Hee, according to the official taster, Mr Teo, the raspberry muffin tastes quite good, not too sweet... hee! At first, I thought I wouldn't dare to taste my own muffins coz it took me a while to actually be okay with my own cooking; not that it was disgusting or anything but just had bad experience back in Home Econs days. I still remember how I would always bring the food home and ask my mum to try without even daring to take a bite first to see how they tasted. Mummy would more often than not, not want to have an upset stomach and would ask me to throw the food away, after all, it has been out a whole day (quite a valid excuse I must say). Well, with all the "not-properly" washed utensils and cooking pots and pans, it's no wonder that Mum did not want to take the risk, given that many a time the girls would just do a quick job of rinsing the stuff that we used for that particular cooking lesson.
Well, Angie's getting more steady these days in the kitchen... oh, the other day I tried making Mango cheesecake too, dun think I told you guys about it, coz I wasn't exactly too proud of it, think I overbaked it and was too generous with the Mango such that it tasted more like Mango slice (as mich says ;) ), rather than Mango cheesecake. Somehow, I didn't dare to eat that at all coz the whole process of making the cake just seemed too raw for me... hee! Just can't explain why... so for now, I shall stick to perfecting my muffins before moving on to something else. Oh, to satisfy my baking fetish, we actually bought a 20 over piece baking set from K mart to start me off, hee! :)
On another note, finally took some time off to continue with my reading. Started "Eat Pray Love" late last year but have yet to finish it. As I was reading it today however, really liked this phrase in the book, "Flexibility is just as essential for divinity as is discipline."Indeed it reminds us not to be too obsessed with the repitition of religious ritual for its own sake. You see, there was a cautionary fable mentioned in the book about a great saint, his loyal devotees and his cat. His cat would always be meowing and disturbing everyone during meditation such that the saint made it a point to tie the cat to a pole outside for a few hours so that everyone else could concentrate on meditation. This became such a habit that many could not meditate unless the car was tied to the pole first. Then one day, the cat died. The saint's followers were panic-stricken and it became a major religious crisis, as the only way they knew how to reach God was via the cat being tied to the pole. I guess it reminds us not to be too rigid in our mentality and thus helps me take heart with regards to how I'm feeling... well, can't and probably don't want to be too explicit here but just a quick summary below k?
You see, was reflecting some time back and these days too about Ivan and my want to be active in a community here or at least be more active in church. We've very conveniently become Sun Catholics due to the lack of activities present in the church that we are at now. Also, there are certain things I don't quite agree with or rather get disappointed with here in the churches. We've attended a handful of masses whereby the priests would not give any homily at all and just move straight to the Liturgy of the Eucharist after the Gospel. There we would be, with open ears, waiting to receive, but get disappointed so many a time. I know we can find another parish to be a part of but we have been so lazy to move in search coz the present church is the nearest to our place. Oh well... maybe we should get down to it soon. It's just become a habitual thing you know, going to that church, guess it would take a while to unlearn this "ritual" of ours.
Happy Chinese New Year my dear family and friends! Enjoy the yummy goodies! Must eat on our behalf yah? HEE! :P
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