Relaxing time!

The past two weeks I have been working almost everyday because I took some overtime.

I'm happy for the coming week because I have 3 days off from work, which means cozy time at home or shopping hehe...

Cravings for instant drinks! I have never tried instant teas before, but I like chai tea alot. Unfortunately, I don't like the chai tea in teabags, so yesterday I got my eyes on this spiced chai tea from Whittard. Honestly, I was abit sceptical to drinks that I just need to mix with water and milk because they tend to taste artificial. But this one is really good, like the one I buy from cafes.

It's perfect for cold mornings. The spicy scent and the warmth from the ginger in the tea is an instant warm up boost for the body. 

Now I want to try other instant teas from Whittard. They have many exciting teas on their website.

 My favourite dessert after a long week: 

Warm apple cake with caramel sauce and vanilla ice cream...Mmm

Makeup of the day:

Mac mineralize in So good.

-Mimi

Back to School

I see that it's been awhile since my last post. Thanks to school. It's kind of hard to be a student, especially if it's your last year and lots of important exams coming up-.- The past days I have been on work and trying to read and memorize anatomy. It's amazing to see how our body is like an own complex society, but too bad that some of the facts are too hard to memorize >.< I use almost 1 hour on a little chapter, and even then I can't memorize all the details. Why must our body be so complex?

Some days ago I met up with some friends and tried the new bubble tea bar here^^ It is kind of weird, because I had bubble tea from KFC when I was in China, but I didn't knew it until I came back here and found out what bubbble tea is! Big shame on me, I'm a failed asian T.T Nonetheless, I think it was because I didn't like the bubble tea I ordered in China. I think it was Black Milk tea. Was definitely not my cup of tea because I though it tasted bitter...so I was actually quite surprised when I saw that there are different bubble tea tastes^^ I tried the green tea with lemon, and I liked it:D It tasted sweet, not bitter like the Black milk tea, keke. I'm definitely going to try the other tastes, maybe the avocado one, hm...

Bubble Tea

And...I baked some 30+ blue muffins/cupcakes:D They're all blue...

Poor cupcakes, being baked...not

 Ta-dah! Before and after make-over;)

And finally, a healthy snack to compensate for the unhealthy (cupcakes).

- How are you? Have you started on school yet?

- Mimi

I Need to Sleep

Worked almost the whole week, and I notice that my body is getting tired from it. Walking 7 hours straight everyday, in fast-speed-.- It's almot like fitness training. I have never worked this much unlike this summer! 

But I think I have the entire upcoming week ''free'' so I can have some relaxing time for myself. 

Of course, I always look forward to the time when I'm finished at work because it means that I finally can get some rest...and EAT! I tend to eat poorly when I'm at work, the time I get home I always goes hungry-bananas. Food tastes alot better after work, always:P

I had some delicious salmon sushi after work. Missed it so mcuh when I was in China!

 Swiss Roll Strawberry taste 

- Mimi

Catch up Sleep and Readings

After being busy working almost right after I came back, today and tomorrow is my day-off:D
I think it's a nice feeling when you finally have some days for ''resting'' after working several days after each other.
It kind of gives you a different perspective on what it feels like to really laze around and just take it easy, wake up late and not stress about missing the train/bus to work.

The internet connection is working again!
It's so frustrating when it takes ages to load a page, but for some strange reason it decided to behave today after being crazy for an entire week! Crossing fingers and  hoping it will stay like this...

A Book Diary; bought while I was in China. I have been searching for this kind of diary, but they are either expensive or have a boring design. I was happy when I found this notebook! It lets you keep track of books you have read and lets you write a short-review about it. It also have a quote section where you can note down favorite quotes from the novels. A nice way to keep track of favorite books. And to my surprise, it's also in english^^ 

English and chinese! And a star-rating system^^

So...how have I spent my day-off from work? Nothing much:P
Tried to make French Toast, but it didn't turn out that well:( Nonetheless, it was good although I had to pluck away the burnt part. Ate it with peanut butter and strawberry jam^^

Watched the Olympic and read some of the blogs that I follow. Found some inspiration and I'm thinking of starting to take on blogging again, slowly but certainly. Photos taken from my trip is also going to be uploaded soon, hopefully. I just have to finish editing them.

OL-Coke glass from Mcdonalds:) I like how the pink drink combination looks good with the green glass (although pink and green should never be mixed togheter I heard somewhere...hm)

I have also started on a new Tvb-drama:) It's Three Kingdoms RPG - 回到三國. Raymond Lam and Kenneth Ma is playing the main characters in this ancient/modern drama. Tavia Yeung is also in this serie. The time-traveling element makes this an interesting and funny drama.

Caramel muffin - Little snack while watching Three Kingdoms rpg. 

How has your weekend been?

