I updated my blog with 2 cheesecake recipe and hope you guys will like it. I guess so since I have received comments that they look yummy. I just saw them in the newspaper and I thought it would be a great idea for me to put them in the blog just in case I'll be looking for a cheesecake recipe.

I'm extremely happy today because I received a message that sounds like this:

CONGRATULATIONS! AN INVITATION TO THE MALAYSIAN PREMIERE OF AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH

THANK YOU. The response received for the Malaysian premiere of the Oscar-winning documentary - An Inconvenient Truth has certainly exceeded our expectations! And we have you in part to thank for the success of our premiere screening, that stars former US vice-president Al Gore in his bid to expose the myths and misconceptions surrounding global warming that is wreaking havoc in the world we live in today.

Each registrant will be entitled to two (2) free passes available on a first-come; first-served basis for either one of the following screenings held at The Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre (KLPac):
8.30pm Thursday, 8 March
8.30pm Friday, 9 March
11am and 8.30pm Sunday, 11 March (additional screenings opened due to the overwhelming response)

Tickets can be collected at:

YTL Platinum Plus Lounge, Relish Floor, Starhill Gallery, KL
Anytime from 10am to 10pm
From 6-7 March 2007 (Tue - Wed)

*Was just so dying to watch this doc.. can't believe I got them for free. I'm taking a half day leave just to watch this documentary.

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Ingredients (crust)

200g shelled pistachios, toasted and finely chopped
1/2 cup light brown sugar
1/8 tsp ground cinnamon
120g butter, melted

Ingredients (cake)
240g chocolate, chopped
780g cream cheese, softened
1 1/4 cups plus 2 tbsp sugar
1/8 tsp salts
4 large eggs
1 cup heavy cream
2 tsp vanilla extract

Ganache topping
120g chocolate, chopped
1/2 cups plus 2 tbsp heavy cream

1. For the crust: combine chopped pistachios, brown sugar, cinnamon and melted butter in a small bowl. Wrap a 22cm cardboard cake circle with plastic wrap. Carefully press the nut mixture onto the cake circle, making sure to cover it completely. Cover and refrigerate for at least for 1 hour.

2. For the cake: Preheat the oven to 160 C. Encase the outside of a 22cm round springform pan in a luminium foil and set aside. Have ready a large roasting pan and kettle of just-boiled water.

3. In a small bowl, melt the chocolate gently over a double boiler. Set aside to cool.

4. Beat cream cheese, sugar and salt with a mixer on low speed until creamy. Beat in eggs one at a time. Add cream and vanilla extract. With the mixer running on low speed, gradually add melted chocolate and mix thoroughly.

5. Pour the batter into the pan, then place the pan in the bigger roasting pan. Transfer to the middle oven rack, and pour boiled water into the roasting pan until it comes halfway up the side of the springform pan.

6. Bake for 60 to 70 minutes, until the top is just set. The cake should jiggle slightly when the pan is tapped. Remove pan from the oven and cool on a rack. Cover with aluminium foil and refrigerate overnight.

7. For the ganache topping: Bring the cream to a boil, then pour over chopped chocolate in the bowl. Stir until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth. Set aside.

8. To assemble: Loosen cheesecake by carefully running a warm, dry knife around the inside edge of the springform pan. Unhinge the sides of the pan and remove. Leave the springform pan bottom under the cheesecake.

9. Invert the pistachio crust onto the top of the cheesecake and carefully peel off the cake circle and plastic wrap while gently pressing the crust into the cheesecake.

10. Place a serving plate on top of the crust, then invert the cheesecake. Remove the springform bottom that is now at the top. Slide a knife under it, if necessary. Pour the ganache on the cheesecake and spread to cover the top. Sprinkle with chopped pistachios, if desired.

11. Refrigerated for several hours or better yet, overnight.

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1 1/2 cups unsalted butter, softened
240g cream cheese, softened
3 cups sugar
6 eggs
3 cups flour
1 tsp lemon extract
1 tsp vanilla extract

1. Preheat oven to 160 C. Cream butter and cream cheese until well blended.

2. Add sugar and mix until smooth. Add eggs one at a time and mix until fluffy. Blend flour into mixture.

3. Add lemon and vanilla extracts.

4. Pour batter into a greased and floured pan.

5. Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until done.

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I am exhausted. Hopefully I will dream of leng chai again tonight. I'm so exhausted that I can't breathe, my head is throbbing and my eyes are bulging. But of course I want my leng chai. Bwahahaha

Because I was tired, I told my friend who is a manager that earns 5 figures a month that I was exhausted. She told me why I should fret over a job that is less than RM 2 000. I looked at her and could see her sinister smile. But I'm not mad because why should I? Just think for a sec. What is the point of having endless money without having a fulfilled life? Why live a regretful life even if you have so much money? What is the point of having so much money even you don't know what's going on with this world? She's like that. I tried to dig info about her interests whatsoever and discover that she only loves money. She doesn't know anything about environment, politics or some big murder cases. She only knows about money. What is the point of having so much money but if you are just an empty person? Money is not everything.

I'm gravely concern for living a regretful life. I have seen adults wasting their time idling in homes doing nothing just because they think they are old and useless to do anything except waiting for death. Is life all about this? I'm honest to myself that I don't want to die young. Even if I were to die young, I would die as a knowledgeable person who has no regrets. A person who has 'been there and done that.' This is what I care. This is what I call life.

So get over your rice bowl.

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I know I have been missing for too long but I was too tired to update the blog. Imagine I have been sleeping after 12 am since the last blog entry. I was attending night classes, wedding dinner and then stress with my workloads. And then on Saturday, I was so tired until I dreamed of marrying some unknown lengchai[handsome] during my afternoon nap. No joke. But oh well, the dream was overall cute. And yea now sobbing because jolenesiah has totally forgotten about me. *Blame the tigers in Pahang*

I had my scalp treatment today in my regular hair saloon. And you know what? I made one of the hairdressers to wash his hand before touching my hair. How? Why? Easy. He was mopping the floor after one of his workmates finished sweeping. Then he returned the mop into its original position. My eyes were on him all the time. He came out from the storeroom too fast. That indicated he didn't even bothered to wash his hand. So when he attended to my hair, I avoided his touch and asked him " Did you wash your hands after touching the mop." He looked at me with a big question mark, he replied "NO" vey innocently. And then I said "Please wash your hands" 3 times to him. He just looked at me without a hinge of understanding what he did. We just laughed. But he did washed his hands. Let just say I'm a hygiene freak.

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I actually not in the mood to update my blog but I just couldn't help myself when I saw something intresting on jolenesiah's blog. My accent is:

What American accent do you have? Your Result: The Midland   "You have a Midland accent" is just another way of saying "you don't have an accent." You probably are from the Midland (Pennsylvania, southern Ohio, southern Indiana, southern Illinois, and Missouri) but then for all we know you could be from Florida or Charleston or one of those big southern cities like Atlanta or Dallas. You have a good voice for TV and radio.
The South
Philadelphia
The Northeast
The Inland North
The West
Boston
North Central
What American accent do you have? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

So what does this mean? I can be a seiyuu [voice over]? If yes, where can I be one? Even someone from KLPAC asked me if I'm interested to take acting lessons.

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