steak with blue cheese sauce... yummilicious... even more impressive when i was the one who put the recipe together, and executed the preparation meticulously and perfectly (of course after some research on the internet)... it was the perfect meal to acknowledge my return to the world... my return to my life.

the recipe is divided into two parts, 1. the meat, 2. the sauce...

1. the meat

preparation
What's important is the perfect cut of the meat... the better the meat the tastier the steak. The night before cooking it, put salt and crushed pepper on both sides for 5 mins then rinse the steak. This process is to lightly season it to give it some taste, and extract some of the juices to the surface of the steak. Do Not leave the pepper and salt on the steak overnite, as it will dry the steak too much. Cover the rinsed steak with gladwrap to lock in the flavour and juices.

cooking
There are 2 basic requirements to cook the perfect steak... heat and butter. that is it. ensure the pan is VERY VERY VERY hot, the hotter, the better the steak. butter the pan, and start cooking it. Now this part requires experience... you can only cook each side once to prevent over dry the steak. Each time you turn it, juice is lost... to prevent the juice-loss, you only flip each steak once. Remove the steaks, and reduce the heat on the pan... it's time to cook the sauce

2. the sauce

preparation
The primary ingredient is of course blue cheese (*duh!*). The mixing ingredient is wine. I like red wine in cooking so i'll be using red wine. depending on the amount of cheese... 280g of blue - you need about 5 tbs of wine. stir and mix, add butter and milk to thicken the consistency. add a dash of pepper, parsley and chives. you can add other cheeses to improve the cheesiness of the sauce. blue cheese has a nice aromatic smell, but is not cheesy enough. use parmeson, chedder, basically anything.

cooking
This is as simple as it gets. stir in the mixture into the pan in step one. the existing steak juices mix perfectly with the wine and cheese mixture, keep stirring until consistency is reached throughout the mixture.

3. bon appetite
Now the best part.. to consume it... cut a slice of steak, marvel at the skill at which it was cooked (if you were me), then dip it into the sauce... chew it... gaze hazily at your date... 'cos for that split second, you will forget you were with someone, you just went to heaven and returned... now, for that next bite... yummilicious!

haha... it was good... so said the two wonderful tasters... dorothy and patricia...

next on my list... 3 dinners in the course of the next 1 week (incl today)...

tonite... valerie - pan seared chicken
thurs... rachel and gang - curry laksa
next mon... kristy and gang - bak kut teh

now... don't you wish you knew me?

i am...

i am the ultimateLavidian

Has it already been a week since my last post? oh yeah... it has been... it's been a bzbz week, finally completing the project that dragged on for quite a bit due to performance issues. now on to the next project... a relatively short and simple one, i reckon. had a job opportunity come by, asked for 70k... they said okie, but it's at Mount Waverley, and will take me 1 hr to get to work... at my current stage in life, i can't be stuffed... my time is more impt...

then saturday came and went... was a great ski trip... snowboarding on mt buller.. for the first time in aussie, and first time on the snowboard... (my prior experience was on skis at Queenstown in NZ)... the initial phase was relatively tough... could not control it at all, but towards the end, once i got a hang of it, we had to leave :-(

had dinner at chom chom, then headed home for a much needed rest. And I watched prison break season 2 ep 1!!! it's out!!!! finally!

Come sunday, was a restful day of reflection and recollection, titan quest and heroes 4 (it finally worked after i updated my video driver). Timmy asked Dorothy and me over for dinner, was swell, roast beef with vegies and mash.

Got home, started planning the week... let's see... dinner with patricia today... steak with blue cheese sauce, topped with grilled pumpkin and mushrooms... tomorrow meeting valerie for din... probably pizza... weds - bad, thurs - maybe another dinner... we'll see how... friday... lunch with valerie at yu-u. nothign for dinner... sat, blading, then carly's thingy... sunday... maybe i'll go church? so yah... that's my 1st week in phase 2...

life is turning... we'll see how much further things can go... rachel, my agent is leavign aussie for a couple to go europe... i'm sad... but once she returns, i'm going to kick phase 3 into action...

sounds like a kewl week, with enuf planned for me to be bz... and i so have to study....

i am the ultimateLavidian

An indeterminate update regarding the move. No pictures yet... but once all is in order i'll start posting stuff up. kewl? kewl...

Now, a summary of the great return to civilization...

