Makeover Blues
So being the incredibly impulsive and Singaporeanly impatient person that I am, I bravely dove into the unknown world of CSS trying to figure out how to change the colour of links. I've been fiddling and adjusting CSS scripts - without really knowing what I was doing of course. I'm still working on it -
It really doesn't help that I am a designer by trade and such details irk the hell out of me. Things like font size, alignment, spacing, font colour, link colour, how it should be 2 pixles to the left or 4 pixels to the right, paragraphs in blogs should not be justified unless unusual circumstance. I am a nazi. Creative people usually are control freaks.
I have demands. I want 3 columns in my blog, I wish there are more people designing better themes for RapidWeaver, I want to have cool designed features like on delicious:days - the most beautiful and well designed blog I've seen.
I wish I could let it go. But I can't and won't rest until I really can't do anything about it. I obviously need to learn CSS scripting.
Pink Paddlers
All proceeds go to the support of Breast Cancer Foundation, Star Shelter for Women and UNIFEM.
Date: Monday, 26 March 2007
Time: 6:30-7:40pm : Reception / 8:00-9:15pm : Movie
Place: The Grand Cathay, Level 6 @ 2, Handy Road
Directed by: Jasmine Ng Kin Kia
Produced by: Suzette Cody/Green Mango Productions
They come in all shapes and sizes. They could be your mother, your daughter, your sister, your girlfriend, your wife… even you. Ranging from a 65 year-old grandmother to a Singapore Girl air stewardess to a biker chick, half the ladies couldn’t even swim, but still picked up the paddles : They all have fought the same battle against breast cancer and found support and strength from being in the same boat. In September 2006, these ladies came together to compete against other fellow survivors from all over the world, in the first-ever Breast Cancer Survivor Dragon Boat World Championship - right here in Singapore.
This documentary tells their shared stories, sisters in their fight against breast cancer and their upstream battle to win the dragonboat race.
Ticket prices: $50 and $30 (first come, first serve)
For ticket booking, call Dawn at 6238-6761 or email: pink@unifemsingapore.org.sg
Major Sponsor: Cathay Cineplexes
For more information on this documentary film, email pinkpaddlers@gmail.com
Message from the Director, Jasmine Ng Kin Kia...
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Ginger & Honey with Mascarpone Muffins
It's my turn!
I was planning to bake these on Sunday but I couldn't wait to try
out my new toy! I bought a "Heavy Duty" Kitchen Aid yesterday, it
was on sale so it was my chance! So happy so happy I can finally
try out the more challenging bread recipes that require lots of
kneading and successful windowpaning.
Anyway, MUFFINS! The past 2 weeks I've been tossing around in my
head what I should make for Muffin
Monday. I've had a
few ideas - Kaya (Coconut Jam) or Green Tea with Red Beans... then
for some reason I wanted to try Mascarpone cheese (might be from
watching Top
Chef). So I
thought I would use that as my fat content. Then what? What else do
I put in it?! Then 2 days later I thought Gingerbread! Not bad
idea... but I didn't think Molasses might go with Mascarpone so
well, so I used honey instead. But I needed something else, like
some kind of chopped nut. A few days later, Pistachios came to me.
So the recipe has been floating around my head about a week until
today when I actually made it.
The final product was aromatic, moist, spicy and kindda' exotic. I
will be experimenting with Mascarpone more in muffins and try to
bring the flavour out more next time - perhaps with some fresh
berries or something.
The Great Singapore Donut Queue...
About a month
ago I noticed a really long queue in the basement of Raffles City.
Something like 25 meters? It's long. Very long. All day long.
People were lining up to buy donuts. Donuts?! Seriously? You won't
see me in this queue.
Then I read in the papers a few days later about the latest in food
trends. Donuts is the newest gaga in Singapore. Everyone was raving
about the donuts from the Donut Factory, about how wonderfully
light and ungreasy they were and of course the wonderful variety in
flavours. Then I got really curious. Really? Ungreasy donuts? I
guess I just have
to try one!
But I'm not
lining up in
that 25m long queue.
New related posts here and here.
Introducing Muffin Monday (MM01)
Introducing a brand new food event -
Muffin Monday!
Muffins make the best breakfast and if you're like me -
so important to
start the week right with a good cup of coffee and a yummy muffin.
The variety of flavours are endless and amazing - sweet ones,
savoury ones, sweet and savoury ones, healthy ones, clever and
interesting ones and bizarre ones.
Baking muffins are the easiest baking item to make and the fastest.
With a basic muffin recipe you can add any ingredient you like. Mix
dry ingredients in a bowl, mix wet ingredients in another bowl. Mix
wet and dry ingredients together until combined, don't stir
too
much, divide
batter up into muffin tray and bake! Easy
peasy! You can't
go too wrong when baking muffins.
It only gets a little more complicated when you start baking
english muffins - which in my opinion fall into the category of
bread - simply because yeast is used and it requires proofing
time.
So here's the fun part!
Create-Your-Own-Muffin with (or
without - it's completely up to you) the basic muffin recipe here,
or from any other preferred source! Eat it all by yourself or share
it with your friends!
Some tips to keep in mind when baking muffins here and
here.
To participate:
Create your muffins!
If
you are a blogger,
• Post a photograph and recipe by Friday, 2nd March 2007 (please be
sure to include a link back to this
post).
• Send an email to muffinmonday@sqpixels.net your name,
where you are from, name of recipe and a permalink to your
post.
Code for a small banner (200px x 75px):
<a
href="http://www.sqpixels.net/files/muffinmonday01.html"
><img src=http://www.sqpixels.net/files/mm_small.jpg"
width="200" height="75" alt="Muffin Monday" /></a>
If
you're not a blogger but would like to take part,
• Send an email to muffinmonday@sqpixels.net with an attachment of
a photograph of your muffin, your recipe, your name, where you are
from and a few words of your creation by Friday, 2nd March
2007.
• Post it on your photo sharing site such as Flickr
by Friday,
2nd March 2007 (please be sure to include a link back to this
post). Send an email to muffinmonday@sqpixels.net
your name,
where you are from, name of recipe and a permalink to your
post.
Deadline for this event is
Friday, 2nd March 2007.
Update!
(14 February
2007):
As I receive entries I will be posting them up here.
Round up of this event will be posted on Monday, 5th
March 2007.
Happy Baking!!
P/S:
This is my first time hosting a food blogging event so please be
patient with me if I fumble about a bit!
Basic Muffin Recipe here...
Meme : Questions about Cooking
Just over a week ago, I received a request my first Meme from Brigitte of Küchendunst aus Singapur asking me some questions about cooking. She has a wonderfully delicious blog that is updated very frequently with detailed step-by-step accounts. I applaud her painstaking efforts in updating her blog and love for creating wonderful food for her family and friends. My proof of my admiration for her blog is in the long moments I spend trying to recall german words from my little brain. It's so worth the effort! Her request was forwarded to her by Chili und Ciabatta and I think it began at _rettet das mittagessen.
With my answers you should be able to tell how lazy I am and quite possibly how unhealthy my eating habits are.
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