Wednesday, January 23, 2008
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Does the cake look delicious? Makes me feel like rushing somewhere to buy a black forest cake to feast on. I would love to be able to make this some day. That is, if I have the luxury of time. Black forest cakes are one of my favourite cakes. Bet you didn't know that! But yes, if I were to pass by a normal cake shop, that is, one of those neighbourhood bakeries, I would look out for the black forest cake on display. I don't know when was the last time I had that. Could be years ago since it's not something that people would eat on normal days. More like a birthday cake kind of cake isn't it? ;P
The reason I like black forest cakes is because it's moist plus rich and chocolatey. I love rich cakes. I don't like chocolate cakes that are made from just cocoa powder. I want my cakes to have CHOCOLATE being used when they are being made. Cocoa powder just adds a little brown colour to the cake without much flavour. Bleh!
Together with blueberries, the effect is simply potent. It's kind of cruel to oneself to keep looking and admiring the photo without being able to eat it. I guess I'll just have a feast on Fri and Sat. I don't even have time for proper lunch these days. It's usually lunch while doing something else or else I would have to make do with a 10-15min lunch. Free slimming service I guess hahaha...
On a different note... I've found out today how sensitive children are to the words adults use. I tend to be quite sarcastic to naughty pupils who do not pay attention when I'm teaching. I would say things like,
"Having a party at the back?"
"Those at the back having an important meeting?"
"Want to share with the class what's so funny and make us happy?"
"You can talk means you are smart enough to teach. Why don't you take over while I listen?"
Then today, one of the prefects in my class came up to me saying, "Miss ****, _____,______ and _____ are like having a party there." Earlier I had asked her to make sure the rest stayed quiet while waiting for their turn to take their heights and weights. I was sort of surprised by her choice of words. She wasn't sarcastic. She sounded really sincere, that's the amusing part (to me...). She was genuinely frustrated by the 3 boys playing some finger games and she actually phrased it that way when she reported to me. Hahaha.... poor girl... the naughty boys couldn't care less. "-_-
I feel like I've aged overnight.Labels: Work
Serendipity believed today at 6:57 PM
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