REAL or FAKE?

Since I'm currently on a three months plus break before I start Uni, I decided to help around the house by hanging the clothes in the morning or even whip up a good meal for the family. Don't get me wrong, I'm one who doesn't enjoy doing chores. However, ever since my last helper ran away when I was fourteen, I started doing house chores a little bit more as the years go by. I enjoy cooking lunch/dinner for my loved ones. The dishes that I normally cook range from a good old plate of pasta to a typical American breakfast you could find at any cafes nowadays. No, I'm definitely not saying that my cooking skills are up to their standards, but hey, I'm trying to get better each time I cook these dishes! :)

I had the honour of cooking an American breakfast yesterday. It consisted of a sunny side up egg, chicken sausages, baked beans with lots and lots of onions & garlic, and not forgetting the 'almighty' bacon. I love me some good smoked bacon. I changed things up a little yesterday by coating my bacons with honey but I wasn't too impressed by the flavour it had... Got to find some way to improve on that! I apologise as there weren't any pictures taken due to my greediness haha.

When I woke up this morning, I was supposed to have lunch with a few friends but I then decided not to join them because I was just too drained out! Mom came in to my room and asked if I could cook pasta for dinner! I decided to give my all time favourite since young, pasta carbonara, a try since I've only cooked aglio olio all these while. I straight away grabbed my laptop and searched for some good recipes! Stumbled upon a recipe by this man and what caught my attention was that there was no cream in this recipe?! How can a carbonara have NO CREAM?! I was quite amazed when I found out that the true and original spaghetti alla carbonara sauce by the Romans only consisted of egg yolks and parmesan cheese. Hence, the yellow-ish colour of the pasta. Decided to trust this man and voila, the outcome was mind-blowing. After trying out this recipe, I told myself to never order a spaghetti carbonara at restaurants the next time I step out of this house!

Here are some pictures that would hopefully do some justice! :)

The only ingredients you need! Any kind of pasta of your choice, parmesan cheese, garlic, bacon, and egg yolks. 

Also, you can add some black pepper and extra parmesan cheese for some garnishing.

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Okay, side track a little! As I was reading on different claims on whether the true carbonara by the Romans had cream or no cream, I thought of something rather interesting. And that is kind of why I decided to blog about this 'pasta carbonara' experience.

During the last couple of months, I came across two ladies who asked me to do a survey on their iPad. Being the typical college student who would be asked to do countless surveys by students, I figured why not help these ladies out right? As I started on the survey, I was quite drawn towards the first few questions on Christianity. I thought to myself, "Hey, this isn't that bad eh?". However, I got a little "offended" when I saw the last question where it said "'Do you believe in God the Mother?". I understood where these ladies were coming from and I insisted on leaving straight away but they kept on wanting to share more about this "God the Mother". They even asked me to give them my contact number so they could keep in touch me if I wanted to know more. Based on my belief, there isn't such thing as "God the Mother". There is only ONE God, who is a three-in-one God. He is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Anyway, what I'm trying to deliver in this blog post is that there are so many false teachings out there, but do we know which is the true Gospel? Or are we just sucked into these false claims?

I'm not condemning these teachings but I'm just expressing my personal thoughts on this. As I have said before, this is a blog where I can open up to. Thank you for the time you took in reading this :) Much appreciated.

Cheers! :)

The End of College

"You can be dismissed."

When I heard that sentence by the lecturer after our papers have been collected, I have never felt more relieved. I told myself that my sleepless nights have finally come to an end! I honestly can't believe my college year had ended already. It literally just felt as if I finished SPM, graduated from high school, collected my school leaver's and SPM cert... Time passes really fast eh? Anyway, I'm pretty glad that my college year has come to an end. I'm actually very excited to start Uni in February because I get to meet new friends despite the undeniable fact that I would have countless assignment and tests! I feel much more productive when I'm studying (lol I'm such a nerd). But hey, I actually do enjoy education very much and that's because it makes me have a goal to achieve in life. My personal ultimate goal is to do well in my studies and make my parents proud, and not forgetting to always glorify God in my achievements and failures as well.

Throughout these past 10+ months, I've learnt to appreciate people and be more thankful for those around me. I've learnt to enjoy a small or even a big group friends. I've learnt to enjoy alone moments. I've learnt to manage my time well. I've learnt to be more independent. I've learnt to be not so dependant on others.

I'm not going to lie, but I'm pretty disappointed at myself for not keeping up with my daily devotions on busy days. I've been so exhausted and caught up with work lately that sometimes, I would even forget to say my prayers at night... I would just fall straight to my bed and doze of immediately. And I'm guilty of that. However, I know my God is an understanding and loving God! :) Also, I started attending a Bible study class on the book of Philippians a couple months back. I definitely need to get back on track with that and not treat it as a "chore" but a "work out of love for Him".

Anyway, after my last paper yesterday, I had dinner at Sae Ma Eul, a Korean bbq place recommended by my friend! It's located in Solaris and I must say, this place is SO worth it. I'm emphasising on the SO because it's not just worth it, but SO worth it!! There was a total of 9 hungry-food-lovers and the bill came out to about RM295?! And to top that off, we ordered pretty much everything the place had to offer (jokes). What I loved most about this Korean bbq place was their korean seaweed rice balls with kimchi! The best part about it was that we got to mould our own rice balls! Here are some pictures that was taken yesterday night :)

The seaweed rice ball that I'm pretty much obsessed with!!

Address : 1, Jalan Solaris 4, Solaris Mont Kiara, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Cheers!