Starting on friday
7pm got home, slacked...
9pm still slackin...
11 pm... still slacking...
1130 pm... starting to worry about the move
12am... starting to pack...
2am... still packing...
4am... packing... wondering when will it end...
430am... packing... realising that this is just hte beginning
5am... sleep
8am... awake... start loading the car
9am... gone to pick up the 2tonne truck...
920... realised we did not have the home keys... had to arrange for an acrobatic maneuvre to retrieve the spare one
10am... arrived at dorothys', put her bed in truck
11am... at raymond's, loaded my new bed, and ate his mums' bahkwa... yummy...
12pm... back at my place loading all the crap...
1pm... just finished loading... now to the city
2pm... the arrival... the unloading...
3pm... completion of the unloading... off to good guys to buy washing machine and fridge
4pm... bought the fridge and off to pick it up
430... back to the resort (my resort)
530... off to dinner at supper inn, had some good food (can't remember now, but it was nice... and expensive).
7pm... back to my new place... started unpacking more and slacking...
9pm off to get more of dorothy's stuff....
11pm at dorothy's.... i fell asleep...
12am... still asleep...
1am... still asleep... hey, i am home already... start unpacking
3am... back to sleep
9am... dorothy decided we had to go get stuff...
10am... reject shop
11am... bigW
12pm... IGA
1pm... back home, yay!
2pm... off to start work on my 40% assignment....
ASSIGNMENT ALL THE WAY TILL...
12am.. submitted assignment
1215... missed the last tram... started walking back...
1am... home sweet home...

HAHA!!! now, i can walk home from the city!


i am the ultimate lavidian

Countdown... 16 hrs to my big move.

the start of something special, the beginning of the end of the beginning of life.

Today in essence was a relaxing day, prototyping excel reporting systems for an access database. Developed kewl dynamic graphs and charts, etc...

i am now an ado connection pro... looking forward to leveling up my titan quest character tonite, after my move, i may start multiplaying titan quest with timothy... timothy has 3 characters already, whoa.. and is already at the end of epic... i must strive to catch up...

Have planned the peeps to assist, now tonite is the packing. I dun have to pack EVERYTHING up, so that should be swell... just gotta pack what i want / need... for the pursuit of my dreams and desires... i shall persevere.

come monday, it'll be a mad rush at work, gotta improve performance of a linked fe-be access db system by using batch files and ado connection.

whatever the case, i shall treasure the new experiences in my new environment as i strive to build my lavidian legacy...

i am the ultimate lavidian

Tick, tick, tick... time ticks by, time is the only thing that cannot be created, that cannot be bought. Everybody is given equal amounts. What we do with it is what makes the difference. The pursuit for excellence is only secondary to one's appreciation for time. Dedication to success requires the maximising of situational currency.

I have to start preparing for my 40% assignment soon... will i die and perish for eternity? Perhaps... perhaps i am just not prepared for the level of commitment required.

Just returned to my place in the middle of nowhere, completed titan quest normal level. I think i'm done with the game. Gotta start preparing for the huge move too... but we'll see how it goes. I realise what it is that i miss... i miss the people who have impacted my life.. the people who have taught me how to live my life the way i want to... the friends of yesteryear... i miss you all like crazee. but as time passes, and ticks away, the only option left is to embrace the future. I will visit some of you end of the year...

On another seperate note: What is the essence of relationships? Why is i that >75% of all relationships fail? Why is it that i get sooo bored of people so easily? is there any person out there who is able to intrigue me? maybe... perhaps...

just paid gas bill... sheesh, 160 for 2 months, it's shazamblogous.... but once i have completed the move, i can get to wash my hands off of this place and no longer bear all these costs...

i am soooo looking forward to life after this weekend....

i am the ultimate lavidian

had a reflective time yest. Confronted the issue at hand regarding the paradigm shift... or should i call it the paradigm return... the flight back to civilization and sanity. am hooked on what i deem one of the best games ever, along morrowind, oblivion, diablo ii, titan quest has earned its place in the domain of the elite. I am hooked on it, developing my Conquerer character is exciting, considering the immense configurability of the game.

Other news, am ready for my very exciting move... this saturday is the day everything will fall into place.

Inspirational levels have reached a new 4 month peak, which is rather exciting, and seems rather bullish at this stage.

Yesterday at work, around 3pm, there was a flood of issues regarding two projects that i am currently involved in. I don't like problems, but it does make life all the more exciting, considering that the opposite would be a dire monotonous existance.

I am not looking forward to tonite as i desperately have to start work on my final 40% assignment due sunday. Friday i have to pack up, and sat i have to move. Do i have time? am i able to weather this storm? Of course... after all, i am the ultimate lavidian.

"Time is everlasting; everything is relative - Anonymous"

With that, a new dawn awaits, a new tomorrow beckons, a new life, a new becoming.

As the clock ticks away, and time passes, the nondescript hundrum of everyday life, finally the bright light at the end of the tunnel beckons. Finally, i will return to the life that i deserve, to embrace the lifestyle that i have pined for and missed.

It is confirmed, all is set, the plans are all laid out. This saturday is the renewing of the spirit, the rekindling of the fire, the rebirth of the soul, the rise of the phoenix... finally i will live my destiny, as the ultimate lavidian.

As this is the utopian beginning, the start of my idealistic dream, this blog will be henceforth my chronicle... my lavidian chronicle. however, i will remain discrete... there will be no real names or identities revealed...

i am the ultimate lavidian