January Escapade

I'm finally home after three hours of sitting languidly and uncomfortably in the bus. Now I'm back full-packed with good memories of the last 48 hours. I was finally able to hug and kiss my bestfriend! Weee

As usual, we went to one of the local bookshops and played our favorite sport: Book Hunting. My bestfriend finally saw another copy of Women Who Run With the Wolves; she had her own, so I kept the second one. I already have a backlog of books to read. I had been very preoccupied with lab and love works in the past weeks that's why. :D

I also bought a baking book for 250 Php. I really really really love baking. I am looking forward to seeing my (future) kids eating cakes with all the icing in their faces. I'm far from a baking genius, however; this is why I thought I needed a book. So far, I have perfected my chocolate cake. Weee. You'll know it's a good cake when you do not even need icing for coating. My bestfriend said it was so delicious, it immediately disappeared when we put it in the table; we didn't even have the chance to take its picture. :-( The brownies however, was far from perfect. I will bake again and again until I get it right!

Anyway, as I have said, I bought a baking book. I actually had to give up Craig Venter's The Blueprint of Life. I skimmed through it and I realized that the contents are likely similar to The Genome War. I gave it up because I wanted to buy this:

It's a book about cookies--all sorts of cookies plus brownies, blondies and icings. Cookies are a lot easier to make than cakes. My personal favorite is the classic oatmeal cookie. It's rich in fiber so it's good for the digestive system. I want to learn the basics so I can do modifications later. I want to bake "healthy pastries". One way perhaps is by disguising vegetables and fibrous ingredients. For instance, while I was lackadaisically wandering around the web, I stumbled into this blog where they baked pumpkin pies with a twist. My initial reaction was, "WHAT? THAT'S PUMPKIN?" I salute those baking geniuses. I promise myself that I will be like them one day! :D

Anyway, we were also planning to do our second photoshoot; unfortunately, we lost track of time while wandering around during the first day and we were also too preoccupied with our phony music record morning of the second day. :D

Our photoshoot was a failure. We couldn't get good lighting, a factor which is very essential to photography. It was pouring hard that's why we were left with no choice but to take photos in the living room. My bestfriend's relatives were there however, and I was too shy to flaunt my body. :-( I could not even bring myself to move my legs around. Many times I also had to force myself to smile...

I'm not vain; I just love myself and my body. I want to take so many photos of me so that one day I will be able to boast to my future grandchildren how gorgeous their grandmother was when she was young. Every cell in my body will senesce and die one day; but the photographs will remain as young as the day they were taken.

Shopping for labels isn't my hobby; I'm actually more of a bookaholic. But recently, I realized that I need to strike a balance between beauty and brains. Many have this maligned conception that intelligent women are ugly. Intelligent women are not ugly; they just do not dress up frequently because they prefer to spend more time reading books than painting their faces.

I'm so happy tonight! Good night planet earth!