- Mimi

Blue Tuesday

I've been currently fond of light, pastel, colourful nail polishes in contrast to black, dark colored polishes. What better is it to welcome the warm weather and sunshine with light, happy colors! My current fave is a kind of baby blue/light blue colored nail polish. Makes my hand look ''lighter'' and not that depressing.

lol, weird hand pose o.o

And what I had for dinner. Some vegetables with scampi. Dad made it. Whatever meal he makes, it always tastes good^^ Sometimes, I think he is a better cook than mum, wait...isn't women supposed to be better cook than men 0.o

- Mimi

Oreo Madness

Met up with some friends after work for a dinner-out. I was literally tired and hungry after work, I walked after all the whole day-.- with my new sneakers:D 

We went to Fridays and I ordered Oreo Madness, an ice-cream sandwich dessert. I thought it looked so cute and round and all thatxD The appearance didn't lie either because it was so delicious! I preferred the chocolate sauce over the caramel sauce...the caramel sauce was too sweet for my liking...Nevertheless, looking at this picture makes me want to go there again, right now...

- Mimi

B-Day again

I had a nice birthday today, didn't planned to do anything special but I wanted to let myself enjoy lots of cakes and candies because I have been sweet-deprived after going on a ''healthy, no fastfood, sugar'' diet-.-


Mum bought me an Oreo cake, because it's one of my favourite cakes^^ I also got a big chocolate cake, which have been all gone now...

Tried to compensate with something healthy afterwards, apple and cream^^ It's so good!

- Mimi

Breakfast of the Day: Cheese Toast/sandwich

Hello everyone, how are you^^? Haven't blogged in awhile because of internships so here is an unusual type of post from me...I'm thinking of starting to add some recipes to my blog^^ So I'm going to start with this:


Don't know if it's named Cheese Toast in english, but that was the closest description I found when googling for example images-.- I have been eaten this almost non-stop the past days because it's soooo good*.*
Although it's certainly full of calories, but on the other side cheese is healthy because it has all the important minerals; calcium, protein and vit. D...so that it's a nice excuse for overeating Cheese toast xD


Here's my take on this Cheese badass;)

Corn Cheese Toast recipe

- Sliced bread (I prefer Whole wheat bread)

- Butter (optional) 

- 2 or 3 slices of yellow Cheese (cover all the way)

- Corn in tin.

Spread some butter on the bread and add the corn. Then lay the cheese over, because when the cheese melts over it will prevent the corn ''getting off'' from the bread. Put it in the microwave and take it out when the cheese have melted, it takes about 1-2 min on full effect 100% (sorry for my vague microwave instructions-.-) 

Finally add some ketchup if you like, and eat it hot;) Be careful to not overeating though...
Bon appetit^^

Going to China this Summer + photos from the last vacation in China

The planetickets are booked and I'm once again looking forward to summer=D
We're going to China and Hong Kong*.*


Honestly, I need this trip right now! It's been snowing crazily today and it's soooo cold outside-.-
Instead of being depressive about it, I got through some photos I took in China which brought back nice memories^^ I decided to make this ''random'' post with some pictures of things I got from China the last time I was there (bcuz I haven't posted about it then) and to remind me of what I'm going to look forward to:D kekeke...


First of all, some pics of my buys: 

Love at first sight when I saw this bag! I love the colour combination, although some might think it's too much...

Close-up shot:P

The delicious cakes and snacks which is soooo cheap there*.* I'm going to eat so much pocky, biscuits, candies and I might make it a goal to try almost all the cakes that there are in our nearby bakeries! It's just 50m away from my house, kekeke..I'm going to be sooo unhealthy-.-

 Pocky^^ My fave is the banana flavour, but don't have pics of it-.-

So cute cake-box^^

 Chocolate cake! 

There are so many different beverages, shakes and sodaes that they don't have here-.- On eof my faves is this one (image) Oats milk. I also love the peanut and walnut milk, but I didn't take pics of it...

 Chinese bubble gum packagexD

And...then, shopping and lurking around the big cities! My fave is Shanghai, but this year might aswell be Hong Kong too, kekeke...If you have been there, you might know where this is^^: 

Can't wait for summer to come! 

-Mimi

2nd Take on DIY Sushi^^

I made more sushi yesterday^.^ This time, I had more confidence than the last time, and I didn't felt like a newbie. Me and my sister did all the preparations ourselves, since last time was father who did thatxD
The rice was cooked perfect. Not too hard or too sticky. And we also didn't forget the avocados!
The sushi looked much nicer in appearance compared to the last time, because of the colours from the avocados mixed with the seafood.


Some pics:

Sushi in process...

42=O Maki sushi

Salmon sushi (not my fave, but my sis loves them!)

Sushi close-up-

Mimi Ling

Homemade Sushi

Yesterday was first time I tried to make sushi! It wasn't that difficult as I first have thought. The technique itself isn't hard to learn, but it takes time to master it. It takes 10 years to be a real sushi master, I'm afraid it may be a little late for me to start now-.-) Nevertheless, it was a fun experience and the sushi was delicious, although there were some ingredients missing. Next time I have to remember to buy avocados (takes note for myself).


Pictures:)

The ingredients on the seaweed (nori 海苔)and the bamboo plate.

All rolled up-

My finished sushi! Scampi and salmon^^

I made alot of sushi xD Without avocado they look too plain o.0

 More sushi=P

This made me hungry again -.-,

Snapple - my favourite drink

If you haven't tasted it yet, you got to try it! It has a sweet, fruity taste*.* Although it's a bit expensive>.< But it tastes soooo good! My personal fave is the Mango one;)