Thursday, April 9, 2009

Waiting on an Angel

( Avilon Zoo)

Song written by Ben Harper

Waiting on an angel
One to carry me home
Hope you come to see me soon
Cause I dont want to go alone
I dont want to go alone

Now angel wont you come by me
Angel hear my plea
Take my hand lift me up
So that I can fly with thee
So that I can fly with thee

And Im waiting on an angel
And I know it wont be long
To find myself a resting place
In my angels arms
In my angels arms

So speak kind to a stranger
Cause youll never know
It just might be an angel come
Knockin at your door
Knockin at your door

And Im waiting on an angel
And I know it wont be long
To find myself a resting place
In my angels arms
In my angels arms

Waiting on an angel
One to carry me home
Hope you come to see me soon
Cause I dont want to go alone
I dont want to go alone
Dont want to go
I dont want to go alone

Burned is Better, Baby

Right now I have a burn mark on each arm. My right arm was not burned from cooking per se. I was boiling some water for tea, went to pull the hot water heater plug out of the wall, and my arm hovered over the steam a moment too long. It's currently peeling, this amoeba shaped burn, while doggedly impersonating a birthmark.

On my left arm is a burn from one of my new stainless steel Calphalon pans. Stainless steel pans can get hot, especially when you transfer olive tapenade steaks to the oven in them. I used an oven mitt to pull the pan out of the oven. But then I took off the mitt and leaned over the pan with a fork and knife, ready to check the steak, remove it, and reduce the pan juices into a sauce. My left arm grazed the handle and the hot metal immediately branded me. I ran for the freezer where I keep some ice packs ready for just such an occurrence. There was no residual pain, only a nasty thin brown mark. If I press it to the burn on my other arm I can shoot laser beams out of my arms and slice my enemies to shreds. Hopefully I won't end up with any scars.

In the spirit of burns and burning things, I decided to try this recipe for Burnt Caramel Ice Cream. It's an interesting concept. Go ahead and burn some sugar. Just let it melt, turn brown and then a little bit black. Come on, you burn things all the time - just not on purpose. Now add some cream and milk and let it mellow out the caramel until you get a dark, thick sauce.


Now strain it and mix in some more cream and milk, cool it in the fridge, and pour it into the ice cream maker.
I did all this without a hitch, but when I pulled it out of the ice cream maker it looked like...well...have you ever played that baby shower game where you put different types of chocolate candy mushed up in diapers and everyone has to guess what kind of candy each diaper has? Some of the candy looks an awful lot like what you might really find in a diaper.


Okay, so it's not the most appealing color for ice cream. And when I first tasted it, all I could think was This is burnt. But then I kept licking the spoon. And then I ate a whole scoop. Something about the flavor was addictive. A little bit bitter, a little sweet, with a rich wrapping of cream. It was frozen but tasted of warmth, of bonfires on the beach and roasted marshmallows. And who doesn't like the little crispy bits of pulled pork, the caramelized cheese on a pizza, the char on a hot dog, a blackened chicken sandwich? Burned is better, baby. That's how I feel about these burn marks on my arms (and the one on my wrist from a long ago misunderstanding with an oven door). I may be burned but that only makes me better.

huru - hara, kacau - bilau



memule nak type entry nih, emosi mmg x stabil. yup.
then da lepak2, sejuk2 kan diri sdiri dlu, baru ok, sikit.
last skali mkanan enak dimkn, kul 1 lebeyh tgh hari td.
n kul 11:20pm td baru dinner. patotla tetbe lapar.
agak jauh jurang mkn tuh. hurm. okay.

