spiffilicious~!

#1:

sometimes my confidence can put off some people. that's what i feel, or worry.

 i AM not being snobbish.

who says self-reflection is healthy?

eeheee

i mean, it makes u confuse at times. complicate things further.

#2:

i love Alex Mullen

his sense of humour!

did anyone not tell u that u need to love a person as a whole? the entire package?

hence i love his sarcasm too! ;)

#3:

i feel guilty. she can just do a random meme on facebook and thought of.... 'us'.

im sorry.

hugs

#4:

dream of visiting a place? let me share with you a trick ----> steal someone else's photos and put them in your blog.hummmmhummmmmdeeeedeeeeedummmmmyummmmm.before you know it!  you will be going to THAT place! yay!!

i'll be going to amsterdam! and belgium! hiphiphooray!

mission accomplish!

#5: 

did u know, yesterday was PANCAKE DAY? 

Shrove Tuesday

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Shrove Tuesday

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Shrove Tuesday is the day before Lent starts: the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday. It's a day of penitence, to clean the soul, and a day of celebration as the last chance to feast before Lent begins.

Shrove Tuesday is sometimes called Pancake Day after the fried batter recipe traditionally eaten on this day.

But there's more to Shrove Tuesday than pigging out on pancakes or taking part in a public pancake race. The pancakes themselves are part of an ancient custom with deeply religious roots.

Penitence

Shrove Tuesday gets its name from the ritual of shriving that Christians used to undergo in the past. In shriving, a person confesses their sins and receives absolution for them.

When a person receives absolution for their sins, they are forgiven for them and released from the guilt and pain that they have caused them.

In the Catholic or Orthodox context, the absolution is pronounced by a priest.

This tradition is very old. Over 1000 years ago a monk wrote in the Anglo-Saxon Ecclesiastical Institutes:

In the week immediately before Lent everyone shall go to his confessor and confess his deeds and the confessor shall so shrive him.Anglo-Saxon Ecclesiastical Institutes

Shrove Tuesday celebrations

Shrove Tuesday is a day of celebration as well as penitence, because it's the last day before Lent.

Lent is a time of abstinence, of giving things up. So Shrove Tuesday is the last chance to indulge yourself, and to use up the foods that aren't allowed in Lent.

Giving up foods: but not wasting them

During Lent there are many foods that some Christians - historically and today - would not eat: foods such as meat and fish, fats, eggs, and milky foods.

So that no food was wasted, families would have a feast on the shriving Tuesday, and eat up all the foods that wouldn't last the forty days of Lent without going off.

The need to eat up the fats gave rise to the French name Mardi Gras ('fat Tuesday'). Pancakes became associated with Shrove Tuesday as they were a dish that could use up all the eggs, fats and milk in the house with just the addition of flour.

The origin of pancake racing

Pancake races are thought to have begun in 1445. A woman had lost track of the time on Shrove Tuesday, and was busy cooking pancakes in her kitchen.

Suddenly she heard the church bell ringing to call the faithful to church for confession. The woman raced out of her house and ran all the way to church; still holding her frying pan and wearing her apron.

Going for gold in the pancake Olympics

One of the most famous pancake races is held at Olney in Buckinghamshire over a 415 yard course. The rules are strict; contestants have to toss their pancake at both the start and the finish, as well as wearing an apron and a scarf. The race is followed by a church service.

Since 1950 Olney has competed with Liberal in Kansas, which holds an identical race, to see which town can produce the fastest competitor. After the 2000 race, Liberal was leading with 26 wins to Olney's 24.

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In France they call it Mardi Gras, which means Grease or Fat Tuesday.

although i did not have any pancake yesterday,

i had pancake made by Ms Tam few weeks ago

:)

this is MALAYSIAN style PANCAKE!

;)

Alright!

TIME for ADVERTISEMENT:

Baked cinnamon apple

Cheewee

cereal bar
donated by housemate, Ms lee SH

thank u! :)
this was when i first came.

the price has now increased to more than a pound.

inflation baby...inflation

Maryland Chocolate Chip 'n' Hazelnut cookies

& Reduced Fat Chocolate Chip cookies

i dont like them. taste rather bland. there are simply better ones out there

i will only use this as a cheesecake base

McVities Fruit Cake and Lemon Cake

they are palatable!

Fox's Whipped Creams buttery shortcake biscuit

Sinfully Strawberry

Lustfully Lemon

they are good.

i would recommend these.

can forget about other Foxs' products. they are a let down

cereals + yogurt

Warburton Seeded Bread with Custard Cream

Baked Fresh Mushroom with capsicum, onions and garlic

add a few dash of wine before baking

it taste as good with or without the wine

just bake them PLAIN

they are really awesome

or maybe it is me, cause i LOVELOVE mushrooms!

BAILEYS TRUFFLES

sedap!

treated by Sr Suann.

u remember the sultanas biscuit back at home?

i usually eat them when i was a kid

it is rectangular in shape. has a thin brown layer in the middle and has sugar sprinkled on top

well, this McVities Fruit Shortcake is somewhat similar to that!

:)

it says 'Deliciously crumbly shortcake biscuit packed full of currants!'

this rocks!!

plus it is cheap as well! less than a pound!

McVities Boasters range:

Belgian Chocolate Chunk

Buttery crumbly cookies baked with Belgian chocolate chunks

Dark Chocolate & ginger

with crystallised ginger stems

Cranberry & almond

with cranberries and crunchy almonds

i love the belgian choc and the cranberry almond

not that i dislike ginger, i do!

preserved ginger is a good snack!

Marks & spencers. Lightly salted tortilla chips

judging by the amount that i buy,

you snould know its taste.

totally addicted to it.

i did try a few of its other flavours but ive ruled them out!

heh heh