Truffles

Delicious truffles! Made 'em myself! It was actually moderately difficult but hey you know it didn't look too hard. They were actually pretty good. Used 75% dark chocolate and coconut to cover it. Probably gonna try using something different sometime but until then.

I've been trying to learn how to cook, but instead it seems I'm just learning how to bake and make desserts (hope I used the proper spelling for this). Anyways, until I cook something else new, no new posts. Well, that's the most likely. ^_^

Side note: Urgh, finals are coming....

Halloween and midterms

They don't mix well. However, I was fortunate enough to not have any midterms around Halloween so I consider myself to be pretty lucky. But, this year because I was so busy with midterms, I completely forgot about my class registration. To clarify things, the way my school works, we register for the Fall semester in and around Summer and register for the Winter semester in mid Fall. Unfortunately, my midterms were then and I was focused on thoughts of, "I'm not ready for my midterm!!!" This led to me being slightly behind on my registration times. Don't get me wrong, I'm registered for the next semester. I will continue to be a student and make my way towards my degree so I can get a good job then I can continue on and get a better job. But that's not the point. The reason I'm a little unhappy about this is because of the schedule I'm stuck with. Due to my late registration, most of the classes that I wanted/need are full. So for the most part the times for my classes are less than ideal. I got some in the spots I wanted but others, well, let's just say, Wednesday from 6:00pm to 9:50pm doesn't sound like fun to me. Oh well, at least I got Fridays off like I wanted! :D

I'll take whatever I can get at this point. ;D

Thanksgiving Weekend

Just to be clear, I haven't got a clue about other families as I've always spent Thanksgiving with family. This Thanksgiving was like most of them, full of delicious food and good company. Though, today which is supposedly Thanksgiving day, we didn't have the traditional Turkey. Well to be fair we sorta did, but it's not quite the same. What we actually had, was some california rolls that I made tonight. Why was I making sushi? Well, it's because I was making some for my lunch tomorrow. So tonight I was spending a significant portion of my night making california rolls for myself, my sisters and my dad for lunch. I think by the end there was about 3 or 4 rolls left for us to eat. But then again, this was at about 9:30pm. Yeah, I'm slow, but it was delicious and I'm set for lunch tomorrow.

I'm SO tired!

Lately, sleep has been eluding me. Well, really it's me avoiding it a bit more than it avoiding me. Now right off the bat you might say, "Well then get some more sleep." But that doesn't really work since lately I've been leaving things a little bit late. So I end up having to stay up later than usual to take care of the things that need to get done. Usually this happens only on weekends so my Monday ends up all messed up because I'm running on 1-2 hours of rest. So then while really tired, I tend to try to make up for lost time on breaks and essentially any chance I get. This backfires because I end up not feeling tired when bedtime rolls around. So I stay up a little later and suffer the consequences the next day. This pattern continues until the weekend. I really need to do something about my inability to focus and do my work.

Picture of food!

Because I said I would! All of these were made by me! Since I made these there have been some more things but I forgot to take pictures so... I'll just have to try again some other time.

Test, test, test. 1, 2, 3.

If this works then I can get back to posting? I feel like starting this up again. So a late night test!

Also, Happy Birthday friend who's birthday is today! You know who you are!

Latest cooking attempt

So lately I've been starting to think to myself that I need to learn how to cook. When I say cook, I mean make a meal out of raw ingredients. None of this, frozen pizza to heat up and serve. During my parents vacation I learned how to make a pretty basic stir-fry which I thought tasted pretty good. Now I've learned how to make basic sushi. Well I wouldn't quite count it as sushi really. It's just a california roll. But I figure from that I'll be able to branch out and use different ingredients to make different kinds of sushi rolls.

Unfortunately, according to some of the people that tasted the rolls, the rice needs more of the rice vinegar/sugar/salt mixture added to it to ensure optimum deliciousness. I'll be sure to get on that as soon as I get another opportunity to make sushi again. Woot, learning!

Again, pictures later, I still need to take the time to figure this out.

You'd think I'd be a little normal

But apparently I'm not. My reasoning for this is that I'm currently typing this out at school. Now, this isn't exactly unusual by any means. The unusual part is the time and the reason why I'm at school. Now in order for this to make sense, a little background info will probably help. So, my class schedule usually has me at school at around 7:45 am every day except for Fridays where I have no classes. Unlike other semesters however, I've had a few classes canceled for whatever reason my prof decides. Today is one of those days. My usual 8:00 am class has been canceled for today and realistically I didn't need to get to school until a little before 11:00 am. So here I am, at school.

Now I guess I could say, I'm doing some work. Which would make some sense. You know, the idea is that I might not be able to work from home because of various distractions. But still, it's not quite the case as I'm typing this instead of working. This is why I think I'm a little bit odd compared to most people. In my mind, most "normal" people would be sleeping in and heading over to the school when they need to. Whereas me, I'm here bright and early for no real good reason. I could get work done, but I'd say it's kinda unlikely. Whatever, each to their own I guess.

Shaving

So as most of you already know or should know by now, I'm a guy. Being a guy at my age, I have to shave. Although being the way I am, I don't actually have to shave that often... or at least that's what I think. Anyways, while I was shaving the other day I realized how much of a pain it is to shave. Mostly just because of the amount of time it takes for me to do it. I guess as I do it more often I'll get quicker and such but for now, bah so much time lost. Instead of shaving I could be doing other things, like sleep more.

I bring this up because I remember when I first started shaving, as it was something kinda new and exciting. Also it meant that I was becoming a MAN! *Takes manly pose* I mean, even now I still kinda like the results of shaving. But then again, if I don't shave I look like a creeper. Still the freshly shaven feeling is nice. Nonetheless it still takes a bit of effort to shave, and it's becoming more frequent. Well, I just hope that I can get faster so I don't have to wake up extra, extra early just to shave.