TTM & Air Asia
hariku bermula dgn baik. yeah. nothing yg pelik2 jd.
bgn, basuh kain, tlg mama angkt brg, on9 jap n etc.
should be hari ni jmpe TTM jap b4 sy blah blk kuching.
sy msg die seawal 11 lebeyh, pagi td utk ingtkan die.
n takot2 kalo die belum bgn tdow. kul 12 lebeyh jgk.
sy x pelik pape if die x reply sbb die slalu x reply.

then 1 lebeyh die x muncul2. sy da la x mkn pape.
tnggu nak mkn dgn die. sy msg lg x sampai2 jgk.
sy mls nak tnggu. sy mkn jgk. in case die x dtg.
2 lebeyh da. die x pernah mcm nih. risau dah~
sy ade call die 2x, jngka masa berbeza. x angkt.
last2 kul 3:17pm die anta msg ckp baru bgn tdow.
n ade dkt nilai. jmpe kwn die. grrr~~~

die g nilai dr ptg semlm. bkn nak ckp awal2!

FYI, mama ajak die g srwk jgk. so, adela survey harge ticket.
bout 3-4 days ago. then die nak tnggu jgk harge murah.

kalau nak taw, harge ticket air asia berubah2. yup.
dlm mase 1 hari, harge ticket tu blh bertukar - tukar.
then td sy ckp, harge ticket da naik 100 kot.
baru die ckp, "belilah. nnt naik lg"

seriously sy ckp. sy geram gak ah. sy sruh beli awal2.

nak tnggu jgk. sdg kan esok 10 april, sy blah blk srwk.
hari nih 9 april. baru nak beli ticket, on9???
okay fine. kul 4:20pm td, sy on9 semule.
pd hal time tuh sy tgh siap2 nak g class da.
sy on9, nak beli gune credit card abah.
skali. tgk2. utk flight yg less than 24 hours,
customer kene ade credit card tuh time check in.
sebagai pengesahan. x kesah la gune credit card sesape.
sy da geram. credit card tuh abah pnye. mesti ah abah pgang.
abah dkt srwk kot. grrr~~~ mama pnye rosak plak.


sy call abah. minx detail account maybank plak.
skali on9 nih x blh plak nak buat payment selain gune credit card.
pdhal b4 nih blh jer!!! tataw ah nape. sengal~
so. d only way 2 get the ticket, g kl central. n beli. cash~
n plg teruk, TTM sy dkt nilai lg okay!

time tuh da 4:40pm. sy siap mcm ape gi class.
sampai class. dlm kul 5pm jgk. nasib x lmbt.

then. if sy g kl central sdiri pon w/out TTM, x blh!
sbb sy mesti ade IC die utk beli ticket dkt counter.
n also, cash of RM500 at least. goshhhh...die x de plak!!!
so, masalah ticket ni x settle lg. and. sy pon tataw.

die akan ikot g srwk ke x esok! seriousy sy geram n sdeyh.
sbb sy da usahe mcm2 utk ticket die. survey2 harge.
so if esok mmg x de rezeki utk die, sy admit, sy agak frust.
sbb usahe yg x mendtgkan ape2 keuntungan~ yeshh...
lemak sy x berkurang pon. hurmm.

so. esok pagi2 sy akan bgn awal2 n gerak g kl central.
since mama kul 7 da gerak g klia, sy maybe lmbt skit.
cuz fligth lain2 n mama naik MAS. huu~~~ jeles nih!
kul 8 camtu sy should b d kl central or otw, at least.

TTM janji die akan g kl central esok pagi. tp. sy risau nih.
die tuh da la liat gegile nak bgn pagi! n ske silent hp.
so if sy kejutkan pon, da tdow mati. 4 sure x bgn.
then what? sy tercegat dkt kl central berjam2.
then rushing blk umah, n gerak g airport plak? gosh.
so esok, maybe sy terpakse ponteng class pagi utk ni.


