things i was going to do but never got to... or ... just .. yeah

wow that sure is one long blog title! but hey, im not complaining, so you shouldn't either :)

my new job is really chill. i basically sit around and do nothing. last friday i faxed something, horray! other than that i run some errands every now and then, or do some copy machine tinkering. pretty much it. hey, im not gonna argue for more work 'cuz im ba-da-ba-da-da lovin' it :)

there's one problem though- my constant boredom leads me to two sites: nytimes.com OR the ever so awesome sims 3 website. ive been patiently anticipating for the release (june 2nd) since um... a while ago. im so W$tueofdijlknm203 excited!!!

okay, before i bore everyone to death about that game (which is freaking awesome; i think everyone should own a copy and play to their hearts content. or you guys can listen to ME tell you stories about them to MY hearts content. whichever suits you suits me fine, thank you!). so oh, i finally got a new ipod. horray! and for a good price tooooooo. so far so good.

i made a batch of cookies the other day, and kind of devoured a lot of them before they made it over to josiah & stan's pad. fortunately there were some crumbs left over for them :)

i think i might try my hand at cooking this friday. hopefully there are some food in the fridge for some mofei creations. or maybe i should tell my mum which food to leave me now....

on that note,

peace + <3

-Mofei.

Food update...

Hello, and happy birthday to Susana :O

Anyway, sorry haven't posted in a bit. Went home for the weekend - was nice spending time with the family. We barbequeued - twice. The second time, we had guests over. Both times though, we ate inside, so it didn't feel like a barbequeue. My dad did all the grilling - my mom was sick, and us kids were feeling lazy =/

In any case, here's the promised food/cooking pics since last time...read up on my blog for detailed descriptions :)

Beef thing + Chicken and Bok Choy

Chicken and Bok Choy attempt number 2 - perfect!

Tomato, Egg, and Beef + Bulgogi - made by me and Stan, for Rich and Mike who came over for dinner

and as a bonus...a cheesecake, made by my awesome sister :) I made the crust though.

Toodles, lovelies.

twenty

I'm twenty! I don't like it. It did, however, result in me getting to eat many desserts, so maybe it was a good thing after all. I had three cakes last night. All at once. I think that's basically the definition of AWESOME.

Coldplay just announced that they're playing on LONG ISLAND in July! Except I don't think I can go because I don't think I can make it back from work on time for it... if only they were playing in the city... :'( But at least I have the Keane concert tomorrow thanks to Josiah :D

Have a good last week of May! 

Beef and Green Peace!

This time tried to make beef and string beans. First time it was really all on my own. I think I was a bit rushed though. I tried using the method Elliot showed me to defrost the meat, by microwaving it for 30 seconds on both sides - I ended up accidentally cooking it. Then for the marination, I used a bit too much soy sauce, so the meat came out too salty. The sauce was some chinese oyster sauce, sugar, salt, pepper (couldn’t really taste any though), and sugar.

The cooking part itself wasn’t too hard. To make sure the beans weren’t too overdone, I actually cooked 60%ish before adding them to the mix of beef and sauce. Overall, not too shabby for my first time all alone.

Voila.

what's up homeslices!

iiii simply love the fact that nobody else is posting anything =\ 

alright. time to go get oj. im sick.

mofei out. peace + <3. 

Work...

So I talked to my boss/advisor/professor today, and basically, I'm allowed to work whenever/wherever, as long as I get work done and meet milestones. I have to meet with him for an hour every other day, which is no biggie. Being my own boss and getting paid for it rocks.

The end.

commencement weekend splasher

/\ that was me this weekend. except the weather was HOT on friday, cold on saturday, and FREEZING on sunday (and the smg sprinkler today did not help the rainy weather, and my small bladder =\)

in any case. it was a good experience in general (besides the fact that i definitely caught a cold, and my throat is scratchy, my nose is not-quite-stuffy-but-almost-there-stuffy). saw lots of interesting ppl. some southern belles, some cali hollywood beverly hills moms, and also some average joes. you take your pick. 

oooo british ppl too! bloody awesome! 

man, ppl these days and their freaking heels though... three inches, 3.5 inches, and above... although there was this one girl who was complaining on comm ave while all she had on was like 0.5 inch... makes you wonder, no?

also some ppl made interesting remarks about the info booth such as:

[imagine valley girl accent]

"hmm they have info booths here? interesting... i guess its kinda cool"

wish they wouldn't say that right infront of the booth. 

some dude asked me for the price of pot.

another dude flipped through my Book of Vice: Very Naughty Things (and how to do them) looking for pictures... and then commented "no pictures? guess it's not very naughty then huh!"

well sir, if i was reading such "naughty" books, quite frankly, i would not read them in public!

alright. enough of that. 

mofei out. peace + <3. 

Bulgogi yummy

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Attempt number 2 at cooking - Elliot taught me how to make Bulgogi. Apparently it’s pronounced ‘purlh-gol-gi’ I think, if I were to phonetically write it out. 

In any case, first we made the sauce to marinate the beef in. The beef should be thinly sliced (according to Shaws, it’s ‘Shaved Beef’). The sauce we made consisted of…sesame oil, soy sauce, sesame seeds, sugar, canned peach juice, salt, pepper, garlic powder, garlic, paprika, cumen, ginger powder. Everything was made according to taste (note to self: cooking is a VERY creative process). Basically, we wanted to end up with a sesame oil -ish  taste, not too salty. We then placed the sauce into a plastic bag, put the strips of beef in, and added some mushrooms and onions in, and let it sit in the freezer for half an hour. Took it out, cooked it, add some rice and lettuce, and voila.

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Hope everyone is doing well! :)

Food attempt number one.

Hello people.

So, Stan and I are basically moved into the apartment. We and Tiff/Dani went down to NJ for a day to help return my car, then toured around NYC till the 1PM bus we caught.

Elliot taught me and Stan some basics of cooking, and this is what we came up with.

Dry-marinated with a mixture of salt, pepper, paprika, sesame seeds, and some other spices. Seared in sesame oil (smelled pretty good).

Nothing fancy, good stuff.

That is all.