FEELINGS心情日记: 彬彬有理

年轻的时候，用时间换取金钱；年老的时候，用金钱换取时间。

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牵老婆的手，如左手牵右手--没感觉，那如果失去左手/右手，怎么样？

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外头那个，英俊潇洒，风情万种，短暂的烟花也；家里那个，平凡木讷，庸厚老实，定期的存款也。

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iPad可以做什么？我不清楚。还是SANIITARY PAD比较重要啦！

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狗狗当孩子，被女主人抱在怀里走；孩子当狗狗，被女佣人牵着绳子走。

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现在，父母送孩子去幼稚园；将来，孩子送父母去安老院。

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事业稳重的成年，茶餐厅里喝两块钱的咖啡；乳臭未干的少年，星巴克里喝十块钱的咖啡。

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上一代，结婚时没钱，日子很难过；这一代，日子很难过，有钱才结婚。

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封建时代，女性的脚踝因缠足而变形；开明时代，女性的脚踝因高跟鞋而变形。

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灰姑娘穿的是玻璃鞋，但现实中，穿着玻璃鞋只会寸步难行，甚至伤痕累累；美人鱼得不到王子的爱，是因为她没敢及时现身，让王子记得她；白雪公主笨得连陌生人给的苹果都吃下，王子怎么还爱她？

BEAUTY美丽日记: Falsies Are My Besties!

I remember how I used to say ‘NO’ to wearing makeup. “Nah, it won’t make any difference.” “Ah, so expensive.” “No, lazy to do that.” “How? I don’t know what is suitable for me.”

Then, somehow, I don’t know how, I started to put on makeup. Starting by only lipstick/lip gloss, then eyeliner, then eye shadow, and blusher, then mascara, eyebrow, and finally, false eyelashes! (Nope, I still don’t wear foundation/face makeup, don’t like the feeling of whole face covered with cosmetics. Maybe one day I will start? LOL.) I know there are some people out there being anti-makeup, i.e. they believe in natural pretty look and all sort of blah blah blah. Well, no comment.

I did not buy and try on false eyelashes all these while as I thought it is difficult (impossible) to wear them, until my cousins and one friend’s sister convinced me that it is not difficult at all, if you use a good bottle of glue. Forget about those small tubes of glue that come with the eyelashes in the packing, they won’t work. So spend on the glue, while cheap eyelashes will do, as long as you like the pattern.

Dinner Look

Many say that one should apply mascara after wearing false eyelashes, to combine both your real and false eyelashes in one. However, I prefer the other way round, as I don’t want to spoil the structure of those eyelashes. [TIPS: And, eyeliner is a must, to cover up the small gap of skin between the false and real eyelashes.]

For Day Look

First, trim the eyelashes so that it suits the size of your eyes. Apply a small amount of glue on the roots, wait for a few seconds so that the glue is half dry. Then, look into the mirror, and place the eyelashes on your eyelid, as close as possible to the root of your real eyelashes. Hold the false eyelashes and press them gently onto your skin. Release your hand when you feel that they are secured, and that’s it!

I have two pair of false eyelashes, one for casual look (bought in DAISO, RM5 for 2 pairs) and one for dinner look (from SASA, RM20 plus). 

And this is the glue I use, also from SASA, recommended by my friend’s sister. It works well.

Thank goodness, he never object/disagree on my makeup or anything else that I like to do. Can’t tolerate with those controlling freaks who don’t like this and that. 

KITCHEN厨房日记: Shortbread Cookies

He said, “All the cookies that you’ve made, taste similar! Just like normal butter cookies.”

I said, “Can’t you be more supportive? I am lack of proper equipments and ingredients…”

So, I searched for something different and this is what I found – Shortbread Cookies. A recipe simple enough to be followed, without having to worry about the baking soda/powder! And my arm can relax this time!

Mix flour, butter, salt and sugar in a bowl with fingers (see, I told ya), then add in eggs, lemon juice and almond extract (I use pandan extract because he hates almond flavor, feel free to sub with other flavor anyway). Continue mixing and shape them into ball, wrap in plastic sheet and refrigerate overnight.

Let it cool down to room temperature and roll it into flat disk. Cut the dough with your desired shape cutter, I choose love shape since they are for my love ones. [TIPS: It’s hard to work with soft dough, try once and you know what I mean. Place the rolled-out dough in fridge for a few minutes to firm up before cutting.] Arrange them on baking tray and bake (Hah, these cookies don’t expand, since no baking soda/powder is used).

The texture is a bit chewy, since the flour content is high. Perfect for those who like to have something to bite as snacks, but not so suitable for kids and elderly.

And yes, these cookies got a nod from him, saying, “Wow! This is really homemade cookies! I like it!”