wat time is it??? its not even 7am. and im wideeeee awake. i tink i was in bed by 9pm last nite. haha. talk about early. i’m probably just exhausted from the travelling and what not..not to forget that melbourne is 3hrs ahead of brunei..so i tink im probably going through a mini jet lag as well. well, lets see if im in bed by 9pm again tonite. honestly, i dont mind sleeping early because beauty is sleep and sleep is beauty 🙂

ive got something at 8am. and then im free the whole day. no idea what im going to do. sucks not havinga job. i think im the only one in house who is officially a penganggur now. mal’s working kel’s been working for ages now.. and here i am.. contemplating sleep or telivision at 7am in the morning.

Maybe i should start testing new recipes to add on to Thecakery. i bought a few bags full of really good chocolate while i was in Melbourne..i really dont know how people do it. like come out with a set of items to sell at once. I reckon they’ve all probably been baking all their lives! cause its not easy coming out with a full proof recipe..exsp one that requires measurements and an oven! honestly, i was never in to baking. infact i used to hate it with a passion. It wasn’t until i tried out my first brownie recipe that i tot i had a knack for it..even then i still wasnt in love. The love affair with baking only began when i successfully made my first batch of choux pastry and turned them in to fluffy golden profiteroles!

speaking about baking.. i managed to catch Julie & Julia on the plane. FINALLY. a good foodie movie! i had high expectaions on ‘No Reservations’ (Cath Zeta) being the next foodie movie of the decade but unfortunately apart from chefs throwing tantrums in the kitchen, it really didnt hit a high note with me. Infact, the last good foodie movie i saw was Chocolat, just like the book it was DELICIOUS..they even threw in Johnny Depp for DESSERT! WOOT WOOT!! hahaha.. I think Like Water for Chocolate wouldve been good too, if only it was in english.. the version that i saw was a direct translation of the book haha it was in spanish too! dubbed in english! lol. i can’t wait for hollywood to come out with a contemporary version of it. Although i have a feeling they already did in the form of ‘ Simply Irresistible ‘ starring Michelle Gellar. I remembered watching it over and over on vcd when it first came out. 10 years later, finally found a copy of the movie on ebay and ive only seen it once ever since! the food cinematography’s fabulous however, the story line’s abit on the cliched side..and haha it took me 10 years to realise that people. lol. Another good foodie movie to watch out for is in the form of K-drama titled, My Lovely Samsoon.

Like all the movies i mentioned, Julie & Julia is another foodie collectible. Starring Meryl Streep!! (EEEPSSS MERYL STREEP!) as Julia Child and Amy Adams as blogger Julie Powell. Its a story about two ladies from different times both in love with their food and cooking. Julie feeling lost about life decided to open up a blog that would record her trials and triumphs with recipes from Julia Child’s cook book titled ‘Mastering the art of French Cooking’. The movie on the other hand, tells Julia Child’s journey in France as some sort of an American diplomat’s wife. Not having anything to do she filled up her days at cooking classes at Le Cordon Bleu and decided to write a book on French Cooking for American readers as they weren’t any at that time. Both women share loving husbands that were supportive of their careers (BLESS!!!), both found some sort of orgasmic joy in cooking… you’d just have to watch it la! hahaha.. its a really feel-good movie. and i can’t wait for it to come out on dvd…! Now im thinking if i should open up a food blog of my own.. huhuhu anyway,

WATCH.

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ps: i loved it so much i saw it twice! haha back to back! 🙂