My childhood fruit which I'm still in love with. I don't know how anyone could not like persimmons.





Persimmon tartlets.



Key lime tartlets/cookies




Raw vegan baking with Trisha the other day before my Batam trip. It wasn't the most successful, but it was okay.  The persimmon tarts didn't turn out as we expected but it was quite nice. The key lime tartlets, however, were either "too sour" or "too nutty". Hopefully by the end of this holidays, I'll bake something healthy and better tasting.
And yeah, the last few photos are me and Trisha's pre-workout chia pudding topped with strawberries, sunflower seeds, rolled oats and goji berries. I think the respective visual presentations of our parfaits shows our differing personalities.


My 2D1N Batam trip with my family and Brandon passed real quick. In fact, it didn't feel like much but I'm still kinda grateful for the super short getaway. It wasn't exactly a relaxing trip since my family and relatives decided to go there for shopping (explains why I didn't bring my camera), but Brandon and I almost didn't buy a thing LOL. Just nothing that caught his or my eye - except a pair of gym gloves for me and presents for his family. But it was still great time spent with loved ones and of course, for some damn good massage and A&W!

After baking with Trisha last Friday, we had a gym session spamming lunges and squats so for the next two days after that (which was my Batam trip), I couldn't sit or get up from my seat without a helping hand LOL. And something as simple and bending down to tie my shoelaces became an impossible feat. So yeah I really needed the massage though it totally killed me. It's day 3 now and it's better I hope I recover by tomorrow.


This entire week is packed with plans and outings. Hopefully I don't burn out before the week ends!! It's been a while since my life is this happening lol cause now I'm just a lazy bum who gets tired from constant outings or events. Ironic how back when I was 15-16, I used to hate staying home and would stay out till late on weekdays and head out for cafe hopping/shopping/photoshoots every weekend. I am definitely growing old.
It's not that I hate heading outdoors now but rather, my energy depletes at an alarming rate. Oh well maybe I've just lost my stamina so time to get it with the remains of my holidays! And I guess you could expect this space to be updated more frequently. :)

This is a delayed post. Or rather, the pictures in this post are.

It's another kitchen adventure yet again muahahaha. The holidays have indeed given me a lot of time and opportunities to start picking up some basic culinary skills. In fact, I just cleared my house's refrigerator after gymming with Trisha this evening (which was about 5 hours ago). By clearing I don't mean eating all its junk but throwing out all of the expired crap and wiping/washing every compartment. If you must know, my house's fridge was crazy packed and I don't know when was the last time my parents cleared it. About 2 years ago I figure, since a couple of items were expired back in 2012. Yes digusting I know. But nobody really has time for that when everyone's working/studying.

But now that all the junk is gone, I've got space for my new groceries!! And not to mention it looks and smells much better (not that it smells rotten to begin with - my parents are vegetarian so not much meat going on). Never thought that I'd be the anal one about stuff like this. Heheh am I one step closer to being a home maker? LOL.

And as usual thank you Trisha!! She has always been such a great help when it comes to cleaning up my house or my room. Damn I love her.










Monday's attempt at making raw almond butter!!

Gotta be thankful that my house has a high speed blender since idk when. Otherwise it would have been another bomb to my salary. Ever since I found it I've been making all sorts of crap with it because I can. And just a couple of days back I found an ice cream maker in one of the cupboards LOL. Guess I'm supposed to start making legit ice cream instead of my currently semi-melted looking ones?




And then there's my Chocolate Almond Butter ice cream for breakfast next morning!

Well it's basically just frozen bananas, cacao powder and almond butter, topped with cacao nibs. :)

My dad aged by another year just a couple of hours ago (11th March), which makes him 48 now. I honestly don't know if that's considered old but to me, it is. It seems like it was only a year or two ago when he was still in his early 40s, and in a blink of an eye, he's already in his late 40s going 50. That's... Pretty darn old and fast if you ask me lol.
I've always been used to the fact that my dad was relatively fit since he goes to the gym or swims almost daily, and he was also usually be the last to sleep. But as of recent years, his wrinkles and all have been screaming to me more than anything else - that he is ageing, and that one day he'll no longer be able to support me like he has been doing all these while. And in a few more years to come, I'll be the one returning the favour. I'm already going eighteen this year.

