! Click here!

March 18, 

GUYS! Guess what! 100 + 100 = 200 followers! Thank you so much! I shall crei in Japanese language! My cat, too excited to receive the notification!

  March 26, 

Attending my cousin’s wedding! I’m not so sure with the family structure here – totally lost. I get to meet my grandparents, and grandparents’ siblings and other relatives that I do not know their names but they do know me.  Of course the “when you’re getting married?“, “are you next?” and all those questions. No offence of anything, I find it funny because it’s been a while. 

Photo of the day? YES Thanks to my sister for taking the photo. I had fun attending this event, and I do enjoy all of the traditional performance which I forgot to take pictures of it. Nevertheless (Ohh fancy word fancy!), I am happy to see a smile on my mother’s face, to have a good time or talk with my grandmother, as well as her sisters. I took photos of her and grandma, which of course I’m not going to post it here. The event was at UBD, so basically I’m going to school the whole week. hahaha #sobs at the end, why do I have to wear heels again. God that hurts. I used to be into heels, have lots of them, but as for now, sneakers please.

March 29, 

My mom decided to go out, with my boyfriend. WAIT, why does that sounds so wrong. hahaha, basically with me and also my siblings as well. We went for Steamboat and Grill, which I forgot the restaurant name thing. But we ate a lot! Like a lot! Thank you ma!

March 30, 

Potato Habit! New branch open up near to my University! also my village. So my boyfriend and I bought BBQ flavor and it taste like Maggie’s curry or something, taste familiar. Oh, this is my first time trying Potato Habit. The first branch is somewhere around Times Square.

I want to introduce Garfield! He’s my boyfriend’s cat, which I am going to take care now. So, in total I have thirteen kids! I have lots of black and gray cats, lets add Garfield in. Have to say, it is not easy to introduce Garfield with my other kids, which means Garfield have to stay in my room. You can guess what color Garfield is. And of course I will write a post about him soon enough!

March 31, 

We’re going on a trip! 2.0 Well for this one its ‘quite’ far away, kind of. To Kunyit7lodge!! Kem went to UBD for a talk, Entrepreneurship Lecture, one of my class. I was surprised to know that “There’s a homestay at Kampong Ayer?” I – Want – To – Go – There! THEN! My boyfriend have an interview session with Kem today! Have to be honest, I enjoy all the history about the place, about Brunei Darussalam and more, totally love her place! I can’t stop staring outside, I mean LOOK AT THE VIEW!

Here is Kem’s Instagram. Please do check her Page out, also if you are interested to visit simply yes click that Follow button! It would be great for you to get to know about Kampong Ayer with her.

Some pictures I took, hm when was the last time I use my camera. . #Help

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Reminder: Yumie, please fully charge your camera.

I really do want to explore more and listen to her stories, and of course take picture of everything. Hopefully soon!

After that, we went for an early dinner.

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It wasn’t much but I am trying to highlight important events for this month. So how was your March? Tell me tell me! Best of April is coming! Here’s a hint, assignment and examination season. Pray for me!

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Best of March Okay, it's April and I am writing a blog post about March. I mean it is the usual thing for me to write every month.

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22-3-2017

Heyo everyone . So i forgot to blog yesterday so meh So i have to do work at an animalshop with my best friend , luckely i do it at her grandma and her ma so i already know them for 3 years . I dont have to stress that much about it luckly .... Sooo her grandma is pretty homofobic and i cant meet up after the "job" in front of the shop and i have to walk to the end of the road so we can meet ... Today was fun though , tomorrow imma shop with my bestie and gf Peace out lil bean

[ccheejean]

