i know the answer to why i've been feeling rather crappy, and my brain so mulshy... I am sick... called in to pull a sickie, and the office lady was like... "I think you're the one that brought in the virus that knocked myself and mario out..." and i'm like "WTF? Me? but i only recently gave in to the battle... perhaps i was indeed down with somethign but my lavidian personality just refused to give up.

yesterday's asam laksa was good... considering i had sugar and tumeric, but FORGOT TO PUT THEM BOTH IN!!! what an idiot... still... it tasted nice. I think i am gifted with the skill of creation... creating gourmet delights as well as creative expressions. My throat hurts now - no more singing :(.

Maybe... maybe it's the clarinet... i am allergic to my BLACK STICK... maybe i'm allergic to girls? or perhaps just allergic to myself... haha...

anwiays, back to the dinner... was a sweet one, with Dorothy, Liz and Sam. caught up, and discovered that Sam lives just next door... literally... was nice... and they were not so noisy as my other bunches... so was rather swell... next dinner is on monday... Belldy x2 + Charissa / Bob + Dorothy + Me + Maybe One more? Hmm.. gotta decide who that maybe one more is... still have time... whatever the case.. it'll be a sweet-sour conglomeration of indonesian and western flavours of a slightly viscous consistancy Mee Goreng.. yummy, i'm drooling now... SERIOUSLY! So who will be the lucky one? dunno... but the focal point of that dinner will be the starting of a musical group - of which i may play a pivotal driving role IF the union authorizes it. ultimate lavidian, Directory Advisor, Noname Music Group, Melbourne Uni...

is is 1215 and i'm lying in bed with a throbbing head and an aching throat... i feel like crap, literally... can't play bad later - dun wanna aggrevate anything. Sam is cooking curry 2nite... yummy... but probably only half the standard of a lavidian curry.... OOOOH that reminds me... RENDANG!!!! that'll be after my mee goreng... the next dish after.... Who else will be lucky to receive my gifts of joy prepared by my talented phalanges? i wanna go to work, but i fear i can't concentrate... and i've already slept for ALMOST 12 hours... gosh.. and i still feel like sleeping... Now i know how Lil feels... poor thing, lil, get well soon.

Now, let's delve into some lavidian theology... I am a guy... i like girls... but girls are BORING... seriously... after my month of analysis, i realised that girls are BORING... but wait... guys are too (except me, of course)... what happened to dreams? what happened to goals? why to ppl nowadays only want to climb the corporate ladder to success? 'cos they are STOOPID? or maybe that's cause society has brainwashed us to believing that professional success begats happiness? I am happy... although my illness unables me to appear more so, but i am happy (7.6/10)... fine, i'm generally happy... haha... to get to the holy grail of happiness, i need 3 things... a new church FAST, to meet just 1 really interesting girl (like i said girls are BORING, but i'm sure there's one jewel hidden somewhere, and I dun even need to chase her or get her... just need 1 interesting person to inspire more creativity within)... what else... um, more time to embrace passions... currently, my tight schedule makes it impossible to take time out and relax... still, i shall persevere... you know what, i feel like sleeping AGAIN...

NO... before i go a quick recipe of the assam laksa i made...

Noodles
White or Yellow thick noodles to your fancy.. boil as much as you need.

The Magical Assam Laksa
Important ingredients are
1. Tamarind paste
2. Lemongrass
3. galangal
4. lots of onions / shallots
5. turmeric
6. sugar, salt
7. mint leaves
8.lime leaves
9. tuna
10.pineapples
11. cucumber
12.balachan
13. shrimps

Step 1 Dice and grind 1,2,3,4,5,7,8,12,13 and add to a boiling mixture... the most important part of assam laksa is the tamarind... that's the base of the stock... the correct way to boil tamarind is to soak the tamarind paste in hot water then use the hot water... the lazy way ( hot i did it) is to throw the tamarind directly into the pot. The lemongrass and galangal and the leaves have to be well grounded, or chopped up and thrown into a fish bag.

For those who dunno, a fish bag is a bag in which you put in fish bones to boil to make fish stock, i use it to boil spices and retrieve flavours while keeping the hard non-edibles out of the main soup.

Step 2.
when the soup thingy boils, add in tuna... salt and sugar to taste, and add more tamarind to increase sourness...

Step 3. when done, serve noodles in a bowl and pour assam laksa over it. put chopped mint leaves, cucumbers and pineapples to garnish.

Step 4. Make sure you are NOT an idiot and forget any ingredients... there are more ingredients like ginger flower... but i can't find in melbourne... :(

Oh well... it was still nice...

I feel groggy...

haha... my heart longs, it pines, it finds...

i go to sleep...

i miss you... you know who you are... if you dun think you're it... that means you're not it...


i am the ultimate lavidian.