Training has been pretty tough these few days! Mon's swim session and sprints session, tue's hill run, this morning swim was sooo tiring! but well, i'm lovin it as usual..haha.
yesterday afternoon i cooked fried rice!!! it was fabulous! I added sliced beef sausage, brocolli, carrots, cherry tomatoes, some iceberg lettuce, dried mixed fruit(sultanas, raisins, orange and lemon). Due to the great abundance of carefully chosen ingredients to ensure impeccable taste, sky-high nutritional value and asthetic value, the pan could barely cope that it almost overflowed after i added the rice in. Time to add the 'icing to my (rice)cake'- 3 beaten eggs, stirred with belachan chilli and light soy sauce. I turned off the fire when the egg was still liquidy so the rice was nice and moist, with a tange of sweetness from the fruit and tomatoes. i was so hungry i gobbled it down and went to take a nap.
my uber delicious fried rice!!!
oh yesterday during psychology lecture, we watched a video on the temperament of toddlers (abt 2-3 years old). Btw, this section on human development during childhood makes me feel like i'm taking a course on parenting. Back to the video. it was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cute! it featured clips of children who are in the 'easy-to-handle/flexible', 'cautious' and 'difficult/fiesty' temperament types, and the characteristics of each type. children are just so adorable. there was this one kid who was carrying a baby doll, and patting it and putting it to sleep, which is what many kids do actually. weird, at 2 years old they already have maternal instincts?! hahaha. and this other kid who was so persevering. he was pushing a toy lawn mower (which was as big as him)and it fell over. he picked it up and tried to push it damn hard, cringing his face a lil coz it was stuck in the grass! do you think this kid will grow up to be a triathlete? i already see one in the making! hahaha. Coz of the different temperaments which kids naturally fall into, it's not right for parents to force infants to conform to the 'flexible' type. different approaches are required to handle kids of different temperament types. see, i'm not my way to becoming a model mum! haha. yea and i was trying to figure which temperament i fell under as a kid! i kinda think it's the cautious temperament.
Today we watched a video clip about baby rhesus monkeys. it was an experiment conducted in the 1950s. the monkeys were kept in cages, with 2 surogate mothers - one made of wire(a wire cylinder with a milk bottle attached) and the other cloth(looks like a mini ironing board with a tiny helmet as the head, without a face). the 'moms' dun look anything like mothers. anyway, when the monkey is faced with threat, like a mechanical monster, it screams and jumps onto the cloth mother, hugging it. after a while, it calms down and tries to confront the monster, while still holding onto the mother. And in a different scenerio, the monkey is placed in a strange room, with objects scattered around. When no mother is present, it crouches on the floor, looking around fearfully. when the cloth mom is placed in the room, it immediately runs to the mom and hugs the mom's neck tightly, very much like a human child. extremely adorable. after a while, it then begins exploring the room confidently.
this makes me wonder. perhaps not just babies and infants, but we all need someone to be there for us, a 'secure base' which we can turn to. this could be family, a partner or close friends. this gives us assurance and confidence which extends to other aspects of our lives. (i miss you clement)
This morning after a tough session of swimming, i headed down to Thrushermann's for breakfast with Wille, David and John. Wille has been saying it has the best coffee and muffins. yep, i had 2 hot cups of CHAI LATTE. AHHHHHHHH... my beloved Chai. this tastes soooooo much better than the one at the donut place. Yep, much to my delight, chai is a basic on the menus at cafes over here. i shd buy the chai powder so i can make my own at home. I had an apple cinnamon muffin and nibbles of Wille's raspberry muffin. AWESOME.
Had 5 hours of class today, and my first few assignments. was tired. oh my Global Politics tutorial has several outspoken and intelligent people. heh of coz me included, just that i've yet to display my prowess coz i was sleepy.
Anyway, i've just discovered the convenience and wonders of steaming!! I had steamed salmon, a hard boiled egg and pineapple for dinner today.
steam salmon in terikayi sauce, light soy sauce and ginger. (i know this looks like chicken meat but it's actually a nice yummy orange colour)
Why a hard boiled egg u must be wondering! coz i wanted to get the most of my steaming so i flung an egg into the pot of water underneath. Alas! it broke so i had to fish out the mess of hard boiled egg from the pot and eat.
