Finally got the time to try this out:

The potato wasn't mashed very well so moulding it with the boiled egg into a ball had catastrophic results initially (the yolk broke). Thankfully(!) they stayed in one piece in the pan =p

To Da Paolo Gastronomia for making possible 30-minute home-cooked pasta that actually tastes decent! The magic's all in the sauce.

Salmon cream	Seafood marinara

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While last year was a year of challenging my limits and stretching boundaries (and I still intend to continue doing so), things have seemingly reversed themselves this year as I find myself being delivered healthy doses of humility, in the realization that outside my strength in academic studies, I am merely average or below average in many other aspects of human capability - physically, in leadership etc. And I've been forced to accept that for some of these things there is absolutely *nothing* I can do! Yet I find this extremely liberating, because it focuses the mind on what can actually be done, and insecurity fades into self-acceptance.

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None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.
- Johann Wolfgang van Goethe

Does anyone know the context of this quote?

Went to NYC and Boston over the christmas period - pictures below.

( Pics )

(For archival purposes; also on 06S71 class blog; whole album here)

( Pics )

( cooking )

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Anyway, leaving for Indonesia in 5 hours. Paiseh, I'll be missing the ispark chalet again =p To those who're going, enjoy!

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At least in my case, I've come to the conclusion that there's no point to emo posts filled with long and vague ramblings more incomprehensible than an RJC GP passage. For me, it suffices to say that I've walled myself up over the years, and walls sometimes project an aloof image to mask the fear that grips the soul within - this is my regret.

Alright, flu medicine's kicked in so I'll surrender to the drowsiness now. Actually it kicked in 4 hours ago so everything above was written in a near-comatose state and probably doesn't sound usual.

Where are you now?
I'm trying to get by
With never ever knowing at all