I'm sitting at starbucks, ordered a orange cranberry muffin, and a chocolate frappuchino. I realized how much my genes are costing me. It was just awhile back that i confirmed my love for food stemmed from my genes...my whole family are advocates of good food. I buy desserts for myself AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK. and sweet indulgences don't come cheap.

Oh wait..let me change it to studying is expensive. Not only do we have to pay school fees, books, notes, uniforms, misc. fees, yada yada...the cost of buying myself good food to keep myself happy while studying is just outrageous. And then the exercise needed to lose those extra pounds gained by impulsive 'happy-eating'. For some, it may not be food, maybe a new bag to look nice in school, or an ipod to listen to while studying(or just to look cool), or even facial products to keep good complexion from all the stress hormones are doing damage to..

Well..that's desserts for the day.

-7.00pm

the 'microwaveable pasta' recipe..at the request and benefit of travis.

For one portion.

ingredients:

1. pasta (spaghetti, linguine, fusilli, penne...) - however much you want to eat.

2. Prego pasta sauce -5 tablespoons

3. 1-2 Sausages

4. half- quarter a stick of carrot

5. salt -a pinch

6. pepper -a pinch

7. sugar - 1 to teaspoons

8. Bolognese spices (paprika, nutmeg, rosemary, basil, oregano...) - a pinch

9. one slice of cheese

10. Microwave

11. Water

12. Microwavable Glass/porcelain pot

13. microwaveable bowl, for eating pasta from

one

Place pasta in the microwaveable pot, and fill pot with water until it is double the height of the amount of pasta.[if its spaghetti or linguine, break it into half to fit in the pot to be completely submerged]. place pot in the microwave without the lid and cook it on high for 5 mins. 

two 

while the pasta is cooking, chop up the carrots and sausages into preferable sized pieces and put it in a big (microwaveable) bowl.

three

take the cooked pasta out of the microwave and let the pasta soak in the water for another 10mins.

four

place bowl or carrots and sausage pieces in the microwave and cook for 20 seconds on high.

five

remove bowl from microwave, add pasta sauce, salt, pepper, sugar and spices and mix. stir the sauce around, then microwave on medium for 2 mins with a lid on. 

six

remove sauce from microwave, place cheese on hot pasta sauce, and stir until melted and well mixed.

seven

drain the water from the pasta[it should be soft, if not soak it for longer/microwave it for another 2-3 mins], and transfer cooked pasta into sauce bowl.

eight

STIR. and EAT.

*there are a lot of steps that can be skipped, and ingredients too..they're just the ingredients i use to cook my own pasta so suit my tastebuds (: oh and it should take about 10-20 min, depending on how fast/slow you are.

the quiz i dread to complete but helps me procratinate on math revision package.

1) What color is your phone?
Black
2) What brand is your phone?
Nokia.
3) Who's the first person who comes up under the letter E?
edmund chong. almost couldn't remember who he is, but he's the I& E club guy who organizes the business competition we had in school.
4) Who's the last person you called?
home. no one picked up.
5) Who's the 2nd person who miss called?
eh. i don't have caller id.
6) Who's speed dial 2?
home.
7) Who's the 3rd person who comes up under J?
jackie-nj. one of the guy's in OG10 for orientation this year.
8) Who was your last received call?
dad.
9) Who was your second last received call?
again, no caller id.
10) What is your wallpaper?
a black and white photo of a hot-air balloon in the sky among clouds. got it from xanga.
11) What is your screensaver?
the nokia time & date bar thingy.
12) How many text messages have you received?
eh. i deleted them recently, so since...1st september, 265.
13) What's the 5th message say in your inbox?
Liu min- nj hockey " Okay i go find you now"
14) Who was your last text message from?
Sam Tong.
15) What is your alarm sound?
Arashi - Love so sweet
16) What is your handphone ringtone?
AFI - Prelude 12-21 [i stole it off liu's old blog song]
17) Name every person you have text messages from.
eh. why should i?its a waste of time.
18) Have you seen the 101 Chuck Norris facts?
nope.
19) Who's the 3rd person on your K?
Kah How- nj . another guy from OG10.
20) What does the 3rd message in your outbox say?
None. unless you're talking bout ''Sent Messages"..there's a difference.
21) Who is the first name in your phonebook?
. [really...just dot. cause i don't know whose number it is]
22) Who is the last name in your phonebook?

(unnamed) <>
23) Last 4 digits of your number?
9213
24) Starhub/M1/SingTel?
Singtel.
25) Pass this quiz on.
i shall be a nice person...

#1: anybody who's free to do it.

FINALLY.

also, before i came home, i had a craving for chips. and so, my culinary chef instincts kicked in, and i dropped by the Marketplace and got Potatoes, some $3.60 All Purpose Seasoning and Brown Gravy (it was on sale!! although i have no idea when i'll even make mashed potatoes..i'm not a fan of it.) Well, here goes Pam's really unhealthy experimental chips!