Till my next recipe/cooking class, hope you have fun practicing the above dishes! haha.
yesterday afternoon i cooked fried rice!!! it was fabulous! I added sliced beef sausage, brocolli, carrots, cherry tomatoes, some iceberg lettuce, dried mixed fruit(sultanas, raisins, orange and lemon). Due to the great abundance of carefully chosen ingredients to ensure impeccable taste, sky-high nutritional value and asthetic value, the pan could barely cope that it almost overflowed after i added the rice in. Time to add the 'icing to my (rice)cake'- 3 beaten eggs, stirred with belachan chilli and light soy sauce. I turned off the fire when the egg was still liquidy so the rice was nice and moist, with a tange of sweetness from the fruit and tomatoes. i was so hungry i gobbled it down and went to take a nap.
my uber delicious fried rice!!!
oh yesterday during psychology lecture, we watched a video on the temperament of toddlers (abt 2-3 years old). Btw, this section on human development during childhood makes me feel like i'm taking a course on parenting. Back to the video. it was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo cute! it featured clips of children who are in the 'easy-to-handle/flexible', 'cautious' and 'difficult/fiesty' temperament types, and the characteristics of each type. children are just so adorable. there was this one kid who was carrying a baby doll, and patting it and putting it to sleep, which is what many kids do actually. weird, at 2 years old they already have maternal instincts?! hahaha. and this other kid who was so persevering. he was pushing a toy lawn mower (which was as big as him)and it fell over. he picked it up and tried to push it damn hard, cringing his face a lil coz it was stuck in the grass! do you think this kid will grow up to be a triathlete? i already see one in the making! hahaha. Coz of the different temperaments which kids naturally fall into, it's not right for parents to force infants to conform to the 'flexible' type. different approaches are required to handle kids of different temperament types. see, i'm not my way to becoming a model mum! haha. yea and i was trying to figure which temperament i fell under as a kid! i kinda think it's the cautious temperament.
Today we watched a video clip about baby rhesus monkeys. it was an experiment conducted in the 1950s. the monkeys were kept in cages, with 2 surogate mothers - one made of wire(a wire cylinder with a milk bottle attached) and the other cloth(looks like a mini ironing board with a tiny helmet as the head, without a face). the 'moms' dun look anything like mothers. anyway, when the monkey is faced with threat, like a mechanical monster, it screams and jumps onto the cloth mother, hugging it. after a while, it calms down and tries to confront the monster, while still holding onto the mother. And in a different scenerio, the monkey is placed in a strange room, with objects scattered around. When no mother is present, it crouches on the floor, looking around fearfully. when the cloth mom is placed in the room, it immediately runs to the mom and hugs the mom's neck tightly, very much like a human child. extremely adorable. after a while, it then begins exploring the room confidently.
this makes me wonder. perhaps not just babies and infants, but we all need someone to be there for us, a 'secure base' which we can turn to. this could be family, a partner or close friends. this gives us assurance and confidence which extends to other aspects of our lives. (i miss you clement)
This morning after a tough session of swimming, i headed down to Thrushermann's for breakfast with Wille, David and John. Wille has been saying it has the best coffee and muffins. yep, i had 2 hot cups of CHAI LATTE. AHHHHHHHH... my beloved Chai. this tastes soooooo much better than the one at the donut place. Yep, much to my delight, chai is a basic on the menus at cafes over here. i shd buy the chai powder so i can make my own at home. I had an apple cinnamon muffin and nibbles of Wille's raspberry muffin. AWESOME.
Had 5 hours of class today, and my first few assignments. was tired. oh my Global Politics tutorial has several outspoken and intelligent people. heh of coz me included, just that i've yet to display my prowess coz i was sleepy.
Anyway, i've just discovered the convenience and wonders of steaming!! I had steamed salmon, a hard boiled egg and pineapple for dinner today.
steam salmon in terikayi sauce, light soy sauce and ginger. (i know this looks like chicken meat but it's actually a nice yummy orange colour)
Why a hard boiled egg u must be wondering! coz i wanted to get the most of my steaming so i flung an egg into the pot of water underneath. Alas! it broke so i had to fish out the mess of hard boiled egg from the pot and eat.
Till my next recipe/cooking class, hope you have fun practicing the above dishes! haha.
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