Also, happy April fools day!

Comments

So just now I noticed a comment on my blog. This does two things for me. One it makes me feel like at least one person reads this. And two, it compels me to respond to the comment. However, I don't know, would anyone actually see the response? Or am I simple posting a comment that no one will see. Not that it matters hugely.

Wait... what? Hold on...

Ugh, lost my train of thought.

Wait for the next post, maybe I'll have something to say again.

Working inefficiently

So today I was trying to figure out how I'm going to get around to all the work that I've managed to fall behind on. While thinking of how to manage my time, somehow my mind wandered to the thought of how I'm going to stay motivated and on task. Then I thought, hmm... a photos of various family members making a get to work face and made into those motivational posters might work. Then I started thinking of how I would go about making these posters and where to post them on my wall. By the time I realized that I should really get back to work, 15 minutes had passed and nothing had been accomplished.

So much for staying on task eh?

Side note: Congratulations to all of the athletes that competed in the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. Kudos to the Canadian team and their new record of Gold medals for the host country!

Quick Update #1

Argh! My legs are asleep and I temporarily can't move! How am I going to get to my next class!?

Caffeine and Me

We have a weird relationship. Well not so much me and caffeine exactly, mostly just coffee. For the most part, I kinda like it. What I mean is, if it's available I will drink it. However, if there's something like Coke or other drinks, I'm likely to have them instead. On the other hand, if I'm sleepy and need to stay awake, I'll go for coffee. Anyways, getting to the point. Just today I noticed my coffee is having unusual effects on me.

Wow, really inflexible... trying to sit and type this on Little Mac (my MacBook) with my legs straight... uncomfortable and hurting me a little...

MOVING ON! Currently I'm getting this strange feeling like my blood pressure is spiking out of control and a slight unusual feeling in my chest. Also, I notice that my hands are shaking more than usual. Which actually makes me think of something else.

My body seems to be naturally twitchy/shaky. I can't seem to hold my hand steady. It just shakes. I've been told to go see a doctor about it, but I'm kinda slow and haven't done it yet. I did however, notice that it seemed to have lessened when I tried to go without drinks that contain caffeine in them. So I suspect it may have some relation. But that's beside the point of this post.

One thing I did notice today though. For the past few days, I have significantly reduced the amount of caffeinated drinks I've consumed. Today, I was exceptionally tired and decided I needed coffee. I had it and the "buzz" I get from coffee that keeps me awake was much stronger and is lasting much longer than usual. Actually it's causing all of those symptoms that mentioned earlier which is actually a little unusual. Also my brain is all over the place, which makes writing this post a little bit difficult. I don't know what's going on. If anyone that still checks this blog has any idea, please let me know. Then again, perhaps this is all psychosomatic. I kinda hope so, I really don't like the idea of something being physically wrong with me.

Oh right, pictures of the stuff I mentioned earlier will be posted soon. Just need to figure out how to upload them to this blog again... It's been a while.

Appreciation

So recently a little while back I was left home alone. Not really though, there was another person still home but really, it was pretty much me being alone. Anyways, this meant that I had to cook for myself and essentially take care of the house. How it became my responsibility and why it was not split between me and the person I mentioned earlier is beyond me. But that doesn't really matter. So yeah, I was taking care of pretty much everything.

Looking back on the experience, I think I did pretty well. The house was clean, I wasn't starving and all other things that needed to be taken care of were taken care of. But I must say - WOW, that took a lot of work! I mean it's nice to have a clean house but it so much effort dragging the vacuum cleaner around the house, moving furniture dusting various areas around the house, washing the dishes... which brings me to the part about cooking meals. For the most part, I enjoy messing around in the kitchen. The only problem I have with it is the whole deciding what to make and cleaning up once I've finished.

I did notice one thing though about my cooking. I can handle some of the basics. There are somethings that I still am a little unsure of. For instance I tried to stir-fry cucumber. It didn't turn out as well as I would've liked... it was all soggy and slimy. Not to mention the day after I was left alone, the microwave broke and eventually even the cordless phones stopped working. What a mess. Because of this, I have this new found appreciation for my parents and their presence at home. There's more variety with food and someone with technical know how is around in case of any problems. I know I'll have to learn these things eventually, but for now, I'm so glad their back.

I'll probably post some pictures of the things that I cooked up. Later though.

I can do it later right?

I have a problem.

I put off work until the last minute. It's getting me into trouble. Bah! But at least the first step is admitting you have a problem right? Now I have to take the next step. Well to me it seems more like a giant trek or quest to fix said problem...

...maybe later?

Weird looks

So I was talking to my sister the other day and I brought up an event from my day in which ended up with me getting a lot of weird looks from various people that passed by. Basically, I fell asleep in between classes, woke up to go to my next class. Although this is actually pretty normal for me, this time was different. When I woke up, I was disorientated and kinda dizzy. Even stranger, this lasted for close to an hour. So while walking to class I may have been walking funny. It seemed to me that people were giving me strange looks. This could have been because of three possible reasons. I had marks on my face from sleeping, I wasn't walking straight or I'm just so attractive they couldn't help but stare. Ok that last one is highly unlikely, but it was fun to say so I said it.

Story aside, after mentioning this story, I reflected a bit and realized something. People tend to give me funny looks pretty often. I wonder why that is... am I doing something unusual? I like to think I conduct myself in a very normal manner. It does get a little bit troublesome, as it makes me feel self conscious. Bah! Oh well, not much I can do about it is there! XD