Affin Bank & BSN
td time class break utk solat maghrib, sy ke bank.
since sy pnye cash in hand da sgt skit. d kolej.
just ade maybank n bsn. sy gune
affin. jd kene gune meps.
maybank, urusan sy x blh diteruskan. tah nape.
gi BSN. die ckp baki sy RM13.67 je!!!! sumpah tipu!
sy ade almost 200 lg dlm tuh n mmg sy nak nangis da td.
since tu je duit sy ade utk 2 weeks lg. huwaaaaa.

sy da call mama, ckp jgn tdow lg. tnggu sy blk class.
nak g check dkt Affin wangsa maju plak. nape duit sy hilang.
tp blk2 mama da tdow n die x packing lg. pdhal kul 7 jap g da gerak.
die minx sy kejut kul 5am. huuu~~~ sy ajak g bank jap.
the
n mama ckp "kalau x de jgk nak buat ape?". mmg la.
tp sy just nak check lg. mustahil duit sy bnyk tu je.
sy ingtla dlm bank ade bape lg. sy taw duit sy.
balanced slip pon sy simpan. wuuuu~~~
nape duit blh hilang jgk dlm bank? nyata. bank bkn tmpt slmt.

TTM plak x abis2 ckp setakat 200 tuh skit je.
mama n abah sy blh ganti. n ske ungkit sy anak org kaye.
sy benci perangai tuh. pale otak la sy anak org kaye!
ingt kalo sy kaye sgt pun, ingt sy nih senang2 ke dpt duit?
hurm. sy maybe anak tunggal. sy maybe senang. tp tlg la.
200 hilang tuh sgt bnyk utk sy. n bkn senang2 sy dpt duit.
stop la pk ttg sy anak org kaye yg manje gile babeng.


Class & luggage
class sy hari ni mmg la start ptg. tp. dr 5pm-10pm.
1 subj plak tuh. huu. leteyh taw x? n leteyh mate...
nasib baik dlm class td sy ceria la jgk. yeah.
thanks 2 da lecturer yg lawak n kwn2 yg senget~ haha.
but still, duit & ticket tuh d otak sy. huu...

and bnyk gosip artis2 mlysia ni sy dpt!!! haha.
mesti ah. kate lecturer sy tuh pengarah. penerbit.
wartawan. editor. n tah ape mcm lg laaa~~~ hee.

n dpt 2 assignments. hua3... ingt nak lepak2 je dkt kuching.
skali dpt plak 2 keje n 1 tuh, ttg 'iceberg theory'
dgr je 'iceberg theory' tuh. 1st skali dlm otak sy...

iceberg - big apple pnye donut!!! hahahahaa...
and iceberg - ice age. wakaka. x leh blaaaa~~~
and owh yeah, dah bahgi group utk final project SCP.
sy. salghee. miraghee. sofia. ahmad [bro]. bobo. ++ 2 juniors.
hope sume okay. hurm. new group~

ni da kul 12:13am. n sy x packing pape lg utk blk srwk.
tah nak bwk ape pon tataw. dgn leteyh x hilang lg.
hurm... bwk je la pape yg sy ingt nnt. haih~
nak rushing lg g sane sini pagi2 esok. hurm. harap. ia.
berbaloi. seriously...n agak2 la kan. agak2 korang la.

1st, TTM dpt ikot sy g srwk x? ade ticket x?
2nd, TTM nih dpt bgn pagi2, awal2 ke esok? haih~~~

tahla. ape nak jd esok jd la. n sy maybe x g class.
sbb nak rushing g kl central, airport. airport kene gerak awal.
b4 11:30am since esok kan friday. driver maw solat jumaat.
pdhal flight sy lmbt kot...3:25pm! hua3... gile lame dkt airport!
kene plak kalau segale penat lelah sy, x berbaloi.
hurm. mmg habis selenge la muke sy dkt airport nnt~


and hari nih sy dpt frame yg sy order dr sis fatt.
on9 shop jgk n frame die sgt cantik!!!
ske3. happy. puas hati. berbaloi.
gi la usha. - http://mydecorart.blogspot.com
thanks sis. keep up da good work~

doa2 lah semua berjalan dgn lancar esok~
huuu. haru - biru~~~
good nite =]