Thoughts and Feels

Last few months has been pretty pretty mentally draining. Grandma have been going in and out of hospital twice. Well it allows me to see who are truthful towards and who are not. Out of the last 3 months from being in hospital, out of hospital and in hospital for one more time. My grandma, will always ask me my age again and again. She will keep asking whether I have dinner or not and she will ask me when I booking in for several time despite telling her. Yes her memories are falling but her worries about my life at this stage never seems to go away. My grandma has been worrying for me in every stage of my life, from the day I was born. Helping my mum to take care of me with together with my eldest aunt when my mum was about to give birth to my younger brother. In primary and secondary school knowing that we struggled in our studies she will always promised to reward us with big angbao if we do well for our exams. When I first enlisted she was constantly worried about my well being in the army, and paying her a visit whenever I book out was a sign of assurance to her that her grandson is doing fine and surviving well in the army. Now at the age of 88 lying in hospital our constant topics whenever I visit her were two topics "she need to listen to us don't walk around herself w/o any support" and "it's time for me to find a girlfriend" My grandma has been telling me this since I am 20 "find a good girl, and settle down" being a cheeky me I will laugh it off and told her "aiya ah ma let me find a girl with 7billion dollars worth of asset and I will married that girl straight away" This is a good way to laugh it off but I know deep inside she don't want to see another of her grandson not getting setting down and spending the rest of his life being alone. I have been embracing the single life with mixed results after I enlisted but nearing towards the end of my NS journey it start to makes me ponder why I can't have one. On days spending alone in bunk staring at 4 walls while your bunkmates talking to their gf really sucks big time, or just alone here waiting for them to come back from their dates so that you know they can off the lights and sleep. I am good spending time alone going and doing everything alone, but sometimes when I see couples everywhere I will feel meh. I really hope that my grandma will recover soon and really live long enough to see who that girl that her grandson is dating or even longer to see me getting married and have children. There are still a lot of things I wish I can say here, but I shall not air the dirty laundry here. It has been quite mentally shag for me the last few months. Trying not to break down, and Hope all will be over soon.

[virginiaovers]

What is Edamame and How Do You Cook It?

Lightly boiled and perfectly salted, edamame is the classic Japanese snack that is not only delicious to snack on but also packed with a nutritional punch. Learn how to cook these young soybeans with the authentic Japanese method. 

Edamame (枝豆), pronounced eh-DAH-ma-meh in Japanese (ay-duh-MAH-may in English), is most popularly known as the little snack that is brought to you when you sit down to a table at a Japanese restaurant.

With a sweet buttery taste, these lightly boiled or steamed soybeans are not only delicious, but they’re also fun to munch on while waiting for the rice bowl or ramen or sushi platter to be served. If you’re in Japan, you’re most likely enjoy these fun snacks with some foamy cold beer.

What is Edamame?

Edamame are edible young soybeans that are harvested and picked before they have ripened. In Japanese, eda 枝 means ‘stems’ and mame 豆 means ‘beans’, as they are often sold while still encased in pods with the stems attached.

Long been consumed in Japan since the ancient times, edamame is now considered a mainstream ingredient in the US in the recent years. They are just as common as peas where you can find them being sold in plastic bags in the freezer aisle at most of the grocery stores in the US. They are also available shelled, fresh or frozen.

They are in season between June to September, so this is a good time to hunt for fresh edamame at your local Japanese grocery stores. To cook edamame with the classic Japanese method, look for fresh pods with stems attached and they should look bright, plump and slightly fuzzy.

Health Benefits of Edamame 

Low in calorie and high in fiber, edamame have always been considered as a healthy food in Japan that delivers many nutritional values. Just 1/2 cup of these soybeans a day punches up the vitamin and mineral content of the diet needed by our bodies.

There are plenty of reasons to include edamame in your diet, and here are just some of the health benefits they offer:

1. High in Dietary Protein

With a complete source of plant protein, edamame provides all of the essential amino acids needed for the bodies, which may help reduce insulin resistance and prevent hypertension. A great protein choice for those who follow a vegetarian or plant-based diet.

2. Calcium

The calcium in the soybeans may help to increase bone mineral density, regulate blood sugar and lessen symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS) among women.

