Bake it off! (Italian desserts)

Orange-Anise Biscotti in the oven

After cutting the Biscotti nicely into slices

Sprinkling chocolate on the Tiramisu

Tiramisu! Looking forward to eating these with coffee @_@!

Italian Hazelnut Cake 

Chef's Cannoli

My Cannoli before putting powdered sugar :) Love it that it's not too sweet, but still delicious!

With the chef who taught us :)


An intense (almost 6 hours without meals....T_T) workshop but a fun experience!
It was almost my first time baking things as well, 
which made it more interesting and rewarding...haha.
Hopefully I could replicate the desserts on my own.. '_'

Last week for HBX!

Studied my head off for the last HBX modules the past 3 days...
Finally done with all the module quizzes though! :)
Just need to do the final weekly assignment, write a question for each section, and then start studying for the final exams. (Oh, and I should probably look at and take notes for FA6 since I was just skimmed through it...I'm actually amazed I still got only 2 problems wrong out of 20 even with such procrastination & last-minute cramming...-_-)

New Mushroom Farm

The replacement kit arrived! Hopefully I can succeed this time!!

Working late

어제 밤에 새벽 1시 넘어 귀가 길에 찍은 사진들...
그전날에 밤 12시 정도까지 일할때는 너무 피곤하고 힘들었는데,
이날은 그래도 밥을 잘 챙겨먹어서 그런지 힘들거나 하진 않았다 ㅋㅋ
일 마치고 집에 돌아가는데 낮에 비가 왔었는지 비온 후의 내음이 향긋하게 다가왔다 :)
Memorial hall의 옆을 돌고 Memorial church의 탑을 보며 집에 갈 수 있는 이 귀가길이 참 좋다.

Luxurious but hungry dinner

I would probably have to work until around midnight today,

so thought at least I would treat myself something good for dinner.....

Therefore....

Cafe sushi again!!

Ordered both samplers this time...@_@ ($15+ $20=$35!...)

I think I might have finished eating both in less than 10 minutes -_-...

Hopefully it gives me enough energy while I work tonight :)

Becoming a Grilling Master :)

Good way to spend weekends :)

Grilling meat & vegetables, adding fresh peppers & herbs right from the plants in the patio.

Need this 'healing time' for the upcoming busy week @_@!!

About aging

The beautiful flowers from the orchid had begun withering a few days after I brought it back home from Home Depot. Even before the aging sign became obvious, I could feel something was just wrong with the flowers... Initially I was a bit worried if the orchid itself was dying, but since the newly blooming flowers looked so fresh and soft, I assumed that it was just the flowers being too old, and slowing losing their light and glory. Made me feel a bit sad and sentimental briefly because I felt like it was somewhat a reflection of how people age....

...Life can be long but short at the same time

focused on the new flowers 

Focused on the old flowers...