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Through a rather random on point pinterest suggestion, I found one of Sotheby's Chinese ceramic & art auctions. It was a lot of fun scrolling through the lots. A whole bunch of things stood out to me, mostly teapots and bowls ha.

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SFP

I started reading Strong Female Protagonist on the recommendation of David and am very impressed by the series. I do have some bias against Western comics since the art style is generally quite jarring to me, but the story and writing of SFP is phenomenal. The beginning is a bit of a slow built up, but from chapter 6 onwards it's intensely amazing.

Some of my favourite panels:

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Overall I find there's similarities in tone with Bojack Horseman, another show that I adore yet did not ever write an impression / review of (not watched season 5 yet). In SFP, my favourite character is definitely Patrick, which I like for similar reasons as Princess Caroline. The arc where Alison goes inside his mind induced a lot of feels. Unfortunately the comic has been on hiatus for a year now, so hopefully the final chapter will be worth the wait. 

crisp

Some recent eats:

 Alley has the cutest sleeve for hot drinks, bonus points for the keen employee who hand drew the harry potter-ness

 I'd almost forgotten that Manpuku is a reliable (and cheap!) source of udon

I didn't use to like cream sauce for pasta, especially at home, but I've now been converted. Also eggs fried in bacon grease is amazing

挽留的话却没有说

It's ben a long time since our king Jay Chou released a song, but this was worth the wait. Very much his typical style, but that's what I love anyways.




没有了联络 后来的生活
我都是听别人说
说你怎么了 说你怎么过
放不下的人是我

人多的时候 就待在角落
就怕别人问起我
你们怎么了 你低着头
护着我连抱怨都没有

电话开始躲 从不对我说
不习惯一个人生活
离开我以后 要我好好过
怕打扰想自由的我

都这个时候 你还在意着
别人是怎么怎么看我的
拼命解释着 不是我的错
是你要走

眼看着你难过 挽留的话却没有说
你会微笑放手 说好不哭让我走

电话开始躲 从不对我说
不习惯一个人生活
离开我以后 要我好好过
怕打扰想自由的我

都这个时候 你还在意着
别人是怎么怎么看我的
拼命解释着 不是我的错
是你要走

眼看着你难过 挽留的话却没有说
你会微笑放手 说好不哭让我走
你什么都没有 却还为我的梦加油
心疼过了多久 还在找理由等我

Both Darvey and my first impression of the mv was how the heck does a bakery worker afford a Hasselblad??

Arquiste fleur de louis

Newest acquisition *u*

Excuse the super inconsistent editing, opps.

I tried looking for a post with my first impressions of this fragrance, but surprisingly I didn't seem to have posted it. There is not much to say aside from this being such a wonderful blend of different florals. It has the usual suspect of floral notes, but well balanced and blended enough that no one note stands out, yet if you could identify each flower if you wanted to.

Family photo :)

I also didn't realize how much product 100ml is, I hope I will empty the bottle at some point in the future.

whole wheat sandwich loaf

Jeff brought back some nice whole wheat flour and gooseberry jam, so I had a first attempt at whole wheat sandwich load today. Again I followed abreaducation as I did for the white sandwich loafs (1, 2).

It...turned out alright

The obvious defect is the huge fissure along the bottom crust. I'm not sure whether this is purely damage caused when I forcefully removed the bread from the pan as it was stuck somewhat firmly, or if there already existed some large air bubbles. Probably air bubbles since I didn't roll the dough very tightly during the final shaping. But I will line the pan with parchment paper next time to eliminate the first cause as well.

I also could've let it bake for maybe 5 to 10 mins longer as the interior is still quite moist. The silver lining to that is it'll toast wonderfully and will last longer before drying out to an unbearable state.
In terms of crumb density, I think it's acceptable but also not great. It's a 50/50 white and whole wheat mix so perhaps the bar to reach for is as fluffy as pure white bread. I could've shaped the dough more aggressively, especially during the initial 3 folds. My yeast is also quite old, so getting some fresh yeast would also help in addition to better shaping.

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I went through many pages of my food tag archive to find the white sandwich load post, and it made me realize that I cooked and ate so well in Bath. I miss the UK grocery availability waaaah.

kisses like a sunday afternoon