Hello everyone!

Sorry I've abandoned my blog for more than 3weeks. I guess that's what most food bloggers'd have experienced because it really isn't easy to maintain a food blog! From the baking to the photography to the editing of pics to the posting...... Yeah, you know what I mean!

For me, it's not an issue about my passion for baking  But, the lack of diligence to carry my DSLR again! In fact, I've baked S'mores, Chocolate Cherry Pie, Peanut Butter Tart, Chocolate Souffle and Strawberry Swirl Cheesecake over the past few weeks! Oh and S'mores did live up to their name, I baked them TWICE because they were that good :D

Anyhow the holidays have been really well-spent with me juggling my part time job, having fun at BBQs, going out with friends, eating...! I had a lot of fun! The main climax of my January though, must have been the release of my O'levels results on the 11th and the 4days period to decide on my future. Haha, yes it's as serious as I made it sound like!

There's something I've never blogged about publicly - my plan to further my studies in Pastry Arts (in New York). The past one year of close contact with my culinary school has been almost close to success until the release of my results. (They needed my proof of graduation from High School Diploma too) The contradicting issue was that, my results were so good (okay, it wasn't straight As but it's definetely better than I thought!) that if I didn't opt to study in Junior College, there'd be a very huge part of me feeling the omg-what-a-waste-of-my-results! LOL. Also, I was going to think that my childhood is incomplete forever because.....

BECAUSE I WANTED TO WEAR SCHOOL UNIFORM! Hah :D

OK. You get what I mean, right? My parents were really happy for me too. But at the same time, I was sure that if I enter JC, I'd be giving up on my dream career forever. I'd be going to Uni after JC. I'd not be studying 'baking&pastry' in Uni. I'd not be baking everyday. & I'd been hugging my heavy books about boring rubbish even in my sleep. I'd be doing nonsense to my own life that has been..... pretty well layout initially?

The 4days of troubled heart, I came out with the best decision. I discussed with my mum and felt that I've to complete my childhood. I've to wear my JC uniform! But I'm still going to study Pastry Arts. I delayed my March Pastry Arts course to the May one and I'd be attending college until it's time for me to leave Singapore :) Furthermore my culinary school needed my HS Diploma Cert which my school will only receive from Cambridge in late March/April.

So now I have many boxes of Farewell cookies, each consisting of Banana Hello Dollies, Walnut Brownies and Milk Chocolate Chunk Cookies for my basketball teammates who will all be going different schools, my close friends, and my high school teachers! The college posting results would be out tomorrow morning and orientation is likely to begin the very next day :D

Here are the recipes:

Milk Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Bakers' One Bowl Brownies
Banana Hello Dollies (follow the same recipe, but mash 3 medium size bananas and combine with condensed milk)