But I don't feel eighteen. I don't want to be eighteen. It sounds too old and heck, I'm not ready for the responsibilities that's going to come my way. Times too many, I think I'm still acting too much like a kid for my age so tell me how am I supposed to start doing things like my dad.


Anyway, enough about my rant. Moving on, just the day before, me and Brandon went grocery shopping for the cake I was gonna make for Papa Koh! And since my dad doesn't really like all the fatty stuff, might as well cut out all that butter and artificial crap and go raw vegan right!! Hahaha plus I've been contemplating about making one after reading up on a couple of recipes so i thought, why not take the opportunity?




Aside from the materials I needed for the cake, I got a couple of my own super foods meant for the breakfasts I've been making for myself lately. Ever since late last year, I kinda got into this eat clean thing and soooooooo, my breakfasts/brunches have pretty much been raw vegan - loaded with fruits, nuts etc.
My grocery bill is... Crazy. Really. I could burn my whole wallet.

And not to mention that I got some organic items that were super overpriced. Lol. I didn't know about the alternatives (yeah that's stupid and impulsive of me I know) and Brandon had a great evening laughing and making fun at my depressing grocery bill which I could have saved about $30 if I've heeded his advice.
ARGH WHAT THE HELL I FEEL SO CHEATED FML. Thankfully, Brandon's sharing half of the cake's bill too as a gift.

Nevermind. It's a lesson learnt. I'm wiser now.


I dragged myself out of bed at 9AM despite having only 4 hours of sleep (who in the right mind would deprive themselves of sleep on a holiday?) just to start making the cake. Oh anyway, I've decided on making Raw Chocolate Cheesecake!! Honestly I'm impressed by how one could make such desserts without baking and with only raw ingredients lol. You'll understand as you read along.







So for the crust, it basically consists of raw walnuts, cacao powder, coconut oil, maple syrup and a tad bit of salt all mixed together in my blender cause I don't have a food processor. And the cake batter on the other hand, consists of raw cashews etc etc and zucchini?!

I was kind skeptical about using some kinda cucumber in my cake batter but it was what gives the cake its consistency and feel of a "cheesecake" so... I just decided to try and besides it seems cool. My batter was meant for an 6 inch cake but since I only had the mold for a 8 inch one... It seemed more like a tart but it's okay whatever.







After all the crazy blending, mixing of ingredients etc, off to the freezer it goes!! Desserts that don't require any baking are the best (I always screw things up in the oven). And not to mention these are way less sinless than those cakes in cafes!!
It took about 8 hours for the cake to set (which during that time I went Zhiyi's place for fun and started playing around with Adobe Illustrator cause he needed help with some logo designing) and when it was done, it's time to add the finishing touches!! ^-^ Some strawberries for garnish and cacao nibs lining the cake's edges to hide the poorly placed cling wrap that made some parts of the cake uneven.

And to surprise my dad!!

He was so happy and amazed at my skills HAHAHA. There were also no kitchen disasters!! Okay maybe one. When Brandon came over to join us for dinner, he didn't believe that I could be so meticulous and cautious so he started looking around my house's kitchen... only to find some ants on the maple syrup bottle which I didn't exactly wipe after using.
Trust him to know that I'm such a klutz to make those mistakes.




So we kept the cake aside till after dinner outside! Everyone said it was awesome and similar to a chocolate cheesecake wheeeee. I personally think that it could be much much better though. After everyone had their fill, there were still about 5 slices left (1 which I was gonna reserve for Trisha) so what do you do?
Call Zhiyi and Kelvin of course HAHAHA. They came in like 10 mins (I can never be more grateful for them living so near me) and cleared another 2 so yay!!

This post sums up my today, and the day before. In fact, lately, I haven't been out a lot. Just random lepak outings, gym/run and adventures in my kitchen. But heyyyyy, it'll be holidays for the JC & sec sch kiddos next week!! And I'm going Batam this weekend with my family! It was a last minute decision but I'm looking forward to it. :)