3. Rich in Vitamins and Minerals

Edamame is also rich in several vitamins and minerals, especially vitamin K and folate. Adequate folate intake is particularly important for pregnant women and young children as it is responsible for red blood cells and brain health.

4. Iron

For a plant food, edamame provides an excellent source of iron. Sufficient iron is essential to transport oxygen throughout the body, ensuring the energy level of our bodies. It is also necessary to maintain the health of our skin, hair, and nails.

The Right Way to Prepare Edamame

1. Cut off both ends of the pods

I still remember spending my summer evenings at my grandma’s house where I was assigned the task of trimming edamame pods. Do you know why we cut off both ends of the pods? We do that so the salt water will season the soybeans inside the pods when boiling. What a neat trick, isn’t it?

2. Rub with salt

Sprinkle salt and rub the edamame pods against each other.  This helps to remove some of the fuzzy hairs on the pods.  It also helps to retain the bright green of the pods and absorbent of flavors while cooking.

3. Boil in 4% salt water

A rule of thumb is to blanch edamame in 4% salt water (so don’t mess up the classic method). It’s easy to remember 40 grams of kosher salt for 1000 ml water. 40 grams of salt is used for rubbing the edamame before boiling and for the boiling water.

Once you finished cooking, do not rinse under water.  We let the edamame absorb more flavors from the pod naturally. It is not required to sprinkle salt after cooking in salt water.  However, you can sprinkle a tiny bit of salt if you like.

Various Ways to Enjoy Edamame

Of course, this is not the only way to enjoy the versatile soybeans. You can quick blanch edamame and pan fried them in a pan and season with soy sauce and some Japanese hot pepper like shichimi togarashi. You can also toss the shelled edamame into your salads, soba noodles or fried rice. Here are another two edamame recipes you’ll enjoy:

Spicy Edamame

Japanese Fried Rice

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Edamame

Lightly boiled and perfectly salted, edamame is the classic Japanese snack that is not only delicious to snack on but also packed with a nutritional punch. Learn how to cook these young soybeans with the authentic Japanese method. 

250 g edamame ((8.8 oz) (can be between 200-300 g))

40 g kosher salt ((1.4 oz, or 2 Tbsp + ½ tsp))

1000 ml water ((4 ¼ cup))

Remove pods from the stems.

Measure the weight of edamame pods (if you do this once, you know the rough amount next time without measuring).

Now we’re ready to begin. Prepare 1000 ml water (4 ¼ cup) and 40 g kosher salt (1.4 oz, or 2 Tbsp + ½ tsp)

Start boiling water in a pot. Using a pair of kitchen shears, cut off both ends of edamame pods. If the water starts boiling, cover and turn off the heat for now.

Place the edamame in a bowl or tray and sprinkle 1 Tbsp of (40 g) kosher salt. Rub the pods against each other with hands.

Add the rest of the kosher salt into the boiling water. 

Then add the edamame pods WITHOUT removing the salt. Cook on medium heat for 3-5 minutes depending on the size of the pods. It’s easy to remember 4 minutes, but start checking the doneness after passing 3.5 minutes. Remember we do not run cold water on edamame after boiling so I recommend under-cooking slightly.

Stir occasionally to make sure all the pods are cooking evenly. If you see the foam forming on the water, remove it with a fine mesh skimmer because we do not wash the pods after cooking.

Drain water in the sink or scoop up the edamame pods to a sieve. Let cool naturally so the edamame can absorb the flavor (If you skip cutting the ends of pods, please leave it for at least 1 hour). If you like, sprinkle a little bit of salt (I used sea salt flakes). Enjoy!

If you want to preserve the edamame, cook the edamame and then freeze. You can defrost naturally but you can also quickly blanch in boiling water or use microwave to reheat.

Recipe by Namiko Chen of Just One Cookbook. All images and content on this site are copyright protected. Please do not use my images without my permission. If you’d like to share this recipe on your site, please re-write the recipe and link to this post as the original source. Thank you.

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